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Psi'j i** 4 5® s'5 1 (&MW ,«•' MML&LA'IIU JJIMAjiMi ••VTAI C.4V IF f)U WANT TBS Finut JOB PRINTING Oit A at the LEADER Office A. Birr, Pres. iltw fik wJ VOL.16. NUMBER S. 7^^'v7 ,* it '&> *4 V% 4 i&3 mm 4 1 r,* 0-%y .•-,^'3^ Til kii SIOUX VALLEY HARDWARE & IMPLEMENT CO. hth -4 M. BnimxT, Vice Pres. 0* -*r 1 4I I, •»». •wepsps^,t,y'^v%5k,'v /«r »-sk, If -nf Peru Buggies, *v y? Old Hickory Wagons, •Sterling Discs, Sterling Planters, Bock Island Plows hnd Discs, Ohio Cora Plows, DeLaval Cream Separators,* Separator Oil, ••. Machine oil and grease—all kinds, The Kemp Manure Spreader, McCormick machinery of all kinds, Majestic Ranges, A full line of Hardware. ft S I S Sioux Valley Hardware & Imp. Co. L. T. WIR8TAO, ,,^.t G. SKARTVEDT, P^ton4 8 1 I—1 I any one to South Dakpta, the matter will be promptly arranged by any ticket agent of the C. M. & St. P. Railway or byv, *i* F. A. MILLER. Omiral Passenger "Agt. sC. 'The Old Reliable. Established in 1871. 11 Mike Pkrm Loanl on the moat favorable term*. Write Iniuraiice iD the Beti Gompaniei against Piw, Lightning, Tornado and Hail Sell Ocean Steamship Tickets by all tlie Leading Lines ^Mike Abstncts llider Boad it Priflded kf Lit R. Moui^o», Seoj. TMM. IDT. a t" •H. ,v *1 4* iv- DUIIU LJp r- ^vr Dakpta If ypu have any friends in the Ea^t or South contemplating western trips, invite. them to South Dakota. The homeseeker rates authorized by the"^/,'1'5' \\J MiMwr^i st. Railway. Ms make such trips comparatively inexpen- fpt? sive. If you desire to pay for the ticket pf 'f A safe furniture store must have more than honesty—it must have knowledge too. If you find after a few months that you! have been de ceived in a piece of furniture, it is poor comfort to know that the dealer was deceived too—for you pay for his ignorance. Advances in the cost of A material entering into the construction of fur nitur^only adds to the danger. We trust to the quality of our furniture and our law prices to secure and retain your patronage. 9 JOHN ANDERSON, hniitore & Carpots. Canton, S. D. wl... €1 v- *1 CHICAGO. mmui ma •If 1 i4A TjMtet PIERRE GETS ANOTHER DOSE Itepresentatlve Lawson ot Union County Scores Again on Ke»\ location ot Oapitalr Elk Point Courier: Onr readers will remember the sympoainm on capital re moval we published in February from the Union county delegation to the last legislature. Two months later the Pierre Dakotan published a purported criticism of Representative Lawson's letter and this was sent out by the Pierre literary bureau to 11 the news papers favoring Pierre We mailed a copy to Repreeentative Lawpon and he sent as the following additional reply. Mr. Lawson says: 'The Dakotan regards it as slander ous to call the country west of the Missouri 'a range or grazing country.' It wonld somehow make people believe that it is a' 'farming country'—same as the eastern half. It has long since ceased to be a secret that there is a gradually diminishing rainfall as you go weet, and while the ea»t{ half of the state usually has rainfall enough in ordinary years to grow a crop, it is only in years of exceptional rainfall when anything of a orop may be counted on weet of Pierre except on such: land as may be irrigated. "6ar state laws, even, which are sup posed to be uniform throughout the state, recognize that there is a differ ence. 'Hence we have a herd law' east of the river and a 'free range' qr 'fence law' west of it. You can turn Btocl^ out within sight of the state capitol in the spring, and. it can be rounded up even in the extreme parts of the Black Hills in the fall without having done trespass. 'A storm of protest was raised from the western part of the state! when our state land department tried to get a modification of the laws at the last session of the legislature so that it might be able to say to stockmen west of the river as well a east of it—'Keep off the grass or pay for it.' While our state and school lands east of the nver are bringing to the state each year ever increasing revenues, the large holdings in the 'just as good oountry,' *6st of the river, have, up to the present time, brought comparatively nothing. When our state capital was first located, al most any of the beat-land in the eastern portion of tlie state could be bought for $10—fl2 per acre. During the last twoorthree years It has beejo having a ready salp at from $30 to WO per acre West of the Missouri river during these intervening years land has been lying open subject to homestead entry within a few hours drive of the state capitol, at 60 centa per acre. Pi®rr« Emits More Gat. "A whole mail sack full this^time a sack of copies of the Pierre state Reg ister to the. Kimball postofflce, loaded with abuse of the GHAPHIC—"Mitch ell's chief knocker," so the handbill