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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-02-28
FEBRUARY %, 1909.
THE DULLES OF FICTION


Are DULLES towards? Charles
Lamb denies it fatty; but to
deny that DULLES were towards
in future would be to hold that
writer's of fiction were true to
life-"which is absurd" What
boys book of the old school
had not a bully whom the hero
flies at and frightens for all
time, though he gave" him
some four stone and three
years? asks a writer in the
Outlook. Ones remembrance
of Eric" and tales of that
type, though happily not very
vivid, is vista of defeated
DULLES and courageous heroes.
Among schoolboy heroes is
anything more pitiable, more
irritatingly tragic than the in
ability of the unwarlike par
ent in ''Vice Versa" who finds
himself transformed into his
sons person and expected to
fight his battles, and alienates
the affections of the headmas-
ter's daughter by his reluct-
ance? On the other hand, the
cringing type of coward is not
always such a coward as he is
thought. For instance, was
Uriah Heep a coward? One
scarcely thinks so. He would
have hardly been so repulsive
without some aggressive ener-
gy in villainy. Barnes New
come, in 1.-THE Newcomes,"
little bit of a Heep, was GER
tainly a coward. He distinct
ly showed the white feather in
the color of his face and the
way of his legs. To jump
back to Dickens and DULLES,
Dennis the hangman, in Bar
naby Rudge'-did Dickens
write any better book ?-may
stand for all time as a type OF
the worst coward of all. He
was more than a bully. He
gloated over his business and
liked to think over the pros
pective pleasure of working
off, his friends and acquaint-
ances in an artistic manner.
He hated the idea of letting
out the condemned prisoners
from burning Newgate; but
when he was to be himself
hanged for his share in that
business his horror of being
worked off, was in exact pro-
portion to his enjoyment of in
flicting the same fate on 9TH
ers. Was there ever anybody
more abject? Even the Jew
picture dealer. whom Dick
Heldar in 1.-THE Light That
Failed handled So anatomic-
ally and tWitted with heart
weakness, curled up with less
promptitude.
Omne ignotum pro magnifi-
co-"cowardice is often igno-
rance" Are any men brave.
more ready to take their life
in their hands, to reckon death
as one of the daily encounters,
than the deep-sea fishermen?
Yet group of these men,
brought to London by one of
their missionaries, have been
seen too terrified to cross the
street. The police had to stop
the traffic to allow them to
cross. The quick, quarrelsome.
fearless cockneys who laughed
at them-how would they feel
in a freezing storm in the
North sea? A spider may ter
rify the most courageous of
women, and V. c. shrink
from a cat. Every hero has
his weakness, and we may be-
lieve every coward has a point
where he comes to bay and
will fight the world.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-02-28

Don't let the light strike into my
eyes.
Don't rock me to sleep. Remember
that the hand that rocks the cradle is
ruled by the baby.-Lippincott'
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-02-28
THE BABY SPEAKS

All newly born babies who desire to
have copy of the following on card.
to hang around their necks, can obtain
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-02-28

uIdWIHg IOOms, and although not 50
much recluse as was his predecessor,
Tennyson, he is seldom seen in public,
and spends most of his time at his
charming home at Ashford, in Kent.
IN this pretty part of the country,
when not engaged in counting the muse
he devotes himself to riding, gardening
and fishing. He is fond of foreign
travel, but is a patriot Of patriots, and
will be remembered by posterity as
genuine lover of his native land, and
an enthusiastic singer of her beauties.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-02-28
A POET-LAUREATE'S LIFE

Alfred Austin, like many
others who have devoted
themselves to literature, seems
to have discovered the secret
of perpetual youth, saws NJ. A
P. He is well over 20, but does
not look a day older than half
a century, and he is still as
keenly critical as in the days
of his early success. His en-
ergy is probably due to his
love Of the simple life, for he
prefers the beauties of nature
to the artificiality of LincoIn's
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-03-18
NO MORE LAND OFFICE
Mitchelrs Land Office Closed and
Moved to Gregory After Twenty
eight Years Here.

