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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-12-31
A Whale. Bad PIioht.

Up among the torn bergs Of the Arctis
a monster whale is cruising about with ,
harpoon Embedded in his thick back. say,
a press dispatch and something less thar
half a mile OF stout hempen rope trai,in,
after him. The crew OF the steam whale.
T%hrasher, which returned Sunday night
from an eight months cruise In the ic,
North. declare that Mister Whale got al
thai was coming to him. HE got ava,
from u.s." muttered the mate. spittins
viciously into scuppers, but we win
get him next season. 1t was good rope NJ,
used, and he'll get tangled up on some
thing. so we will be one whale to the Root
when we get back there.
H was a bad one. though. You .eo
Silva, the boat %steerer. slung the hook int,
him when We We're in open water, between
two big bergs. Off he goes, with the sticl
in his back. and the rope went out IKE .
man tumbling from the loft. He duckef
and dived until one tub Of rope was gone
and he did the sa1ne with another. He wa,
making for the nearest foe, and when h,
reached 1T he spouted a lot of water ints
the air n took a deep dive. The cdr
of the Ice cut the rope like a knife and h.
was off for good. with 1000 feet OF thu
Thrasher's line and . good harpoon witt
him."
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-12-31
HIRED MAN WRITES ROOSEVELT
THAT FARMERS WORK TOO HARD

Washington. Special: An Indiana
farm hand has written q letter tn
President Roosevelt about the work
which the country life commission is
carrying on. The president has turned
the letter over to the country life COM
mission and the commission has asked
the farm ant to write " more.
~ nave been a farm hand just long
enough" says the presidents cores
pondent. Ito learn the cause of so many
sons and daughters II w~ell-meaning,
reliable farm hands leaving the beauti-
full farm ms country and going to the
city. a lack of order aud system on
the farm and too long hours for a day
is what is driving the best minds from
the farm to the Guy y shop. What
can We expect of u hand. or h farm
er's wife and her posterity. in the way
Of Intellectual development when they
get out of their beds at $3.50 in the
morning and work from that time until
s or 3 y. m" And no attention paid to
the sanitary conditions of the home,
and necessary c~onveniences on the farm
for doing the farm work With the least
labor and time
This ms has given the country life
commission some very Interesting first
hand Information about rural condi-
tons and recommendations based on ~
long experience in farm york ard farm
life. He has worked for all kinds of
farmers. good and bad. Ne says, n he
has always had his eye open to detect
the causes of their success OF failure.
He has drawn his own conclusions and
sets them forth i'll downright. straight
forward ashion. Education pays in
farming. he says. The farmer who
plans out his work and carries it
through in a systematic, buSiness-like
manner just az the city man does. Will
be able to shorten the hours of labor.
SO many farmers measure everything
on the farm from the standpoint of
IRENE in something's and Slack in 9TH
ers. / decided several years e that
life is too short To work for Peter
Tumbledown farmers"
Nov, Mr.. President" he writes, you
can take this for what 1t is worth. !
have not given you half my expert
ences." The country life commission
has written him that his suggestions
are so useful that they hope he will
send more.
compel the farmer to be a business
man." lie says. Go into the homes OF
some of the farmers and the so-called
farmers and ascertain how they live
and learn of their methods of DOING
the business in which they are engaged
And you will be surprised what a va
riety you will find. Ascertain wha,
theN. read, and what stress they put or
the literature that comes into the
homes (if any cones) bearing on the
business they are engaged in. See what
per cent study their business.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-12-31
RECIPES FOR CURING PORK.

A recipe which We have tried with good
results is as follows: For each 100 pounds
of pork take 10 pounds OF salt. "a pounds
Of brown sugar, = ounces of soda. . ounces
OF s%altpeter and water e!loug to pop an
egg. Pack the meat in ~ barrel, with the
hams at the bottom. shoulders next and
sides on top. Boi, aud skim off the brine.
add pepper after skimmins. When per-
fectly cool cover the meat with the pickle.
putting a weight on top to be sure that
all of 1t is covered. Let it remain In the
brine four or rive weeks. or until salt
enough. then take 1t out and smoke and
let hang in an open dry place. II the
meat is rubbed well with powdered borax
no insect will bother it.
Here is another receipt it would be we'll
for every householder TO cut out and
keep. It Is TIE way the famous West
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-12-31
(conti.usd Nsxt Wsekl
Tho Simple ILife.

