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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-02
THE HOOD cooP-CLOsED.

sanitary coop coupled with good breed
ing and good feeding VIII raise you
birds that viii give you a name tc
be conjured with il poultrydou-
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-02

the hen Is out for exercise the dirt
may Just be dumped and the box be
cleared Of lice and be dried In the
sun.
A board door. o6 the surface. fnSures
dryness. and roomy, comfortable,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-02

Don't fail to advertise. but fail to
tell lies.
all; no. not to chickens large or small
Don't forget that early to batch and
carly to grow develops the bird that
g.ns at the show
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-02
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hensell
have moved from Main street to
the north part of town.

MIR. W. S. Keeney of Corona,
was visiting in the city be
tween trains Monday. He is slow.
ly recoviug from an attack OF ap-
oplexy, which he suffered som {
two mouths ago, which his many
friends will be pleased to learn
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-02

Miss Emma Rider. of Grant Center.
is visiting friends in Nazeppa.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-07
MILITIARISNI.

Dr. Charles Edward Jefferson, pastor York, contributes to the March num- Der of The Atlantic Monthly a highly interesting article on The Delusion of Militarism,'' in which he discusses the arrives at, to quote The Hartford Times, lis the only one that any sim cere advocate of peace can reach-that the way to insure peace is to stop acting as If we expected war, and go back to the quiet ways which we as a nation pursued while we were really becoming great world power. The whole world now knows that we have the men and the resources with which to outstrip other nations in military preparations If any nation forces us to fight. Why should we bankrupt our selves to prove what everybody knows to be true? This Is not the exact thought presented, but is Implied in the wise argument of the Tabernacle pastor, that the United States ought to set an example to the world of gen uine and sincere policy of peaee--and become a leader in that cause, instead of being. as now. follower of the other nations, while wasting millions on our armaments."
 The reverend gentleman is correct. For Uncle Sam to go around all the time with chip on his shoulder may be pleasing to those people who seem to look at everything through a mist of blood, and who think or pretend to think that we are continually in danger of attack from another nation, hut the best people of the country are fortu-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-07
BIENNIAL SESSIONS.

On this page of The Advertiser is an article from The Birmingham Ledger under the caption Wants More ses- sions." The Advertiser has certainly not clamored for an extra session of the present Legislature. Much of its work. however, has been set aside by the Supreme Court. Some of it has been thrown overheard for other causes than irregularity of clerical work. If the, biennial session rule was in operation the necessary corrections could be made, and whatever addition al legislation the State needs suggest ed. could be enacted without depend enc upon the whims of the man who happened to occupy the gubernatorial chair. There is need for{ legislation. both of affirmative and negative quail ty, and if the present body could di- vest itself of the idea of iron clad ob- ligation to do the will of the executive much good could be accomplished by amending and perfecting some laws  and outright repeating of others. The Advertiser regrets that the aspirations of the people of Birmingham to become Greater Birrninghafnn have been thwarted because of mistakes made in connection with the bill that was pass ed. and If an, extra session. Is called the correction of that error ought to be named as one of the matters to be legislated on. |
 So far as the power to call extra sessions is concerned, that is nothing new. That has been the case since the State was organized. but it is rare- ly the case that one is called. A fixed rule for biennial sessions would give opportunity for enactment of laws, other than those set out in the execu- tive call and this is a matter of seri- ous import to the people Four years is too long a time for bad laws to re- main on the statute book without chance of amendment or repeal and in that time grievous wrong may be done the State by absence of a needed law. The Birmingham Ledger is mistaken if it supposes The Advertiser favors bi- ennial sessions because of any spe- cial benefit accruing therefrom to this city. It would not advocate a State policy because of any local interest un- lass tha whola Stafa could aha re in ina benefits.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-07
WHAT IS TIT

