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COUNTY DIRECTORY Treasure!— Byron L« Auditor— Chas, M. Price Sheriff-* (iea. KusMk KrtrlsU'r of Tleeds ,John A. Melvtl®# Clerk of Courts— A, O. Kicketts siut. of schools- Grace A. Reed States Attorney Julius II. Johnson County .hultre— H. M. Dinsraore Surveyoi— ttoy II. Townsend Assnssoi— Frank L. Norman Coroner— Dr. Clyde C. Winter Commissioners— 1st dist., Will Hopkins '2nd dist., Eh. Jones 3rd dist., Thomas H. Tolton 4th dist., F. E. Morrison 5th dist., W. O. Hopkins PHIMI* TOWNSHIP Supervisors F. E. Morrison S. R. Reher R. F. Robinson Clerk W. L. Church Treasurer— A. W. I'rewitt Assessor J. J. Berry lioad Overseers J. Ralph Lee, Dist. No. 3 Joe Pete, Dist. No. 2 Dennis Fahey, Dist. No. 4 J. W. Airey, Dist. No. 1 Justices of the Peace John Dunlevy E. F. Walden TOWN OF PHILIP Trustees Frank M. Rood H. A. Kumrn J. D. Rainey Clerk— A.S. Anderson Treasurer Frank S. Schwartz Assessor- Will R. Walpole ustice of the Peace— E. H. Banks Marshall- Claude Ramsey Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer THE BEER OF QUALITY A beverage that is right, It's a good beer" pure, perfectly aged and wholesome) it is acme thing more than merely a delightful beverage^it is a tonica tissue and body buildup* Be sure to ask for tl at the BLUE RIBBON SALOON Corner Center Ave and Railroad Street, A Fine Line of Wines, Liquors and Cigars PECKHAM ti. W. Campbell-••Dry Farmer In 1883, a tall, dejected man walked out of the sod sianle in Brown county, Dakota Territory, leading a thin ox and a long-eared mule. All three were discouraged looking. As they pulled them selves over the windswept field stirring up a trail of dust, the man gazed sadly at a few grains of wheat that dared rear themselves into blades. Suddenly he stopped, dropped down uqon his knees and began scratching at the few blades fighting up out of the depths of an old hoof print. Only in the tracks did the blades dare lift themselves all around the ground was parched and lifeless. Why should wheat spring up in hard tracks and not in the loose ground For an hour the man puzzled over the mystery. Today the Dakotas and Nebraska bloom with wheat as the result of that hour spent over the footprint of the long eared mule. The man was H. Wr. Campbell, who has developed 'dry farming' and put those states on the wheat map. To him belongs a large share of the honor of making the Great American Desert the Great Amer ican Cupboard. Dry farming was practiced to some extent by the Mormons sixty years ago, but it was left to II. W. Campbell to develop and explain it. Until he did so the farmers of the northern wheat zone barely eked out an ex istence now they go to directors1 meetings in autos. One and all, they rise and call Campbell blessed. In brief dry farming is a meth od to keep the moisture in the ground. In the Dakotas and Ne braska in the drouthy years, the sun sucks all the water out of the soil, leaving the vegetation to wither. Mr. Campbell preaches to the farmers, 'Put a cistern un der your wheat field by packing the ground and keeping the mois ture in.' This sounds very simple for a great discovery, but it has taken years to find how and when to do it. Mr. Campbell finally invented a machine which packs by pressing the soil at the base of the furrows, making the strip between each furrow as solid as cement This method has practically re claimed great stretches of non-irri gable lands. Its value has been well expressed by Benjamin A*n- drevvs, chancellor of the Nebraska State university: 'An unassuming townsman of min-p Mr. II. W. Campbell, has made a discovery worthy to rank with those of Wott. Eli Whitney and Edison, that of storing up water in the soil so as to make a very slight rainfall suffice to grow a CfQji without the aid of irrigation, Campbell inWlf^tecs what he preaches. He himself operates wheat farms following his own system he has live farms, in all a totaling 2,920 acres, with a yield of close to sixty bushels to an acre. In addition he supervises twenty model lanns where the farmers are taught to farm with their heads. The farmers in each district watch how it is done, and then the fol lowing season go and do likewise. Along with these he conducts a farm paper, and gives illustrated lectures and chautauqua talks. Books this Nebraska farmer lias written are read the world around they have been translated into a dozen different languages—even into Kussian. Machines that lie has devised are in use in Odessa. Hungary, Arad, Hyderabad, ard in Indian Punjab. Mr. Campbell lives in Lincoln. Neb., where he has his offices and head-|iarters. He was liorn in Franklin county, Vermont, and for halt his life was foreman in a railroad machine shop. When he took Greeley's advice and landed in Dakota Ierritory he had a large family and a small pocket-book. 1 lie government crop reports show that Campbell is the Elijah who sends Nebraska her manna in the form of wheat. During the last five years Nebraska raised :',0, 360.000 bushels of wheat, selling it at an average price of sixty eight cents per bushel During the same period the Kansas and Iowa