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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-10-17
Forestry and Fire.


Some reflections that were given
much publicity about the time the
congress of governors met last spring
now comes back to memory, bearing
twisted look. We were all very virtu-
Gus just then. We had learned, to our
surprise and horror that our progeni-
tors had been unparGonably reckless
in their dealings with the property
they should have left intact to US. We
scolded them vigorously because they
had cleaned off our forests until we
were within a quarter of century of
national badness. The ghosts of
those pioneers must be holding their
sides when they look down on their
successors in this supposedly mex
haustible region of natural affluence
and behold us figuring up our fire
losses for this summer. The bureau
OF forestry at Washington estimates
that the destruction in the forests so
far would equal the cost OF whole
feet of frst-class battleships. That
would probably amount to more than
$100,000,000. Either our fOrefathers
were not as extravagant as we have
been calling them, or we ourselves
have not profited by their example.
The offence is the more grievous on
our part since we realize how easily
our forests may be exhausted. Our
predecessors thought they would last
forever-Detroit Free Press.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-10-17
Expressions of a cynIe.

Walter Pater, an old man at so, bald
as a coot and grotesquely plain, re-
garded every woman much as did Dean
Swift, who wrote: "a very little wit
is valued in q woman, as we are
pleased with few words spoken intel
lightly by a. parrot" You don't aP
prove of marriage?" a friend once OBJ
served to Pater. NO." he replied.
nor would anybody else if he gave
the matter proper consideration. Men
and women are always pulling diff
ferent ways. Women won't pull our
way. They are so perverse."
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-10-17
The Allurements of the CITY.

Mrs Perkins and her daughter
Mandy from the country were in the
city one day, and as they walked
along together they came to a win
dow in which was displayed a variety
of women's apparel. Mandy glanced
wistfully at the different articles Of
clothing and started into the store.
But d sign in the window which read:
Clothing One-Ha1f Off During This
Sale" caught Mrs. Perkins eye. She
seized her daughter by the arm, hur-
ried her along down the street, and
exclaimed in a loud voice: wy,
lands sake, Mandy, that amt no de-
cent place fer a girl to go!''-Judge's
Library
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-10-17
New Salad DRESSING.

Mix 1 teaspoon of mustard with I
tablespoon of sugar and add to the
beaten, yolks of eggs, then drop in
slowly one-half cup melted mot hot)
butter and one-half cup of mild vine
gar, stirring all the time. Now add
the beaten whites and cook in double
boiler until it coats the spoon. Stir
while cooking and when cold add /
cup of thick whipped cream Keep
in a cool place. This is especially
fine for a Waldorf salad.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-10-17

My ideal of boy is one who will grow
up and be able to support himself and a
wife and children To be fit to be an Ameri-
can citizen he has got to preserve his self
respect and conduct himself so as to wrong
no one. Fathers need the most preaching
Frequently the mothers who have had hard
lives take the unwise course in attempting
to benefit their daughters by bringing them
up free from hard Knocks Next to hard
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-10-17
PERUNA ADVISED FOR
SUDDEN COLDS.
It Should be Taken According to
Directions on the Bottle, at the
First Appearance of the Cold.

ST. JOSEPH, MICH, Sept, 19O1.-Last
winter l caught a sudden cold which
developed into an unpleasant cafarrh
of the head and throat, depriving me of
my appetite and usual good spirits. A
friend who had been cured by Peruna
aov4scca = % try it and I sent for a
bottle al on g nd l am glad to say that
il = = zee days the phlegm had loosened,
ana lelt better, my appetite returned
and within nine days I was in my
usual good health.
Miss Helen Sauerbier.
Peruna is an old and well tried remedy
for colds. No woman should be with
out it.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-10-17

The termination of the schools, as it
is termed, or, in another form, the question
whether female instructors in large num-
bers tend to make male pupils less manly,
has secured recognition in the forum of free
discussion. A number of educators of
prominence have taken sides, and the issue
involved would seem to adjust itself in the
category of woman's capabilities. Followed
logically to its natural sequence it answers
itself
In womankind and children the Gre
ator of the universe has seen fit to place
strong ties of attraction and affection The
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-10-17
Cincinnati Pancakes.