All of us know something about pie; that is to say, the country people know what pie is and the city people only think they know. It is true, that the best of us do not always know or care just what we are eating when we ask for another helping of It. provided 1t tastes good. And yet there sometimes comes up new one on us, as in an item sent contemporary from little town in Southern Indiana, which says that "the band boys will give a masked pie social at the town hall in Coch- ran. Tuesday evening"
 That rather walks away with us. Not that we are ignorant of the fact that even a pie is not always what it staid old Kew Haven Registers of how the good Yankee women used to make them. "There were," 1t tells us, "a form of mince pie of which our grand mothers were guilty. to which they did not always confess, which they really did mask. In the spring season, just after the pimply bloom of the buck wheat cake had passed It's prime on the faces of the victims there always came a time of special yearning for the acfduous mince pie. But apples at that time of year were. then un- known and the canned mincemeat was undiscovered. Then did the crafty housewife In her secret laboratory combine rolled crackers. cider, some- times a few dried apples and possibly little real mincemeat. spice 1t most deceivingly. and spring 1t on the fam fly. oftentimes. 1t must be confessed, this did deceive the very elect"
 That shows how the New Englanders had a way of getting around difficult ties-a sort of habit with them, by the way. Your genuine Yankee can al- ways find a road out of any sort of hole, we have heard and thus the women of those parts could build a mince pie with most of the mince left out of the combination. That might perhaps have deserved the title of masked pie" and the Cochran boys may intend to hand over something of that kind to their visitors. And have some sort of joke hidden away which will be sprung when the pies are opened. No telling what boys will do when they get on lark.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-07
Training Baseball Players
B. Fsedesic J. Haskin.

1t was . raiay spring and neither club did much except sit around hotel fires and swap stories in their respective "camps." The year before washing- ton had trained at Charlottesville and had one day of rain.
 The baseball players mind has al- ways been regarded as a curiosity, and better contention for this argu- ment could not be found than In the case of the Chicago American League club in 1907. As treat and trib- ute to his men for winning the worlds championship tn 1908, President Com- lskey decided to have them do their training in the City of Mexico. thereby combining business with pleaseure. He will not do so again. for many of his men came back filled with disgust and complaining bitterly because the Mexicans fed them on little else but chicken the wh ole time they were there ...-l (Copyrisht. 1909. by Frederic J. Has,
 kin.)
 To-no.row--Prosre.s of Wireless
 .
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-07
Wants More Sessions.
Bfrmineham Ledger.

Blrmlngnam LeQger.
 The Montgomery Advertiser harks back to the old talk about biennial sessions and cites the desire for an extra session as one reason. We fail to get the connection between a ses- sion to correct the most shameful journal work ever done at Montgom- cry. and more frequent sessions of the Legislature. The present need for an extra session has not the slightest bearing on the subject, This is need ed because of the incompetence of an official and the Supreme Courts con- struction of the constitutional provis- ion in regard to the journal.
 The very fact that there can be an extra session whenever needed shows that there is no need to amend the Constitution. There Is no need to force a session when none is needed. There is every provision for one when 1t Is needed.
 The Ledger likes to see Montgomery get all she wants and will help her every way In its power to push Mont gomery's interests. particularly her material interests. but 1t does not look upon more frequent sessions of the Legislature as good for the State.
 Birmingham needs the extra session for two reasons and other parts of the State need 1t for other purposes. Bir- mingham wants her extension bill re- passed and made legal and Birming- ham wants e commission and sees al- most more pressing need for 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-07
MORNING THOUGHT
BY 2. MARvIN NICHOLS.
remember that Nelson. . weait

