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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-18
BAD ROADS

Of making roads good and passable
not only for their own benefit, but
for town people as well does not al
ways appear judicious. The good
roads doctrine that is being preached
every month Of the year is something
that ought to be digested by every
community and then acted upon in
8 favorable light. There was a time
NhsEn South Dakota did not have to
bother much about the condition Of
the roads for they were always good,
but they have been used without
much repairing and today they are a
subject for Improvement in many
sections Of the state. The Louisville
CONVERSATIONAL takes up the discus
sion Of the cost Of bad roads and
lives some sound information along
this line. a portion OF which is repro
duced below:
Everyone who rides over them
knows how annoying bad roads are,
but very few persons who use them
Tor transporting commodities realize
how sxpensiye they may be.
The Department Of Agriculture
presents statistics showing that In a
year only TIA per cent Of the road
mileage N the United States was Inn
proved and that In the richest states
only about 40 per cent Of the mileage
Vas reported q having been improv-
-. Generally speaking. country
roads get q lick and q promise now
and then. Frequently the lick is de-
1erred and the promise forgotten. The
statisttcians tell US that the average
cost Of carrying q ton of goods on q
1rst-class country road is 2 cents,
and on Ordinary country roads rs
cents. It would be interesting to
know the relative cost IN human lite
on bad and good ROADS. Presumably
IN THESE days OF last m~otor-orlven
ventcles. the nKures WOULD snow a
contrast as striking as that between
y cost OF hauling freight from the
farm 70 the market on good ana baa
rOaas.
New York newspaper recently
Asserted>ynA experience proved that
IN New York nine out Of ten taxpay-
ers may ne readily stirred TO usl-
aSms over y discussAvA As 10 whelner
betring on horse races should be per.
mitrea. although perhaps no more
tnAn one Out VI lae ten patronlzes
racing or INDUCES in betting at the
TRACK. put tnat not halt OF them could
be pelsuaoe0 to take an active inter-
] esq ~ = lux Ielorm proposing q saw
1n4 Oh expense TO eacn or lneM. Inls
comment upon the Psychology of the
0reAuwlnner As appilcaDie 10 the good
roaas VuestloA. AYE average farmer
an interest Al almost every
PLANK o. u state or nauonal political
platform and becomes the enthusiast
TIC partisan or one or another Of the
0pOsanE c~auulaates. although the pro-
bsbility that the principles enunciat-
- Will be upheld by the trlumphan,
oontestant for 0nors and emolumenl
May be. and often 10. remote. But
sba1 roads are suffered with compla-
sssegncX N many sections Of the country
sallecats1e the class to which they mean
Ge2agexpense = well as discomfort,
4oep&sfhemsasso ns of the Unavailable
sy1ls q lie and grin and endure &C.
cordingly.
ssas II =, perhaps. because the average
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-18
TICKET.

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Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-11-13
Money Spent in Election

Election day cost the city Of Chicago
this year quarter million dollars.
The mere distribution of paraphernalia
kept 70 teams busy for week, there
being $40 tons Ct it. Beside the $500
ballot boxes there were the election
booths, $4,000 pounds of official ballots
and all the incidentals, except cigars,
which equip polling place complete.
In Chicago the ballots supplied would
have made a pile 900 feet higher than
the tallest building. AS they were
over feet square the string of them
would have reached from the Masonic
Temple to the dog-pound in Huttchin-
son. Kas., according to the nimble sta
. tistics of Secretary l. \. Powell, Of the
Board of Election Commissioners.
The election judges and clerks num-
bered $500 and their vouchers for SER
vice totaled to $4,000 The closing
of the 1000 saloons during the day
meant matter Of $4,000 to their
proprietors and the public service dur
ing the day cost over $4,000. No fig
ures have been offered by an enter
prising press as to how long voters OF
the city would have been in passing a
given point in case they had marched
in Indian file to headquarters to hear
the returns announced. The voters
outnumbered the entire population oil
Illinois in 1850, the year that Millard
Fillmore defeated Daniel Webster fol
president.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-11-13
How to Cure a Cold,

