TTIE OMAIIA SUNDAY BEFa FEBRUARY G. 1910.
Woman's Life on the'
Wild Western Ranch
(Continued from rage One.)-
iresni, employing the separator. There ore also many other depart
ments of the ranch and the making of the home to occupy their
time and their efforts, and their .neighbors count them among the
busiest residents cf the district. Mies Lulu has gone abroad for
employment and teaches the district school three miles from her
home. The rural mall delivery, telephone and other conveniences
that have penetrated the rural districts are all within easy access
of the Callaway settlement, which, according to Omaha friends who
have visited there, Is an altogether interesting and delightful place.
Miss Edna Walworth, a member of the teaching staff of Vinton
school, Is another young woman who has braved Isolation on the
crairles and all that goes with It for the sake of acquiring the inde
pendence of the ranrh owner. Miss Walworth took up a section
or land under the KinkalJ act a year ago, and her holding Is today
tmong the most promising In Its vicinity. Her ranch Is a little less
than two miles from Eli, Cherry county, Nebraska, and Is entirely
enclosed with a two-wire fence. A two-roomed house and a fifty-foot
well, with a pump, Improvements made during the year, contribute
much to the comfort as well as the value of the place. But these
are not the only Improvements. Last year Miss Walworth had Id
ten acres of sod corn, which yieldel about 100 bushels, and she Is
planning further cultivation this spring. Later she expects to stock
the place, but at present her stock consists of a half interest in a
horse, which she rides back and forth to the home of her father, a
mile distant. Miss Walworth confesses to some timidity, but this
has not diminished her enthusiasm,' which is one of the valuable
assets of he homesteader. The coyote chorus which has sickened
the heart of many a frontier homemaker, no longer makes her
nervous," and she has become a judge of fire guards and other neces
sities of the place with the keen eye of the experienced ranchwoman.
Since the fire baa been "kept out much of her land Is fine for grazing
and she has derived a profitable rental at the rate of 25 cents a
bead for stock pastured there.
Miss Mabel Detebenner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Detebenner,
fcmerly of this city, Is an enthusiastic homesteader and one of tho
most successful of the several' Omaha wtmen who have taken up
land. Miss Betebenner's claim of about 140 acres Is about three
miles from Bridgeport, Neb., and was opened for settlement under
the Klnkaid act. It will require five years of continuous residence
before sbe secures her patent and of this time about a year and a
half remains. Miss Detebenner has forty acres under cultivation,
her crops Including corn, oats and alfalfa. It Is her intention to
put the greater part of It In to alfalfa as soon as the water supply
Is definitely determined. Present prospects are most favorable for
an abundant supply, as the Trl State Irrigation ditch has been ex
tended within six miles of her claim, and is being extended In a line
that will bring It directly past her property. These prorpects are
so good that she has been offered $50 an acre for her land. Miss
Betebenner has a comfortable house and her parents are at present
living with her. Twice a week she makes a trip to town and through
the neighborhood giving music lessons, her class being sufficiently
large to afford a comfortable Inccme Independent of tbe farm.
Mrs. G. R. Coleman and Miss Ruby Elizabeth Williams are
about to enter upon a forteen months' residence near Hugo, Colo.,
where they have bought relinquishments on claims cf 160 acres
each. Mrs. Coleman and children will leave March 1. but Miss
Williams does not go until June. Both of these claims are partially
Improved, each having a house. It is the Intention of their new
owners to move theRe houses as near together as the law will allow,
that they may afford ench other company and make possible many
of the other conveniences Incidental to near neighbors. Miss Wil
liam's claim already has twenty acres In winter wheat and both
women expect to have eighty acres put Into wheat In the spring. It
is their Intention to eventually put their entire property Into alfalfa.
This will require less work of the kind more difficult for women and
they believe will be mere profitable. Both claims aro good land
that will admit of general cultivation. Both Miss Williams and Mrs.
Coleman contemplate substantial Improvement of their bouse3. -Full
cement foundations will be put In and windows and porches will
be screened and the Interior made attractive for permanent resi
dences. The farms are to be stocked to begin with with two horses,
a wagon and a buggy. Miss Williams has bought a horse and wagon
and Mrs. Coleman a horse and buggy. The horses will be worked
on both farms until the proOts warrant more extensive equipment.
