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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-06

OF the loans and most of the rest are
making partial payments.
Figures from several counties show that
where one mortgage has been recorded
tive have been paid. Some of the liquida-
ton has heen enforced through foreclos-
ures, but this is on city property which
was mortgaged in the days of imitation.
There have been very few foreclosures
on farm lands.
1t is estimated that in 1897 the product
from the South Dakota farms, including
the live stock and creamery industries,
will aggregate S1OO,OOO,OOO. This, dis
tributed among 100000 people, is enough
to give comfortable living and, in addi-
ton, to make great inroad on their in
debtedness.
st. Panl, Minn.-The mortgage and
loan business on farm lands in Minnesota
has fallen off more than sc per cent DUR
ing the last three years, principally in the
last year and a half. OF all the loans that
were in existence in Minnesota on farm
ing lan'ls three years ago the various con-
Germs differ slightly on the percentage that
has been paid. The lowest estimate places
1t at 10 per cent and the highest at 25 per
cent, while the average seems to be 10
to ~ per cent. This is held by the mort
gage and loan concerns to be wonderful
showing, when it is taken into considera-
ton that vast amount of money was
loaned i'll Minnesota during the boom
times. 1t means that that much has been
paid back over and above what has been
borrowed. There have been practically
no foreclosures.
That the State has felt the pinch of
hard times was one of the great factors
that kept the farmers from going further
into debt. When the bottom fell out of
the boom the farmer was the first man to
take to The woods. He Immediately cut
his expenses and practiced the closest
economy. The farmer incurred no new
debts.
Although diversified farming has gone a
great way toward relieving the Minnesota
farmer Of his debt, by far the greatest
factor has beer the dairy interest There
are hundreds of creameries and half as
many cheese factories in Minnesota, and
the majority of them have been estab-
lished since 1892. The effect of. the es-
tablishment of these creameries has been
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-06
South as Well as North.

The truth is, our Southern States are
in good coDdition. All their products of
the soil are in touch with markets. Man
ufacturers are advancing steadily. Busi-
ness in lumber is growing at Il rapid rate,
and the supply of timber is immense The
great staples of agriculture, with cotton
at their head, have the world for their
market; and the lesser products, coming
much earller than those of the Northern
States, and distant but a single day from
the Northern cities, get the best of the
market every year, and are mostly con-
sumed before the Northern crops come in
At Southern Industrial centers trade in
all lines shows marked activity.-Port-
land Oregonian.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-06
The Popultst Revolt.

The Nashville Populist convention
seems to have performed the work laid
out for it with ncatness and dispatch.
Called together by Mr.. Thomas p. Wat
son and other irreconcilables Of the same
type, it reflected from first to last the
spirit Of ultra-Populism. The motto Of
the contention was mo entangling alli-
ances." The 20 delegates who attended it
put themselves on record in the most
positive manner against all future deals,
compromises or agreements of fusion
with either of the old parties. These men
and the considerable number of Southern
and Western voters they represent pro-
pose to keep strictly in the middle of the
Populist highway hereafter. Believing in
the sutiiciency of Populistic doctrines for
the cure of all the evils of the body poll
tic, they will follow no leaders and adopt
no platforms save their own.
The stand they have taken is most dis
tressing to Mr.. Bryan and Mr.. Jones Of
Arkansas. The conventions assertion
that ''we do not believe that the question
of free silver is itself broad enough
platform for national party" is espe-
cially calculated to harrow the feelings
Of the late Popocratic candidate. For
without the issue of free coinage, Bryan.
ism must inevitably collapse.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-06
Secretary Gage Confident.

SAt the end of this fiscal year." resum-
ed Secretary Gage, looking over the Off
cial statements which had just been plac-
ed upon his desk, ''the condition of the
Government is all that could be desired.
There is no trouble with the gold reserve,
that barometer of confidence. The bust
ness men, capitalists and investors, not
only of cur own country, but of the world,
are content with our situation and pros
poets. All the nervousness which for
merly held us in its tolls has disappeared.
In it's place we have confidence in the
future, confidence in the Government,
confidence in ourselves. The boarding of
gold has stopped and much of the yellow
metal that was put away during the de-
preston has come out and gone into cir
cuation. The tide began to turn the day
President Mckinley was elected and it
has been running the right way ever
since.'-Chicago Times Herald
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-06

not risk their money unless given an over
abundance OF security and promised @
high rate Of interest. But the minute hua.
mess conditions begin to improve every
one is anxious to invest, even though thu
investment will bring but small resurns,
and money is put into enterprises which
would not have been considered during
the depressed times. The financial re-
ports now show that money can be secur-
ed for any reasonable enterprise at rates
from 512 per Get down, showing that con-
fidence has returned and that capitalists
desire to have their money bringing in
even small rates rather than having it lie
idle.-St. Louis Star.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-06
MIR. Bryan.s 25-Cent Dollar.