Be as careful as you can, you will oc-
casionally take cold, and when you do,
get a medicine of known reliability,
one that has an established reputation
and that is certain to effect a quick
cure. Such a medicine is Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. 1t has gained a
world wide reputation by its remark
able cures of this most common all
ment, and can always be depended up
on. 1t acts on natures plan, relieves
the lungs, aids expectoration, opens
the secretions and aids nature in re.
storing the system to healthy condi-
ton For sale by all druggists.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-11-13
Stay Out of Politics

Many disappointed candidates will
tics" the solemn advice to young men
in general given by Alderman John
Coughlin of de Foist Bathhouse
John" of political notoriety-in ad-
dressing the children of Catholic par
ish at a church fair in Chicago He
has been in politics in a practical way
so long he ought to know. Now this
is what want you kids to remember.
Stay out Of politics." he said. BE
good citizens; get business of your
own; and if you can't do that, work
for someone who has a good business
Remember, that honest labor and hav-
ing a happy home and family is bet
ter than holding an Office that is al
member what sly. know what I'm
talking about" Was he dashing am
bilious hopes of youth to succeed him
He was emphatic about the personal
cost of practical politics NO boys,
he added. don't 60 into politics; if you
do you'll be sorry This is straight
Take my advice and you'll never run
for office. If you should lose-well
that amt so bad-for you might quit
then. But if You win it's all off. Thai
is. your peace and happiness is all off
You don't even own yourself an,
more. You've sold yourself to the pub
lie. You're everybody's servant 70,
can't enjoy the joys of private life like
you could if you had lost Runnin&
for Office looks good, but if you viii
the fruit truns to gall and ashes, al
the poet says Coughlin is a poet him
SELL, having done, he says, the lyri
Dear Midnight of Love-"
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-11-13

through the separator twice. Clover
has been yielding from two to six bush.
els per acre in the state and when it is
worth $1,000 per bushel, it actually
beats dollar wheat as paying crop,
and at the same time it increases the
fertility of the land. Any farmer in
the state west of the valley will make
no mistake If he tries a small field
Of medium red clover, without a nurse
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-11-13
Glover as a Money Maker

II g. man wants to make big money
and at the same time increase the fer
thity of his soil, IL he is west Of the
Red River Valley, he should SOW few
acres Of clover without nurse crop
on soil that has been MANFRED, pre-
ferably corn or potato ground. If weeds
come up, he should cut them with the
mower with the bar set high enough to
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-11-13

pass over the clover plants beneath.
The second year the clover should be
cut for hay the latter part of June and
the second crop for seed. This crop
should be cut about the middle OF Sep
TENDER and can be threshed in an Or
binary separator fairly well if corrugat.
teeth be used, and the cylinder be set
up tight. To get all the clover seed
and clover straw it should be run
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06
WHITE HOUSE FAMILIES.
William Henry Harrison Had Largest
 Consisting of Ten Children.

From the Boston Glabe.
 There have been times in American his- tory when an advocate of large families could not have cited the household of the White House as an example, for small families have been the rule in the White House, and the census taker in more than one administration would have been obliged to report, NO family
 Yet only two bachelors have been elect ed to the presidency, one of these, Grover Cleveland, changed his condition by marrying before completing his first term. James Buchanan in his youth was a party to romantic love affair, and after the death of the young lady he ap- pears never to have thought of marry ing.
 It has been said that few Presidents had what President Roosevelt would call large families. William Henry Harrison had the largest; he was the father of six sons and four daughters. He was the oldest man ever elected to the presi- dency Hays and Garfield had the next largest families; In the Hayes family were born eight children, and in the Gar field family seven, a large number in each case growing to maturity.
 P, nt Grant had four children, th IS and one daughter, and one of these sons, Frederick D. Grant, is 8 major general in the army. Abraham Lincoln had four sons, Robert Todd Lin coin, who became Secretary of War un-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06

