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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-12-12

kAkLAA Or rs AOEthzS-Weu located
WltnIn driving distance OF Bridge
port ana Derby markets, suitable
1or general farming. carrying or
stock raising. Good house, barn and
other buildings. owned by q widow
who Is unable to run the farm. An
opportunity to get q good farm at
the right price. 9. ~. CogssWella
Melgs building.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-12-12

MULLIGAN'S BAKERY-The best in
everything in the art of baking
694 Harral Ave. Tel Barnum 6SzA'
1858, DIS all
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-12-12

NO SOUAED or damaged goods by our
work Specially in ladies washing
DyaAng and cleaning. 1renc1-AmsF4
tsan HAND laundry. 343 Fairfield
AVA
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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-12-12

Eazsner wsns Ads, ono Cent > woss
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-12-12
RRYs1oAL TREATzaENT

LOUIS F. NUTTING, physical treat
ments by heat, electricity or manip-
ulauon. Rooms 309-S1o. City 6av.
tngs Bank. s62 Main street Offica
hours: week days D q. m. to p. N.
ri ste
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-12-12

LADIES HATS REMODELED, New
est styles; Felts, Beavers, velours
and Velvets are our speciality. Look
over our samples. Ask your nailhn-
Or about uA Stone. 61s Statu 81.
BIT alIs
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-12-12
MOe,zEs TO RErr

GADAA1 COHEN Switches w1gz,
complngs mado mp. ShAInpooang,
massage. manlcurlnG, scalp treat
msnt, hair dying specially. 127s
Main street. Poll Bldg. BaEuum
1853.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-12-12

F1hhi WINAE.tt COTTAGE, Myrtle
Beach, just completed. uptodate,
improvements. low expenses, will
take as part or all payment, build
ing lots. automobile, mortgage, Sc
curity, war bonds, anything valu-
able. Address Box 1000. Care
Farmer. G 23 t"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-12-27
HUSBAND OVERCOME BY
SUICIDE OF HIS WIFE

Watcrtown. S. d.. Dec. 22.-Friends
and acquaintance of Mrs. Nellie Ditto.
Of Thomas, who took her own life i'm u
duluth Mimi. Jail. where she was con
fined for shoplifting. We're shocked to-
day by the news of her dtat, indie,
such circumstances. She was tho wife
of u young farmer living three miles
from Thomas and i'm the opinion of MI
who knew them. both have always led
a most respectful life. The only cN-
PLANTATION for her action was that she
was overcome by her sense OF disgrace
from the arrest and chose death to
facing her husband and friends.
MIR. Ditto was in Watertowm shopping
and until late afternoon efforts to fad
him were u%navailinE. When he was
located and taken to the telephone Of
flee where news of his wife's death was
repeated to him from Il telegram that
had arrived i'm Thomas. he was so over
come that he could not answer amy Of
the questions asked him. All he would
say was that lie must go to Duluth.
MIR. and Mrs. Ditto have not made
their home nca Thomas long. Neigh
bors say Mrs. Ditto had gone on u visit
to Minnesota points. They have no
children.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-12-27
ASK HERBERT HOOVER TO
VISIT SOUTH DAKOTA

Watertown. s.. d., Dec. 22.-Ilerbcrt
c. Hoover, food administrator of the
United States. will be invited to attend
and deliver an address at the annual
convention of the Farmers Cooperative
association of South Dakota which will
be held i'm WatertoWn, January 20, 30
and 81. The production of more food
stuffs on the farms of South Dakota
and conservation of food and other re-
sources will he one of the leading topics
of the convention.
Invitations will be extended to Mr..
Hoover by Governor Norbeck, Don Liv-
inSston, state market commissioner:
John i. Belk. secretary of the Farmers
Cooperative association, and tho local
Chamber of Commerce.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-12-27
PURCHASERS OF COAL
WILL Be GIVEN refund
South Dakota Dealers Found
to Have Violated Govern.
ment Orders.

