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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-06-17
Regarding Cake Pans.

Do not grease your cake pans with
butter. This is the poorest of all
material for this purpose Beef suet
is much better than anything else. To
positively avoid having the cake stick
to the pan, first grease the pan and
then line 1t with creased paper.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-06-17
DIED

RIDDELI.-In Ello, Nevada, June II,
1909 Miss Edith j. Riddell, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs James Riddell of Starr
Valley, aged 1G years 10 months and
90 days.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-06-17

Entered at the Elko post office for transmission
through the malis US second-class matter.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-04-01
DAKOTA WESLEYAN WINNER.

For the second time Lakota Yves
leyan young women 6ebaters Vol over
the girls of Huron college, when they
received the decision OF the judges at
Mitchell.
Judge Gregorion, Bessie Howard
and Elsie Davy represented Mitchell,
and had the affirmative side of the
following question: Resolved. that
South Dakota should adopt the com
mission plan of government for the
regulation of her public service cor
porations, such plan to embody the
principles contained In the New York
and Wisconsin public utility laws"
Misses Nellie May and Gladys Pyle
announced on the negative side for
Huron. The judges decided In favor
of Mitchell. f. c. Ericsson Of Elk
Point, Frank Turner Of Faulkton and
G. e. Stason of Sioux City were the
judges. Two we're for Mitchell.
In the basketball game in the after
moor Huron defeated Mitchell by a
score Of 80 to 20.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-04-01
NEVER HARD TO DISTINGUISH.
Visitors to Washington Easily Placed
by Hotel Clerk.

Can you tell what state a person
is from when you first meet him, pro-
viding he does mo- tell your" a Wash.
ington apartment house clerk was
asked.
Not so much the state, but GER
tainly the section Of the country" was
the response. II would not guarantee
to tell a man from Kansas from one
from Missouri, but l would know at
a glance whether a man was from the
north, south, east or west. There is
something almost indefinable both In
appearance and manner that enables
one with experience behind a hotel
desk or apartment house register to
recognize at once the section of the
fore a word is spoken. OF course, mis-
takes can be made, but they are few.
Ii is just the same sort of intuition
that a hotel clerk has when he is
confronted by some one whom he sus-
poets as a bad customer. He cannot
tell why; the persons appearance and
manner show not fault hat can be
pointed out, and yet he feels that the
person will need watching, and he
rarely goes wrong"
Can | tell what state a person is
from by looking at him?" asked an
other. Sometimes. But it is much
easier after a few words have passed.
| do not ear all states, but there are
some. ways of telling what state a man
is from, and then you can always spot
the part Of the country a man is from.
For instance, there Is something
breezy about westerners that attracts
your admiration. Then, of course, you
can always tell a man from New York
city. There is no one else that dresses
like him or is like him in amer. The
men from the south are slouchy in
their dress. l do not mean anything
uncomplimentary by this. They may
be well dressed, but slouchy. They
wear SLOUGH hats a great deal, for in
stance. Then did you ever hear of
anybody but a Marylander who would
reply: Yes, indeed or Yes, in
deedy,' to a question? or course,
everybody knows Virginia talk when
he hears it, and in the same way a
d~own-easter is known by his accent"
But If this is only right much" in
formation on the subject, as some Of
our neighbors would say, 1t Is
"a-plenty," according to others.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-04-01
GAVE HIS WIFE 81 A WEEK.
Former South Dakotan Is Granted Di'
vorce In Los Angeles Court.

Information has been received at
Kimbail Of an interesting divorce case,
which was heard in a Los Angeles
court, and in which Thomas Meirstein,
aged about 70, formerly one of the old
characters of Kimball, was n Of the
principals.
In disproving his wife's claim that
he never gave her any money, he
stated that he often gave her as
much as a dollar a week, and that
when they took a street car ride he
paid the fare of both. He testified
that his wife frequently slapped him,
and on two occasions threw himself
and his clothing out of the house.
Kimball residents believe the woman
married Meirstein for the wealth he
was supposed to have, and when it
developed that he was dependent upon
a pension of $14 a month r the sup
port of himself and wife their domes-
tic relations soon reached the break
ing point. Meirstein was granted a
divorce.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-04-01
STRIKES At NEW FOOD LAW.
Former OfIclai In South Dakota Cues
tions constitutlonaIity Of Recent