;. I remember that Nelson. q .. wealthy
 manufacturer of St. Louis. Ssssa ansss the ss as ;.: o . faon s
 @iiis aS and d fsctor,e: of that nat agreed to pay, one-half the wage. tss sity Dwouid p.y the oahsr hs Such charity h deathiess--its record will Esnsr,tions, Carnegie, .Rock:feiier. iionaires-sfe Srsin-raeked. ovsr the Hons. Nelson, Of St. Louis. could teach them the trick. It would mean during than the oostliest shaft or ceaseless influence such would shine when libraries and palaces are con siEnsd to the owls and the bats One could so a whole year with an alien running-mate and never breathe a word or sigh about himself But. sn thss sssons sss Ss Ssa your chord--strung on the. same harp of life. As the silent string of the piano will catch up. in the sweetest where. somehow-we shaii find that very heart whose music blends with 0laukOIQ Wnlt6 WA8 tue IuC8Euallou of that subtle principle that threads its way through all the affairs of this frenxied age. He deifed cold, unchis- eled marble and damned innocent hu- man flesh.
 It's the back stairs and -ki Itch en- gos- sip that raises the devil from his hid inE placea
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 society-a lot of people who have agreed to do the same thing In more or less the same way
 Scores of the enormously rich are dying of capital punishment.
 The leaders of the future are to be college-bred-mark thati
 Lots of fellows expect to get to heaven on sealper's ticket. You measure strength at the weak est point.
 Some men have pinched their view of life.
 4 <
 Don't sell vour ideals to the highest bidder.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-07

whefsvsr the blame may Dc placed. tSis rsspset Mssn | Es: aet sndss- taken to pioneer In Republican. nsldst sss s 9qsSs sSS # sst Ass 2 s..n seS tent to act e the fsar .guArd some- time. time: {. s.riisn,E lsTaE but rarely with any
 Under such cirouznstaness men Ike seivss 5smocS.ts. ocS p nave been vot,ns the Republican ticket not beoause they the principles for which it stood. but beoauss they failed to discover else them. Al between genuine Repubii-. cantsm and imitation Rspublicanism. they. like many others, preferred the former. Their political affiliations nis. nnys cSs.nsss SSs.nsss9 but have their ps'nci-
 On the answer that is to be given to this question must depend the iniu- ence and the contentment of these gen.. clement as important members of a s revenueosaris men. Both are consii- ernmentsl SpHs sSceivity. Both a's are hostile to capitalization and to imperialtenn. Both have 2 strict regard for old piicity. Both hate the very. idea of privilege and favor. Both. believe that the freedom, security and happiness of the people have their best guarantee In the preservation of the dignity and quoted in proof of all these things. As representatives of Democratic tn ought. as spokesmen for . minority long silenced and as monitors suggest ing in the . boyer of the Independent s ,ca vote e been the beneficiary, they may serve a useful purpose at Washington.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-07
Russia Buying Friends. La Ao..


 Subscribers who wanted one, two or three bonds of the loan recently issued by the Russian Government received the full amount desired. Those who sought to buy more bonds were able to obtain only a part of what they asked. When the subscriptions ran up to large sums. say 1s0 bonds or more, less than per cent of the offer was accepted.
 Banks often start business in- that manner. The purpose Is to make sure of the widest possible. circle of active pany which relies in any degree. upon the favor of the public or upon any form of popularity. would prefer 100 small stockholders or bondholders to one big capitalist.
 Russia seems to be working to gain friends and hold them. The obvious purpose of the system of alloting the new bond issue was to increase as much as possible the number of Brit ons, Germans and Frenchmen who have a personal stake in the solvency and national welfare of the Muscovite Empire. It Is a shrewd system of throwing out anchors to windward. for the need which may come with inter- national storms.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-07
The Famous Number Flights.

Baltimore Sun. "a
 The lucky shoe dealer who has just prepared the royal shoes for the royal hunt in Africa discloses that the great Faunal Naturalist wears number eights
 The gentleman who had been kicked out of the White House. the elder of- ficers who have been kicked out of the army, the undesirable citizens. muck rakers, race suiciders, Panama pol troons, census crooks. caitiff congress- men and senators-they can hardly be- .feve that he wears only numper eights. They had an idea 1t was about a No. 23 foot. propelled by 11S-mule power.
 whether the shoes for the African trip are paid for out of the S25.ooo fund for the PresidentA 'travelfng ex- penses" out of the ''war emergency fund" or by private subscription through the Smithsonian Institution Is not stated. But 1t is believed that the eminent Faunal Naturalist will insist on including them. along with Kerr mit's socks and his own tooth powder. in the list of personal expenses"
 These No. 8 shoes will be famous there Is no doubt of that. And 1t is presumed that they will be included in the collection of 'prieeless specimens" that will be presented to the National Museum, there to remain forever for the wonder. instruction and admira- ton of generations yet unborn.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-07
This Date in History
 MARCH 2.
MARCH 2.