One egg, teaspoon of salt, butter.
sugar, pint of flour, 2 heaping tea
spoons baking powder or soda and
sour milk when very light Instead
of greasing the skillet, put in large
spoon of lard When piping hot put
in the cakes and they win spIutter
and spread and crinlkle until de-
iightful brown. Eat with butter and
sugar strip. Fine
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-10-17

In our generation women have forced
their way into almost every department
of life. After you nave let them work in
your factories, in your fields and mines, in
your bars and workshops, in your gardens
and postoffices and counting houses, after
you have let them practice medicine and
study law, it is too late to turn back, or to
refuse them the rights of their new posi-
ton. Those who object to female suffrage,
who say that woman's sphere is the home,
should have kept her there Too late to
turn the key on her now-she is not at
home
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-10-17
He ApoIoqized.

Henry, aged three, was left alone
with his three-months-old brother. His
mother, hearing the baby cry, re-
turned to find out what had happened.
"Oh,'' said Henry, 81 choked him a
little, but l asked him to 'scuse me-"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-10-17

Most of the New York papers look
down with scorn on the proposition
to limit the height of future buildings
there to 10 stories. They take loftier
view of the subject from their higher
attitudes.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-10-17
Bring
Children
Up to
Work
By THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
President Of the United States.

should not try to bring up their child in that way.
You don't get the right stuff out of those children for
the next war, you don't get decent citizens when
there isn't any Bring them up to work. so that
they shall recognize obstacle is not something to
be shirked, but to be overcome.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-10-17

The man who is successful as poll
IDEAL speaker is the one who says what
everybody is thinking before anybody
else has put it into words.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-10-17
No
Sex
i'm
Politics
By ISRAEL ZANGwILL.
Poet and Essayist.

Men pray in the church
points of
difference
inquire what any what
the hair your women
upon their pcoas their purses upon being
but their being being
being taneng yourself S
Of falacea.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-10-17

Il shall win that cup eventually
says Sir Thomas Upton. 1t is graft
flying to not that Sir Thomas is no
longer saying lift"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-10-17

The declaration of the boss dress
maker that three years are required
for the proper PRONUNCIATION of a new
fashion in women's dress will surprise
mere men who had supposed that the
fashion changed instantly whenever
the dressmakers took within.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-10-17

IIOoS OF IICIIJ tIIC ICAL
least desirable quality
is softness of head, and
the mother or father
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-10-17

Spain is happy with an unusually
pig crop of olives. Olives are to Spain
what corn and wheat are to the Uni
ted States.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-10-17
Military
Canteen
Effect of It's
Abolition at
Army Posts
By COL. W. B. HOMER.

DVOCATES of the the abolition of the
sale of beer post exchanges has been the of
temperance. believe they right believe prohibition
does not prohibit.
For number of years had charge of the post exchange
at Fort Monroe Va, with garrisons varying from 20
companies of soldiers During this period beer sold
the exchange to the soldiers with very little restriction
and with marked ntemperance due such sale Since
] in
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-10-17

The Rejected-And will nothing
make you change your mind?
She-M'yes, another man might.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-10-17


restrictions sale of beer intoxicating liquor have always
found about the
increased perhaps by the that the inability
glass of beer his exchange often
of the whisky quantity company quarters
practice causing indcpine know
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-10-17

1t hard check It
law for It's punishment fine of SIS all that
posed legally for introducing intoxicating liquor
that deterrent This
hce upsets all law and order barracks
who drink drunken quarre ARRAYS
the dsrespect dobedence general
unrest and discomfort Liquor quarters great disorganze
frequent of trouble military
post exchanges, the to
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-10-17

believe ideal would
intoxicating liquor and where those articles
nate don't get that class of always soldiers Whisky
efficient
their blood who indulgence
keep steady job They good grade
They and then take their punishment
den of life These with
deter them The canteen
saved many of them from prolonged
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04
poor LO" LEARNING
LESSON OF THRIFT;
SECURING LAND

