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The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-11-19
Out of Mind.

Fenton-At first he was simply crazy
about her. but now he neglects her
shamefully. Sloanes-I see. At first
he went ont of his mind, and then she
went out of his mind"
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How TO Treat a sprain.

Sprains, swellings and lameness
are promptly relieved by Chamber
lain's Liniment. This liniment re-
duces Inflammation and soreness so
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-11-19
Omcehclders,

"Well. there's one thing to be said
for public servants"
whats that?"
when you hire one you never have
any trouble keeping him" -Cleyeland
Leader.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-11-19

No man can be wise on an empty
stomach. George Eliot.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-03

the work completed in the fall of 1905.
In 1906 they advertised for bids for
the erection of the wing, and when
the time came for opening the bids,
representatives of Sioux Falls went
into the supreme court asking for an
injunction to prevent the board from
acting, on the ground that they did
not intend to use any South Dakota
material in the work. After the az
plication had beer made the commits
sion stopped procedure until the court
had passed upon the application, and
hen rejected all bids. It was then
so late in the year that nothing more
was done until after the election, and
new officers formed the commission.
Decide to Complete Building.
This wait also brought a new legis-
lative session, and this session decid-
ed upon proceeding with the construc-
ton Of the complete structure instead
Of only a portion of it, fixing the cost
of the whole structure at $500, 900.
and providing means for the funds,
which might be lacking after sale of
lands donated by the general govern
ment for the construction of a capitol.
They also provided that in the letting
of bids the commission might give
South Dakota stone a 5 per cent pref
eren in the letting Of contracts.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-03
LAYING CORNERSTONE OF NEW CAPITOL
TERMINATES TWENTY=FIVE-YEAR CONFLICT
Spectacular Events Are Portrayed in History of Long Battle Over
the Permanent Location of State House.

In that year the move for division
and provisional statehood was placed
before the people of the south half Of
the territory, and a vote was secured.
With the question Of possible division,
came also a question of capital loca-
ton, and Pierre, Sioux Falls and Alex
andria entered the lists. While but
little attention vas paid to this cleo
ton in many parts Of the territory
nj a light VOTE was cast, Huron won
In the vote.
Matters, so far as the south half of
the territory was concerned, we're al
lowed to go in this way until the final
statehood bill was secured in 1889. At
that time Huron interests demanded
that as they had secured a majority
of the votes in 1885, that town should
be made the capital OF the south half
by the provisions of the bill. Con
gresham Springer of Illinois opposed
naming any town as the capital of the
new state, but demanded that it
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-03

and Chamberlain went into the race
for temporary capital. 1t was a fight
Of cash. While every town In the
ace plunged" in the way Of expense,
Pierre and Huron led them all, and
both towns were "in" about to their
limit at the end Of the campaign Of
that year. Both had spread their linn
its to take in as much territory as pos
sible, and assessed it at a high rate
to give them a greater bonding capac-
ity, and bonds were issued On any
kind of an excuse to secure funds for
the fight.
When the contest "a ended in o.
tober, the vote stood: Pierre, 27,096;
Huron, 1894; WATERFOWL, 1870;
Sioux Falls, 1875; Mitchell, 7,5O6;
Chamberlain, 2,414. On that vote
Pierre secured the temporary seat of
government, and the first of Novem
Der the first session of the state leg
islature was held for the purpose of
selecting two United States senators,
and was in session two days for hat
purpose. The senate held it's sessions
in the CONGREGATIONAL church, and the
house met in the Hughes county court
house. Before the regular session in
January the city had made good it's
promise and had erected a building
for the holding of the session, it now
being the main part of the present old
capitol, to which a wing vas attach
ed at state expense two years later.
Pierre Again Wins.
The next year while under the pro-
visions of the law, it was a free-for-
all for permanent capital location, all
the contestants dropped out except
Pierre and Huron, and another fierce
campaign was fought. Pierre increas-
ed its assessment and issued more
bonds, and laid out other additions for
donation lots. Huron sold the munich
pal water plant to raise funds. The
fight was On the same line, of central
ity and future development on the
part Of Pierre, and better present To-
cation on the part of Huron. After
both towns had practically bankrupt
ed themselves, the vote was again in
ld'OI Vi ileITe by Il NOte Oh 1880 10
1922 for Huron.
Huron hen began a legislative fight
for resubmission. and attempted to Sc
cure the submission Of a constitutions
al amendment changing the location.
They made their first trial in 1898,
and followed it with another in 1895.
Again, in 1897, two efforts were made,
in which bills passed both houses at
different times, but the same bill did
not get through both houses. The SEES
sion of 1899 was allowed to go without
an effort to make a change. In 1901,
WATERFOWL boomers went down with
a bill to change to Watertown but fell
down early in the session, and then
Mitchell took up the fight and was
defeated in the house after practically
an all-night session. Then in the ses-
sion of 1903 came the combined as
sault of Mitchell, Huron and Redfield,
which went into a combine to secure
relocation votes, with an agreement
that the town which was to be named
in the new bill was to be selected by
caucus. The scheme was worked up
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-03