From the Lamar, Mo-, Democrat.
Go out to the home OF some friend who
lives in the country, one OF these sharp
autumn nights. Get out at 5 o'clock the
next morning n do the chores in the
chill approach OF the dawn. then HE your
self to the ornfield and strip
ping the frost-covered bucks from the
nubbins, staying with the Job until night.
Then as you unload the corn into the crib
amidst h gathering darkness you will
have no trouble at all in figuring out
why SO many people persist in hanging
around town-even when they haven't any
Noh HI .EI4-
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-12-31

Give me the educated farmer az a
toss and the educated farm hands as a
.and. When l come in contact with a
hand or farmer that studies his busi-
ness | find him advancing and it is
a pleasure to work for such men.
THE majority of the farmers are
eight-hour men. that is. eight hours
in the forenoon and eight in the aft
eri,oon. Eight or 10 hours on h farm
cal-not we'll be adapted in all cases
but it need rot be from - to 16 hours.
If the family arise every morning at
$ o'clock and the wife and daugh-
ters attend to the household duties,
and the farm hands and sons attend to
the chores and go TO the field at z
o'clock and work until IL or 1880
keep at it until s O'Clock and go to
the house and eat the super and then
dc the evening chores, they have lone
n farm days work. Regular hours for
work. and regular hours for meals and
regular hours for sleep. and regular
plenty of standard papers and boks,
including the pest asricaltui al papers,
and books. INC a full faith in God.
and good grub is wanted.
Tho family Iiould rise at . O'Clock
cn Sunday morning as well as, on week
days and do the necessary Sunday
49,. 'siit, 'A'o-SS WV I'm b. w MI
and SHOW The business man in the
city that Sunday an the farm does
not consist in changing the stock from
r field to another. or s''ltine 1T, or
Unloading = load "f h" that was
brought in on Saturday evening.
Coming to the MEALS at the meal
hour makes it easy on the Wife so she
can arrange her household duties in
oIGer as can also the husband his farm
work.
Men OF wo,th and starding in the
sl.cI and city tell me nat il order and
system We're used on the farm they
We Eld go back to the farm. IL the
Farmer anti to keep his sons and
daughters on The farm he must not
lergthen the hours for a days work
at o ends. Limit tie hours of work
on the farm to ~ or Is With pay 70,
overtime. and freedom to the hired man
Oh Sunday"
The country life commission well
comes letters like his. because as
Professor l.. Fl. Bailey, chairman of the
commission. recently pointed out. ono
of the objects of the investigations OF
the commission will be TO obtain as
fully as possible, tho opinions of both
farmers and of their hands concern
Ing the question of farm labor and the
condition Of hired help. 1t is likely tina
when the ountry life commission
reaches Indiana in the tour of the
country which it will make early mex,
month, 1t will endeavor to get into
personal touch with this letter writ
er
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-12-31
Why Joyner Left Home.
From Judge

Are you ready to receive the obi.
g%ations?" asked the most upright SUI.
preme h~ocus-pocus OF the order o.
Hoot Owls.
Il am aid the candidate firmly.
place your right hand. in this pot Of
boiling lead. rest you left hand .pou
this revolving buzzsaw, close your eyes
and repeat after me-"
Early next morning shreds Of Joyn.
er's clothing were found upon the bush.
es n trees all along the road to Potts.
vile. 30 miles distant, and at Scrabble.
town. 60 miles away. he was reported
still headed west.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-12-31
unofficiaUy Fired.

A western magazine editor narrated
at a Tolstoi birthday dinner in Chicago.
an interesting story about the grea,
Russian.
"Tolstoi." he said. "abominates sneaki
and spies. He intensely abomlnateG
MelilSoff. whose t%reachery and cruelts
to the young radical party was a scan
DIAL even to Russia.
"Melikoff one day. suspecting that a
good deal of evolutionary work wa.
going on at Tolstoi's estate. visited
Yasnaya Polyana unexpectedly.
DO o come said Tolstoi to him
sternly. Officially or as Il private per-
son? If you come officially. here are
my keys. Search. Examine everything
You are quite free to do So
".Eut count said Melikoff. believe
me. I come to You as a private per.
SON.
.Tolstoi looked at him in silence
Then, calling two stalwart mujhiks, Id
said:
Here. pitch this man out of tn,
In,,Sn'"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-12-31
Poet and Creditor.
From the London Globe.