Ioi' RE. s. u, Sept. 1.-Colonel j. D.
ioeets. special allotting agent for the
Indian department. is here arranging
to move his family to Pierre. During
the past year Colonel Deets made the
allott,ne MS an the Grow Greek and
Lower t3lule reservations and as soon
as he completed that work he was
ordered to the Cheyenne reservation.
He made 4S0 allotments on the Grow
creek and 210 on the Lower Brule. This
covered practically all the good land
on both reservations. His work on the
Cheyenne will be much greater as there
are 1000 applications on file for allot-
ments. Colonel Deets says that the re-
will be opened to settlement the latter
part of next year and that there will
be !, tract equal to 6S civil townships
or l2SO.OOO acres. The Indians are
rapidly getting onto the ways of the
white man in the selection OF lands.
Formerly. many of them would select
their allotments in what are called the
breaks along the streams. but now
they are making their selections from
among the best and most productive
tracts so that the land will bring top
prices on the market. Many who took
land {, few years ago among the breaks
are now changing, as they see there
is more money in it. AS an illustration
of how much there is in 1t for some
of the Indian families, Colonel Deets
| stated that he recently allotted to Iron
1 Lightning and his three wives and six
finest land on the Cheyenne reserva-
1ion which as soon as the reservation
| is opened to settlement will readily sell
1
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04
PROBE The AWFLI
MINING ACCIDENTS
Experts Will Spend Some Time
Investigating Causes of Ex-
plosions in Shafts.

Pittsburg, Aug. 2S.-A conference
dealing With mining conditions existing
in the United States and the great
number of fatalities resulting from
mine accidents is being held here. Vic
tor Wattcyne, chief of the Belgian de-
partment mines. who arrived here yes
terday from New York, as the guest of
the United States government, is con-
ferring With Clarence Hall, of the
United States geological survey, In
charge of the government experimental
station here. and j. w. Paul, chief of
the department of mines of West Nir-
ginia.
A thorough investigation of the re-
cent mine disasters at Monongahela. w.
Va. Jacobs Creek, Pa, Fayette City,
Pa. will be made. Captain Desbor-
rough. of England, Herr Meissner, of
Germany. mining experts. will join
Wasteyne in the investigation for which
congress appropriated S15O.OOO.
Ihe abandoned mine at Hanna, Wyo.,
where 40 miners met death also will
be visited. Eight weeks will be spent
in investigation in this country.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04
BURGLAR ATTACKS
WOMAN IN HOME,
BUT is CAPTURED

Emery. S: D.. Sept: 2.-Awakening 70
find burglar standing beside her was
the experience of Mrs. F. f. Taylor.
wife of a we'll known farmer whose
home is south of this place. Mr.. Taylor
was away from home at the time, but
her father. Chas. Majerus. was staying
in the house for the night.
When Mrs. TAYLOR retired she left
light burning. About O'Clock in the
morning she was awakened by some
one touching her face. She instantly
noticed that the light had been extin-
guished. and greatly frightened she
screamed for her father The latter
heard her cries and promptly respond
ed. reaching the scene In time to at
tempt to grasp the intruder as he was
making his escape. The burglar soon
shook himself loose from the grasp Of
the old man, and dealing him blow
which rendered him partially uncon-
scious made his escape from the house.
In the scuffle the burglar lost his cap.
The alarm was given the officers, who
the next morning tracked the burglar
to a strawstack, where he was found
asleep and minus cap. He was
promptly placed under arrest. The
prisoner gave his name as Andrew
Smith, and states that his home is at
ST Paul, MINI. In default OF bonds IN
the sum of $500 he has been placed in
the county jail pending his trial at the
next term of state circuit court IN han :
son county on the charge of burglary.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04
WHAT WAS DONE
WITH s31 GIFT

Elk Point, S. D.. Aug. 2S-County Su-
perintendent II. e. French has just
finished making up the libraries for
Union county and is sending them to
the rural and small graded schools as
rapidly as possible. The library fund
10 cents per pupil-was increased this
year by $S1 from an unknown source,
making the fund $3.50, the largest since
the law went into effect. Last Thanks
giving some unknown party sent from
Sioux City S31 in currency to Superin-
tendent French with this line: Use
for the schools of your county," Mr..
French deposited the money with Coun-
ty Treasurer Webber for the library
fund. and it has been used for the
benefit of the small schools. The books
are most excellent this year, two be-
ing especially worthy of mention
Birds of the Northwest" by a South
Dakota author. Chas. e. Holmes. of
Sioux Falls, and Louisiana Purchase"
by Hitchcock. These books have gone
into every library in the county
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04
SOUTH DAKOTA
NEWS NOTES

