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The herald., 1897-08-05

The highwaymen that infest Long
Branch have taken to holding up the
bachelor summer girls, and now the
young ladies often wish they had man
or two along.
The herald., 1897-08-05

The latest official to go insane from
the burden of his cares is the secretary
of the Minnesota state board of health.
He has asked to have his salary reduced.
The herald., 1897-08-05
Venetian

Mrs. Eastlake-You visited Venice while
you were in Europe, hear, Mrs. Trotter?
Mrs. Trotter-Yes. indeed, and we were
rowed about by one of the chandeliers for
which that city is noted.-Harper's Bazar.
The herald., 1897-08-05

Kansas City has raised something like
odate the big conventions that go there.
Unless Los Angeles does likewise or
adopts other means for securing a con-
vention hall we shall not be able to get
the big conventions. A hall is the only
thing laking.
The herald., 1897-08-05

The Hawaiian annexationists are try
ing to win over public opinion by point
ing out what good thing the purchase
of Alaska was for the country. The ar
gument is little too far fetched.
The herald., 1897-08-05
A Porch Party

Some one writes to ask what a porch
party is. 1t is party where the guests
scatter their melon rind and cake crumbs
on the porch instead of on the parlor car
pets.-Atchison Globe.
The herald., 1897-08-05

D.? 1t is little remarkable that Los An
geles should have had, up to the present
time, no society composed of its old time
citizens. The omission has now been
supplied, and there is every reason to
believe that strong, representative or
ganization will be formed, that will be
a credit to the city ard promoter Of its
best interests.
The herald., 1897-08-05

The fact that Senator Hanna did not
accompany President Mckinley to the
shores of Lake Champlain should cause
thorough search of the White House.
The herald., 1897-08-05

II men would put as much courage
ingenuity and enterprise into their work
at home as they do in plans to go to
Alaska there would be less individual
complaint about hard times. The home
pay streak is not worked out yet.
The herald., 1897-08-05
Verdict of the People to Come

The people will let the administration
know what they think Of the new tariff
act when the congressional elections
come around.-Kansas City Star.
The herald., 1897-08-05
Profits on National Bank Circulation

Profits on National Bank Circulation
To the Editor Of the Los Angeles
Herald: Some OF the statements in your
columns signed by E Pluribus Unum
seem hardly consistent with facts.
Speaking of the rights of national
banks to deposit government bonds and
take out circulation thereon, E P. u
makes the statement that 1.-The banks
make profit of per cent on their cir
culation and per cent on the face of
their bonds or nearly II per cent on an
investment of S100. .O00" The same writ
er, some ten days back, made out to his
own satisfaction that the national banks
realized from 20 to 80 per cent instead
OF H.
Now, If either Of these statements was
anywhere near the actual facts there
would be ample cause for all this COM
plant.
There are enough reasons why our
currency should not be turned over to
the national banks. but the rea son given
by e p. U. is certainly not one of them.
Some people may insist that the national
banks doctor their returns as to their
profits, still there are some facts about
which there is no dispute. If E P. u
will turn to page Sc Of United States
treasury circular No. 1923 (to be had free
on application) he will find this state
ment: 'The aggregate capital of ma
tional banks October 81, 1895, was $664,-
136,915. Under the law the banks were
entitled to issue circulation to the
amount of 527,72O,0O0. The actual
amount of circulation outstanding on
that date was s213s37 $50. including
$23, 706, $50 notes of banks which have
failed, gone into liquidation, or have re-
duced their circulation"
BY subtracting the amount taken out
from the amount allowed, we find the
banks could issue 1888 ,S32, $40 more than
they did issue; that is, they take out
about "a per cent and refuse to issue the
other 66 per cent. There is no possible
way for the national banks to mislead
the public as to the amount of their cir
culation. Experience teaches us that
the banks would issue every dollar of
circulation that the law allows if they
were making the enormous profits some
people imagine. The report of the comp
troller of the currency for 1896, volume
1, page LOG, has the following: "The ac-
tuary of the treasury has for recent
years estimated the profit on bank cir
culation secured by all classes of ac-
cepted government bonds to be as fol-
lows:
Date. Profit.
October 81, 1894. 4......................O o. 967
October 81 1895. i. 107
October 81 1896. 1 $50
Upon this basis the amount of ma
tional bank circulation outstanding Sc
cured by deposit of bonds was:
November 1, 1894. s4..............$1 .$179. .401, 1854
November 1, 1895. 95.............. $780, 180, ,961
November 1, 1896. ............. 216 SIC, Ola
1t thus appears that 1896 saw an in
crease Of $37, los, $50 over 1894, owing, of
course, to an increase in the profit to the
banks.
The foregoing facts certainly contra
dict the sta tements by E p U. as to the
enormous profits earned by the national
banks on their circulation. A. S. E.
The herald., 1897-08-05

The wave of prosperity has struck
Georgia, where 13-year-old matron has
presented her 16-year-old husband with
twins.
The herald., 1897-08-05
Wow /!

