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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-06-04
A WILLFUL MEASUREMENT.
Governor Crawford Caught in
Making Dishonest and Will
full Misstatements.

Coe l. Crawford, candidate for
United States senator against A. b.
Kittredge, while speaking at Sioux
Falls Friday night made the state
ment that the superintendent OF the
Northwestern at Huron issued orders
to trainmen on the day OF Senator
Kittredge's Huron meeting to handle
only perishable freight on that day
and to rush all trains into Huron
and for the employees to attend the
Kittredge meeting.
Superintendent Moulton was seen
by Huronite reporter Saturday
morning and when asked about the
truthfulness Of the statement made
by Mr.. Crawford said: mo such
orders we're ever issued by myself
or any one else. The statements
are wholly false in every particular.
Since coming to Huron l have taken
no part in politics. Have never dis
cussed the senatorial question
with any one. Have never asked,
urged or advised Northwestern
employee to vote for Mr.. Kittredge,
or to attend his meetings here or
elsewhere. You may deny for me
emphatically the statement made by
Mr.. Crawford. 1t is false in every
particular. There is no foundation
for his making such as state
ment, not in the least. i have
no desire to be dragged into this
political fight and do not intend to
be, but l do not propose to be mis-.
represented in this matter even by
the governor of South Dakota.
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whose sworn duty was to protect the
interests of the insurerd. One man
in Sioux Falls has lost $4,000, and
another 81, 200 by this company.

John I. Nelson came fourth. Mr..
Nelson is now the campaign man.
ager for "reform" in South Dakota.
He takes the place of Dick Rich
ards and is known as Richard the
III. He is the assistant general
manager of the insurgent forces.
Mr.. Nelson served a term in the
state penitentiary from September
20, 1899, to December 81, 1901, for
mutilating the public records of
Brookings county to cover up an
alleged shortage. He served his
term for doing crooked and crimi,
nal act. He is now managing the
campaign for Coe l. Crawford and
reform" in the state of South
South Dakota!
John L. Erickson is the last men,
Der of the "Big Five" Mr.. Erick-
son made an offer to the editor of
the Argus Leader to deliver his
support to Mr.. Kittredge for con-
sideration. He wanted to be intro
duced to Senator Kittredge. Both
offers were refused without thanks.
Mr.. Erickson who is not a citizen of
the state, is now private secretary
to the governor, and is helping him
in the campaign for senatorship.
Mr.. Erickson formerly lived in
Portland, Oregon. He was pastor
of Methodist church there. He
was expelled from the ministry and
the membership on account OF his
misdeeds, and left reputation at
that place which prominent min
lister of Portland says mildly was
mot good" The editor of the
Argus Leader has seen the letter.
If Mr.. Crawford's private secretary
challenges the statement, it will be
printnd in full. 1t is available.
Still Mr.. Erickson is good enough
to be private secretary to the gov
ernor of the state, one Of the chief
cappers and one of the big Five
who are telling the right minded
people of the state what they
should do.
How do you like the reform
lineup, Mr.. Voter.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-06-04

The Progressive Grafters' are
busily engaged in an effort to head
off the tide that will overwhelm
them Oh the ninth of June.
1t is evident that Mr.. Crawford
thought that the people would mis-
take progressive graft for progress
sive republicanism- they won't.
A pair of petty grafters Gamble,
the senatorial CRATER, and Crawford,
the land CRATER. Nice pair to
represent South Dakota at the
national capitol! AS Hon. II. L.
Loucks suggested some weeks ago
it hardly seems that this state will
send "another Gamble" to Wash
ington.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-06-04

The fact that Mr.. Crawford has
never once denounced the taking OF
interest by the state treasurer on
public moneys that come into his
possession, has materially strength
ened the suspicion that part OF
Mr.. Crawford's campaign expenses,
which are enormous, have been paid
with money belonging to the people.
A vote to renominate state treasurer
Cassill is a vote to endorse the
endorser of the graft.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-06-04
era wford And Northwestern
FavOritism

