Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-01
EVENTS.
stolen from the Exchanges that
Come tn Our Table.

Having passed the pure food la"
the senate should be careful about
putting any impurities into the rate
bin.
Count Boni hasa pedigree a. long
as that Of the prize dog at the bench
show that's about all you can say
for him.
Germany is trying TO raise cotton
in the dark continnet, The African
is there, but how about the Ameri-
can training and the mule:
Count Boni de Castellaue says
With a touch Of pathos that be will
never beg for bread. On the on
trary, he viii be more than likely to.
demand strawberry short cake.
All the other details Of the we'd
ding have been sufficiently elabora-
ted. the curious minded are now
wondering how much Mr.. Long
worth paid the preacher for tying
the knot.
1t was Senator Gamble who forced
the hand of the organization against
him. As soon as Martin entered the
race, Gamble made a deal with
Crawford, and this mistake brought
to Martin the united support of the
organization. That is all there is TO
she story about the plot
Virginia has only n republican
congressman, and the Legislature of
thar state is scheming to get rid OF
him by gerrymander. Missouri
democrats bunkoed the republicans
similarly. but suddenly their gerry
mander went to smash at the polls,
and now they hold the small end of
hat states delegation in Washing
ton. The bourbon range of vision
is limited.
The announcement has been trade
at the Office Of l.. C. Wheeler, head
OF the government secret service in
Omaha, that already more than L.
000, 900 acres of land which had
been segregated through illegal
homestead filings have been restored
TO the public domain since the
beginning of the present crusade
against land frauds. Tue fir udu-
dent entries were practically all made
since 1903.
A man named DeFrance, who stole
n cent, has recently been released
from the ~penitentiary at Sioux Falls.
He was originally given a lite en-
tence, bua President Mckinley COM
muted it to fifteen years, which with
his good time reduced the period of
his Incarceration to twelve years. De
France held up a mail carrier. Had
he held up a bank be might have
better.
Secretary Shaw, in discussing the
q the primary election law,
that its adoption will not
prove a panacea for the wrongs com
planned OF under the delegate s.ys-
Iem Of nominating a party ticket.
he has Investigated the workings OF
he law in Virginia and claims that
he votes cast at the primaries cost
Sd ain average OF a dollar for each
vote, and that under the primary
system none but the rich stand any
show Of receiving a nomination
The passage Of the pure food bill
by the senate with only four mega
i've votes, shows that body TO be
more amendsble TO public opinion.
when that opinion is clearly made
known. than has been supposed.
Supplemented by rigorous eniorce-
ment 81 existing state laws, the bin
Just passed will 90 far 70 stop fur
Their prosecution 81 the schemes Of
adulteration and fraud the substitu-
ton Of which the American people
have SO long been the victims. II
will, furthermore. do much toredeem
the country's exports Of ioodssuiis
from tbe stigma which has BEEN las
lened upon them, in some lines, BY
prsciices d i few DISHONEST man
orer6; olteu favored BY state
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