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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-11
GOVERNOR CRAWFORD
ASKS INVESTIGATION
Would Have Predecessors Pay
Back contingent Fund"
Into Treasury.
is REMARKABLE MESSAGE
Teens With Recommendations for Re-
form in Matters of Laws and
Conduct of State In
IT, stitutions.
is REMARKABLE MESSAGE

Pierre, S. D., Jan. Spy declaring in
mis- message to the Legislature today
his purpose to nave two former gov
ernors prosecuted in civil actions to
mp them to- cover into the state
treasury several thousand dollars
drawn by means of alleged illegal I'M
constitutional acts of past legislatures,
Governor Coz /. Crawford today Gre
ated Il big sensation.
He is the first ''insurgent' governor
the state las ever had, and his inaug-
paper in many respects. 1t, teens with
Socalled party progreSSiveneSs n ur-
gent calls for reforms.
Besides charging that governors
have taken sums of money since 1901
varying in amounts from $500 to 81 800
annually, by means of an illegal con
tingent fund" Governor Crawford
takes occasion to call attention in de-
cisive language to the alleged political
intrigue which is said to permeate state
institutions to their great detriment.
Is Himself a Lawyer.
Governor Crawford is one of the
alton that monies have been taken in
direct violation OF the state constitution
and can De recovered will have some
weight.
The two governors who served dur
ing the years sine 1901 are o g.
N. Herreid, of Eureka, 1904, and Hon
s. H. Elrod, of Clark, 1866, the latter
just retiring.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-11
LAWS RECOMMENDED.

Other laws urged by the governor
= provide for:
= The permanent and systematic
Improvement of premises OF state
= institutions.
Taking from the market the best
> of the school lands and raising the
, minimum price per acre to $50.
The preventing of further COM
> bination of bidders on state printing
IL resulting eXorbitant prices and
= disgracefuIly poor WORK, if thought
= best by the establishment of u state
: plant.
= The regulation of the office of
p clerk of the supreme court the only
state office not regulated by law
and the incumbent of which is said
= to collect in fees the largest salary
: in the state.
= For the expenses of state officers
in lieu of the free passes and franks
hitherto used by them but which
will hereafter be forbidden.
The, right of railroad employees to
ecover damages for injuries re-
= ceived through the negligence of
the railroad or fellow employees.
The same treatment of the small
shipper that is accorded h large
shipper,
Connecting tracks where two or
more railroads enter the same town.
The more equitable collection of
revenues, by making the mining
properties and other big orpoT
lions pay axes more commensurate
with the burden LAID on the poor
man.
Haste in the building of a perma-
nent and safe capitol and as q
means to this end the authorization
of the capitol commission to sell
public lands half for cash and half
on credit.
A levy to enable the establish
ment of 81 Irvine plant in the state
p~en.tentiary as already authorized.
Needed changes in the law for the
preservation of game and fish.
Suitable buildings of ample size at
the state far grounds.
The regulation of the sinking of
artesian wells that the prod.gal
waste of water now going on may
be prevented.
Adequate appropriation for the
maintenance of the national guard.
For the construction, maintenance
and supervision of good roads.
MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION.
Without specifically recommend
ing legislation on the subjects, Gov
ernor Crawford tells the Legislators
they viii be called upon to consider
the following:
Measures further regulating the
sale of intoxicating liquors; requir-
ing personal service in all actions
for divorce: requiring persons prac-
ticfng the art of healing to procure
q license: providing for the appoint
ment of a fire warden, defining his
duties and fixing his compensation,
to be paid by the fire insurance COM
panieS doing business in the state.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-11

acteristics in their criticism of persons
and things which instantly indicate
their authorship to those who know
Lady Susan. She is a daughter of the
late Earl Of Albemarle, and was Lady
Susan Cecil until she married Mr..
Townley in 1895.
-:
In his latest London lecture on the
Masses and Classes G.. Bernard
Shaw advised that any one talking or
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-11

British court is
said to have caus-
ed the retirement
of Sir Mortimer
Durand as ambaS-
sador to Washing
ton, is noted for
her "keen obSerya-
ton" rs an Eng
fish biographical
sketch puts it, and
her writings for
British periodicals
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-11

