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The Nome daily nugget., 1908-08-28

Captain Baher. who arrived last eve ming from Siberia. says that there is nothing particular happening over
The Nome daily nugget., 1908-08-28
KILLING OFF
 THE USELESS

TRADING CAPTAIN SAYS THAT osLERIzATIoN OF NATIVES
 IS AN OLD STORY.
The Nome daily nugget., 1908-08-28

GEoRGIA HOODS DROWN ABOUT \ SCORE OF THEM AND 4
 FEW WHITES
The Nome daily nugget., 1908-08-28
MISS STANDLEY
WILL NOT RETURN.

Miss Jessie Standlcy. who has been re-appoinlrd to her old position in the Nome schools, has notified the school board that she will not return.
The Nome daily nugget., 1908-08-28
NEW TEACHER ARRIVES.

ail@ Wuka-. Nla Ht= been appoint rd ta position as teacher in the scauals hore. arrived an the steamer Senator.
 Miss Wilkins formerly taught school in tine Philippines and has travelled ex- tensiyely in Europe and elsewhere.
The Nome daily nugget., 1908-08-28
EAGLE DANCE.

Do not forget that next Saturday evening will be the one for the big Eagle dance at Eagle hall.
The Nome daily nugget., 1908-08-28
RAILROADS PARALYZED AND SEVERAL LIVES HAVE BEEN
 LOST.

Nuggets Special Service.
 r1LuMHA Nue I'm. trrama
The Nome daily nugget., 1908-08-28

EeeewOrth Tobacco at YOrky..
The Nome daily nugget., 1908-08-28

Nuggets Special Service.
 NftJtFe Gs. Aa eN THr slHsIzl iI# fz tI... .-EHrf,d fr this
The Nome daily nugget., 1908-08-28

elatz Weiner Beer a. tn. Bank.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05
milIs: for CITY school twenty mills

mills; for city school twenty mills
total forty-eight mills F.,
Township and school tax Is based
on the requirements or each
and school district as returned by
the township and school boards, and
varies perhaDs more than any other
portion of the taxes assessed. For
instance i'm Volga this year the owner
OF the ne a 2i-ll0-5l, valuation Sl,So0,
will pay taxes 10 the noun OF
$685. on that property. HIS schooi
tax amounts TO S42.j6 you know they
have a fine new school building at
VolgaJ. His state tax, aside from the
Irvine plant tax, only amounts To
$3.50. and the remainder is divided
up among the various funds mention
ed. Remember this. The state board
Of equalization levies the state tax
only. The county commissioners levy
the county general, bridge and insane
taxes and the township boards and
school boards are responsible Tor the
levy of township and school taxes.
II you will take pains to go to the
county treasurer and get the valua-
ton Of your land, and multiply this
valuation by three mills, the actual
state tax. you will find the amount
very, very small as compared with
your total tax, but he it eve so small
the amount is all the state board is
responsible for. II you have any KICK
coming 1t rests between the county
commissioners, township board and
the school board for they are the
ones who levy all local taxes.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05
AN OPEN

The simple fact is that there is a
great controversy pending, and that
the President of the United States is
SO placed that he has almost count
less avenues of information, both Of
fetal and private, as to what is going
OH in the camp of the enemy. For
a great many years past the politics
of almost every state in the Uuion has
been more or less controlled by rail
roads and other large corporations,
or else by political bosses using mo-
ney contributed from corporate
sources. In the great fight for the
public regulation of railroads and in
duStrial corporations the Government
has been very active through the De-
partment of Justice, the new Depart
ment of Commerce, and the Interstate
Commerce Commission. 1t would be
too much to expect that the great
corporations. commanding control of
thousands of millions of dollars of
capital, and ably served everywhere
in the country by legal, political, and
business agents, should not have been
very actively at work to withstand
the attempts of Congress, the Admin
stration, and the courts to bring them
under regulation and restraint. But,
as everyone knows the political meth
DDS of the railroads and corporations
have always been mysterious and Sc
cretive rather than open. Mr.. Roose-
velt's method, on the other hand, is
always that of the open attack and
the frank appeal to public opinion.
His message was evidently intended
TO arouse the interest and curiosity
of the country, and to subject to sus-
picious scrutiny, in all localities, the
political methods employed by corpo-
rate interests. The newspapers in this
country that are directly controlled
by the great corporations are OF con
siderable number. and their attitude
toward the Administration is one OF
the things the President evidently
wishes the people to understand
From 1.-The Progress of the World,
in the American Review for March.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05

