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The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-03
CANNOT RE BOUGHT.

Milwaukee is considering the matter of paying it's city councilmen salaries of $1,000. The theory is that that will bring better men into the service of the city, It is a favorite theory, and a plausible one. but it is accurately and acutely punctured by the Springfield Republican, which says that public spirit is something which cannot be bought with money, and rather hope less is the state of communities which have to pay citizens for devoting a few evenings in the course of the year to the public service.
 True as preaching New Haven, like other cities, has had its best service from men who were not paid for rem dering it, and if has good service from men who have been inadeouately paid. 1 Citizens who are not willing to do what they can for the public interest are lacking in an understanding of their own place in the community and l in an understanding of what the com munity of which they are a part is This is a government of the people by the people for the people, and the peo- pie must attend to it if they want fl perpetuated and prosperous.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-03

chusetts and bricks harshly it's pride is a product of it's own stubbornness in refusing hitherto to accept manifest necessary changes in organization and control. It would be the condition which would to-day be confronting Connecticut had not this State looked the inevitable straight in the face and adjusted itself to it. We have never contended that the dish was a savory one, but we have insisted that it was a question of our setting our own table and providing the food or yielding that privilege to foreign corporation. The best answer that could be made to the plan of Governor Guild is that made by the investor who has conclud- ed that the Massachusetts plan of op- position to logical progress in railroad management is not encouraging. Still another answer is the obvious fact that he would forgive the New Haven
 road if it would transfer its affections to MQssachusetts. a pretty feeble solu-
 ton.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-03
PROPER HISTORICAL MOVE.

The State Historical Society of In diana is making a move which should interest all the historical societies of the country lt points out that the In dian tribes that formerly inhabited the Ohio valley have been widely scatter ed, and there is danger that their lam guages may he lost through the young CT generations adopting the English language: and that there is no ade- quate source of information now avail able in print even as to the meaning of the names of lakes and streams left by the Miamis. Pottawottomis. Shaw nees and other tribes. Therefore il asks the national Bureau of Ethnology to collect and publish such information as to these languages as can now be ob-
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-03
CIGARETTES IN ILLINOIS.

Often laws that do not meet long felt, popular want only get themselves enforced according to the want they do meet. The Supreme court of Illinois has modified the anti-cigarette law by deciding that it does not apply to cig- arettes containing pure tobacco, but only to cigarettes which contain sub stances "deleterious to health"
 So cigarette-smoking will continue for awhile in Illinois unless tobacco is decided to be "deleterious to health" This is not likely to happen The London Lancet has decided that | good cigarettes don't do any harm to speak of, in fact, less harm than good cigars, because there is less tobacco in them. Other great medical authorities have declared in favor of good cigar ettes and there are probably great medical authorities in Illinois who will do so if the question is legally raised
 If "deleterious" cigarettes can be and are driven out of Illinois the new law will accomplish more than it now seems likely to do,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-03
Polaud's Troubles.
lThe philldelphia Inauirer.)

(rhe Philadelphia Inquirer)
 It's treatment of Poland has from the beginning been q black blot on Prus sias history. It has never sought to propitlate the Poles by treating them with kindness or even with common justice. From the partition of Poland In tho days of Frederick the Great down to the present time the Poles have been ruled by Prussia with the utmost severity. Russia itself has not in thls respect been a greater offender against humanity and justice and 1t is strongly suspected by the best obserV- CTS of European politics that when the Kaiser visited the Caar on his yacht a few months ago the desirahility of keeping the Poles In suhjection was the point upon which he laid the great est stress At any rate the Russian government. which had previously shown signs of relaxing the rigor of its Polish rule presently assumed con- trary attitude.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-03
The Changes of a Year.
rprovIaenne Journaly

