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The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-04-02
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 Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-04-02
YANkToN BANKERS MERGED.

One of the largest and most impor-
tant transactions ever 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, ID sosa viii business
and the building. w. E. Heaton and
associates take all the immense inter
ests of G. p. and III. w. Edmonds.
Heaton viii organize the First Loan
and Trust company of yankton in his
former bank building. The combined
deposits Of both banks are $1,000 500.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-04-02
SUBSTITUTE FOR LUMBER.

H. L. HOLSTER of Minneapolis, who
Is the inventor Of a process TOR mals-
ing a substitute for lumber out of fay
straw. coal tar and other materials.
Is IN Madison, and is closing a con-
tract with a local stock company by
the terms OF which he will install ma
chinery for manufacturing his product
on a large scale. It has been tried
and tested in vnrious by the
investigating committee. and has re.
csiyed -irdorssuoE
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-04-02
c. AND c. CONFERENCE DATES.
South Dakota Annual Meeting TO Be
Held April IL and is.

Held April IL 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. H. 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;
DIR. A. w. Wassman of Iowa City;
Bishops O'Gorman and Johnson OF
Sioux Falls; DIR. Frank Fox. Gov. Yes
sey, DR.. II. K. Warren, DR.. Parsons,
DR.. Rate, Dean Sterling, DR.. Hir-
schey, C. B. Mallory and others will
speak. Visits to the Irvine plant and
shirt factory at the penitentiary, the
children's home and state school for
deaf.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-04-02

The increase is accounted for by
two reasons; one the increase in popu-
lation and the other that the law is
being better observed in reporting
deaths to the department. The fig
ures do not show any material in
crease in the spread of tuberculosis,
but they do not contain figures from
the Indian reservations. only deaths
in organized counties.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-04-02
MODERN SCHOOL HOUSE.
Willow Lakes win Build Large Brick
School BUILDING.

Willow Lakes VIII Build Large Brick
School Building.
In accordance with the result of a
recent special election, when the
voters of Willow Lakes expressed
themselves In favor OF the issuance
Of bonds for the construction of a
modern school building, plans for the
structure now have been prepared and
accepted. The building will be con-
structed OF brick and trimmed with
Bedford stone. The inside furnish
lngs will be black birch. Steam will
be used for heating. The structure
will be 50xs4 feet in size, two stories
in height, with basement and will
have six class rooms and an assembly
room. When the structure is complet-
ed. no other town in the state of the
size of Willow Lakes will have SO fine
a public school building.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-04-02
PLANS 8. D. STATE FAIR.
Purses for Races at Annual Exposi.
tion Will Aggregate $4,000.

hSt VII HSSiSSoeS VotSVS'
The state board of agriculture com
pleted its labors at Huron last week.
1t was decided to change the present
woman's building into a poultry house
and to remodel the poultry house for
a permanent dining hall. A larger
and more convenient building for the
woman's department has been decid-
ed upon. Purses in the speed depart
ment aggregate $4,000. J. e. Plette
was reelected treasurer of the board.
C. w. Deane OF Beresford is super
intedent of the swine and sheep de-
partment, while A. w. Kreuger of
Groton viii have charge of machinery.
B. e. Beach of Huron is In charge of
the department of concessions.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-04-02
MEN FOUND GUILTY OF ARSON,
Deadwood Music Professor Liable to
Penitentiary Sentence.

FeUFtcHsidTy ocntSHCc.
Guilty of burning insured property.
an offense punishable by p~enitentiary
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 APP
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 Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-04-02
SHIPPING cATTl + TO RANGES.

Opened to Settlement In Spring.
Stockmen report thas this has been
an exceptionally good winter for their
business. In spite Of the probable
opening. of their large pastures to
settlem ent next spring, the big cattle
companies in this vicinity viii ship a
large amount OF cattle this year. The
Indians own thousands Of cattle on
the ranges near Wakpala. and the loss
for the winter among the Indian herds
cnssy fourteen.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-04-02

Angus McLane. a rancher from neal
Piedmont, is in the county jail al
Deadwopd charged with sending i'm
proper letters through the mail. Nc
Lane was arrested at the instance Of
a woman living in another portion o.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-04-02
SOUTH DAKOTA DEATH RATE.
Census Division Issues Mortality sta
tistlcs FOR 1908.