der Presidents Garfield and Arthur alone surviving to maturity. President John son had two daughters, Martha and Mary, Martha presiding over the White House during the frequent illness of her invalid mother.
 President Arthur was a widower, and his sister presided over the White House. He had two children living, but his first child, a son. died in infancy. President Van Buren also was a widower. He had five sons, two of whom were Abraham, whose wife presided over the White House, and John, who was known as "Prince John." President Taylor had a son and two daughters, of whom one married Jefferson Davis.
 President Pierce had three sons, two of whom died in infancy, and the third, a boy of 13, was killed in the presence or his parents in a railroad accident two months before his fathers inauguration as President. President John Adams had a daughter and three sons, President Quincy Adams had several children President Jefferson had five children, two of whom died in infancy. President Mc- Kinleys two daughters died while they young
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06
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which Esperanto has at last been recog- nized At the same time he thinks more of inc advantages which the world will derive from his inventive genius than of personal benefits Indeed what higher ambition or nobler aspiration can man have than the creation of a common ground on which the various races of mankind can peacefully and fraternally rningle? -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06

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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-20
PRIEST STRANGELY SHOT.
Wakes Up on Train to Find n Bullet In
His Arm,

PHILADELPHIA. Sept. l9.-The Rev. q.
Bellamor. said to be pastor of a Syrian
church in Scranton, is In ths Hahnemann
Hospital with a bullet wound in his right
arm. He was shot. while asleep in. the
chair car OF a Pennsylvania Railroad
train coming from Washington to this
city last night. He had visited the
Turkish Embassy in Washington.
The story told by Mr.. Bellamor 10 that
he entered the al at Washington. After
riding for some distance he went into the
dining car, and after dinner returned to
his seat and fell asleep.
He said he was awakened by a sharp
pain In his arm, and opening his eyes
Re saw blood running down his wrist;
at the Broad Street Station was taken to
the hospital by q brakeman. .
Mr.. Bellamor told those who assisted
him that he had been In Washington to
see the Turkish Minister. He. said his
business was of q pacific nature, and that
he knew Of no enemies who would seek
to do him harm.
The strange feature OF the occurrence
OF o shot, and that the window by he
seat Mr.. Bellamor occupied vas not
broken. Mr., Bellamor says he did not
carry a revolver. and no weapon " as in
his clothing when he entered the hos
pital. yet there Is a bullet wound In his
arm. $3.50.
The pastor had a private DON at the
hospital and declined to soc visitors this
morning. After he reached the hospital
Mr.. Bellamor called the Syrian bishop
In this city by telephone and the. bishop
visited him within a short time. They
remained in conference for more than
an hour. and when the bishop left he de-
clined to be interviewed. ,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-20
GAS co. RIeHg;f CRY WRoNs
Permitted Use OF tho Streets May ID
Pieaded;i In Bar. OF Election.

Permitted Use OF tho etreots May he
Pleaded; In Bar OF Election.
The demurrer interposed by the city
to the answer lof the New York Mutual
Gas Light Company In the suit brought
against 1t In tho Supreme Court by the
city to compel the company to remove
It's pipes. and mains from the city streets
was ! overruled yesterday by Justice
Greenbaum, who holds that the answer
is sufficient In law.
The city in its complaint seeks to
prove that the Mutual oompany's right
TO o the streets for Its mains lapsed In
1893 and that the maintenance OF the
pipes constitutes o nuisance.
The company's answer Is to the effect
that the continued use Of the streets
without protest and with the knowledge
Of 9the city and consent Of the adjacent
property holders constitutes q ratifica-
ton which entities the company to leave
Its mains In the streets.
The company also set up in its answer
the actual consents Of the successive
officers OF the city having supervision
over tho laying OF mains and the per-
rnits issued to enable the company to
open; the streets, lay new house pipes,
&c. Justice Greenbaum says that these
consents and permitS, or the allegation
Of them, are necessarily proper, since
the city alleges In Its complaint that
the company has dug into and opened the
streets without legal authority.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-20
KILLED IN A. FIGHT.
Electrician Accused OF. I. he Murder Of His
Former Boarder In Jersey City.