Mr.. Crawford has been charged
again and again with special favor
itism to the Northwestern railroad,
as evidenced by his action as mem
Der of the state board of assessment
from 1893 to 1897, inclusive, and as
shown by his assessment of terminal
properties in the different cities and
villages of the state, not to mention
the assessing of the Northwestern
west of Pierre at the rate Of one
thousand dollars per mile while the
Milwaukee was assessed at the rate
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-06-04
palities are hA "a an in the rural
districts. N,

pulitloS aA0 hiS, a '" az VIZ
districts. n,
The Northwestern Ia. 'rn valua-
tion in the towns nameo N'I n, $50.
Had it been assessed at the same
ratio as the Milwaukee (one-t third, tits
assessed value in these towns would
have been s3O6,OO0.00 instead of
1927, 10000 difference of $4,000.
The Northwestern, therefore, saves
paying taxes on 100000 in the
ten municipalities named.
How much does it save through
out the stateY 1t can afford to
divide the saving with Mr.. Crawford
for campaign purposes!
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strong, and Of a pale ashy pink. The two
tail wires vary in length in different speoi-
mems from about twenty-five to thirty
five inches and are destitute Of webs.
The glory and surprising charm Of the
bird lie In a dense mass Of long silky plumes
growing beneath each wing. These some
times attain a length Of two feet, and are
a very brilliant orange, shading away
toward the tip to a Light brown. They
can be elevated and spread out at will and
almost conceal the body Of the bird. 1t Is
these splendid and delicate plumed orna-
ments that are 30 highly prized and sought
for by milliners.
A rare. singularly ornamented and bril-
liant coated creature 10 the six plumed para
disc bird. The plumage at first sight ap-
pears black, but in certain lights turns to
bronze and deep purple hues. The throat,
breast and back Of the head are all aglow
in changing hues Of green, blue. emerald and
topaz. But the most conspicuous n
marvellous adornment IL the SIX wonderful
wireDke feathers which spring from the
sides Of the head and terminate In a small
oval web.
Very extraordinary and spectacular IL
the great long tail. sickle bill species, with
dark velvety plumage. having a magnificent
glossy tail Of intense blue two or three feet
long. Probably the prize speoimen Of the
collection 10 the remarkable type called the
King OF saxony bird Of paradise. with its two
long gorgeous etresmers riang from the top
% the headand sraoefpIlE ourytpG back
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Many o farmer in these mountains has
eeen In the twinkling Of an eye his bit Of
meadow or ploughed land hopelessly buried
under from ten TO thirty feet Of md and
rocks. These buried areas Of ve-dure a-e
never reclaimed.
Many a cottage. many a little tavern.
whole villages even. have Lsen THIS buried
In water and mud.
These disasters nearly always occur
without warning. The peasant mag n
day be sitting by the stream smoking his
pipe and catching whitefisb. Two hours
later his home may be buried out OF sight
or swept away. The family are thankful
II they barely ave their lives.
These wild brooks are rarely able to
repeat their deeds Of destruction save at
intervals Of many years. 1t may take a
generation or two for enough fiae detr titus.
small rocks and great boulders to accu-
mulate along the brook and form by their
mass and weight, when sst in motion. the
mighty engine OF devastation.
Tho settlers on the new land have no
fear for themselves. They know the oatas-
trophe will not be repeated while they live
and 1t may never come again. The chill
dren who take their places remember that
some time or other an accident occurred
where the sapd and boulders are strewn
above their holdings. but It Is all ancient
history. They live as oontentedly as the
peasant farmers on the slope Of Vesuvius.
But some day the vesuvian fields may be
buried under lava and SOM day the wild
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temporary block may occur and the for
ward movement 10 very slow or stops en-
tirely; but down come some mighty boulders
just ~unleashed, plunging into the mass Of
rook and mud, breaking the jam, and the
wild career Of the. debris along the valley
Is renewed. 1t Ii resistless. everything
goes with 1t. the weight and impetus are
increasing every moment.
Alpinists say that II you wish to see a
bit Of the earth as clean as q well kept
kitchen floor you should visit n Of These
gorges after the passage Of the avalanche.
There Is nothing left that could be swept
or torn away and the bottom Of the brook
is soooped out to the clean bedrock.
Careful observation has shown that in
places the movement Of the immense mass
reaches q speed OF 40 feet In q second. The
speed is usually from 10 TO Is feet In Q second
No wonder that In a few minutes after
reaching the mouth Of the gorge the out
pourings have spread themselves yer the
comparatively level land below.
Only two generations have passed since
man began to fight the wild brook. The
movement began In the French Alps.
Surell was the first to declare that il was
wrong to denude the sides Of these gorges
OF their timber. for II the trees were there
the snow would not melt ell at once and
many Of the boulders would remain on the
slopes instead Of rolling down within reach
Of the wild brooks. Switzerland 10 planting