Let the wave of prosperity rise and
swell and spread until it browns the
whole brood of professional agitators
like rats In their holes! Riverside Press.
The herald., 1897-08-05
General Alger. through Insnector-Gep

General Alger, through Inspector-G
eral Lawton, wishes the people here to
understand that he is acting fairly and
impartially. But that is just what they
cannot understand. The secretary
should present something more tangible
than his assurance.
The herald., 1897-08-05
The Passing Show

"Mebbe all de worlds a theater, as the
poet says unused Mr.. Perry Patettic, but
the only box l have ever had at the per-
formance has been box car"
Enquirer.
The herald., 1897-08-05
THE PUBLIC PULSE

(The Herald under this heading prints
communications, but does not assume re-
sponslbiity for the sentiments expressed.
Correspondents are requested to cultivate
brevfty as far as is consistent with the
proper expression of their views.l
The herald., 1897-08-05
The Klondyke Fever

"What kind of meat, sir?" asked the
butcher.
''Give me a nice grub-stake,' absent
mindedly replied the ustomer.-Chicago
Tribune.
The herald., 1897-08-05

The money loaners of Europe are cut
ting large figure in the negotiations for
peace that are being arranged for Turkey
and Greece by the concert of Europe. In
fact there is no question of national or
international Importance the world over,
in which the money loaner is factor of
small Importance. His voice is for peace
at any price; but the advantages of peace
are not always to be had with honor.
The herald., 1897-08-05
$156, ,S25. $4,000


The late A. A. Cohen. who bore very
confidential relations to the Central Pa
cific railroad is authority for the state
ment that the Central Pacific cost no
more than s1s, ,222, 81 to build. There
fore the land grants, bonds and other
subsidies left, after paying for the road,
a profit of s1S7 ,6O2, ,4O3.33, all of which.
as we'll as the road. went to enrich these
few men. The road and the profits
amounted to a gift from the people of
S156, ,S25, 800. But that was not all. The
actual value of the land grants was
SIS, ,066, SOL. The stock issued was 6S,000,-
00O The principal and interest now due
the government is ST., ,164, 045. Years ago
A. A. Cohen estimated the gifts of the
people to the Central Pacific railroad at
$255, 1856 $751; From 1864 to 1884 this
property, the gift of the people to these
men, made a net profit of $52 536, ,9lo.
Since then, the road being held under
lease to the Southern Pacific, it is i'm
possible to tell what it has made. The
stock has all been unloaded upon other
people, and all the profits go to the
lessee. The property now is 349S miles
of road and equipment, besides an i'm
mense amount of land and private prop
erty of vast value. Shrewd business men
estimate that the annual profits to the
railroad is not far from $40, 900.
Observing that this vast amount of
wealth has been the gift of the people
to these men and their heirs, it is not a
violent assumption that they should
deal justly, not to say generously, by
their fellow citizens.
What do we see? The survivor Of the
original four in his relations to the San
Pedro harbor is the answer. While this
man, posse ssed of millions, the gift of
the rest of US, uses his power to set at
naught the law made by congress, thus
handicapping millions in their struggle
for a living that he may go on and fatten,
there can be nothing but "discontent
under existing circumstances"
The sugar trust SETS up loppy III tHe
Arlington hotel, and members of the
United States senate there, under the
dictation and instruction of this trust,
concoct scheme to rob the people of
s55. 900, 900 a year additional to the rob-
berry carried on at present. Until such
disgraceful betrayal Of public interest
is made impossible, discomfort will not
only live but grow.
DR.. Depew sees the discomfort. Like
all the rest of his kind, he Is blind as to
the real causes. Mr.. Bryan and those
who stand with him see the causes, and
it is these deep-lying influences which
cause discomfort, which we are seeking
to remove. From DR.. Depew or from his
party there is no hope Of reform. Until
reform is accomplished discomfort will
exist. and reform must come through
Mr.. Bryan or some such man in touch
with the people and opposed to the
trusts. DR.. Depew is therefore right
when he predicts the election of re-
form president in 1900.
The herald., 1897-08-05
Vanity

