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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-10
Notice Of Hearing Petition for Distribu-
ton OF staic-.INempt

NotIce Oh iIc:rins Pctl(iOn tor DiStribu-
tion OF
State of Suuln Dakota. County of
Dawson, IS. In County Court.
IN the matter of the estate of Abner
Z. seaman, ucceaSed:
The State OF South Dakota sends
Greeting to Laura NJ. Seaman, Charles
o. Seaman i. w. Seaman. Mary S.
Stearns. and Alice a. IIirley. heirs at
law and neNt of kin of Abner c.. Sea-
man, deceased, and to all to whom these
presents may come.
Notice is hereby given. that l w.
Seaman has filed with the Judge of
this Court a verified petition in writing
setting forth that said deceased left
estate consisting of lot thirteen Q3). in
block one %. of University Addition
to the town, now city of Mitchell, in
Dawson county, South Dakota. property
which he alleges to be wholly exempt
from execution, attachment or other
mesne process. and praying that said
estate be distributed among the heirs
al law and next of kin of said deceased,
without the regular Administration
thereof as provided by the Probate
Code and that Saturday. the list day of
June. 1907. at 10 O'Clock a. m, of said
day. being a day of a regular term of
this court. to-wit: of the June term.
1907. at the Court room of said Court.
at Mitchell in the county of Dawson.
have been appointed as the time and
place for hearing said petition. when
and where any person interested may
appear and show cause why said petit
ton should not be granted.
Witness the Hon. w. Abbey, Judge
of the County Court. and the seal of
said Court, this 18th day of May A. d.,
1907. at his Office in the city of Mitchell,
County of Dawson. State of South Da-
kota.
TSeall
w. Abbey. Judge of the County Court.
Attest:
S. Cattrel. Clerk.
Lewis Shuster. Attorney for Petit
Toner.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-10
Notice of Application for 'robatc o
MINI

state of South Dakota; County of
Dawson. SIS. In County Court.
Notice of time appointed for proving
viii etc. =
In the matter of the estate of Will
liam Cornwell, Deceased.
The State of South Dakota sends
greetings to Persis N. Cornwell. III. w.
Cornwell, Lazelle Phillips. Carrie III.
Bingham, Albert Cornwell. Edward
Cornwell. and Grace Cornwell. heirs
next of kin of William Cornwell, de-
ceased.
Pursuant to an order of said Court
made on the End day of May A. d.
1907, notice is hereby given. that
Thursday, the 23rd day of May, A. ID.
1907. at 8 o'clock A. NJ. of said day.
at the Court Room of said Court. at
MITCHELL, in the County of aviso has
been appointed as the time and place
for proving the will of said William
Cornwell, deceased, and for hearing
the application of Edward Cornweil
for the issuance to him of letters tes-
tamentary when and where any per
son interested may appear and contest
the same.
Witness the Hon. w. Abbey, Judge
of the County Court. and the seal of
said Court. his Ind day of Nav A. ID,
1900, at his office in the city of Mitchell
county of Dawson, State of South
Dakota.
w. Abbey.Judge of the County Court.
;. Sattreil, Clerk. (SlGAL)
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-10
Notice Of Hearing Petition for Letters
of Administration

Notice of Hearing Petition for Letters
of Administration
State of South Dakota, county of
Dawson, SIS. In County Court.
In the matter of the Estate of Robert
III. Kipp, deceased:
The State of South Dakota sends
greeting to Ida NJ. kipp, Efie Nina
kipp. Fred James Kipp, and Ralph
Henry kipp. heirs at law ard next of
Kin of Robert IL. kipp, deceased, and to
all to whom these presents may come.
Notice is hereby given, tina Ida M.
kipp has filed with the Judge of this
Court, a petition praying for letters of
administration of the estate of Robert
81. Kipp, deceased. and that Saturday.
the 25th day of May. 1907. at 10 O'Clock
a.. m., of said day, beng a day of regu-
lar term of this court. to-wit: of the
May term. 1907. at his Office in the city
of Mitchell. County of DAWSON. has
been set for hearing said petition, when
and where any person interested may
appear and show cause why the said
petition should not be granted.
Dated at Mitchell. this 18th day Of
May A. D.. 1907.
w. Abbey. Judge of the County Court.
Lewis Sinister. Attorney for Petit
toner.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-10
Butte County Land Company.