Electrician Accused OF { he Murder Of His
Former Boarder In Jersey city.
Emil Keller, Is years old. a carpenter.
Of $50 Lake street; Jersey City. was killed
at the corner OF Lake street and the Hud-
son boulevard yesterday afternoon in a
nsht with Anton Reiser, IS years old. an
electrician. of i21 Lake street. with whom
he formerly boarded.
The men met on their way home from
work and we're 9 to come together
after an exchange of words. Keller fell
on the sidewalk and Reiser passed on.
Pedestrians picked up the PROSTATE man
and he died q few minutes later. A ply
stefan said that his skull and nose were
fractured. The body vas sent to
Hughes's morgue.
Policemen were despatched from the
Third Precinct station to hunt for Reiser
and Roundsman Hertle found him two
hours later in Lake street walking leis-
urely toward his home. Reiser was
locked up on a charge OF murder. he
said that Keller had a grudge against
him because he was compelled to eject
him from his house. where he was once a
boarder. He explained that Keller at
they met Yesterday and he knocked the
tool out Of his hand. Keller lost his
balance, he said. and fell face forward on
the sidewalk. Reiser said he did not
know that the mar was injured and he
continued on his way without waiting
for Keller to try to get up. ."
He was returning from q store where
he had purchased q new fall hat when
the %roundsnian arrested him.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-20
CONTRACTS FOR DESTROYERS.
Secretary Metcaif Awards Two Each to
Five shipbuilding Companies.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 1s.-The contracts
for torpedo boat destroyers were awarded
to-day by Secretary Metcalf. Two each
Of the boats are to be built by the follow
Ing firms:
Fore River Shipbuilding Company.
Quincy. Mass. on that oompany's plans.
at $eiO.0O 0 each: Newport News Ship
building Company. on Departments plans.
at $4,000 each; Bath Iron works. On
Departments plans, at $e44,000 each;
william Cramp q Sons. on that oompany's
plans, at se64.OOO each, guaranteed speed
thirty knots,New York Shipbuilding Com
pany. on Departments plans. at $ooS 900
each.
; These awards were made after con
sideraion Of all the proposals and in
accordance with recommendations OF the
board on construction. L.,
The last Congress provided for the con-
struction Of ten torpedo bbat destroyers
= to have the highest practicable speed. >
TO cost not more than $500 900 each and
to be built by contract, not more than
three by any n contractor. Under
this authority the Navy Department
prepared plans and specifications for
vessels OF about 742 tons displacement,
the hull and machinery being designed
for a guaranteed speed Of 29H knots.
giving bidders at the same time the OPP
tion to submit plans Of their W for
machinery. Six bids we're received,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-20
PARIS AND MACDOUG.AL LOSE.
They Can't Inspect Grand Jury Minutes
Of Kissena Park Investigation Now.

.
Justice Garretson fled q decision In
the . County Clerks office in Jamaica
yesterday denying the application Of
John W.. Paris and Edward R. MaoDougal
Of the real estate firm of Paris 4 Mac
Dougal of Flushing to examine the min
utes Of the Grand Jury which conducted
tho investigation OF the Kissena' Park
: Tho petitioners figured in the sale OF
the park to the city. and in their pre-
sentiment the Grand Jury scored the
entire transaction. 1t was with a view
to having the reference made TO them
expunged from the records Of the court
that Paris and MacDougal applied for per-
mission to inspect the Grand Jury min
utes. -
In his decision Justice Garretson says
he docs not think that in the interests
OF justice 1t would BID we'll to expose what
was done, In the Grand Jury room until
after the trials Of perjury against Welz
and Chaser. However. II Chaser and
Welz are not brought to trial before
january 1 next the Justice says he will
then entertain q motion to inspect the
minutes Of. the Grand Jury only where
the names Of Paris and MaoDougal were
mentioned.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-20
KILLS HERSELF WITH ACID. :
Woman Had led Movement TO Lessen
Seif.De5truction In .P1ttsburs.