wheat crops fell below their records for the previous five years, while Ne braska gained over two bushels pe acre all by dry farming. This meant in money ^20,644,800, which signifies that dry farming is put ting more than $4,000,000 into the pockets of the Nebraska farmers each year. Campbell's contribu tion to the development of the state has been gratefully acknow ledged by his fellow citizens. Hampton's Magazine. LIST OF WOMEN AERONAUTS Many of the Gentler Sex Have Die tlnftiiehed Themselves by TMf I Temerity in Ballooning. Women aeronauts are not only of to-day. The first woman of note wa| Mme. Nadar, who lost her life witJl her husband by being cast from a hat* loon at Nieubourg, Hanover. Next w# And Mme. Sage crossing the channel In 1785. The party set out with th§ intention of surprising a friend in th§ country, and descended very near their objective. Mile. Garnerin, sister of the inventor of the parachute. ia five years made 40 ascents. This wa§ from 1816 to 1820. Mme. BlancharjK was the star under the empire. She had charge of the aeronautics at the coronation fetes, in consequence of Garnerin having incurred the displeas ure of the emperor, the aeronaut hav ing been the creature of misfortune. He ascended at Milan with a balloon carrying an imperial crown. The air current* carried him out of his course, and the next day, in making his de scent, he broke the crown on the tomb of Nero. This untoward event cost him the emperor's displeasure, for the coincidence In some quarters was eon Ridered significant. Mme. Blanchard during her career achieved some note. At the marriage of the emperor with the archduchess of Austria she cast flowers on the procession from her balloon, and she did the same on the carriage of Louis XVII on his entry into Paris She perished in her sev enty-seventh ascent, in 1819, through an explosion when aloft. Notwith standing that husband and wife per ished in their balloons, this did not deter other women seeking similar fame. In 1827 Mme. Johnson crossed the \fississippi in a balloon. Then for a time the novelty waned, and has just been revived, its second advent being marked in France by the found ation oi a woman's club, under the di rection of Mme. Surcouf. A Portrait. "Evidently this is a wrong tiger, but it is an original animal." Such was the verdict of a discerning Japan ese critic, given at a time when the subject of our sketch burst upon the literary firmament. He was born in 1866, educated in the school that he afterward made ridiculous in "Stalky & Co.," and was famous In Indian journalism before he was 20. Ten years ago be filled the whole stage of contemporary lettere, but there has been an adjustment of values. In a sense not to be emphasized, he Is the "Man Who Was," though bis grip is still irresistible. A great critic has called his characters vulgar, though admitting him to be an artist. When he is not politician or theorist or philosopher, be is fitfully a genius. In a crisis his voice can be the nation's, and it is then that it Is most impres sive. That is why his appeal Is usual ly general and not personal. His big gest effect ef laughter or tears is de partmental. The fire and the whirl wind are his. and the still, small voice in such rare utterances as the 'Recessional' unl "Sussex." Mr Thomas Atkins would go through fire and water for him. That is because his name is Rudyard Kipling.—T. P.'s Weekly, London. Perpetual Motion. Not a few seekers alter perpetual motion havp seen their error, and have risen up to warn their fellows against a waBte of hope and time. One of them came to the prosaic conclusion that If a perpetual motion machine eould be Invented It would have no utility whatever, as It would require all Its energy for Its own movement. Another discovered that the Bible for bids the quest, and begged all investi gators to read Collosslans 2 8: "Be ware lest any man spoil yeu, through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world." This view did not oc cur to John Wilkins. a seventeenth century bishop of Chester, who gave much attention to these speculations, which, he said, "do ravish and sub lime the thoughts with more clear an gelical contentments." Perhaps, the best apology for the perpetual motion craze was made by Hancock, the in ventor of the London steam carriage, who said that If he had a hundred sons he would like them all to study perpetual motion, because it would acquaint them with mechanics.—John o' London In T. P.'s Weekly, London. Millions fer New 8choola. Twenty-eight new schoolhouses, with accommodations for 68,000 pupils, are provided for by latest appropriations made by the New York board of esti mate, and, with money for sites, a total of $8,467,520 Is appropriated. With the appropriations made a week ago the board of education now has $10,000,000 which It can spend at once for new school buildings and sites. It will go for the 21 new school buildings and the new sites mentioned. The Brook lyn high schools will also get a portion of the money. The boys' high school will get $400,000, the girls' high school $100,0M, and the Erasmus high school •400,000.