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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-12-31
CLOSED HIS Passionate
DR.. II. S. Wilkinson Preached His
Farewell Sermon at Nj. E. Church
Sunday Night.

Sunday evening at the Methodist
church took place the dissolving of
the relations between Pastor Wilkin-
son and the membership of the
church. DIR. Wilkinson has been CALL
ed to a broad field of work in San
Francisco, Cal, and sunday evening
he preached his farewell sermon.
There was an unusually large crowd
present, and the entire auditorium
had to be thrown open to accommo-
date the crowd.
Previous to delivering his sermon
DR.. Wilkinson pictured his first com
ing to Mitchell some five years ago.
when there was a congregation OF
members numbering 500 who listen
ed to his efforts. These he has seen
come and go and many more come
into the ministering folds of the
churls, until today he stated that
there ,gnre S84 members regularly
connected with the church. 1t had
been his province, he said, to aid in
the erection of the new church,
which cost $4,000, and which he
hoped would stand forever as a mon
ument to Methodism and the work
Of religion. DR.. Wilkinson referred
to the pleasant relations which have
existed throughout his pastorate and
the kindly feelings that he would al
ways have for Mitchell in his far
western home. He referred to his
successor in the Methodist pulpit and
urged the members to welcome him
with a warm spirit and to stand be-
hind him faithfully for the best O
sibilities to be brought about in the
great work there was to do.
DR.. Wilkinson took for his text
the Goth Paslm: $50 teach us to
number our days that re may apply
our hearts unto WISDOM" From
these words he presented ideas that
he wished to leave with his friends
as a guide for them in their religious
life. His closing effort was an ex
cellent one, and the pastor seemed to
speak with stronger reverence and
greater sympathy as he realized the
ties We're to be broken.
At the conclusion of the service
a great portion of the congregation
ent forward and took him by the
hand and assured him of the great
regret they experienced in his de-
%parture, and the great good that he
had accomplished in Mitchell.
DR.. Wilkinson and family will leave
Thursday evening or Friday morning
for their trip to the coast. which will
be broken by a short stop at Sloan
Springs, Ark, to visit his father on
the way. out.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-12-31

not invoke n great enthusiasm for
the bank guaranty proposition. They
admit that the theory is a good one,
but they have not been able to con-
vince themselves that any practical
solution Of the situation is at hand.
and the Oklahoma law does not meet
their approval. One Of them in talk
ng Of the Oklahoma law said he was
afraid that there were yet too many
John D. Camerons at large. That
ander such a law they would organ
ize strings of banks at little towns
all over the state and after getting
the cream would entirely drop out
and let the state pay their deposit
tors.
The same class of men appear to
be more interested in freight rates
than in the 2-cent passenger rates,
as they look at the freight PROPOSE
ton as n which interests them to
a far larger extent than does the
passenger rate question.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-12-31
CONTEST WILL DEVELOP
In the Organization Of the Hous
and Senate Lively Times are
Predicted 1T Pierre.

Pierre, Dec. 2S.-The contests in
the organization of both the house
and senate at the coming session,
promises to be ON the selection of a
secretary OF the senate and a chief
clerk for the house. with a three cor
nered contest for each place. Talks
with the few members who have
been dropping into the city to Sc
show that there is any particular
sentiment running toward either of
the candidates for the places. The
applicants are strangers to most of
wait and size up the applicants be-
senate list, l.. M. Simmons of Belle
hustler for the place, and he in
tends to land the secretaryship again
if possible. A. A. Rowcn of Parker
thinks that service at the head of
the senate engrossing force for
several sessions has put him in line
for something better, and did not
wait until after the election to start
his campaign, but got busy as soon
as the nominations were made. c.
X. snyder of Watertown, is a new
maa in the political field, but it is
rusaored that he will come down
with a strong support from the
net eastern part of the state for
that particular plum.
IN. the house list for the clerk
Snip, the veteran j.. w. Cone of
Sioux Falls, who helped the first
state session to get under way and
after a vacation of several \ years
again landed the position at the last
session, wants to fill the place again,
and is pushing his campaign. Geo.
Grace of Lead, thinks the western
part of the state should be recog-
nized with n of the good places,
and that the house clerkship would
be just about his size. e. W.. Klein,
of Arlington, was transferred from
committee clerk to a desk assistant
near the close of the last session
and made good at the new places.
He thinks his experience then would
help him to keep things moving if
he was placed at the head of the
desk this year, and is going after it.
For sergeant At arms OIL the sem
ate, dad" Osbon of Huron, who fill
ed the place two years ago, is asking
that he be again placed at the en-
trance of the senate rail, as a reward
for his party fealty in the past try
ing campaign; and =. e. Moscrip of
Canton, who filled that position in
the house two years ago, would be
pleased to again act in the came
position Tor that body.
While the s%peakership is the lead
ing house, position. the indications
are that there will be no contest of
moment for that place, but that NJ.
j.. Clancy will be given the same
honor which has been conferred on
his predecessors and will WELD the
gavel of the house for another ses-
sion. At the same time it is rum
ored that J.. E. Whiting. a new menu
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-12-31
FIRE DID LITTLE DAMAGE
Fire Started OH Main Street in
Business Building Was Checked
Without Much Loss.