says tucked a101) prei«red by the Pierre Fakirs for general circulation during the capital campagn inside the hand bill—a clear violation of the pos tal laws The Pierre postmaster and the Register outfit will hear something drop from Washington one of these days. This little 2x4 sheet, issued for the pur$oee of advertising the Hippie printing business and defrauding the government under the head of second class mail matter, containing what purports to be an answer to the GRA PHIC'S expose of the Pierre gas fake. The people of Kimball and vicinity have seen Pierre hand bills before and know what relianoe to place on ,them. Before the alleged newspaper circulat ion under the, name of the State fteg ter can hope to have a wholesome ef fect upon the public mind it Will have to go and get a reputation. It especially needs standing in this com munity, where it is recognized as the worst lying sheet-circulating through the mails. In this pecular instance it has hitched "Pierre Board of)Trnde" to its creed to give it some standing. Who is the Pierre Board of Trade that neither its president or secretary, or any other in authority is ashamed to attach his name to a satement seek ing to bolster the gas fake? It will be, noticed that the hand bill makes no denial of the fact that Pierre has spent f15,000 in the last six years trying to get enough gas in its artesian water to run the enfdnes which pump it and has no more than when the first of the five wells was drilled. No one knows better the uncertanty of flowing wells better than the people of Brule county. The state has been paying 93,600 an nually for heating and lighting the 'state house" at Pierre for fourteen years. What's the reason Pierre has not suggested a gas well? Is it because a second well would rob the city, or is it because Pierre wanted to rob the state to the tune of $3,600 a year. The GRAPHIC'S statements come from the residents of Pierre who are thoroughly disgusted with the ilk that is making claims which every visitor to Pierre—few though they may be— know to be false. The Pierre crowd, and the hand bill in particular, has rubbed up against the wrong party. The writer of this was raised in a community the first to use natural gas 4 FaUkfn! UADtR In the Dante of eoonomy and Reform, the Defender of Truth and Jeetloe, the foe of Fraud and Corruption. CANTON. SOUTH DAKOTA. FRIDAY. JULY 8. 1904. for illuminating purposes in the United States. His family residence in Ohio has a better well than twenty flukes as they have at Pierre, and from daily use of it for years he knows what a gas well will do when it comes to heating and what it wont do. He has seen more "played out" gas wells than Pierre has gall, and it is only a qnes tion of time when Pierre's plaything will peter out as effectually, as its whole mass of fraud and deception will shrink when the people of this state get action.—Kimball Graphic. Mrs. Logan in. Canton, Mrs. Gen. Logan and Miss Logan, her niece, left Friday for Chicago after a very enjoyable visit in Canton. She thinks Canton is a lovely little city, with all the modern comforts and none of the hurley burley nerve destroying features of the big cities. She resides on a farm eight miles £ut from Wash ington She loves the old sol diers with a love born of heroic condi tions on battle field and in the pursuits of peace. In the early days of the war when she resided on the farm down in southern Illinois, surrounded by knights of the Golden Circle-all south wrn«rn—whe had on experience with those people that none but one with her heioic courage could have endured or coped with, and yet she was but 93 when the war began. She managed the farm and made it productive in the face of conditions that would have driven any Union man or any other women out of that seething hot-bed of disunion surrounded by secret enemies. She could secure no white help on the farm and found a refugee negro whom she employed. The Golden Circle Knights bad met and secretly aggreed to take her negro out and whip him and then send him out of the country. The result of this secret meeting was con veyed to Mrs. Logan by a life long friend who was one of the knights. Mrs. Logan called the man who was to lead the negro whipping mob from the road one day as he was passing and told him she knew of the plot and that the negro wag a dead shot and that she could kill a squirrel with a rifle, and the first man that came on her premi ses after dark would be killed, and fur ther, if she found it necessary, she would call on Governor Yates for troops and have every rebel in the county sent to prison where they would not disturb Union people in peaceful pursuits. Every blessed one of that negro whipping committee came to me and declared that they had been lied about," said Mrs. Logan and the matter ended