VOL VI.
STANLEY GETS NEEDED RAIN
Monday Night's Downfall One of the
liest In Many Months
Stanley county, from the west
ern border to the Missouri river,
was visited Monday night by one
of the best rains that we have had
in months, and it came when it
was most needed. It was a nice
warm rain, and everything is
doing nicely, thank you. Grain
and grass will now proceed to do
some tall stunts. Altogether condi
tions are such that we have hopes
the writer of the following, clipp
ed from the Burke Gazette, is a
real prophet:
This is going to be the biggest
and best crop year South Dakota
has known for some time. There
are no ifs nor amis about it we
are simply going to get a crop this
year that will make the world sit
up and gasp in admiration. Do
you remember live years ago? Do
you remember the kind of a winter
we had Do you remember the
kind of a spring that followed itf
Rubber boots become the leading
style at all swell functions. The
races at the county fair were all
abandoned because the track was
all washed out. Everybody waded
in the mud and smiled about it:
cause why? Everything the
farmers planted grew s'teen feet
high and yielded a double average
crop. First premium oats at the
county fair were seven feet high
and yielded 112 bushels to the acre.
30 bushels of wheat per acre was
not unusual. The Haisch boys
had a lot of cattle to feed and they
went over the country buying sod
torn (there was no other kind
then) as it stood in the lieid and
paid #10 to $20 an acre cash for it
—and a whole lot of it yielded 50
bushels to the acre. Now that
they are past we do not mind ad
mitting that the last two years
have been pretty punk—the same
here as everywhere else. Hut
take it from us, this is the year
that something happens in the
crop line in South Dakota. Get
your joy clothes on and get ready
to help sing the harvest jubilee.
W
e're going to have some fun
this year. There will be pumpkins
as big as Sam Anderson, wheat as
tall as the editor and corn with
ears as long as those of I. B. Gib
son's male mule. There'll be
money to burn. Interest rates
will drop way down and the bank
ers will beg people to borrow from
them. We will all buy for cash
and take the discount. Of course
gasoline will go up in price on
account of the great demand for it
to feed to the farmers1 auto
mobiles, but we can stand that.
Everybody will get in on the game
and forget all their enemies and
join hands and sing:
We've got the climate and the soil
We get the rain—sometimes.
We take a plow and bore for oil
And get a flow of dimes.
We're there and over in the game
Of helping nature hum.
We've got tlie wealth—we're get
ting fame.
We guess that's going some.
So just remember that Hicks
don't know a thing about it Not
long ago the poor old joke told us
that this was to be another dry
season. It is to laugh, why
there will be mosquitoes that will
measure seven inches between the
eyes before the tirst of next Sep
tember. There will be frogs on
Nob Hill and polliwogs on Bleak
fkint. Cheer up and practice
Whistling "Hot Time." It is time
to begin to prepare the plans and
specifications for all those wonder
ous stunts you always said you
Would do when you got to be worth
million dollars. Praise God
from whom all blessings flow and
be thankful that you live in South
Pakota.
Belvidere Bumped
Belvidere's baseball aggregation
tasted the bitter dregs of defeat,
as administered by Philip's stal
warts, at the fair grounds Sunday
The visitors came over in the
morning, enjoying an automobile
ride over the fair prairies of south
ern Stanley county apparently,
some of the feeling of aviating had
not left them when the game was
started, for they were "in the
air" for the tirst two innings, the
locals taking advantage of their
misplacement by running in seven
scores during that time. They
settled down at the commencement
of the third and played good ball,
having the good fortune to keep
their errors spread so far apart
that the Philipinos got no good out
of them. As a whole the game
was a little bit spiritless, for the
afternoon was just a trifle chilly,
and the heating apparatus was out
of working order. Jimmie Mc
Donald umpired and got away
without any trouble. Score, 0 to
2.
Herd Law Will Be Referred
Those who have taken it u]on
themselves to circulate petitions
invoking the referendum on the
herd law passed by the last legis
lature have secured several hundr
ed more names than required un
der the law, and have liled the
petitions with the fsecretary of
state. This means that, in those
counties which have not voted to
have the herd law applied, free
range will be in force for some
time yet. Gregory, Lyman, Stan
ley and Pennington counties are
the only localities west of the river
in which the herd law applies.
Shoots Self in
Foot
Harlan, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
F. Core, of Wellsburg, was
brought to the city Friday for
treatment for injuries received
from the accidental discharge of a
22-caliber rifle, the ball going
through the instep of his right foot
fracturing the bone. He had been
out hunting and was returning
home. He had the gun pointed
downward, when it was in some
manner discharged, the injury re
sulting.