Mr.. Bryan's speech, as reported in
Democratic paper, fills about half a col
umn. 1t is calamity wall. "People who
were afraid of SOC dollar six months
ago." he said, would be>glad to get 25c
dollar now" The speaker might have
added that his Populist supporters would
be best pleased with Il no-cent dollar and
he voted for that himself when he gave
his ballot in 1892 to Weaver as presi-
Dental candidate. Mr.. Bryan read
newspaper clipping arguing that the de-
probation Of farm lands in England is due
to the gold standard and the plotting of
money changers. But he made no refer
ence to the comfortable financial condi-
ton of England generally and it's treasury
surplus, nor to the fact that many British
farmers contend that free trade is thd
source of their troubles. The Nebra.
kan's assertion that this country is desA
perately sick seemed particularly grateful
to his audience. The remedy. in his Ian
guage, is to turn over the affairs of the
nation to. one man and let him think and
act for u.s." While the name of the man
was not mentioned, it is easy to guess who
he is in the opinion of the orator.
The statement that the American people
would now be glad to get 25c dollar
shows the glibness of Mr.. Bryan's tongue
and the light caliber of his mind. Having
started out to cut the dollar in two, he is
ready to bisect it again, and would doubt
less drop the remainder without the
slightest ceremony. 1t is this fantastic
readiness to jump into any wildly radical
experiment that makes Mr.. Bryan a fav-
orite with every revolutionary element
in the country.-St. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-06
Will Silence the croakers.

Like the rising tide it will not fill all
the little ncoks and channels at once; and
so, many may feel skeptical about it. But
this will make no special difference with
the fact except to retard it, The more
hope ana confidence the quicker and more
complete the revival. 1t will not be long
before this confidence will be general.
Business will be brisller. Merchants will
feel it and begin to solicit trade and to
advertise as of yore. Traffic and travel
will increase. More and more, manufae-
turers will increase their purchases and
products. Building and real estate will
show signs of it. Once Congress ad-
iourns with the tariff settled in favor of
American industry, and American indus
try will as certainly take advantage Of it
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-06
Nature Is He1ninr.

Nature is preparing bountiful harvests
that will greatly facilitite the recovery of
business during the coming fall season.
Indications point to continued activity in
the export trade, the volume of which
exceeded all previous records in the fiscal
year ended last month. The total value
of the merchandise exports for the fiscal
year was 81 ,051 ,9s7, ,O91; the largest pre-
The imports for the fiscal year were $764,-
373,905: and in spite of the big increase
under the tariff stimulus in recent months
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-06
New York Times Admit, It.

The New York Times Democratic
takes Il hopeful view of the business out
look AMI believes that the tide has turn
ed for the better. While the Times is
opposed to the Republican tariff policy,
and is by no means supporter of the
present administration, it is not calam-
ity howler, but is crying down the mean
sensationalism of most of the Democratic
press which is retarding prosperity. In
the financial articles of the Times the
hopeful signs for future business pros
perity are pointed out. In Saturdays pa
per one Of the best known stock exchange
men in the country, the head of the firm
of Charles Head & Co., is quoted as de-
claring that the tide has turned in the
right direction. In accounting for the
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-06
The Last of the Hard Ti.s

We have about seen the last of the
hard times and the movement has begun
toward the prosperity that seems so long
coming. 1t cannot, in the nature of things,
be rapid, because the American market
is crowded with foreign importations,
which must be consumed before our own
manufacturers can enjoy that which they
have been cheated out of by a low tariff,
and our own wage workers receive the
earnings that are going into the pockets
of European producers.-Wheeicg Inteli-
gencer.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-06
Calamity How1ers piscouraaea.

Testimony Which comes from every cen-
ter of finance, trade and commerce in the
country, is not calculated to afford much
encouragement to the professional calam-
ity howler and the croaking Bryan fol-
lowers. They had hoped that the depres-
sion would continue until after the fall
elections. But the tide of improvement
has set in and it will not be stayed at
the command of the demagogues who prey
upon adversity and hope to gain political
advantage from the miseries of the peo-
pie. With the dawning of prosperity,
which is at hand, will come the last blow
to Bryanism and financial heresy and dis
honesty.-Wheeling Intelligencer.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-06

as morning follows night. Before the elec-
tions in November there is every reason
to believe that the croaking of the calam-
ity howlers and the nostrums of the Bry-
antics will seem as ridiculous as do the
predictions of the last-day prophets when
the sun rises at the usual hour upon an
earth Still turning on it's axis.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-06
Calamity screamers in rronn,.

