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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-03
BE SURE TO VOTE.

There are those who thine that
some way or other only those votes
that may be cast in favor Of capital
removal viii be necessary that it is
required that the Eyes" must muster
a certain amount Of strength in
order to be effective, and that it viii
not be necessary for the mo" to be
recorded.
There are two candidates in this
contest Mr.. yes" and No"
The former is Mitchell's candi-
date, and the latter is Pierre's candi
date.
For the capital to remain at
Pierre, Mr.. "No" must secure a mai
ority Of the votes cast upon the CON
stitutional amendment relating to
capital removal.
Therefore, every friend Of Pierre,
and every voter opposed to the damn
able ISLANDERS which Mitchell has
emitted against two-thirds of the
state, and every voter who is opposed
to causing the state the loss of mil
lions of dollars in the value of lands,
and every voter who is opposed to
an increase in taxes must put a tx"
1t the left Of the word "No" on the
the special ballot on which the cap
ital question is submitted.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-03

dollar for his labor in building the
grade, and every nah dollar for dol
lar for every acre Of land in the
right-of-way
They own it today and stand
readY to turn il over to any respon-
sible company that will equip and
Operate it. They built NJ paper
road by newspaper advertisements
Of a couple of week before election.
They put up 100000 in actual
work
Contrast this with the paper rail
rord building Of today. Contrast it
with anything Mitchell has ever
done to deyelope anything except
town lots.
The grade is in tact today Title
to the rig~ht-of-way is perfect in the
people OF Pierre. Some day, soon
or lare, this grade will be ironed and
cars VIII be running upon it.
Therailroad milaege Of this county
pays a snug sum into the treasury
for taxes. If nothing more good
comes of it nothing in the way Of
commerce or trade the operation
of the Pierre grade viii help pay
the taxes IN Brown and the other
counties through which it runs. 1t
never will be ironed if the capital is
removed. Aberdeen News.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-03

center of agriculture much further
toward the Pacific Cost the last
census placing it in Illinois, which
state within the memory Of men 10Y
living, was a part Of the primeyal
wilderness.
Because we are proud Of and love
South Dakota, and resent that which
detraets from her glory at home or
abroad.
Because we abhore sectional dis
cord which the removal program has
developed.
Because we know that tie infam-
GUS falsehoods which have been
heaped upon the western half Of the
state bear no more semblance Of
truth than dil similar denunciation
Of the eastern half By outsiders in
the earlier days
Because every railroad built within
our boarders has headed straight for
the Missouri river not with the
idea Of intercepting steamboat traffic
but with the ultimate purpose Of
crossing yer aud developing the
vast regions beyond.
Because nine tenths Of tie endoW
ment and remaining school lands
which VIII make South Dakota Che
richest in educational institutions
Of any state ia the Union, lie in the
undeveloped region Of the west,
Because in the doubling and
redoubling q the population 81 the
United states every acre Of that
land which was the frvor. home Of
the buffalo for countless age, and
has since sustained its tens Of thous-
ands Of cattle and horses, will be as
much il demand as any part Of our
fair state only waiting for the Ms
sour to be bridged by the great rail,
way lines.
Because we believe removed will
greatly retard development.
Because removal VIII simply open
the way for similar schemes IN the
future, and prove a untold injury to
our state and her institutions for
years to come.
These are some of our reasons for
favoring Pierre in the present con-
test. They are based oman intimate
knowledge OF every part Of this
state.
Vote no, and the future viii jus
tify your action just as certain al the
march Of progress continues west
ward. Independent.
N
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-03
il a worthy building.


ii a worthy building.
Several hundred people have
settled west of TT. Pierre this sum.
mer, and they had very good crops
in this vicinity and especially west
Of the river.
The river is low just now, | have
crossed il twice this afternoon as
had some business at ut. Pierre.
The natural gas here is a fine
thing and the natural hot water
which comes from ~artesian Wells is
another nice thing.
There Is 4 lot Of ~cattleman aronnd
here and they are not anxious for
this country to settle up as they
want it for range. There are hun
dreds of cattle and sheep here. /
saw some very nice fruit from west
of the river.
do not think there is any ques-
ton but what the capital will remain
here which certainly is the proper
place for it. | hear talk on the
streets that some parties are trying
to buy votes for Mitchell, but all
who come here are in favor Of Pierre
even if they favored Mitchell before.
1 can not think Of any more so
will close with regards to all.
Yours very truly,
j. B. Anderson.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-03
HUNTER Us. KNOCKERS.

