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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-12-11
THE CEMENT CONVENTION
Cement Men of the Northwest Will
Assemble in Minneapolis. Early
in March 1909.
in March 1909

The fifth annual convention of the
Northwestern Cement Products AS
ISOLATION to be held in Minneapolis
March "a, promises to be the largest
ever held in the northwest.
Manufacturers of cement pro-
ducts machinery in large numbers
have already applied for space in the
armory which will contain about
$4,000 square feet of exhibits.
The former members have been
corresponding with the secretary in
Minneapolis. sending in 1909 mem
bership fees, and many new men, re-
Gently engaging in the business, have
already applied for membership.
Cement as a building material @e
this age, and its wide and varied uses
especially al regards the small users.
makes Of It a very interesting study.
the properties of which are not gen.
crafty understood, so that the COM
ing convention with its long program
OF interesting papers. covering near
ly every use to which cement has
been or can be put, together with
discussions by members on the floor,
makes ii Of particular interest on the
opening Of a season looked forward
to as the greatest building season of
the entire country and especially of
the prosperous northwest.
From the outlook at tile present
time there will be nearly one thous-
and members attending this conven-
tIon from all parts of the country, in
addition to the exhibition of every
KIND of machinery that can be used.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-12-11

That lot you own msy be worth
twice 20 m3ch to some. other person
as It is to you. Find out through
a van Al
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-10
A MAJORITY VOTE.

The Advertiser will take no part whatever in the contest for the vacan. ey in the Second District. It win do nothing to help or hinder the ambition of any single one of the various can. didates. now before the people or who may later enter the race.
 But The Advertiser insists that the nomination shall be made by . ma Jority vote. 4 majority vote is just equitable and democratio.f A majority nomination is demanded by democratic principles and by democratic tradi- tions. .o,n!s
 With the present field in the race with only one primary it is not only possible. but 1t is probable that 6 nom- ination will be made minority vote. With so many candidates in the field 1t is improbable that any one of them will receive a majority of the votes cast. Justice and Democratic precedents demand that the winner of the race shall receive a majority of the ballots of the voters participating in the primary.
 We insist upon the fairness and jus. tice of this and in doing so we take the only part The Advertiser will have in the contest.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-10
sunMARINEs NO GooD.

So Says Holland, the Inventor, De-
 crying His Own Wares
 Newark Star.
 John P. Holland inventor of the Hol- and boat, declared to Star represent alive that the submmarine boats be- longing to the government and for which millions were disbursed, are absolutely useless, and that any further expenditure for these. boats as eonten- plated In the naval appropriation bill. will be a criminal waste of the public money. "The appropriations" said Mir. Holland, should go to the building Of battle ships. which constitute the great unit of naval power"
 The inventor was asked if only the American built submarine was useless if the European type excelled.
 -By no means" said Mir. Holland; "the submarines of France, BnglandA and Germany are of just as little prac- tical use in naval warfare as ours under the condition that exist to-day.
 'tThe original Holland boat, designed. and built by me, was intended for har~ Dor defense, and to operate against a hostile fleet beleaguering a port and anchored outside within a, few miles. Such was the blockade of Santiago Harbor by Sampson's fleet in 1898. But we did not then have the high powered guns of the present day. Harbors are now protected by ordnance carrying proJectiles to such effective distances that the hostile ships must, keep twelve or fifteen mile of and also keep constantly in motion. Against these ships a submarine would have no poWer." D. e
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-10
Curing Leprosy.
washington Star.

