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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-04-12

Alexandria, S. D.. April THE hos,
of friends of L. E. Wagne. IN this city
and county are el.itel AT the news of
his selection by Senator Gamble for
recommendation to President Roosevelt
for appointment as United States dis
trict attorney to succeed Hon. j. d Ei-
Hott.
Mr.. Wagner has been honored in this
county as states attorney. and was
unanimously nominated at three sue
cessive republican county conventions
as state senator. AT tie legislative sas-
record, and was favored at the last
state convention by being made chair
man of the committee on resolutions
having a good part in framing the plat
form, which has since been so fully
carried into law and effect by the last
legislature. He is q staunch supporter
of the principles of President Roosevelt
and the socalled insurgent clement in
this state and led the fight i'm the re-
publican primaries last spring wherein
delegates were elected unanimously in
structing the state delegation to sup
port Senator Candles Endorsement and
the nomination of Hon. Coe 1. Crawford
for governor. He is a friend among
friends, and to know and to as
| sociate with him is a pleasure and
profit. He is classed among the very
foremost among the legal fraternity of
lilt Sldle, anu utiS very lucrative DfaC-
tice in his profession throughout the
state and to q considerable extent ian
other states.
Edward T.. Wagner of Alexandria. S.
D.. was born on his fathers homestead
In Lyon county, Iowa. October %, 1870.
After graduating from the high school
at Rock Rapids, Ia, he entered the law
Office of II. G. Mcmillan. since United
States district attorney of Iowa, and
began the study of law at the age of 49,
In order to defray the necessary ex-
pense during the three years that he
was i'll this office, he devoted his spare
moments i'm the study of mechanical en-
gineering until sufficiently proficient to
secure employment in that line, after
| which a part Of each year was spent
at such work, and each threshing sea-
son found him in the wheat districts
of his own or adjoining states engaged
in operating threshing engines during
vas admitted to the bar before the
supreme court of the state Of Iowa.
tine same spring removing to Mitchell
| and engaging in the practice of his pro-
| fession.
In 1899 he came to Alexandra and
has since been engaged in the practice
Of law at this place.
GASOLINE STREET CAR
SYSTEM FOR HURON, s. D.
Huron, s. D., April 1O.-Plans of the
South Dakota Gas-Electrlc Railway
company. of which Mayor ]. A. Cleav-
er, OF this city, is president, have SO
| far matured as to warrant the state
r1ert that the company will be op-
Grating street cars in Huron by the first
o. September. w. K. Palmer, of Kan
sss City, is establishing grades and lay
Ing of tracks from the Chicago and
iorthwcstern depot to the state fair
rounGs will be completed in time for
ea state far. September Ola. Later
| he line viii traverse the residence por-
iol oE the City. The system used is
lern. each car carrying 250-horse
1vger G'a:oiine engine, furnishing suf-
'f:ent nower to haul train of dozen
,..o.e i-sr,-.,y loaded cans.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-04-12
GIRLS KEPT FROM
DIVORCE CENTER
Bishop Hare Tells OF Parents
Fear That Children Will
Be Contaminated.
MAY INITIATE A LAW
!ntina.ed Tha. More Stringent Divorce
Measure Than the One Passed
May Be Asked For by
the Voters.