One by one the legs on which
MitcheIl's campaign s%praddled Itself
have been knocked from under it.
la the beginning, a great effort was
10 ridicale Pierre's natural gas sup
ply. bat the evidence of the thous-
and - eaeital city visitors from
every county east Of the Missouri
has iopped of that leg FROM the
knockers.
Now comes the second volume Of
the collections Of the State His
torical society, bearing date 1904.
which contains this statement:
The supply Of natural gas in the
older wells Of the state continues
ondiminished and the boundries Of
the field have been extended during
the year By The sinking Of two wells
on Tile large ranch Of Mr.. I'll, f..
Hunter ID western Campbell county
ga the Missouri river, Both these
wells afford a strong aow Of gas
SO, then, it seems that Harry
Hunter, who is the backbone Of
Aitchelfs campaign, didn't believe
any.of the time in any bf the stuff
peddled BIZ the campaign managers
attacking the supply Of natural gas
il Pierres region.
Nor does he seemed to have
believed either ia the utter barron
ness Of that region for be located
hfs BIG ranch therein, On which he
successfully raises small grain, corn
nillet, etc. Why didn't he locate
somewhere IN the southeastern part
Of the state if he believed Mitchell's
declaration that that comprises all
the fertility Of the commonwealth
lie didn't believe it on any Of his
fellow knockers.
Nor did NlitchelRs mayor, Gen.
Geo. 4. Silsby, believe in the utter
barrenness Of the Pierre region, and
neither did senator Branson, who is
a member Of Mitchell's campaign
committee, for both are interested in
q hig ranch IN Hyde county, which
Mayor silsby declares is worth $50
per acre, although the improvements
cost only 81 All acre.
Will tAepeople oi the state go to
the polls and indorse a SANDER
against South Dakota, which the
slanderers themselves do not believe.
Pierre Press Bureau.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-03

Others have told YOU Why The
Indedendent Is fof Pierre: but we
desire to submit . few supplemental
facts:
The independent is for Pierre
because il has unshakable faith in
South Dakota all Of South Dakota
Because the history Of our country
from PIyrnoth Rock to the present
hour ~ written in western progress,
Because fhe wild and woody
west which the colonials saw toward
fhs setting sQP, has become the
granexys ii Ne w0Eld.
BSsadse sob dsoade has seen to
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-03
RAILROAD


Pierre showed her Willingness and
ability to do something when she
put 100000 into a railroad grade
between this city and Pierre.
u When the Pierre people put their
money into this venture they had
assurances frem President Uakes.
q tbe Northern Pacific that he
would take the grade off their hands
iron. equip and run ii. Within i
few months after the Pierre had
completed their part Of the deal
President Cakes was oassed from
she Northern Pacific and the whole
thing fell through.
This was no fault 81 the people Of
Pierre. They did heir part. No
people coulddo nore. 4
To-day they own the grade and
Fisht-0f Nv clssr through from
Alssdesn v Pierre. rsa %
Ihsy paid e}sfy nan dollar III
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-03
AN OPEN LETTER.


The following is a letter from j.
b. Anderson who was formerally a
resident Of Webster aud many of
our people will remember him; he
now resides in Sisseton and owns
real estate in Day county. The
letter sTiiiiis explain ITSELF
Pierre. S. D.,.Oct. ~, 1904.
g. J. Schultz,
Webster. 5. ID.
Dear Sir:
/ will tonight drop you a few
lines. | have been here several days
and expect to remain until 4 a. m.
Monday, when | will go to High
more.
Pierre has improved considerable
since my previous visit, and L find
a nice city with all modern conven-
iences. | was in the capitol build
ing today and heard Mr.. Lcckhart
speak to an audience Of several
hundred people. / went through
this large capitol building and found
there everything necessary TO make
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-03
IOWA NEARLY DEPoPULATED

Mitchell organs argue that because
the counties west Of Pierre have
shown au enormouse increase in
the number Of cattle, these counties
must be sparsely settled. Accord
ing g such q argument the state 81
Iowa must be Rearly depopulated,
Tor the eeusus reports show that
Iowa is very piese to the top IN the
production oi stock Selby Record
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-03

FasAea q 90 to tie polls next
Tuesday % cast your ballot remem
Der That tse interests Of the whole
state altl a 2 everything personal
or 81 $ l3aal district interest and we
are sai Won will put e cross
befoF ae word NO Oh the capital
.ler3 3fai raposIdan.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-03
CLUE in FAVOR on PIERRg.