there. Every Union-man in the country was persecuted, and many had their cattle killed and horses were ham strung. Before the war was over Gen. Logan had won those people over to the Union and they became its heroic de fenders. In referring to the oft told story that Gen. Logan was in sympathy with the south: when the war .began Mrs. Logan said: "There never was the slightest foundation for such a rumor. Those rebel sympathizers were all friends of Gen. Logan, and he knew their hearts better than any man in Illinois. Co ercive measures with them at* the out break of the. war would have driven every one of them into this rebel a^my. Gen. Logan wanted to prevent this', and by a policy 6f peace and fair treat ment won thosej people over to the Union and finidly into the army. Mrs. Logan has traveled over the greater part of Europe and Asia and is a close observer. She is of the opinion that the present War between Russia and Japan will do more to spread the tiroad and liberal ideas of modern civil ization among the Russian peasants than anything that has taken place in that country for the past hundred years. It makes no difference how the war ends, eastern Asia and Mongolia will emerge from the strife with a boun^towards abetter civilization. Mrs. Logan is a very busy woman. She looks after her farm and looks after the welfare of hundreds bf old soldiers who need.her influence and ad vise in matters connected'with the de partments at Washington, and is ably assisted by her niece, Miss Elizabeth Logan, who assists her aunt in the details of her voluminous correspon dence. Mrs. Logan writes for many papers and periodicals, and is much sought after by publishers. Xincoln Township Caucus. Notice is hereby given that a caucus of the republican voters of the town of Lincoln will be held at school house, District No. 80, on Saturday, July 0, at 8 o'clock p. m., for the purpose of electing 4 delegates to represent said town in the county convention to be held at Canton, S.D., July 16, 1904. 1 W. U. PARKE Chairman. I Great Stoek Farm. 800 acre stiock farm in Aurora county, well improved, two sets of buildings, all fenced,, two shallow wells, one ar tesian well. Three miles from good railroad town. To exchange for land in Lincoln county. For further infor mation apply to WENDTI& STRAW, Canton, S. D. —Tossini has the finest candies, nuts, fruits. WILL BUILD TO THE COAST. Probabilities are Strong for the Milwaukee Pushing Through To The Coast. Tacoma, Wash., June 35.— Indica tions increase that the Chicago, Mil waukee and St, Paul railroad is pre paring to build from South Dakota to Puget Sound within two years, Agents have purchased 400 acres of terminal grounds in Tacoma tide lands. Smaller purchases of tide lands have been made at Seattle and Portland. President Cookingham of the Tacoma Eastern, would not deny yesterday that an option on his line had been given to the Miilwaukee road. In March, iPreeident Earling, of the St. Paul road spent two days in conference with John Bagley, anager and builder of the Tacoma tern. Northwest lumbermen have been urging President Earling and Chairman Miller to extend their road to the coast, pointing out that they would secure, to start with, lumber traffic of at least 30,000 car loads annually. Hr^ir usftwed IW iLe ST. —Pact will reach Portland over the Hatri man line from the Snake river ter ritory and will build a line from Columbia river to Puget Sound, which mar be jointly used by the Milwaukee and Harriman system. The foregoing looks more like busi ness than anything that has yet ap peared. It is well to know by those close to the officials of the company that the C. M. & St. Paul has definite ly decided to cross the Missouri at Chamberlain, possibly at Evarts also and Preeieent Earling's frequent visits out to the Pacific coast of late, coupled with the news from Toooma, gives much color to the report that the Mil waukee will not stop at the.Black Hills when once it starts west. There are those who immagine that the Milwaukee will make some kihd of a grand-stand play of this kind to catch votes for Mitchell. Much as the company would probably appreciate a vote of public confidence by placing the capital at Mitchell and allowing it to share what capital business there is with the North-Westerm, the extension of its line to the Pacific coast, or even to the Black Hills, is too vast an under taking to warrant the Milwaukee in starting the work prematurely. But that the extension is sure to go within two years is as certain aa anything well can be. The LEADER will violate no confi dence in stating that the Milwaukee has its plans completed to build to the coast. The line will be extended from Chamberlain to form a juncture with the Evarts extension somewhere in the northern Black Hills, and then push "West