4 Sioux Falls. S. D., April lo.-That the
attendance at All Saints school has
fallen off because of the unsavory rep
utation of Sioux Falls as a divorce CEN
ter, is the belief of Bishop Hare. he
having expressed himself in this way
before the MONDAY club here.
All Saints is a school for young wom-
en- founded by Bishop Hare. 1t has
grown in Importance and the belief that
parents are keeping their girls away
from the school because of the divorce
to Bishop Hare.
The fight led by him against the
element which is trying to prevent the
operation of the new divorce reforms
by invoking the referendum, continues
10 grow in intensity.
May Initiate Law.
Bishop Hare intmated to the Noon
day club that it might be the people
would initiate a law on the subject
of divorce which would be even more
stringent than the legislature passed.
The prominent attorney whose name
'''''S
petition, as told in yesterdays dis
patches. was A. e. Hitchcock, of Mitch
ell He has notified the secretary of
state of the fraud.
Those who are interested in circulate
ing the petitions asking that the new
divorce law be referred to the voters
announce they now have an aggregate
of about 4.0C0 signatures. more than
are required under the initiative and
referendum amendment to the state
constitution, but that the petitions will
continue to be circulated until Il total
of about 5000 signatures have been Sc
cured
Interest in the matter has been in
erased by the 1Gtl - IN "a 'ess
made by Bishop Hare before the Noon
day club, which is composed of Sioux
Falls business men. He addressed the
club on the divorce question, stating
among other things that he had no
doubt that under the referendum the
law would be sustained. but believed
that it was n mere attempt to delay
the enforcement of the law and to
prolonr the traffic which, he said was
characterized chiefly by perjury and
1lISi
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-04-12
NAVIGATION OPENS
UP on LAKE ERIE

Buffalo. N. Y, April 9-Navigation
was opened today from this end Of
Lake Erie, when the steamer F. 3.
Robbins. under tow, sailed for Chicago
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-04-12
EPISCOPAL PARISH DEBT
WIPED OUT AT SIOUX EAl

Sioux Falls. S. D.. April 6.-At the
annual business meeting Of the Cal-
vary cathedral parish, Episcopal, Of
this city. 1t was announced that the
entire floating Indebtedness Of the
.parish had been paid off and that
there was q good sum in cash In the
treasury.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-04-12
INDIANS DINE THOSE
WHO CALLED ON THEM.

Armour. S. D., April 6.-In-
dams of Greenwood have adop-
ted a pretty custom of invit-
ing to dinner all those who have
visited them in times of sick
ness. Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Aun-
gle, Of that place. gave such a
dinner. to which thirty-fve per-
sons were invited. The dinner
was preceded by Thanksgiving
service conducted by the local
native minister in recognition of
the recovery of the host from
a severe illness.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-04-12
FORGERY IS CHARGED
BY BISHOP HARE
Scandal Develops in Effort to
Defeat Dakota Divorce
Reforms.
WILL BE PROSECUTIONS
Name of Prominent Lawyer Attached
to Petition for Referendum With
on Authority-Ma after Sure to
Get Into State Politics.
WILL BE PROSECUTIONS

Sioux Falls, S. d., April l0.-By
to in the preparation of the petition to
invoke the referendum on the new di-
vorce law in this state. Bishop w. II.
Hare of the Episcopal church, has
sprung genuine sensation.
Not only is the accusation of fraud
made. but the assertion that prosecu-
ton of the forgers will result If their
identity can possibly be established.
effort of Sioux Falls lawyers and
few others to prevent the new divorce
reforms from taking effect will de-
Yelop into an unsavory scandal. Every
act of the would-be law Instructors is
being watched with view to giving
them wide publicity together with the
publication of the names, addresses and
occupations of those who lend their
names and influence to defeating the
immediate operation of the one-year
residence law. /,
Has Evidence of Forgery.
Bishop Hare today sent the follow
ing notice to the local newspapers
which are not aiding his cause with
any cordiality:
TT may save future trouble if you
allow me through your columns to give
notice that 1 know, on authority, that
at least one name, and that the name
of a prominent lawyer, has been at
tached to the petition for the refer
endum without authority. and that 1t is
proposed to expose such forgery by OBJ
tanning, and circulating, Photographic
copies of petitions suspected of con-
tanning forgeres and also to prosecute
forgers if by their hand writing or
otherwise they can be discovered.
(Signed) w. II. Hare, on behalf of the
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-04-12

element which is trying to prevent the
operation of the new divorce reforms
by invoking the referendum, continues
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-17
A MODEL CITY IN WILDS