4
 If 1t is true. as indicated by the re- port just printed. that leprosy has been cured in the Louisiana State Home for Lepers, there win be great reJoic- ing in the scientific world. This dIs- ease has been heretofore rated as practically hopeless, and colonies have baen established under the most en- frightened systems of government for the humane segregation of lepers to prevent the spread of the disease. It appears from the reports from New Orleans that out of Sixty-one patients been practically cured, one having been discharged and Ave kept for further observation. The most re- rnarkable fact about this case is that no specific treatment for the disease has been undertaken. The patients
 have been given the utmost freedom of action and have been insured per- fectly sanitary surroundings, while a well planned system of general medical treatment has been maintained. Of
 course. if this practice is no different from that in vogue at the other leper colonies. the six cures must be set down as purely chance cases, possibly the results Of incorrect diagnosis. But 1t Is significant that the Sisters of Charity in charge of the nursing work at the institution have never. in the thirteen years of it's existence. been infected by the disease. and the con. clusion is suggested that perhaps the success of the treatment is due to the freedom granted patients and to the good food, sanitary surroundings and through medical treatment. The com quest of leprosy is today one of the most persistent objects of haetertolo. gists. First in order of their research comes cancer, the nature and cure of which are sought throughout the world by the most patient, perseverine investigators. If this disease and lep- rosy are ever brought under the re- straint of strictly scientific treatment of prevention and cure. the laborator- les will indeed have scored tremandouf advances in the interest of humanity
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-10
ODDS AND ENDS.

London consumes 800, 900. .000 eggs a year. They weigh e0,Q00 tons and cost
 Tn spite of present facilities. cen- tracts. are out or bills asked for . dozen new railway. linss in Engiapd
 Russian contractors have protested against the placing of. the new war ship contracts with British firms.
 The most wonderful. costly and nag nIfcantr garment in the world .-ls the State Febe of the queen of siam. which she wears about once year.
 The total number of letters handled in the postofaces of Great Britain in the year 1906-0T was z.s00. 900 ,00O--arl average of sixty-four for each inhabi- tant.s
 Diabol6 has become such a craze on board vessels in the British MedIterran- can fleet that diabolo sets are now rated with parrots and monkeys as 'sprohibited pets.
 As the British Ahirst Ainiinfshea. the British sweet tooth becomes more ex- acting. Fifty years ago the annual per capital consumption of sugar in the United Kingdom was 2s Ia pounds; now it's nearly 100 pounds.
 French business interesta in the Western Soudan have grown until the telephone has become nAceasity. Hun. dreds of natives are now engaged Iri stringing telephone wires.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-10
rAsY prvoRcrs.

The facility and ease with which divorces can be obtained in the United States has often been the subject Of unfavorable comment in England, where the system of divorce while you wait" Is not practiced. In a recent is- sue of The Yale Law Journal. Mir. !. A Barratt, an English lawyer. tells of one instance which graphically ulus- trates the evils of the American way of doing such things. He says:
 had my attention called in New York only short time ago to the case of lady who thought it was a very simple Snrcs sS ana ,s easy matter to get a al. was going West to get a divorce. She notified the telephone company in New York to take her name out of the tele- warn her friends that she was at home ane fsienSo Sonid De De communieated with by san sa .e etssss Nsw sS Yok rGSs Ss f time. after . sufficient number of days or residence required by the statute Raa expired. she again went from New a divorce decree in hand
 Now 1t must be borne in mind that this woman was q bona-fide resident of New York. but had no grounds upon which she could obtain a divorce in that astate. It must also be noticed that she did not remove her place of residence from New York nor did she for even a brief period become a resi- dent of the Western State. which was probably South Dakota. She merely be- came a constructive resident" of the Western State without even a pretenss of becoming q citizen of t. Tn shert, she obtained q divorce by pretending to reside in another State without chang ing her real place of residence. As we understand the laws of New York she cannot contract . valid marriage in that State. not even if she treats her. self to a constructive residence in an- other. but the fact remains that she is now free to marry in almost any other State In the Union. .-
 The evil effects of such . perform ance ss this must be apparent to all thinking persons. It removes all the sacredness from marriage and makes it little else than convenience. to be set aside at pleasure. While 1t is pcs- sible that in some of the States the laws relating to divorce are unreason- ably strict and narrow. it should be plain that 1t ought not to be possible for the marriage obligations to be ses aside by such sham proceedings as those narrated above. There ought to be something like uniformity and some regard for deceney in the matter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-10
KNorrx aUrsTroNs.

