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The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-01-25

Beside the sparsely wooded paths, the
flaming sumacs stand.
The scarlet sentinels of blood. outposts
Of Loversand!
When frosts have sent their simmer
down. the sumac bushes red
And paints the hills for miles around
where Autumn hues have bied!
The oak. turned russet-brown and gold.
rears backgrounds, rich and deep;
Tho grape draws sap and spurns her
leaves to everlasting sleep.
The maple takes the purple tint. then
oriole and red
But ever brighter, grander far, tho su-
mac lifts her head!
Through rocky dell, beside the lake, or
where the road leads on,
The deep vermilion of the West, the su-
mac bushes don
The blood of all her race she throws unto
the Autumn's sway
And stands triumphant in the wood, the
flaming torch of day!
And meath the confiagration shed on
tracery divine.
The lover feels his pulses throb with
warm affections wine
And hard be heart of sweetheart fair
that will not grant his love,
II he but speak when sumac flames leap
up to skies above!
Close in his arms in Loversland, he holds
her to his breast
The color of her checks and lips bespeak
the sumac's crest
And there within the Autumn wood. he
wins her heart for aye
With sumac over all the hills and heaven
In the sky!
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-01-25
Rhapsodies.

The beauty of the heart is deeper
than the powder box.
1t makes a man feel all cut up to be
run over by train.
you always can trust a poet to
show you where you can get the best
lunch with five-cent glass Of beer"
says q wise guy. You bet you can
that IL, that kind Of poet.
II the good did not die young. st.
Peter would soon run out of material
for his angel band.
Sometimes victory merely rubs 1t in
on . man.
Geese do not lay golden eggs, now.
adays. Father dies occasionally. how
ever, and leaves q nice nest egg for
geese to dissipate.
1t is painful to see the football re-
porter trying to cut in on the base
ball page during the closing days OF
the pennant race.
Once or twice In mans life he
meets girl to whom he cannot do
Justice with two arms and, enthusiast
that he is, he wishes he were an octo-
pus with whole flock of huggers.
One of the foresights of woman is
always to make enough baby clothes
for twins.
The onion market is strong one to
corner.
Little does the peaceful old COW
know, as she browses on the succulent
hillside, that she is coming to
boracic acid end,
Over in Palmyra, N. Y, . brick fell
out of the proscenium of the local
theater and killed an actor. Stew
bad but l suppose the accident saved
some one from being tried for justi-
fable murder.
The canned dog should run to the
nearest bar and get his can filled.
II the season for lies closed witf
tie termination of the fish season, this
would be less strenuous world.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-01-25
Western Women In Athletics.

That athletics among women in the
west have become popular is demon
strated by the elaborate program ar
ranged by the women of the Uni
versity of California. They do not in.
tend to be outdone by the men attend.
ing the university and have prepared
to participate in all kinds of sport
during the coming season. They have
begun active training, and before .
month elapses expect to be in shape
for = hard campaign. The sports they
will indulge in are running. jumping,
skating, basketball. TEAMS, rowing and
golf.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-01-25
PLENTY Of Pie.

.he old lady who distinguished her Piles
by marking them with IT" signifylng
'..is mince'' and "'taint mince.' has
been outdone by the culinary expert of
n little hotel among the Green Noun
ta,ns The chance guest had finished the
sc; ,ous part of wholesome dinner. when
the cook. who was also waitress and
landlady. asked him II he didn't want
some pie. what sort of pie have your
he asked. expectantly. well. We've got
three kinds" said the hostess. open
faced cross barred and kivered-all ap-
ple"-Country Newspaper.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-01-25

young fellow living near Ashton
brought q watch to Hacketts jeweiry
store for repairs lately. He had pur-
chased the "turnip" from Chicago cat
alcgue house at a bargain price: couldn't
understand why It stopped running.
Hsckett upon opening the case. found a
dead cockroach in the works. Turning
to the owner OF the timepiece he said:
NO wonder the thing wouldn't run, the
engineers dead."-Rochelle Cll) Inde-
pendent
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-03
JACK MUELLER IS DEAD
Young Business Man at Lane TOOK
His Life Thursday = Due
to Financial Troubles.

