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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-08-22
SOUTH DAKOTA FARM INCOME

Sioux Falls Argus Leader: A census
bulletin has just been issued cover
ing the operations on South Dakota
farms during the year 1S99-the yeal
before the last census was taken.
The figures in detail are most inter
esting, and the net showing is one
worth more than a passing notice.
On the first of June 1900 the 50. 6:32
farms in South Dakota were worth
1920, 133, 190-nearly a quarter Of a
billion dollars. OF the total value
Sc per cent was IN the land and i'm
provements other than buildings,
and the remaining IA per cent
was in the buildings. The farmers
owned implements and machinery
worth SD, 21S, $50, and live stock to
the value of S65, l73 ,432, making a
grand total of farm values in South
Dakota at that date of 1927, 525, 3O2.
So much for the investment.
The PREDICTION Of 1899 was IN the
total S66, 1872, 419, of which 1872 per
cent represented the value Of domes-
tic animals, products and the re-
mainder the value of crops. From
this total is deducted the sum OF
1913 ,220, which was the value of pro-
ducts fed to stock in that year. The
remainder, Or $50, 7O5, 1879, is the gross
farm income. Thus the gross income
on the investments in South Dakota
farms for 1899 was 17.7 per cent.
If deductions were made for taxes,
insurance, wear and tear of machin-
cry, and labor, the net income would
still be at least 10 per cent on the
Investment for actual farming oper-
ations, saying nothing about the
profit the farmers are making on the
sharp advance in the value of theil
land. This is as good an income as
is received by the billion-dollar stee.
trust and is a showing, of wealth an6
prosperity among our farmers which
will surprise some people in other
states who have not been kept ir
touch with the rapid development
and growing riches of this state.
When it is recalled that the tota1
population of South Dakota in 1895
was only 400, 900. it will be seen that
the gross farm production alone
amounted to nearly 1872 for every
man. woman and child in the state.
1t should also be understood that
1899 was not a particularly fat cror
year, being small in comparison with
the product OF the present year.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-08-22
A YOUNG LADY'S LIFE SAVED
At Panama, Colombia, by Chamber
Iain's Ch0lic, COIera and Diar-
rhOea Remedy.

DR.. Chas. H. Utter, a prominent
physician, of Panama, Colombia. in
a recent letter states: Last March
/ had as a patient, a lady sixteen
years Of age, who had a very bad at
tack Of d~ysentery. Everything I pre-
scribed for her proved Intellectual and
she was growing worse every hour.
Her parents were sure she would die.
She had become so weak that she
could not turn over in bed. What to
do at this critical moment was a
study for me, but thought Of
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy and as a last re-
sort prescribed it. The most wonder
full result was effected. Within eight
hours she vas feeling much better:
inside of three days she was upon her
feet and at the end of one week was
entirely we'll" For sale by L. o.
Gale, druggist.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-08-22

Speaking of the protective idea as
shown toward the infant industries
OF this country the Boston Herald
makes some comments along this line
that are quite applicable in the light
OF the manner in which the infants
have grown beyond their swaddling
clothes and are strong enough to
dominate the parent that fostered
them. The Herald says:
The old fashioned theory of pro-
lection, that propounded by the early
American opponents of the system,
and n which obtained wide spread
acceptance up to about a generation
ago: was the desirability o. diver
Styling our national industries by Civ
ing encouragement to capitalists to
take up and prosecute new indus
tries. Until these were fairly on
their feet they were rightly styled
infant industries, which required
projection to give them a chance to
fairly establish themselves. This and
this alone, is the argument which
led the American people to make the
protection system a feature in their
national legislation: but now these
industrial infants have grown into
enormous collossi that represent the
larger aggregations of capital and out
put than any similar industries to
be found IN other parts of the world.
But, instead of frankly admitting
that the reason why protection was
originally accorded to them has en-
tirely departed, and hence can no
longer be insisted upon, the represen-
tatlveS Of a number of these great
industries have in effect banded
themselves together for the mutual
defense of their special privileges.
Few things in the life Of a nation
are harder to repeal than special
privileges when these have once been
accorded. The monopolies granted
by the English crown, the perpetual
pensions voted to the families of the
court faVoriteS and the prominent
military men, continued to be ex-
plotted Or paid many years after it
was made apparent to the English
people that the favors were nothing
less than gross abuses. Those in the
enjoyment of these understandable
privileges stood shoulder to Shout
der in opposition to all movements
for reform. a vicious circle had been
established, and those who formed it
were OF the opinion that if it was
broken down in one particular a COM
plete collapse was likely to take place
hence, in modern phraSeOlogy. they
pooled their issues in making d COM
mon resistance against all attacks.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-08-22