Eqcursion Rates
South Dakota Elks Convention.
Aberdeen, S. I)., June 7 and 8,
1911. Via the North-Western Line.
Tickets on sale June 5 and
Limit Jupe 10, 1911. The season's
great event. Many attractive
features, and interesting program.
Don't fail to attend.
For information and tickets ap
ply ticket agents, Chicago & North
Western Ry.
Employees Enjoy Excursion
The station men employed along
this division of the Nortli-Western
were given an outing Sunday.
They went up to Rapid City on
the early morning train, and from
there were conveyed to Ilisega,
the popular resort in Rapid creek
canyon, where the day was spent
at the various pleasures con mon
to that beauty spot of the Hills.
The return trip was made on the
evening train. Agent M. E.
Phillips and family, Wm. Hol
brook and family and Mr. and
Mrs. W. F. Schlekau were those
who went from Philip.
E. Finnegan has moved his drug
store from Powell toOttumwa.
Midland and Fort Pierre have
decided to celebrate Independence
Day.
Herman Patterson, of Nowlin,
is putting in a job office and will
shortly start the second paper at
Onida. Patterson was founder of
Nowlin's paper.
KERNER ACCIDENT IS FATAL
Asli Creek Kditor Dies in Lead
The end of a life that held great
promises for successful manhood
came Friday evening at about 5
o'clock, when Edward 11. Kerner,
editor of the Pilot at Ash Creek,
succumbed to anaemia, which re
sulted from injuries receved in an
accident just exactly a week be
fore his death, while driving tVorn
his otlice to his homestead north
east of Grindstone. The unfortu
nate man was thrown from his
'-"-iggy »nd a compound fracture
of his left leg close to the hip re
sulted.
At the Homestake hospital,
where he wras taken, the injuries
were said to have been the worst
of the kind that the surgeons there
have seen in many years. An op
eration was performed Saturday
at the hospital but the case was so
serious that it was unsuccessful,
and the end came after a period of
intense suffering.
The deceased was about twenty
three years of age and came to
Cottonwood about three years ago
from Iowa. He was for some
time editor of the Cottonwood Re
gister and was later a student in
Vermillion university. After a
course of study in that institution
he returned to Cottonwood and
again resumed the editorship of
the Register. For the past eight
months he had been acting in the
same capacity on the Ash Creek
Pdot.
The remains were tikento the
home of the family at Larchwood,
Iowa, by his father and mother,
who were at his bedside when the
end came. The funeral services
will be held there and burial made
at the Larchwood cemetery.
The deceased was a young man
of splendid habits and one who
could count as friends his entire
circle of acquaintances. All will
join in extending to the bereaved
relatives sincere sympathy in their
hours of trial.
Philip Weekly Review
FIRST FOR NEWS. BEST FOR HOME. AND GOOD FOR ALL
Emil Utiger returned the first
of the week from Germany where
he spent the winter visiting his.
parents. He says that the cost of
living is more in the old country
than here and wages are much less,'
one dollar a day being high wages
for a laboring man. Meat costs
from twenty to twenty-five cents
per pound, and the people only in
dulge in this luxury about once a
week. Eggs never get cheaper
than twenty-five cents a dozen and
all the necessities of life cost in
proportion. Emil says that Stan
ley county is good enough for him
and he will stay here. He also
says that crops look much better
here than in eastern Nebraska,
where he visited before coming
here. —Hayes Homestead.
WE HAVE a fine
line of Cigars and a brand
to suit every man's taste
and pocket book. Here is
a list of out Nickle Cigars:
Sight Draft
Francis Lewis
Little Pens
Tom Keene
Little Bobbie
F. & W. Envoys
TT\ STANLEY COI NTV, S. 1. TliriJSDAV, Jl'NK 1. mil
Little Toms
Little Monogram
Speckled Trout
Henry George
HARGESHE1MER..
The Hustling Druggist I
Real estate lxnight and sold.
Security Banking & Trust Co.