When man again meets former love
he always finds some cause for self-con-
sratulation.--Puck.
The herald., 1897-08-05
scorchers in the Arctic Regions

A bicycle path to the Klondyke would
be popular-D Duluth Herald,
The herald., 1897-08-05

1t thus appears that 1896 saw an in
crease Of s37, 1OS,65O over 1894, owing. of
course, to an increase in the profit to the
banks
The foregoing facts certainly contra
dict the statements by P. u as to the
enormous profits earned by the national
banks on their circulation. A. S. E.
The herald., 1897-08-05

own state conceived q plan to build a
railroad across the continent.
One had been an honest miller and was
bluff and genial after his kind. One was
lawyer with very small expectations
Of ever being chief justice. One was a
merchant in small way, and the other
had been raised in an humble way as
farmer on some western prairie or
clearing in the woods. 1t would have
been a most difficult matter for the four
to have raised $4,000 on their joint note.
To these four citizens of the state, 80
humble in their origin, so commonplace
in their characters as We then knew
them, the people presented property Of
the following estimated value:
Lands granted within the
state of California of the
value of .....................$ o,VVV,uVv.W
Lands within state of Ne
vada ................ ........ o,VVVVV'W
Lands within territory OF
Utah ...... ........ ......... 1900, 100000
Donation by California 80. 1.5O0, 100000
Bonds on which the state of
California guaranteed the
interest - ... ...... 1900, 10000
Bonds of Placer county 49,. ESQ, ,OOO.0O
Bonds of Sacramento county 30O,OOO.OO
Bonds of San Francisco
county 49,. 4O0
Bonds of the United States 27,3S9, 1900
First mortgage bonds -. H,3S9, 1000
Second mortgage bonds de-
livered to Stanford, c. &
E. B. Crocker, Hunting
ton, Hopkins, A. P. STAN
ford. 80. ...... ...... 49,. 15,eO1. .741.Ss
Second mortgage bonds is
sued and sold -. ...... INSISTS
Total s156s S25. .s60 90
The herald., 1897-08-05
The
Clothing
Corner
K66Z
Preston?

He said he knew you and wanted your endorse
ment on $3.50 check. If you have any curl
osity to know what he bought for the $780,
come in and ask
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-08
NOTICE OF ELECTION

Notice is hereby given that the annual elec-
ton for the city OF Webster. Day County,
south Dakota, viii be held on Tuesday, April
10th, 1897. at which election the following
officers are to DO elected
Mayor, one alderman from the first ward il
place Of Charles Compton, one alderman from
the second ward in place of I. j. LAWYER, one
alderman from the third ward in place of Ed
ward Mccormick, one city justice OF the peace,
ono police justice OF the peace,
and a treasurer also, n member or the board
Of education for tho first ward, one member OF
one member OF the board Of education for the
third ward, one member of the board OF edu-
cation at large, and one treasurer OF the board
of education.
Further notice ia hereby given that the lues-
tion OF granting permits TO sell intoxicating
liquors at retail in said city will be submitted
To n vote.
The following places of said elections viii be
held at the time and places hereinafter men,
toned, as follows
First ward, in the east wing of the Catholic
school house; second ward, 4. w. SmailS
lumber office; and third ward. in tho court
house.
pointed by the city council
First ward, A.. N. Haiues. VIM. tx. McCumber.
T.. w. Harris; second ward. ID. w. kowlcy.
Chas. Hawkinso on, Nm. Atchison third ward.
Il. r. Foster, John 4. Pitsor. q. J. Halter.
The polls will 30 kept open continually from
nine o'clock Ia tho forenoon ultii four O'Clock
| In the afternoon Of said day, and said election
viii be conducted in accordance with the gen.
eral laws of the state governing elections OF
nated al the city OF Webster. county OF Day
| and stata II south Dakota. tais 9th day ot
ApiA @wn II II. MENsING, city Auditor.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-08
TELEPHONE
Line to Webster Assured Pledges of
Good Support Given.