Bids were advertised for, and the
contract was let to O. H. Olsen of
Saltwater, MINI.
The New Building.
The new building is 300 feet in
length. with a width Of l6O feet in the
center, and 100 feet in the wings. To
the top Of the tower it will be 164
feet from the foundation. The sub
basement is walled with granite boul.
ders, and the basement story is con
structed OF a combination Of rain.
drop sandstone and Ortonville granite,
above which the building will be OF
Bedford limestone, making it a combi-
natlon OF brown and light gray stone.
The dome is to be e with mol.
ished copper.
The halls of the two houses of the
legislature will be in the wings On the
second floor above the basement, and
VIII extend to the roofs, making that
portion of the building three stories,
u Office rooms will be fitted in a
fourth story about the legislative
nails. The principal offices will be on
the first floor above the basement.
The contract calls for a completed
building by the first OF July, 1910, and
the first legislative session which will
meet in the new structure will be
the session Of 1911.
While the new building Is immense
when compared with the old wooden
structure which has served the state
for twenty years, the indications at
present are that it will be too small
for the uses Of the state before many
years go by, and that another building
for the supreme court will be required
to allow the necessary O for the
other state business in the main
building, within ten years from the
present time.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-03

by Mitchell after they had secured
pledges from what they considered a
majority Of the possible members who
would favor capital change, and the
used Huron and Redtield as catspaWS
to help them gather chestnuts, with a
certainty that in the caucus they
would be left out, and Mitchell be
the winner. Mitchell was pushed early
in the session, and one of the pecull-
arities Of it was that 1t came to the
house from the senate in time TO be
passed on Friday. the 18th day or jan
jary, in a year which had thirteen for
it's numerals. The thirteen followed
by Pierre receiving thirteen votes IN
Mitchell at the time OF the election,
and Mitchell receiving thirteen votes
in Hughes, In which Pierre is located
at the same election.
The fight which followed was one
of the most spectacular campaigns
ever held in the state. The North
Western road backed Pierre, and the
Milwaukee backed Mitchell, and
passes were issued without limit, to
any point in the state.
It's Pierre's Fight.
The same argument OF centrality
and future development which had
been used by Pierre from the begin
ming Of it's existence was again potent
in this campaign, and the final vote
was $500 for Pierre, and 10000 for
Mitchell.
The following session of the legisla.
ture took up the question of the con.
struction of a suitable capitol on the
! grounds at Pierre, and after quarrel
ing over It in the legislature for some
time. provided for a wing of the build
ing to be constructed at a cost of no,
to exceed $500 00, to be SO construct
ed a. to form a harmonious part Of a
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-03