The state census division has just
issued a bulletin OF death statistics
for the state for the year 1908, with
comparisons for the two previous
years. The following table gives some
of the data of the bulletin:
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-12-02
Shaw Has Change of Heart.

c. r. Shaw, formerly a prominent
business man of Caldwell, now a
prominent business man of Boise,
and for many years an influential
Democrat, has experienced a change
of heart. He will henceforth
affiliate with the Republicans. In
his announcement made in the Boise
Statesman, he says he is not seeking
political preferment in any manner.
After much thought and considera-
ton he decided that the Democracy
as preached and practiced was hope
less and unbearable, and as a sem
sible man he decided to quit it. We
congratulate Mr.. Shaw on his good
sense. 1t took him a long time to
discover the error of his way. but
it's never too late to mend.-Cald-
we'll Tribune
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-12-02
WHO NEXT ?
emulate,

Now it is the sugar trust which
is being pilloried. Through collu-
sion with customs officials and men
higher up in the Treasury Depart
ment, it is alleged that the govern
ment has been defrauded out of mil
lions of dollars in revenues. and that
the conditions which have permitted
this have existed for a great many
years. The startling rapidity with
which men high up in financial and
political circles have been tumbled
from their pedestals in the last few
years leads one to question if there
is such a thing as probity in business
when that business assumes national
proportions. Does dealing in mil
lions blunt a mans sense of honesty
and integrity, or does fancied or
guaranteed immunity from punish
ment lead him into dealings that a
wholesome fear of the law would
prevent? Something must surely be
wrong when an organization like the
sugar trust can mulct the govern
ment for years whilst the petty
smuggler promptly feels the ccrrec-
tive influence of governmental prose
cution. One by one our beliefs in
the institutions that have been
household words for generations are
being shattered. What's to come
next?
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-12-02
PROGRESS BEING MADE.

The settlers in the sunnyside dis
trict are rapidly signing up relin-
Quishments and agreements, and at
the rate of progress now being
made, only very short time will
elapse before the settlers committee
Will be able to turn over to the COM
pany the documents necessary to in
sure an early start on the work of
retaining the tract The settlers
committee is working indefatigably
from its headquarters in Boise. as
the members of the committee rea-
lie that upon their efforts depend
the date upon which work will
actually be commenced by the COM
rany. The goal to be attained is
well worth the game A thriving
community and cultivated acres in
the sunnyside tract will bring about
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-12-02

wealth oppose them, the officers Will
probably succeed themselves. They
are known, they have prestige,
they have the organization. and they
have appointees all over the state
stirring up public sentiment in their
favor. These things are in nowise
wrong, but they furnish, naturally.
a great advantage. 1t will be so in
Idaho. Governor James. H. Brady
will receive the Republican nomina-
ton with little trouble. There will
be candidates who will have some
little standing in their home coun-
ties The more candidates there are
the greater cinch has Governor
Brady. If there be only one candi-
date against him, he will still be a
way to the good at the start. And
what can the other candidates say
against Governor Brady? Time has
hallowed and custom has habituated
the people to look upon the man who
gives them a good administration as
entitled to a second term. 1t will
be up to the opposing candidate to
make out a case against the COVER
nor. We have Democratic papers in
Idaho. Those newspapers spent two
thirds of the working hours in try
ing to make out a case against the
present administration. Wherein
have they done it? The attempt
thus far has miserahly failed. The
most that any of them has stirred up
is the rumor that this or that poll
tician failed of job after receiving
assurance. The people care little for
that-if those who get the jobs are
doing their duty. We have heard
little or no complaints against the
governors appointees.
The governor certainly stood by
his platform pledges on the i'm
portant questions. No one can
charge breach of faith on that score.
The people wanted a local option
law They got it. The governor
favored and stood by his pledges.
He promised an honest, faithful,
efficient and careful administration
of state affairs. He has given it to
the people. What can his opponent
say against Governor Brady? We
would like to know, because we
might want to say it ourselves. The
] outcome of the direct primary cam
paign will be the denomination of
Governor Brady and most of the
other state officers. This tip is
straight.-Weiser Signal.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-12-02
"Them's Our Sentiments"