John w. Mueller, a young business
man living at Lane, committed
suicide Thursday morning ty shooting
himself in the head with a shotgun
at 8 O'Clock this morning. MI.
Mueller opened his place of tuisness
a. usual and while sweeping out the
store n or two friends. stopped in
and spoke to him in a casual manner,
A few moments after the report Of a
u was heard and on returning to
his store, MIR. Mueller was found
dead, having placed the muzzle of
the gun In his mouth and pulled the
trigger.
1t is stated, though without
authority, that the act was a result of
financial troubles. He bought a
stock of goods at Lane about a year
ago, and was in debt to some extent
for 1t, but how pressing his other
obligations we're is not known.
The parents Of the young man live
in Mitchell, the mother being at
Lane at the present time on a visit.
Mr.. Mueller vas in Mitchell only
last Sunday to the knights of COL
umbus meeting. and seemed to be In
the best Of spirits.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-03

there will be no way to get their 1907
losses incurred until their reports
are filed the first of next wear, the
reports from the lire chiefs and town
clerks to the state fire marshal show
losses for the last half of the year at
S263, 223. To double that amount
would make a llrge rtigure than the
losses incurred by the insurance COM
panies for last year, but as some of
the fires reported to the marshal
show no insurance carried, and most
OF them show losses in excess Of
the insurance carried, the data at
hand IN the department would
indicate that the losses incurred in
the state by insurance companies
will be practically the same as for
the previous year.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-03
INITIATION AND BANQUET
The Elks Started Off the New Year
by Taking in Some New Mem
bers and Had a Banquet.

Wednesday evening the Elks lodge
increased its membership by eight.
though that would have been doubled
if the Milwaukee freight from the
north had not been at andoned, as
that many were coming down
for the initiation The following
were taken in: Edward Cornwell,
Mt. Vernon, Frank Mashek. and
Peter ID. Smith, OF Kimball, Edward
Wort,oan, Chamberlain, James Nc
Kinl y L. w. Webber, j. B. Wolge-
muth and Ray Woodman, OF this
city.
After the Initiation vas over with
the 10 Elks in attendance at the
meeting repaired to the cafe o. the
Mitchell Catering Co., where a fine
banquet spread was served. Exalted
Ruler Wa1ne presided as POSTMASTER
and a number of informal talks were
made.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-03

this county this year over last year,
or ever 1906. The state tax for 1906,
as stated, was SIS, 046. 26, and the
amount for 1907 is $40, O7S. 81, and is
based on exactly the same levy. Aside
from this there is d deficiency tax OF
SIS, O39. Al to be raised in the county,
and likewise the sum Of Sc, 299. 26 to
be raised for the state Irvine plant,
which is not fguled in on the regular
state tax.
This increased state tax is due
solely to the fact that the state
board OF equalization raised the
assessed valuation of farm lands
fully 80 per cent, which very natur-
ally made the tax higher on those
lands. This increase did not have
any effect on CITY property.
1t is not at all necessary to IL
dictate to the farming class, who
seem to have been the object Of the
reform administrations class legls-
lation, that they have been mulcted
of an immense sum of money to pave
the way for the reform element. and
they are getting mighty little bene-
tit from the new arrangement. One
of the largest railroad systems In
the state is allowed to get away with
a Nery small assessed valuation per
mile in cities, while the farm lands
are raised away beyond The same pro-
portion. III the farmers of the state
intend to stand for that kind OF
reform. they are going to be the losers
by a very large amount of money.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-03
Hus3kND AND WIFE.
The Pathetic Sequel to a Tragedy of
the Airs


