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About Dakota County herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1891-1965 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 6, 1921)
.' DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD 0 ' 4T f ) Your New Home should be made artistic, sanitary and livable. These walls should be Alabastincd in the latest, up-to-the-minute nature color tints. Each room should reflect your own individuality and the treatment throughout be a complete perfect harmony in colors. The walls of the old home, whether mansion or cottage, can be made just as attractive, just as sanitary, through the intelligent use of Instead of kalsomine or wallpaper It is absolutely necessary if you expect Alabastine results that you ask for and secure Alabaitlnt. Avoid kalsomines under vanons names and insist on the package with the cross and circle printed in red. That is the only way to be sure you are gcttiA the genuine Alabastine. Alabastine is easy to mix and apply, lasting in its results, and absolutely sanitary. Alabastine is a dry powder, put up in five-pound packages, white and beau tiful tints, ready to mix and use by the addition of cold water, Tind with full direc tions on each package. Every package efgtnulnt MIX IN ONI I I MINUTE WITH I I COLO WATIH I iiaoaiiint na cross ana Better write us for signs and special suggestions. Give us your decor ative problems and let t us Alabastine 16SS Crandvllle Ave. TAKES UMBRELLA TO MASTER Clever Dog That Keeps a New York Commuter Dry When He Gets Caught In Rain. "I'll show you n regular dog," Bald Gardiner to his friend Johnson, whom he had Invited to dinner at his home in Long Island, according to the New York Sun. They hud alighted from the train and it was raining. Gardi ner gazed up and down the street anxiously. "What are you looking lor?" asked Johnson. "There 1" exclaimed Gardiner, Ignor ing his friend's question and point ing down the street. "There's n reg ular dog." A Belgian police dog cume running toward the station with an umbrella In its mouth. The dog stopped in front pt Gardiner. "That's my dog," said Gardiner. "On rainy days my wife gives him an um brella and he brings it down to the station so I don't have to walk home in the wet" Fraudulent Alchemists. Discussing the work of Roger Bacon, regarded as the greatest philosopher of the Thirteenth century, Prof. Wil liam Itomaino Newbold of the Uni versity of Pennsylvania, who has suc ceeded in finding a key to this won derful book, speaks of numerous references to alchemy. In Bacon's time alchemy was considered n science and we have records of many workers, 6ome of them hopest In their beliefs, but many of them- were simply Im postors using the desire for gold to obtain large sums of money from their credulous victims, the New York Sun explains. Her Reason. Alice "Dow do you know you love George?" Virginia "Because Gla dys wants him." Town Topics. Whose fault is it when your husband is cross at breakfast? If you hit your thumb with a hammer you wouldn't blame your thumb for hurting. Then why blame your husband whose nerves may have been pounded by coffee, and whose rest probably has been broken by the irritation of the caffeine it contains? If you stay awake half the night you don't feel any too cheerful. The caffeine of coffee and the thein of tea are known drugs. If their use is persisted in, sooner or later the nervous system may give wiy. Then you may have insomnia, or disturbed sleep. Your nerves and tissues will be robbed of that stability essential for normal and happy living. iVH H II nflsBBBvMHf Hi - Hi HHHHHmmHJU HiJHHHHHHHHHHHHI circle pnnicu in rcu. hand-made color de- Itheonlytool INrtDtDTOAPW etttons. Give us your decor- help you work them out. Company Grand Rapids, Mich. CARE COULD NOT SAVE TREE Gigantic Banyan in the Botanic Gardep at Calcutta Is Reported to Be Dying. No tree In the world has had grentet care bestowed upon it than the great banyan tree In the Botanic garden nt Calcutta, which is reported to be dy ing, says the "Way of the World" col umnlst of the London Morning Post Every tender succulent young root, ns It begins to fall like n stalactite from the branch overhead, Is encased and protected from harm In n bamboo, It Is not improbnblo that the original trunks will vanish altogether and leave the still expanding outer growths as a ring of vegetation round an empty cir cle. The mother trunk Is an almost shapeless mass by this time, and con tributes ery little to the sustenance of the multitudinous progeny. This Calcutta specimen Is supposed to have fifteen aerial roots, n number from which, lMs probnble, that n cipher has been accidentally omitted. New Type of X.Ray Apparatus. The West London hospital announ ces the possession of a new Roentgen rny apparatus, the