j. l.. Zietlow of the tplephone exchange
weeks absence at Webster and inter-
mediate points along the II. x u. He
had his flood experiences, as well as the
rest OF travelling mankind, but little
things OF that nature did not deter him
from t%ransacting and accomplishing the
business errand upon which he set out.
This was nothing more or less than the
extension oi the Dakota Central tele-
phone system from Groton, :ts present
terminus on tho east, to Webster, the
capital OF Day County and the best town
between here and Milbank. Mr.. Metlow
had interviews with the business men of
Andover and Bristol, as well az those OF
Webster, and was assured of very posi-
tive md cordial support, indeed. To
use a street expression, the three towns,
aud particularly Andover and Webster.
are hot after the line, and in u very
short space of time guaranteed the sup
port that Mr.. Zietlow required. Work
on the extension will be commentators
Groton, says Mr.. Zietlow, just IA soon
as the floods subside and the prairie rs
ft to travel over. Pierpont, Langiord.
and Britton, all to the north OF Webster.
are anxious to be connected with the
system, and undoubtedly will be before
the close OF the fall season.
1t must be pretty clear to most every
body that this line will be the means Of
bringing considerable new business of
various kinds to Aberdeen. Retail mer-
chants and business men OF Webster and
that section have always looked for tho
greater parts OF their supplies to come
from the east. With the telephone at
their disposal,-a ready and cheap
medium OF communications good
many orders for goods of various kinds
which are now sent east will find their
way to Aberdeen.
Mr.. Zietlow expects to make an extern
sive eastern trip before long in the inter-
ests OF u project to extend the telephone
line to Minneapolis. Such a project, he
Says, is strictly in the realm OF the prob
able. and there is some prospect it will
be accomplished before the close OF 1897.
Aberdeen News.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-08
Republican Caucus.

All Republicans OF the city are hereby
requested tomeet at the opera house on
Wednesday, April IA, 1897. at the hour
OF eight O'Clock p. m. i'll mass convention
for the purpose OF nominating candi-
dates for all offices 10 be filed at the
city election to be held Tuesday, April
90, 1897. nno o.,
C. W. SIGLlNGER. Committee
+. w HAIlRlS.)
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-08
c;,oes, shoes!l shoes!!!

ho,ore was our stock SO con'-
We have them in Tan leather on :
Mood leather, Chocolate lea'hsr- SINE
0 co. oi toe that are now made sa ana
S-in osrs and oxiords, also mel anu
'a,,areus shoes. Prices lower 'l'ah '
-,,a,ore Come and see them
Deiore' The Elevator Store.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-08
B. H. ICELAND,
County Auditor.

J. C.. Adams, formerly editor OF the
Reporter and Farmer at Webster and
prominent in state politics and who re-
moved to Cresco, Iowa, about two years
ago where he is nov publishing the
Times, stopped over in Milbank between
trains last Friday on his way to Webster
on a visit.-Grant County Review.
After q bloodhound stay OF a number
of days at Montevideo, Miss Lily Hon
bauer OF Minneapolis arrived Wednesday
evening to take charge OF the millinery
department of The Fair. Miss Hoffbauer
is an artistic in her line and the ladies
| will do well to call, make her acquaint-
ance and see her display OF charming
Easter head-wear.
One of our exchange quilldrivers
truthfully remarks that every paper In
the state should publish the fact burnt
corn is good for hog cholera. 1t was
FIRST discovered by burning a pile OF corn
belonging to a distillery. 1t was thrown
TO the hogs and eaten by them. Before
that a number OF them had been dying
every day with cholera, but the disease
Immediately disappeared. 1t is so SIM
ple % remedy that it "a easily be tired.
The following from an exchange voices
- gro wing and popular sentiment A
sensible mother who was urged to send
lfer da ynter to college, said she would
send her il she could be allowed to select
rhe course OF study. When inquired OF
as to what course she would suggest,
she said Il want her to take a course
in bakeology, stitchology, r~oastology'
boilology, and mendology. That's the
kind OF higher education thai a good
many OF our girls need"
A special meeting OF Lois Chapter, No. 3,
O y. s., was held Monday evening at
Masonic Temple and the folio wing OIL
cers installed for the ensuing year, j. W
Abbott acting as installing officer:
Mrs. C.. NJ. Kramer, w. Nj.
Louis G. Levoy, w. z.
Mrs. Ida A. Hash, A. NJ.
Frank A. Nye, Sec.
Mrs. Tina Compton, Treas.
Mrs. Laura Peterson, Con-.
Mrs. Rose b. Hash, AZ.
4 Donald Mclean, Chap.
Mrs. Efie Gruby, Or.
Miss Grace Huntington, Adah.
Mrs. Cora Goodwin, Ruth.
Mrs. Ruth Wearne, Esther.
" Mrs. Annie NJ. Alley. Martha.
Mrs. Franc Small, Electa.
Mrs. Beathe Lund. Warder.
e. w. Small, Sentinel.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-08
Few prices. --drocery Department,