The fire alarm that was turned in
at $40 o'clock Wednesday was not
a very welcome sound especially when
it was learned that the fire was in
the business district. There was a
strong wind blowing from the north
west and it meant a possible spread
and much damage resulting there
from.
The fire was discovered beneath
the stairway adjoining the business
building of M. H. Gosche on the COR
ner of Main tsreet and First Avenue
west. The fire department responded
quickly and soon had the water play
ing on the flames. The fire was in the
building recently occupied by Jacob
Bujer with his cigar and confection-
cry store and was on the first
floor. Smoke issued from the north
door on the second floor, just OPP
posite side from the structure where
the fire originated. The personal pro-
perty upstairs was removed and it is
reported that but little damage was
done, and that 500 would cover
the loss sustained.
The fire originated through the
leaking of a gas main. Mr.. Bujer
smelled the gas and with a lighted
cigar in his mouth he climbed up to
the ceiling and found the escaping
gas which became ignited and start
ed the flames.
j.. Kise, who has been conducting
the City restaurant, a few doors
north, has been equipping the up
stairs of the two store buildings with
beds for a small hotel, while in the
Bujer building on the lower floor
he was arranging to start a restau-
rant and the two tneether
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-12-31
THINGS EDUCATIONAL.
BY E. j. QUrGLEY
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT

This week I shall close fifty years
of school work as teacher and super
intendent, all of which, excepting six
years as principal of schools in York
Vile, Ill. has been done in Wyoming
county, N. Y. and Dawson county,
s. d. ! have lot always reached my
ideals, but l have done my very best
and l have the II of satisfaction
that comes with this consciousness.
School work has always appealed to
me as most important and l lay it
down with no regrets that l have
given my life to il. ] believe that |
have had the respect and confidence
of my pupils and the teachers over
whom l have been placed. The re-
cent shower of Christmas greetings
by the teachers of the county is
greatly appreciated and will long be
remembered and treasured.
The schools of the county are all
in session except No. 13, Mt. Vernon,
and are doing good work.
During the past four years three
school houses have been built, and
many have been substantially re-
paired and enlarged, so that with
one or two exceptions they are in
good condition. Many new stoves,
uSShS anu DOOh GASES nave DeSu
bought and practically all are sup
piled with dictionaries and globes
and many have charts, and maps. A
few yet have no shelter for coal and
kindling and a few have no entry at
the outside door, which is neither
economical or agreeable. Eighteen
school barns have been built, which
aid greatly in securing regularity in
attendance.
District No. rs, Beulah, has a
splendid grove of trees growing, pro-
tected by a substantial fence and
District. No. 4, Beulah. and No. %,
Mt. Vernon, have trees growing nice
ly on their grounds. Other districts
have broken ground for trees and
others have done nothing towards
complying with the law requiring the
planting and protecting of trees. The
law regulating the location of closets
has not been complied with in many
cases.
There have been many violations
of the compulsory school law. The
farms are SO large an there is sc
much work to do and help is sc
scarce, that many wealthy farmers
send their children to school only a
few weeks in the year, with the re
suit that there are many native born
young people in the county whose
education is extremely limited.
Rome and Baker have changed to
the seperate district system, leaving
four township districts in the county
While the attendance in most ru.
raj schools is increasing there are
twelve schools in the county whose
average attendance will be less thar
six. One school of. three pupils has
been discontinued.
The number of small schools, this
constant changing and scarcity oil
teachers, the difficulty of securing
boarding places for teachers, the de.
mand for better and more advanced
work and the lack of adequate super,
vision, are fast educating the people
in favor of centralized schools.
But must say a long goodbye
and I will close by speaking for m,
worthy and able successor, the same
generous. courteous and helpful,
treatment that / havefreceived.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-12-31
TIE MOISTURE OF 1903
The Rainfall During the Year Has
Been Heavy and 1t Has Broken
All Former Records.
All Former Records.

