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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-15
DELINQUENT TAX SALE
III. Annual Sale Wa. Held at the
Court House This Morning and
Brought is Per Cont.

The annual sale Of delinquent taxes
was..held Monday morning at the court
house by Treasurer Miner..and quite
a good deal of interest was displayed
In the property that was offered.
What property vas bid in.by individ.
uals was sold at Is percent, while
the county took at IL per cent what
was not bought.
The list Of delinquent taxes this
year was just a little smaller than
last year, the greatest proportion of
which Is on outlying lots in Mitchell
and Mt. Vernon, while there Is some
farm property on which the taxes
have not been paid. When the tax
list was first advertised there were
about 900 descriptions offered, but
since that time the people have
been getting to the ::frcnt quite
rapidly to pay OF their obligations to
the county. and when the list was
offered on this occasion there we're
only about 4OO descriptions for sale.
There is quite a noticeable differ
ence in the delinquent tax sale of
today and that of some ten or twelve
years ago, as applied to all parts of
the state. In those days 1t often
required from one to four or five
pages of a newspaper to publish the
list and it was a very fat job for the
printer. At the present time the
list will run from one to five columns
and as a consequence there is not so
much money In the publication on
the average.
But this points to the prosperous
times Of South Dakota when the
farmer, the business nan and the
town resident has the money to walk
up 10 the county treasCrer's Office
and get his receipt in full for the
bali of this taxes when ever way he
wants to pay them.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-15

Graft.ridden San francisco tore
loose from the hold OF the grafters
In the election Of. Tuesday, and the
whole bunch which have held sway
since the DAYS Of Eugene Schmidt.
the former MAYOR, and WHO now
languishes In jail, were defeated.
The union iahor candidate for mayor
WAS defeated bv a plurality OF nearly
10 600 votes. With the earthquake
and the union labor crafters both
after Tire city 1t is a wonder that
San Francisco ever recovered from
the effects.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-15

There Is some political activity
down in Now York state at the
present time, which has for its
ambition to make it impossible
for Governor Hughes to secur the
delegation from that state to be used
in his behalf as n presi 'ential can
didate. President Roosevelt is to
have a hand in the manipulation.
but at the same time a Washington
correspondent declares that the
president does not desire to use the
delegation in this own behalf, but,
rather, for its S In, connection with
the administration. The president
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-15

!: In the governments crop report
sent out, Illinois Is given first place
as the greatest corn producing state,
and Iowa comes second and Nebraska
third. South Dakota comes some
what farther down In the scale and
stands ahead Of Minnesota and Wis
consin. The total product for the
state is placed at IS, Ale, 900 bushels,
and an average Of Is bushels. The
average for 1906 is 1915 bushels. while
for the past ten years 1t has been
28.8 bushels-not q bad average fol
that period.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-15
Governor Crawford has announced

Governor Crawford has announced
that on Thursday, Nov. %, we shall all
be thankful In the state for the hles-
sings that have been showered upon
US by the Great Giver of All Good.
The governor sends out q very cheer
full proclamation and finds much to
be thankful for In the great sunshine
state. And we will all obev his in
junction by going to the union
Thank giving services In the morn
ing and eating turkey for dinner.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-15
A Story of Bean N.sh.

Beau Nash was not entirely !. butter.
dy. as is proved by the following anec-
dote: His father was Il partner in a
glass business at Swansea. This was
little known. and the Duchess of Marl-
borough once twitted him with the OBJ
security Of his birth. MADAM" replied.
Nash. II seldom mention my father in.
company. not because | have any rea-
son to be ashamed Of him. but because
he has some reason to be ashamed OF
me-"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-15
Dog Pct. In Hotels.