Roalestate Transfers
United Mates to
Roy W Roth rock
Laura Iluck
Hos
pital from injuries
William Haynes
William Meyer
John 11 1 otson Jr
Elmer Mat hamer
William II Baddeley Jr
Albert
.1 Guthrie
Clara N Hanson
Tillie E Diebold
Julia A Hill
('ornelieus Anderson
Will 1) Kidder
Ivan Mercer
James A
Gross
Asa W idger
(ara \1 Eken
Harry S Graham
Kayburn Long
May Johnson
John (loin
John Ktopuenske
Herbert Johnson
James Fudge
Herbert Sherman
Elmer Thomas
Marion Magee
Estclla Magee
Jose
»h Loor
William Ankle
Eineline Lockie
George Rentz
Hugh E Boyers
The Heirs of Delrnar Bowen
Zola Bowman
John Sage
William Carr
Frank Uhlir
George V Welch
Demic A Mabon
Charles llord
tggie Serene
Carl Salzwedel
Walter Herrick
v
Jacob Ness to Ben Lewis w ne
18 an 19e $2 00 00
John Lock hart reg to George
Fluhei ty s sw 4 w nw 9 109n
77 w
Sane to 1 ver .1 Saiidbo
Liicinda Snyder to W, A &
1) Moore w nw nw *23 4n 30e
sw sw 14 4n 30e ${75 00
Wallie Snyder & wf to Geo I
v ne nw lie 18 7n 23e $700 00
ara Stoeser to Lewton w
•J I tin 25e $1 00
\iarid E Stoeser to same sw
-n 25e $1 00
A
nna E Morrison to A Michael
i. iilsse 19 In 21e $300 00
VV Hall Irons reg to Frank
il.ilva ne 33 2s 24e
Same to John Mikulasek
ne 33 2s 24e
Willard McMackin & wf to
W II Shaw w (1 s ne e nw 24 3s
l9e $23'0 00
Ada Reed & lib to Krause
w s nw u sw 10 3s 22e $1 00
Michael
.viichaelson & wf to Theo
Krouse e ne e se 8 2n 22e $1800 00
Earl Gibson & wf to Ella Pat
terson se 9 Is 21e $2200 00
Philip L"dge No 182 I O OF
to David Lamport w lot 3 blk 27
Ce.uetr.v on s nw 13 In 20e $15 00
U S Live Stock Co to Alfred
Houghton w
v
29,3D 31e $2000
Bessie V Pop vi hb to Julia
E Jones w sw .n26e$3000 00
Cornealius An in-son to Charles
S Blodget w se 20 Is 18e $1 00
James Philip & wf to S Coats
w w ne w se 20 5n 27e $1 00
Douglas W March rec to Mary
Allison nw 28 On 26c
W Hall Irons reg to Vaclav Ke
jsae lots 6 7'e sw 6 In 24c
John lyv-khavt reg to Frank
Ankle lots 4 s nw 5 24e
Same to Ivl v i! KHudson se sw
23 e nw sw m- l«e
George Vincey & wf to Kris
ten Laurson w se 31 3n 24e $1
Milwaukee Laud Company to
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
Catholic Church lot IS blk 8 In
terior
Milwaukee Land Company to
same lot 14 blk 8 Bel videre.
W Hall Irons reg to Charles A
(Continued column 0)
Dtpt of IlistoiT
MAY NOT CONFIRM ELLIOTT
Senate May Reject Him for Judge
ship--Previous Rejections
Have Bearing
Washington, May 31.—One of
the most interesting situations that
has confronted the Senate of the
United States in many a day is be
fore it as the result of the nomina
tion of James D. Elliott to be fed
eral ulge for South Dakota.
In the first place it is a question
whether Elliott will be confirmed
without a fight. In the second
place, it is suspected in Washing
ton that big South Dakota politics,
involving the senatorship to suc
ceed Senator Gamble, and the giv
ing of the delegation to President
Taft, is l»eing played.
No Charge* as Yet
No formal charges have been
made against Elliott. It is not
certain that any will be made. The
situation at this time is that power
ful progressive republicans in the
Senate are considering how far to
go in opposition to Elliott.
President Taft is aware of this.
He has known ever since the ques
tion of appointing a judge for
South Dakota came up that Elliott,
largely by reason of his earlier
failure in passing muster before
the Senate, ami partly because of
his railroad attorneyship might
have trouble being confirmed.
This is one of the reasons why the
president hesitated to name Elliott
as judge.
Very Close to Gamble
The relations of Elliott to Senat
or (famblc are well known to all
familiar with South Dakota affairs.
The capacity of Elliott as a politi
cal manager needs no enlargement.
It is suflicient to say that he has
no superior in the state as a mast
er hand at big politics. It seems
strange that Presidedt Taft should
lie using the power of appointing
a federal judge for his own politi
cal advancement. But a strong
feeling exists among the Senate
progressives here that the presi
dent has named Elliott in the know
ledge that his chances for getting
the South Dakota delegation will
not suffer thereby.