A statute making the giving to or
the using by 4 state OFFICER OF a r
railroad pass or telephone or tele-
graph frank a penal offense.
a statute to prevent corporate or
special interests lobbying in secret
or in other manner than by open
and public oral, written or printed
argument before public meetings OF
legislative committees.
A statute providing for n state
wide primary.
A statute compelling the accurate
record and publication thereof ofall
campaign contributions and the in
reference of public service corpor-
atious in the politics of the state
entirely eliminated.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-11

the world. He is the
conductor at t d G
Royal Opera, Ber-
lin, and he onles to
America by special
permission of the
Kaiser on a leave
of absence of one
year. The doctor is
a native of Darn
stadt and is now in
MS for y~-seventll
e a He was start
-: - rnntC in
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-11

f%er-ed-din, Las as
sumed control OF
Persian state af.
fairs, is the eldest
son of the Shah,
and is - years of
age. He was lXo-
claimed II
prince in 1896. and
until recently WAS
the governor of the
province of Ace
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-11

primary educational
system Of Russia,
which, next to the
~agrarian reforms. is
recognized as the
gravest problem
confronting t h e
Russian govern
ment. He
mends that the CEN
trail government aid
zemstvos and pri-
vate bodies in
spreading elemen-
tary education, and
that the allowances
made to existing ed
a,4iopo1 tpStif,1-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-11

way to happy conditions, but that it
was stopped by the weakness of the
peoples will, and the middle classes
deserved all they were suffering be-.
cause of their snobbishness.
49,
The Russian minister of education.
NJ. Kaufman, has submitted to the
cabinet a plan for the reform of the
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-11

this subject should
never assume that
the classes have
anything to do with
the masses. and es-
pecially SO the
o the audience
addressed. He said
it was always the
other fellow who
belonged to the
masses. He said,
further, that Social
H.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-11

lions be increased materially.
-
DR.. Carl Muck. the new director of
the Boston symphony Orchestra. is one
of the few great orchestral leaders il
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-11

MyendorH of lin
peding the investl
Gationinto the Goa
land frauds in Wy
o m &, Colorado
and Utah, was ap
pointed 10 bis pres
,ent position OF
Feb. ?, 1908. Pre-
vious to that time
he had been assist
ant commissioner
for four years. HI
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-11

/: Our towns and cities are push
:: ing forward. Everywhere one sees
:: an Astounding life and energy
/: which fear no obstacle. What is
!: still better, the growth IN things
): material is accompanied by a
!: growth in things spiritual, and we
!: find everywhere a deeper appre-
!: cation Of the obligations of man
: toward his fellow man., and a
!: growing demand for square deal
/: ing in the business and political
!: world. Also a demand for higher
/: and purer ideals in the admins
/: tration of all institutions support
/: ed by the state"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-11

Certainly said Governor
Crawford, 1T is your duty to
omit any such provision from the
appropriation acts of 1907 for the
expenses of the governors Office
or that of any other officer Of the
state. We are coming to realize
that public funds are trust funds
and public officers are trustees.
No indirect and Illegal misappro-
priation of such funds can be toll
Grated and there can be no distinc-
ton between officers in applying
the rule"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-11
oooAooo~o

Mohammed Ali Mira, who has ~.
rived at Teheran, and who, because of
the p~rotracted illness OF Shah MuZJf-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-11

PLATFoRM PLEpGEs.

Governor Crawford declared platform
pledges must be kept and the following
laws enacted;
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-11
Educational, Penal, and Charitable
,e+itutiope