Mrs. Coleman has already been engaged to teach the district school
about two miles from her home.
Misses Sue and Molly King, formerly of Omaha, have recently
completed a five years' residence on two 640-aere claims near Harri
son, Nnb., In Sioux county. Their papers are all in and a few weeks
will give them the patents to their lands. The claims were taken up
under the Klnkaid act and considerable more than the required
amount cf Improvement has been done on each. Their land Joins
and the houses are built Just 'at the line, only a little way apart.
The sisters have become proficient horsewomen and each has a
saddle horse, long canters affording their principal recreation. Dur
ing their five years of homesteadlng these two young women have
not devoted themselves entirely to the business of ranching. At
least, one of the little houses has held treasures foreign to all that
surrounded and lenst to bo looked for In a claim house on the
prairie. During her residence in Omaha Miss King enjoyed the
reputation of being one of the cleverest modistes In the city, and
there was lamenting among her patrons when she announced her
(mention of going onto a ranch. A few of these patrons refused to
be dropped and prevailed upon MIbs King to continue making their
gowns. This she has done, making occasional brief trips to the city
for Ideas and materials and doing the work, out on her claim. This
practice has served not only to occupy the time, but has proven most
remunerative.
Mrs. Ida M. French, another Omaha teacher, has overcome
many obstacles In acquiring a farm In Tripp county. Her number
was 130 in the drawing and her farm Is a good one. With her
father, Mrs. French Is now living on her land, having a leave of
r.bsence from the Omaha schools. She Is enthusiastic and has done
much for herself. Among her early experiences was the necessity
of moving her house. The site had beetf located and the building
put up when It was discovered that the water supply that had been
counted upon was inadequate, and nothing remained but to moi
the house to a place where there was water.
Mrs. Arthur Rogers, formerly Miss Grace Con ant, la company
with her brother;" bought a relinquishment of a claim not far from
Herrlck, S. D., and spent the required fourteen months of residence
there. With her father, who also has holdings there, and her
brother for company, and not far away, Mrs. Rogers extracted from
her experience a good deal of a lark, and at the expiration of her
residence sold her land and returned to Omaha and her friends
with a substantial little nest egg to deposit in the bank.
In spite of all the "experiences" and the hardships incidental
to proving up on these homesteads, the women are, with scarcely
an exception, satisfied with their bargains. Many have become so
attached to the independent life that they have established perma
nent residence on their farms and others have gained Independence
by the proceeds of their lands. Although this Is a subject of which ,
all speak guardedly and not without embarrassment, with scarcely ;
an exception all these homesteaders have had not one, but many,
opportunities to marry.
"You ought to read some of the letters we women homesteaders
get," said one of them. "Many of us had never suspected there were
so many Barkises In the world, and marvel that we had not been
discovered before. Some of these letters are written in perfectly
good faith, however, but they are nothing as compared with some
of the verbal proposals of marriage that have come to most of us."
It Is significant, however, while many of them have married
by far the greater number have preferred the independence that
their farms have brought them.
Miss Iowa Mullen of Saunders school, Miss Elizabeth Gibbs
and Miss Olga Mohr, also teachers in the city schools, aro other
enthusiastic homesteaders now living on their claims, with leave
of absence from their schools. Miss Clara Ruth closed her art studio
In Omaha some time ago to take up her residence on a Nebraska
elalm and Mrs. Frances Filleo and her mother have 640-acre claims
In Cherry county, taken last year under the Klnkaid act. They have
a substantial cement house, and while the greater part of their land
is best suited to grazing purposes, enough of It can be cultivated to
make it valuable above the average in that vicinity. v
Paintings for the South Dakota Capitol
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LLROORT OP THK LOUISIANA PURCI5 ASE-PART OF THE Ml'RAI. DECORATION OF THE NEW SOUTH DAKOTA
CAPITOt. AT PIERRE From a Painting by Charles Holloway ot Chlcaco.