"A Paris contemporary tells this stor,
about Joseph Merry. the French poet.
A reditor called one morning early tc
ask payment of an account. He inter
viewed the poet in bed and expresses
sorrow at having to troublc him. but
would lie settle the count. with
pleasure replied Merry. "Have tbs
goodness to open the first drawer OF
that cabinet" "I have. SIR replied
the creditor. "but there is nothing
there Indeed" Well. try the next"
There is nothing in it," That i,
strange. Try the third There 1.
nothing there, either Look on tn.
mantel shelf But it is the same a.
the drawers ut is incredible. Have
you looked on the table," Yes"
And the secretaire?" Yes. and
there Is nothing" In my %clothes?'
"Yes. / hav turned out all the peck.
cts" 'Ah. WE'LL" replied Merry. with
the greatest composure, ''if there is nc
one in the drawers or on the man
tel or on the table or in the secretaire
or in my pockets. how in the name OF
all that's wonderful can 1 give you
H. NJ
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-12-31

in the Museum of National History by
the horticultural society. The huge
plant which won the prize was grown
in a specially constructed greenhouse
at Mr.. Entermyer's country place,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-12-31
GIVING ADVICE.
MorganVilt.

The Cocoanut-My! Isn't it wretch
eddy stuffy here? I'm all in a commo-
ton.
The Pineapple-calm yourself. II
you persist in splashing your milk.
youth become seasick.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-12-31

New York. Special: First prize. a
gold medal. in the chrysanthemum
was awarded to Samuel Inter
on the closing OF the flower show
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-12-31

G%reystone, in Yonkers. The special
conservatory was 20 by so feet in area.
and the plant was - feet in diameter
1t was grown from a slip two inches
high.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-12-31

Japan Is building her first home
made locomotives.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-12-31
A SMALL ONE.

Knight stands-I want you to under.
stand that I am star OF this company.
star. but you couldn't be found by . Lax
telescope.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-12-31

Madrid has the highest altitude a
any city in Europe.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-01
ENTIRELY new
POSTAL SYSTEM
Joint Commission Appointed
Two Years Ago viii Submit
Bill to Congress. ="

Washington, Nov. So.-The four Of
fees of assistant postmaster general
will be abolished; a director of posts
with seven assistants provided for. and
the entire postal service of the United
States divided into fifteen separate dis
tricts, If the bill for the revision of the
postal laws which is being prepared by
the joint postal investigation commits
sion. appointed two years ago, is
passed by congress.
1t is claimed that a director of posts
appointed to hold Office until removed
for cause. and who shall receive a high
salary, will tend to improve the serv-
ice through a continuity of policies for
the benefit of the service.
BY providing for seven assistants. the
disadvantages due to frequent changes
and the appointment of inexperienced
men TO the four offices of assistant
postmaster general, can, it is believed.
be obviated. The assistant directors
are also to hold office during good be-
havior
To perfect the system of manage
ment, the provision for fifteen super
intends, to have direct charge of the
fifteen separate postal districts has
been decided upon. Another provision
of the bill is the assignment of GER
tain duties now performed by the third
assistant postmaster general to a COM
mission of appeals. This commission
would issue all fraud orders and pass
upon the admission to the mails of
second-cIass matter. The codification
of the postal laws is also a part of the
work required of the commission.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-01
DISCONTINUED CHANGERS.
"Uplift' Commission Listens
Tales of Woe In California.

Sacramento. Cal, Nov 30.-There vas a
large attendance of men and women.
mostly ruralists, at the meeting of the
division of the commission on country
life appointed by President Roosevelt,
now making investigations in the coast
states.
among the members of the commission
present were DR.. II. L. Bailey. chairman
of the board of agriculture, New York:
Henry Wallace of Iowa; W. A. Beard of
Sacramento, and Dr. c. E. Stiles of the
marine hospital corps. ~
Farm and country life and all its phases
We're widely discussed by the commits
sioners and farmers. The discussion de-
veloped into an inquiry into the question
as to reasons why farm life in California
has so many sides that are distasteful
both to the farmer and the people who
work for him, encouraging a desire for
the city with its eXcitements and greater
comforts. Long hours of tell. lack of
school facilities. little if any social life,
A dearth OF competent help and poor prices
for products were some of the reasons
given why farm life is dista steft1l
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-01
EVERY PART OF
WORLD REACHED
John D. ArChboId Gives inter-
eSting Facts Concerning
Standard Oil Co.
WHY TRUST WAS FORMED
SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE FORM
OF HOLDING THE PROPERTY.