The development of intellectual power
and physical strength alone may produce
men without scruple and without com
science. The man who wins first place in
a rowing club or football team and takes
the first prize in mathematics. may. never
theless, be as cold, heartless and selfish,
as Nero. We sometimes meet men of this
kind from universities who compel ad-
miration for intellect and nerve, but who,
brutal standards of morality: by utter
lack of sympathy; by contempt for the
weak; by sneers at all that is pure and
sweet and unselfish and by a low estimate
of mankind; men who have brains with
out heart; power without scruple; force
without sympathy; who believe that the
end ~justifies the means. and that the only
aim worth considering in life is to achieve
what the world calls success, 10 matter
they are worth in dollars and cents, or
by what they can accomplish without ref
erence to principle or conscience: but
schools and universities are not maintain
ed by the state to create such heartless
human engines of force and power. They
are maintained for the purpose of de-
yeloping men who will be just and humane
as we'll as intellectual aud powerful. So
likewise our penal and charitable institu-
tions are maintained, not only to restrain
unfortunate men and women and helpless
children. and to provide for their neces-
sary physical wants, but also, wherever
possible, to help them back to a lost es-
tate. and to bestow upon them the charity
which is kind and suffereth much.
| have very recently visited the educa-
tional and the penal and charltaple lnsLi-
tutions maintained by the state. including
the soldiers home, which is under the
control of a special board, and to me these
Iisits were filled with intense interest.
| Nowhere else can one get 50 close to the
| innermost life and purpose of the state, !,
Here and there in the management OF
| these institutions. l found men and wom-
| en- at the post of duty and responsibility
| doing the work before them with splendid
fiSeIify and efficiency. In some instances
| they were heroically c~ontending with diff
ficuities and embarrassments that are very
| irving. but were pushing Forward with
Here and there I found others who did
| not impress me SO favorably, but AXE
them all in all, / believe there Is a fairiy
! 65Ioyed in these institutions. The two
most prominent defects which are appar-
4! emf in their management are the foloW-
| ing: s,aio;-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-11

The governor who had one of the biggest
fights in the west to get the office he now
holds, defeating the old machine under the
leadership of United states Senator Kilt
redge whose shoes he is being groomed to
fill after two more years, gives expression
to the following optimism:
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-11
Why They Travel in Company.

why is it," asked the philosopher,
..that Ynisfortunes never come singly :"
Cant say" replied the other man, sun-
less Ii is that on account of the reception
they get they're afsaid to travel alone"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-11

VAS appOintel w a.. RIVFIAKDs:
from the State of Wyoming, where he
had been surveyor general from 1889
to 1898 and governor from 1898 TO
1890. Recently he resigned his Office,
and his resignation was accepted, but
since the opening Of the present in.
quiry he has been requested by Secre-
tary OF the Interior Hitchcock to make
an explanation.
-.-:-
Lady Susan Townley, wife of a for
mer councillor of the British embassy
at Washington, whose Influence at the
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-11

ALI MIRA. baijan the military
res. urces and strength of which lie
has greatly increased. During the alb
sence of the Shah from Persia, Mo-
manned Ali Mira has acted us regent,
and has made himself popular in the
Persian capital. He is. thoroughly Ia
miliar with Arabic literature, speaks
French fiuently, and is said to have
4 fair grasp of modern science. On
his mothers side he is the grandson
of Mohammed Shah, who was tie third
occupant of the Persian throne under
the present Kajar dynasty, which was
inaugurated in 1894.
-
William Afford Richards, commits
missioner of the general land office, who
was accused by Special Inspector
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-11

After quoting the constitution pro-
hibiting state officers from receiving
perquisites and the legislature from
granting any,, Governor Crawford says:
Calls Them Transparent Subterfuaes.
Il consider it my duty to call your
attention to what l am convinced has
been IN unconstitutional attempt of
prior legislatures to circumvent the
plain and emphatic inhibitions of the
constitution" He adds that if the leg
i%slature can give the governors this
money in installments as has been
done without recurring itemized
vouchers it can do the same for any
officer of the state, land these barriers
erected by the constitution are mere
sand.
HE calls the appropriation acts
carrying this fund subterfuges of the
most transparent kline and absolutely
void, n that officers who received this
money in the indicated can be
required to give an accounting for it in
a civil action. | shall request the at
torney general to carefully examine
this feature OF the case"
In proposing the application of a rule
of civil service in the conduct of state
Institutions, Governor Crawford hit at
a system of political intrigue which
threatened the very life of the state
university at Vermillion, destroyed
much of the usefulness Of the agricul-
tural college at Brookings and involved
several others of the big state institu-
ions in disastrous wire-pulling.
Governor Crawford spoke sharply of
the unfortunate conditions n de-
clared:
The time has come When it should
be made clear and emphatic that the
fixed policy of the state is to place the
management of these institutions en-
tirely above all questions of political
expediency and favoritism.'
Resides the made
by Governor Crawford as grouped in a
parallel column other significant sub
jects were treated as follows:
You have much important work to do
and it is my earnest hope that you may
enter upon that work in a spirit of fairness
toward each other, with a determination
to be open and frank in all your differ
ences, and to make all personal and sell
fish interests subordinate to the highest
welfare of the state. Candor, courtesy,
courage, frankness, kindness and open and
fair dealing will help a good cause pend
ing before a legislature just as effectual-
ly as these traits will help a good cause
ception, trickery, i'll temper and intoler-
ance will hurt a cause here just the same
as such traits will hurt a cause
May / not indulge the hope that loyalty
to principle and duty may be the dominant
influence with every member of this legfs-
lature, and that consideration of partisan
ship, personal ambition, hope of personal
will give way to the command of duty
received from the people? 1 shall be glad
to cooperate with you upon such a basis.
and here and now offer to join heartily
with you in the faithful performance of
the duties which have been placed before
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-11