ttGpNlQfHIt hpbi iiois'
 What changes single year will bring For instance, year ago to- day Journal dispatch from tho ns- tlonal capital stated that Secretary latt ambition was, apparently, to be tne chlef justice of the supreme court, and on the same day It.vatc ,luyen Hugnts ol New YorA city was ,neueurateu governor at Ainahy, Slhee that t,me tnese two men nave become tbc ieaotng candidates fer the Repub- liron presidential nomination, one Of % %tbsn, openly and avewedly so' the other by Inference and implication.
 ,,taubferlv Secretary raft original ,reference was for the chief justice bi sbip. out events havs so shaped them them sni1es that his candidacy ior the ffesi- dencv became inevitable; white GOV ernor Hughes in his one year of erlce has attracted national attention ana @onmendation. though he entered upon his executive post witnout previous official experience
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-03
OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
Science yersus cash.
lHartford CeurantD

tHarttofu tCurantD
 IL will be remembered that the great Agassiz discovered the Calumet X Hecla deposit on the shores of Lake Superior but said lie was too busy 10 develop It. He has received much credit for this superb illustration of his preference for science over cash, But, as he passed the word along to his son, who became immensely rich from the hint. 1t seems as if the direction which his indifference took was also deserving of attention and commenda- tlon. for evidently, while he preferred science to riches, he also preferred his son to other folks and put him wise at the psychological moment. Thus the family has both money and fame and nobody begrudes 1t either.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-03

tained, and especially that of the great Miami nation, including the Weas, Piankeshaws, Peorias, Kaskaskias and other tribes, who occupied the greater part of Indiana and Illinois.
 This is work that ought to be done when there is time and money for it. Connecticut may well ask that such work be done for her, especially as her Indians are about all gone. and unless the record is made as complete as possible now there wont be much to make by and by.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-03

in the same year less than s,ooO'ooe worth of goods
 Probably that tariff needs little of the revising it is not likely to get at this session We can hardly expect our little brown brothers to do business with us unless we try to make it con Venient and profitable for them.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-03

A Rochester man has married lady whom he courted for forty years. Ii cannot be said that he has married in haste, but still he may have time enough in which to repent.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-03

If John Wesley Gaines desire that tho vultures of Wall street he 'rivetei down" is realized 1t ought to hold the said vultnres for awhile.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-03

4 Texas poetess has announced that Fit is pleasant to die for those We love-" and has disdained to answer the ques- ton why she is still alive.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-03

The Colorado man wnc has been suf- fering from hiccoughs for two years might try what living in prohibition Georgia would do for him.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-03

head Tn bewildered and hurt innocence. w ny, nothin'. mum, said she, only I spit the brandy ye give me, an so | poured kesosene over r. Instead. Won [ it burn right? "
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-03

Justice sometimes comes high. More than s3o,o0o was expended by the sen nate committee on military affairs in it's inquiry at Washington into the Brownsville shooting affray, between July l, 1906. and June 30, 1907. Most or the items are for travelling and oth- CT expenses of witnesses. The largest item is S5,159 for reporting and trans crlo1ng the hearings,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-03

State Game Warden Stone of Wlsccn- sin says that the reports so far made to him showed that 567o deer were shipped on the railroads during the re- cent open season and that he estimat cd that fully 10000 had been killed in the state during tho season.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-03

The eighteen cotton mills of New Bedford, Massachusetts, yielded divi- dends for last year amounting to s2 51s,250, or an average of 1873 per cent. against S.92 per cent. for 1906. Two of the New Bedford mills paid profits of sixty-six per cent. last year, and several others declared dividends Of thirty to forty per cent.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-03

Wellington, New Zealand, is said to be the windiest city in the world Windier than our own Washington. or Chicago?
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-03

The human hair oror, is an extensive and profitable industry. Five tons of it are annually imprrted by the mer- chants of London. The center of the trade is Paris, where 200,0o0 pounds arc harvested annually, with 8 valuation of S4 nnn lnh
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-03

the growing of pesnu,s 10 an extent which makes # probable that in the near future the great peanut growing States ot Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia will have to relinquish their laurels to Texas Al peanut factory recently established in Terrell about L. 500 bushels a day are being handled
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-03
SAVINGS AND noINGs.