company employ over 800 men. and
the logging camps use 400 more. To
transport The timber from forest to
town private railroad Is operated
II possesses 40 miles OF trackage, its
own telegraph system and 100 cars
and four locomotives.
Every board Of the many millions Of
feet Of lumber produced is sold on the
dock at Nahma and transported from
there by the purchasers. But little Of
the product is moved by rail and the
great portion Of It is taken south and
east on vessels. AS a consequence the
winters output accumulates on doz-
ems OF docks that aggregate several
miles Of water frontage.
The ships which transport the lum-
Der are loaded by Indians, a branch
Of the Chippewa tribe, who live at
Nahma The men are paid 45 cents
an hour for this work. The Indian
village Is ruled over by Chief Kissis,
a venerable red man OF S4 years. His
habits are perfect. but his example
Of right living is not generally follow
ed by his trlbesmen. IN fact, they are
gluttons, when their financial cIrcum-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-17
ROOSEVELT 4 HAVING FAkERf
Senator Knox Tells Story on Preslden
to Elks' Committee.

Philadelphia.-President Roosevelt Is
somewhat Of a nature faker, according
to Senator Philander C. Knox, Penn
sylvanias presidential aspirant. who
told this story to the Elks COMMITTEES
at Valley Forge:
President Roosevelt" he said. was
surprised by a Kansas delegation al
Oyster Bay not long ago. The presi
dent appeared, coat and collar of
trousers hitched by belt, and mopping
his forehead.
All, gentlemen, he said, delighted
to see you, delighted, but I'm busy put
ting in my hay, you know. Just come
down to the barn with me and wen
talk it over while I work.
Down to the barn hustled delega.
ton and president Mr. Roosevelt
seized pitchfork, but there was nc
hay on the floor.
John, John, shouted the president
to sounds in the hayloft, where's all
the hay?
amt had time to throw It back.
sir, since you threw 1t up yesterday,
sir came a mans voice from the loft.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-17

stances permit Big feasis and big
sprees are their chief forms Of pleas
ure.
after spending in a riotogs jam
boree" the money they have made in
the woods in winter they sober down
and wait for tho first boat TO come in.
Then they work like beavers, and
when the vessel is loaded another
orgie is held. Hard work and jubilees.
in fact, alternate until navigation
closes in the fall. The squaws can I'M
bibe as much as the bucks when they
get the chance. Chief Kissis has
never taken a drink, used tobacco or
uttered an oath In his life He labors
industriously IN the endeayor to teach
thrift and sobriety to his followers.
but his efforts thus far have been al
most futile. --
The residents of Nahma, instead
Of finding life lonely and irksome
have many amusements and are a hap
py lot. They have literary and dane
Ing clubs, theatrical entertainments
snow-shoeing and tobogganing during
the winter, while In the summer recre.
alton is found in baseball and boating
and picnic parties. The day Of the
heavy drinking, gambling mill worker
is gone; in his place is to be found
a well-dressed, intelligent man Of good
habits.
The government Of the village Is 3
model. There Is only one saloon al
lowed to do business of Nahma, and Il
is under the supervision Of the lumber
company. Gambling is strictly forbid
den. The place closes at nine o'clock
at night and does not open until seven
o'clock in the morning. All electric
lights in the town are extinguished at
$3.50 o'clock, and. except when some
sort Of entertainment ia going or. the
community retires at a healthful hour
There Is one physician In the town,
man Of unusual ability. an he Is paid
for his services on the assessment
plan.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-17
NEW SIGNS or PROSPERITY OBJ
SERVED IN THE WEST.
Manufacturers Of Motor Cars Cannot
Make Machines Fast Enough to
Supply Demand from Tillers
Of the Soil.

Lincoln, Neb.-Western agents of
automobile factories assert that if the
machines could be obtained hundreds
Of autos could be old this summer to
the farmers OF Nebraska and Kansas.
AS it is, the residents Of the country
towns and the farmers are buying
more Of the benzine buggies than the
cities, and there is scarcely a country
town in Nebraska in which there are
not more automobiles in proportion to
the population than in Lincoln or
Omaha.
The prosperity Of western farmers
has become an old story, and this pros.
perity is going to be augmented this
year by another big crop Of wheat and
corn and oats. Most Of the farmers in
the state could buy a medium priced
machine just as a luxury If they want
ed to, but the manner in which they
have amassed their money does not
lead to extravaganza Of that kind.
When a Nebraska agriculturist adds
to his machinery collection he buys
only that which will be Of use. That
is why he is just now turning to the
automobile The favorite farm type
is the runabout. largely because Of its
low first cost. The prudent farmer
figures that with good carriage horses
bringing $3.50 to $3.50 each in the mar
ket he Is foolish to utilize them in the
pleasure iaunts and his iourneyings to
and from church.
If he uses his work horses to go to
town or about the country. he deducts
just that much from their working
capacity on the farm. By using an
auto he saves the horses fresh for The
farm work, he can transact his bust.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-17
BILLION Losr ON CRIMINALS.
Caring for Vicious Costs More Yearlg
Than Nations Wealth Crows