millions Of trees every year 70 clothe with
protective verdure the denuded slopes.
Then French and Austrian engineers took
up the question Of permanent works to pre-
1ant thaoa n va In nchea ~ mud md rock II
was q difficult problem. but several forms
Of Instructions were finally devised to meet
different conditions. and thus far they have
all proved adequate to prevent the destruc-
ton that sooner or later will occur unless
artifcially averted.
The most common form Of obstruction is
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the terracing Of the bed Of the brock from
near Its sources to It's outlet In the plain
below. The terraces are made OF solid plat
forms Of logs built up from the bedrock.
Each terrace has a length Of from one to
three rods and its width Is that Of the brook.
Suppose a boulder falls into the stream
at any point. 1t rests upon a fiat platform.
It may tumble over upon the next platform.
where IL will probably find Judgment. In
times Of very high water the smaller rocks
may be carried to lower platforms. but
every few feet there is an interruption that
tends toward inertia. There is no posi-
bility Of the acceleration of movement
either Of water or Of debris. increasing
with every roc Of the downward flow that
makes them in a state Of nature irresistibly
destructive.
A more expensive form of obstruction
is supplied by the canalization Of brooks.
building wallis Of stone on either side to
keep them within bounds. protecting the
outside Of the walls by high earthworks,
terracing the bed Of the stream as above
described and occasionally intersecting 1t
by a high we'll over which the water falls
ten or twelve feet with a long fiat terrace
above for the accumulation Of debris.
In some brooks the terraces are eight
or ten rods in width. With q drop Of twenty
or thirty feet from one to another. In
other brooks there are no terraces. but
containing walls constantly compel q little
change Of course and masonry projections
make the walls look like gigantic saw teeth.
which catch the descending boulders or
smaller bits OF rock and hold them In the
embayments.
These various forms Of protection are
fine specimens Of engineering and have
proved to be wholly adequate; and the
turning Of many Of the brooks into cascades
has wonderfully increased the beauty of
the scenic aspects in various parts Of the
mountains.
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about q foot. The body 10 small and
clothed In various hues Of blue. black and
green.
There are some eighty birds In the ex-
hibit. and nearly all Of the rare specimens
are named after royalties Of Europe.
One Of the most curious and interesting
things about the birds Of paradise 10 their
habit Of dancing, a performance which the
male bird goes through In the play trees to
delight the Unlocking female birds. The
play trees located in the remote reoesses of
the dense virgin forests are chosen by the
birds as best adapted for their dancing.
They have q profusion Of spreading branches.
with large. but scattered leaves. giving q
clear space for the birds to promenade and
to execute their aerial antics.
Usually two or more male birds, attended
by numbers Of the sober, brown attired fe-
male birds, will dance at n o On the
limbs the male birds assume fantastic po-
s%itions, sometimes lying fat on q branch
with wings fully expended and perfectly
motionless. Then they will suddenly erect
their lovely long plumes. and their ex-
banded wings will form two magnificent
golden fans enveloping the whole body.
Thus they display their splendors to the
admiration Of the watching female birds.
They assume during the dance q great va
riety Of attitudes and motions.
One Of the most recent travellers In the
haunts OF the birds Of paradise in New
Guinea ID A. z. Pratt, An English explorer,
who collected some Of the specimens In the
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present museum collection. This naturalist
describes the manner In which they are cap
tured.
First, the native selects a play tree, wherein
to operate. These trees are tall, often 100
or 200 feet In height. He climbs to the top.
most outer branches and thore constructs
OF branches and vines O large beehivelike
Gage, partly covered by leaves. This is sus-
pended down from o limb, and in this dan.
Cling, swaying cage a hunter, armed with q
bow and a stock Of three pronged arrows,
will patiently remain for days waiting for an
opportunity Of securing a specimen.
His food 10 supplied every morning by
another native, who remains at the foot Of
the tree during the day to seoure any bird
which may fall killed or stunned. Only
the adult males with long plumes are sought
after. The three pronged arrows are
barbed on the inside and 1.-THE object IL TO
shoot at the legs OF the bird, which 10 thus,
as 1t we're, fettered and hut ters helplessly
to the ground, where 1t 10 captured by the
hunters assistant.
The birds can be kept In captivity only q
short time. even with the BEST Of care and
food. Their food consists OF the various
fruits which hang In abundance from the
forest trees and OF insects. Only a few OF
their nests have been found and these were
In high trees and contained but two eggs.
Owing 10 the restricted area they inhabit
and the way In which traders induce the
TO kill them for millinery purposes,
IL 10 probable that the birds win become
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eoea in that soup KETTLE remarks your in