Aberdeen, 8. D., Dec. 19.-Gouth Da-
kota people who have purchased coal
since October l. have a rebate due them
from the coal dealers who sold the coal.
according to the information developing
at the office OF State Fuel Adsninistra-
tor Bickelhaupt.
Since the probe of coal prices was
started by G. O. Russell. federal special
agent. startling excess charges have
been disclosed in many Instances.
According to his revelations the
practice OF overcharging South Dakota
people for their coal has heen a COM
mon practice and the documents to
prove it are the figures submitted by the
dealers themselves.
In the light OF these developments
Administrator Bickelhaupt issued the
following statement:
THE fuel administration Is busy
checking up gross margin reports re-
ceived from retail coal dealers and finds
that o~vercharges have been made in di-
rect violation OF the order made by the
United States fuel administration dated
October I. 1917. which order limits DEAL
ers' gross margins.
Unless refund of such illegal gross
margin is made to the public, ali vio-
iators Of this order will be deal, with
In accordance with law, which imposes
a severe penalty for every o%fYense."
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-12-27
ELECTRICIAN MEETS
WITH INSTANT DEATH
Sioux Falls Man Grasps Wire
Carrying Big Load of
Electricity.

Sioux Falls, S. d., Dec. 20.-Horace
Jones. an employee of the Northern
States Power company, was instantly
killed when he came in contact with
q Wire carrying 1900 volts of electric
lily. MIR. Jones, with several others was
ut work connecting up a lead to a new
motor which had been installed in the
laundry of the All Saints school and
had nearly completed the work when
the accident ook place. He was work.
ing on a pole near the school when his
fellow workinen heard his body strike
the round They untangled the a
from his life belt which held him to
the pole n rushed him i'm the COM
pany's tool wagon to the Sioux Falls
hospital and medical aid.
Examination showed a burn on each
palm of his hands and also that death
lad been instantaneous.
Mr.. Jones leaves a wife and n
child. No funeral arrangements have
oeen made.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-12-27
MENNoNITEs MAY GO
TO ANOTHER COUNTRY

Mitchell. S. D.. Dec. 1.-THE United
States Is too rampant for good Mennon-
ties.
According to people who have visited
the Mennonite n Hutte, ;schec colonies
along the Jim river south OF here, a
plan is on foot to nov The colonies to
some more peaceful country.
According to members Of the colonies.
the draft is to blame for it all. There
is no particular objection to the country
as a whole, and there is no Mennonite
law against going to war-as a nation.
But when that war necessitates fight
ing on the part Of the colonists-well.
it just won't do that is all.
The Rockport Hutterische colony.
through Jim Wipf. boss" of the tribe,
objects to the interpretation placed on
an offering Of lash made by the five
colonies some time ago. Wipf and
other leaders had beer to Washington
to endeavor to get their boys exempted
from military service. While there. ac-
cording to Mr.. Wipf, they made a free
Offering Of $4,000 to the government to
use as 1t saw fit. Eewsps pers, in print
ing the story. indicated that the offer
ing was in the nature of payment for
exemption.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-12-27
OLD LAND CONTROVERSY
is FINALLY ADJUSTED

Hot Springs. $. d., Dec. 21.-Litiga-
ton of lo years over possession of a
tract of valuable land in Custer county,
South Dakota, has just been ended by
the decision of the supreme court of the
United States in the case of Olson vs.
kirk. awarding the land in controversy
to Olson.
KIRK originally filed on the land as
u placer mine "a years g but be-
,ause of the agricultural character of
the trace it was given to the home
stead claimant by the secretary of the
interior after several years of legal pro-
.eedings. Kirk refused to vacate, and
action was brought in circuit court to
eject him. The decision was favorable
to Olson and was later affirmed on ap-
peal by the supreme court of South
Dakota. Appeal was then taken TO the
supreme court of the United States.
which a just rendered a decision at
firming both lower courts.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-12-27
HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS
BALk AT VACCINATION

Sioux Falls. s. D., Dec. 21.-More
than 100 students of the Washington
high school decided t. withdraw from
school rather than ia be vaccinated. as
required by the ruling of the city boart
of health. \ slight decrease in atten
dance prevailed in all the city schools.
on of the health board ruling
1T was required that all pupils who en-.
ter the public schools must present a
certificate of successful vaccination.
The students withdrawing from the
schools contend thai the epidemic O,
smallpox on danger of epidemic has
passed and consequently there is NJ
necessity for enforced Vaccination.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-12-27
ARRANGE FOR FUNERAL
OF WATERFOWL BOY

