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Sisseton Posten. [volume] (Effington, Sud Dakota [S.D.]) 1902-19??, 1907-12-20

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part. escapes city taxation altogether.
The city taxes. which should be paid on
the railroad terminals, but are not
paid, are as consequence unlosded
upon the owners of other city property
and their burdens made correspond
ingly heavier. This plan would not re-
duce railroad assessment one cent. II
it would we would have the railroads
working energetically to bring It about
instead Of fighting It as they are doing
Now, candidly. is there anything in
this that stamps The Bees politics as
voicing a gold democrat or a socialist?
On the contrary, The Bee is advocating
equality in taxation-that the railroads
which are escaping city taxes shall be
made to pay and that the mortgage
loaded real estate owner, who is pay
ing twice, should be relieved.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-22
WHEN FATHER HAS THE GRIP.

Detroit Free Press. fl
Poor mother wears a worried look,
And sister wears frown;
And II l venture up the stairs
They send me strsightway down.
I'm going 10 the drug store now, o.
Upon a hurried trip.
To get some other kind OF dope,
For father has the grip.
I heard him grooming in the night,
He said his head would split;
And when he thought his back woule
break:
In Just a little bit,
He told US that his legs were sore
And soon II was Is hip;
1t seems that everything is sick
When father has the grip.
The doctor came today and left
Some capsules, and he said.
To take one each three hours until
The pain had really fed.
Says pa, THAT means twelve hours De1ore
/ give this pain the slip;
I'll bet he'd find a faster dope
II he had got the grip"
And then he told ma that he thought
That he was going TO die;
An ma says no, that isn't so,
An gave the reason why.
Then pa got mad and told her that
He didn't want her lip
OH there's no comfort In our nat
When father has the grip
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-22


The World-Herald is still living up
to its well-earned reputation as the
"double-ender." On its editorial pages
1t talks encouragingly about the
Greater Omaha and the goal Of 200, 900
population before the next census. but
in its South Omaha column 1t keeps
constantly throwing cold water on the
consolidation of the two cities, without
which the Greater Omaha of 100000
people is an absolute impossibility. 1t
likens annexation TO "a pestilence" and
insists that the South Omaha that has
stood by itself for twenty years should
stand alone forever. This may be good
stuff to feed to the people of South
Omaha who read the democratic sheet
but 1t will hardly lie quiet on the stom-
ach of Omaha business men who be-
lieve that enlargement and expansion
is the life of the community.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-22
NEW IMPETUS FOR DRY FARMING.


The proceedings of the Transmits
souri, Dry Farming congress at Denver
will be of great interest to Nebraska.
While by far the larger portion of the
state is as distinctly within the region
of abundant rainfall as Iowa, Missouri
or Illinois, and is not surpassed by
them in amount, quality and certainty
of production of the great staple crops
common to all, the western portion
contains a large extent of country
where the rainfall in average years is
far less and which for the most part
is we'll within the subhumid tract.
Two important facts have within the
last few years caused extensive settle
ment and cultivation west of what
was formerly regarded as the line of
abundant rainfall stretching from the
Canadian boundary to the Rio Grande.
Plenteous rain for several seasons
have produced astonishing crops, pow
erfully tempting immigration where
anything but sparse grazing was once
believed to be impossible. Though cul-
tivation probably modifies climate, the
degree of recent rainfall can hardly
be permanently counted on. The most
potent factor Is the new methods of
conserving the average supply of
moisture and utilizing 1t for astonish-
ingly successful cultivation. The al
most illimitable field for development
thus opened up affords a substantial
basis for sure calculation of the re-
sources of what so long was dismissed
as hopelessly dry country"
The people of the older settled part
of Nebraska are, of course. hardly less
interested in the development of the
western part than its own settlers. It
is practically the discovery of a rich,
new country, as an economy in mining
processes amounts to finding new ore.
A convention giving publicity to the
results of dry process experience and
demonstration should be an immense
practical assistance to those already
on the ground, and also an effective
stimulus to multitudes looking in that
direction.
The occupation OF land and the con-
sequent enhancement of its price In
/ the region of heavy rain have already
gone so far that the increasing pres
sure of population can find an outlet
only in the dry region. 1t is more for
tunate than is yet commonly appre-
ciated that at this juncture the meth
DDS that render that region available
are being so rapidly developed. For
Nebraska II means thousands of pro-
ductive and prosperous new farms and
all that thriving agricultural devel-
opment means to trade and industry
generally.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-22
NOW CANDIDLY.