Over in the good State of Virginia they haya question up that would worry Solomon himself we have no doubt They have . law which makes it an offence to sell any kind of intox- icants to 6 man when he is drunk or to a habitual drunkard. The question that is worrying them is a double one. as a matter of fact. When is a man drunkf and. what Is a habitual drunk ard? We presume that the wise King of Israel never had one of those queries put up to him. and if either had been presented he would probably have side stepped it.
 We once heard . countryman say that when a man Is lying on his back and feeling upwards for the ground he Is drunk. but perhaps that definition would not so In a court of law. One man may be drunk. so far as hiS brain and tongue are concerned, and yet not stagger. while a very moderate load will make another wobble all around the path. still another will drink as long as he can Ind inside accommoda- tons for the booze and yet remain sober, so far as his speech and actions are concerned. If the bartender IS brought up for selling man when he Is drunk. the court will have a hard proposition before it, because the wit nezses will not agree.
 And the other question--What is a habitual drunkard? Is no less compii- cated. Must a man be drunk all the time to come under the ban, or must he get drunk once a week or once g month? That will be really a harder eonundrm than the other. for if they can't say when a man is drunk how can they tell when he is habitual drunkard7 If these questions come up for a judge to decide he will probably tell them to ask him something easy. And vet the courts will have to settle it. The law, as The New York Times says must DC cAPOdhAON' ~"SN --~ dictionaries will have a trustworthy definition for a word that is very often used in common conversation, but is a dangerous one to apply personally to any gentleman. Mir. Toodles in the old farce was never drunk, and said as much, and a wise Virginia bar-keeper will hold to the safe rule that man who can say he is not drunk Is sober enough to buy another drink. if he has the money to pay for it."
 But 1t is not only the dictionaries and other text books that will be bene- ated. though it will be good thing if future books of that kind will have an accurate. legal and authoritative def milton of the question that virginians are worrying ovey. Aside from that however. a judicial definition will be of benefit and satisfaetion to the man who drinks as well as to the man who sells 1t to him. Then when the man behind the counter says to the would-be cus- toner You're drunk and can't get an' other taste," "thsrsII be nothing for the imbiber to do but go off and get rid of enough of his load to authorize him to have another. The Virginians nxida themselves on knowing things,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-10

The Minnesota Republicans have nominated one Jacob Jacobson for Governor. Like the present Governor. he is of Scandinavian descent. but his followers are 4sst boosting him entire Iy on that isSaA though no doubt 1t wfll strengthen him with his country men. The strong claim they are mak- ing for him is that he eats his pie with a knife. Is not that just about the limit of demagogy? It is confident fy expected. however. that this is bound to make him solid with the common people of his State. and thus win for him an overwhelming victory. Those who are exploiting that claim must hold a very low opinion of the voters of Minnesota. or else those voters oe- cupy a low plane in the way ot intel ngence.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-10
FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1908.

Poshical matters are all in a heap sure enough. Over in Georgia two of the star performers for which ever side thsy espouse are Tom Watson and seab Wright. to give them their home titles. Both have been candidates on the Pop. uliat ticket one for President and the other for Governor. This. however. cut no figure when 1t came to taking charge of Democratic affairs. for they have been conspicuous figures in recent campaigns. It is due to Watson. how eyer. to say that while acting with one or the other wing of the Georgia Dem ocrats. he repudiated all idea of being called a Democrat. He is today the regularly nominated candidate of the Peoples Party for President and formally accepted the nomination last night in Atlanta Just where Seab wright is to land is not yet known. He may support Bryan. but it is more than probable that he will be the Prohib- itian candidate for President. Georgia, however. in any event. will support the Denver nominees even if two Presi- dentlal candidates should hall from their State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-10
our peserts and swampa.