When the hour of 4 o'clock was
reached Saturday the United
States land office in this city ceased
to exist. Register Burns and Receiv-
er Bryan have already boxed up the
office fixtures and supplies and ship
ped them to Gregory, where the land
Office will be opened Monday morn
ing.
For twenty-eight years the United
States land Office in this city has been
doing business, and it is with some
regret that we see the Office go to
some other point. 1t was a mere mat
ter of necessity for the general land
Office at Washington to place the
Office at a point where there is some
land to be proved up on and some on
which to file. There have been
thousands of persons come to Mitch
ell during these years to attend TIC
business before the land Office and it
meant some extra business to the
merchants and to the hotels, but in
the past three or four years, the oc-
casions were few when parties were
required to appear in the Office. Cen
orally it was for a land contest case.
and these lasted but a few days.
When the government decided tc
erect a building here a couple OF
years ago and provisions were made
for the land office on the second
floor, it was supposed that the office
would not be removed under any
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-03-18
Notice Of Mor,Euge sn,.

Default having been made in the
,sta mon1 s. Of mat certain real es-
Lena Franklin, husband and wife,
gage, winch mortgage bears date
tember gath. 1908, anu Recorded in BOOK
1rd IN the register of deeds office of
dawson county, South Dakota on Sem
TENDER oath, 1873, and recorded in book
80 OF mortgages, on page l31 thereof;
and.
WHEREAS. said mortgage contained
a power OF sale and also a provision
mat IN case. of default in any OF the
e gagee Night Gt s aeala mert Ibs w the MORT oTso
secured thereby to be due and payable.
at her eleetion; and,
moStgagse, IS n aSs0 d Msasad an and s + j:
Spangler has, by order of the county
e co aa, OF n "a vi ! county, peer appoint,
Martha e.. Snow, and has duly quali-
fled as such; and.
WHEREAs, said administrator has
secured by said mortgage TO be due,
WHEREAS, no action at law, or
lect said debt or any part thereof, and
no such proceedings are now pending;
WHEREAS, the default in said mort
a moft ga said n to pay pa % the n in%sta al
oqe my ny Taia of he p pr aaY II or ahf I'm.
WHiERs2s. the mount claimed to
of this notice is s1.516.0O. prlnclpai,
$4,000 interest and $1,000 statutory
attorney fee, and in the aggregate the
sum of $780, 90.
NOW. THEREFORE. notice is he.e-
by given that said mortgage VIII be
foreclosed by virtue Of the power Of
sale therein contained. by a sale of
the m~ortSaged premises. by the sher-
lift Of Dawson county. south Dakota,
at public auction. 90 the highest bid
der for cash, on the 2Ith day of March,
1903, at the hour OF Two O'Clock p. NJ,
at the front door of the court house in
Mitchell, Dawson county, South Da-
kota.
The mortgaged premises to be SO
sold are described as follows: Com
mencing at the northeast corner of
lot four, () block one G), Rowley's
I'd Addition to Mitchell, running thence
west Al feet and 4 inches, thence south
100 feet, thence east AZ feet and a
inches, thence north 100 feet to place
of beginning, and is situated in Davi-
son county, South Dakota.
Dated December II, 1905.
II. j. SPANGLER,
Administrator of the estat of Martha
y. Snow. m~ortgagee.
T. j. SPANGLER,
Attorney for Administrator.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-03-18

al to the principles of our govern
ment. and undermining to christian
morality.
Rev. and Mrs. C. NJ. Damon.
The executive committee of the
w. c. T. U. representing $50 mem
bers of the Mitchell Union, have Civ
en- their endorsement to the above
statement i'm behalf of the Union.
The president of the Union, Mrs. o.
Z. Cassem, authorized this statement
to be made in connection with the
publication of the above article
[Tha Editor.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-03-18
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE

WHEREAS. default has been made
IN the conditions Of that certain real
maid and A. L. McDermaid. husband
and wife, mortgagors, to o. l.. Branson.
mortgage, which mortgage bears date
the 9TH. day of September, A. D.. 1907,
the register of deeds of Dawson coun-
ty, South Dakota, on the 9th. day of
september, A. d, 1907. at o'clock, P:
Alor and = recorded or e > in % book No; 1os Of
WHEREAS. said mortgage contained
81 full power of sale authorizing the
~mortgagce to foreclose said mortgage
the mortgagors in any of the conditions
thereof, and,
WHEREAS. the default in said mort
thereby. or any part thereof, or the in
terest thereon; and,
be W dae fhsrson Th at amou date ela in tb to
notice eli is s615 principal; ssS.16, interest
the aggregate, s%76s.16; and,
otherwise. have been had to collect said
Now. THEREFoRE, notice is here
forec!osed by a sale of the mortgaged
premises, at public auction to the high
est bidder. by the sheriff Of Dawson
of the court house. in Mitchell. Davi-
son county. South Dakota. on the 24th.
day of April, A. ~. 1909. at the hour of
two o'clock in the afternoon of said
day. which mortgaged premises are de-
scribed in said mortgage as follows, to-
wit: Lot number two 90. in Block num-
bered forty-siN GG). in JOIN LAWYERS
Mitchell. So. TAX.
D. /. ,NNsoN.
n. y SPANGL1.p.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-03-18
Resolutions OF Coincidence.

Whereas, Comrade James McKin-
ley has been called from Ransom
Post No. 6, Grand Army Of the Re-
public, and mustered into the unseen.
We the members of said Post have
lost an honorable and loved comrade.
He was an active and honored MEM
Der, and his counsel vas always for
the right: be it therefore
Resolved, That in the death of
Comrade James Mckinley we mourn
the loss of this upright citizen, neigh
Dor and comrade of the Grand Army.
Resolved, that we extend to his
family and relatives our coincidence
and sympathy, and beseech for them
in their affection the supporting love
of our Heavenly Either who alone
can heal the mourners' wounds.
Resolved. that this Post be clothed
in suitable h~abllaments of mourning
for thirty days ard that a copy of
these resolutions be sent to the be-
reaved family. nj a copy spread on
the records of this rost, also a copy
of these resolutions he printed in the
city papers.
s.. Cattrell
VIM. Nash
j. H. Nolt,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-03-18

When Shallowness is Shown Up.
But the fact is, a man may do very
we'll with a very little knowledge,
and scarce be found out in a mixed
company; everybody is SO much
more ready to produce his own, than
to call for a display OF your acquisi-
lions. But in a tete-a-tete. there .'is
no stunning. The truth viii out
Charles Lamb.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-03-18
NoT1cn TO c]nED1rons

Estate of Celia Shay. deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the un-
dersign.d administrator of the estate
of Celia Shay, deceased. to the credi-
tors OF and all persons having claims
against the said deceased. to exhibit
them. With the necessary vouchers,
within four months after the first
publication of this notice. to said adj
ministrator. at Letcher, in the county
of Sanborn, :. u.
Dated March 18th. 1909.
BURTON SHAY.
Administrator of Said Estate.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-03-18
Heart STRENGTH

Heart Strength, or Heart Weakness. means Nerve
strength. or Nerve Weakness-nothing more. Pos
itl'veiy. not one weak heart In a hundred is, in it
Self, ~actually diseased. it j. almost always a
hidden tiny little nerve that really is all at fault.
This obscure nerye-the Cardiac. or Heart Nerve
simply needs. and must have, more lower. more
stability. more controlling. more governing
strength. Without that the Heart must continue
TO tan. and the stomach and kidneys also have
these same controlling nerves.
This. clearly explains why. as a medicine. DR..
Shops Restorative has in the past done so much
Tor weak and ailing Hea rts. Or. Shoop first sought
the cause OF all this painful, palpitating. sufFocat-
ing heart distress. DR.. .Shoop's Restorative-this
popular prescription-is alone directed to these
weak and wasting nerve centers. 1t builds;
1t Strengthens; it offers real. genuine heart help.
II you would. have strong Hearts. strong d.
gest1on. strengthen these nerves re-establish
them as needed, with
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-03-18