New York, Nov. 30-The development
of the Standard Oil companys trade in
foreign fields. as a subject of evidence
in the governments suit TO dissolve the
oil combination, gave John D. Archbold,
vice president. an opportunity as a wit
ness to spread upon the records some
interesting facts. OF the total amount
OF illuminating oil refined by the Stand
ard IN 1906 Nj Archbold stated that 63
per cent was sold abroad. Export fig
ures of other years further showed that
the Standard exported the major portion
of its illuminating Oil.
The line of testimony with regard to
the immense foreign trade indicates that
one of the defenses the Standard is 10
make VIII be this foreign trade. which,
the company will endeavor TO show.
brings a trade balance in favor of the
United States This business, Mr.. Arch
bold went on to say. was secured in the
face of the competition OF AGO foreign
companies. Mr.. Archbold said that the
products of the Standard reach every
part of the world and further declared
that it was the aim of the company to
reach direct every consumer In the far
east. as in this country.
Testimony was given by Mr. Archbold
that during the period of the Standard
Oil trust the trustees poured millions of
dollars of the company's earnings ba TX
into the construction of new refineries
and pipe lines.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-01
SHELTER PEOPLE COMING|
Party From Anaconda, Mont, Will
Arrive This Morning to Construct
Plant for Utah Consolidated.

- Especial to The Herald.) -
!. Anaconda, Mont, Nov. 90.-E. P. :.
- Mathewson, general manager of :.
:. the Washoe smelters Of the Anal :.
:. gamated Copper company in Ana :.
:. conda: c. H. Repath, another of :.
:. fetal of the company: J. b. Nc :.
:. Intosh. Grant McGregor, j. A. :.
:. Dunlap, head of the purchasing :.
I. department, and James Whitehill, :.
:. employed in the same department, :.
:. left this afternoon over the Oregon !.
!. Short Line for Tooele, Utah, where :.
1. a new smelter is to be erected for :.
:. the Utah Consolidated. :.
!. Mr.. Repath, who constructed the :.
!. Washoe. will be field engineer. :.
!. MIR. Whitehill, it is understood, :.
{. will act as purchasing agent for :,
I. the new company. Or the return :.
:. of Mr.. Dunlap TO Butte, the COM :.
!: pany constructing the smelter will :.
= establish headquarters in the :.
= Dooly block, Salt Lake. :.
A e..
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-01
ATLANTIC FLEET BIDS FAREWELL TO
MANILA AND is NOW HOhIEWARD BOUND

the fleet. now homeward- bound. until
il disappeared down the bay in a misty
rain which soon scattered the crowds
that began assembling at o'clock to
get their last glimpse of the big ships
which came from the other side of the
globe.
Practically no ceremonies preceded
the departure There was the final
leavetaking between some of the Of
ficsrs- and their families who had come
all the way from the Atlantic coast to
the Orient to be with them for a short
time, and the reception committee is
sued a farewell address to the men of
the fleet. congratulating them upon
their excellent conduct and bearing
while ashore here, and bidding them
Esodspeed on the long journey to the
distant homeland.
As the sixteen battleships moved
down the bay, two submarine boats.
three coast guard cutters and a number
of launches from Manila kept close un-
der the port bow of the big leviathans
and accompanied them for several
miles. where final farewell salutes were
exchanged in driving rainstorm.
The feet will arrive at Colombo in
two weeks. where il VIII stay for six
days and then proceed to Suez without
stopping.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-01