ECORATOU W. O. ANDREWS
D has received and placed In posl
I tion the first of the mural
paintings In the new South Da
kota state eapltol at Pierre. It Is a
painting by Charles Holloway,
tho Chicago artist, who will present sev
eral subjects. The present Is the central
mural decoration for the nennte chamber
end harmonlzos with the general decor
ative effect of that chamber, which Is
ereen. ivory and gold. The picture is an
allegory of the Louisiana purchase. Tho
center of the 'group of the painting tells
of the acquisition of the terrltoryof of
Louisiana by America from France. Louis
lenn Ih typified by an Indian woman, over
whom America !s placing live flag of the
new nation, and from whom the garment
of France has fallen. France, by Its Bide,
l.olds a copy of the treaty "by which the
pui chase was ratified. On the Missouri
floats the craft of America, guided by
Progress and Rectitude. In the golden
yellow background the spirit of a soldier
of old Spain, feeling the glorious achieve
ment of Spain as discoverers of the coun
try, shows the device of Isabella of
Spain, a yellow cross on a white field.
The feurs-de-lla In the foreground sug
gests the more recent ownership of the
country by France. The background, sug
gestive of Spuln, and the flowers of
France, Xells of the past, and the genius
of American progress shows the coming
of another day. and suggests the glorious
achievements of the present.
While this is the only mural painting1
which has yet tieen received and placed,
several others are finished, and are ex
pected to be here within a few days, when
they wlll-ba placed in position.
Curious arid Romantic Capers of Cupid
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Art and Marriage.
IS3. LUCENE OOODENOW, a
former Chicago art student,
married Klohet Iunkal a Japa
nese artist,- at the residence
$3,000,000 life Insurance. Last November,
when he applied for fl.500.00 in a lump,
It was said to be the largest application
for Insurance ever made at one time.
Nicholson recently started a movement to
of her father. George I. Goode- merge the cement Interests of four states.
now, Kalamazoo, Mich. Both
are former students of tho Chicago Art
Institute. The engagement, announced In
December of 1908. caused murh comment
at the time, when a bill forbidding Inter
marriage of Causaslans and orientals was
When GlrU Should Marry.
r Twenty-five prominent Hamilton women
were nBked to send statements to the Life
Problem club of the Hamilton (O.) Young
Men's Christian association of their opin
ions on questions connected with the mar-
licriillm' K . Till....!. 1 I .....
Miss Goodenow declared that she would I"'"0 otJMa: Tne ummanr of their opln
marry Inukal In spite of any bill that
mlKht le parsed.
Even If there were a law against It we
rou Id go to some other ntate and bo mar
ried," she said. "We both love art and tire
suited to each other."
The two-year courtship of Inukal and
Miss Goodenow at the Art liiMtltute waa not
without lt embarrassing- features, accor
ding to Miss Good." now.
"During oue whole year of our friend
ship we never spoke to eai-ti other, while married life came Into the circuit court of
lu the Institute. Mie mud.' "We were Kokomo to auk for a divorce upon the
ioo-inurn irouDitu oy uie way tno otner grounds of abandonment. Her complaint
Ions waS as follows:
That unnelflshness Is the most desirable
single quality In a husband.
That It is undesirable for girls to marry
outsldo their own social sphere.
That the bent time for a girl to marry is
between 20 and 0 years
ftolnof Home.
Mrs. Emma Miles of Kokomo. Ind.. who.
as Emma Thomas, was married to Delano
Miles at the age of lii years, after a short
"Look here, my friend, ;l really can't
marry you unless you do' what you are
told.
"But the aged bridegroom still remained
stupid and silent, and the bride, losing all
patience with him,' shook him roughly by
the arm and hissed:
" Go on, you old toot! Say it after him
Just as If you were mocking him!'"
Stranded ou Snow Pile.
The unique experience of being married
in a snowdrift belong to Thomas Stlckley.
a young farmer, and Miss Florence Merk
ley of New Market, Va.
Stlckley and his bride-to-be started to
drive to a minister in Mount Jackson.
Snowdrift after snowdrift was encountered.
Tho horses berame exhausted and the ve
hicle finally camo to w stop in a five foot
drift.
Leaving Miss Merkley. Stlckley made his
way on foot to the home of the Rev. Henry
Dltzler, who returned and married the
couple In the drift on the road.