Watertown. s. d.. Dec. 21.-A com
mittee to take charge of the
nents for the funeral Of William Har-
ding, the first Watertown boy to die
IN service, whose death followed an
attack of pneumoniae at Camp Cody.
1as been formed 1t consists of Mayor
"A. L. Hopkins. j. w. Martin, postmas-
ter, and Rev. Fred Il. Stockton, pastor
of the Baptist church. OF which the
young nan vas a member.
ON what day the funeral will be held
IS not vet known. 1t was learned that
me body was shipped from Camp
Sody Sunday for Watertown. The serv-
.ce VIII be held in the Methodist Epis-
copal church, the day and hour to be
announced later.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-12-27
PAID DEARLY FOR HIS
PRO-GERMAN SENTIMENT

Ardmore. S. d.. Dec. 22.-First being
beaten up" by a patriotic young
American who would not stand hear
ing the country villified, and then ar
rested by Il deputy United States mar
shall on the charge of violating the pro-
visions of the espionage act. Joseph
Greiser, an Ardmore man, has been
lodged in the Lawrence county Jail. 1t
is charged that among other %Inpntrio-
tic utterances he stated he intended to
return to Germany to fight for the
kaiser. When the patriotic young
American got through with him there
is said to have been no fight left in
Greiser. AS the result of his prelimi-
nary hearing he was held for appear
ance before the next federal grand
jury, and, in default of bonds of 81. 900,
was placed in iail.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-12-27
COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS
TREE FOR GREGORY

Gregory. S. d.. Dec. 20.@'The city Of
gregory will this year again hold a
community Christmas service and tree
at the auditorium Christmas eve. There
VIII be a big tree and the usual good
lme for The little folks. with a sack
NJ tut and candies for all children
lnder II years old.
The entertainment will he a pageant.
representing the present day world sit
lation. with the joy of the Christmas
season and the pathos because OF the
suffering of the poor, even at normal
lines. and the sadness because of the
World war. The last scene presents the
'omlng of Christ n how the spirit
of Christ will tighten the burdens and
bring JOY instead Of sadness to those
who are now saddened by the worlds
conflict.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-12-27
MAY ADOPT GAS MASK
INVENTED RY DAkoTAN

Sioux Falls. S. D., Dec. 19.-It is
probable that the methods used by DIR.
J. W. Freeman, in charge Of the hospital
maintained by the Homestake Mining
company in the Black Hills. i'm the
treatment OF those who are "gassed'
while working in the Hon,estake mine.
Will be utilized on the west front in
Europe to save the lives of British,
french n American soliiers who are
overcome by the fumes from the gas
smells fired by the Germans and the
Of gas sent down upon the allied
lines by the Teutons.
DR.. Felix f. Ashcroft, a former Black
Hills physician. who is attached as cap
tain to headquarters, Goth division.
American expeditionary forces in
Frence. has written a letter to DIR. Free
man. in which he asks for detailed in
structions as to the treatment of gas
cases. Captain Ashcroft having peer as
to the duty as an instructor in
gas defense.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-12-27
CHARLES MIX COUNTY
COURIER is SOLD

Lake Andes. Dec. 20.-The Charles
Mix County Courier, formerly the
Wheeler Courier. has changed owner
ship. Judge Exon has sold the plant
and good will of the business to p.
Percival Perrin, of Armour. S. d. Judge
Exon has had editorial Of
h paper for nearly a quarter of a CEN
fury and has owned the plant for about
% years. For 81 years the paper has
advocated democratic principles and
the change of ownership will not
change the policy of the paper. The
new owner of the plant takes charge
this week.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-12-27
eATTLEp FOR AN HOUR
WITH VICIOUS BULL

Sioux Falls. S. D., Dec. ls.-Attacked
by a bull while crossing a field on their
farm near Chancellor. Edward Sletten
M his son Delmar had a thrilling bat
tie with the animal and narrowly es-
the bull for a full hour before assis-
lance arrived. Theodore Fokken, \
nefghbor finally heard their cries for
assistance and rushed to their aid with
a shotgun. Fokken fired five shots into
the bull before 1t could be made to de-
slst from Its attack on the father and
son. The father had several, ribs bro
ken and was badly bruised and cut,
while the son also was baby bruised.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-12-27
SHIPPING COAL ON
PASSENGER TRAITS
Milwaukee Road Making Every
Effort to Relieve Shortage
in Black Hills.