The Marshall County Sentinel.
published at Britton. is another OF
the %populist papers that has recently
returned to the support of the repub-
lican party. When the democrats
look the reins from the hands Of the
popullsts in this state there vas
nothing left for the Sentinel to do
but tO follow the democrats or the
republicans. He chose the latter
for the reason that he has more
faith in the republican party doing
more for the country than any other
political organization. 1t seems that
the democrats in this state are not
getting much of the goods and chat
tells of the populist party since it
yielded up the ghost.
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ENTHUSIASTIC FOR STATE.
South Dakota Citizen Makes a Good
Showing for State in a Min
neapolis Interview.

j. NJ. Greene, of Chamberlain,
passed through Minneapolis, last
week and while there he got to talk
ing with a Minneapolis Tribune re-
porter, and he took advantage of the
occasion to give the state a good set
ting out with reference to its great
crop situation, and at the same time
talked a little about politics. Such
interviews as the following do the
state good, and it is reproduced:
After hearing Col. J.. NJ. Greene.
OF Chamberlain, S. d. talk about the
glories of his state, one wonders why
every one does not want to live in
South Dakota. Col. Greene arrived
in Minneapolis last night accompanied
by r. E. Biscoe, associate editor of
Western Progress, published at Scot
land. Col. Greene is the national
committeeman for the Republican
party inhis state.
According to his story.South Dako-
ia is a delightful place this year.
All over the state the farmers have
big crops, there is no danger to them
from anything in the future. there
is nc exception to the excellent crop
reports, the state is overfiowing with
land seekers to such an extent that
trains are late, prices of real estate
are soaring, business is better than
it ever was before. the Republicans
are going to win the biggest victory
in their history, and every one is so
happy and contented that the Demo-
Gratis will probably not make any cam
paign this year. Col. Greene did not
SJ1nrnSt + l11r ,,or,fio,n fl,o+ -
Senator Pettigrew had also removed
from the state.
Everyone is for Roosevelt said
Col. Greene to The Tribune. "Our
organization is good, we nominated
u candidates for congress by accla-
nation. and there are no signs of
AGAR ranks. l never knew a time
when the prospects for the Republi-
a party were SO bright in South
Dakota.
THE Democrats show mo signs of
activity whatever, and | doubt very
much ii they make any campaign.
Il can not speak. too strongly of
the crop situation. In the southern
part of the state part of the grain is
already threshed. and there is no
danger sign out anywhere. 1t is a
tremendous crop, and that applies to
all grains. The acreage is bigger
than ever before.
Naturally the good prospects make
business lively, and I would call your
particular attention to the activity |
in real estate. At Aberdeen it was
almost impossible to secure accommo-
d%ations, the hotels all being occupied |
by land seekers. Our train was three
hours late OF account of the immense
traffic, principally land seekers"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-08-22
THE HARVESTER MERGER.

