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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30
Splits Skull With Ak.

Albert Lea, Mimi. Aug. 2S.-While re-
pairing a fence on his fathers farm in
Bancroft township a young mar
named Germanson received a blow on
the head with an ak that almost
proved fatal. The ak caught in the
limb Of a tree and came down upon his
head, cutting entirely through the
skull and entering the brain. He was
brought to this city and had the
wounds dressed, but is IN a critical
condition,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30
First Grnpe Shinmenf-

Excelsior, Mimi, Aug. %. - S. ".
Sampson OF Eureka shipped the first
Minnesota grapes of the season to the
Minneapolis market. The grape crop,
On account of winter killing and the
severe drouth, will not be more than
one-third the usual crop. The quality
is No. 1.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30
INSECTS ALMOST KILL HIM
swnrms of Mosquitoes Nearly Bite a
Farmer to Death.

Nashville, H., Aug. %. - With his
features distorted beyond all human
semblsnce, and his hands and arms
swollen and SCARED, Andrew Schlake,
a farmer living north OF this city, was
found wandering about in the swamps
along the Okaw river. Myriads OF
mosquitoes lowered over him ard
covered his face and body. He was
taken to his home by friends and it
was found that he was suffering from
thousands of mosquito bites. Schlake
had become lost while hunting and
had fought mosquitoes all night. His
case is considered serious.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30

which at n time during the ,ro.,
eason was pronounced a faIlnra living
1t scored at is bushels to the sas and
graded No. 1. Other yields ara ana
ported at is to 20 bushels per acre re.
all the wheat in this locality Will, Not
at these rates by any means. bn, y.eid
safe to say that all OF IL will r1,n ! Is
S to 20 bushels per acre. IRON
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30
WILL sURPAss EXPECTATIONS.
state Fair Week Opens Next Mon
day Morning.

st. Paul. Aug. ga roundup" OF
exhibits and attractions reveals the
fact that the state fair of the present
year will surpass even the expectations
and announcements of its officers.
Every building and every department
is full to overlooking. and tent space is
all that is left for belated applicants
for places to exhibit. The exposition
building. horticultural hall, dairy hall,
woman's building, poultry building,
agricultural hall, the machinery build
ing, the horse, cattle. sheep and swine
bar are crowded. Never before
have such comprehensive and in
structive exhibits been secured for a
state fair in this country.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30
Game warden comm,t. ,r.,a.

Mandan, N. D., Aug. 2s.-In the pres
ence of a number OF men and boys
Deputy Game Warden Worirn cut his
throat twice with a knife ard then
jumped into Heart river. Bvstanders
tried 10 pull him out with a ole but
he eyaded then, and drowned. He
leaves a widow and severa! children.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30

! mountain of alum rock is a ma
al curiosity which exists in China,
put twelve miles from the village OF
IN Chek. The mountain is about ten
.es in circumference at the base and
height is 1910 feet. The stones are
in large blocks, and after be-
heated In furnaces are thrown into
s of boiling water. At the bottom
the watts the alum crystalizes in lay
about six inches In thickness.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30
Second Hay CrOp.

Bowdle. 8. d, Aug. 2S. A regular
downpour started in Thursday night
= did not cease until about 9 O'Clock
Friday morning. No threshing has
been done yet owing to the continued
heavy and frequent showers. Fears
are entertained that none will be done
this fall. The prairie void is green
again. a second crop of heavy hay be-
ing assured, and pastures are in fine
condition for stock.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30
Children Killed by "a Bolt

Milwaukee. Aug. 2s.-During a storm
two little children of Charles bunker
were killed by a bolt of lightning while
at play In a barn. The county hospi-
tai was struck by lightning, a Sec
ton of the roof torn away. and the
electrical plant rendered useless.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30

Ferdinand of Bulgaria, is a
y clever mechanical engineer, and
" interested in machinery. The
Ter day he left his compartment in
train, put On a workman's blouse,
! drove an engine from Saizbourg,
Munich. 1t will be remembered
i the unfortunate King of Bavaria
ore his mind gave way, often trav-
d in this way on the engines, and
legitimate drivers always received
,rincely pourboire at the end Of the
.rney.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30
Lightning Fires Bnrn.