Under the caption, "The Outcome
Is Not Uncertain" the Caldwell
Tribune reviews the political situa-
ton so clearly and perfectly that we
could not improve on its premise and
conclusion. no matter how we might
try. We give its observations in
fun
Politicians are busily engaged now
in trying to figure out who is likely
to get the Republican nomination
for governor. The other Offices are
not attracting so much attention.
They will probably come to mind
later in the campaign. The Idaho
direct primary law is a new thing
and politicians pretend they do not
know who will live to see the light
of day in the smash-up. In other
states, it is claimed that under the
direct primary the particular crowd
that is in power is likely to suffer
defeat. The Tribune thinks that if
such things happened it was by acct
dent rather than design on the part
of the people To our mind under
the direct primary the crowd in
power has an unreasonable adj
vantage. Unless men of extreme
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-12-02

an enchantment of values beyond
the widest dreams of the settlers
when they entered the lands. For
tunately. the people who own lands
in the tract are well organized and
are prepared to take advantage
OF every opportunity offered them
hey are optimistic and are boosting
from morning to night. That is the
spirit which makes a community,
and II is an example which the peo-
pc of Mountain Home ought to
emulate.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-12-02
DUTY OF THE PRESS.

The other day a body Of bright,
progressive newspaper men met in
Pocatcllo to conduct the business af-
fairs Of the Southern Idaho Press
club and to accept the hospitality
of the Gate City. Among the sub
jects considered were the direct pri-
mary law and graft advertise
ments. In relation to the former, it
was agreed that a program Of educa-
ton for the masses was desirable.
Cooperation looking to the expung-
ing of graft" advertisements was
heartily and properly urged.
Press associations meet often. Of
course politics is avoided, because
the members are of all shades Of
political belief. But it is not neces-
sary to also avoid citizenship, and
too many associations, composed of
the men who mould the thought of
communities and, perhaps, of states,
shy away from the subject, no
doubt because they fear to tread
upon someone's political toes.
If the press of Idaho has any duty
to perform, it is not only to educate
the people as to enactments de-
signed to elevate the civic standard,
not only to thwart the efforts of
grating advertisers, but also to tell
the people the truth about some of
the agencies put forward ostensibly
in pursuance of the elevation of the
standard and to expose and deny use
of their columns to the worst type
of all grafters-the political graf
ters.
If a political party nominate an
incompetent or venal candidate, or
one who is both ignorant and cor
rupt. the newspapers, having the best
means of knowing the character of
the individual. should expose him or
at least they should go as far as
they would with a grating adver-
tiser and refuse to pollute their
papes with advocacy of his cause.
Putting it in another way, it is
the duty of the real newspaper to
oppose crookedness, whether in the
party with which il afiliates in
some other. The newspaper with the
collar of partianship strapped to its
neck best fits the description-the
organ. It plays any tune in response
to the will of the organist-the party
boss.
No newspaper that in local af-
fairs especially opposes an improper
nominee Of it's party need fear the
results; and the more newspapers
that do so the sooner viii party
bossism be relegated to the rubbish
heap. Statesman.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-12-02

The coal supply Of the Philippines
has been found to be much larger
than was anticipated and of a uni
formly good character 1t is stated
that a large vein crosses the entire
group of islands and 1t has been clear
" traced in one vicinity for 20 miles.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-12-02

To make room for holiday goods,
we are offering all ladies' misses
and children's coats at one-fifth off.
Buy now.
MONTGOMERY. BUNK & co.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-12-02
SAMPSON MUSIC COMPANY
THE COMPLETE MUSIC HOUSE

COMPLETE MUSIC
Main Boise Idaho
STRICTLY GRADE PIANOS.
The Packard Ludwig Kngsbuy Euphonia
Player
Photographs Talking Machines
Edison Photographs record IL
the
Victor Talking MahinesFrom smallest Machine
to the magnificent voa double
in the catalogue Largest stock Red Seal records in the State OF
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-12-02

leading men of Seattle. and man
can have no higher honor than the
praise and esteem of his close neigh
bors.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-12-02

One Of the newest things In the way
of wedding present is a set OF push
buttons for every room in the house.
They weiv Of beaten gold and jade.
pale ones for the light decorated
rooms and dark ones for the heavier
decorations. This is a new idea. but
some one has suggested gold keys as
even newer.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-12-02

Teachers examination will be
held for First. Second and Third
Grade Certificates in the Office of
County Superintendent of Public
Instruction on December 2. 3 and
4, 1909.
LILLE B. VERT,
County superintendent.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-12-02
STRING INSTRUMENTS

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Violin SuppesCases so $4,000 Bows so cents to SIS
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$500. strings strings
Special Tested Three
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Neutrality-suspicious. Livingston Columbia Other
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Guars-washburn. Livingston. stetson.
o $500
Band ntsrumentsBesson Hoton Conn., Jaubert Champion
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Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-12-02

There is nothing imaginary about
the weakness that results from worry
over imaginary ills.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-12-02

He is a poor sort Of man who al
ways thinks OF his own poverty in the
line OF his brothers adversely.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-04-10
cIvAL RIGHTS OF THE NEGRO.