Washington.-"This country spends
$6,0O0,0OO,O00 annually on the Grim
inal. pauper and vicious classes, ana
the annual increase Of wealth Is cnly
$4,000, 900 600 Does not that looR as
II the public were bankrupt"
This statement was made in 4 Tee.
ture by Or. Charles J. Bushnell. who
is conducting a model public play
ground here. He is a graduate OF
Heidelberg university and an author.
ity on civic matters.
DR.. Bushnell's figures are taken. ~
he says, from reliable sources and
represent years OF careful study. He
challenges anyone to disprove their
accuracy. He and his wife have made
a special study Of what they can this
social illness" Of the United States.
Continuing, Dr. Bushnell said:
Why. the 5000. 900. 600 that this
nation spends every year On its Grim
inal cases equals the amount spent on
all churches, public libraries the.
Young Mems Christian association.
the Salvation Army, public hospitals
asylums for the insane and ali benev-
olent institutions. The average fac
tory hand earns sa4O a year, while
It IS estimated that the average srlm-
inal costs the public at least 81 200 D
year.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-17
LAD oF Z cRossEs sEA ALoME.
Adorned with Many Tags Before Bse
Reaches New York from Russia.

New York-Adorned with a motley
array Of tags, which were pinned Old
his coat, shirt and trousers in many
cities on the route from far off Minsk.
Russia, to this city. seven-year-cl8
Benjamin Meyerson is quartered iB
the Hebrew home for immigrants iD
this city He is bound for Omaha
where his parents, who left Russis
several years ago, now reside.
The boy remained with his uncla
until recently, when his parents senR
for him and he was started alone Cd
what probably has been the most 10
markable journey ever taken By a lit
tie fellow Of his age.
Benjamin's uncle tagged him so that
the railroad men might know wherG
to ship the tiny human freight He
also appended to the boys coat a re-
quest that wherever the wee journey
er stopped he should be bathed. The
child has been scrubbed in a score ul
cities.
At each point where the boy
changed cars he was retagged ungfl
when he arrived two days ago on the
Etruria he looked like a misshaped
trunk that had gone through the
grand tour.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-17
wEDs GIRL, WON'T TELL NAME
Millionaire Hearne Married to a Miss
Of Seventeen.

New York.-A millionaire OF so
marrying a beautiful brunette of II
summers is the latest romance Of the
Waldorf-Astoria.
The groom is ". H. Hearne, Of
Wheeling. w. Va, a member Of the
Pennsylvania staff and brother OF
the late Col. Frank ]. Hearne, at one
time president Of the Colorado Fuel
and Iron company.
The identity Of the bride is not re-
vealed. Her husband says, "It's none
Of the pubiic's business. Just where
the marriage took place cannot be
learned, but it is supposed in the
vest
The couple met for the first time
a few weeks ago at Kansas City,
while Mr.. Hearne was visiting his
sister. Mrs. Annie Armour, and his
bride was the guest Of Mrs. Kirk Ar.
mour.
Soon after Mr.. Hearne's daughter,
Mrs. Archibald Mitchell, was sur
prised on receiving this telegram
from her father:
Meet me in Wheeling. Am going
to be married"
The daughter hurried to Wheeling.
but her father failed to appear. A few
days ago he and his bride arrived at
the Waldorf-Astoria. Their devotion
to each other attracted considerable
attention.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-17
GIRLS GUST MEN FROM PLACES

social condition that seldom leads to
marriage. They find themselves in a
few years In the receipt Of a salary
that practically makes them independ-
ent and places them out OF the reach
Of the average young man willing TO
marry, which, says the Calendar,
brings rs compensation IN the shape
Of freedom from women's legitimate
burdens and the means to make life
otherwise pleasurable and satisfying.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-17
Canadian Civil Service Monopollzed
by Members Of Fair Sex.