coca In that coup kettle remarks your In
dormant. lNi
Il is really the simple life. On arising
the three men clean house by dumping
anything no longer wan TS doTn NE slope
tsins everything from banana skins to old
CLOTHES. When the pile becomes too bad
they have o bonfire. which helps everything
but the bottles and the tin cans.
After breakfast the men 60 out In the
them lahore BY the boatload. and there
dispensing with q few spare yards o. the
snaky. sIimy stems not wanted by the
florist. In o morning the three Greeks
can pick . supply e. blossoms, WIFI. they
then pack In wicker baskets and cart over
the boats free In the afternoon. and they
may be rented by the hour BY the neighbor-
ing people, who are thus able to get the
bioesoms, The lilies reach New York
every afternoon ut 4 O'Clock:
This Nicolas was explaining to the ad-
with q moist bunch Of about a hundred,
the long stems knotted at the back Of his
neck and tho flowers dangling about his
knees. He looked at the dripping blossoms
lovingly. but remarked. Il guess those are
yours and began to unload.
The adventures had no intention OF
trying to carry the a back through
the woods. 30 she suggested generously,
soh, no. you keep them. rd love to have
She expected to hear him that
pond lilies weren't any great shakes any
way, and hurl them ~pcornfully aside, But
he didn't. He even advised their going
back by the road, which really wasn't
much more'n three miles, instead Of risk
ing the lilies on the short cut, to which the
adventures readily 'assented.
Henry walked gay,iy along, whistlng. his
upon his ~counteuance. The adventures
noted the blissful glance he cast at the
hn why, Henry, do you IKE thsmi.
sNo, ma'am.s no answered. Il don't.
but some folks do
sHenry,s the adventures inquired
softly, for she had q sentimental streak
In her. ..sre you going to give them to your
mether1'
The reply came quickly with utter. seorn.
aNope. I'm goin' down to South Nor
walk and sell EN- to q druggist there. He
pays rs cents O dozen. That's $1.2o.' 4
The expression on Henry's face was as
one who eees q vision OF the sublime.
.One dollar and twenty cents he ref
And then I'm goin' to buy a new fsh,
pole, split bamboo, extension rod ana
Henry's voice trailei of In ecstasy; l..
Thus the adventures redeemed herself
In the eyes OF Henry. who would have
gone fishing II he had been permitted.
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brook due to great aocumulations Of snow
in its upper course turned suddenly into
water by high temperature. The slope OF
the brook bed must be very steep. espe-
cially In the upper half Of it; It may be much
gentler below and yet the Accommodations
there will be forced along at millraoe speed
by the tremendous pressure behind them.
Lastly there must be .prodigious quantities
OF debris to supply the force Of propulsion
when once they get to moving.
1t is the enormous weight Of b mass
an. the force Of gravity that do the real
work. The water starts the movement.
undermines q corner Of enormous boulders
and sets them rolling. carries along the
smaller rock and provides plenty Of lubrica-
ton in the shape Of mud.
Here and there along the upper course o
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brook may vomit from its mouth in an
hour the debris Of the mountains that has
been piling up for decades.
There are thousands Of these wild brooks
and some Of them are always at the danger
point. Hundreds Of them have now been
put In harness 50 that they no longer menace
life and property. but the work Is difficult
and costly and it will be long before the
hamlets and fields below them are all Be-
cured against their outbursts.
How a q little stream set in motion
thousands Of tons Of rocks and rock waste
80 that they are shot out Of the mouth Of
the gorge like a projectile? The stream,
in fact. is little more han the initial cause
Of the catastrophe. Three things are es-
ssntial factors in producing it.
There must be an unusual food in the
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BIRDS OF PARADISE ON VIEW
TEE COLLECTION NOW IN THE
NATURAL HIsTQRY MUSEUM.