ITtTa%HM%sEFE ~ Mga4SH aSfs 49,
During the year 1908 the moisture
that fell in this city as measured by
the government rain gauge amount
ed to 1919 inches, and all previous
records paled into insigniiicance in
comparison with the possible creep
ton Of 1906, when the precipitation
amounted to 3O.5S inches.
January is not noted as a particu-
larly wet month and the precipitation
was but .OS inches. February had
1.49 inches, March 81 and April 3.24
inches. 1t was in May when the rain
fall reached such proportions, the
excessive rainfall washing away
bridges, drowning out crops and pre-
venting the planting of corn until
late in the season. As a whole May
yielded 9.53 inches, and over half OF
the entire rainfall came on two days,
the 18th and l4th. when the precipi-
tation amounted to 5.25 inches. June
tried to equal May in abundance of
moisture but fell short a couple of
inches, although the rains were more
numerous. During June 1t rained 13
days out of 80, and the precipitation
amounted to 7.31 inches. In July the
i hx4lh14 AAOOOA 0ION y la 60NS
the ground a little rest. the precipi-
tation being 2.81. August produced
1853 inches, September 1923 inches,
October 2.45 inches, and November
NbrOke all records in the matter of
rainfall. On the 23d 1t amounted to
1875. and 1t was real water and not
melted snow; and then on the 29th
another rain came that made the to-
tai precipitation for the month 2.4S
Inches. December yielded .S5 inches
In melted snow, it coming practically
from the snOwstorm on h 10th and
18th.
For a matter Of record we give the
rainfall for the past twelve years.
Many times during the ear we are
asked what the rainfall was for such
and such year and in order that a
record may be obtained by anybody
who desires to preserve it we give
the annual rainfall beginning with
1896. which is as follows: 1896,
22.11 inches; 1897, 24.7O; 1898,
1906 inches; 1899. 1887 inches;
1900, 23.31 inches; 1901, 25.55
inches; 1902, 1854 inches; 1908,
1896 inches; 1904, 20.60 inches;
1906, 27.17 inches; 1906, BOSS
inches; 1907, 1886 inches; 1908,
OO.lS 4uCASS.
IA word OF explanation is probably
due concerning the rainfall of 1902
1907, for 1t appears to be small, and
eastern people will not understand
and will wonder how a country can
raise crops on such a small rainfall.
In both of these years we will state
that seven-eights of the rainfall of
the entire year came during the
growing season. beginning from early
in April to the closing of July. al
though some moisture fell before
and after the mentioned months.
For ten years South Dakota has
had sufficient moisture to produce
crops that have made the state ia
nous in the agricultural line,' and
with that record5o Of moisture behind
IL there is no reason to ever question
the fact but what the state has sufi-
cient moisture to produce abundant
CrOps
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-12-31
sOuTa DAKOTA NJ
Government Reports Give Them
Very High Standing Among the
Other States.