A story Is going the rounds cal
culated to frighten some of our
people. From whence it came is
hard to say but the beautifully
misleading canard about the race
loosing its right is bit of absur-
dity. The civil rights of the Ne
gro are part of the constitution
of this country just the same as
the white mans rights. AS citi,
zens of this country the Negro
has the same rights and privileges
as white man. The question is
does he always enjoy them? But
that has nothing to do with the
case. Enjoyment of natural and
civic rights come only when tie
races with whom we come in con-
tact are compelled to respect us.
The power that compells re-
spect comes as much from within
ourselves as from the other races.
There was time when the people,
German and Irish were unpopular
but by thrift and right living they
have won place. The dispised
Jew is compelling the respect of
the world. He sells old clothes
and furnishes the money for our
banks and railroads Just quit
bowling about your right and de-
velop character unimpeachable
for honesty and integrity and put
your earnings away. This is
bread on the waters, it returns af-
ter many days.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-04-10
PUNGENT
PARAGRAPHS
Colorado Legislative Failure. No Promises Kept. Negro
Morals. The Civil Rights Secure.

this up without a word of COM
ment. The constant recruiting of
the criminal classes from the
younger element renders the situa-
tion to our mind very acute and
deserving of very careful consider
alton by all classes of our people.
The disposition to pass lightly ov-
er the faults and misdeeds of the
people seems to be taken as tacit
consent for them to repeat. When
one considers the large and ever
increasing army of young people
apparently unemployed sleeping
by day and wandering by night,
the problem becomes serious.
Here is where all our churches and
all other moral forces must join
hands for the purpose of taking
care of this class. A high moral
standard means, a high class of
citizens. A good class of citizens
always find something to do. 1t
is the careless Indifferent element
that is destroying the races chan
ces in this state. Let us get our
boys and girls off the street. Let
all moral forces combine for the
good of our people.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-04-10

their wages to make monthly pay
ments on let where they expect
to build home; and the report
states that when a Negro family
moves from a rented house to one
which it owns the new home aver
ages one room larger than the old
one. All told, the Negroes of
jackson own about Sl,250,000
worth of property. A far too
large proportion of this is in the
hands of very few individuals,
but an increasing number of Ne
groes are saving their money,
launching out in business for
themselves, or getting a home of
their own.
The Negro banking business of
Mississippi is in fourishing con.
dition. In 1904 the Negro banks
of the state had resources amount
ing to $4,000. In 1908 the Ne
gro banks had resources amount
ing to $750,0OO. 1t is worthy of
note that none of the Negro banks
of Mississippi went down in the
panic of 1907.
These figures do not solve the
race problem. Very far from it.
They do not even point to the So
luton of the race problem, which
remains now what it has always
been, the grimmest, most menac-
ing thing that confronts the Amer
lean people. But at least these
figures give reason to hope that
the solution, when found at last,
will be reached through reason,
not through passion. The Negro
with bank deposit does not CON-
NIT the crimes which set white
community crazy with revenge.
Neither is a race with millions Of
dollars of bank deposits, with
contracting business rivaling that
of the whites, with doctors, law
yers, mechanics, teachers and
bankers of its own, a thing which
a few noisy and empty headed
demagogues can continue to use as
a political football. The Negro
who helps himself helps the white
man, too. The more the Negro
becomes a factor to be reconed
with in the economic world, the
greater probability that the un-
guessed reckoning will be right.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-04-10
OF
THE NEGRO
Editorial from Rocky Mountain
News, April Sth.)

Editorial from Rocky Mountain
News, April Sth.)
A little yellow. covered pamph-
let is lying on the desk as we
write, a pamphlet that deserves
ten times the circulation it will
ever get in its present form. 1t is
a study of Negro progress in Jack
son, Miss, and of the Negro bank
ing business in the same sstate.
1t shows, as nothing else could
show, that the Negro is gradually
winning economic independence,
and while that of itself affords no
answer to the eternal race question
it does hold out a hope that the
answer will be found.
The Negroes of jackson own
early one-third of the area of the
town. 1t is the lowest, priced area
for the most part, but even so the
advance in the past dozen years is
startling. The assessed valuation
of the real property owned by 566
Negroes averaged a little oyer
$1,000 per individual. Many Ne
groes own houses which they rent
to Others of their race. A surpris-
ing number are saving a little of