VERDON, Neb, Jan. 1s.-To the Editor
of The Bee: After twenty years rest find
myself again reading The Bee. Somehow
1t seems to be a chip of the old block.
Absolutely inconsistent in everything, the
same as of old. For instance 1t advocates
the assessing of terminals for local taxation
because these terminals receive police, fire
and other city and village protection, but
upholds the republican plan to exempt en-
numbered real estate from assessment to
the amount OF the encumbrance. Now,
candidly. does not encountered real estate
get just as much protection as unencum-
beTed does? and II 1t does, why should it
not pay just as much taxes to support po-
lice and other protective elements In towns
end cities? l would have very much more
confidence in Reformer Sheldon If he had
not proposed this. You and he certainly
know It would reduce railroad assessment
one-hah. As a newspaper The Bee is all
right, but your politics can only be voiced
by gold democrat or a socialist.
GEORGE WATKINS.
Now, candidly, the two propositions
here referred to are absolutely consist
emit with one another. There is no rea-
son why encountered property should
not pay just as much taxes to support
police and other protective elements In
towns and cities" as unencumbered
property does, nor is there any reason
why it should pay any less. Property OF
the same value receiving the same ben
efts and subject to the same taxing
Jurisdiction should pay the same taxes
whether encountered or unencumbered
whether owned by railroads or by pri-
vate individuals.
In the case of the taxation of mort
cages separately and in addition to the
real estate which IL encumbers, as re-
quired under our present revenue law
we have double taxation to the extent
OF the amount OF the encumbrance
That is to say, the same identical piece
of real estate when encountered is re-
Quired in effect to pay a greater tar
than 1t would II uneneumbered. The
practical result is to put penalty upon
the resident holders of mortgages who
are taxable in this state, as compared
win hOhl OoA0ChN hOAuOio VI hAOA NbaSNs
who are not taxable on their invest
ments in the states where they live
The proposed plan is not to exempt en-
numbered real estate from assessment
to the amount of the encumbrsnce, but
to assess the holder of the enCum
brance as part owner OF the real estate
and make him pay his share Just the
same as his partner in whose name the
property stands.
In the case of terminal taxation the
proposed plan is to make real estate
and other property located in cities and
used for railroad purposes pay the
same amount of taxes as would be ex
acted II used for other purposes. Un
der the pretense of distribution the
value of this property is now supposed
20 be apportioned according to mileage
so that all OF 1t but small fraetiona
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-22
Natures Secrets Leaking Out.

OHICdBO OHIOHICIt.
II earthquakes can not be prevented the
next best thing is to be able to foretel
when they will occur, and IT seems to be
pretty well settled after this last expert
ence that they will occur whenever the
sun, moon and earth get in conjunction.
II is probable that the weather also is due
to planetary influences but In the nature
OF the case 1t can not be foretold with the
accuracy of earthquakes, because the at
mospherio conditions are constantly shift
ing, while the crust OF the earth is prac-
tically stationary. Little by little the great
est secrets Of nature are leaking out.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-22
THE THAW CASE.

That the trial of young Thaw for
murder is necessary in the due course
of justice does not mitigate the sense
of apprehension decent and right
minded people feel at its approach.
So sensational a crime could not in
any event fail to cause far-reachlng
Generalization, even If publicity were
always restrained by sane and con-
sentative regard for the public good.
There was evil enough in the necessary
minimum of disclosure, but the public
has been already surfeited by ex-
ploitation through yellow newspaper
methods, which the actual trial is GER
tain to revive and intensity.
1t is to be hoped, however, that the
orderly course of justice will make
the trial in large degree an admonition
and corrective rather than an incite-
ment to vicious propensities. If 1t can
place the defendant, Notwithstanding
the influence of wealthy and influential
family relations and his previous no.
IOiiObg, Oh tuO LIu lSNel VI u udh
charged with crime, and sternly but
fairly hold him there till justice is
verify done, it will be needed check
to prurience and lawlessness.
Under the extraordinary circum-
stances of the case the trial is likely
to be hardly more test of the guilt
of Harry Thaw than of the efficiency
of the court. The criminal practice
of the courts generally is under an
increasing fire of public criticism. An
aroused public sentiment for equality
before the law and strict enforcement
does not stop in it's demands with the
corporation phase, but equally insists
that criminals, high or low, rich or
poor, get their just dues, and precisely
this is what is called for in the Thaw
case.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-22

The sale by the government of the
pasture lands of three Indian tribes in
Oklahoma brought the highest price
ever realized by the sale of public
lands. The public domain of the ma
ton is rapidly disappearing and farm
property is increasing in value per-
haps more rapidly than any other class
of real estate. Land ownership is an
investment that is safe and profitable
and Nebraska and the west offer the
most attractive inducements existing
in that line.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-22
Personal NOTES.