design of n Bavarian roentgenologist, and the only one In England which makes use of rays of n wave length not hitherto employed. The current Is of a voltage greater than 200,000. It is expected that with this new apparatus double the number of cures of cancer possible In the past will be obtained. The tube gives tho highest penetration yet achieved. For Cheaper Shoes. Chemists think they know how to reduce the price of shoes. Here's hop ing success for this proposed alliance of science and understanding. Boston Transcript Hurry with your feet, but fail not to look where you nro going. You can avoid this, possibility if you'll stop drinking tea and coffee and drink instead, rich, pleas ing Postum. Postum is the deli cious cereal beverage with a coffee-like flavor. It affords the advantages of a hot drink, without the ill effects of tea or coffee. Order Postum from your grocer today. Try it with the family for a few days, and see what a dif ference there'll be how it will permit Nature to bring sound sleep and strong, sturdy, quiet nerves. Sold by grocers. Postum comas in two forms: Instant Postum (In tins) made instantly In tho cup by tha addition of boiling water. Postum Cereal (in packages of larger bulk, for those who pre fer to make the drink while tha meal is being prepared) mado by boiling for 20 minutes. NEWS OF THE STATE IMPORTANT HAPPENINQ8 OP THsJ WEEK IN CONDENSED FORM. While tho tenant farmer is not tho problem in South Dakota that it is in older states, tho figures given out by tho state tax commission on returns of tho present year show that tho ratio of tenant farmers in tho Btate is about throo to two in favor of tho land owner. But the rato is largoly kopt up by tho high ratio of land own ers as against tonunts in tho newer sections of the state, with tho tenant list showing a lead in many of tho older counties of tho state. The ac tual figures show 45,803 farms In the state operated by the ownors, and 30,165 operated by tenants. Announcement has been made that the Northwestern railway company will discontinue tho dally passenger train botweon Plorro and Gettysburg, tho train from Watortown coming west only to Gettysburg, and tho only rail connection from Pierre to Onlda and Gettysburg being a mixed train. About 150 cars of potatoes have beon shipped by tho South Dakota Po tato Growers Cooperative exchango Binno the beginning of the shipping season. From now on about 100 cars a day will be shipped. About 90 per cent of tho cars already shipped havo gone to points outsido of the state. Tho cities of Deadwood and Lead Boon will seek a rehearing in a case affecting gas rates in the two cities. 7'ho princlpnl question is whether or not the private company can ccaso operations before the expiration of the period specified In their con tract. No trace has yet been found of Miss 'Mary Holmes who was adjudged Insane several weeks ago and who during the foro part of September es caped from an attendant of the state hospital for tho insane at Yankion, who had gone to take her to the asy lum. A movement is on foot in Flan dreau for tho erection of a club house and homo for Robert E. Kelloy post of tho American legion. It is planned to erect a structure upon a tract or land now held by the government which will be deeded to the legion. Vigilance committees to prevent bank robberies and to aid In captur ing yeggs and holdup men aro to bo organized in every county in South Dakota within a short time, as a re sult of a recent move of the South Dakota Bankers' association. At a recent meeting of the county commissioners of Faulk county tho tax levies for thoi ensuing year were reduced $47,000 from those of last year. The road Jovy was cut to $104, 000, and there was no levy made for the bridge fund. Forcing their way into a depart ment storo at Arlington, thieves made away with $8,000 worth of merchan dise, practically all of which was clo thing. This is the largest burglary in that section in many years. Farmers of Yankton county are dis cussing tho advisability of establish ing a uniform wage for cornplckers. Some are in favor of paying three cents a bushel, while others are will ing to pay four. Coal at from $4.50 to $5.00 a ton would sound good to the average res ident of tho state, but that appears to be the price at tho mines in the northwestern part of tho state. Preliminary stops to tho organiza tion of a woman's auxiliary to Coding ton county post of tho American Le gion of Watertown, were takon at a meeting held thero recently. At a meeting hold at Verdon by farmers and business men a perma nent shipping association was formed, with the Idea of putting community cooperation into effect. Tho Beresford city council has awurled tho contract for installing a mammoth now engine to lncreaso tho capacity of tho municipal electric