PIrrsRrrc. Sept. 1a.-Miss Jane Eliza
beth Smith. vassar graduate, linguist.
daughter Of DR.. Henry Smith and sister
Of John H.. Smith. president OF the Elec-
trical Ago Publishing Company of New
York. committed suicide early this morn
ing by swallowing two ounces OF carbolic
acid. She was 2s years Of age and a
beautiful INA
Two years ago her fanck died and she
never recovered from the shock.
For years she has had Q horror Of sui
eide and when the suicide wave swept
this city last June. when there was.a
suicide every day in the month. she be-
came so perturbed that she audhermother
formed a society OF women whose object
was to prevent suicides. :
This month another suicide wave
started. Up to last night there were
nineteen, and Miss Smiths makes twenty.
Miss Smith became 30 interested ia the
suicide reports that her mother took her
10 New York two weeks ago to visit her
brother. Yesterday she returned and al
most collapsed when she learned how
many suicides there had BEEN This
morning her mother missing her from
her room, started to search for her. She
found her in a shed clad only in a night
dress dying. .
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-20
RAIN CHECKS CANADA FIRES.
Some Towns stil in Danger. but the Stu
:, alton Has Improved.

=, uuOn ffhb hWpSoNou' -.
, OTTAWA, Sept. Q. -Conditions are bet
ter throughout Canada in respect to the
forest and bush, fires as some rain has
fallen FOR the first time ina week. The
sun could be plainly seen to-day. Many
vessels tied up at Ottawa. Montreal,
Quebec, Fort William. Kingston and
other points got away from port. .
: At Cache Bay bush fires are still raging
and some very choice areas of white and
red pine are threatened. The Lake
Nipissing Indian reserve Is also on fire.
Bush fires are doing considerable damage
near CRANKY. Que. ~ p
At scores OF points throughout Canada
and near to settlements there Ia still some
trouble, but in most cases the flames are
now under control and there is not the
apprehension there was twenty-four
hours ago. A Montreal despatch to-
night says:
sDr. Koch, the eminent German
scientist, left Montreal last night for
New York. being driven away by the
smoke. through which he had travelled
almost continuously from Vancouver.
It was causing him serious inconvenience
by affecting his eyes and throat. DR..
Koch, Wishing to escape the festivities
arranged in his honor by medical men in
the United States, had come, to Canada
for quiet. but finally decided that it was
better TO return to the United States to
await the tuberculosis congress at Wash
ington than to remain in the smoky at
mosphere caused by the forest fires.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-20
TWO zen MISSING.
Tney We're Aboard . Launch on the Poto'
mac Whent the Gasoline Tank Exploded.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1e.--By the eIplo.
sion OF a gasolene tank in a launch on the
eastern branch of the Potomac River,
near Washington, last night two lives
are believed + have been lost. The
party consisted of three young men,
william E. Alger. W, II. Gray and William
Rule, all clerks in the bureau Of naviga.
ton In the Department Of Commerce and
Labor. They frequently. went out To-
eether in the launch, which. belonged to
II9er, and after office hours yesterday
they started out on the eastern branch.
Their friends heard nothing OF them
until an early hour this morning, when
Alger came staggering In through tbs
mud OF the Potomac fats, drenched to
the skin, and walked to a police station.
He said that at about 0 O'Clock the gaso,
lene tank Of the motor boat exploded and
the three men jumped into the: water.
hlrer thinks that Gray and Rule were
drowned. Alger reached the shore with
difficulty. At that time a dense fog over.
spread the Potomac mud fats, and he told
the police that he wandered about all
night without being able to find his way
to the city, -,
A polioe boat was sent out to-day and
a diligent search made, but the bodies 81
the men supposedly, drowned have not
yet been found. ....i