II Jamaica merely received the Zip of
the earthquakes tail, as Prof Brewer In
Inmates, there would not have been much
left of the island had It hit II head on.
An attempt will be made by the Phil
Kearney association Of Newark TO have the
body Of the noted patriot moved from its
present resting place in Trinity church
yard, New York City, to the National
cemetery at Arlington. Va.
From boyhood DR.. hansen, the polar ex-
plorer, accustomed himself to the use OF
snow shoes and would often go forty or
fifty miles on them without taking any
food with him. He had a great dislike
to any outfit for his excursions.
According 10 Philadelphia papers Gov
ernor Stuart OF Pennsylvania delivered
his inaugural with his hat on. That is
not the way TO catch votes, but II is a
good way to avoid catching cold when a
governor is inaugurated in the open air.
The late Hugh oBrien, who was an au-
thority on wool, was asked once how much
dogs were responsible for the decline OF
sheep raising in Massachusetts He replied.
ut is not the dogs of Massachusetts,, but
the sheep OF Texas that are responsible"
After almost half a century OF contin-
uous railroading. William w. Burbank OF
Altoona. Pa, the oldest engineer in point
OF service ON the Pennsylvania railroad.
has been retired at his own request. He
was started in the railroad service by An
drew Carnegie.
Chief Appah of the Utes, who has talked
with the president against tribal separs-
ton and partition OF lands holds Com
missioner Leupp responsible for everything.
Being told that congress makes the laws,
IF you let them make such a law you
are no account In your Job" exclaimed
the old chief.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-22
MISSION or MERCy scoRNED.

1t remained for Alexander Swetten-
ham, governor of Jamaica. to furnish
the exception to the rule that all the
world is kin in times of great public
calamities. In disasters such as the
volcanic eruption at Mt Pelee, the
earthquake at San Francisco, the food
at Galveston and the devastation of
numerous cities by fire, nationalities
have been forgotten and Municipalities
sunk in a common effort for the relief
of a stricken people.
Only a warm-hearted desire to aid
suffering community, protect prop
erty, rescue lives, succor the III and
aid in burying the dead led Admiral
Davis of the American navy to land
men from the battleships Missouri and
Indiana and the gunboat Yankton at
Kingston, when that city was partially
demolished. with the loss of nearly
1000 lives, by earthquake and fire.
The Official reports show that the ma
rines and jackies of the American feet
American consulate, formed crews for
clearing the debris from the streets,
repaired hospitals and es .blished med
ical and relief corps for the rescue and
lined the streets. vultures we're hover
ing over the city, sick and injured
were suffering from lack of attention
and thieves had begun footing stores
and homes and robbing the helpless.
Every condition made it appear that
no mission of mercy could have been
more timely.
Under these conditions, an attack
from hostile feet could have created
no more surprise than was experienced
by Admiral Davis by the receipt of
letter from the governor of Jamaica,
ordering him to withdraw his feet at
once and intimating that in his action
in coming to the relief of the stricken
city, the American official had COM
mitted a gross breach of international
etiquette. Governor Swettenham's
letter is not merely insulting, but evil
IDENTIFY studied to that purpose. He
belittles the work of the marines. in
Inmates that some of the Americans
were probably on the ground for the
purpose of loot rather than rescue and
closes with far-fetched comparison
of the American troops aiding the
stricken in Jamaica with the POSSIBLE
ity of landing marines from a British
battleship in New York to keep some
Englishman from being robbed by
burglars or hold-up men. 1t is so re-
plete with gratuitous and irrelevant
insult as naturally almost to suggest
an inspiration in madness. The peo-
pie of this country, however, will place
the responsibility where it belongs.
Grossly offensive as such a repulse
is to our people. an even greater wrong
has been done to the British people,
and above all to the victims Of the
earthquake disaster. The former have
been outrageously misrepresented and
the latter sacrificed in their dire ex-
tremity. The very grossness of the
incident may in sense be a saving
feature in the sequel. The humilia-
ton of the British people is so marked
that 1t may well excite sympathy in
this country even in advance Of the
apology that is sure to come.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-22

Congressman John L. Kennedy consci-
entiously voted against the proposal to
increase the salary of congressman out OF
delicate regard for his successors repu-
tation.-World- Herald.
His successor then should conscien-
tlously refuse to accept the increase of
pay on the ground that his services
are worth no more now than they were
four years ago, or, at all events, no
more than those of his predecessor.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-22
The senate and the President.

4NUWSE
The fact that President Roosevelt has
the majority of his party in the senate
against him is described by some as
political crisis. POOH! The same situation
existed at the meeting of the national
convention which nominated him unani-
mously The senate leaders have always
been against him. Every president who
has acted as a representative Of the people
from Jacksons day 10 our own times has
had the senate against him.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-22

To a man up tree it looks as If the
faith healers had not much faith in
the legislature. particularly when the
roll calls show such large injection
of NEEDLES.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-22

The misstatement that the univer-
sity 1-miH levy produces 100000 a
year should be corrected. To be strictly
accurate 1t produces only between
$4,000 and $33O,OOO annually, but
it is sure to get past the 100000
mark within two or three years
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-22