light and power plant. Mobrldgo has beon selected as tho place for the annnual meeting of tho Yellowstone Trail association this year. Nov. 9 is the date Bet for tho meeting. At a Bpeclal election hold at Rut and bonds necessary to complete a now school building, now in course of construction, were voted. The Dell Rapids city" council has low ered the appropriations for city funds from $30,980 for last year to $28,208 for tho next 16 months. Practically an entire block of busi ness buildings at Bradley was de stroyed by fire. Tho loss is estimated at $105,000. Jefferson C. Soals has boon nomi nated for tho position of postmaster of Sioux Falls by President Harding. Tho city of Beresford, it is estimat ed, will this fall spend a total of $100, 000 for public improvements. Sheep-killing dogs have recently caused groat destruction on farms ot Miner county. For tho first time In history thero Is a railroad bridge across the Mis souri river channel at Yankton, It is not a regular standard guago railway, but a tramway built by tho contract ors for tho Meridian highway brldgo it Yankton for carrying materials and iqulpmont to tho sites of tho various piers under construction. It has beon extended until now It roaches tho Ne braska sandbar. Lester Sonn of Frodorlck, was in ttantly killed and John Flypaa, also t Fredorlck, was seriously Injured Ylicr: tholr or.r collided with a truck. A & flat engineering Koject Is now under way at Wolf Creek on tho Cus ter Dattlcfleld highway, west ot HrldgQwater. The courso of tho creek has beon changed dlroctly through a draw and a viaduct 150 foot In length, tho full width of tho road, will span tho crook. Tho approaches will bo filled level with tho brldgo. TllO lllllrf on finch aliln of tlm itrntv will bo cut down nnd widened nndi when tho wholo Is completed it wll bo ono of the finost pieces of construc tion work on tho highway. Maxino Tretheway, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. II. Tretheway ot Dead wood, died In a hospital as tho result of burns recolvtnl while playing near her home. In somo manner tbo llttlo girl, who was only 4 years old, pro cured Bomo matches, nnd lighting thorn sot fire to her clothing. Two Jewelry Bamplo trunks con taining watches and other Jewolry worth nearly $20,000, were stolen from tho Northwestern railway station at Salem. Thu trunks wore in tho pos session of A. L. Huor, a representa tive of tho II. E. Murdock company of Minneapolis. Charging that racial prejudices aug mented by employes of tho Indian sorvlco nro barring tho doors ot tho public schools to their children, tho Lower Brulo Sioux Indians havo mado an appeal to tho commissioner of Indian alfalrs in Washington for re lief. Tho state flro marshal's department is sending out for posting over tho stato on "Fire Prevention Day," Oct 9, a striking poster showing flrr.morj at work on a burning building, and calling upon tho peoplo of tho state to use more precaution In regnrd to firo Nearly 5,000 acres of school land aro to bo leased by tho Davison coun ty commissioners at public auction, Tho land, according to tho stato law, is leased under five-year contractB, but the law provides that tho rontal shall not be less than $2 per year. At a mooting held by tho county comissloners of Kingsbury county and tho stato highway commission, bids wero opened for tho construction of a highway between Iroquois nnd Dc: Smet Tho contract was awardod to a Sioux Falls contractor. Tho Tulare consolidated school dis trict has purchased two now trucks with passenger bodies, which will be used for hauling children to and from tno consolidated school there. Each vehicle has a capacity of from 20 to 25 pupils. Farmers in tho vicinity of Madison havo decided to pay three or four cents per bushel to corn pickers this season. A largo number of men can bo used In Lake county when work in tho cornfields gets under way. As the result of eating liver pills which aro supposed to havo contained a liberal quantity of strychnino, Mil dred Pearl Edison, tho one-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Edi son, of Watortown, is dead. A total of 7,500 persons wero In at tendance on tho last day of tho first annual fair of McPherson nnd Camp boll counties held In Eureka. Gov. McMnster was tho chief speaker on the closing day. Residents in tho vicinity of Whito Lake wero frightened recently when an earthquake shock occurred there. Tho tremors wero also felt in othor towns west of the Missouri river, It is ropoftod. Fred Brcrton, n farmer In tho vi cinity of Wetonka and a former rail road man, has invented a potato dig ger which bids fair to revolutionize tho method of digging tho crop. Gann Valley has organized a vigil ance committee as a precaution In caso of a visit from ono of tho numer ous gangs of burglars nnd robbors