1774-Boston port closed by act of Parliament
 1SO9-Paul Hamilton. of South Caro- lima. became Secretary of the Navy.
 1S49-Willam NJ Meredith. of Penn sylvania. became Secretary of the Treasury.
 1855-rThe law excluding from the California courts, negro and Indian evidence. amended by adding Chinese.
 1s6l-The Georgia Secession Conven- ton resumed it's session in Savannah.
 1S62-Generals Mccullough and Me. Intosh killed in the battle of Pea Ridge, Ark
 mark. arrived in England to become the bride of the Prince of Wales
 1s76-Alphonso Taft. of Ohio. ap. pointed Secretary Of Wal
 190l-Trafic suspended in Colorado by snow blockade.
 19O3-Cruiser Chattanooga launched at Elizabethport, N. J.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-07
SUNDAY, MARCH :, 1909.
LOYAL TO THEIR TOWN.

O. {. 70 among a number of oth- CTS F--H f;h we admire our colum- bus coar- nporartes is their loyalty to their city, and their never-t tiriRg dis play of it.. It is right for the news paper to sometimes say a good word for its towns but 1t is much more right when they keep 1t up, and that Is the case with the Columbus brethren. AL say in favor of a Greater Columbus, and of the best way to bring 1t about They might, as newspapers sometimes do, make an occasional reference to the needs and demands of the city, but they prefer to keep at 1t, and to never let the subject drop,
 That, by the way, Is to accomplish things, Perseverance is more prevail ing than violence" says Plutarch, and we might add that 1t is likewise more prevailing than spasmodic fits and starts Keeping continually at 1t will work wonders if the efforts are rightly directed. and when all have the same good end in view it is difficult to es- tfmate the good that may result. The ] Columbus papers not only work sep arately, but work jointly for a Greater Columbus, and if that object is not attained 1t will not be their fault.
 There are various proper and effec- tive ways of boosting a town. Com plaining and fault-inding are not among the good ways. we have ob- served. Some people are never satis- fled unless they are grumbling. They find fault with everything, natural and artificial. and seem to be happiest when they are most miserable Life with out something to grumble at would be long and dreary existence. It ap- pears sometimes that nothing would be more pleasing and satisfying to them than to have everything and everybody so wrong. If the population of a city should be confined to that class of in habitants we suspect that the grass would soon be growing over it.
 Here in Montgomery we have some real boosters. and they keep it up. In their good work they have the loyal assistance of the newspapers. Though we may not keep at it as persistentIy as the Columbus contemporaries do The Advertiser Is always ready and willing to lend a hand in any work or enterprise that makes for the growth and prosperity of our beautiful Capital City. And there's plenty of material to work on. No one can go amiss by talking up for Montgomery. It Is not necessary to faIsify or exaggerate in order to find something good to say, for there is plenty of reasons why we should all talk and work for Montgom- cry and its future. It is not necessary to give out specifications for each clti- gen can see how and where something can be said or done to advantage. We should all be as zealous for Montgom- cry as our Columbus contemporaries are for their city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-07
The Democratic pnrtx.