In the town of Klugenberg. Ger many, taxes are unknown and last year $50 was paid to every citizen from the profits of the municipal brick works.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-03

Colonel George Harvey, editor Of Harpers Weekly, tells this story of green cook She lived with one of the leading families of my native Peacham. On Christmas day, as soon ss the burn ing Christmas pudding had been DOT tioned out. a general cry of horror rose from the Christmas feasters and the cook was summoned from the kitchen. Martha said the mistress, sternly, what on earth have you done to this pudding?' Martha shook her
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-03
SMALL ACCOUNTS.
Security to Depositors s1,2oo, oOo.O

Corner Chapel and State Streets.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-23
County Option Distinctiyely American

Co unity Option is just what those
two words mean, an option on that
which is in the county. County OPP
ton is an expression of public opin-
ion, on interests that are purely local
in their nature and influence.
County option is a legal, deliber-
ate and unified declaration of iudg-
ment, as to what will and what will
not serve the general good Of a town
or city, or county. County option ex-
presses approval or disapproval of the
sale of any or all intoxicants, and is
now used in this restricted sense.
1t is safe, because it secure that,
for which it asks, only on principles
OF equity, n a consideration of the
rights of others.
County option coerces no one. 1t
interiors with no mans private judg-
ment, 0 with any religious or po-
litical preferences.
County option is just, because it
accords to its opponents all the priv.
ilegesi claims for its advocates.
County option never violates either
social or ethical conditions.
County option is ~distinctively Amer.
lean in conception and practice, be-
cause it acknowledges not only the
propriety, but the absolute necessity
of the majority ruling. 1t is a min
imizer of crime, and an economizer
Of taxes and public moneys. 1t lifts
burdens, and sins, placed on COM
munities and individuals by the IL
quor traffic. County option closes
the saloons and, as a consequence, it
gives a quiet and christian sabbath.
elevates the standard Of morality.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-23

evitable consequences of it be ne
elected.
The question of license or no licen-
Sc, saloons or no saloons, is not your
question, now. You must answer it
for yourself later. No proxy will do
here.
We must not confuse the issues.
The brewers would like US to obscure
the real issue. The question at the
November election is a question of
American suffrage. At present time
there are five classes in this state
disfranchised: the women, the crimi-
nails in the state penitentiary at Sioux
, Falls, the weakminded at Redield,
the idiots at YanktOn, and the farm
ers. The right of suffrage on the
saloon question, according to the
county option bill, is to be extended
to the farmers, because the whole
county can vote upon the question
whether there shall be a saloon with
in the county.
When we have settled the question
and settled it in the affirmative we can
then call special elections in any
county in the state by securing 20 per
cent of the voters thereof, and it will
then be up to the entire people to set.
tie for themselves whether they want
a saloon in the county or not. If the
majority votes dry, then the county
will remain dry until reversed by
subsequent vote.
Vote eyes for county option, for
a square Deal to the farmers, for
home rule in the county, for majority
rule, the fund amental principle o
the American for mo
taxation without representation
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-23

makes happier homes, better business,
and brings a prosperity exceeding the
highest expectations of it's advocates.
One of the strongest arguments, in
favor of county option is that where
YER it has once been tried, and its
economic blessings been enjoyed, it
remains as a permanent benedictiOn
to that community, unless removed
| by dishonest and unfair means.
Every voter should exert himself to
secure county option, to the extent of
his ability. because mo man liveth
to HIMSELF and because no mar es-
capes the claims of his fellow men up
on him. We are our brothers keeper.
We are to be helpful and not hurt
full to others. Our responsibility is
in proportion to our opportunities
for doing good and lettering tie
world around US. Crime and vice are
popularized by being legalized, and
the imperative duty of every lover OF
morality and sobriety, in the midst
of this criminal curse, is to vote for
! side the state.
edy for all social and political
wrongs.
County option is experimental in
its duration, for it can be changed IA;
the pleasure of the ma iority OF voters
where it exists.
County option gives protection to
the young against drink temptations,
aud leads up to a law that can be en-
forced against the saloon
The claims of county option are
personal. Its oblig ations a not be
escaped, nor can the serious and in.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-23
LOCAL OVERFLOW

Messrs. G.. A. aud G. L. Wood
and j. G. Elliot left last Satur-
day morning for Santa Cruz,
CAL, and expected to arrive ia
that city Wednesday to be pres
ent at the funeral OF their broth
err, j. c.. Wood.
Mrs. Thos. Fitch entertained
the members of the Relief Corps
and G A. r. post Wednesday
afternoon in honor of her sister,
Mrs. Mcdonald, who is about to
return to her home in MinneapO-
lis after having been a member
of the Fitch family during the
pas. summer, She expects later
to make her home on the Pacific
coast.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-23
Twin Brooks Doings
Mr.. Evers spent sunday at his home
in Minneapolis.