In Lead the socialists are challenging
the democrats and republicans to joint
debates.
Blue stem and Scotch fife wheat
threshed around Bath is yielding from
II to IS bushels to the acre.
The Yankton Herald is expecting lOO.-
900 persons to register for the drawing
for Tripp county lands. These lands
will be open for settlement in October
Deadwood has baseball team that
it isn't safe to fool with Anyway it
is related that the team put crilnp'
in the Lead team and is threatening to
do 1t again.
At the Pine Ridge agency it is be-
lieved that another way of making In
dians good than killing them has been
found. Getting them into the church
is producing some satisfactory results.
Deadwood complains of the stealing
of unbranded cattle almost within the
city limits" One way to stop the
stealing within the city limits would
be for Deadwood to cease making the
city a cattle range.
The Pierre Capital-Journal Is calling
on the voters to save the divorce in
dustry by voting against the new di-
vorce law The Capital-Journal says
that this thing is more significant
than people think" Evidently it is
| more significant than the Capital-Jour-
nal is thinking
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04
NO TRACE OF EDDY.
THE MISSING GROOM

Wooster Ohio, Sept. 1.-The myster!
surrounding the disappearance of Ralph
w Eddy. traNe.ing salesman for the
New York and Chicago concern, who
Called to be here fer his marriage to
Miss Lucy Warren last Saturday night.
1.aS not been cleared.
Capt.,in Il. L; Eddy. father of the
young man. thinks his sen wandered
off while mentally irresponsible from
intense heat and sudden attack of
Cuban fever He places but little cred
ence in the theory that his son might
have been killed hy friends of New
York ilighwtNmen Who wanted him out
ot the way because of testimony he
woula give against the robbers. The
old gentleman said his son had spoken
OF fear that friends OF thugs might
do him harm. but after being trans
ferred from New York to Chicago he
never spok" of the matter again.
Ralph Eddy has S1.1O0 on deposit in
a Chicago bank and no check has been
drown against his account since he dis
appeared.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04
MINERS ENTOMBED
IN OKLAHOMA NINE
Mouth of Shaft Surrounded by
Women and Children Weep
ing for Loved Ones.

McAlester Okla. Aug. 2s.-one of the
worst mine disasters in the history of
the southwest occurred at Haileyville
today, when between 25 and 30 miners
We're entombed in HaileyO Oklahoma
coal mine No. i, as result of a fierce
fire.
1t is impossible for rescuers to enter
tho mine on account of the fire and it
is believed the entombed miners will ba
burned to death. All the miners arc
foreigners. A number of men who were
working near the opening managed to
escape.
The fire is said to have started from
barrel of oil catching fire and ex-
ploding. The burning oil was thrown
in all directions. The fire spread with
such rapidity that the miners on the
lower tiers were unable to escape.
The mine is one of the biggest min.
ing properties in the state.
Soon after the fate of the entombed
men became generally known, crowds
of wildly excited women and children.
relatives of the unfortunate men ap
peared at the mouth of the shaft. Their
grief is pitia BILE
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04
NEW LAW BUILDING
is NEARLY COMPLETED

N2.ittliliGn. =. d, Aug. Sit is cX-
pected that the college of Law building.
for which the South Dakota legislature
appropriated $4,000. will be ready for
occupancy shortly after the opening CT
the fall term Before the plans We're
drawn, Dean Sterling, with the super
vising architect, Joseph Swar2. of Sioux
Falls, visited the principal university
law school buildings of the middle west
AS a result the building is perhaps the
handsomest arciitecturally to be found
in amy of the states institutions The
exterior OF the building is u Bedford
stone. In it are d suite of a&nainistra-
tive Offices for the dean. q fire proof
vault for preserving records, an as
sembly room seating 200, moot court
room with all the conveniences OF q
we'll equipped court 81 large library
room, consultation rooms for students
and their clients. and literary society
rooms. The building will not only in
crease accommodations but extend the
course, especially in moot court prac-
tice. The faculty will continue sub
staHtially as heretofore. with the ex-
ceEiion that the department of medical
jurisprudence will be greatly strength
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04
THEATRICAL TRUST
INVESTIGATION IS ON
Government Agent at Work in
New York-Manager Says
Blacklist" Is Kept.