the Alps.
Many years ago | real a pathetic
story. which is CONSTANT, recalled to
mind as the duties of this compilation
compel me to read the records of past
years u reperuse the long closed let
tiers of my beloved and live over again
the happy days When we We're all in
all to each other. | do not remembe,
all the details of the incident which so
impressed me, but the chief facts were
these:
A married couple We're crossing one
of the great glaciers of the Alpine re-
gions when y fatal accident occurred.
The husband fell down one of the huge
crevasses which abound on all glaciers.
The rope broke, and the depth of the
chasm was so great that no help could
be rendered, nor could the body be re-
covered. Over the wife's anguish at
her loss we must draw the veil of 81
ence. Forty years afterward saw her,
with the guide who had accompanied
them at the time of the accident, stay
ing at the nearest hotel at the foot of
b glacier, waiting for the sea of ic.
to give UP its dead, for by the WEB
known law OF glacier progression h
form of her long lost husband might
be expected to appear. expelled from
the mouth of the torrent about that
date. Patiently and with unfailins
constancy they watched and waited,
and their hopes were at last rewarded.
One day the body was released from
its prison in the ice. and the wife
looked again on the features of hin,
who had been SO long parted from her.
But the pathos Of the story lay in the
fact that she was then an old woman,
while the newly rescued body was that
of quite a young and robust nan so
faithfully had the crystal casket pre-
served the jewel which 1T held so long.
The forty years had left no wrinkles
on that marble brow. Times wither-
ing fingers could not touch him in that
the aged lady saw the husband of her
youth as he was in the days which
were conc forever.-C. FL. Surgeons
Nurses Fees.
A good deal OF discussion has beeh
aroused on the subject of the large fees
received by certain nurses In New
York. AS a rule. patients are able to
protect themselves FROM extortion by
aid of a natural and healthy competi-
ton, II in England the custom OF
supplying nurses through cooperation
tends to equalize the rate of payment
The difference between fees in London
and New York is partly one of organi-
cation, che two or three guineas q week
received by the Englishwoman being
pure profit, While the five guineas OF
the American have to provide her with
the expense of living out. Even tax
Ing this into account. the amount
which the New York patient often has
to pay seems high. reaching OCCASION
ally a total Of $50, or e, y week
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-03
MARRIED At ALEXANDRIA
M. K. Eliason and Miss Bond Started
the New Year Right bv join
ing Issues in Matrimony.

Miss Julia Rose Bond and MI. M.
*. Eliason Travelled over to Alex
an1fia 10 have their matrimonial
rites performed at the home of the
brides sister. Mrs. Albert Hill.
IEe Knot was tied in the most
approved and impressive fashion on
the inst day Of the new year. AS
semhled at the home OF Mrs. Hill
were about twenty-five of the friends
aud relatives OF tie young people,
d tile ceremony was performed by
Rev. ID. L. Kuhn, pastor Of the
Presbyterian church, on the stroke
of six o'clock. The rooms We're very
prettily decorated with potted plants,
roses, carnations and smilaX, which
made an appropriate setting for the
popular bride and groom. The bride
looked radiantly happy in a costume
OF champagne silk, trimmed with
cfealu point de veniSe lace and
carlied d bouquet of brides roses.
Immediately after the ceremony
was Completed an elaborate wedding
dinner was served. Many costly and
handsome presents were received.
Among the out of town guests
present. were Mrs. S. Eva Bond and
sons, Cleveland and Floyd, OF Mitch
ell, MI and Mrs. j. p. Eliason OF
Worthiug, and Mr.. and Mrs. r. *.
Eliason and children. of Bard.
MI. aud Mrs. Eliason returned
hcme from Alexandria on the evening
passenger, and for the present have
apartments at the MITCHELL, which
they will likely retain until next
spring.
Bn'h young people are we'll known
i'm Mitchell, and both were former
residents of Alexandria. The bride
is a thoroughly energetic and happy
dispositloned young lady, who pos
sesses the high esteem and friendship
of many, and that she will meet the
r%equirments of their newly imposed
duties there is no doubt. Mr..
Eliason is a fine young man and is
engaged in the business Of photo
grapty. Since coming here last year
he has won the respect and esteem
Of all our people. The Republican
extends its heartiest congratulations.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-03
MITCHELL IS HEADQUARTERS
prominent Publishing House of Chi
cago Selects Mitchell for Its
Distributing Quarters.