"The u thing we have more trou.
bic with than anything else,' said the
manager OF II Of the large hotels In
upper Broadway. ''is the fact that wo-
men insist on smuggling their pet dogs
to thelr rooms. We have no objections
to dogs MS dogs. If the animal Is not
too large or too fierce our guests may
take them to their rooms during the
day and may even feed them there.
But we draw the line at having dogr
IN b bedrooms at night. Any woman
With q pet dog can have the beast
cared for by the porter at night, and
We have specially constructed kennels
for all kinds Of dogs, and we give
them the best Of IN But owners Of
pets seem to think that no one save
themselves understands Fido or Gyp.
The women seem to think that If dog
gle has not the comforting assurance
Of the owners nearness then doggis
will not sleep well. So women try to
der their cloaks or by back ways or
ever bribe n Of the porters to take
It to their room. believing that we will
not hear anything about it.
"As q matter Of fact, the first thing
the porter does after getting his tip is
to tip me. and q couple Of hours later
the woman Is called upon by a clerk,
who tells her dogs cannot stay in the
bedrooms all night.-New York Press.
Cut on With a Shilling.
"Hsre." said q lawyer. taking down a
calf bound book. 'is the will from
which originated the famous phrase.
Cut OF with q shilling
1T Il the will Of Stephen Godfrey.
He died In Lambeth in 1895. Now, IN
read you the paragraph in Godfrey's
will that gave the world the phrase.
A nasty paragraph it IL too:
Whereas. 1t was my misfortune to
be made very uneasy by Elizabeth God.
frey, my wife. tor many years. from
our marriage, by her turbulent beha.
vior. for she was not content with de-
sptsing my admonitions. but she con-
trtved every method to make me I'M.
happy; she was so perverse in her ma.
lure that she would not be reclaimed
but seemed only to be born to be q
plague to me. The strength Of Samson.
the knowledge Of Homer. the prudence
OF Augustus. the cunning of Pyrrhus.
the patience Of Job. the subtlety OF
Hannibal and the watchfulness of
Homogenes could not have been sutB.
Client to sutdue her. for no skill or
force In the world could make her
good, M ms we have lived separate
and apart from each other eight years.
and she having perverted her son to
leave and totally abandon me-there.
fore I give her n shilling only"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-15

The Insurance statements are about
all published throughout the state
and there is nothing left now to give
Inspiration to the spinal column OF
the members Of the insurgent press,
and hereafter they Will have to fight it
out on the assumption that the people
can he drawn into the aln predica-
ment twice in succession.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-15

is said 20 feel the necessity of having
the delegation friendly to him In
case he desires to have nominated a
man who embodies the policies of
the administration, and 1t is con-
ceded that it would be embarrassing
to any Candidate to go into the
convention without the New York
aleRation behind bin.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-15
Making q Sale.

"Your caA.," remarked the salesman
to the reluctant customer. who said he
was in a r:sh. reminds me of.a dog
my uncle ks,ssessed out on the ran,h.
He would ,tart running around she
rain barrel very slowly and would In
crease his speed until he was 6nal.y
running so :ast that about every third
lap he had u, jump over himself"
He clinc~cd the sale.-Judge's II
brary.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-15
o1zA11Ho HOUSE ouR1nxoY

The late teoutle In Wall street
over money matters has brought
about something Of q new plan in
the handling Of the. cash OF the
county in the way Of q clearing
house currency which has been the
means OF tidiny over the absolute
use Of the money. The New York
clearing house was the meuns OF
solving the question, dtsruaslng
which the Minneapolis journal
makes the following comment, with
the suggestion that congress might
authorize the permanent establish
ment Of some plan on a national
basis:
The late::Rnancial furry has revived
interest In the various so called elas-
tic currency plans on none OF which
with a further doubt whether CON-
eress would agree to the one favored
BY the bankers. There are vatiuns
the most ambitious being the estab-
l40ul0Ol1O Va y VCOSk0A O0oA WAllSkl l1AC
the Bank Of England And the Bank
Of france. would have the power to
Issue notes to DO distributed among
the other banks and to the business
public. Another Involves merely
the permission to national banks to
issue notes secured only by the assets
Of the banks and with . tax on such
Issues which would secure their re-
tirement In times when money was
plentiful.
The point about which there Is
no agreement is the amount of the
tax. II 1t were made high enough to
satisfy the exactions Of some the
notes would probably never be issued.
II 1t were made as low as Others
want 1t the notes probably would be
retired. II they did not 90 out
they would fail Of their object TO
give the, county increased monev
supply In time Of need. II they
were not taxed high enough to call
them back they would fail Of their
second object, to cuTtail the amount
of money when business Is running
easy. In the n case there would
be the same violent contraction from
scare and boarding that there is
now. In the other there would be
the same disastrous speculation from
having too much and.too easy money
The work Of the clearing :houses of
the county In the past few wears
may have brought into the public
discussion a third form of asset
currency which is surely elastic. for
the bankers take good care to get the
clearing house certificates cashed
and destroyed as soon as possible
after q financial crisis. The clearing
house Of New York, for example,
has actually been IN a measure a
United States bank with a note
issuing department. II 1t has done
the work we'll and has earned the
thanks of the country In a single
crisis, would 1t not be a measure of
wisdom to consider whether the
clearing houses may not by law be
clothed with some measure or power
which they have exercised by general
oonoort0
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-15

. situas,on whore It possible for var
70 be precipitated, principally 70
make his prodlstlops come true. AZ
! lecturer the Alabama congressman
would hardly occupy much space In
tie metropolitan newspapers, but
a a dissemination Of war news and
war predictions he can get the re-
porters to sit up and take uotice when
he comes to town.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-15
Mr.. BURKR's STATEMENT