washington opectaI 70 NeW 1ork pun.
 The arid lands of the United States lie. west of the Mississippi now. and mil. lions of acres are being reclaimed under a system which wolves no expense to the people of the country. An accu- mulated fund derived from the sale of public land constitutes the working the sale of irrigated farm land to ae- tual settlers. The enterprise Is of neasurelesS value to the country.
 About tSs StrI ioTr-tifths Iia othe swamp isnd sippi. It is estimated that the recla- nation of these swamps would add $4,00o, 100000 to the land value of the SeVeloSment @ of tn the acres e0el tb1s reclaim. o ed would add another $4,000,o00. .0o0 to our national wealth. It is estimated that l0,00o,o00 people might live in which are now not only economically worthless but an actual menace to the health of residents in their vicinity.
 Tn other words, no less than SS 900. .000.- 900 of permanent national capital now lies dormant and worse than useless for lack of few million dollars worth of work and implements, and the even which the Federal Government could reclaim syamps as 1t Is now reelaiming
 The work of the reclamation service III LHe W ekL tb tue hgIAdttAalA0H OA Alliu which belongs to the nation Much the larger part of the swamp land of the country Is of either State or individual ownerShip and the Federal Government has no proper authority for undsrtak,, {, undertake at all, should be carried on as 2 whois and Ts. s%ea 2 work coHid o,3Lt Tn some cases. no doubt, States might reclaim state lands by State appropria;, eases. involving a large percentase of the area. cooperation between adjotn- ing States would be absolutely neces- land is of private ownership, and own ers lack enterprise or means or both fo undertake the work.
 Interest in this matter Is indicated by the introduction of some thirty bills during the present session of Congress. by the holding of convention largely aftended and enth usiastic, and by the Circulation of literature Surveys and estimates have been made by the agri- cultural department and by the United States ReoIogieal survey. The history of the matter goes back to the awamn
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-10
pEMocRATIc THUNpER..
Available for Use in the Consiu
 CampaiGn.

AvsiiabIe for Use in the Coming New York Evening Fosf.
 hV. tas is Rfi%fSi sn NR tRs sRspusie.as Sis feS Sa SE a ,n dsD s ss t of oSo os nsss hsss f. in ssos ssot e Dick s rubbing 1t into Bryan h splendid style. because of prophecies of bad times that had gone wrong. and a postal card. which % ss bisk went sSSSush the tn;, country, bearing among others the . sRemsnbsr lsss-isss and the days of
 s Remsfnber yy isss-lsss and the tAous- aIids of capable mechanics looking in T aRemsmber Isss-lsss and the hun. areds of thqusands Of iaborers walking Ing for the work which could not be
 SRemsmber lsss-lsss and the count less number of women and children waiting, faint with hunger, for the bread which never came
 s,c,ISsmas ,Rsmsmhsr isss-Isss and the heart; ns unpayabie debts. and, ali the many ills that attend the man out of work. "Remsmbsr lsss-Isss and the land: money. which could not be provided.
 Remember 1Ss3-1s96, when the fact ory whistle failed to blow for another days work. another dayss pay,
 Remember 1s33-1see ana the wives and children wanting clothes.
 "Remember Is9s-fsse and the home comforts which were wanting.
 "RetnenDer 1Ssa-1S9e and the un- American soup houses and other forms of charity necessary to relieve those who need no relief when they can get york;
 Change the dates 10 ls07-1sOs. and a good deal of this thundering is avail-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-10

Before the next conventions of the Democratic and Republican Parties are held, it would be a good idea for the National Committees to contract foG e number of self-acting megaphones so that the great strain upon the lungs can be prevented and likewise the members of the conventions be per- mitted to act in sensible way. The mesaphones might be constructed un- der a guaranty of 5000 lung or 500 5aek-ass power. as the contracting par ties might wish. It Is appalling to think what will happen if something of this sort Is not done. A record breaker of bowling was established by the Roosevelt worshippers at Chicago and now the Bryan worshippers at Denver have gone several lengths be- yond that. Reform Is absolutely neees- sary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-10

There Is wide difference in the ef- fects of the heat in the large cities of the East and in this section. In Bos- ton one death and three pros- trations were reported to a The Globe. yet eighty-nins degrees was the highest point reached. In New York The Globe reports three deaths and score of prostrations up to 8 o'clock on Monday and the highest temperature was ninsty-one degrees. Temperature no higher than either of these figures has no serious effects in this latitude. but 1t knocks them out up there.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-10
Letter to The Editor
Csrd from lIr. Me. E.tyre.