The laying OF the cornerstone or
the new capitol of South Dakota IN
Pierre marks the end Of a struggle or
a quarter of a century on the part OF
the people Of Pierre to secure the 10
cation of the permanent capltal OF
South Dakota in the center OF the
state. 1t is the f%ruition OF hopes II
struggles, into which the earlier resi-
dents of Pierre would never have
plunged had they been able to loo
ahead and see all which 1t would mean
in the way of expense and effort. But
with the task once taken up, there has
been no idea Of stopping on the part
of any of those engaged in the work,
and while it has been a costly
whistle" which the city has paid for,
they now fear hat they have secured
1t in fact for all it is worth to any
town at which a state capitol is To-
Gated.
From the very founding of Pierre,
the capital aspiration was one of the
tenets of its builders. The earliest
papers teemed with the possibilities
HI tlldl ullttllOi bdStl ol loIdIIOl dliu
future development of the Territory
of Dakota.
With the capital of the territory To-
Gated at Yankton. when the popula<
ton consisted of a handful of settlers
along the eastern and southern Dor
ders of the territory, it remained un-
til the boom days of the early eight
les" when a new population poured
into the territory on an immigration
wave resting on the construction of
new lines of railroad built ahead of
settlement and on faith in future de-
velopment. AS the population began
TO spread northward and westward
there came a demand for a change>in
the capitol site to a location more
central both as to population and ter
ritory. In the session of the territori-
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-03

whole building. The governor. audi
tor, secretary Of state and state land
commissioner were to comprise the
commission to look after the con-
struction of the building. These OFF,
Gals, after travelling to the capitals
of several states, decided that the
building which had been erected in
Montana was in the line Of what
would better fill the needs OF this
state than any other which they had
found, and secured plans for a COM
pleted building upon the plans Of the
Montana structure, somewhat modi-
fed, and advertised for bids for the
construction of the foundation Of the
east wing. This contract was let. and
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-03

the votes cast for a capital, that at
the following election the two towns
which were In the lead in the first
fight for permanent capital should be
submitted. the town securing the ma
jority of the votes to be the "perma-
nent capital Of the state. This, he
explained, was to prevent continued
dispute over capital location.
Rivals Plunge for Prize.
Under the provisions Of this law,
the towns Of Pierre, Huron, Sioux
Falls, Mitchell, WATERFOWL, Redtield
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-03

al Legislature of 1883 a bill was intro
duced for the removal Of the territori-
al capital from Yankton to Huron.
This bin began to make Roadway.
when the other ambitious towns of the
territory got into the game and
stopped progress on that measure.
After the practical death Of the HUI
ron bill. on suggestion of Territorial
Governor Ordway, the ~contanding in
terests got together on the idea of a
commission to select a site, and their
combined strength succeeded in the
enactment Of a law to that effect, the
commission to be named by the gov
ernor.
Elect Officers on Train.
When the commission was appoint
ed it consisted of nine members, six
from the southern half of the territory
and three from the northern half, and
the southern people all believed that
they had the best of it, that wherever
the capital might be located it would
be in the southern half Of the terri
tory. And with the interests of the
CTuNdy ldlHiiy dt leIIe, tudl CITY lelL
that the governor had selected the
men with such interests In view. The
list selected consisted of George A.
Matthews OF B~rookings, c. II. Meyers
of Redfield, H. H. belong of Canton,
John P. Relden OF Deadwood, M. d.
Thompson of Vermillion, Alex Hughes
of Elk Point. This was the list from
~ .~.4l.c, halo rs III. %ocnnx
While those from the northern half
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-03

should be settled by a vote of the peo-
pie. His views prevailed, and the
statehood bill carried a provision that
in the election Of 1889 for the selec-'
ton of the first state officers a vote
should be taken on temporary location
to be free to all. That the following
year a vote should be taken on per-
manent location to be free to all, and
if no town secured a majority of all
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-30

In regard to recently published
article giving glowing account of a
new wheat, the Department of Agri.
culture has issued the following state
ment: "a variety of wheat under the
name Alaska is being widely ad-
vertised as capable of yielding at the
rate of 200 bushels to the acre 'un-
der ordinary soil conditions and even
is stated that this variety was found
growing wild OH the Eastern coast of
Alaska and claims of the most extrav-
agant nature are made Of it. In con-
sequence of this notoriety the Depart
ment of Agriculture is receiving
many requests for seed" The de-
partment states that this type of
wheat has been known for many
years, both in this country and In
Europe. 1t has been tried at several
state experiment stations in the
Western United States during the
past fifteen years, but nowhere have
the yields been high enough to mer-
ii attention. The wheat has been
grown to very limited extent OH
certain heavy, undrained soils in
France for many years. In such loca-
tions it is said to yield rather bet
ter than ordinary wheat. but as it is
one of the poorest wheats known for
making flour. it is never grown where
the ordinary varieties of wheat will
thrive.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-30
MAKING THE DAIRY PAY.