Chamberlain. s. d.. Dec. 21.-In a
strenuous effort TO relieve the serious
coal shortage in towns on the Black
HILLS line of the Chicago, Milwaukee e.
ST. paul railway passenger trains de-
parting for that part of the state today
present the novelty of having Goa cars
coupled behind Pullman sleepers. Coal
is extremely hard to get. but suc sup
plies as can. be obtained are being
rushed westward. There is yet no
movement of dead freight because OF
a lack of coal for locomotives.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-12-27
e. p. TAoenE.
SOUTH DAKOTA

The bomb dropping mechanism OF a
Zeppelin captured by the British was
described in a recent number of the
London Sphere. There are 60 bomb
choppers for conica! bombs. The base.
is sluns in straps and there is Il strap
ground the neck. The latter has Il pa
leasing hook. and WREN the hook -
operated the small end first drops domn
and the base slides out of it's straps
The bomb then rights itself and drops
base downward. The bombs are slune
In one or W lines along the under
side of the mail hull. The releasing
hook is operated by an electromagnetic,
and there is a small switchboard in the
,abin for controlling the release. Each
bomb has n separate switch. The
bombs can be released by hand levers
also in case the electric means fail.
Each bomb has a safety device INC is
alive" until it has dropped several
hundred feet.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-12-27
MITCHELL, S. DAKOTA
MAN MISSED halifax
i, oat on Which He Is Fireman
Was Fortunately Caught
in an Ice Flow.

Mitchell, S. d.. Dec. GA %lettH" WAS
received here today from Verne Won't
worth. Il local man. giving the first in
timation that the American steatne
German" reported lost on the north
Atlantic coast in n storm two weeks
ago. had reached Il Canadian port.
Wentworth. who was a fireman ON the
boat. said they We're caught in the ice
floes and held for some time and that
had they carried out their schedule they
would have been in HalifaN "a, the time
of The explosion There.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-12-27

A writer in a German chemical paper
says that commercial asbestos. con-
taminatcd with iron compounds. may
De purified by treatment with n . per
cent akueouS solution OF oNalic acid
Tor AZ hours. followed by washing with
water; the strength of the asbestos is
not affected. "A band of asbestos. 20
mililneters wide, Shove dat IA different
places an electrical resistance of 6O0,-
100 ohInS after treatment as described,
ne resistance increased to l5O. 1000
phms. An alternative method consists
In heating the asbestos for "a hours i'll
4 current of hydrogen OF carbon mon
,Xide at o 9,400 degrees ccntigrade and
hen washing with dilute hydrochloric
"r sulphuric acid and afterward with
water.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-12-27
DALLAS RED CROSS TO
MAKE A BIG EFFORT

Dallas. $. d.. Dec. 21.-The Dalla:
branch OF the Red Cross has accepted
a challenge recently made by the Chi
cage chapter which takes Omaha as its
champion and challenges any city in the
United States to equal Omaha in pro
p%ortionate membership in the present
Rec Cross drive. Members Of the Dali
las executive committee accepted the
challenge yesterday and an extraordin
AIRY campaign for membership will be
made in this city,
ABERDEEN-The food conservation
pledge card drive in the state has been
temporarily discontinued. announces C. N.
Herried, federal food administrator. Dur
Ing the holiday season. no special effort
will be made to add to the members of
the food administration in South Dakota
But Immediately after January I. another
great campaign will be launched in all
parts of the state to secure the signatures
of all who are not yet members.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES gas vs. skunk
gas gave the machin the lead down near
Davis, when Everett Dcvries discovered
n skunk den, and turned the exhaus of
his engine into The hole. After a few
minutes treatment he dug out the colony,
and found them all harmless, and beside
secured the pelts without a mark or
scratch upon them. which increased their
value.
MlTCHELL-E. G.. Atkins. recently APP
pointed superintendent OF the Iowa and
Dakota division of the Milwaukee rail-
way. has made his maiden trip over this
part Of the division. Mr.. Atkins succeeds
N. Sawyer In the position named and Mr..
Sawyer has returned to Seattle, Wash.
and esumed the position which he held
there before coming to the L. & D.. divi-
sion.
PIERRE-The sbutter production of
South Dakota. for the fiscal year ending
July ! last, was nearly 100000 pounds
according to figures compiled by A. p.
Ryger. state dairy inspector. He reports
over1D00.0o0 pounds of this for the cream
cries III the Black Hills section Of the
itate.
BROOK1NG1Forty demonstrations
and discussions for patriotic and profita-
bic farming and home making will be
offered to South Dakota farmers and
their wives In the annual state college
farm and home course during the week
OF December 81 to January 5.
ABERDEEN-E. C.. Jennings. district
deputy of the Modern Woodmen OF Ameri-
CO, has postponed the date of the big
class adoption to Thursday, January 10,
because OF the necessity OF more time In
pssparing for the event
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-12-27