IL las Deeu dnllClpdCeQ o some
time that there would be a merging
of the harvester interests in the
country, and it has partially come to
pass. The Chicago Tribune gives the
details of the combination effected by
five Of the largest harvester compan-
les in the country. 1t includes the
Mccormick. Deering, Plano, Cham
pion and Milwaukee Co. The capt.
alization of the new company is
placed at s12O, 900, 900, and it is said
that the stock was not placed on the
market for disposal to any other
parties outside of the corporation.
Outside of the combination are four
large companies that have not as yet
yielded to the pressure of the other
five. They are the d. NJ. Osborne,
tombstone Harvester, Walter A.
Wood and Adriance. Platt & Co.
One of the directors of the new
company, in speaking of the aims,
made the following statement:
"We expect through our manufac-
turing facilities and cash resources
to continue the manufacture and
sale of agricultural implements with
out having to increase prices. 1t is
we'll known that the prices of raw
material used in the manufacture
of harvestering machinery has adj
vanced steadily during the last few
years, and, although the manufac-
turers hitherto have avoided an adj
vance in the prices of their products,
1T has become apparent from the eX-
listing conditions that higher prices
would soon become a necessity unless
the methods Of manufacture and
business could be materially improved
and large economies accomplished.
The manufacturers realize that their
welfare and the interests of the farm
er are identical. The United States.
through its fertile fields. labor saving
machinery, and cheap transportation,
has become the leading food produc-
ing country Of the world.
AN advance in the price of agricul-
tural machinery would injure the
farmers and react on the manufact-
urer: but, IN the other hand,if exist
ing conditions continue an advance
in prices would be inevitable. 1t
thus became necessary that the price
should be advanced or that sub
Stantjal economies should be effected
in the manufacture and distribution
Of agricultural machinery
Where is the end of the merger? 1t
that there ought to be some
way of putting a stop to all the in
terests of the country getting under
one management and thus destroying
all forms OF competition.
1t is an easy matter to pass laws but
when it comes to the enforcement of
them with reference to the combin-
ations there is a weakness in the armor
behind that cannot resist the attacks
OF those who want to make the
merger a winner. After all the great
of the country merge,
what is there to prevent all the
mergers from going into one gigantic
combine, and thus have every inter-
est in the country controlled
by one merged company?
There is room for improvement
in this direction and congress can
the opportunity to display its
wisdom in battling with the combin-
.tions that are forming in every
quarter Of the globe.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-08-22
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
FRIRAY. AUGUST %, 1902.
The Kimball Graphic now reaches

The Kimball Graphic now reaches
our exchange table in a new form,
having been enlarged from an eight
column folio to a six-column Quarto
and the change is very much for the
better. Brer. Tinan will have to
hustle a little more to fill up the
paper but the old man has lots OF
rustling qualities left and it will be
no trick to work his think-tank a
little stronger and cover little more
territory in his local field. The
Graphic always was good but in its
enlarged form it will be better, be-
cause Tinan can get more good mat
ter into the paper.
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There are good indications that tn

There are good indications that the
strikers in the anthracite coal will
come to an agreement with the own
ers of the mines and that the strike
will soon be a thing of the past. The
information comes from Pittsburg
that Major John Biddle, engineer
commissioner Of the District of Co.
lumbia; makes the statement with
some foundation for it. He stated
that an agent for the anthracite oper-
ators in Washington said that the
strike would be settled on or before
Sept. l Concessions will be made by
the operators and the miners to effect
the settlement. Had the strike been
prolonged d very much greater length
of time it would have caused much
Trouble among the people who have
to use the anthracite. and it is hoped
that many years will elapse before
another such strike is inaugurated.
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Village Gone Into a Decline.