Editor The Advertiser.
 desire ssrsp E Q GSss Rs mat 15lsfc posaios stnr Rsslas saas from n9snn datsd JulS 10 me- and viii shssE you ntcn to let astsi tSs appear in the next issue of your pa- . i was not en route to pothan with CT was drunk or drinking. nor annoy
 Sr ay the s'iss feast c any nstsss .c aia another coach nSs Sg the @ condaetor. SSasssa 'h''
 ss to aSods aS sa9ns Ss g t.ss h s window, asked me to get up and allow him to turn the seat ' was sitting on. ever, to, what ! considered his unnec- ssssry demands on me as his passeng-
 live ws:s ss Vi w. ssss ~.s st G oss5 so. ySe.s and ss. i passsd the coaaustSr. sfS% Ihs merely ss fss tran nm ths a haa s m aor s rs piled he would have me arrested. jerksd me around by the arm with one hand ad h oth.s a s dS as sh As apssss sssss other biows with the same lantern: What I did after this was only in self
 The difficulty had secured and was over and I was standing out to one side of the crowd that had assembled not doing or saying anything when the fiagman. Cowart, or whatever his name Is. rushed up and fashed the pistol in my face, and when Officer Beck told him If he did not take his pistol down that he would exchange a few shots
 Neither of the participants in the diff. hculty was arrested that night. nor was I locked tip. but went to my room unrnoleeted.
 regret the difficulty. as have been on Conductor Cogbarn's train a number of times before and he always treated me as a gentleman as ! have him like ] otls MeEntyre.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-10
TO PARENTS
 OF PALE GIRLS
How he Tonic Treatment Helpss to Insure He0Ifhfuf
 W0n1Qnh0od.

What anaemia is. how to recognize with pr. Williams Pink Pills should be known by the mother of every
 Anaenis.s simply lack of blood. aangerous diseases with which srow-. 1t is common because the blood so often becomes impoverished during development, when girls are too fre- work and suffer from lack of exercise. II is dangerous because of the stealthtS ness of It's approach. often being well
 issd ssnd Psssps Because S of it's tsadsney checked. that it may run into consum- !. The success of the tonic treatment is well illustrated in the case of Mrs. John Mccieiland. of 296 Thirty.eishth
 After s snfrerisse ! ;, year. aS with tSssi ssnaemia iisrns Pink Pills and was cured. was Tsak nh had ns color and my ys,1ta 6io9a was ns stsnt sufferer from indigestion. There wers dSii a schI9g pains scross the small small aches and severe pains in the back of the neck. neck. on going up stairs wc,nis gu a get ssk sn0rt iD the e eatn nd wonld na tesa eel were sore. to the touch and swollen so thar could not put on my shoes.
 "The doctors said had ahaemia but did not help me and I declined to take pr. Williams Pink Pills which had read about in the papers noticed an Improvement after taking a few boxes and so Kept on with them until cured. I am in the best of health uow and feel that I owe it to pr. Williams Pink Pillsy ~ Send today for a copy of our Dis cases of the Blocd."t It gives further Information about anaemia and Is free upon request. Dr. Williams Pink Pills, gre for sale ny all druggists. or VIII be sent, postpaid. upon receipt of S2.50, by the pr. Williams Medicine Company. Schenectady. N.l Y. rs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-10
This Ls My zIst Birthday
Finley Psser Dunne

Finley Peter punne, who is widely known to fame as the creator of the .Mr. Dooleys' stories. was born in Chicago. July 10. 1881, schools of that city. Tn 1888 he started his career as . newspaper reporter and during the next decade he filled responsible posi- in the wsatern Metropolis. While an sdi- toriai writer on The Chicago Byening Post he first introdneed to the Ruhiic his now Archey Road" From 1887 10 1899 Mr, punne waa managing editor pf the chtca. of the time tn New York City and has ds- voted himself to literary and magazine work Many of his humorous articles hays with popularity in England as well as Ia
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-10
smuxrling .. . Fine Al.

London P. T. O. f9
 An equerry to the King cf Saxony ing to smuggle 6 pet dos ashore nt Dover. 1t was noticed that his wife. inc waist when she landed, and on ex. animation it was found. that. she had a dos in a bag hanging from her waist and under her coat This IS really the done at the present day.
 Many ladies smuggle their. tiny peg dogs backward and forward. to and from the continent, concealed in a nun, or by some other means. one of the most ingenious tricks in this direction was told me by 2 well-known not drag from me his narne---but two or three times year he has to adminis- ter naorphia to 6 couple of very small dogs. Their owner Is fRth CT portly and the dogs pass the customs of1icera quite safely, repostng one above each breast of the lady.