Two years ago that branch of the
Republican party, which so eXultingly
STYLED themselves as "stalwarts,' and
dubbed those who opposed bossism,
close corporation and ring rule as in
surgents," were loud in their cOndem-
nation of COe |. Crawford, Philo Hall
and others who We're afterward chOs-
en- by the Republican party to I'll
positions of trust. According to the
"stalwartS" these men were traitors
to the party. The '~'stalwarts" at
tempted to place Gov. Crawford be-
hind the bars on trumped up charges
of land frauds--they maligned the
character of every opponent to ring
rule-they went to the depths of vile
methods in order to stem the en-
quilting tide of public sentiment which
prevailed against them. but in spite
of the personal abuse. threats and
false charges the people gave over to
the progressive wing OF the patty the
affairs of the commonwealth. That
the trust was we'll placed there is
no denial. Every pledge has been
kept which involved the welfare of
the people. But what do we now wit
ness? Those self-styled 'stalwarts
III tHtll dttCiiPt w oSohh SIS
of the party and again betray their
constituents do not in any manner
recognize the present organization or
the administration, every one of whom
are and have been lifelong Republi-
cans. Who then. are the traitors?
Are those men who were ousted from
supremacy two years ago any differ
ent than they were then-have they
c~hanged-are not their methods OF
classifying, resOrting to deception II
fraud the same as they had previous
" practical? We believe the voters
will see through the thin gauze be-
hind which they are attempting to
hide. Rooseveltism indeed-Taft in
deed-the ultimate and only purpose
they have in view is the resurrection
of their fallen structure, the restora-
ton of their bOssdOm and the first
step they hope to gain is to get the
delegation from South Dakota to the
National Republican convention safe
ly in their pockets. If they a turn
the state over to the enemies OF Presi-
dent Roosevelt who are now and have
all along been fighting him in the
senate the leaders may be compensat-
ed sufficiently to make them careless
of what the home folks may think
of their action.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05
sRookINGS COUNTY REPUBLICAN
CONVENTION
To the Republican Electors OF Brook.
ings County, South Dakota:

To the Republican Electors of Brook.
ings County, South Dakota:
The Republican County Central
Committee, of Brookings County,
South Dakota, in @
with the statutory requirement
has called a delegate convention
to meet In the City of Bookings. s. d.,
on Tuesday, the oath day of March,
1908, at 2 O'Clock p. m. for the purpose
of electing Twelve Delegates to attend
the Republican State Convention, to
be held in the City of Huron, $. d.. on
the eth day OF April, 1908.
The ratio as fixed by the County Cen
trial Committee Is as follows: Each
voting precicnt shall have one dele
gate for each Twenty Votes or major
fraction thereof cast for the Hon. Coe
]. Crawford for Governor at the Elec-
tion of 1906, and One delegate at large
for each precinct.
The representation to which sew
eral precincts will be entitled under
this call, Is as follows:
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05