Colonel valery Hazard, assistant surgeon
general, United States army, has recon-
mended the abolition OF coffee from army
subsistence and the substitution OF tea for
the present beverage. This Is result OF
his observations with the Russian army
in Manchuria and would be an American
adoption Of the practice OF the English the
Russian and the Japanese tea is superior
IN the opinion Of Colonel Hazard, TO coffee
because II is much easier TO transport
preserve and prepare, and II the infusion
be made very light can be drunk almost
ad Iibitum without injurious effects mus
easily taking the place Of water wherever
water Is suspected OF contamination.
Colonel Hazard regards tea as the Ideal
drink for the soldier I'm the field. He found
Il the national nonaleohoiic beverage OF
Russia and says: 1T Is generally made
very light, from blackish, wen-havored
Chinese leaves containing but little tannin'
and one may drink many cups OF glasses
OF II without any unpleasant after erect
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-22

Buckner lived in the same voting pre-
cinct. When the vote was counted in
that precinct it showed up only two
ballots for Palmer and Buckner, but of
course each of the distinguished demo-
Gratis vehemently declared that It was
the other fellow who renegged.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-22

The local democratic mouthpiece
discusses with undisguised favor the
Bo-called Galveston scheme of munich
pal government by commission sup
planting mayor and council. Is the
local democratic organ ready to throw
Mayor "Jim9 overheard?
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-22

The Southern Cotton association
has endorsed the action of President
Roosevelt in the Brownsville affair and
listened to a political address by Hoke
Smith. II anything else is needed to
assure big cotton crop this year the
members of the association are unable
to think of it,
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-22

A personal item about one of the
members of the Douglas delegation
says that he took the early morning
train to Lincoln to look after his end
of the legislative business. A law
maker who can take an early morning
train ought to be as successful as the
proverbial early bird in catching the
worm
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-22
New Version of EQUITY.
Kansas City Star

hAnBaS CITY sur,
The railroads have Increased the freight
rate on shipments OF shoes because tramps
steal so many of them. This is about as
equitable as 1t would be to increase pas
senger rates because so many passenger
trains are wrecked.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-22

Oklahoma is disturbed over a
strange disease that has caused many
deaths Oklahoma has not yet be-
come accustomed to having men die
without their boots on.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-22

Charles Francis Adams of Massa-
chusetts having delivered eulogy OF
Robert e. Lee at Lexington, Va, It
would seem to be in order for someone
to move that Mason and Dixon's line
be removed from the map.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-22

Cuba has a new political party
which proposes 10 guarantee that rev.
olutions shall be made impossible. The
American Army OF Occupation is a log
Zeal charter member of the party.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-22

The report that a man named Rub
NOR has broken the sleeping record
must be discounted. 1t is dihlcult to
understand how a man with that name
could sleep at all.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-22
MERRY JINGLES.

II feel very sorry for poor Jiblets. When
did they first suspect that his wifes mind
when one day she refused to attend a
marked-down bargain sale on the ground
price TO get good thing. baltimore
American.
II wonder why people who find difficulty
in getting to sleep are told to count an
endless number of sheep jumping over a
perhaps It is with the idea Of pulling the
wool over their eyes."-Cleveland, Plain
Dealer,
you are in favor OF giving new members
Of congress more opportunities to make
"Certainly," replied Senator Sorghum;
1.-THE sooner a young man in politics gets
over this idea of telling all he knows the
better It will be for everybody Washing
ton Star.
Reporter-Colonel, you have read what
Senator Gotleft says about the country fac
fears are justified?
Eminent Statesman-so far as he is con-
to face with the dreadful alternative of
going to work at something or starving to
death.-Chicsgo Tribune.
"of course" said the newly-arrived mis-
sonary I'VE may seem stiff and uncom-
promising in our religion but really think
you'll admire our backbone"
You don't say" replied the cannlbal
chief. Now, we never considered that
particular choice morsel.
Press.
THAT was an odd idea of young Jokem
TO have a party OF all people in the house
who had the mumps. How did the party
turn out?'
''Oh. it was quite a swell affair."-Balti-
more American.
How do you think your constituents
will regard your views on this measure?''.
my dear sir answered Senator Sor-
ghum 'if they are as unintelligible as
have tried TO make them, my constituents
won't understand them any more than
do Washington Star.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-22

Mr.. Harriman's ambition may be so
to arrange affairs that IL the govern
ment decides TO buy in the railroads
of the nation it will have but one man
to deal with.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-22

Mayor Dahlman seems to have es-
capped the Sunday drouth by being out
of town. Few of his friends, however.
are fortunate enough to be able to fol-
low his example.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-22

London reports that In addition to
being a philosopher, politician. lin
guist and explorer, the new ambassa-
dor 70 the United States has made a
record as a mountain climber Still.
Washington is more concerned In
knowing whether he plays tennis