Winona. Mimi. Aug. 2S.-Fire at st.
Charles destroyed the barn back of d.
Fl. Norton's saloon. John Murray who
vas sleeping in the barn, was rescued
by Joseph Wegnan. but in some man.
ner got back into the flames and was
badly burned on the head, arms and
hips. The flesh was peeled off in q
number of places, and he may die. A
man named O'Brien, who was with him
in the barn was slightly burned.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30
Pernefnal Motion.

Miller, S. D.. Aug. %. Edwaru
Corrin, a blacksmith of this pace.
claims TO have solved the problem Oh
perpetual motion. He says the ioea
came to him thirty years ago IN :
dream. He has done a little work On
the machine each year since the incep-
ton OF the idea. The inventor claims
that it will be useful in furnlshins
power II made in larger dimensions.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30

fovable targets of a new sort have
n invented for the use Of the Ger
army. These targets are pro-
led toward the marksmen at full
ed to represent a cavalry charge,
ng run On rollers, the motive pow
supplied by horses, which are
rted at a gallop after being attach
to the target ropes. The soldiers
IS Tern to gauge distance and its
'iations with great accuracy.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30
stole Red Hot AmaIgam,

Helena, Mont, Aug. 2S. - Ihie.s
stole 5000 worth Of gold IN r eva
from the assay Office of the a u' -
cyanide plant. The gold BELONGS
r. A. HRrsch and represented a ~
weeks cleaning up Of the mill ~
amalgam was red hot when AA"s
from the office. having just come W
the furnace. No clue.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30
Farmer Thrown to Death,

Royalton, Mimi. Aug. ga shock
ing accident occurred in Buchanan.
While Paul Hesch. a well-to-do farmer,
was driving to his house from the har-
vest field one Of the wheels struck a
stump, throwing him out, breaking
his neck.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30

he Americans introduced the first
ling machines into China after
at difficulties and taught the Chi
'e their use. and today, in the -four
ing cities OF Shanghai. Hong Kong
! ever in Peking, the tailoring es-
lishments are benefited by them.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30
A Bo-ntifuI Corn Crop.

Baraboo, Wis, Aug. 2s.-Nature nas
been exceedingly kind this year as uoa
corn crop in Southern Wisconsin ln
hot days of August and the numerous
rains have united In producing !,
bountiful harvest. Reports from an
along the Baraboo and Southern WE.
consin valleys are TO the effect tna.
larger and more numerous ears "e'
never seen.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30
GOES TO DEATH LIKE A MAN.
Lieut.. Cordu. Of T~ranpyaal GrtiJ-
lery. Pierced bx RuIIef HnIea

iery. Pierced by Bullet Holes.
London. Aug. ga dispatch from
Pretoria gives details OF the execution
of Lieut. Cordua, of the Transvaal ar
tillery, convicted by a court martial
OF breaking his parole in plotting to
Lord Roberts and kill British
officers. He walked ~fearlessly TO the
garden behind the Jail. AT his own
request he was bound and sat In a
chair with folded arms. He told Capt.
Blanchard, commanding the firing
party. that he was ready, and ten bull
let's struck him.. The body was buried
near the spot where the lieutenant
fell.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30
Girl Drowned.