Two years ago the Register TOOK
sides as against ring-rule. IL stood
then. as it stands now, in favor OF
President Roosevelt and. his policies.
II asked no favors then that il did not
merit. II asks II now. The parry
WAS disrupted by the corrupt methods
of those Sho had been acting as lead
ers. and party supremacy would TINS
year have been as naught had not the
Republicans turned out the corruption
lists and %eSpoused those measures
which the people had for years been
cIamoring for. The victory was a
glorious one and the Register is happy
to know that in a small measure 1t
contributed to the forces which won
that fight for the people. We a
hoped the faction which was then I'M
seated would be willing to submit to
the will of the people and unite to
build up rather than continue TO tear
down the party. But they chose other
wise. so that at present the same Is
sues are before us. 1t is either re-
turn TO bossism or go forward along
progressive lines. To allow one inch
is to destroy our well constructed for
%tifications. Shall we go backward or
shall we go forward? 1t is Tor the in
telligent voters Of this county and
state to determine. If there was any
reason for attacking the methods OF
the her leaders of the party there is
no just reason why they should, while
still smarting under their defeat and
hoping to grind into dust their adver.
saries, be trusted with the control of
state affairs. Their attitude is not that
of humiliation or submission. Their
acts belle their words, Until they pre-
sent "A different spirit they should re-
main where they "A do the people no
harm.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05

The Register has made no forecast
of the probable outcome of the pri-
maries in Brookings county, first be-
cause ii did not seem possible that
the voters would be blinded by false
issues to the fact that this county had
been hOnored with a representative III
congress, who is now as he has been
for years working for the interests of
the Republican party and for his state
and county, and who. while his enc
mics and the enemies of the county.
state and the party are working to
cause him trouble, is staying at his
post of duty at Washington. Second,
because the opposition, as they were
two years ago. have done enough
boasting to fill the bill. But o this
paper desires to go III record as be-
lieving that the voters next Tuesday
will vote for Il square deal'-will
vote to show Congressman Hall that
they appreciate his services, past and
present-will vote for Brookings coun
tvs interest and for the furtherance of
R~oOseveltism instead of Kittredge
ring rule. We believe Bookings
county is safe and sane. and that the
miserable un~derhanded work that has
been done by certain ones will, as in
the past, prove a boomerang.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05

While Congressman Philo Hall Is at
Washington earnestly engaged in do
ing something for the benefit of his
home city and the state at large vic
ious enemies are circulating absolute
~falsehoods here at home in order to
make him trouble. Such tactics should
be repudiated by an indignant people.
IL is a pretty sever test of a mans
metal to stand such v%illianous attacks.
but that is the way of this wicked
world where money is of higher value
to many than manhood. Washington,
Lincoln, Grant. Garfield, Mckinley and
even Roosevelt have had the same ex-
perience. When men are cast out for
their W misdeeds they seek to dis
grace their opponents in every possible
way-the character-honor of the
home and ven the wife and children
must suffer. 1t costs something to
fight for right. 1t costs something to
ave the nation from those who care
for money and political prefer
ment than they do for the welfare of
the whole people.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05
THINGS HAVE CHANGED" ~

A "stalwart' was heard to remark
the other day: things are different
this year than they were two years
ago"
May We ask wherein?
Two years ago the rank and file OF
the Republican party OF this state de-
clared by their ballot. in outspoken
language. hat they We're weary of
Kittredge ring rule.
The voters asked that the railroads
be taxed on IN equal basis with real
property. This request has been com
Piled with by the present administra.
ton.
The voters asked for an anti-paSS
law. This law they now have in force.
The voters asked for a primary cleo
ton law such an II as the stalwarts
had denied them two years previous.
Such Il law is nov in force.
The voters demanded an anti-lobby
law in order TO as far as possible free
the Legislature from the baneful in
1uence of the paid lobbists of the cor
porations. breweries and the trusts.
This demand was complied with by
the last Legislature.
These and many other enactments
nave Dttli put Ill lOICt III SIDilt vi
the fact that every stalwart repre-
sentative in the legislature voted
against every measure which was EN-
bodied in the Republican platform or
was demanded by the people.
I'm the face of this these same fel.
lows who fought the people two years
ago and are still fighting TO ave their
own bacon. are now trying to pusuade
the voters that things have changed
How changed?
1t must be admitted that the laws
have been changed to suit the people
that the gang which was in control
two years ago are out-that they are
trying to get i'm again.
IL must be admitted that they have
grown less confident and less brazen
than they were two years ago, for
then they declared the people didn't
know what they wanted. But now
they seek to sneak into the control of
the state through the door of ~treachery
and Misrepresentation.
Yes. some things have changed
but conditions have not. The same is
sues are present in this campaign as
were present two years ago. The line
up Is the same. The same familiar
faces are seen among the leaders in
the opposition to Philo Hall in this
county as were present two years ago.
They have no utilization with the
party proper and are carrying on IA
gorilla warfare fit for the dark ages.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05