$1s.56: from 1895 TO 1895, Sc &c; from 1890 to
1902, Sl5.S6: from 1903 to 1906, $26.S5. These
figures show the wisdom of Withholding
from the market the most desirable of
these lands and of raising the minimum
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-06
G u!gll . utior,

Eeyer. positlyely never poison yomi rnrs eIiyou
icoash-eysn from . simple eoid OIL: you sh6alt
always heal, toothe, and easa the ifr;tstsl ;bfon
ehial tubes Doht bllndly suppress ii With
Supplying poison II s,sanss how sd,e ,hlns,
finally come about For twenty yparS Dr.. Shoe,
has constantly warned people not to take cough
mixtures or Prescriptions containing Opium
chlosoiosm, or similar polsons, And now-a lIt,lt
late thought Congress ays Put II on the label.
II po!sons are In ydlr Cough Mixture" Good
Vetysood Il Here Anterior thIsyeryrcasonmo,lles,
and Others, should insis. on having Dr.. shoop',
Cough Cure. No poison marks on Dr.. Shops
lAbels-and none In the medicine. else Il must BY
law DO on the label. And It's not only saie, bu. Il
Is said to Be By those that knowlt bes, truly ~
,aariable cough remedy. Take no chance then.
particularly With your children. Insist on having
Dr.. Shops Cough Cure. Compare carefully the
Dr.. shoop package with Others and note the
difference. No poison marks there! You can
always DO on the safe ode By demanding
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-06
Winfield Notes

Mrs. Rachel Baker Is visiting her
her sister, Mrs, James Baker.
James Hayhurst Is leasing for oil
md gas. .Yg.
Manuel Lesson Is dressing stone for
Wiley McHenry's new house.
Ely Hayhurst has his saw mill re
paired and Is now doing a big business
on Plney Run. IL
J. J. West was a business caller In
our little town Wednesday. q
Mr.. and Mrs. James Baker were
Fairmont visitors Tuesday. IS
Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. West and daugh'
ter, Miss Mytra, were visiting Mr.
Vests father. J. J. West, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Baker were
visiting Burleen Travis Sunday,
Mrs. Slater, Of FaIrmont, Is visiting
friends at Winfield: X,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-06
catarrh Cannot be Cured

with local applications, as they can.
y not reach the seat Of the diesase.
Catarrh Is q blood or constitutional
disease, and in order to cure It you
must take Internal remedies. Halls
SCatafrh Cure Is taken Internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not
Saequack medicine. It was prescribed
by one Of the best physicians in this
4 country for years and is q regular
prescription. 1t is composed Of the
best tonlcs known, combined with the
best blood purifiers. acting directly on
the mucous surfaces. The perfect
! combination Of the two ingredients
US what produces such wonderful re.
suits In curing Catarrh. Send for ties.
Gtimonlals free.
FIJI. CHENEY 6 CO., Props,
Toledo, o.
H Sold by Druggists. price IS.
J Take ak Halls Family Pills for constl.
patton. ,'s (
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-06

Piles get quick and certain relic
from DR.. Shops Magic Ointment
Please note 1t Is made alone for Piles
and Its action Is positive and certain
Itching, painful, protr1ding or bin,
pies disappear like magic by is use
Large nickel capped glass jar 50 cents
Sold by E. A. Billlngslea & Co.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-06
J. CHENEY 6 co, Props.