Red Wing, Mimi. Aug. 2s.-The girl
inmates of the state training school
are camping at Point au Sable, twelve
miles below here. Saturday afternoon
a girl named Annie Mooney went In
the river bathing and was drowned.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30
FIGHT FIRE AT COUNCIL CITY.

bIaxinE Forests I'm the Nome District
Threaten to Destroy the Homes Of
the Gold Seekers.
Seattle. Wash. Aug. 2s.-For nearly
two weeks h 1000 residents Of Coun-
ell City. according TO Nome advices.
have fought a fierce fight against
forest fires, which threatened the
whole town. On Aug. 10 the terrible
forest fires on Solomon river had
ceased or had passed further up the
river. Twenty-Five cabins of the set
Element were burned; ten partly so.
Charles Blackwood OF Cieburne. Tex,
was burned TO death on Aug. 6 while
attempting to set a back fire on the
prairie. Three other men were slightly
injured.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30

! pious gentleman in Greeley, Pa,
listed upon having prayers just be-
e dinner. His wife and daughter
ected so strenuously that the pious
atleman attacked them with a fork,
| seriously wounded the wife.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30

Columbus, Ohio. Aug. 2s. - Charles
Horner. an inspector on the Norfolk
& Western railway. was stabbed In
the heart by James Geisler, a farmer,
at the station at Valley Crossing, eight
miles south OF this city last night.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30

umping the rope is said to be a
ledy for arrangement Of the liver.
ny middle-aged persons in England
y regularly engage in this exercise,
| declare they derive great benefit
m it.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30
Man. BODY Founa cru.h.a

Escanaba, Mich. Aug, 2S.-At Green
Bay trainmen found the body of a man
crushed in a load of car wheels which
were shipped from here. The man is
thought to have boarded tn train here.
He was about thirty-fye years old.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30
Lost His LerS,

Hayward, Wis. Aug. %. - Harry
Danner, brakeman, was seriously hurt
here. He was going owe the top Of
the train and fell between the cars and
both legs were cut off.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30
Drowned while notn,nv.

Kansas City, Aug. rs. - Matthew
Hunter. aged nineteen, and Joseph
Merino, aged eighteen, were drowned
In Troost park lake last night while
boating. They tried to change seats
and their boat was capsized.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30

Dickinson. n. D.. Aug. 2S. - The
Hughes Electric Light and Power
company have installed their new
plant here and are furnishing the city
with light.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30
Took Three shotruns,

Jackson. Mimi. Aug. 2s.-Some un
known person or persons broke w
front plate glass window In Ginesr.
& Sons hardware store with a 80
bar and took three shotguns. ihe
Is no clue.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30
nurned bN Lightning.

Lakeville, Mimi, Aug. ga heavy
thunderstorm passed over this vicinity
about 10 o'clock Wednesday night.
The large frame barn of John Mallery
was struck by lightning and burned to
the ground.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30
FOUR WERE DROWNED.
Mother and Three sons Meet n Sad
Fate.

Fate.
Kaukauna, Wis, Aug. rs. - In full
view of a large party OF picnickers
Mrs. Henry Quaddy and three little
sons were drowned in the river yester-
day afternoon, while Mr.. Quaddy with
his daughter narrowly escaped the
same fate. Mr.. Quaddy. who is a
carpenter. and his family were In a
small skiff about halfway across the
river when the BOAT was overturned.
Mr.. Quaddy. by clinging to the boat,
managed to save his twelve-year-olo
daughter. while his wife and three
sons, aged from six to nine years,
were drowned.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30

'iper Findlater OF Dargai fame has
Y secured a farm in his native coun-
OF Aberdeen, where he intends till
the soil for the remainder of his
..
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30

the year 1898, 52.661 vessels,
34,233,5so tons, entered and cleared
Enese ports. OF these vessels, 743, OF
.152 tons, were American.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30
FIRE At CHIPPEWA FALLS.
Stable Containing seven Horses, and
Two Dwellings burned.

Chippewa Falls. Wis. Aug. 2S.-Ffre
broke out in Moen's stable and de-
stroyed s20.0 600 worth of property. Two
dwellings and seven horses were
burned and much personal property
ruined. Calm weather saved the lower
portion OF the city from devastation.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30
RIocknde Anecting shInmcnt-.