'oTTneT OHNCtdl III SOutn OdkOtd Auce-
tons constitutionaIity Of Recent
Act.
That the pure food law passed by
he recent legislature may be uncon-
.titutional and that its enforcement
will be more difficult and expensive
han the old measures, are the as
'ertions made by A. II. Wheaton,
ormer dairy and food commissioner,
THE pure food bill that was pass
d." said Commissioner Wheaton, lis
r~irtually the same in effect as that
lrawn by the association of food com
n%issioners in the hope Of obtaining
Uniformity of legislation. In this bill.
which l supported, the various food
standards were stated. In the bill that
became law, the 104 rulings Of the
rational bureau at Washington are
made the law for South Dakota by
mere references to them. This will
INVOLVE much work On the part Of the
commissioner in following the inter-
JlSN VI llSSc lullh5o diu llO
,ourt decisions upon them. However,
he substance of these 104 rulings was
included in the bill | supported. The
only difference is that it is not so
practicable.
1T will be remembered that a GER
ain stock food manufacturer attack
ID the South Dakota law requiring a
statement Of the formula of stock
GODS on the label and tried to have
t knocked out by the courts. The
'ederal court sustained the law. 1t
vas passed because the stock food
concerns, or some of them, were buy
ng the screenings from grain that the
,armers donated to the grain buyers,
ground it, added salt and a little sui
)hur and charcoal and sold it at the
ate of $24O a ton.
Since the efforts to defeat the law
n the courts proved unsuccessful, the
'Orty-four stock food concerns in the
United States began labelling their
preparations proprietary medicines"
hereby bringing them under the fed
aral and state drug laws, which do
lot require publication of the formula
whether or not they are to be al
owed to dodge the law in this fashion
can not yet be told. My successor
40 doubt will have a fight with them
On that point. The supreme court of
the District of Columbia has held
hat, despite their label, the stock
foods could not claim protection I'M
Ter the drugs act.
Another provision that will add to
the cost of enforcement is that ex-
empting retailers who can show a.
guaranty from the jobber or manu-
tacturer. That will take a great many
cases out Of the jurisdiction of the
state, because often the guaranty
would be given by a nonresident con-
Germ. All the commissioner could do
would be to notify the federal authori-
ties, and they are so far behind that
it is always a long time before they
c9n reach cOmDlaiDtSD
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-04-01
Diplomats Are Welcomed.

From the social viewpoint the ma
tional capital is to be congratulated
on the recent acquisition to the diplo-
matte corps. Two bachelor ministers,
the former Swedish and Danish, have
been replaced by ENJOYS who have
charming families. In the case of the
German ambassador, though Washing
ton will not forget the Won Sternbergs,
the new representative of the kaiser
has, besides an affable and socially
inclined wife, a charming young
daughter. Count Won Bernstorff and
his family are at present domieiled In
the Shoreham, awaiting the arrival OF
their household treasures from Eu-
rope. The German embassy, which was
entirely dismantled after the death
Of Baron Won Sternberg, is now in a
state of renovation and will be newly
painted and adorned from basement to
turret.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-04-01
SALOON WAR GROWS BITTER.
Law enforcement League in Strenu-
GUS. Campaiun at Yankton.

Law enforcement League in Strenu-
u Campaign at Yankton.
From now on to election day war is
on to the knife in Yankton against the
saloon, brought on by the lawlessness
of the saloon men in the past few
years. A Law Enforcement league
has been organized and liberal sums
contributed towards the expense Of
the campaign. Officers elected were
w. E. Burke, president; Olof Nelson,
vice President; H. S. Rice, secretary,
and Ephriam Miner, treasurer.
A house to house v is being
made to record every voter in the
city and all are put on record. In
addition half-page spaces have been
taken In the local papers and chal-
lenges have been issued to the saloon
element to show cause why they
should further be allowed to exist.
Free space has been offered in these
reserved spaces for the reply of the
saloons. The city is already in the
midst Of as red hot a campaign as
Yankton ever INDUCED in and the fight
has Just begun.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-04-01
c.. AND c. CONFERENCE DATES.
South Dakota Annual Meeting to Be
Held April IA and IS.