Manila, Dec. with no ceremonies
other than the cheers OF the thousands
90 people thrOnging the water front
marking the departure, and accOmpa-
hled by several coast guard cutters and
q Few launches from Manila 10 ex-
Chdnge final farewell sautes. rhe At
Adnuc battleship fleet. under Rear Ad-
n III. Sperry. promptly at o'clock
ms tIuesday) morning started on its
n,olneward journed and sailed for Coz
tolnoo' Ceylon. the first portsttle< ssaie
IsOl VIII stop at on the sek6,fff lafff
VI me world-encircling voyagel
shortly before s o'clock the, sixteen
ols white and buff floating f5rtresses
u DssSh TO weigh anchor, ami on the
stroke OF the hour the flagship Con-
reeIicut, flying the double-stsIred
relhant Of the communicating
,oNeu out from the anchorage inft,a-
ne harbor and headed down the BAY,
aa1 little later the fleet, in double
uiiiii formation. with each battle
a. IN perfect alignment. steamed
III, 'he roadstead toward Corregidor
,l,o u Floating across the watef from
49, si'ore came cheer after cheer, which
go answered by the bluejackets on
as,'4 snip. and the water front was
cb;as .er with thousands of handker-
waving farewell and Godspeed to
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-01
TAKING BODIES
FROM THE mine
Mere Than 100 Victims of Ma
rianna Disaster SO Far
Brought to Surface.

Pittsburg, Nov. 30.-The iron buckle t
operated in the 50O-foot shaft leading to
the Rachel and Agnes mines of the Pitts
burg-Buffalo Coal company at Mariana,
Pa since last Saturday, when a terrif-
Vator and snuffed out the lives of at
least 30 miners, had carried to the sur
face. when darkness fell tonight, the
bruised mangled and burned remains or
more than 100 victims of the disaster.
The more reliable count of the bodies
recovered at that time was LILO, two thirds
of which have been identified. The gen.
eral belief was that not many more would
be found and that by noon tomorrow
nearly all the victims would have been
brought to the surface
James Z. Roderick. head of the state
department of mining, came to Pittsburg
tonight TO investigate and fix the respoE-
sibihty for the accident.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-01
TRUST COMPANY QUITS.
Former Bad Management Proved
Too Much of a Handicap.

New York. Nov. 30.-The Lafayette
Trust company reorganization of the
Jenkins Trust company. Of BROOKLYN
which went down in the financial panic
Of a year ago. did not open fer bust
ness today. announcement was made
that toe officers OF the company had de
cided to permit the institution to go into
liquidation.
1t was said that the instsllment paw
ments 10 depositors in the Jenkins Trust
company. provided for by the reorganiza-
ton plan. had proven too severe a drain
on the resources Of the coIIPany and
also that the new officers had been enl-
barrsssed in their efforts &c obtain new
capital by members Of the former man
agement.
John G. Jenkins. jr.. who was presi-
dent of the Jenkins Trust company. Nv
is or trial in Brooklyn on charge OF
grand larceny growing out OF some of
his acts while he occupied that posi-
ton.
The superintendent of barks took
charge Of the trust company today. An
officer of the bank said iepOsitors viii
receive 100 cents ON the dollar.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-01
Had Been Chief a Year.
OLD MANS NECK BROKEN.
Result of Coroner's Inquest on the
Body of Peter WaeItz.

BelIeviIle. III. Nov. 30-That Peter
Waeltz. whose death led to the arrest
of Nellie Morton, II Yeas old. on a
charge of being an accessory to his muir
der. was killed by a fall which broke
his neck, is the substance of report
OF states Attorney Tecklenburg of St
Claire county, made today by Coroner
examination of the corpse by DR.. Irwin
shortly after midnight Sunday, when he
disinterred it. Miss Morton accused her
sweetheart Sidney Baker. of chloroform-
ing Waeltz before the old mans fatal
fall down the stairs leading to Bakers
photograph gallery in Belleville. A chem
ical ANALYSIS of Waeltzs stomach will be
made i'm an effort TO further sEbstanti-
ate Miss Morton's story. Baker is a fu-
Git
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-01
WAR MERELY POSTPONED.
ST. Petersburg Russ Inclined to Lift
Veil Of the Future.

ST Petersburg. Nov S0-An article
published today in the Russ a paper
which has continuously preached war be-
tween the United States and japan.
strikes the only discordant note in the
Russian press comment on the recent
agreement between the United States and
Japan. which. among other things guar
antees the Integrity OF China
This agreement, according TO the Russ
merely postDones the Inevitable Struggle
Until the end OF William II. Taft's term
of office. The two nations. says the Russ,
have surveyed the situation and have de-
cided that a poor price is better than a
good quarrel. The American naval pro-
gram and the American Qualifications on
the Pacific are not yet completed, and
Japan is in financial straits.
The outcome of naval conflict today
between the two countries would be un-
certain. but the paper predicts that I'M
der cover Of this new agreement each will
push its war preparations 10 completion