The business of making money by
keeping COWS is one in which great
wisdom is required. To keep a COW
because she looks nice is folly, and
yet all good COWS are not hansome
ones. The only infallible guide is the
Babcock test or the churn. Each COW
should have a record kept Of the dali.
dividends she turns in. If she fails
to return at least, 5000 pounds of milk
per year, she should be discarded and
her place filled by better COW. For
butter making the amount ought to
be still larger, unless the fat test is
especially high. No butter COW yield
ing less than 300 pounds of butter
should be allowed bed room. "Why,'
do you ask? For the reason that it
costs just as much to board a poor
COW as one that yields 500 to SOC
pounds of butter in year. Just fl
CURE the difference in the income
from COW that gives 200 pounds OF
DulLer at LWeuIy-liSc CeutS, anu OliS
that produces 600 pounds. If it costs
$50 to keep the COW in both cases
the poor COW would give no profit
and the good one 500, clear gain.
A good farmer the other day Incl
dentally mentioned that his thirty-si,
cows gave him an average income OF
$SS apiece last year; some of the bet
ter producers returned $135 per head
If he were to test and weed out {
dozen of the poorer free boarders, he
might increase his profits without
adding to his expense,
He made one wise move in the
spring. Thinking that possibly the
season might be dry one, and reck
oning that he could not have toe
much corn fodder in any event. took
good care of it. His fears were real
ized in measure. He began by de
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-30
SUGGESTIONS FOR GATHER
ING AND STORING SEED CORN.

The Iowa State College at Ames is
sending to the County Superintend-
ents, for them to send to all schools,
excellent suggestions on saving and
caring for their choicest corn to be
exhibited at the Local Corn Shows,
or at the State Corn Show in jan
uary. or at the National Corn Show
at Omaha in December, or to be used
for seed next spring. The informa-
ton is SO valuable that we print it
for benefit Of all the farmers
in his locality.
Gathering Seed.
1. Time. The last ten days in Sep
tember. Corn to be used for seed
should not be left in the field later
than Oct. 9Th, because it is likely to
be frozen during the cold nights. Corn
which is frozen when it contains as
much water as unhusked corn does
during October and November is like
ly to be killed or weakened. This is
why much of the seed corn gathered
at husking time fails to grow.
. Method. Go into the best part
of the best field on the farm and
select the seed there. Strip back the
husks on all desirable looking ears
which are growing at medium height
on strong, sturdy stalks. If an ear
bis well ripened, that is the kernels
well dented and quite hard, perfect
ly sound and of the right size and
shape, it should be husked and plac-
ed in sack or basket which is car
ried along between the rows. Only
well ripened ears growing at un-
iformly medium height should be
selected.
Storing Seed.
/. Time. The ears which have
been selected for seed should be hung
up during the same day that they are
gathered. because if they are left il
sacks, baskets, or left piled in the
wagon box or on the floor, they are
likely to heat, mould, and begin tc
grow which greatly weakens the
germs and is likely to kill them.
g Method. Cut binding twine IL
pieces about ten feet long and with
it tie the ears together in strings OF
fifteen to twenty ears each. One
person, usually girl, because she
can tie faster, can tie the twine
around each ear while another hold:
the ears. The first ear is tied il
the middle of the piece of twine with
single knot, the second is tied nex'
to it and SO on until the string is
about gone. Then double knot is
tied for the last ear which will holt
all of them fairly tight. The ends o.
the string should be left long enough
to tie to the wire on which the corr
is hung.
! The ears of corn hung up in thi:
way pull apart a little as the twin>
stretches and if they touch at al
it is very lightly. This makes per
feet ventilation around each ear.
Show corn should be tied with shor
ter twine SO not more than ear!
are tied together to prevent making
a crease around the ear.
8. Place. The corn which ha
been tied in strings of fifteen t,
twenty ears each, should be hung Vi
on wires. SO that the mice canno
reach it, in some dry, we'll ventila
ted place. These wires may be place.
as close as six inches apart and th'
strings of corn tied every five or 81:
inches on each wire. Enough ears TO
one hundred acres can easily b
hung in space six feet square. Th,
attic or other empty room in th'
II
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-30
DIVIDING THE sPolLs OF PRO-
TEcTIoN.
By Burlington workingman.