Lord Cromer states that Egyptians
have have q propensity for boarding gold
IA native, who recently diei. left $500.
! 900 stored In gold in his house, and
many sof them possessed of wealth
will borrow money at Interest to con
ceal the fact. Large quantities Of golt
coin are annually melted in Egypt and
converted into ornaments. a.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-06
GROWING IN POPULARITY.
The More People Know Newbro's Her.
plcfde the Better They Like Il

The more It becomes known the bet.
ter It Is liked. One bottle sells two,
and those two sell -four. Newbro's
Herplcide is what we are talking
about. It cleans the scalp of all dan.
drum, and destroying the cause, a lit.
tie germ or parasite, prevents. the re.
turn Of dandrnff. AS n hair dressing
It is delightful. 1t ought to be found
on every toilet table. 1t stops falling
hair. and prevents badness. It should
be used occasionally, as a preventive
to protect the scalp from n new in
rasioR OF the dandraE microbe. Sold
by leading druggists. Send 10c in
stamps for sample to The Herpicide
Co., Detroit, Mich.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-06
Esartllitlgto tes

-
+ y ~ Y + Morgan; u Helen RIM
has quite q large Ssmilef on his iaee this
week. He has a location Sfor; a gas
we'll oas bis farm %; We think that 81
the reason. 8s. !; + y A. a y 4
Y Mr.S J.. NJ. Hagerty, who got lis
store robbed last week has not gained
much evidence as to who the guilty
party Is, but II appears as II itswax
some one who understood his bust,
ness as he made his entrance by. cut,
ting panel from one Of the doors
which faces the back alley and by
this means they made their entrance
by crawling in and out. 1t Is not
know the exact amount Of goods TAX.
en-, but 1t appears SIT he aimed to
take quite an assortment, such as
watches, reyolyers, razors. shoes and
clothing. It may be that he is going
Into the mercantile business for him.
self as he appeared TO be pretty cholcy
In his selection.
Miss Laura Jones was visiting her
nav, Mrs. NJ. E. Jones, Of Helen's
Run, this week.
Mr.. B. F. King and C. NJ. Coen were
In Fairmont on business Tuesday o!
this week. 5
Mrs. Taught, OF Pennington, sold
her house and lot 10 the street car
company the other day Tor The sum Of
five hundred dollars. She gave the
money to one Of her daughters, Flo
Taught, 10 put 1t In the bank. She
did so In her, own name and a few
days later she drew it out and has
eioped with a tough by the name OF
Shad Kuhn, to parts unknown and left
her mother in pretty bad circum.
stances.
Mr.. Ed. Fletcher was put under ar.
rest and taken TO Fairmont Jail Ia
await the action OF an Indictment
which Is standing against him at that
place: Fletcher was indicted some
time ago for breaking into a freight
car at Georges Creek and stealing
beer and whiskey.
The Hope Gas Company has com.
pleted the road 10 the location on r.
F. Morgan farm, Of He]en's RIM, ana
VIII have the lumber and rig irons on
the ground soon. -
Mr. Clemy Davis was In Falrmon. on
business the first Of this week.
Mr.: Simon Morgan. VINO has been Wis.
ting his father, T. F. Morgan, return.
ed 10 his work at Plttsburg the first
Of the week.
The farmers Of Davis Ridge are get.
ting worried up little over the boys
chasing foxes through their premises
and soaring and worrying their sheep.
The Boys like their sport, but they
had better be hunting foxes in some
other direction.
Mr.. Mickey Book, Of Helen's Run, Is
still busy Kicking UP his lumber. He
wants to get finished up by the fourth
Of July. He thinks he will have six
or eight thousand when he gets It MI
shaped up. ,g Mo-.
Mr.. Jim Davis returned to his work
at Middleton where he Is engaged at
the carpenter trade.
LAZY NED.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-06
/ Utle pulcl Club,

z: alrs. ., s. schooley very pleasant
sly5 entertained the utlle Dulcl En-.
$lbroldery Club yesterday evening at her
5 home t1.p on Market street. There was
~ good attendance. Dainty refresh.
Smentsj were served.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-06
The Sick.

Miss Nellie Fletcher, Of Diamond
street Is III. ~
sly The little son OF Mr.. and Mrs. C. J..
siCeSordray, who was taken to his grand.
parents on State street III of typhoid
lever, is getting along very nicely.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-06
Ran Nail In His Foot.

Mr.. ]. n. Gasklns ran a nail In his foot
while at work at the Smith property
on Columbia street yesterday, causing
20 very painful wound. 1t is probable
4 he VIII be unable to be about for sev.
$eral days.