Yankton Press and Dakotan: The
village of Bon Homme has been in a
state OF decline for twenty-five years
or more. Forty years ago it was in
its prime and fourished for a few
years, being the local habitation
Of Uncle Hugh Fraley, the hotel
keeper and a number of merchants.
Its rise and fall both occurred before
Dakota had passed beyond the pioneer
stage, and only among the earliest
settlers is there any recollection OF
Bon Homme when it was the chief
point in Dakota west of Yankton.
It was the home of some of the most
famous of Dakotas' earliest settlers.
Geo. NJ. Pinney and John H. Shober
were both residents of Bon Homme.
They belonged to the F. F. vs. of
Dakota, and have since made fame
and fortune in the mountain states.
Hon. Walter A. Burleigh established
a tine country residence near the old
town thirty-fve years ago, and for a
time conducted farming and live stock
raising on a large scale. The Mennon-
ties nov WI the doctors acres.
and visitors who go there declare
that section to be one Of the most
charming sections in the northwest.
Much Of the scenery in summer is
worthy Of an artists brush. But the
old town is now but a memory and
there are but few who can remember
when it had an existence.
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You will never wish to take an
other dose Of pills if you once try
Chamberlain's Stomach & Liver
Tablets. They are easier to take and
more pleasant in effect. They cleanse
the stomach and regulate the liver
End bowels. For sale by L. o. Gale.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-08-22
TO ADVERTISERS.

Advertising rates given on application, and will
De found reasonably low.
Business Cards, not exceeding six lines, S5.W
er year. Each additional line, $l.W.
Business Locals, Five cents per line.
Legal Advertisements at Statute Rates.
Cards of Thanks, Ten Cents per line.
Marriage and Death Notices published free OF
oharge. Obituaries. Resolutions of Respect and
Wedding presents, Five Cents per line.
We club with all the leading publications In the
country, at the lowest club prices. .
AL subscribers wishing their address changed
should give their former as we'll as their new
address,
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-09
KNIGHTS qBMPLAR
ANNUAL EXCURSION
Over Two Thousand Persons
Have Secured Tickets.
Drill Corps of Columbia Commandery,
Headed by The Times Eewsboys
Band, to March Down to Boat.

! The drill corps of Columbia Com
( Inandery, No. ?, knights TempIar. will
: give its annual excursion 10 River View
I this evening. To all appearances the
event viii be the most successful ever
given by the corps, considerably over
z.00o persons having secured tickets.
Lavish preparations have been made to
show everyone a good time.
While many of the wives and friends
Of the members went down to the resort
on the morning and afternoon boats To-
day, the greatest portion of the ex-
eursionists viii leave the city on the
6:45 O'Clock boat this evening.
The drill corps viii form at the cor
neT Of Ninth and f Streets northwest and
march down to the steamboat wharf
They viii be escorted to the wharf by
the full Times Newsboys Band. 1t had
been planned to have the band accom-
F2ny them on the excursion. and ey
tensIVe preparations had beer. made for
their entertainment. both on the boat
and after reaching their destination on
account, however. Of the BOYS being oh
iiged 70 leave Washington at an esrfv
Eour tomorrow morning for Harrisburg
"a, where they viii be the guests Of the
'" X Andrews Campaign Club. Of thfz
city. they were compelled to omit the
trin- down the river.
When the evening boat arrives at
River View there VIII be 2 display o
fireworks.
All the amusements that the popular
river resort affords viii be in full on
Grafton An excellent program has also
been arranged, and dancing viii be
made feature Of the evening. All the
ladies will be presented with handsome
souvenirs.
Among those who viii accompany the
excursion w, he the officers Of the ca
lum5ia COmDiande-y drill corps. As fol
lows: Mr.. Charles s Domer. caatair.
Mr.. Benjamin Parkhurst. first lfeufen-
ant; Mr. Thomas B Walker. second
lieutenant; Mr. Jackson r Blair. third
lieutenant; Mr.. Edgar A. Nelson serra-
tary, and Mr. GUstave A Kneessi. treas
uTeT-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-09
MASON MITCHELL HAS
QUIT STAGE FOR GOOD
Actor-Rough Rider Happy Over Con-
suIaT Appointment to Zanzibar