On another page Of The Republican
today is published the statement Of
the Hon. Charles II. Burke, Of
Pierre, who announces his candidacy
er congress, under the primary
system, to be voted on next summer.
nr. Burke has not reached this
docision from any choice Of his own,
hut has responded to tho demands Of
his friends all over the state. Mr..
Burke has served several terms IN tho
lower house Of congress and he can
.vory Justly ask for q reelection once
moro. During the years that the
eentleman served the state and bis
~spnstituents % we'll In tho House Of
Representatives hs made : record for
himself that the people generally
have como to: appreciate since his
'rsklrsment from that position,
brought about through the 'ascen-
dency Of the s'reform" element In
tho republican party. Many Of those
men who engaged In the reform
movement having zen that in re-
slowing Congressman Martin and
Bcrke from their of1cial positions
and that the state has offered because
e that action, are To- ready ana
willing to make amends for their
mistake and send these two gentle.
len back to congress. MI. Burke
pakes Z brief statement at this time
= 70 his position on the presidential
md senatorial situations IS they are
0elng discussed In this state. He
0tates that he 10 for President Roose-
veib, if tho president will accept q
nnomfnation, and In event Of his
Refusal. be stands for Secretary Taft
~ . second choice, and feels that
0sery republican Ia the state should
acknowledge the second choice prop
0dtlon. MI. Burke ls unqualIfiedly
Or the reelection Of Senator Kit
tfedge, whose ability is too we'll
known TO need any exploitation at
tlhls time. Later on Mr.. Burke will
announce more fully his position on
ether matters Of vital interest to
80 people. OF South DAkota.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-15

Republicanism and prohibition
both got a footnold in Kentucky
elections and between them the
Kentucky colonel seems to enjoy his
new situation. Who would have
thought 1t possible, and the farthest
removed would be the idea that
prohibition could carry any Sec
tion of the state.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-15

The money Of the country which
has been hiding in feather beds, In
stockings, under the carpet. behind
the clock and the other more OF less
familiar places Is finding its way
back into the banks with a sheep.
ishness that is amusing. The timid
little thing had quite a scare all 70,
nothing.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-15

The Canadian authorities are the
0@cials who handle the matter Of
o~afeiessness IN railroad accidents.
OF late the ofacials have demon.
soerated that the laws which hold
goodEin Canada for the protection Of
the public must be observed by the
nailroads. Recently one Of the
1Qstices sent. . conductor to prison
4or ave years for the reason that
- admitted be did not obey orders
Whenshe had : wreckin which several
myes &et1 Lost. The conductor had
tf4in order totake . siding
4el03s;SksSil boo nsd
sGfedds u ~ .v0Q6 He ooafd TiSke
- utti1sf }0lBt ahead Of the train
= Wls to meet. 90 he took the
chance and . collision resulted.
Since that time I've other trainmen
have been sent to prison for the same
p1ece Of careleasness. The trainmen
alOne are not heinR punished, and the
Canadian courts are after the ofAcials
nth the same vigor IS the trainmen.
An instance Is given IN the papers
where the Michigan Central railroad
oncials were able to escape the con
6omnatlon OF the court because they
we're out Of their Jurisdiction. A car
0t dynamite had exploded on Cana
dian soil that val being hauled ny
the American corporation, and two
lives we're lost while a number we're
injured. The best the Canada of1c.
III could do Was to impose a fne Of
$4,000. the company having pleaded
auilty TO the charge of negligence in
haAdl.ng the q OF dynamite. When
railroads and trainmen learn that
here is something coming to them
Tor the carelessness they will perhaps
T. more careful 10 their operation
ssots trains
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-15
A QUESTION As TO CAUSE.