Washington, Lee. 3O.-Statistics
prepared by the department of agri-
culture show that the farmers OF
Iowa and the Dakotas are the most
prosperous In the entire country.
North Dakota leads In the annual In
come of each farm worker with a to-
tai Of $755.62, owing to the unusual
w largeafa n of that state. Iowa is
second with an annual income of
$6l1.l1foreach farm worker, and
South Dakota close third with
$605.69. Nebraska farm workers earn
an annual income OF $554,7S each.
p average number OF cree worked
by n man In North Dakota is 1874,
In South Dakotasl36 s, In Nebraska 98
acres, end In iowa only so acres.
Thus considering the number of acres
worked. The Iowa farms are the most
~productive In the United States.
The average value of buildings on
each Iowa farm is $S1S. which is
the highest mark for farm improve
aments OF any state In the union eN-
cept the old eastern commonwealth.
So. Dakota buildings average .$412.-
8O3 for each farm, North Dakota $426
and Nebraska $586.O1.s Value of i'm
ssplementa and machinery on each
farm In these states averages, as fol-
lows: Iowa, $196.55: South Dakota,
&203.14. North Dakota. $238.84;
Nebraska, $164.f1.
North and South Dakota lead in
the average number of horses to each
& farm laborer, averaging six each,
while Iowa has four and Nebraska
i've. iowa outranks all except the
eastern states In number of mich
cows and value of poultry on eacl.
farm averaging seven each of the
s.Srlnes and poultrv worth $50 ..
sSoUih .safsta farms ave an. aye.aga
Ulf SIX mitch cows easn. North Dakota
sDu Nebraska five. The value Of the
the poultyy on eachatsrm in these
states averages as follows: South
Dakota, $50: North Iakota. ST..
sNebrasisa, $21.8O.
percentage of farms worked by
tenants / d each state Illinois is at the
head OF the middle western states
Nth percentage of 1913 iowa has
6stenaDt percentag. { $40, South
sHMkotaks z1.S. Nebraska 30.5 ana
North DAKOTA only $50.
n3nskinean Iands RetaFd Settlement
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-27
KAMALIIKANE
SAYS THAT KAAA
ASSAULTED HIN
Hard Work Finally Got Part of the Truth From
the Wounded Mans ups---More
Revelations Looked For.

ed to get the sixty cents was de-
seribed as a small japanese with black
hair
| Kamaliikane, when he saw where he
had been led, began to explain, but the
more he explained the more he got
| tangled up Then he stated that the
man looked like Kaaa, and Kaaa had
checked jumper and dungarees just
like the assailant wore, and finally the
witness said it was Kaaa.
The jury and the officials looked re-
| lieved, but even then they regarded
what Kamaliikane had told as near,
truth, and thought that he was still
coneealing something.
When pressed for a cause why Kaaa
should assault him he said that it was
because of, possibly, little quarrel
they had had that evening. He said
that last week Saturday Miss Mary
Parker, sister of Rev. Henry Parker, had
visited the house with relation to Kaaa
becoming an inmate of the Lunalilo
Home. On Thursday Kaaa had told
Kamaliikane that he had gone to w.
10. Smith, IS office and spoken to him
about getting into the Home and incl
dentally he had mentioned that he
(Kaaa) was being cared for by Ka-
maliikane. This, according to Kama.
liikane, had apparently put damper
on Kaaa's s getting into the home. Ka-
maliikane said that he then told Kaaa
he was a fool to have told MIR. Smith
that he (Kaaa) was being cared for,
as that would now prevent him from
going to the Home. Kamaliikane said
this seemed to discourage Kaaa, and
although the latter did not show anger
or speak roughly, yet, in the light OF
subsequent events, he believes that
Kaaa IS sudden sullenness was due to it.
Possibly. for this, he had determined
to kill the witness.
After the assault, so Kamaliikane
naivelv explained, Kaaa, thinking he
had killed Kamaliikane, set fire to the
house to hide the evidence of his crime.
As he had had struggle with Kama
liikane and was probably nervous, he
NAV have spilled oil upon his person
while sprinkling it upon the beds and
when he set fire to the Waikiki bed
room the flames communicated to his
person and he ran first into Kamalii'
kane IS bedroom and plunged upon the
bed where the finger and elbow I'M
prints show, and then fled to the rear
of the house and finally ran into the
little clubhouse where he was found blaz-
ing like living torch by Frank Ma
chado.
There are so many features of Ka-
maliikane s story which are shaky and
as he is probably only telling a part
of the truth, the coroner decided to
continue the investigation until Mon
day afternoon by which time Kamalii-
kane may be ready to tell more. than
he has so far disclosed.
There is general belief now in the
theory that the fight, while it may have
started in Kamaliikane' bedroom was
an affray in which each man was angry,
and did not begin with Kaaa stealing
tbrougb the darkness to Kamaliikane s
bedroom with the intent to slay him
as he slept.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-27
CARLOS A. LONG COMES OUT FOR
THE OFFICE OF COUNTY ATTORNEY
To the Voters of Oahu County:

To the Voters of Oahu County:
Yielding to the solicitation of re-
sponsible taxpaying element of the
community, I hereby announce myself
as an INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE
for the Office of COUNTY ATTORNEY,
at the ensuing election. was born
and reared in Honolulu; I have ties of
family, friendship and property here;
have neither the hope nor the desire
of any other home.
If honored by your support, for the
Office to which I aspire, will give the
best that is in me, and my undivided
time and attention, to the discharge of
its important duties; more than that,
will conduct the Office in thorough
ly economical manner, not as an elee-
mosynary institution for personal
friends, nor as a retreat for political
hacks.
The foxes of the ground have holes,
the birds of the air have nests, and
surely the sons of men who seek to fill
public stations should have where to
lay their heads-should have some
hostage in the community whose con-
idence they invite and whose money
they would spend. If elected, my dep
uties will not be peripatetic wander
ers, itinerant vendors of law, but men
of character, substantially identified
with Honolulu and inspired by de-
sire to promote its best civic ideas. No
cases will be defended, if I am elected
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-27
GEIsHA GIRLS IN
THEATRICAL CAST

A Japanese theatrical troupe is play,
ing to crowded houses just now in the
Honolulu theater, on Aala street, near.
ly all the geisha girls of Honolulu he.
ing included in the cast. The plays
presented at the Aala street theater
are of the real japanese type, in dis.
tinetion to the Americanized plays put
on by the japanese companies at the
new japanese theater on Maunakea
street, and the costumes of the players
are picturesque and gorgeous, the stage
groups reminding one of the decora-
tions on Japanese pottery or the scenes
on Japanese fans.
In some respects the Japanese stage
artists do things that strike the aver
age haole as particularly funny. Last
night, for instance, after fierce duel
on the stage, in which one of the con-
testants was stabbed repeatedly under
the arm and expired in agony, super
came on the boards with a red table
cloth. held it between the dead man
and the audience. and kept shielding
him from sight while he crawled be-
hind the scenes. The audience could
stand for the super and the tablecloth,
but not for a dead man walking off IN
nIain view,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-27
ODDS AND ENDS At
THE POLICE STATION

With the nominations of Charles
Rose, chief clerk, for Deputy Sheriff /;
Dan Kamahu, receiving clerk, for
supervisor, and John Prendergast for
a county Office, comes the announce
ment from Sheriff Iaukea, who return
ed yesterday from Koolau, that their
designations are expected at the end of
the present month The loss of Chief
regrettable, as he is one of the most
efficient clerks the station has known.
Waterfront Nelson may be put back
in the receiving station when Kamahu
leaves, Nelson having proven clear
headed officer at the desk.
Captain Parker was yesterday served
with a penal summons sworn to by Mr..
Rietow, the eurio dealer, who says the
police captain assaulted him last Sun
day. Rietow states that he went to
the police station and saw Captain
Parker, requesting him to close some
curio stores then open. Captain Parker
declined to take action until he could
hear from his superiors. There was a
wordy battle between the two, ending
with Captain Parker ordering Mr.. Rie
two from the station and finally TAX
ing him by the shoulder and leading
him to the door.
Peter Hollerson, who was released by
the Sheriff some time ago to appear in
court to answer to an offense for which
he had been arrested, and who failed
to show up, was nabbed yesterday on
bench warrant He will remain in
jail until Monday morning, and will
then tell Judge Andrade why he failed
to appreciate the Sheriff s kindly ac
tion.
Among robberies reported lately is
one which has caused woe in several
households The pake laundryman who
cleanes their linen has been raided by
thieves on three different occasions and
his clotheslines stripped. One family
lost all the apparel of its feminine
members, and the pake paid $40 TO
make good. Then last week he return
ed the same family S wash minus three
shirts, explaining that another raid had
further depleted his lines
Certain matters which have cropped |
up in the detective bureau relating to |
raids on gamblers and differences be- |
tween detectives and informers will be |
laid before the Sheriff shortly. Tie |
evidence adduced before the police /
Judge in many of these cases has been /
weak. and in some cases there was no /
evidence whatever, and many cases
have been lost This exeites suspicion.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-27
NEWSBOY FELL OFF
4 KING STREET CAR

All Foong, a little newsboy, while
jumping on and off electric cars yes
terday afternoon, tried it once too
often, and fell from a car opposite the
Metropolitan Meat Market and lay un-
conscious. He was picked up by Frank
Godfrey and the patrol wagon took the
little fellow to the Queen's IS Hospital.
He recovered consciousness before
reaching the hospital. He was soon
able to leave The habit of newsboys
jumping on and off the ears is be-
coming a nuisance.