There is nothing in this world that will
start the Bryanite to yelling calamity!
Calamity! Calamity! more quickly than
the word prosperity. If he sees it or
hears it anywhere he at once proceeds to
tear his hair and to rush around as aim
lessly as flies in midsummer. His eyes
start from their sockets, he foams at the
mouth and has all the symptoms of vio-
lent hystera.-Dubuque Times.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-06

strength which the stock market is show
ing and the wonderful advances that have
occurred, Mr.. Head explains that Wall
street fo,esces great improvement in the
business of the country and believes in
the near approach of good times.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-06
Interest Rates and Prosperity.

No better Indication of returning pros
perity is to be found than in the decrease
in interest rates. 1t shows not only that
there is an abundance of money in the
country, but that the money is seeking
investment. When times are hard, money
scarce and there is little confidence, inter-
est rates always go up. Capitalists will
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-06
Other Evidences of Improvement.

Other Evidences of Improvement.
The New York Daily Bond Buyer has
an article going to show an improvement
in the business situation. 1t takes as it's
text the quotations of municipal bonds,
which are not so subject to the specula-
tive irregularities as many other securi-
ties. The PAPER states that within three
weeks following the defeat of free silver
at the polls last November $33, ,7O5, ia of
munlclDal securities were sold, which had
been held up awaiting that result. The
restoration Of confidence has proceeded
since that time with gratifying effect on
these investments. Since Jan. 1 of the
present year municipals of the value of
$S4, ,o6o.o73 have been sold, an average
OF $l4, LAS per month, as against a
total of 2,713,727 and monthly aver
age of Ss,795,22S for the same, period of
1896.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-06
Paying Off the Mortpapes.

An invincible and positive proof that
local affairs are becoming more encourag-
ing and that Williams County, at least, is
seeing the dawn of better times, is fur
nished in the following figures, given out
by Mr. Ewun, the recorder of this county:
Since Jan. last the number of mort
cages filed for record in this county is 166,
while the number released is 279, so that
to-day there are 113 fewer mortgages on
Williams County land than there were on
Jan. ], 1897. The record by months is
as follows:
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-06
Grain Prices Show It,

Here are the results in the grain mar
kets, the prices being those quoted in
Chicarn:
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-06

The Republicans in the Senate will
press as an Independent measure the anti
trust proposition which was originally
proposed as an amendment to the tariff.
bill and withdrawn therefrom only be-
cause it's discussion would delay final ae,
ton on that measure.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-06

These quotations show that everything
except CORE is higher than year ago, and
the decline III corn (only 3 cents is due
to the fact that last years crop was the
greatest ever known, while the crop of
the year before was almost failure.
Moreover, SO far is it from being true
that corn is now selling Clover than ever
BEFORE it is shown that even corn is high
er now than On many occasions in former
years, and higher than it was last Sep
tember, which was "before the last cleo
tion." SO the Register demands with
some pertinency: "Why did this conven-
ton lie even about corn?"
But the comparison does not stop with
grain, Here is an exhibit of prices of
livestock at Chicago now and one year
ago. like grades being stated in both
years:
1896. 1897.
IIosS ............... ......9 30 ~ % 10
Sattle .......... ....... . 0O 30
oneep ............. ........ 10 . 20
From all of which it appears that ca
lamity bowling for politics may easily
oyershoot the mark.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-06
Cooperate with Republicans,

1t will be great disappointment to the
people who had hoped that the tariff issue
would embitter the gold Democrats
against the Republicans to find members
of that party cooperating with the Re-
publicans for the defeat of the silver
Democrats everywhere this fall, but it is
quite apparent that the Democrats who
opposed the election of Bryan last fall
will be rs earnestly against the silver can
didate this year.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-06

the years aggregate was smaller than
that Of 1896 and has been five times ex-
ceeded since 1S90.-Philadelph Record
Dem.)
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-06

IHIs SHOWS beyond dispute that VIE
liams County debtors are paying their
debts, and no condition of affairs could
be more promising than just this.-Ohio
State Journal.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-19