' . Romance of Deadwood
(Continued From Page Three.)
coma productive, and ajmost their entire
acreage Is today being farmed, and the
products raised sold at good prices within
a few miles of where they are harvested.
On Jim creek, which Is within the Hills,
was grown and thrashed the first cereal
grown In the Black Hills. Within tho
Hills, free from danger of Indian attacks,
on the upper reaches of the Box Elder,
Gilbert M. Tower, In the spring of 1876,
located arid erected the first buildings In
the Hills to be used exclusively for farm
purposes.
Scattered throughout the Hills are
numerous little valleys, and while their
altitude is too high for those occupying
them to make a Buccees of raising wheat
or corn, oats, barley and every kind of
vegetable raised In the valleys of the foot
hills are prolific producers when planted,
and a crop failure Is a thing unheard of.
All of these little parks and the flats along
the streams flowing through the mountains
are today occupied by people who farm
them, many In addition owning mining
ground adjoining, which they also work.
Some of the best paying ranches In the
Black Hill are located In these parks at
the headwaters of the various streams, up
where the air Is light and nature rears
her monumental peaks.
It was not until 1678 that the first ship
ment of farming machinery was made to
the Black Hills, Star & Bullock of Dead
wood receiving a consignment of plows,
reapers, rakes, etc., which, so great had
been the demand for them, were sold al
most as soon as they were unloaded from
the bull and mule wagons which had
hauled them 300 miles through a hostile
Indian country. In 1879 the first self
blndors were brought Into the country by
the samo firm. They were brought In as
an experiment, but farming had progressed
to such an extent by that time that all
were disposed of, although the modest
price of $325 was charged for each ma
chine. The freight on a single machine
amounted to over J100.
While the products of the Black Hills
mines have been worth hundreds of mil
lions of dollars since the first settlement
of the country, the wealth produced by
the farms has equaled them. Although tho
odds were greut and the danger imminent
at all times during the early settlement
of the valleys of the Hills, the farmer has
triumphed over all of these difficulties and
today to be owner of 160 acres of land in
any of the valleys of the Hills means, that
Its owner Is independent for life.
Story of Spearflsh.
In the summer of 1876 Montana people
came In and located Spearflsh aa a town
stte. Two years later it was deeded to the
citizens by the government. The fine
streets are natural except three blocks,
which are paved with gold. Inasmuch as
tho tailings of a cyanide plant were util
ized for that purpose, and these tailings
Oldest Elk
tudenta gossiped."
Brother Wed Secretly. '
Fred W. and Albert Birker, brothers.
both in the twenties, are buck in Canton,
'ai filed, the divorce granted and she
atped directly ncrons the hall Into the
county clerk's office, where Fhe obtained
a license to marry, and within eljiht min
utes after she had faced the court the
Conn., each with a bride. Laxt weok Fred '""J become 'he wife, of Frank Swafford
lft home, saying he was going on a visit.
He went direct to his home town. North
Branford, and met his flam-re, Miss Bertha
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Combine of I. ore and Business.
A. E. Olmsted, who uublishes a weeklv
Foote. They went to the parsonage and ,e",ocratl PaP" "t tho little town of
were married.
Albert the next day left Canton for a
few day's' visit. He also went to North
Hranford, where he took il'na Olive Hopo
to the parsonage. Jiiht as they were de
parting aflrr the wedding the minister
laid: "Oh. by the way, I married your
brother Fred la?t night."
Albert and his bride reached Canton
first. When Fred Introduced his bride, upon
h's return home on Friday. Albert said:
' Fine! Now wult a minute. Oh, Olive!
Well. Fred, here's mine!" '
Neither brother had been aware of the
other's purpose in leaving home.
A (ireal Catrh.
Georga K. Nicholson, who. It U reported
Borden, Ind., and who recently took unto
himself a wlfo, thin narrates the fact tn
the last .Biie of his paper, the Clark
County Sentinel:
"Mrs. Lucy Hurst MrKinley, widow of
the late Francis McKlnley, and your hum
ble servant, editor, on last Saturday Joined
partnership in the bonds of matrimony.
The new firm will continue the publication
of the Sentinel as heretofore, and all bills
and accounts for both advertising and sub
scription will be thankfully received and
receipted for by cither member of the new
firm."