Richmond Times Dispatch.
 When the Democratic Party has out lived its usefulness. 1t will die. Mean time no ipse dxit from any quarter. and no nice balancing of advantages can kin 1t. When It's end comes 1t will be a natural death and not an assas- sination For the present commenta- tors sh ould never forget that the breaking up of the Solid South neces- sarily means the breaking up of the Democratic Party. Southern Democrats will begin voting the Republican tick ct only when they are Individually ready to do so, and not for any vague idea of securing to other Southern Democrats places In "the councils of the nation" but when enough of them have. for their own reasons, crossed the line, 1t Is manifest that the Dem ocratic Party will pass away. Who. then. will do the necessary work of opposition? Is a one-party country really a desirable thing? The complaint against the Democratic party from within Is that 1t has not of late years stood for anything definite and pro gressive. that it has not done its work of opposition well. But Is the way for friends of the party to remedy such a situation to weaken it in such a way that 1t would never be able to do any work gain?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-07
Low Prices in Steel.


 The establishment of an open market in the steel industry affects this dis trict but little outside of the price of rails. The present contest is one be- tween the steel corporation and the in- dependents and 1t is difficult to see how the latter can cut the price of steel rails. for the production is al most wholly In the hands of the steel corporation and It's allies.
 In 1898 things were different. war arose in that year between Carnegie and the Illinois Steel Company head ed by John W. Gates. and the price of rails went down to $17. but they were worth BPS in 1899 and $s5 in 1900 Tn 1901 the steel corporation was organ iTed and the BPS price was establish ed. There Is no clear convincing ev- idence that the open market has chang ed the price of rails.
 The situation outside of rails is nov el. The plans of the steel corpora ton are not definitely known even In PittsburR. A decline In that market of s4 per ton In steel bars, s16 per ton in steel plates and, shapes and $10 per ton in tubes should have some effect on consumers, but the belief is that we will have to wait from three to six months before we can judge to what extent low prices. will increase busi ness.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-07
No Anaw~.


 The lady lecture smiled upon her laced and coiffured audience. says The Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 We must coalesce our nebulosities,' p she said in her full rich tones. ''The mentality which is disintegratej by disuse exerts a chilling influence on the ethics of the beautiful. Let us be- come supple" She skipped lightly from one foot to the other. Let us curve" She bent backward with her hands on her hips. Let us enjoy the plastic pose" She stood on one foot with the other raised. Her arms were extended and her head was very much on one side. we cannot do better than go to the Creeks s'she said.
 She paused to take breath and a stout lady with no waist at all took advantage of the intermission and said she didn't believe there were any Greeks in her neighborhood.
 The lecturer smiled indulgently. "Figuratiyely speaking, my dear madam" she said to the stout lady. T allude to the Greeks of PKljias. and Praxiteles. But let us not lean alone upon the ancient marbles or the an cient canvas, let us rather exalt the ego" She paused. T will be pleased to answer any questions that concern the mingled up1ift of harmonious union of mind and beauty.
 Whereupon a scraggy lady, in the front row. took advantage of the op- portunity.
 "How old are your" she demanded.
 But there was no answer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-07
Two Democrats in the Cabinet.

New York WOrId.
 Twelve years ago a Republican cab met made up In part of Franklin Mac Veagh. of Illinois. and Jacob M. Dick - inson of Tennessee, would have been an impossibility. They were Demo- plain why they were Democrats. On the Issues then uppermost their pres ence at the council board of a Repub- lican President would have been as much of a reflection upon them selves as it would have been upon him. They were opposed to Republican ideas and methods. They believed they had bet ter ones of their own,
 In the changes which have taken place since then Republication as well as Democracy has been modified to some extent. but the most striking de- velopment has been the gradual decline of the DemQcratic party as an orga- nfzad oppositSon 10 Renubiicanism.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-07

The New Haven Register feels sure that the, departure of Roosevelt from the Presidential chair is going to prove quite setback for the simpliied spell- ing fad. as he will no longer be able to order and enforce It's use. It says he may spell as he pleases while he is in Africa, as the natives won't care. but when he retrns to New York and gets to writing things for The Outlook he'll find that publication following its own methods of spelling and it will not be changed to suit his ideas. We guess The Register is correct.