would never shave again. Jack couian
resume in Butte the old trade he had
piled here II years before. He went
into the transfer business under Ousley
x Cowan, and checked in on the first
train that ever came into Butte. When
Warfleld Il Hauser succeeded to Ousley
Il Cowan he continued on the run. ana
also worked under Lavell Brothers
when the transfer business passed into
their hands. Soon after Lavell Broth
ers got the transfer business JACK
left them and went to hacking as
Jack calls it. That started his career
as a hackman in which character he Is
best known to the bulk of Butte's pop
ulation.
1T wasn't any such hack as I drove
Rliiy Bryan in oh. no." said JACK
when he told about il to a standard re-
porter. This was Jim Murray's hack;
he brought IL Hp from Salt Lake, ana
! tell you il made q sensation here Tor
a time. To was Judge Hempstead's OLD
FAMILY hack IN Salt Lake 1t was an
ordinary closed hacll-a Rockaway they
call r.. Jim Murray bought il ana
brought il up here Johnny Curtis
leased the hack aud ] used 10 pay nm
" every day for it. I made money on
i, 100. but ! never could refuse 10 bet
aa any proposition and ] didn't keep
the money.
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Creek was a good camp for two years,
and Jack stayed there while the good
times lasted, and there first met John
Caplice, who ran the biggest store In
the place. It was while there that
Jack was elected justice of the peace,
by receiving AS votes out of possible
5l5, and for a limited time he was
known as Judge Fat Jack"
When Cedar Creek died Jack moved
over to Pioneer, the place where he
went broke against faro, took out his
false teeth, put them up for $50, which
was cheap for teeth in those days, and
Won cut. He ran his barber chair in
Pioneer for three years, and then moved
over to Philipsburg, where he stayed
about four months. Reaching Deer
Lodge once more, he heard of the
quartz excitement just breaking out in
Butte, and hesitated as to whether he
should go back to Butte or not.
u never liked the idea of going back
10 a town ! had once quilted, said
Jack, 80 I shook dice with myself to
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see whe ther ] should go to Butte or to
the Black Hills. AIy left hand won,
and the next morning I jumped on the
stage fer the Black HIS. | went TO
Helena first and on the coach with me
were John Capiice, Warren Toole and
French Levy. l left Helena on the
stage for Ogden on Monday morning.
Jan. ,. 1876, the first day the leEisla-
ture ever met in Helena after the capi-
tai was moved from Virginia City
At ogden Jack struck the cars of tho
Union Pacific and rode TO Cheyenne He
went into Custer City from there and
remained 50 days. He went back 10
Cheyenne and stayed until March,
when he went into Deadwood and stald
until the spring az 1878, running his
barber shop
Then they lowered the price Of shay
ing 10 IS cents and j quit the business.
i sWore a solemn OATH said Jack.
'.Ihat | would never dewean myself bv
shaving for less than four bits and /
never have. / soaked my Kit and
reached Cheyenne just in Time 10 catch
the hiE snow storm. Talk about youf
sfurms' Talk about Noah ana the rest
ri thtm' None Of them were in IL with
me and that great SNOW at Cheyenne
in the spring of Is, IL was The greatest
snow that ever happened. Ii showed
three days and nights and when it goI
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The Cry Of the Dreamer err.

am tired OF planning and toiling,
In the crowded hives Of men;
Heart weary Of building and spelling,
And spelling and building again.
And long for the dear old river
Where 1 dreamed my youth away
For dreamer lives forever,
And toiler dies IN z. day.
am sick of the showt' seeming
or a life that is half a lie,
OF the faces lined with schemlng
In the throng that lurries by.
From the sleepless thoughts endeavor
1 would go where the children play
Tor a dreamer lives forever.
And thinker dies in a day.
j can feel no pride. but pity
For the burdens the rich endure:
There is nothing sweet in the city
But the patient lives Of the poor.
o. the little hands too skillful
And the child mind choked with weeds.
The daughters heart grown willful,
And the father haert that bleeds.
No. no; from the streets rude hustle.
From trophies from mart and stage.
/ would fy to the woods low rustic
And the meadows kindly page.
Let US dream as of yore By the river,
And be loved for the dream aiway-
For dreamer lives forever.
And q thinker dies in a day.
John Boyle o'Reilly.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-19

through you could walk right along
level with the tops of the buildings.
That's what you could-right on Six
teenth street, Cheyenne.
Il had cleared up $1,000 in Denver"
continued Jack. but I lost it all in
Titles. Just put it in that way-they'll
all know what it means. They call it
now the high card. l struck a friend
there named John Hoffman, who was
on his way from Pennsylvania to Cali
fornia When we got to Ogden I made
him throw away his ticket and come
up to Montana with me. On the way
up he got a chance to run a meal sta
ton near Dillon, where they sold coffee
and sandwiches for 81 l left him
there. Hoffman made $500 selling sand
witches and coffee, and then struck over
10 Virginia City. 1t was the first time
he had ever been in a mining camp and
they played him. They sold him an
old playedout claim for his $500. He
worked three weeks and cleaned up an
average of SO a day, and they all gave
him the laugh. Then he struck a streak
and he made 5000 day for 20 days. He
made $4,000 out of the claim. went back
to Dillon. bought two ranches, sent for
his family, and is a wealthy man there
to-day.
when I left Hoffman at the meal
station he gave me all the money he
had. He said l would never live to
reach Butte if I had to walk. So I
bought ticket on the coach and rode
for time until my money gave out.
was put off two or three times, but, 1
kept a-coming. At Divide creek 1 met
Joe Clark on his way to ogden. He had
gallon of brandy and he divided with
me square. Soon after that I struck
Pollinger. superintendent of the Pleas
ant, and he gave me a pass to Butte.
That was Fat Jacks second coming to
Butte. 1t was in March, 1878
Having sworn solemn oath that he