Italher ualn(.
Apropos of divorce. Judge Simon I.
Hughes of iH-nver. said at a recent dinner:
"A marriage likely to end in divorce was
lp Kansas City, Is to marry Mrs. Anderson, celebrated last week in Clrcleville. A min
ister told me about It.
"An oldish man 70 or sowas led rather
un ninety to the altar by a widow of
about 43.
"Ha was a slow wilted old fellow, and
a stenographer -at the Planters' hotel In
St. Louis, has a remarkable business
career. Ten yrcrs bn lie was a day la
borer at lola. Kan. Two years ago when
he left Kansas to make, his home in Kan
sas City, he was reputed to be the wealth- the minister couldn't get Mm to repeat the
lest man in the Sunflower stale. He Is responses properly, finally. In despair, Uie
uuw rated at Jt.000.000, and besides carries minister said-
Turkish Brothers Marry Sisters.
Born in the same town In Turkey and
playmates together as little children, two
brothers of the Bonaslff family and two
sisters of the Shamoon family of Oakland.
Cal., decided to change the friendship is,to
a closer tie, and a few days ago two mar
riage licenses were Issued that each
Bonasiff brother might make a Shanioou
sister his wife.
Tho acquaintance of the brothers with
the girls did not last long in the days of
their youth, for Turkish girls are secluded
and are not allowed to play with- boys
after they have paawd a very early age.
Nevertheless. Abadclla Joseph Bonaslff
never forgot Friedle Shamoon and Tonnus
Joueph Bonaslff never forgot Hannie
Shamoon. ;
Th two men camo to the United States
at a very early age. with the resolve to
make their fortune. Several years went by,
during which time they corresponded
ronularly with their parents In Turkey.
They learned thai the two little girls of
their childhood hud grown into beautiful
young women, much sought after aa brides
In their native village. The Bouaalffs
prospered meanwhile, and In a few years
after the arrival in tills country had
amassed what In their own village passes
for fabulous wealth.
They wrote back then to their parents
asking that they make formal application
for the Shamoon girls as brides. The
negotiations took a long time, but ended
with the coming of the Shamoon family
to California. They arrived a short time
ago and formal consent to the two wed
dings was given.
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JOSEPH TUFFREE.
Marshalltown, la.
OSEPH TUFFREE of Marshall-
town, la., will be 100 years ot
age February 10 and a few days
later will "ride the goat" into
the mysteries of the Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks.
He will not only be the oldest neophyte
to enter the fraternity, but will be the old
est living Elk in the land. He will be the
oldest resident of the county and the oldest
man in the state of Iowa engaged in active
business.
Mr. Tuffree' will be Initiated Into the
Elks' order as a member ef the Marthall
town lodge No. 312, In connection with the
dedication of the new StO.OOO Elks' build
ing at that place. He will represent the
third generation of his family In the order,
aa he has sons and grandsons now in the
antlered herd.
Mr. Tuffree Is a I ative of Newcastle
county, Delawaat. where he waa born Feb
ruary 10. 1M0. He has seven living chil
dren, eighteen fcrandchlldren and nine
great-grandchildren. For forty-one years
he has been in the real estate business at
Marshalltown and spends seven hours
dally In his office looking after his business.
are said to average S2.80 per ton of gold.
The town Is connected with Deadwood by
the Burlington railway, with dally trains
over the most picturesque section of the
Black Hills; also by a Concord tallyho
coach, which plies dally to and fro be.
tween Spearflsh and Deadwood. This
coach Is the old original style of
Spearflsn has six fireat resources the
mines, the state normal school, fish hatch
eries, farming, lumbering and milling; and
an additional resouice Is the great num
ber of cattle men making Spearflsh their
home, these men probably controlling be
tween 60,000 and fO.OOO hrad of cattle on
the ranges to the north. Within a. radius
of five miles f-om town are Mix sawmills,
with on output of 10,000 to 25,000 feet per
day each. The town Is lighted by elec
tricity, furnished from water power de
veloped from the Spearflsh river. Prof.