-
for the Affirmative, spoke with spec
ial reference to the watered stock
that always appeared in the forma-
ton of corporations, and to which
the commission plan is an absolute
foe. She pointed out the weakness
Of the South Dakota railroad COM
mission In its efforts to enforce its
decisions pertaining to public ser
vice corporations, and held with her
colleague that the supreme courn
would rarely have an opportunity to
reverse any decision that it might
reach. She showed how public SER
vice had been improved in New York
and Wisconsin, with reference to rail-
roads. So far as municipal plants
are concerned, she stated that the
people might make complaints about
the high rates in existence and there
would be no one to whom they could
appeal, whereby with the commits
" III CllCCI lCQ1CSS COulu " Sc.
cured.
May Pyle made the closing argu-
ment for the negative, charging up
on the idea of maintaining home
rule, urging that South Dakota was
not in any such dire need for NUM-
cipal control as cities in New York
and Wisconsin. The commission
plan. she urged, would upset all the
laws that have been passed in the last
twenty years. She regarded the
measure as revolutionary and would
operate to the hurt of municipali-
ties. She presented statements.
from many of the leading men Of the
state, all of whom were in sympathy
with the negative side of the subject.
The three speakers on each side
consumed thirty minutes in Offering
rebuttal to the statements made.
The Mitchell girls presented a strong
argument throughout and made good
in their rebuttal to stand firm. They
did not attempt anything in the way
of oratory to impress the Judges.
but confined their efforts wholly to
facts. The three sisters presented
a good argument from their point
Of view, and each of them possess
ed a splendid platform appearance
in driving home ther arguments, and
they won the admiration of the aud
fence for their n of presenting
their side of the question.
When Mayor Hitchcock announce
ed the decision Of the judges as be-
ing in favor of Mitchell the Univer-
sity students broke loose with yells.
They clambered up the stage to ex-
tend their congratulations. The Miss
es Pyle hurried across the stage to
| shake hands with their opponents
and congratulate them on the vict-
DRY. The Huron sisters are good los
ers and are fine young ladies.
A short reception for the visitors
was held in the rear of the hall and
punch was served by Misses Florence
| Walrath, Mildred Derr and Melissa
| Walrath.
At 1880 O'Clock the Huron stu
dents departed on their special train
for home, having won a victory and
were the losers of one.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-12
ITO GIVE THE BEST OF THEM
TO THE GOVERNMENT"

That government Is the government
OF the civil servants-trained civil
servants who know now things ought
to be done and through whose agency
the Government viii be carried on
from now until the end Of time, as I
hope, trained body of civil servants
who are willing for a very TcasOua BILE
compensation. sometimes much too
low, to give what IS q e best Of them
TO the carrying on Of this Government
IN an honest, effective way-meu who
are philosophers enough 20 know that
by the enjoyment az a small salary. If
they rio themselves f~Om the worry
and the cOrrOdlng effect Of merceuary
ambition, they can get more happi-
ness out of life in seeing their families
grow, IN the education Of their chill
dTeH, than by aspiring 70 be million
aires and DlutOcrats. Now that body
OF men Is here IN Washington, and /
know no better body Of men cOusti-
tute a moving force IN a church like
this than the civil servants who
doubtless live about this vicinity.
Thus spoke President Taft in the
course Of the ceremonies attending the
laying Of a cornerstone for an mstitu-
tional church in Washington II viii
be noted the Executive did not say
these civil servants were without their
faults. Nor did he say the roll did not
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-12
ONE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMITS
SION NOT A SPONGE.

The New York Evening Post by no
stretch of the Imagination can be
called hostile to corporations or to
corporate wealth. 1t is looked upon as
one Of the leading financial papers Of
the country, and is regarded as ultra
conservative. It's judgment on the
workings of a public service commits
sion ought to be accepted as not un-
fair to the corporations to say the
least. Speaking Of what the commits
sion has done in New York, the Post
says:
Nothing could more clearly demon
strate the need Of a public service
commission than the hearing now go
ing on before II in regard to the re-
organization Of the Third Avenue
Railway. Saying nothing Of the mer-
its OF the plan presented, ii has at
least TO be thoroughly threshed out in
public. When the issue of new Sc
ourities is finally authorized, people
viii know that the step has been
taken in the interest of the stock
holders, not of stockholders and pro-
motors.
1t is admitted that in a prior reor-
gsnization of the company Sl6,OOO,OOO
disappeared. The reorganizers raised
s37 100000 to pay a debt of 81 100000.
There was a "rake-off" of Sl6,OOO,OOO
which got in ahead Of the stock.
The disclosure surprises nobody Be
fore New York had a public service
commission the reorganization of a
public service corporation was the rich
est kind of picking for those lucky
enough to be Oh the inside No won
der the fnancier who is apt at this
sort of thing regards it as an "out-
rage" that the public, through a com
mission, should be able to audit the
books, these days, when public service
corporation is recognized and compel
an accounting. lie Indignantly ex-
claims that it is a damper upon enter
prise" when he Is prevented from pour
ing in the water" But the public
has about come TO the conclusion that
it can get along with a little less en-
terprise if, at the same time, it can
put an end TO some of the high handed
iobbery that goes under the name OF
high finance.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-12