Creatures OF Gorgeous Piumage From the
Remote Forests OF New ~Guinea-Their
Curious Danses-Threatened with FIX.
ttpctien by the Millinery Hunters.
A collection Of birds Of paradise just put
q exhibition at the American Museum Of
Natural History furnishes one Of the most
beautiful displays Of bird life seen there.
owing to the gorgeous plumage and beauty
Of form Of the specimens. The collection
comes as q gift to the museum from Mrs.
Frank 9. Sturgis. Prof. Frank M. Chap
man secured the birds after an extensive
search among all the leading bird dealers
throughout Europe.
Many were obtained at the London Bird
Sales Rooms, the worlds great market
place for fine plumed birds. Representa-
lives from all the big millinery establish
ments Of Europe and America, as well as
private and scientific collectors, 60 there
TO bid for rare specimens. some Of which
command 800 and more. The birds were
mounted by c. r. Denslow. who is an en-
pert In this line.
The birds Of paradise are found In New
Guinea and some Of the adjacent islands.
New Guinea is of extraordinary interest to
NC oiLhtuOiOBlbts " oNSi fV ~
species Of birds OF wonderful varied types
are found there. making it probably the
richest region on the globe for the bird
explorers enterprise.
There are some eighty-fve species Of
birds Of paradise found In New Guinea
and the adjacent islands, though they
range as far north as the Moluccas and as
far south as eastern Australia. They are
divided into three sub-familiee-the true
birds OF paradise. with ~forty-one species;
the sickle birds Of paradise. with seventeen
species, and the bower birds. a family
comprised Of three species.
The bird Of paradise wal first made
known to science by the navigator Magellan
when returning from his voyage around
IA world In 1922 lie brought five specimens
which had been given him by the chief
md ruler Of an island near New Guinea
e q present for the King Of Spain. The
speoimens having been preserved without
tbeir feet, the species was named, in 1853.
by Ldnneus, Paradisea apoda.
i The bird itself In about as big az q crow,
but its extraordinary mass OF flowing
plumaee makes IL appear much larger. The
ynaia bird measures about seventeen inches
fPom the tip Of the beak TO the end Of the
tau. the color Of the body. wings and tail
b. sioh brown. -.
Tia bead and neck are clothed with
feathers OF o delicate yellow, while those
Of the lower part Of the throat are Of a
rnetaIio emerald green. The beak 10 OF a
had blue color, The fest are laFse, and
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TANNING WILD ALPINE BROOKS
ENGINEERS SUPPLY PROTECTION
FROM AYALANCHES OF MUD.

~Tremendeus Destructive Power OF Little
Streams IN the Aips-Farms and Even
whole villages Bur1ed-Man's Fight
Travellers In the Alps, and especially in
tho Tyrol parts OF Bs7eria. have often seen
IN narrow valleys long artificial stairways
q water forming scores Of little cascades
riding higher and higher In tho background
TN lost to view at Q turn Of the gorge. Many
Of these eeries Il waterfalls extend miles
back into the mountains. They have to
do with the Wildbachen or wild brooks,
streams well named, for they are as wild
as the mountains they come from. pic
turesque whom in gentle mood, but de-
structive when their waters, swollen to a
food. sweep down the steep i~nclines.