Cook in one season shipped to the mar
kets of the Black Hills and contiguous
country from his own fruit farm 138,000
pounds of strawberries. One man, Joseph
Wells, last season raised 1.000 barrels of
apples. The present population of Spear
flsh is about 2.000.
lleantlfnl Belle Fonrche.
Belle Fourche Is located In the southwest
corner of Butte county, at the confluence
of the Belle Fourche and Redwater rlvera,
about eight miles from the Wyoming line.
The Belle Fourche river encircles tho city
on the north and west, and the Redwater,
a cool mountain stream, on the east,
which furnishes water for Irrigating pur
poses and also for power. Belle Fourche
has a population of 2,500. Its resources are
varied and extensive. It Is one of the
largest Initial shipping points of range live
stock In the United States. Over 2.000,000
pounds of wool were shipped from Belle
Fourche last season. The town has been
quite an agriculture renter ever since its
birth, as the farmers along the Tledwater
and the Belle Fourche Immediately east
ot the town have been Irrigating for a
quarter of a century. Tho water for this
purpose is taken from the Redwater di
rectly through ditches without the use of
storage reservoirs. The products from
these farms are mainly alfalfa, grain, fruit
and sugar beets. A $30,000 electric light
plant furnishes light and tho town is sup
plied with water from three artesian wells
flowing into a 60,000-gallon tank. Belle
Fourche has flve churches and a 120,000
school building. A flour mill, run by
water power from the Redwater, Is located
within Its limits, with a capacity of 12S
barrels per day.
Belle Fourche is the county seat of Butti
county. A United States land office has
beea established here with a land district
embracing all of Butte county and a large
portion of Harding. Meade and Lawrence
counties. The headquarters of the North
western Wool Growers' association Is lo
cated here and the two banks have de
posits of over $1,000,000. The Belle Fourche
Irrigation project, now partially completed,
Is in the Belle Fourche valley adjacent
to and east of the town. It la a region
of wide valleys, rolling hills and plains.
WfciteiTOod's Advantage.
r Ten miles, north of Deadwood, In White
wood valley, 3,400 feet above -the sea level,
In the finest farming section of the Black
Hills region, lies the town of Whltewood.
It is the center of the best wheat producing
territory west of the Missouri, 60 per cent
of the wheat of the Black Hills being
grown .within fifteen miles of the town.
It Is of the hard spring variety. A great
deal of fruit Is being raised and orchards
re Increasing rapidly. North and west of
Whltewood the farms and small settle
ments are owned mainly by Danes, who de
vote themselves almost entirely to dairying.
New Omaha Pastor
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THOMAS H.
New Pastor Westminster
EV. THOMAS E. McCONNELL,
who cornea to Omaha to take
the pulpit of Westminster Pres
byterian church, probably Sun
day; Is a graduate of McCor
m lek Theological seminary at
He took his first charge
Ind., seven years ago,
M'CONNELL.
Presbyterian Church of Onraha. ;
remaining there for four years. He
has been pastor of the Jefferson Park
Presbyterian church at Chicago for three
years. Rev. Mr. MoConnell was born and
reared in Canada. A decision to ereot e
$50,000 church was reached at the same
meeting of the. congregation at which the
call for Rev. Mr. McConnell was' made. ,
A sawmill In town supplies the lumber for
the surrounding country. Trains run dally
to Belle Fourche and there are- four trains
dally to and from. Deadwood. ; . , .
Stnro;la Well Located.
At the healthful altitude of 8.500 feet, and
spreading out upon an Ideal site that slopes
slightly eastward from tho foothills. Is
the thriving little town of Sturgls, with
a population of 1,600. The Fort Meade
military reservation forms Its eastern
boundary and for all commercial purposes
is a part of the city, so the real business
population is 2,300. Sturgls waa platted In
1S77, being named for General Sturgls, who
was the first commanding officer of Fort
Meade. The town was Incorporated In 18S8.
It is the county seat of Meade county,
which was named for General Meade South
Dakota is the richest state per capita In
the union,' and Sturgls Is the richest city
per capita, of Its size in the state. The
banking institutions of a town Indicate
accurately the material prosperity ef Its
citizens. The total assets of the two banks
of Sturgls Is Il.ttO.OOO. Sturgls has two
good weekly newspapers; an electric light
and power cotnpaiiy( furnishing to the city
and fort twenty-four hour current; a mod
ern roller mill, three hotels and miles of
cement sidewalk. Sturgls la the nearest
railway point to the great Belle Fourche
Irrigation project.