A meeting Of the Commercial
club, IS Huron, ID that city, October
~, adopted resolutions strangely fay.
oring Pierre as against Mitchell for
the state Capital ii thepresent con-
test. also depreriating he alleged.
abuse Of large sections Of the state
By Mitchell IL her mistaken cam
paign method.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-03
Northere N2er@al ea1 li lg9 g.al, 1ehool

Students can enter at auy time. Tue
-cIio0l maiptains strong courses
Ehuiish and 0ne Latin. These courses
arc f~lOurough in the common branches
Diploma q state certificate. a good school
far eachers I'd review studies. 1T has
ne3ildiugs and well equipped labor
af0riGs. III graduates are in demand.
alauiat trimming, domestic economy,
eioc7lti0n. physical culture and music
beside the regnlar courses. Ftue dorini
tory and boarding hatf I1littou Cor ~
NYeeks. Fable Board 81 50 . week, room SD
tot Is cents a week Write for CafaloE 70
tresidenl Northern Normal and udua-
trial school. Aberdeen, SD.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-03

Vote No on the capital removal
proposition and you will be doing
the Milwaukee road a kindness as
the future vii demonstrate.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-03

Na Ai asne7 railroad uaa-
glasp tafted to hniia O rail.
r5 q great parrea waste.
1855 AS ater storms are due The
Joke which the Mitchell
pe5t aee Trying 70 fool the voters
vita, tile balaest rot INTEL gems
people nere ever asked 70 ssaliog
Canton News.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-03

IL you are in favor Of develope
ment, advancement and improve
meut lor the whole state, you will
vote for Pierre for the capital BY
placing a cross before the word
mo 90 your ballot next Tuesday
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-03

Next week when il is too late to
deny thena, II may be expected that
q lot If Stories will be set afloat b
the supporters Of Mitchell that are
false. The safest way is to pay no
attention @ the stories that are
spread Just on the eve Of election.
= fss ~ - people have had all
suiilnief to spin their tale Of woe
and whsf fas net been told is MOI
been told i not worth telling.
Pierre i 4 sure winner and the
Miscbeli men know it and that is
Why Ne restaurants and hotels
are over charging their visitors.
They rsalixo their garfting harvest
Ia shout over.
M Pierre visitor has had i just
cause for my complaint about scr.
charging. IA fact everyone oompll
msnts Mr. upon ~ splendid way
Nv ha5 hnndled ihe immense crowds
~h6 taxp Yjslt fierrs this season-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-03
Ha Is IN Capital Question

Vote NO" on the capital removal
proposition.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-03

1t is but simple justice that the
capital should remain at Pierre.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-12
CHINESE TALK
ON POLITICS
Difference Between Ballot
Marking and DOtting a
Lottery Ticket Is Shown
MEETING Is STILL ON
viii Probably Last as Long
as Celestial Plays That
Have No Concluding Act
MEETING IS STILL ON

Somewhat on the plan of the St.
Louis convention is the political meet
ing of the Chinese Native Sons that
started last night in the assembly hall
of the Six Companies. 1t will probably
last as long as the celebrated Chinese
play, THE Purple Nosed Dragon and
the Bow-Legged Daughter of the Son
of the Stars" The grandson of the
leading man who began this famous
drama is only in the five hundred and
eighty act.
The object of the meeting is to pro-
vide so that the voting population of
Chinatown may get its rights on cleo
ton day. No one in the assemblage
was certain as to what the rights in
question are, but from the chin chin"
that is still disturbing Commercial
street it is thought that the Celestials
are going to get their rights or start
something.
Seung Kwai PAX opened the meeting
with a detailed lecture on marking a
ballot. Quite a sensation was caused
when he explained that this game diff
fered slightly from marking a lottery
ticket. One venerable Asiatic who has
been waiting patiently since last cleo
ton to get a line on the drawings of
the last ballot marking went home in
disgust.
Ng Chung had the floor for two hours
and a half. His subject was The Full
Chow Basket" When he alluded to
that great patriot, George Wah Sing
Ton, who mo sabe talkee lie" a China
man in purple bloomers arose. Me
sabe Wah Sing Ton. He my cousin.
He live Oakland. He work in saloon.
He ale time talkee lie
An executive committee was ap-
pointed consisting of Lee Sing Sz, To
Chiu and Leung Chung. These names
are pronounced with three coughs and
sneeZe.
Animated caucuses were held all over
the block throughout the entire even
ing. The meeting will adjourn when
the building catches fire.
Just what party. if any. these Ma
tive Sons" will support they will not
state. But they emphatically denied
that they were Prohibitionists. There
are about 700 in the organization.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-12
BOLT FROM SKY
TAKES A LIFE
Lightning Kills a Man at
st. Louis and a High Wind
Brings Injuries to Others
HOUSES ARE UNROOFED
Heavy Storm Does Great
Damage to Property and
Shipping in Fair City
HOUSES ARE UNROOFED