Washington Aug. 2s.-Accumulation OF
evidence against the theatrical trust vir-
tually has driven the government to pre-
pare for action against the combination
which. it's critics declare, is responsible
for deeds as dark as any ever perpetrated
by the villain of meodrama.
The additional evidence has given the
department something tangible to work
upon The manager Of a Maryland thea
ter has supplied a list of the theaters and
theatrical managers who. he declares, are
parties to the trust. This is the same
manager who asserted that 500 to GOO the
aters were forced to pay to 10 per cent
of their profits to the trust" in return
for immunity from interference
v. M Roadstrom. one of the trust
busting" force of the department, is In
New York investigating the charges
against the combination.
The attack on the trust was instituted
here by w. +. Thompson. who represented
William Norris q vaudeville manager of
New York, and Felix Is1nan, of Phila-
dephia. His specific complaint was that
the trust had exerted it's influence to
prevent the erection of vaudeville house
here for which the site had been pur-
chased and the building contract awarded
This interference. Mr. Thompson aver
| red, involved not only the questioning of
| the probity of the promoters of the enter
! prise, but preparations to prevent the
| new house from contracting with any
lHealFlcdl companies OF NauQeVllle actors
| of note. This could be done easily, he
| said, through the trusts grip on the prin-
cipal houses of the country, for any actor
! or company defying the commands of the
! trust would be unable to make satis-
| factory contracts thereafter The trust is
! able to insure comparatively steady em-
| ployment in the case of vaudeville
| throughout the year. The independent
| houses are not
| The Independent houses that decline to
/ meet the trusts demands, the Maryland
i manger declares, refused bookings
| by the trusts bureau According to this
/. manager the trust maintains a regular
| blacklist" on which are carried the
(: names of all such houses. In addition, a
| blacklist" he asserts, is kept of all ac-
/ tors, actresses or companies playing in
independent houses
The government officials are not certain
how far the government can go. The de-
cision will be based largely on the report
to be made by Mr.. Roadstronl. This Il
expected within week or two.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04
TAKING TESTIMONY IN
TELEPHONE CONTROVERSY

Nermillion. S. D.. Sept. 1.-The at
tempt of the City of Nermllion to
oust the Northwestern Telephone COM
pany from it's streets and alleys has
proceeded to the third stage-that of
taking evidence before Referee John L..
.JolleN. appointed by Federal Judge
Garland. The Northwestern company
asked in September. 1905. for a renewal
of the franchise to conduct local ex-
change. which the city refused to give
without certain compensation to the
city. The company then claimed that
the ordinance allowing the long dis
tance line to pass through the city
WAS in fact q franchise in perpetuation
fo, local business. The company Sc
cured an order from Judge Garland
restraining the >ity from removing
poles and wires from the streets, and
appointed referees in Nermillion and
ST. Paul ~ take testimony in the case.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04
SOUTH DAKOTA NOTES.

The Aberdeen Daily News thinks
that the divorce business has hurt
South Dakota.
They have Indoor outings" at Dead
wood to While away the tedious hours
of the dog days.
They stand by the schools at Muir
do. Only one vote was cast recently
against proposal to issue bonds for
new building.
Can it be that there are places to
which the fame of Uncle John D. has
never yet penetrated? Anyway, the
Deadwood Telegram asks which is the
better. to work the people or to work
for them.
There is going to be no scarcity of
teachers in South Dakota. According
to the Pierre Capital and Journal, the
papers of the recent teachers examin-
ations indicate that the total number
OF applicants exceeds 100, an increase
OF 40 per cent over any preceding ex-
animation