Gooc homestead claims on farming
and near coal in Butte county. S. ID.
COLONY locations. RELINQUISH-
MENTS FOR SALE i'm Stanley
ty ;. ID. Address U. S. Greggs.
Pielre, S. ID.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-10
Can You Enjoy
A HEARTY MEAL

If not, try taking a dose of the Bit
tiers before same. 1t will give you
an appetite, aid the stomach in it's
work of digestion and assimilation
and prevent those ailments that
heretofore troubled Won.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-10
%H0STETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS

is especially adapted for making
weak stomachs strong and thus cur-
ing Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Costive-
ness, Headache, Liver Troubles or
Female Ills. Try it today. 1t is pure.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-10
AERIAL NAVIGATION.
Horace Walpole's Prophecy That Ma,
Vet Be Fulfilled.

YeN De fuITtlle0.
In the year 1854 the problem of bu
man flight was occupying a prominent
place in the public mfnd as IL is
today. The Frenchman Jean Pierre
Blanchard had just made his first as.
cent from Paris in a balloon filled with
hydrogen. He took with him wings
and Il rudder, apparently proposing to
fly, but found them useless. Later
Blanchard crossed the channel in his
aerial machine. Horace Walpole com
ents on the doings of the Cargo
nauts,' as he calls them. you see,p
he writes, "the %airgonauts have passed
the Rubicon. By their w
they were exactly birds. They flew
through the air. perched on the top of
a tree; some passengers climbed up
and too them in their nest" After
seeing a balloon descending walpole
himself by meditating on the
future of what he calls "airgonation."
He see the art o. flying perfected and
deposing that of navigation. Flourish
ing seaports become deserted VIZ
lagos" while Salisbury plain, Newman
ket heath and the downs become dock
yards for aerial vessels. Public roads,
becoming useless, are broken up and
thus make Il great increase In the area
available for tillage. Walpole's proph-
ecies may yet be fulfilled. - London
Globe.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-10
Letter to Mr.. Alex. Dumas, Mitchell,

Dear Sir: We manage to get some
fun out of paint. j. H. Kohlmeyer.
Grove City, Pa, putin Devoe. Along
came a salesman of somebody else's
paint before III had got there.
Salesman said ours was short-meas-
ure. Kohlmeyer weakened, hung-fra
and Topped; stopped ours and took
his.
1t was our urn now. We emptied
u can into his and his into ours.
short-measure was his, not ours:
and we kept our man.
And, ever since then, that paint
manufacturer gives full-measure:
his paint is not pure, but his gallon
contains four quarts.
Go by the name; and the name to
go by is Devoe lead-and-zinc.
Yours truly,
r w Devoe & Co
New York and Chicago
M. H. Gosche sells our paint.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-10
It Paws to Advertise.


A theatrical manager was holding
forth on the value of publicity the 9th.
er day and pointed his moral With this:
when the teacher was absent from
the Schoolrooln. Billy. the miscellaneous
boy of the class. wrote on the black
board:
BILLY Jones can hug the girls bet
ter than any boy in school,
Upon her return the teacher called
him up to her desk.
civilian, did you write that?' she
asked. pointing to the blackboard.
eyes. ma'aln,' said Billy.
"'Nell. YOU may stay after school,
baid she, as punishment
The other pupils waited for Billy to
come out. and then they began guying
BIN.
"'Got n licking. didn't your
"'Nope,' said Billy.
"'Got jawedY
"'Nope.'
"'What did she dog they asked.
"'Shan't tell said Billy, but it pays
to advertise.'"-Des Moines Register
and Leader.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-10
Notice of Sale.