to a connection with some Pacific line or run a through line of its own. There is plenty of room between Port land and San Fransisoo for another great city, but the plans of the com pany are Mcret as to a wsstern connec tion or terminus. The vast interests of the Milwaukee system can not be sealed up on the east em bank of the Missouri river, and every man who knows anything About railroad businsss knows this statement is true- When the Milwaukee pushes west through southern Wyoming, one of the riohest sections in the west will be opened up, and it most be opened up, because there is business enough now awaiting a through east and west line to pay big interest on the money nec essary for the work. The Milwaukee is going west, capital or no capital, and the conditions which have stayed the Milwaukee on the Missouri so long we at last removed. Twenty capitals at Mitchell wonld be of no use to the j?reat Milwaukee system uhlees an out let to the coast could be secured, and thus build up a vast traffic equal to that carried by any of the transconti nental roads. The Milwaukee has all the money it needs and can get millions for the asking, and no man will doubt that it will go west and soon. The junction in the Black Hills will offord the Milwaukee a direct route to Chica go through Canton, and to the north east through Evarts and to the south earttarash Mitchell. Burial Association Dues. Notice is hereby given that all Harri son Burial Association dues must be paid at once, if the delinquent desires to retain membership in the association. All dues are due and payable Sfy days after notification of a death, as tbe noti fication cards state. Please attend to this matter at once. MRS. C. M. TREAT, Sec. For Register of Deeds. I desire to inform my friends and the people of Lincoln county in general, that I am a candidate for register of deeds on the republican ticket, and will ap preciate the assistance of my friends in this direction. JOHN H. SOGN. Norway Twp. Want Good Milling JTheat. We are always in the market for goftd milling wheat at a little more than market price. Canton Milling Co. itabtx. Established in 1879 O. S. GIFFORD, 1 Men and'Women The Lincoln, County Bank The Lincoln, County Bank CANTON, S. D.^^ CANTON, S. D.^^ A. R. BROWN, President, O. A. RUDOLPH, Vice Pres. C. A. SOUTH, Secretary, The First National Bank OF CANTON, s. D. BOARD OF President. THOS. TUORSON, O. K. BROWN, Cashier. P. A.OVBRSETH, President., I ADVERTISE Of TEE LEADER, Largest Paper, Largett Circulation. 91.60 Per Tear who are much on their feet, should wear low shoes during warm weather. They keep the feet cool and comfortable. Chafed heels and ankles are the penalty of wearing some kinds of low cut shoes. Such lasts are too full at the ankle to hold oxfords in a non-slipping position, and they not oqly "gap" there, but slide up and down on the feet, wearing the stocking first and the heel next. You'll have none of these troubles if you buy your Oxfords here. 3 at $1.50, $3, $2.50, $3, $8.51. BRAGSTAD & JOHNSON, 3rd Door West of P. 0. cantoq, s. p. Interest allowed on time deposits, and short time loans a specialty O. A. Rudolph, E. Wendt, C. A. South, O. A. Rudolph, E. Wendt, C. A. South, T. H. Helgerson, •*. Ed. L. Wendt, Directors. T. H. Helgerson, •*. Ed. L. Wendt, Directors. WIRE AND TILING .^j^AlLdzes'.of 'Tiling. BlMour Patent Staggcrrf No old stock. No Culls. Everything is bright and new. 'Our lumber is all strictly^up to grade and our prices are right. If you intend to do any building give us a call and we can save you some money. A. E. STO WELL, Manager. J. M. LEWIS, Vice President: Farmers' State Bank Of Gaiytoiy. iF s»ici UL]p Oetpits.l EfeSS.OOO Individual Responsibility, of Stockholders $400,000. Short Time Loans. farm Loans. Farmers and Merchants Business Respectfully Solicited. Attention Given to Every Detail. S SI.SO PER ANNUM. '\!'i" Chartered in 1882 Savings Department li| Goiyi|ectioiy. 4 Per Cent Interest Paidcand Coapvtod Semi-Annually. Transact a General Banking Business Invite you to call and see us. E. S. Safety Deposit Boxes to Rout. DIRECTORS: J. V. CONKLIN, Vice President. Careful and Personal Cuts No Figure With us what kind of lumber you' want. We^can supply all kinds needed for bnilding'and other purposes. We now have a complete stock of White Pine, Yellor Pine and Fir lumber, also posts, cedar and oak. Page fence, lime, cement and quarry stone. Come in and see our large stock of fancy and com mon screen doors. We are anxious to let you,know what we can do injour rline. The Farmers Lumber Co. SBB 1 Aya 1ft -m. 't WP' hm. yr IS "4, V' .?V and O'NEIL, J. F. FERGUSON. H. ANDERSON, Cashier. CHAS. A. GOETZ, Ass't Cashie&v Oldest Bank in the County. ,vV /(A til P:13 Hi Wm Stay field lintiigi WM. t' Xk\ C. CASSILL Cashier. s!§ a, 1