Congress VIII refuse to pull eny chest
nuts out of the fire next winter for the
heads of executive departments who are
preparing to send i'm reduced as imates
on appropriations This IS the word that
Is going around among House and Sen
ate leaders who are prominently con-
cerned with the making of appropria-
tons. It is learned that, while some of
the heads Of departments are succeed
ing In getting their estimates pared
down so as TO look economical on paper,
they are looking to Congress in the
hope that that body Will take pity on
their departments and be more liberal
than are the estimates.
But the talk now is that Congress will
do nothing of the sort. AS the heads Of
departments make their beds they viii
have to lie In them. Especially In the
House, it win be the disposition of the
leaders TO try to hold appropriations
down, and If Cabinet officer sends in
his estimate for "A sum considerably
lower than the department has been ac-
customed to getting, he will stand a
slim chance Of getting any more money
than he asks for He win be more
likely to get less.
The House of Representatives viii
meet next winter with Congressional
elections not far ahead. II will be de-
sirable for the Republicans to go before
the country with record of economy
and the House leaders will Try to do
their part, especially if any department
head gives them an opening
The chairman of one of he leading
House committees which has jurisdic-
ton OF an important appropriation bill
said today that a Cabinet officer who
was pairing down his estimates had told
him he hoped Congress would not hold
his department strictly to the estimates,
but would be more liberal. Il told him.
said this House leader, that he need
not expect 10 get a cent more than the
estimates. If anything, he will be likely
10 get less"
II Congress next session is extrava-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-12
No Hope Is Held Out
To Department Heads

sant IN any direction. It is expected to
be in the way of rivers and harbors I'M
provements. public building matters
and things of that sort. The supporters
Of the Mississippi valley dep waterway
project are going TO hammer hard at
the doors of Congress and insist on
having their pet scheme put under way
They feel they have made big step
forward I'm getting Billy Lorimer into
the Senate. Mr.. L.oTimer undoubtedly
VIII be heard from on this matter. He
las as his prime ambition in Senate
service the accomplishment OF the deep
waterway object And he IS OF the SOrt
who Will not let up until he achieves
his purpose.
1t is in such directions al these. rather
than In apprOpria lions for regular de-
partment purposes, that congress VIII
spend money literally. On the depart
ments, Ii is likely to keep a tight rein,
especially in view of the reduced esti-
mates which win be sent ia.
In this connection it is apparent that
the project FOR new department Of
health has no chance Of getting through
Congress the coming reg session.
The watch dogs of the Treasury nave
learned by experience what IT costs to
run a depa Ftment- Once department
is established il expands indefinitely
and no one knows where the outlay VIII
stop. For this reason Congress VIII 20
slow in furthering the movement Tor
department OF ncaltn.
Little attention has been given 10 the
real reason why the heads Of depart
ments and the President are husily en-
gagged in cutting down the estimates. It
is. generally looked on as spontaneous
movement fc~ economy. AS matter
Of fact, President Taft has been put
in a hard position with respect TO the
estimates for appropriations. Last win
ter it was provided by law that in
transmitting to Congress the annual
estimates, if the estimates of appropr1a-
tions exceeded the estimates Of revenue,
the President should advise Congress
how to meet the additional need for
funds.
This puts the President up hard
against the proposition of holding the
estimates strictly down to the eXpecta-
tiOns on revenues. No former Presi-
dent has had such a situation to con-
front and nothing is left for the Presi-
dent ana department heads but TO pare
the estimates to the bone.