Montreal, Quo.-It is shown by an
examination OF the appointments Of
unmarried girls to the civil service OF
Canada, in connection with the new
civil service commission. that in an
other ten years at the present rate OF
increase there will be more bachelor
girls IN the inside service than men.
The commission of 1886 looked into
the question Of female civil servants.
and found numerous objections to their
employment. The Commissioners re-
ported that the girls would have to be
placed IN rooms by themselves and un-
der the immediate supervision Of per
sons OF their own sex.
Subject to this the commission saw
no objection to girls being appointed
as clerks Of the third class under such
regulations as might be laid down with
the sanction of the governor In coun-
ell. But to-day women are found In
every department OF the state, occupy
ing rooms in common with men and
seeking no higher advantage than the
right to equality with them under the
regulations The ST. Patrick's Calen.
dar, an influential Roman Catholic
newspaper. expresses the belief that
the appointment OF so many unmarried
women in the service makes FOR the
upsettlng Of social conditions.
Girls who enter the service fad
themselves bound down by their en-.
NlfonmenI. Ike becomes zor them .
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-17
GLADSTONE. MICH, A THRIVING
INDIAN COMMUNITY.
Tcwn Owned by Lumber Company la
Full Of Industrious, Happy Red
skins Who Have a Govern
ment That ls Ideal.

Gladstone. Mich.-Few II any com
muniues IN the lumber districts OF the
aorth country can boast Of conditions
more ideal than the village 81 Nahma.
Delta county The town possesses an
electric lighting system, a water
works plant well-equipped fire de-
Dartment, an opera house. a first class
hotel. schools. churches. wide. we'll
graded streets that are lined with
shade trees. a natural park Of pictur.
esque beauty and a fine water front
Nahma and the country for 40 miles
hack are owned by the Bay de Noquet
Lumber company This concern is
one of the largest and most successful
Ia the upper peninsula. and It shares
It's prosperity with its employees. Dur.
ing the busy season the mills OF the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-17

Kansas City, Mo.-A baby boy that
weighed 15h pounds arrived at the
farm Of Cecil Van Berger. near Shaw
nee. IN johnson county, Kansas. It is
the sixth child born to Mrs Van Ber-
ger. None Of the others weighed more
than eight or ten pounds at birth.
The child is healthy and well devel
oped, said Dr. E. P. Chace. 1T Is. /
think. the largest baby in the state Of
Kansas. without doubt" The moth.
eF Is 5 native 9f Belgium.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-17

Washington, Pa.-As a result Of his
Efforts to emulate a handcun expert
whom he saw at a travelling show
Thomas Garbert aged 20 years, is
dead at his home at Roscoe. The
young man kept up his practice daily
and learned to release himself from
all kinds Of locks and entanglements,
While trying to free himself from an
especially difficult position recently he
strained himself SO badly that dropsy
set in, resulting in death.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-17
oIvEs FoRTUNE TO Ole NEoRo.
Entire Estate Left to Servant to Sat.
lsfy Debt.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of some Of
Philadelphia's Oldest families are an
noyed by q remarkable act Of one OF
their relatives. the late Mrs. Sarah
VAIN Hendrickson. a descendent of
William Penn. who died in March. at
her home in Walnford, N. J.. 81 years
old. Fourteen months before her
death, It has been learned, Mrs. Hen.
erickson signed over her estate in.
eluding the family homestead. Dor.
traits, jewels, silver plate and antique
furniture, TO a colored man, John Wil.
son, who had been ia her employ 40
years.
Mrs. Hendrlckson was a chiIdless
widow, and gave her property to the
cclored man, 1t is said, to nav of A
debt Of upward Of $4,000 which he
claimed she owed him on account az
unpaid wages. and small loans