Mason Mitchell, ex-actor. who has
been appointed United States consul at
Zanzibar and for $40 a week will look
after The interests of this couDtrv.s
trade in ele2haats' tusks and maintain
friendly relations with Hauud bin Mu-
hamad bin said, declares that he has left
the stage for .Yer.
Il have qui: the stage for good he
said last night. and my ambition now is
to serve my country in the consular or
diplomatic service I've always wanted
10 do that. But I would like to say in
justice to President Roosevelt. who has
appointed me. and to myself. that my an
pointmeat has come through regular
channels and not as . personal favor
although / was IN RooseveIt's regiment
OF Rough Riders in the Spanish-Amer;-
can var, and afterwa-d took the stunp
for him in his campaign for the gov
CTncTSrlp OF New York The request
Tor my appointment was made by the
regular Republican organization Of my
home county. OnGnda-a, and it was in
dorsed by Senator Plat
Mr. Mitchell was born in 1889 in svra-
cuse, and was the sen of David J. Mitch
ell. lawyer. lie took to war and the
stage IN spite Of the fact that his an
cest Ors were Nantucket Ouakers. He
was British scout IL the Riel rebellion
IN Canada He brought a lot Of natives
from Samoa 70 the Worlds Fair in Chi
caso- took them back in q 20O-ton
schooner and returned with another
shiTlGad Of natives from the Fiji islands
for the MidwtnteT Fair Of I8g4 in san
Francisco He was IN Troop K Of the
Rough Riders and was wounded at San
Juan Hin.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-09

one who viii make this gulf impossible.
/ was interested in this proud. super
sensitive creature. and l a e.. u.u u
promise that she wcCid marry ans
nan whom I might find who could make
-er happy. I did nv best. but NY ef-
forts were not crowned with success
The men I knew all shrank from her
They all admitted that she was beauti-
full, but characterized her beauty rs the
sort men like to admire but net 20
marry StuI I did rot give IN all hopes
Of finding the right man, until some
time later she took sick and died, This
was one Of the most pathetic cases that
ever came under nv notice.
whitening of the Face.
But in spite OF the sad fate Of the
friend I have lust mentioned there IS 4
good deal OF truth in the statement that
a woman's face is her fortune. And 1t
doesn't necessarily follow that it must
be a pretty face, either. The face fire.
quentIy possesses other attractive quaT-
fcatioas besides beauty. I found an ex-
ample of this sort in one of the old
maids I married of at the age Of thirty
six. 1 captured a weil-to-do German
who fer many years had been taking all
Of his meals at a restaurant. and after
I had introduced him TO the woman
in question he remarked:
This woman's face speaks to NE of
homemade coffee cake and homemade
everything; Just what I an longing for
There is another type OF woman
whose good looks improve with age. and
this IS no small consideration when it
comes to finding husbands for old maids.
Frequently a girl who is generally con
sidered homeIy ceases to be looked upon
in this light when she becomes an old
maid There are faces which seem suited
to no other status Of life As an Illus
tTation. once knew a girl Of twenty
wEo had the features Of an unmarried
woman of forty. Naturally, she did not
attract young men. At twenty-five she
still looked forty, and did not seem 10
be getting old at all Now when this
girl really reaches forty she probably
will be accounted a good looking woman
OF middle age, and no doubt she viii be
much sought after By bachelors ten or
twenty years her senior.
Frequently q girl does not marry be- /
cause she has an older sister who from
choice or necessity remains in single /
blessedness. Oftentines, as have OBJ /
served, young woman rejects suitors /
because she happens to be left as the sole (
companion OF a widwed mother I re- I
call one case of this character which 4
impressed me deeply. A pretty young +
girl sacrificed all OF her matrimonial /
chances 10 the interests OF her mother. !
and the Characteristic part of it was /
that the daughter never ceased remind
ing the parent of the fact The two
Iuarrreled continually and frequently
hey would set a whole month pass with
3Ut speaking TO each other Yet at the
bottom Of her heart the young woman
vas really devoted to her mother and
would not leave her. Several times the
Did woman insisted that her daughter
should accept the proposal, but the lat
ter always refused Thus they quar-
'eled hack and forth until finally the old
woman died, and I succeeded in marry
ng the girl to e prosperous Swede. And
hey get along quite well together"