The Brookings Press claims there is
no opposition to Philo Hall in Brook
ings county. No n supposed the edi-
tor of that paper would admit his own
insignificance or the insignificance of
the few who train with him. Perhaps
those who train with the editor of
the Press and the editor himself think
their curves are sc short that Mr..
Halls friends are not able to catch on
to their game. Just to relieve their
hallucinatiOn allow the Register to re-
mark that it is one of the coarsest and
boldest plans evr introduced in politics
in this county. We all remember
those friendly to Philo Hall tickets
and the voters realize this is another
attempt to carry the primaries under
false ~pretenseS.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05

Every paper in Watertown is shout.
ing Elect a Glass delegation TO the
state convention Does anyone be.
lieve that Glass has no enemies in
WATERFOWL? A prominent citizen of
that place said in Brookings the other
day: Just g%uaratee Waterfowl a
Congressman and I'll guarantee YOU
$4,000 If that is the way Water
town feels toward a Congressman
from its own town can Bookings do
less? If it is important for Cooling.
ton county to elect Il delegation TO
the state convention which favors
Glass is it any the less to Brookings
county's interest to elect a Hall dele.
CATION to the same convention?
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05

From every place that Governor
Crawford speaks I'M the news of
enthusiasm and large audiences. Attor-
ney Egan of Sioux Falls is scooping
everything before him and is proving
a splendid factor on behalf of the
people. Prof. Holmes and Mr.. Hilerns
are both drawing vast audiences. The
people are waking up to the fact that
the campaign is on and the voters
are getting in line. Let every man
who voted III ring rule in 1906 cast
his vote for a square DEAL again
this year and the corporations and
trusts will know they have no quarters
in this state.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05

Commenting on Senator Kittredge's
recent speech at P~lankinton Tom
Taubman, democrat, asks: How many
people present believe him when he
said he was a friend of Roosevelt?
Where was Kilt when the president
was compelled to seek democratic as
sistance in carrying out some of his
reform measures? He was not then
a friend of the president and only now
seeks to reap a reward from the seed
sown by Roosevelt
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05
WHO LEvIES THE TAXES 4?

Editor Register:
AS some have said that the state
board OF equalization is responsible
for high taxes and that they levy the
entire tax | write to have you inform
me about the matter. | think that
the state board only levies the state
tax as based upon the valuation OF
all property furnished by the different
county auditors in the state and that
the county commissioners levy the
county tax.
Yours Respectfully
A Taxpayer
You are correct, Mr.. Taxpayer. The
state board only levies the state tax,
and they compute the tax levy from
the amount Of taxable property as
returned to them by the several aud.
itors in the state. In 1903, under
Governor Herreid's administration.
the state board found it necessary to
levy a state tax OF Az mills. In 1905
the state board, under Governor FL
rod administration, found it neces-
sary to levy a tax of 4 mills. and in
1907 the present board levied a 8
mill state tax.
Each year the assessors of every
tOWiloDlD IttuIuS W the COuuty Oil
m~issioners, with his assessors books,
a complete list of all taxable property
including real estate and personal
property, with the valuation of each.
This valuation, after being eQualized
by the ariou boards, so that
each tract Of real estate and each
class or article of personal property
shall have its true proportionate value
is extended on the tax list by the
county auditor.
The aggregate valuation returned
by the assessors cannot be reduced by
any board below the value fixed by
the assessors, nor can II be materially
increased.
The township boards of the various
townships return to the county aud
itor a statement of the tax levy their
township will need during the year
to pay all the running expenses of the
township.
The school board of each district
also reports to the county auditor the
tax levy they will require for all pur.
poses for their district.
The state auditor also reports the
tax levy required for state purposes.
The county auditor furnishes the
q or county commissioners with
a statement of the taxable property
in the county as equalized, and of
the amount necessary to be raised in
taxes to meet the needs of the various
departments for the ensuing year.
The tax levy Is then made as re-
quired by the various township and
school districts, for their needs.
The board of county commissioners
then levy the tax for the county gen.
eral fund" that Is for paying the
necessary running expense of the
county for the ensuing year, also for
the bridge fund" and insane fund"
for that period.
The tax list Is then made by the
auditor. The property In each de-
partment being taxed such a rate as
will raise the amount required by
such department. thus In Brookings
city: for state tax, three mills; for
twine plant. one and one-fourth mills:
for county general, two and three
tenths mills; for bridge fund. one
mill: for insane fund. forty-fve hum
dredths mills; for city civil. twenty
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05