State of South Dakota, County OF
IS. In County Court.
In the matter of the estate OF L. FL
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-05

ganized, the appraised value of it's properties was $55,710,698.24, or con siderably less than the amount of trust certificates issued ($70, 900, 000). Of the additional trust certificates and stock issued by the trust and success sor corporation down to the end of 1906, only about $13,3l0,l0 100 were is- sued in exchange for cash or proper ty Some of the stock thus issued commanded premium, so that the value of the property thus secured may have been nearly $20,000,0 900, which, added to the original value of the propert yacquired in 1882, gives about $75, 5,000,000.
 It is evident from the table that the rate of profit of the Standard on it's capitalization has increased very greatly. From 1882 to 1894 the profit (net earnings, not .dividends) on the capital stock or trust certificates out standing averaged about 15 per cent; in 1903 the profit amounted to about S3 per cent. on the capital stock, and the average for the period 1903 to 1905 was about 6S per cent. yearly
 The investment of the Standard, however, has increased greatly, and during recent years has much eXceed- eu ltS cdplldllduUI. 1lllS ldIL IS lll- dlcated by the excess of profits above the dividends. The above table shows that by the end of 1896, when the capitalization was $97,250,0 900, the net value of the assets of the Standard had reached $147,220, 399.90 How much the net value of the assets has inefeased since 1896 must be matter of conjecture. A consideration of the known figures for available years, as stated above, shows that the profits in excess of dividends added to the in- vestment by the Standard from 1897 to 1906 could not possibly have eX- ceeded $225,OO0,OOO. In that case, however, the above estimate of the total profits since 1882 would have to be increased from $790.000,000 to over $S50, 100000. It seems scarcely conceivable, however, that the Stand ard should have been able to invest such an enormous sum in the exten- sion of the oil business proper h. deed, even if the excess of profits from 1897 to 1906 were the smaller amount above estimated, namely,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-05
PROFITS IN OIL COLOSSAL
Continued from First Page.)

possible standard of a reasonable com mercial return, and have been steadily increasing. Finally the history of this great industry is history of the per- sistent use of the worst industrial methods, the exaction of exhorbitant prices from the consumer, and the se- curing of excessive profits for the small group of men who over a long series of years have thus dominated the busi- ness"
 In a few days another section of the report will be made public setting forth the importance of price discrimination in restraining the business of competi- tors and augmenting the profits of the Standard.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-05

about $157OOO,OOO, it is doubtful whether the entire amount has been invested by the Standard in the oil in- dustry. It seems more likely that part of the surplus earnings, particu- larly during the last few years, must have been invested in securities not connected with the oil business or loaned or deposited in banks If such has been the case, it may safely be assumed that the outside investments thus made cannot return--that is, di- rectly to the Standard Oil company as a rperation-anythin like the rate
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-05

of profit which the Standard has tained from the oil business prt so that the greater part of the pI above mentioned almost beyond c tion are connected with the oil ness.
 Even if the most liberal possible sumption be made of the increase 1897 in the investment of the St ard in the oil business itself, it's pI
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-05

Continued on U lth Page.)
Arizona republican., 1907-09-26
A STA6NANT MARKET
 PRICES SUSTAINED
Higher Copper in London Creating a
 Somewhat Better Feeling.

New York. Sept. 25.-Today's small total of business accomplished on the stock exchange was done mostly in a short time of comparative activity. For the greater part of the session the market offered an appearance of stag nation greater than at any time this year This alone was sufficient to ac- count for the general tendency of prices to strengthen. Wide declines recorded in a few usually inactive stocks on light transactions made a bad impression. New York, New Ha
 ven and Hartford was a conspicuous example with q drop to 142 following reports that new stocks were to be offered to stockholders at l25 with out provision for an underwriting syndicate. The companys last offer ing was at 150. Prices in the general list were moderate and showed evil dence of occasional restraint. Recov- cry in the London price of copper was a feature of the days news and helped copper industrials to resist the depres- sion. Coverings of shorts before the morning session closed marked the professional narrow nature of the market and reduced most of the de- clines to trivial propositions.
Arizona republican., 1907-09-26
MISTER WU
 SENT BACK
lis Appointment as Minis.
 ter to Washington
1t Is Understood that There Will Be Some Objection to Him.