—N. T. Evening Post Lessen from the Past. Dr. Samuel Johnson was rlslbly Im patient "Noll," he said, "I can't be always assisting you when you get into trou ble, but I'll see that your account with your grasping landlady Is squared this time—on one condition. You ve got to turn out something in the literary lint that will sell as well as one of G«org i.arr McCutcheon's books." Thereupon poor Oliver Gollsmitl. ,ti turned out "The V"1 is of Wal.t mill u wa* the Lest he CJUM de TRADE MORAL—If we were all mind-readers we would have no trouble in learning what merchant's goods are best lAbout one in every 1,000 of us is addicted to mental tele pathy. To reach the other 999 of us, Mr. Merchant mutt advertise. Persistent adver tising in this paper will mako those 999 buy. The telepath 1st will buy anyhow. H'^emory. A writer In an exchange speaks in warm admiration of the power pos sessed by certain people of remem bering faces and again recognizing personi- they huve met In the most casual way He regards It as a great gift and one much to be desired. It is a gift, but it Is by no means rare is, in fact, a very common possession. What is far more rare, and not less to be desired, is the ability to asso ciate the name of the person with his face Innumerable are the men and women who remember faces well—too well, alas who And it a trial of their lives that the names belonging to the persons identified by their eye vanish from their memory utterly at the crit ical moment It is indeed a desirable thing to be able to rei ognize instantly the people one has met, but only when this abil ity is accompanied with a fairly trust worthy memory for names. Other wise it may be a questionable gift and even an affliction. For you may offer acceptable excuses for not recognis ing acquaintances at sight, but when you have friends of long standing whom vou encounter almost daily and then forget their names—for that there is no apology that will not be received coldly and with suspicion. Dogs of the British Upper Ten. A hundred thousand dollars is the value of some thousand dogs owned by the upper ten in Britain, and some of these dogs are worth $5,000 apiece. Pomeranians have maids somewhat after the manner of babies of wealth. These maids carry along pasteurized milk, filtered water, cologne atomizers, meat extract for warm beef tea, breasts of chicken and choicest pieces of beef gold, ivory and silver tooth and hair brushes and combs lace handkerehiefs, gloves, shoes, alcohol stoves for warming food, Jeweled feed ing spoons and an assortment of ex pensive colored ribbons. These little dogs go about in automobiles, sitting or lying in silk lined boxes upon pil lows of softest down, and are covered with quilts of eiderdown. Vast Unknown London. There Is not a single man living who knows al! I/ondon, who has been through every street, or Into every crescent square and terrace. This seems a hard saying, and it Is one which visitors from abroad or the col onies find It Impossible to believe, but nevertheless it is absolutely and Incontrovertibly true. Let any one take a map of Ixmdon and try to mark In red all the streets which he can hon estly say he has visited and be will have to confess that he knows but llt tlue of the metropolis of the world and that the red marked streets are but as nothing compared with those lie bus bad to leave untouched. Understands It Better. •'•'h« says she likes football better Y Mranger in the stand got SO he hugged her every time •i lacular play." Replete in every detail, our job department ranks with the best in the state. Always prompt and satisfactory and ready to serve you. Ads. as Reputation pProps^ Let us build you an inch ad. in this paper a col umn ad., a page ad., or any old size ad. Let it tell in forceful terms: What you've got to sell What it's worth Why it's best at that price Such an advertisement in this paper will bring buyers who hardly knew you existed before you advertised. Makvw.a.04 Clarence M. Sageser Jeweler and Optician.... |. FinpWllch JUt'pairing All Work Guaranteed I'.vtvs Tested (JInsses Kitted Broken Lenses Duplicated We allow no one to lie dis&dtts iirf (iivft us a trial C. .4 North Center Street I FOR SALE! A limited supply of goo*} S i n y e sewing machines. Have been used a short time in glove factoay. Write for particulars. Reed Ifffg. Co., Box 432 Rapid City, S. El Aldrich & Son UNDERTAKERS and EMBALMER8 Calls answered Day or Night. 'Phones: Bus. :i'2, Kes. 5' Philip, 8. D. •P Here is your Chance Good lot» in Philip on weekly or monthly payments. No interst* w Call and 1 will explain. E. F. WALDEN 4#| BAKERY! Fresh Bread, Bunt and Pastry Always on Hand. L. Jennewein & Son iv»ww%wvwwww%\»w» In /"V1division in rront or win.y come. Livery Stable Vou can nearly always see'' f°r getting ready to start out. V® will send one any distance, fA any purpose, at any time. We Answer all Calls Promptly Philip Livery Barn E. C. DAVIS.. "Tsign Painter? DECOKATINO A AND INTEBIOB .V FINISHING Headquarter at Winchester Hotsl PHILIP, SO. DAK. Best $1 A Day house in the Wm&M Hotel Hall Second Avenue, Fort Pierre, & IELIZA HALL Pn