The delegates to this County Con
vention will be elected at the Pri-
maries, to be held in each voting pre-
cinct at the usual voting place. on
Tuesday. March 10th. 1903. between
the hours of 3 p. m. and $3.50 p. m. as
provided by statute.
Dated February 18th, 1908.
BY order of the Republican County
Central Committee.
Albert Matson. +. r. Youngberg,
Secretary. Chairman.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05

The Canton News says that anyone
who refers to the state tax levy
will not compare the levy OF 1903 n
1905 with the taxes for 1907 is a dema-
cog and a disgrace. Then we cannot
see how the News can conscientiously
support Kittredge for he sneeringly
spoke of the tax this year as compared
with hat of 1906.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05

Two years ago the Kittredge ma.
chine was openly opposed to every is
sue advocated by the people. They be-
lieved they could win in the primaries
and every voter knows the result. At
the state convention held at Sioux
Falls every inch of ground was con
tested by the Kittredge machine and
does anyone believe that had they
been victors then any of the issues
would have been included in the state
Republican platform? When the cleo
ton was held the contest continued.
When the legislature met at Pierre we
found every legislator wearing the
Kittredge collar opposed to every e
form measure that was introduced and
the most drastic measures were taken
to defeat carrying forward the pledges
made by the state convention. This
attitude placed Mr.. Kittredge and his
followers in the position of opponents
to the Republican party which had by
an overwhelming vote declared them
selves opposed to ring rule and in ia.
vor OF President Roosevelt and Roose.
welt policies. But behold what q
change has come over the Kittredge
machine. They nov profess to be in
favor Of everything they have been
fighting to eliminate-they ask the
voters to believe that they have had
a great change of heart. They pro.
fess to be friends of the Presidents
policies-to be in favor of every reform
which the progressive Republicans
have introduced in spite Of the opposi.
ton by the Kittredge faction. Is it un-
fair to say that the only interest these
men have Is to again, by hook or
crook land mostly crook, gain con.
troll of the state? If they are success
full a you expect them to serve the
people when their masters are the cor
porate interests of this state and ma.
ton?
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05

II second the motion that Philo Hall
be defeated"-G. A. Mathews.
And now Mr.. Mathews wants Brook
ings county to send him to the ma
tional convention. Shall we trade
positions?
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05

: One year of "insurgent" rule has
: given the people a primary law,
+ a%nti-pass law, railroad rate law,
+ law to determine the physical val.
+ ue of railroad property as a basis
+ for taxation, a law regulating cam
+ paign expenses, a law prohibiting
; corporations from making cam
paign contributions, a fellow SER
want law, and in fact every pledge
made has been kept.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05

1t looks as though the Republicans
of Ohio were going to put Senator
Foraker OH the shelf in other words
eliminate him from the possibilities OF
opposing measures in h senate
which the people want and the inter
ests' do not. One by n these n
tors are discovering that the people
want them as servants not as dictat'
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05

Lee Slower, WATERFOWL: Il move
you Mr.. Chairman that BroOkings
county be deprived of a Congress
man."
G.. A. Mathews. BrOokings: II sec
ond the notion"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05

It will be noticed that the Kittredge
faction state they are for Taft for
president-Roosevelt policies. Does
this indicate that they have dropped
Roosevelt and are using the policy
racket to gain favor?