At Sioux Falls on April IA and Is
will the third annual confer
ence of charities and corrections. Men
of national reputation are on the pro
gram which Secretary w. II. King Of
Parker is preparing for publication.
DR.. Graham Taylor, the great settle
ment worker Of Chicago; Alexandria
Johnson, secretary of the National
conference; A. A. Rogers of the Fari-
bault, Mimi, school for feeble minded;
DR.. A. w. Wassman of Iowa City;
Bishops O'Gorman and Johnson of
Sioux Falls; DR.. Frank Fox. Gov. Yes
sey, DR.. H. X. Warren, Dr.. Parsons,
DR.. Rate, Dean Sterling, DR.. Hir.
schey, c. b. Mallory and others will
speak. Visits to the twine plant and
shirt factory at the ~penitent.ary, the
children's home and state school for
deaf.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-04-01
State News of Interest
WILL IN COURT.
Forgery Charged in Action at Water
town In Behalf Of Two Girls.

Forgery Charged in Action at Water
town In Behalf Of Two Girls.
The probate court at Watertown,
Judge John Nicholson presiding, has
been occupied with the case of two
daughters-little girls-of Mrs. Spears,
to break the alleged will Of James
Cromwell. recently deceased. Crom.
well left what purported to be a will,
making Mrs. Pierce his legatee.
Cromwell was the proprietor Of a
restaurant in Watertown, coming here
from Bryant. Mrs. Spears. who was
the wife of a station agent, assisted
him there, and when he came to this
city she accompanied him, leaving her
husband.
When his will was presented for
probate, Mrs. Spears, who formerly
lived in Ramona, where Cromwell also
vious to his undertaking at Bryant, set
up the claim that he was the father
of her two daughters. She asserts
that while engaged in business at Ra-
mona he boarded at the Spears home.
The charge, in the hearing before the
court, is that the aneged will or wills
left by Cromwell are forgeries.
Besides the property left, amount
ing to a comparatively small sun in
value, an insurance policy is involved,
payable to the estate of the deceased.
The court has taken the matter under
advisement.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-04-01
THE STATE FUNDS.
Treasurer johnson Has Been Shifting
Them from Last Years Depositories.

Treasurer johnson Has Been Shifting
Them from Last Years Depositories.
The report of the condition Of the
state treasury on the last day OF
February showed in the general fund
$24,S In the Irvine building fund
1928 ,466, and in the capitol building
fund, $29,320. The balance sheet
shows that Treasurer Johnson has
been shifting the funds, and while all
are carried in home banks, there has
been a different location. the Sioux
Falls Savings bank, which has been
carrying the bulk of the funds, not
making much of a showing.
While the report does not show
the amount of warrants outstanding,
the amount at the close of the ses-
sion was near three-quarters of a
million dollars Besides these general
fund warrants, there are $250,000 of
emergency warrants to be looked
state will require some good finan-
ciering for the next two years
to bring the state debt down to
any extent, as the late legisla-
ture did not leave much leeway be-
tween their appropriations and the
years. The state finance board has
dollars Of emergency warrants, which
they can, place at a 4 per cent rate.
March call Of taxes, 1t is believed, will
practically clear up the outstanding
oanara1 fund warrants and bripo tho
state a good sized saving in interest
charges. The appropriations lei
the state must have four mill levies
for the mex two years. and some
judicious handling of state funds to
make much of a hole in the debt
which was out at the beginning of
the present year.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-04-01
Train Runs AWAY.

It's brakes helpless 10 hold on the
icy rails of a steep grade west of
Balsam station, near Asheville, N. c.,
the highest railway station east of the
Rocky mountains, a Southern railway
freight train attained the terrific speed
of 100 miles an hour, down the Balsam
Mountain with John Coble, engine
driver, in the cab making his first run
owe the road. All the train crew ex-
cept Coble jumped, and alone he shot
down the grade.
At the curve at the bottom five cars
on the end Of the train jerked into
the air and whiplashed into Addie sta.
ton, knocking the frame structure into
kindling wood, three of the freight
cars piling on the roof. Coble stopped
he train two miles beyond. .
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-04-01
AN olD
woman Who "Works" Trains In sev-
eral States Captured al Her Game.