Senator Gamble, of course, has
stuck to Elliott because of the long
friendship lx tween them and be
cause of Elliott's great jolitical
su vices to him. Moreover he
needs the powerful aid of Elliott
in the senatorship contest, in which
many believe him already beaten.
Land Matters Mentioned
When Elliott formerly was re
fused confirmation by the Senate
ror district attorney it was due to
Senator Kittredge's opposition.
Formal charges were not made
then, but there was more or less
talk in Senate circles about Elliott's
course with respect to certain
large land holdings be acquired in
South Dakota.
What is being done now is that
progressive senators are having an
inquiry made to ascertain whether
Elliott's land deals and his employ
ment as general counsel in South
Dakota for the Milwaukee consti
tute suflicient ground to make a
fight against his confirmation.
Until the progressives satisfy
themselves as to these matters, it
may be expected confirmation will
be held back.
Senator La Follette is among
those who are not satisfied over
the Elliott appointment. At the
same time it is impossible to pre
dict at this date how far the op
position will go.
One thing that will hurt Elliott
if there is a fight is the failure of
the Senate in the past to confirm
him. This will weigh much with
senators.
It is the White House under
standing that Senator Crawford
has promised not to fight confirma
tion.
Whole No. 212
Old Trail Etchings
Tom and John Crahan have re
turned from Newell where they
went a few weeks ago to work on
the big irrigating ditch. They re
port our vicinity looking better
than any through which they
traveled as they journeyed home
ward.
Lena Sell lot man was a caller
at the Randalls home Thursday
of last week.
Miss Osa Randalls, of Wendte,
S. D., is visiting at the home of
her uncle, Howard Randalls.
Messrs. Ferguson and O'Con
nell drove to Philip last Thurs
day, returning the next day.
Mrs. Lottie Ray and (laughter
are still expecting to spend the
summer on OldTruil avenue, op
posite the postoi'i'ice.
Children's Day will be observ
ed at Old Trail Sunday school.
The Misses Legler have charge
of the program and an interest
ing time is predicted.
It is remarkable how much the
sky can have the appearance of
rain these days—and yet there
is nothing in it for us hut a tiny
sprinkle.
Word has been received froM
Miss Ursula Harnsberger that
she is nowr on her way to Old
Trail to spend the summer. She
comes from her farm near Deca
tur, Illinois.
('has. Schlottman is putting in
his spare time feeding gophers
poison and incidentally killing
rattlesnakes the past few days.
Of both gophers and rattlers we
have a superfluity this spring.
Owing to the illness of its
president, Mrs. Buswell, the Old
Trail ladies' aid will not meet
again until June 22nd. The
place for the next meeting will
be announced later.
If you want to see a real sat
isfied smile, just ask George
Sehlottman in whose company he
spent the past two Saturday
evenings, but don"t expect him
to tell you—for he won't.
Plans and specificatkMM for
the proposed new school build
ing in Ames school district No.
40, on the southeast corner of
southwets quarter of section 22
3-21, may he had at the residence
of George Wat kins, chirk of the
district. Bids for the erection
of this building will be received
up to June 22, at 2 o'clock p.m.
Realestate Transfer!
A gee ne se 11 nw sw n sw It Is
24e
Same to Edward A Schultz n se
n sw 8 4s 19e
Western Town Lot Company to
John McGuire w lot 9 10 blk
5 Interior S
Clarence E Coyne to Elizabeth
Coyne w lots 3 4a nw 4 So
20e $1 00
Albert Norby to Martha
Norby sw 28 5n 25e $1 00
Victor Wolff to Fullerton Lum
ber Company n 9ft Lot 15 blk 6
Kadoka S $100 00
Edward A Schultz to A S White
w n se n sw 8 4s 19e $1 00
Wade Gray & wf to Emma
Bracken w nw 14 sn 28c $1 00
Johnston Jeffries & wf to Ella
Jeffries ne se 27 7n 26e 1 00
W Hall Irons reg to Emit A.
Moore s ne 9 w aw 10 4s 19e
Same to Arthur Moore nw 9
4s 19e
Fred .m Robinson A wf to Orin
S Winter w sw 12 In iOe 1 00
Harry S Graham & wf to Sam
uel Strayer sw ne 28 5n 21e 1 00
Cora Dawson & hb to K
Kaun w sw 2 Is 18e $1 00
E Slagle & wf to Arthur
Kaum lots 1 2 sec 4 Is 18e $1 00
Magnus Easthouse A W Phil
lips & wf to Warren Beickett &
wf w nw 1 4n 22e nl-2 21 4n 23e