Washington. Sept. 25. Secretary Root today received a cablegram from Minister Rockhill at Picking. notify ing him of the appointment of Wu Ting Fang as minister to Washington. While most nations take some steps to ascertain the acceptability of a minister. there is no absolute require ment on the subject China's custom has been to name its representative. and allow the nations to which they are sent to object if they cared to.
 There is reason to believe that un- officially, some representations have been made to the state department within the last twenty-four hours. i'm peaching the character of the propOs- ed new minister, not only on the grounds of his conduct while formerly in Washington. but because it is stat ed that Wu Ting Fang took advan- tage of the abnormal state of affairs in Pekiny to secure his reappointment to the post. According to this account Prince Ching. who is really premier of the Flowery Kingdom, is aging rap idly and has lost interest in public af- fairs
Arizona republican., 1907-09-26
WILD WASTE
 OF WEALTH
By the United Railroads
 of San Francisco
Gallagher Says It Was Un- necessary to Bribe the Supervisors.

San Francisco. Sept. 25.-Twice to- day during the Tirey L. Ford trial. wherein the chief counsel for the United Railroads Is charged with bribery. it was affirmed that the con- fessed bribe takers of the members of the board of supervisors would have voted to grant the United Railroads a franchise for an overhead trolley sys- tenn, without the use of money which is alleged to have been so lavishly distributed. Former Chairman Galla- gher explicitly declared his belief that the franchise could have been secured without any attempt to influence the opinions of the members. Supervisor Sam Davis, the only other witness to- day. reiterated that assurance on his own account.
 Gallagher occupied the stand for four hours of today's session and every scrap of testimony he gave was threshed out by the attorneys on eith- CT side To Davis scarcely an hour was devoted It had been rumored that Gallagher was to be followed by Abraham Ruef, the deposed political boss, and that the prosecution would attempt to trace the course alleged to have been taken by the s200,o00 de- clared by Gallagher to have been the price of the privilege. The calling of Ruef was in anticipation throughout the day but although he was present he was not summoned.
 The most interesting feature of to- days session was the attempt of Eari Rogers for the defense to show that Gallagher at this time possessed more ruptly received from all sources. The witness after appealing to the court to protect his knowledge of his private affairs. admitted he had in two safe dsposit boxes between s30.O00 and $35.- GOO. part which he declared to be the proceeds of his bribery transactions.
 The motive of the defense became apparent when Rogers asked Gallagher point blank how he could have on hand more than he had received from his bribery transactions if he did not re- ceive it from Rudolph Spreckels. the financial packer of the prosecution.
 Heney later elicited from the witness that his savings prior to becoming a supervisor would account for at least a part of the sum. IL was developed also, that Gallagher had arranged i'm munity for himself and other members of the board in the course of two or three interviews with Spreckles held near the entrance to the Presidio which Gallagher said he had selected as one of the most secluded spots in the city.
Arizona republican., 1907-09-26
AN EVASION
 OF Tht LAW
Shown in the Suit Against
 the Standard
How the Hepburn Act Was Responsible for a Pipe Line Town.