The total number of ships making
the transit of the Panama canal during
the fiscal year ending June 80 in sea-
going traffic was 1875. In the fiscal
year 1916 h total was TS7: i'm 1915 it
was LOSS. The aggregate gross n net
of the LOSS for the year 1917
according to the rules OF measurement
for the Panama canal. were $500 2l
and 6,0O9.35S, respectively. The cargo
carried through the canal mounte to
1..29, 255 tons of 2,240 pounds.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-12-27
RAISE SUGAR BETS
ON A LARGE ScALE

South Shore, S. D., Dec. 2O.-Good
progress is being made i'm the efforts to
induce large numbers of South Dakota
to ensag in the production OF
sugar beets next year. 1t has been
demonstrated that sugar beets can be
grown at a good profit in the state.
Thus far Codington county farmers
have agreed to devote an aggregate OF
about 1000 acres to sugar beets next
season and it is expected this acreage
will be materially increased before
spring opens. The sugar beet acreage
in other parts of the state also will he
large.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-12-27
ESTATE YIELDS LARGE
SUM TO THE STATE

Pierre. S. d., Dec. 20.-Land Com-
missioner Knight has returned from
Sioux Falls. where he receipted for the
transfer of the we'll known Mcclellan
estate into the hands of the state treas
lrer, and he brought back with him
cash items amounting to $36. $685. The
estate still has a large quantity of
real estate in it. That. too. belongs to
ualfN give the state treasury something
over 500. 600. John Mcclellan, an &C.
centric character of Sioux Falls. died
without heirs. For many years his es-
tate has been in litigation because of
the claim of alleged heirs. all of whom
have now finally failed to prove their
right to any of the estate, and it has
at last come into possession of the
state. The funds from it will go into
the general fund of the state treasury.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-12-27

William Hallier, of Mauch Chunk,
Ia, who is a fearless snake catcher,
but is deaf, owes his safety to Il pc
culiar condition of the calves of his
legs, which always set up remor wher
snakes are about. His legs are espe.
cially valuable to him when "a rattle,
gives warning. as he can't hear.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-12-27
MISS EMMA scHE,D, OF
HAMllL, is ORATOR

Yankton. s. d.. Dec. 21.-In the an.
nual defamation contest at Yanktor
college for the alumni prizes, liberia:
prizes in cash. Miss Emma Scheid, O,
Hamill, won first place; Miss Marie
Moore, of Pierre. took second place, and
Miss Carolyn Brown. of Platte, wor
third place. The contest was one Of the
llecnly fought in u nu1nber OF
years
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-12-27

In 1898 two important manufacturers
were begun in the United States. Eli
Terry. of Plymouth. Conn, was the first
to manufacture clocks as a business
ana Samue Slater. of North l'rovi-
dence. X. L., erected the first mill fol
the manufacture of cotton warns.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-12-27
MACHINE GUN COMPANY
MAY SOON GO TO FRANCE

and friends in South Dakota of the
South Dakota soldiers who have been
embraced in machine gun battery No.
$40. which is, located at Camp Funston,
have just been advised that the South
Dakotans have been transferred from
the barracks to tents IL miles distant,
and 1t is presumed that his is for the
purpose of imposing the hardening pro-
cess that the soldiers go through. pre-
limtnary to their departure for another
base. Letters to this effect have been
received. but the exact reason for the
move was not disclosed. 1t is thought
that 1t precedes an order for the bat
terry to proceed to France.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-12-27

Flowers are more fragrant when the
sun is not shining on them, according
to a French scientist, because the oils
that produce the perfume are forced
out by the water pressure in the plant
light
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-12-27
CRUSHED TO DEATH
3 UNDER HEAVY WAGON

Sisseton. S. D.. Dec. 22.-Jol1n Oke-
son. IL we'll known Roberts county far
mer. was almost instantly killed when
running away. the animals having been
frightened by II passing automobile.
Okeson, because Of the cold, was walk
ing beside h wagon when the horses
started to run. He grasped for the
lines. but instead seized hold one of the
tugs. He was ierked off his balance
and thrown under the heavily loaded
wagon, which passed over him, crush-
ing out his life,