erai states Captured at Her Game.
A South Dakota man, in the person
OF George Almond, a well known bust
ness man of Clear Lake, reports an
interesting experience with an expert
female thief who works" trains run
ming out. Of Fargo, N. d., into South
Dakota, Minnesota and parts of
North Dakota. While coming home
from Fargo, Almond made the discov-
cry that his grip had disappeared. Re-
membering some suspicious actions
on the part of a woman who had sat
near him, and who disappeared stimuli
taneously with the grip, he notified
the conductor. who had a good de-
s~cription of the woman, and who
promised to investigate the matter.
Now the grip has been returned to
Almond by the conductor, who wrote
that the female thief had gone back
to Fargo on his train and had the
stolen grip in her possession. The
conductor further wrote that the wom-
an made a business of taking short
trips on trains running out of Fargo.
and when ABOUT to leave the train
would pick up a grip which she had
previously spotted" and take it back
with her to Fargo. where the contents,
if valuable, would be sold to some
secondhand dealer. The female thief
is supposed to have made good money
from her shrewd scheme.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-04-01
Burning Sugar In Sick Room.

The burning Of sugar in the sick
room has been practised, though many
of our physicians smile when 1t is
done, regardless Of the scientific tests
which have proved its efficacy.
The tests made by Prof. Trilbert of
the Pasteur Institute in Pari sprove
that burning sugar develops formic
a~cetylene hydrogen, a most powerful
antiseptic gas. Five grains of sugar
were burned under a glass bell hold
ing ten quarts.
When the vapor had cooled bacilli
of typhus, tuberculosis, cholera, small
pox etc., were placed in open glass
tubes and within half an hour all the
microbes were dead. Is it a wonder
that our grandmothers found the ap-
plication of sugar smoke to cuts and
wounds aNmarvelous curative agent?
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-04-01
For Memorial to L'Enfant.

After having reposed for almost a
century in an obscure burial place on
the outskirts of Washington, the gov
eminent shortly will pay tardy recog-
milton to the memory Of Maj. Pierre
Charles L'Enfant, French engineer
and captain and brevet major in the
revolutionary army, who had an i'm
portaDt part under the direction of
Gen. George Washington in design
ing the original plan of the city of
Washington. Arrangements are now
being made for the removal Of Len
fant's body to Arlington, where a suit
able memorial to him will be erected.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-04-01
QUEER DERBY ENTRIES.
Many Horses Started That Had Ne
Chance Of Winning.

Many Horses Started That Had Ne
Chance Of Winning.
Very old and unusual specimens Of
the thoroughbred have competed for
the great EPSON Derby during its 1913
years OF existence. Some of these
curious animals have been started
merely to fulfill a wager or by way
o ia joke or because their owners, de-
lighted to see their colors unfurled in
the worlds greatest race, would pre-
fer to run last in the Blue Riband
than first in a contest Of less impor-
lance.
What on earth are you starting
that crook for?' a small owner was
asked on the eve of a certain Derby.
Why, he's a disgrace to the field"
Hes got four legs said the other
doggedly, like the favorites. Why
shouldn't he VIM"
In that sportsmanlike spirit men
have run horses for the classic events
on the off chance and shrugged their
shoulders at the derision of the pub
lie. In racing, after all, everything Is
possible. One of the most peculiar
candidates for Derby honors which
turf history records was The Cockney
Boy, who made one of a field of If
teen in the year 1870. He belonged
to a w. Rogers, and was described
on the card as a chestnut colt by
Knight Templar (son of knight OF
Kars) out of Irish Rose pedigree I'M
known)."
Only one engagement was ever
made for this distinguished animal,
and that was the Derby. He never
ran before or a%fterward, and his ulti-
mate fate is unknown; but he Gre
ated a profound sensation by his sin
gular aspect as he ambled down { o
the post, and the remarks concerning
him and his jockey were anything but
complimentary.
He had about as much chance Of
winning as the average butchers po-
ny would have possessed, though the
field that year was by no means high
class. His actual price in the betting
at the start could not be ascertained,
but a courageous publican hailing
from Barking accepted 500 pounds to
1 pound about him, possibly on the
remote chance Of all the other COM
petitors dropping dead during the two
and a half minutes struggle. The
Cockney Boy was somewhere about
Tattenham Corner when the winner,
Lord Falmouth's Kingcraft, was walk
ing back to the weighing enclosure.
1t was a melancholy exhibition.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-04-01
FARMERS ELEVATOR CO.
Casting About for suiIding-May Pur
Chase One Of the Local Elevators.