By Burlington Workingman.
Burlington Gazette: If some clever
statistician should calculate the
amount OF money which has been
taken from the people of the United
States by the republican party and
handed to a privileged few, the re-
suit would not only be interesting but
startling.
If each individual in this country
would calculate the amount of which
he is annually robbed in the same
manner by a protective tariff, the
death knell of protection would soon
be sounded.
study, even, of the manner in
which the spoils are divided is quite
interesting.
Let us take iron and its products.
and observe the manner in which
tribute is levied upon the people.
In the beginning the tariff was so
adjusted that it would compensate"
the producer of iron ore for the diff
ference in the rate of wages between
American and foreign countries. 1t
did not matter whether he paid wages
amounting to the difference, he was
compensated just the same. The
rate of wages has always varied in
such industries. throughout the Unit
ed States, but whether a particular
producer of iron ore paid high wages
or low wages, he was "compensat
ed" by the protective tariff, whether
Ills employees were compensated or
not
That tariff is contribution taken
from the people and handed to the
producer of iron ore. If 1t ended. there
the burden. unjust as it is, would not
be hard to bear-but 1t doesn't end
there; it only begins. a
The producer of pig iron is con
sumer of iron ore. and must pay this
tribute to the ore producer. He com
plains that he has an equal right tc
protection along with the ore man
and he gets it. If the ore man gets
10 per cent, supposed to cover the
difference in cost of labor, the pis
iron man must get more than 10 pei
cent, or he is only getting what he
pays out. and receives no share O
the spoils. So they give the pig iroI
man, say, 20 per cent. But now come.
the producer of bar iron, who is /;
consumer of pig iron. Unless some
thing is done for him, he pays the
90 per cent to the bar iron man, ant
gets nothing. He wants divvy
If he is protected to the extent of on
ly 20 per cent, he is reimbursed, bu
not benefited. He has an equal righ
with the bar iron man to bount,
from the people. So they give him
say 80 per cent.
j Next comes the iron rod man whit
must not be slighted. He is pur
chaser of bar. iron. Why should HI
not receive 40 per cent as compensa
ton and protection?
I And is the wire man alone to b.
J, ignored in this magnificent distribu
ton of benefits taken from the pee
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-30
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY MORE
TO BLAME THAN FORAKER. :.

From the Streator Independent Times
The republicans know what For.
aker was and is. The exposure only
causes people to say 81 told you so. y
Up to the time of the exposure the
Republicans were very solicitous OF
him and had made arrangements to
have him speak and work for them
Now they have thrown him out bag
and baggage. 1t seems heartless does
MT it?
To cap the climax Roosevelt hits
him with his big stick and says:
Senator Foraker has been a leader
among those members of congress OF
both parties who have resolutely op
posed the great policies of internal
reform for which the administration
has made itself responsible"
Why didn't President Roosevelt say
this before the Foraker exposure?
Why didn't Roosevelt say he is sor
ry for Foraker, sorry to see him lose
his character, sorry for his disgrace
and acknowledge that it is the fifty
Years of republican power that has
b ed the immense amount of corrup
tion.
We honestly believe Cannon worse
man for the best interests of the peo
pie than Foraker, and yet the presi
dent pats Cannon on the head.
Roosevelt is politician, cold blood
.ed-one Of the kind that flippantl;
calls man liar to prove his ar
gument and knocks out his brains tt
gain point.