ST. LOUIS. July IA terrific storm
of wind, rain and hail prevailed in St.
Louis and vicinity for short time this
afternoon. causing considerable damage
10 property. One man was killed by
lightning and five others were injured
by flying missiles. The maximum
reached by the wind was sixty-five
miles an hour, but this velocity was
sustained for Onlv a minute or two. or
the damage might have been much
greater. The average velocity was
about fOrty-eight miles an hour
Twelve barges were blown across the
river and eighteen or twenty houses on
Twenty street. between Washing
ton and Carr streets. were completely
unrOOfed. and other damage was done
throughout the city. Some Of the hall
stones that fell during the storm meas
ured an inch in diameter.
LINCOLN. Neb., July IA tornado
last night destroyed several barns and
outbNildings near BurwelL The build
ings on Mr. Brittain's farm were re-
duced to sDlinters. No lives were lost.
The list Of injured is not Obtainable.
Severe hailstorms ruined crops at
Greeley Center. near Ord, al Hastings
and at Arcadia.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-12
KANSAS "MOB'
RELIEVES TOWN
Citizens of North Topeka
Cut Through Railroad En-
bankment to Save Property
MAKE COURSE FOR FLOOD
Ditch Is Made to Enable
Water to Escape to River
Without Injuring City
MAKE COURSE FOR FLOOD

TOPEKA. Kans., July 11.-An orderly
mob" of about twenty-five reputable
citizens of North Topeka took a Union
Pacific work train this afternoon, went
four miles west of town and with picks
and shovels dug ditch three feet wide
and seventv-five feet long through the
railroad embankment. This was done
to allow the stored flood water to es-
cape to the river instead of running
through the town. The members of the
mob" then quietly returned to their
homes. Another expedition was made
in a similar manner against the Santa
Fe tracks east of town. A gang of sec
ton men were working there. but they
made no opposition to the tearing out
of a section of the embankment.
The Santa Fe fast mail between Kan
sas City and Topeka was annulled this
morning on account of the soft tracks.
Otherwise that system has resumed
service on the main line and nearly all
it's branches in Kansas.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-12
CRAVE CHARGE
AGAINST MINER
Member of Union Arrested
in Connection With Ex-
plOsiOn at Independence
SAID TO HAVE BOASTED
Prisoner Protests His In
nOcence and Claims That
He Can Prove an Alibi
SAID TO HAVE BOASTED

CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo, july IL
Pearl SkeltoA was brought to this city
to-day from Pueblo on a warrant
charging him with the murder of the
fourteen men who were killed by the
explosion at Independence Station
June 6. Shelton, who left Cripple
Creek after the explosion. was arrested
on a ranch near Rye Station. The
Sheriff said that Shelton had talked a
great deal about the explosion, but
he did not know what evidence had
been obtained to connect him with the
crime Shelton protests his innocence
and says he will have no difficulty in
proving an alibi.
Upon complaint sworn out by S H
Phipps a direct information was filed
to-day in the District Court charging
Frank Cochran, secretary of the Vic
tor Miners Union, Arthur Parker. Al
bert Darlington, Thomas McManus.
Richard James. John James, Edward
McKelvey and Alfred Miller with con-
spiracy TO kill Roscoe MCGEE. who was
shot and instantly killed in the Victor
street fight June s. All Of these men
are now in Jail here.
The warrant for the arrest Of Skel-
ton was sworn out by Sheriff Bell. who
had received information that Shelton
had been boasting that he knew whS
caused the explosion at Independence.
Shelton was a member of the Free
Coinage Miners Union and has worked
in several mines in the district.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-12