Mckinley. Mimi, Aug. %. - The
blocking Of the 500 by the steamer
Mazda has begun to affect the ore
shipments from the Mesaba mines,
causing n reduction of shipments, wv
ing Il the boats being punched and all
loaded with ore and above the blocked
vessel.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30
WAR NOT DECLARED
RUMoR REGARDING RUSSIA, JAPAN
AND GERMANY UNFOUNDED.

Statement Made Upon Authority of
the Highest Character - Rumor
Had Caused Interesting Comment
Among Washington Omcials-Re-
port Comes From japanese
Sources That the Chinese Had
Rallied Their Forces and Were
Preparing for nm Attack Upon the
Allies In Picking.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30
Washed In by the Waves.

Winona, Mimi, Aug. 2S.-The mys-
terry of the disappearance of Peter
Krohr from his home has been solved.
As a steamer passed up the river the
waves washed up the body of the
missing man opposite the foot OF
Hamilton street. Krohn had been in
poor health. The orone decided il a
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30
Firhtinu In Colombia

kingston. Jam, Aug. 2S.-Mail "a "A
vices received from Colon. Colomp,s
eport fighting near Carthagsn ;ss1
where tile rebels have been holdIicfs
out in the hope OF gaining some ~.
In the government from the new,th pss
sentative party.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30
Biack,mith violate. Came Law.

Lamberton, Mimi. Aug. ga p,a s,s
smith at Revere was fined $40 anu
gun and dog ~confiscated for Vioia
the game laws.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30

he war In South Africa has doomed
Highland kilt as a lighting dress,
I IL viii now survive as a parade
form only.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30
EPIGRAMS

EPlGRAMS
| Colonel abe
speaker a
DE other day |
BE auspices Of
Ms Mckinley
these are som.
6uber said:
tas Crucifed Ii
tpOn labor a CT
bod wages.
| The eccentr
BRIAN could
tarS ago, whel
Einee then e,
ttated the un'
kyered 1t with
frk man will
fhlch a health
I'VE cannot 7
ttrl party VIII
NEW paramou
PEPPER who ha.
E%enocratic pa
Eap necktie II
~ dear for a
1892 the
|Ial jamboree.
fsr nerves
flter. It cur,
ftnd to get 4
III is said TIL
pies because h
fnvictions. If
he is men
knt
I@Nr. Bryan
fsallism. He
fd dollar. H
lale y foot,
fs, and one ?
When Mr.. :,
Poker half
That's right
H put nice I
pne."
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30
THE WHEAT YIELDS


All Sections Are Surprised ut the
R..ult. shown by n Threshings
Yields Are Ahead OF the Esti-
mates I'm Nearly Every Instance
One Authority Makes an Esti-
mate of 81. 100000 Bushels Of
Wheat, while Bradstreet's Man
ace the Yield at 2l,2oo,ooo
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30

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/ The followin
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In 1896 bel
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There will
hear. The non
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IOrces-the Poi
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The Populis
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hans will nom
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haze nominate
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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30
WHERE TT

|Ihe Beacon
faished at Y
ping pointed
Rpulist superi
Plum at Yam
When Go,
Soss ~teastly {
owing the CO.
Saed an off
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purity in omc
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tae same pa
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desire
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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30

|p~ a-cr.yin'|
|%sopln' that
WIN fergit'
paramount
Ian, march /
the silve,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30

campaig,
Essurely "a,
ley clerk
Flen girl.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30