New York. Sept. 25.-Some interest ing evidence that lay almost hidden in the voluminous schedules of oil tariffs submitted to the interstate commerce commission by the Standard oil Co. was unfolded today at the hearing of the federal suit against the so-called trust when Calvin Payne. vice president of the National Transit company, was put on the stand as witness to tell about the various pipe lines of the combine over which he had supervision. The schedule shows that the tariffs for the transportation of crude oil by the Standards pipe lines were fixed from Unionville. which is on the state line between New York and New Jersey, and Cen ter Bridge, located between New Jer- sey and Pennsylvania. Frank B. Kel- logg conducting the federal action. asked Payne if Unionville did not spring into existence in 1906, when the Hepburn bill, which provides that common carriers must publish their tariff schedules, became a law. Payne testified that Unionville loomed up geographically in the summer of 1906 while he was abroad.
 The governments counsel further developed that the Unionville pipes Of the National Transit company. carry ing oil from Olean, New York and oth- CT western points connected with the pipe lines of the Standard Oil of New Jersey and that the Central Bridge pipe line carrying the oil of the Eureka Pipe Line company. the Buckeye pipe Line company. the Southern Pennsyl vania Pipe Line company and the Ma tionaI Transit company from Lima. Ohio. to the seaboard connects with the pipe line of the Standard oil of New Jersey.
 MT. Payne said that as the lines of those companies ended at Unionville and Center Bridge the tariff schedules were all fixed for those points. Kel- logg sought to show that no independ- ent companies could send oil to the seabord over these lines, because rates could not be obtained from these points to the seahord.
 Kellogg said the Standard Oil com pany would not publish the rates on its lines through New Jersey and as consequence the independents were shut off from tidewater. The control of the Corsicana Refining company of Texas. which the government in its bill of complaints alleges, is really owned bv the Standard, was inquired into today. Government counsel be- lieves he has obtained from Henry C. Folgor jr. and Payne testimony in sup port of the governments contention. Both witnesses testified that they held official positions with the Standard oil company from 1898. when the Cor sicana refinery was built, to 1906. when they held stock in the company for the National Transit company.
 In 1906, they purchased Corsicana stock by a verbal agreement. from John D. Archbold, to pay for it in ten years. Folger testified that the management of the Corsicana compa- ny continued along the same lines then. as before the sale of the stock to the National Transit company, sub sidary company of the Standard oil.
Arizona republican., 1907-09-26
He Makes An Urgent Demand for a ReNs-
 ion of the Tariff
The States Rights Doctrine Put Forward Against the Tendency to Extend Federal Authority Over the Corporations

Nashville. Tenn. Sept. 25.-At a banquet rendered today by democratic leaders, Governor Folk of Missouri, delivered an address on Democratic Ideals, in which he declared that the prospect of success were never bright CT. His text was Jefferson's saying: Equal rights to all; special privileg- es to none" Discussing the tariff as the mother of the trusts. he said:
 The protective tariff cannot be for tfl benefit of the workingman. Then for whose benefit is it? There is a tariff of 15O per cent on oil for the benefit of the Standard Oil company, although this same company sells its oil all over the world, and for less than it is sold here. We tax hides to hamper the shoe and leather industry, and pay higher prices for our shoes for the benefit of the beef trust. We tax steel rails and obstruct the devel- opment of our transportation facili- ties for the benefit of the steel trust We tax wood pulp and hamper the printing business by the increase in the cost of paper for the benefit of the paper trust. AS if to add insult to injury. these trusts in almost ev- cry instance. sell their products for less in foreign countries than at home. The same article the American trust sells in England for five dollars is sold in America for five dollars plus the tariff. The injustice of the pres ent tariff schedules is SO apparent that a general demand has been brought about for tariff revision. There are some who take the position that while they favor revision, they think it should not be done until the people as a whole want it. The man who says that he is in favor of doing right when everyone believes in the right, can never carry out his good intentions, for the time will never come when all men will be of one mind as 10 what is right If the protective tariff as now arranged, is an injustice it cannot be corrected too speedily. and any postponement of the remedy is unfair to the people. The suggestion that the tariff should be revised by it's friends is in line with the request of the highwayman that he be tried by a jury of his peers, which he insisted meant a jury composed of men of his own calling. If this oppressive system that taxes the people without their consent and usually without their knowledge, is ever to be remedied it must be done. not by those who think it is right. but by those who know it is wrong and who hate monopoly.
 ''Entrenched behind the indiffer- ence of the people. this protective tar if system has distorted the functions of free government into tools of greed and vehicles of oppression. Masked in the guise of protection to American industry. dissembling as a friend to American labor, the protec- tive tariff operates as d cloak for cunning. as a shield for monopoly. "a tax upon industry. a fine upon labor. and finally. in its last analysis it is d graft and a false pretense. conceived in greed and brought forth in avarice.
 '"The tariff is essentially consum- CTS tax a tax upon consumptions, upon the things of daily use. And. as