of those who will be members of the
next session of the Legislature.
Henry T. Oxnard will open head
quarters in this city tomorrow, a To-
cation for the purpose being selected
to-day. l.. w. Andrews, an attorney
formerly of Ventura, who has per-
formed confidential service for Mr.. Ok
nard several years, will be in charge.
He will be assisted by a staff of ste
nographers. clerks and other attaches.
Mr.. Oxnard having decided to divide
his time the next few months between
Los Angeles and Ventura County, he
has deemed 1t advisable to secure
rooms where he may be found when he
is in the city.
Senator Bard and Frank p. Flint will
be obliged to do likewise and from
their headquarters here the various
candidates will expect to cover all OF
Southern California.
Bard made a distinct gain to-day by
reason of two announcements in his ia
vor. The first was from Howard
Broughton. former Assemblyman from
the Pomona district, now candidate for
the state Senate The other was the
announcement of Richard Melrose OF
Anaheim. who seeks to succeed State
senator A. A. Caldwell. Melrose has
declared he will support Bard, no mat
ter who enters the race. There have
been no public announcements in favor
of the other candidates.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-12
Bids for snnnIies Awarded

At meeting Of the Election Com
mission last right the following bids
were awarded for supplies for the
primary election TO be held on August
?, Althof & Bahls. envelopes for re-
turns, $50 l0i Phillips. Smythe &
Van orden, printing poll and tally
lists. 1922 Al; John Kitchen Jr. Com
pany- printing official ballots. s173 so;
p Marcus, for furnishing chairs,
lamps and curtains. 81 ~ per booth:
r A Anderson, for erecting. hauling.
storing and repairing booths, s12 90
for each booth. Final action on the
purchase Of fifty voting machines was
deferred until Thursday. July 2I.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-12
OPERATIONS RESUME.
Many Mill Owners of Fall River Re-
open Their Works.

FALL RIVER. Mass. July 11.-MOst
of the Fall River cotton mills resumed
operations to-dayk after ten-days'
shutdown. Many of the manufactur-
ers are firing of the curtailment policy
which has been in force here nearly
four months. and as soon as a new
agreement, now being worked out, by
many members of the Fall River Man
ufacturers' Association, is formally as
sented to, it is expected the mills will
be more active
The operatives. of whom there are
more than 25.OoO in the cloth mills. are
restless over the situation. They have
sustained a loss in waaes during the
spring and summer amoJnting to a re-
duetion of 40 per cent The textile
unions expect a revision in wages will
be made which will be reduction of
at least 10 per cent.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-12
oxNARD BEGINS WORK.
Southern Californian Opens Campaign
for Senatorial Honors

LOS ANGELES, July 11-Although
San Francisco and the north will have
much to do with the election of a
United States Senator to succeed
Thomas R. Bard. whether he succeeds
himself or not, Los Angeles will be the
center of the open shows of strength.
That is TO say, from here will be made
the announcements Of the seemingly
relative positions Of those in the race at
the various posts along the course.
and meantime each of the candidates
will be pulling all available wires else
where, hiding all possible cards and
otherwise endeavoring to secure votes
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-12
REGISTRAR ISSUES FIGURES.
Number of Registrations Doubles Thai
of Two Years Ago.

of Two Years Ago.
The figures of the Registrar show
twice the number of voters registered
this month over those of 1902; that is,
4I5SS as against 2o,434, at this time
two years ago. This is accounted for
by the fact that there was no primary
election held two years ago, just prior
to September. The total registration
in 1902 was $4,000.
The registration this year is $1,000
to date, leaving a balance of 32.5OO
voters 10 register before September
of this year to equal the registration
of two years ago.
The registration Office will be open
evenings from 1880 to 10 o'clock to
allow for the registration for the pri-
maries, which take place July 20.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-12
,Tis springtimc in Yosemite.

In Yosemite the grass is green, birds
are singing and blossoms border the
trails. Why not go to Gods own coun-
try for your vacation2 Round trip S2S.50
via Santa Fe. and the grandest stage ride
in California Ask at No. Gal Market
street, Santa Fe office
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-12

FINES LOTTERY AGENT.-oAKLAND
July u.-Charey Fong Chinese lottery
agent. was fined $500 to-day by Police Judge
George Samuels for selling lottery tickets.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-12

Dr.. II. Il. Schord, Dentist-Now located
IN Grant building. los5 Market St. cor 7th 4.