nave yielded considerably moro had q,
not Deen damaged by a recent storm
'iporg-John Wolff threshed his win.
Ter wheat n the yield was % bushels
TO the acre. Spring wheat in this vi
entity Is averaging Is bushels per OGRE
Mellette-L Deloy threshed about os
acres or wheat for L. Ondell thai Weld
ed 13 bushels to the acre.
Virginia, Union Countv-Tba noo..
boys finished their thresbine ana 49,.
wheat averaged about 1s busb.Is 60 .li
acre. and their barley above 30 bushels
to the acre.
Lennox-John Young threshed ont a
small ioad Of oats. scarcely an acre
n got so bushels. wickert Buse
threshed wheat that yielded % busbe,s
per acre. and there are many farmers
who say they expect full as much
John Knispel, who lives in Della wara
township. expects his wheat IN y,aI5
80 bushels to the acre. The small grair
yield Will far exceed what has hcan
estimated. ~
Aieandria-New wheat has started 10
come In. II is of excellent oos,,,y
gong % pounds 10 the bushc,. which
makes IL grade No. l. The WELD ,s
inuch better h a expected. One 10,
u In averaged over Z bushels 20
the acre and another close To IL.
Marion-G. Nicoll. who lives rpo
south OF town, reports the folIo,vi,r
cror Weld; Wheat IL bushels 20 ,ta
acre. barley 20. oats IS. Peter -
brecht. who lives a mile west o,1 -
miles north OF town. states ths. 49,.
wnea. AVERAGED II bushels per acre and
har oats went 40 bushels to the acre.
Fsan-The wheat YIELD is decejvir,-
Il a. Lunt threshed out 4 32-acre troc,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-24
Too Much Friction In the Army.

A photograph of the army of which the
army cannot possibly be proud was dis
played by the Secretary of War when he
was recently engaged in discussing army
reorganization with the Senate committee
on military affairs Referring to the dis
agreements possible and existing under
present conditions Secretary Root said:
''Gentlemen. it is of the highest impor-
lance to efficiency that, instead of the diff
ferent branches of the army sitting and
giarinS at each other, and finding fault with
each other. and opposing each other and
throwing responsibility off their own Shout
ders onto somebody else's shoulders they
should work together, and that as far as
possible. the artificial and permanent lines
of demarcation should be broken DOWN
and that the members Of the army should
have the esprit du corps Of the army in
stead Of having the esprit du corps of a
particular section of It. Two-thirds of the
trouble we have had in the past has come
from the fact that the men in our different
departments are thinking about the differ
ence between their departments and the
rights Of their departments and the aggres-
sioRs of other departments. The Quarter
master and the oommissary are scrappinl,
about who shall get out bill of Iading
and who shall call a board of survey to
determine whether keg of butter !s lost
The ordnance and the artillery are finding
fault with each other. the ordnance with
the artillery. who do not take care of the
guns and the artillery with the ordnance
because tley 90 not keep all the parts or
the guns there. The line and staff are
grumbfng at each other around dinner
tables instead of laboring each man with
all the others, for the good and efficiency
of the whole service"
Aillennial conditions will not come until
the millennium itself arrives. but 1t is not
unreasonable to hope that sound reorgan-
izing legislation will remove some of the
causes Of friction. and that the common
sense Of the Individual officers will go a
long way toward producing that desirable
and really essential harmony for which the
Secretary pleads SO strongly. The country
Is entirely in accord with Secretary Root
in this matter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-24

from considerations of the very opposite
character. The public service alone was
considered. Neither of the two men Sc
lected is a politician, or the lieutenant of a
politician. Neither has a pull in politics
anywhere. Neither is an adept at run
ming primaries, or has goods to deliver"
at the polls. Both, on the contrary, were
absolutely without recommendation other
than high personal character and thorough
qualifications for the duties to which they
have been called. Neither sought the honor
conferred. So that, on the eve of the be-
ginning of a national campaign. with both
parties lining up for vigorous work and the
result in doubt, we have a man in the
White House who is not trading for part-
san advantage on the patronage of his high
office, but is dispensing 1t on the higher
plane of providing for the requirements of
the interests of the whole country. The
aspirant with pull Is not taken The
man of capacity is sought out and ap-
pointed
But while the President is not playing
politics in this matter, he Is pursuing a
course which is certain to advance him in
the favor of the country. The great ma
jority of thinking people want the business
of the government attended to in business
like way. and when this Is done their at
tcntion is attracted and their approval Is
Gac,lred