When o. ". Coursey moved from
Mitchell to Chicago he did not lose
his interest in the welfare OF the
CITY,, as was demonstrated a few
weeks ago when lie learned that the
George L.. Shuman Publishing Co.,
of Chicago, intended to open up a
branch house for the distribution of
its publications. somewhere in the
northwest with particular reference
to the Dakotas. Through the activi-
ty of Mr.. Coursey in visiting the
publishers with a map of South
Dakota and SLOWING the firm the
advantages Of locating at Mitchell,
with the entlre western country at
it's command, and a surrounding
territory to the north, east ana
south which could be reached in a
very short time from Mitchell, they
took the situation under ADJUSTMENT.
1t resulted eventually in the firm
making a proposition to MIR. Coursey
to take the northwest agency and
establish his headquarters at Mitch
ell. He WAS then holding a fine
/, osition with the w. NJ. WEIGH Co
of Chicago, an was not at liberty to
engage with another firm. However
Mr.. Coulsey rendered his resignation
and accepted the offer OF the Shu-
man company.
Mr.. Coursey was here Saturday
and Monday looking up office rooms
for his headquarters and by March L,
he will be established here as The
northwest representative of the
Shunan company. He lett Monday
afternoon for Watertown TO attend
the me-tn. Of the State Educational
Assertion, and from there goes
direct to Chicago, and then to st.
Louis to attend to suule business for
his new lir,n. lie Stated that he
would return TO Mitchell with bis
family March /, and begin active
work for the company in the north
west.
The George L. Shuman Publishing
Co. is one of the largest publishing
firms in Chicago, handling some
standard works, a feature of which
is the publication of the Stoddard
lectures and travels. a work that is
known the country over.
The locating of the colnpany's
headquarters in Mitchell is quite a
fine tribute to the city's location as
IA distributing center, and tbat fact
is becoming more generally knc"n
every month Of the year. The COM
ing of this company without doubt
will be the means OF attracting the
attention of other companies and
the example set by one big f1u!
rarely fails to act as an influence for
good on others. Mr.. and Mrs.
Coursey will be cordially welcomed
back to Mitchell.
The night came on, the good wife
smiled
To herself as she softly said.
"Thank God, we're happy, healthy
and bright,
= We all take Rocky Mountain Tea
at night" Scallin Bros.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-03
Order to show Cause Why Order to
mortgage Real Estate should Not
Dc Made-tAdmi ..sirutor.)

State OIL South Dakota, County of
Dawson.
In County Court Within and for Said
Order to Show Cause Why. a Decree
to Mortgage Real estate Should not
In the Matter of the estate of Will
liam Cornwell, deceased
with will annexed. of the estate of Will
his petition herein praying for a de-
cree to mortgage the following de-
scribed real estate of said decedent,
h southwest quarter 90, southeast
e eMp, Of Sect Section a"o thirty iHlS i've ($ $Sa''f in
township one hundred two (1o2l, range
in Dawson County, South Dakota.
1t is therefore ordered, by the Hon.
w. Abbey, judge of said court. that all
deceased, appear before the said coun-
ty Cour on Saturday, the 25th day of
January, 1908, at one O'Clock in the
court house in the county of Dawson,
to show cause why a decree should not
be granted to the said Edward Corn
to mortgage said real estate Of the
said deceased, William Cornwell, for
such sum, rate of interest and for such
necessary.
And that a copy of this order be pub
lished at least three successive weeks
in The Mitchell Capital, a newspaper
county, and that printed copies thereof
be mailed to the heirs. devisees and
next of kin of said deceased, at least
ten days prior to said day of hearing
said petition.
Dated January %. 1908.
Attest: Judge of the County Court
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-03
Notice of Application for Probate o
Will.

State of South Dakota, County of
Dawson.
Notice Of the time appointed for APP
proving will, etc.
In the matter of the estate of Augusta
C. Kelso, deceased.
greeting to, Allie !: orswell, Carroll
Kelso, William c. Kelso and Roy Q.
Mills, heirs next of kin of Augusta c.
kelSo, deceased.
Pursuant to an order of said court,
made on the ed day of December, a. D.
1907, notice is hereby given that Mon
day, the 18th day of January, A. p:
the court room of said court, at Mitch
ell, in the county of Dawson, have been
appointed as the time and place for
nroving the will of said Augusta G.
Kelso, deceased. and for hearing the
said petition for probate thereof and
the issuance of Letters Testamentary
therein, when and where any person
Interested may appear and contest the
same.
Dated at Mitchell. South Dakota, the
23d day of December. A. ID 1907.
BY the Court,
w. Abbey,
Attest: Judge of the ounty Court.
(seal) Clerk of the County Court.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-03
Mitchell Grain Market.

Wheat No. l., 92c; No. ?, eoc; No.
3, 85c; No. 4. TIC; rejected. 69c;
flax, 92c; oats, SOC; corn, 4lc; bar
ley, 10; rye, 60.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-03
Fire Losses in the State.