Casting About for BuiIding-May Pur
Chase One Of the Local Elevators.
1t is expected that at a meeting to
be held this week final arrangements
will be made for securing al elevator
at Vienna for the recently organized
Farmers Elevator company. The
chief question now under considera-
ton is as to whether to erect a new
elevator or to purchase the present
local elevators. At the meeting this
question will be determined. 1t is
understood that one of the line houses
can be purchased, and If the price is
satisfactory 1t may be decided to pur-
chase this instead of attempting to
erect a new one During the coming
season the new company, which is
composed of leading farmers of this
vicinity, will be actively in the field
for the purchase and shipment Of
grain.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-04-01
Nav Build Home at Washinaton.

Just as Alexander Graham Bell, in
ventor of the telephone and one of the
country's wealthiest men, is always
looked up to as the one man 10 whom
an ambitious inventor may apply with
assurance of getting at least a hearing
for his case, so John Hays Hammond
Is regarded by every budding scientist
as the assured friend in need. Mr..
Hammond has bought a site through
agents, it is understood, for a beautiful
home in Washington, which will soon
be erected.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-04-01
Germs in Old Books.

The book seller dir layed a kind of
muzzle-a continuance of silk and
wire to fit over the mouth and nos
trils.
Reading mask he said. --latest
thing from Paris. 1t is worn at the
Bibliotheque Rationale by the stu,
dents Of old books and manuscripts
TO prevent the inhalation of disease
germs.
Those aged volumes are nests of
germs In the great French library
masked readers are as common as
masked motorists In the boulevards.'
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-04-01
Mrs. Lonaworth's Shell Rocking Chair.

Curious collections OF Shells are
coming to this side of the water and
shells as ornaments in every sort Of
way are seen in modish homes. Mrs.
Longworth is fond of shells, and she
got some exceptionally fine neck
laces and bracelets in Hawaii. She
has a lovely little shell rocking chair.
The woodwork is inlaid with tiny IT.
descent shells and water color land
scapes framed in exquisitely tinted
shells. Navy men who go to the South
seas are begged by their friends for
the small opal shell which is seen so
much just now strung on gold for
necklaces.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-04-01
YANkToN BANKERS MERGED.

One of the largest and most impor-
tsnt transactions eve recorded in the
state has been closed by the absorb
ton of the Yankton National bank by
the First National bank. The sale is
complete, including good will, business
and the building. w. f. Heaton and
associates take all the immense inter
ests Of G.. p. and II. w. Edmonds.
Heaton will organize the First Loan
and Trust company Of Yankton in his
former bank building. The combined
deposits of both banks are $1,000, 800.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-04-01
MEN FOUND GUILTY OF ARSON.
Deadwood Music Professor Liable to
Penitentiary Sentence.

Guilty of burning insured property.
an offense punishable by penitentiary
sentence of not less than four years,
was the verdict of the jury in the
circuit court that tried Frank V. Man
dolino, a music professor of Dead
wood. Mandolino owned a saloon in
which fire was discovered early one
morning last October. Mandolino ap-
peared from the burning building
apparently just out of bed, but sus-
picous circumstances caused his ar
rest. The insurance was so high,
that State Fire Marshal Craft Of
Mitchell took an active interest in
the prosecution and was present at
the trial as a witness for the state.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-04-01
NEEDS
Farmer Lad Takes Plunge Into Sea
of Speculation With Disastrous Re-
suits

or Speculation with disastrous Re-
suits.
Although only a mere BOY, Everett
Dagenaar, son of John Dagenaar, a
well known farmer residing in Deuel.
county, has, during the past few days
demonstrated that he is something Of
a plunger in high finance. He has
been doing big business with his
fathers property. Taking four of his
fathers best horses to a nearby town,
he traded them for an automobile.
Not satisfied with this demonstration
of is ability along business lines,
he took another horse from his
fathers farm and traded 1t for a town
lot in the little town of South Shore.
1t required the services of an attorney
to s%tralghten out the tangle in which
the boy placed his fathers affairs,
and secure the return of the horses.
The matter of appointing a guardian
for the boy now is being considered,
in the hope that it will prevent him
taking any NOR plunges into high
finance.