Mr.. Evers spent sunday at his home
in Minneapolis.
Miss pray, of Iowa, has accepted a
position as clerk in the Macheledt
Bros. store.
Miss. Florence Chaloupka is soend-
ing a week in town, the guest OF Miss
Jessie Hamilton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Talcott, of Big stone.
are visiting at the home OF Mrs. Geo.
Breckenridge.
Mrs. Richard Bohn and little daugh-
ter Leota are visiting Mrs. Bohns
mother, Mrs. schmidt OF Big stone.
A most enjoyable dance was given
by the young men of Twin Brooks on
Tuesday evening. Millers orchestra
from Milbank furnished excellent
music for the occasion and every one
had a pleasant time. Mrs. Cheyat
served a delicious supper and alto.
gether the boys deserve great credit
for the successful n in which
the aft air was conducted.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-23
Married

SINE-EGERMAYER-At the home of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Egermayer, at Twin Brooks, by
Rev. H. Nelson Tragitt, on Tuesday,
Oct. 20, at high noon, Mr.. George
w. Sine and Miss Emily Egermayer.
The bridesmaids sister, Miss Mae
G.. Egermayer, acted as bridesmaid,
and Walter A. Kerr, county superin-
tendent of schools, took his place as
best man at the ceremony, while Miss
Rachel Rhenke presided at the piano
and rendered the wedding march. At
the conclusion of the ceremony con-
gratulations we're extended and an
elaborate dinner was spread for the
guests. Mr.. and Mrs. Sine left for
Artesiau later in the day where the
former has charge of the schools.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-23
In and Around LaBOlt
E. L. Orator called on friends here

E. L. Orator called on friends here
sunday.
Emil Molberg has began clerklng in
Enquists store, expecting to stay I'M
til spring.
The band will soon begin it's regu-
lar practice. Get to practiceing boys
so that all are In trim at the first
meeting.
Arthur swenson and Halda ard Eng.
lund assisted A. Anderson in taking
his large shipment of cattle to Mime
apolis. After spending a few days
they returned, feeling as though the
time was we'll spent.
Eric Malkerson ia moving the barn
belonging to the Northwestern eleva-
tor company to D.. Schmiths place.
For the work he is using both his
engines which certainly assures a
flying trip.
The LII Bolt Mission church congre-
CATION are making preparations to
accOmmoda ate the visitors at the camp
meeting saturday and sunday. This
is an event of the year which certainly
proves the hospitality of all belong
ing to the organization. Many visi-
tors are expected and q thorough re-
! ception will be given.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-23

STATE o F SOUTH DAKorA,l
VI. wv ERS tlitor being first duly sworn. doth say that the Tr@surers exhist
he ,n n.I e and orurN statement fhe fuscnhc onihono fGmntc county as appears by his
hmokss and thtu the Auditor exhibits true and corrGts statement al warrants da"n O. the
CHAS. MCWATERS,
lsEAIl Subscribed and swon to before me hsl@ St day Of October, 1905
NonryP Public Grant CountyS K
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-23
7EttR'S EXHIBIT.