which have leen assigned for the
recent panic in Wall street. but it Is
left to the Nav York Evening Post
TO give what II considers - the
actual reasoo for the furry, which
1t does In the following statement:
After q crisis In the markets there
Is always abundance of authoritative
information ~ to why any crisis
whatever should have come. Opin-
ions In cases Of this sort will differ,
because panics are psychological.
But In any case. the inquiry remains
as to just what caused such events as
last weeks early bank disasters,
and the train OF events that followed
them.
First and foremost stands the long
discussed scarcity Of capital, wherein
demands on the worlds credit re.
sources had outstripped supply. Such
. situation meant either that new
plans Involving large use Of money
must be laid aside or else that capital
already lodged in older enterprises
must be Withdrawn. But It's with
drawal left many older Undertakings
and the banks whose funds were
invested. In them, In q more or less
awkward situation.
Second, and as q corollary, must be
cited the waste Of. credit during
many years; by our "boomers" and
promoters Of 1901 and 1902. ~ the
suspicious personags who bought up
banks on margin. and built up their
"chain,"" and BY the Infatuated
6nAnciers Who threw US In debt to
Europe during 1905 BY hundreds of
millions Of dollars, for--the purpose
chiefly OF putting up the price of
stocks. The very much larger part
OF the community who had learned
to live on borrowed money, have
their part to answer for.
(. Third, such episodes as the life
insurance practices, aud the footing
OF the New York street railways,
whose inevitable exposure shook the
confidence. of the igornant man In
II there are those who say that the
the trouble, and that hence the
who would denounce policemen for
t~hrusting on our Innocent mind
knowledge that thieves exist.
Fourth In the list of responsibility
stand the Inadequate state laws fol
restriction Of trust company invest
ments, and the folly with which the
%presldents Of these institutions have
resisted propositions Of reform during
half q dozen years. We're they alone
the sufferers from last week'ssevents
one would be tempted to suggest
that they had got their punishment.
III the final cansa for tho nhenO.
mena. were sought 1t might perhaps
be found In the recklessness with
which newspaper headlines started
the serious run last Wednesday morn
Ing. and the dastardly use OF news.
paper advertising columns the
ensuing day by the notorious Boston
tipster. Things ike these. from
which we turn with contempt II,
ordinary days, are often formidable
engines OF destruction at such times
as these.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-11-09
UP-TO-DATE.

Said Cupid to Hymen: Lets hang up
our sign.
And go into business for sure;
Our speciality, mating hearts with due
amount
or happiness one can procure"
Old Hymen assented; they hung out their
sign.
Awaited OF lovers a rush;
They. thought twas enough, that true
love like good wine.
Told itself and so needed no bush.
toners came;
Said Hymen: Coupe. this thing won't
do.
I'm ready to marry. but couples don't
come,
1t strikes me. it's all up to YOU"
So Cupid he sought out the men and the
maids,
And told of the bliss of young love-
How naught else it's rapture was worth
in the world;
And yet but small business he stirred.
Then Hymen got tired, and the partners
dissolved
Their business and Cupid went OF.
He travelled all over the world to find
why
At marriage for love. mankind scoffed.
He went to the old shop; the rush was
immense,
A new sign replaced that OF yore:
Twas "Plutus & Hymen," and money
won out,
While Love stood outside at the door.
Baltimore American.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-11-09
Krupp Industrial Colonies.

Think of owning 10000 houses ac-
commodating 100000 persons, of con-
Quoting 10S supply stores and related
establishments and 80 other institu-
tions of most varied intricate charac-
ter. Count in the difficulties of fairly
administering IL great aid funds, and
then consider that all this is but one
part of one element in the govern.
ment OF great industry. Count the
cost of construction and administra-
ton. Figure that of the 100000 but
10000 are wage earners whose aver
age income is but eight dollars
week, and that they are well fed,
well housed, clothed, educated, guided,
insured against sickness, accident or
death, and pensioned when their use
fulness is gone, and then realize that
it is all one huge. happy success and
that it pays. This, in a nutshell. says
the American Industries, is what
Fried. krupp, Actiengesellschaft, are
doing for the workmen at the great
Krupp Steel Works in Essen, Ger
many. where the Krupp guns are
made.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-11-09
UraAp UnlurrE
0urr Grnsa
By DIR. COLUMBUS POLK GOODsON.
St. Louis Pastor.

1t not denied that has the right become rghousy
rich But riches easily become deadeath great
vcions-to high and holy ideals
Something goods and decayf
silver exchange for sous puppies and the
red stain is the blood of poor widows fingers
Commercial prosperity does not necessarily national
neither always good because have
wicked than when he had great wisdom
and Babylon such period of prosperity
there such feang the hour when the hand writing
doom the wall 1t would be well if the citizens of this great
nation, would give attention to personal righteousness.
eve look to the moral life the remain The
integrity of the home the foundation of the government
ned because have neglected the fundamentals for the making
permanent and happy homes.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-11-09
Financial Genius.

Some men quickly think of schemes
for making money that would never
occur to others"
YES. There's old man Miggs, for
instance. He has the money-making
instinct all right. They simply can't
beat him. When his daughter began
accepting attentions from young Bran
ley what did the old man do but pre-
tend to strenuously object"
What had that to do with money
making? Bramley's rich. One would
naturally think the old chap would
have been glad to get him into the
family"
ooh, he was; but by making 1t nee
cessary for them to elope he figured
that he would save the expense of
wedding. Chicago Record-Herald.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-11-09
Pas Fault.

Johnny" asked the Sunday school
teacher, what have you learned about
Jonah and the whale?"
"Nothin'."
Nothing? Surely you did not for
get that l told YOU last Sunday we
were going to have Jonah and the
whale for our lesson to-day"
Il didn't forget it, but pa says he
don't want me to read about any more
of these nature fakes. Chicago Rec.
ord Herald.