Pierre Capital Journal: The report
OF fire insurance companies doing
business in this state for the year
1906 showed fire losses incurred to
the amount Of 1926, O58. SO. While
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-03

This is the season when your blood
needs purifying; if the blood is pure
and healthy you'll be we'll. The
most reliable blood remedy is Holll-
ster:s Rocky Mountain Tea. Nothing
can do more good. 35c, Tea or
Tablets. Scallln Eros.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-03
Public Auction.

On Thursday Jan. 9th, Stephen
Judge will sell at public auction on
his place " miles northeast OF
Ethan 81 head of horses, ITO head Of
cattle, l46 head of hogs. all his farm
machinery and many miscellaneous
articles. Free lunch at noon.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-03

Don't throw anything away unless
its value is less than the cost Of a
want ad.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-03
When on Tour.

Papa-Ah, my boy, the old days We're
the best! Then we did our counting.
walking in the country lanes. gathering
buttercups and daisies.
Son-Why. pop. We go counting in
the country lanes just the same today,
only instead of walking we go in autos
and instead of gathering daisies we
gather momentum.-Town and Coun-
try.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-03
Not His Saw

Not His Say.
Beggs-What do you say to your wife
when you come home late at night?
Jaggs-Foolish man! What makes you
think l get a chance to talk?
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-03

Attest: Judge of the County Cou
S. Cattrell,
(SeaD Clerk.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-03

The night came on, the good wife
smiled
To herself as she softly said.
"Thank God, we're happy, healthy
and bright,
We all take Rocky Mountain Tea
at night" Scallin Bros.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-11-20
ORGANIZATION OF
COTTON GROWERS
ALL WILL BE MERGED FOR PUR-
POSE OF HOLDING AND FlNAN-
cling THE CROP.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Nov. 12.--If plans
inaugurated today are brought to a
successful issue an organization will
be formed, under the direction of
Harvie Jordan, President of the South
ern Cotton Association, which will
have for it's purpose the accomplish
ment of the detectives of both the
Southern Cotton Association and the
National Farmers Union and include
among its membership in those whose
interests are In any manner dependent
either directly or indirectly, on the
success of the cotton growing indus
try. The adoption Of a resolution to
that effect was one of the concluding
incidents of the conference of plant
ers and others whose interests are
associated in the growth and mar
keting of the cotton crop, which has
been in session here for the past three
days.
At the opening of today's session
the night rider question threatened
to bring the conference to a sudden
and disorderly termination. Walter
Clark, of Clarksdale Miss, precipi-
lated the trouble when he diverted
from the subject of his paper, Better
Baling and Handling of Cotton" to
discuss the night rider situation. In
lenouncing those who participated in |
hight riding raids his language was
severe.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-11-20
HE WOULD NOT
LIVE WITHOUT HER
ST. LOUIS MANS SUICIDE FOL.
LOWS DEMISE OF NASHVILLE
SWEETHEART.

ST. LOUIS, Mo, Nov. 13.-As soon
as he learned that his sweetheart,
Miss Mary Malay, aged 10, of Nash
vile. Tenn, had died this morning fol-
lowing an operation, William Drube,
aged 20, went to the home of her mar
ried sister, where she had been visit
ing, and committed suicide via the
carbolic acid route.
Upon being informed by Miss Ma
lays brother-in-law of her death,
Drube left work at once and hurried
to the house where he had wooed
Miss Malay and obtained her promise
to marry him. There he drank the
acid and died before he could be sent
to hospital.
Drube left two notes, one addressed
to his sister, Mrs. Fred Adams, of Ar
lington, ILL.,, in which he asked her to
look out for their mother and see that
she did not have to go to the poor
house. The other was addressed to
his brother-in-law, Fred Adams. He
mentioned the fact that he owed Ad-
ans IS and expressed regret that he
could not pay it.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-11-20
TRAmro oLEEPING
In PARSONAGE
THREE ARRESTED FOR TRES
PASSING ON PROPERTY OF
CHURCH.

For some time the citizens of the
Thomas Mill neighborhood near Glen
dale have been alarmed by lights seen
at night in the brick church parson-
age which has been vacant for some
time. A search during the day time
would not reveal anything. Thurs
day night Deputy Goad and Constable
Butts went to the neighborhood there
and found three white men, stran-
gers in the neighborhood. The men
gave their names as Jim Cline, John
Bigley and Walter Shuster. They
were lodged in jail on charges of va
grancy and tresspass. 1t is said the
men would spend the days hunting in
the neighborhood and we're using the
parsonage as sleeping quarters.