An Package Coffee, ? lbs for 35-6 Tor Sl
An kinds Pure Spices, ....:--.. zoc per 10 no
Rest Oatmeal, ......"-."4o Dos ior ~ w
pnre Buckwheat Flour, .".;.oc per 70,
Perfect or Beat mail soap 20 bars iorSl
R,k;np Powder, l 10 can, -.".~--2uc
D;ce and Battle Axe plug, per b.,.".zoc
THE ELEVATOR STORE.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-08

Chief Landon, w. 4. Smith, and Wm.>
Fenelon departed Wednesday for Sie uk
Falls where they have been Summoned
as witnesses before the U. s. district
court in the case of U. s. VS.. Joe Kirby,
which is connected with the robbery Of
the Waubay post Office.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-08

Grand millinery opening at The Far
next Thursday.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-08
For Sale-A carload of
young horses from 5 to
7 years old, weighing
200 pounds each.
David Williams.

We have reduced the price OF wire nails
in small quantities as follows:
8 to 60 penny per pound 3 cents.
3 to penny p r pound 4 cents.
Inquire for key prices.
The Elevator Store.
j. III. Mccoy, r. W. Parlinan, E. w.
Taylor and VIM. Failing constituted u
hunting party who went in quest oil the
festive duck. They got but few birdsy
Though numerous they are so wild tits
almost impossible to get in shooting
distance OF them.
Take advantage OF our prices and
save money on patent medicines
81 bottles at S3c.
soc. " 42c.
25c. +" zoe.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-08
Joke.

udent nlss1
hat resulta1
e man who n3
was incra7
ating apprs1|
isunguisha1
possess, and y
IN to dine III
ad previously
IRE the como
moselle. N1
er marks n7
ordinaim," ~
ord was 81
price. Th,DJ
and the pla}
st had hnds1
glass, hOvsMI
hs.j
ling ovg @5
,rnmoned msJ
thatisI
Fdered i,o@1
e The Ords]
rather than y
lex, paid the
eyed and nr.s.7
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-08

Z The date of school land leas-
ing is postponed from April 9Th
to April 18th, 1897. By order
of Commissioner Of School and
Public Lands.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-08

has been ~
ore contow|
cleared M@I
d by Plo'7
res bis .un |
! t25,OOO N
been susn1
|dges trsaH1
ns job sad
ice and da1
attornsh 4
< the ssnai1'
BOWMAN b0s
the bar d
|loore. lnss
lay be enpsa
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-08
-Peabody's Drug Store.

Tramps are thawing out pretty early
and the awful nuisance of having them
call every hour in the day at the back
door for something to eat is again con
fronting the busy wife. The village
officers ought to take some steps to-
ward ahatinr the nuisance.=EX.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-08

Lawyers.
ates the 80
e usually so1
!. In Great v
{ at law, ~
in the Laws
p pracdoeatsI
attorneys sds1
WDO NV "a
,,gJhshoOurtdd
M, whoMew1
and answer N
aw. onEas1
the bar c~JI
queens CO.
no are giyaJ
tile. and TO
rs are chc1
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-08

d
Is sent Oui
Bency at Fl
rider to sa.
he the Dsi'
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-08
Mike Thu win sell YOU garden seeds.

M ~
Mike Thu win sell you garden seeds.
Grand display of Easter bonnets st
The Fairs opening day, Thursday,
April 10,
We have now on hand a iull stock OF
all the latest styles in dress Innings. Mo-
reen skirting in black and colors, also
Madras Innings in all colors for the new
Organdies, Grenadines, etc. The Eleva-
tor store.
There is evidently no danger OF the
extinction OF the male sex in this part OF
God footstool, as folks who areauthor-
ity in this class OF statistics
that out of twenty-six births lately
twenty-oDe have been boys.
Cards have been received announcing
the marriage of Edward A. Wilmeroth
and Annie l.. Brigham at Welcome,
Mimi, on Tuesday, March %. The
happy couple will be at home after
April l at Mason City, Iowa.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-08

mullins s'@3
hot adds%]
arm, aadnIa
Il an ouncs y
ved in 2ta'ss
andacurss
ID set asi@s
ST c@1