Quaint Features of Everyday Life
Dosi In Kvenlngr Clothes.
HE New York smart set Is dog
s I crazy women are not content
I I with keeping one dog, but main
tain aogs or varying colors, tax
ing but that which harmonizes
with the furs and fabrics which
the lady happens to be wearing. The craze
has resulted In the Institution of a dog
tailor, who offers a .selection ot dog cloth
ing as extensive as that of their mis
tresses or masters.
The latest do;r fashions Include Jackets
varying from loud Donegal tweeds, made
Norfolk pattern, to velvet smoking coats
and black evening dress. These are fitted
with tiny handkerchiefs and a wallet hang
ing from a belt, containing the dog's randy.
The dog's boots are made of patent leather
ard India rubber, laced with ribbon. A pall
of goggles and white collars encircled with
a tie complete the canine costume.
The dog's kennels are made of plaited
reeds In the form of a house, lined with
blue satin. Their personal needs are at
tended to by special maids, who are obliged
to learn their mistresses' gown plans so
that the right doggie may be dressed np
prrprlately for the daily "carry" society
refusing to permit the doggie to walk. De
spite all this pampering the mortality
among pet dogs is enormous.
Bride Needn't Bo a Panll.
Prof. H. H. Balsh, superintendent of
public schools of Altoona, Pa., waa some
what nonplused when an Italian girl ap
plied for a certificate to go to work. She
was under 16 years of age. She brought
with her the certificate of baptism, but
when the secretary started to write the
name she stopped him. i
"That la pot my name now; I'm married."
she said.
Here was a dilemma unlocked for. Doea
a married woman, who is under age, need
a certificate to work? Can a married
woman be made to attend school?
The law says that a child cannot be ex
cused from attending school except for
sickness or other urgent reasons.
"Let us make It 'urgent reasons' and
give her the certificate," said the super
intendent, and this was done.
Goardi Woman's Body.
Only through the strategy of Deputy
Coroner Waldon In pushing a heavy fur
gauntlet glove Into the mouth of a vicious
bulldog, which had been .guarding the body
for nearly twenty-four hours, waa he able
recently to make an Investigation Into the
death of Mrs. Catherine Greenwell, 67 years
old, of Philadelphia, who died suddenly
at her home.
The animal showed more fight than be
fore when the deputy coroner reached the
house, and after trying nearly an hour to
persuade the dog to leave the couch,
Deputy Coroner Waldon left, but returned
again. The dog still held his guard and
could not be Induced to leave the couch.
Finally, Waldon, taking off his fur gaunt
let, hurled It at the dog's face. The ani
mal, gripping It in his teeth, was dragged
from the couch and thrown Into the yard.
Waldon was then able to proceed with
the investigation. He found that
had been caused by heart disease.
death
Finds Ills Wife Itemarrled.
C. I. Trotter of Bennetttuirg. Schuyler
county. New York, returned to Oconto a
few days ago after an absence of thirty
two years and found his former wife re
married and living in the city. Like Enoch
Arden, he Intends to leave her undisturbed
In the companionship of her second hus
band, but he does not propose to hang
around and end his days like Enoch.
Trotter lived here thirty-eight years ago.
He afterwards went to Michigan and then
to New York, where he engaged In farming
and accumulated some property. In the
meantime his wife married John Olson, an
Oconto bay shore fisherman.
There Is no sentiment In Trotter's return.
He came solely on a mission of business
and with a view to later becoming free of
the matrimonial entanglement of nearly
forty years ago.
nn flowers Hrlna; Honey,
Owe of the staple crops of, Hamilton
county, Illinois, Is sunflowers. They are
raised extensively In the northwestern part
pf the county, where the soil seems especi
ally adapted to them.
to date more than 10,000 bushels, or
thirty-four car loads, worth 13 50 per bushel,
valued at $35,000, have been shipped out
the county this season.
They ore used for medical purposes, for
bird food and for making stock foods. In
dications are that next year's crop will
be more than double crop raised this yea