that are infesting thnt territory. At a special election to bo held In Winner October 11 bonds will bo vot ed on for tho purchnso of an cnglno to more fully equip tho local electric light and power plant. It is officially announced that tho attendance at the stato normal school in Aberdeen this fall shows an in crease of 15 per cent over the attend ance one year ago, Firo which swept through tho na tional forest roservo in Parmnloo can yon, west of Lead, was brought under control after doing much damngo to standing timber. The baby daughtor of Mr and Mrs. Hugo Oldsen, living on a farm near Oldham, was drowned as a result of falling into a pall of separated milk. Homer Ness, tho 13-monthsold son of Mr and Mrs. Harry Ness, who ro side near Fulton, fell into a tank ot water and wan drowned. Bccausn of tho InurciiRn of hurtrhirv and othor crimes in Aberdeon, busi ness men are demanding that tho po lice forco be increased. Bids havo been opened nt Huron fot tho erection of a new school building which Is to be built In that city at a cost of about $50,000. Tho contract for a now J60.000 sow. or system In Tyndall has been award, ed to a Sioux City contractor. Moro than 80.000 tourists visited the Black Hills this season, residents thero havo estimated. Tho state content commission will hold a meeting at Mitchell, at which timo it is expected tho first steps will be taken to put tho construction ot a cement plant undor way, Tho stato has an option on a tract Just north ot the Indian school near Rapid City, which is declared to bo located on a bod of practically inexhaustiblo co niorit material of a high cIubm, Lako Wlnfrcd, n flno body of wator near tho town of AVlnfrod, has been hoavlly stockod with black bass and win no bo mado a leading fishing ro sort of that section. MOTHER, QUICK! GIVE CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP FOR CHILD'S BOWELS Even a sick child loves tho "fruity" tnsto of "California Fig Syrup." If tho llttlo touguo Is contcd, or If your child 1b listless, cross, feverish, full of cold, or has colic, n tenspoonful will never fall to open tho bowels. In a fow hours you can sco for yourself how thoroughly it works nil tho constipa tion poison, 'sour bile and waste from the tender, little bowels nnd gives you a well, playful child ngnln. Millions of mothers keep "California Fig Syrup" handy. They know a ten spoonful today saves n Blck child to morrow. Ask your druggist for genuine "California Fig Syrup" which has di rections for bnblcs and children of all ages printed on bottle. Mother I You must say "California" or you may get an Imitation flg syrup. Advertisement Pals. Ethel, age seven, had disobeyed her mother, nnd as a result was severely spnnked. After tho girl had had her "cry," she walked Into tho next room where her mother was Bitting, throw her arms around her nnd said: "Mother, you and I nro pnls; wo don't care anything nbout spanktn.', do we?" And mother could not ro strnln n smile. ASPIRIN INTRODUCED BY "BAYER" IN 1900 Look for Name "Bayer" on the Tab lets, Then You Need Never Worry. If you want the time, world-famous Aspirin, ns prescribed by physicians for over twenty-one years, you must ask for "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin." The name "Buyer" is stamped on each tablet and nppenrs on each pack age for your protection ngntnst imita tions. Advertisement Doing Well. "How's your book of poems com ing on?" "Flno. Selling moro copies than I can autograph." Don't Foraet Cutlcura Talcum When adding to your toilet requisites. An exquisitely scented face, skin, baby and dustlug powder and perfume, ren dering other perfumes Bupcrlluous. You may rely on it because ono of the Cutlcura Trio (Soup, Ointment and Tnlcum). 25c each everywhere. Ad vertisement Where He Does His Practicing. "He'a n wonderful cornet player." "That so?" "Yes, even the neighbors where ho lives admit It" Cole's CnrboIUnlre Quickly nelterea and hcala burning, Itching and torturing skin diseases. It instantly stops the pain ot burns. Heals without sours. 30c and 60c. ABk your drugclHt, or send 30c to The J. W. Cole Co.. Rockford. 111., for a pack ace. Advertisement The faun emit does not revive you needs revising. HOW WOMEN AVOID SURGICAL OPERATIONS Some Are Extremely Necessary, Others. May Not Be Every Woman Should Give Lydia E. Pinkham's. Vegetable Compound a Trial First V lUBBWsfllBM'&feV &4sfltBiSBfllBaiw 111 rWMwWMf'y:( )) Compound, after it had been decided an operation wai necessary t Burlington, Vt " I suffered with' female trouble, and had a number ef doctors who said that I would never be any better until I had an operatloa. 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A Vermont woman adds her testimony to tit long lino of those fortunate women who hare been restored to health by Lydia U. iWmiM n