TOTAL TOTAL
mn a.. Bal leash Re- Dlsburse- DR. Bal. Or. Bal.
uy, rawpl Prev IL lceipts this ments instant over Cash on
Previous Quarter Quarter Quarter drawn at Hand
nMrtnr end Of url
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-12-08
HEIR TO AUSTRALIAN ESTATE,
The Romantic story of n Lincoln
ull.) Harness Makers
WIndfaI

A poor harness maker, Edmund II.
Moller, who has lived at Lincoln. Ill.
Tor 80 years, is on the eve of coming
into possession of an estate in Aus
tralia said TO be worth S750,OOO.
Moller was one of two sons born 10
a Dublin silversmith and his wife.
Nearly so years ago the father went
TO Australia. Subsequently the moth
er started in search of him, but died
In New Orleans. Then an older broth
er of Edmund's father took up the
search and found the father in Syd-
ney, N. S. W., where he had become
rich.
He communicated his discovery to
Edmund, and the latter engaged in a
correspondence with his father, who
recognized their relationship.
The elder Moller died many wears
ago, and his family in Sydney re-
fused to recognize or consider the
claims of the son at Lincoln. Through
the American consul at Sydney Ed
mund Moller gained information and
proof establishing his claim TO his
fathers estate, of which he is the
heir.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-12-08
CAPITALS oMNIBUSEs GONE.
Oy ons Of the GayIy Painted
FeAAsiss OF 1909 Extaat In
Washington.

"A great many people have asked
me what became OF the old omni.
buses which in the days from 1853
TO 1862 before Pennsylvania avenue
was paved, and prior to the advent
or the horse car. used 10 haul n
monopoly OF the passenger and trans
Ter business at the capital" said "A
secondhand vehicle dealer. according
60 Washington report. "In those
hays the city was as fun OF omni-
buses as II is now of trolley cars. and
old residents have often wondered
what became OF those gaudy. gaylv
painted concerns, capable of holding
80 people. When the street cars took
their places they were torn up for
the material in them, until by 1855
there was Just one out OF the several
hundred left standing in an old stable
outside the city. There II remained.
neglected and forgotten. until the
Spanish-American war. when a local
drayage and transfer firm heard of il,
and purchased II for song.
The firm used il TO carry passen-
gers. soldiers, officers and visitors he
tween the city and Fails church and
Camp Alger. II was lucky hit. for
the old omnibus is to-day the largest
vehicle In the city, and viii accommo-
date so people. Finding it OF consid-
cradle use, the Arm, at the end of the
war with Spain. decided to keep it,
and since then has used il for small
picnic parties. 1t is out every Deco
ration day, carrying passengers to
Arlington. and reminding the old vet
Grams of the good old days Of 1862. 1t
rs the last relic of the omnibus period
of Washington civilization, and to-day
the largest thing on wheels in the
capital ....-.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-12-08
CoFFINs FOR THE CHINESE.
The CsLe~thais Have a Strange Fancy
for Burial Baskets Several
Feet Too Long.

An undertaken whose patronage COW
ers the Chinese quarter on Race street
was talking the other day Of the ex-
periences which his calling develops
from time to time.
1T is n curious fact" he said, re-
ports the Philadelphia Telegraph,
"thnt the littlest people am called
upon 10 bury require the biggest cof-
fms. BY littlest | mean the liitlest as
a rAce-in other words, the Chinese.
suppose | have OBLIGATED at more
Chinese funerals thnn any other I'M
dertaker in the Quaker city, and never
yet have ! furnished a Chinaman with
a colin that was not several sizes too
big for him. Whether their religion
requires this loose At / am not pre-
pared to say, but certain IL Is that bag
glness Is virtue in their collins. lust
as 1t is in their blouses and trousers.
and that every properly constituted
Ghinaman selects his last house as
roomy as possible. Take man who
Is i've feet four inches high. and of
ProPortionate girth, for example. Nat.
nrally fellow OF that size could never
cut much OF splurge In life, yet when
he comes TO die he takes up as much
room as giant. Not one inch less
than 6h or seven feet will satisfy for
the length Of his coffin. the width must
be three feet, the depth over three
Get and the walls Of his coffin at least
two inches thick. These dimensions
mind you, are for an understood man.
For Chinaman Of the regulation oc-
'idental proportions the size Of his
conn increases in direct ratio TO his
own stature and bulk, and the conse-
lneuee is that at some Of my Chinese
funerals y seems as II were burying
.re"sure chests instead Of receptacles
for dead humanity"