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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-12-29
SOILS DO NOT WEAR OUT.

Secretary of Agriculture Wilson in
his annual report says that not only
has the average yield of farm lands
been gradually increasing In this
country for the past forty years, but
that there is virtually no such thing
as. soil exhaustion. In support of
this statement he says that in Eu,
rope where land has been farmed
continually for 1000 years it seems
TO be as productive as ever. Not
only that but with more Intelligent
methods of cultivation those lands
.are producing about two and one
half times as much as the land in
this country is yielding. The sesrs
tary also takes no stock in the talk
of exhaustion Of the so-called "aban.
doned farms of New England. He
evidently expects to see a return tl
those farms and their profitable utl-
.li2ation by scientific agriculturists.
No one who has been watching the
work of the department OF agricul.
|ture can doubt that 1t has been and
lis doing a great work, one which is
adding millions yearly to the wealth
|pf the nation. Some day. we feel
Certain, the farmers of the United
States will erect monuments te
IsastTama Jim" Wilson, whose admins
eiation, has teen as abIa as II has
been long. Il ( 81.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-12-29

lH VI - q u 81
every progressive republican who as.
sisted in the. domination and elec-
tton of the president that he is not
approaching the problem in the spir-
II of his distinguished predeces-
SER" as he now: refers to him, but
much more in the; spirit Of the men
who have consistently and effective
ly fought regulation that would regu-
late. ~
Whether this will in any way af.
feet his political fortunes in the
west, and whether the west is neg.
ligtble quantity, are matters Wash
.ngton may speculate over, but that
are not worth the time of the west
just now. tits enough now to know
that II the Roosevelt movement is
> be kept aliseS the watch fires will
have to be lighted and kept burning
in the west. And that means a fear
less and aggressive progressive lead
efshtp, and fearless and aggressive
campaigns.-Register and Leader.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-12-29
WILD pARsNlps,
n Illinois snsacrlbes writes:

An Illinois subscriber writes.
"We are troubled here in fence
rows and along highways with wila
parsnips. and j have been trying to
whip them out; with little success.
what course Of treatment would you
adviser
The wild parsnip is a dangerous
weed. being poisonous to STICK ana
also to children who may eat OF
The roots. 1t la related to the wate.
nemlock or cowIane, but is not quite
SO deadly in its poisonous nature.
The weed should be pulled on sight.
or cut off below the crown with spua
or hoe. II moved off they will spro~
and mature seed later, This cutting
should be done before the. plants
bloom. Wild parsnip is particularly
objectionable around celees ptanta,
lions. as it harbours g fungus whiSh
causes severe losses to celery grow.
ers. No sesd farmer will tolerate
any az these vile weeds OF The pars.
.ey family. including the. wild pars
nip. wild carrot, caraway, water hem
lock or snotted cowbane. They ars
easily distinguished aa a family b.
the spreading nmbel- of flowers ant
! seed, similar an shape. to that O
the cultivated paranip, Meadow
which become thoroughly tnfeste,
had best ho put into a, course of .cul
tiyation, The danger rof poisoning
i've stock IS considerable, both il
the pasture and In hay. particularl,
whore the poison hemlock or wate
hemlock abounds. These last tw
members Of the familysare larger an
coarser than the Others naaea, \
Il o.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-12-29
sALLINGER,
WALTON.
ccNsEF
4Gat
TAFT,

The Washington dispatches ste a
that President Taft has at last res
lied that he is the victim of p.,
to assassinate his administration. H
has heard Of it before, but he has
oeen too confiding to believe what
he heard. But 1t has penetrated hi
mind. The Ballinser incident doe
not represent mere concern for tie
conservation Of public resources. 1t
isn't that But 1t represents large
Fly point of attack. Ballinger may.
have had some weak spots in his
record and these have been dweit
upon and exaggerated to discredit tn
administration of which he has bee
made part. Mr.. Ballinger himss:i
has done the wise thing in insist:
ing tnat there shall be thorough In
Investigation Of his department and al
his official acts, and II this invest
CATION discloses anything that is
wrong he will not stay in the cabinet
to embarrass the administration.
Mr.. Ballinger has done the mani
and the politically wise thing. AS g
matter Of fact there has been no
let up in the policy of the conserva
tion of national resources. whateve,
that high sounding phrase may mean,
and 1t clearly means different thinP s
to different peoples. President Taft
has been withdrawing millions o
acres from entry. that is making II
Impossible for settlers or speculators
to acquire such lands. The Other
day he set aside 100000 acres IL
California, on the theory that there
was oil and coal under the land.
But there are two sides to thi
question, as Senator Cummins stated
in Des Moines the other day. Ths
western senators are more or less op
posed to these policies. for it mean:
the hating of the development 0
their states. If for instance fift,
years ago the plneries Of the nnrtl
had been withdrawn from the wood
choppers, what would have ,peen th
effect of such a policy on the Missis
sippi valley? Would the states o
Minnesota and Iowa and Nebrask
and Kansas been possible If the lum
Der Of the north had not been avail
able for fences, for shelter, for hous
es and for bans on the bleak prair
les. The lumber. Of the north an
hts liberal use made possible the de
yelopment Of these great agricultul
al regions.
Is IT worth more to the nation an
to humanity to have these prairie
under cultivation than to have th
timber still standing in the pinerie
Of the north, perhaps to be consume
in the next timber fires? The polio
Of the conservation Of natural r
sources may be carried too far. Th
Indian was the ideal conservator. H
left everything as nature had mad
1T. He made no use Of the coal, G
the iron or of wood. Cedar RAPID
!. Republican,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-12-29
ANXIOUS OVER TAFT's DELAY.

Washington Correspondence Spring.
field Mass, Republican,: There are
hose who hope that Mr. Taft will
not unduly delay unbosoming him
self of his thoughts, and that when
congress convenes again after the
holidays the president will be there
with those messages he has prom
[ised md about which it is very de-
sirous to hear from him. To not a
few with whom the president has
left an impression that he wished
congress at this session to be a high
ly productive legislative body the
II ~ has come that Mr.. Taft has
Il Of Ion, rat the pace. but
so far has ne-'ts. ntage of
his opportunities.
Since the annual message there
have been psychological moments
When the supplemental messages
could have been delivered with tell
ing effect, and there has been no ap
parent reason why they should not
have been sent in with the excep-
tion of that bearing on the amend
ments to. the Sherman antitrust law,
where a decision from the supreme
court can pardonably be awaited
before legislative action is taken. But
on conservation and the amend
rnn 70 fo l,n int %o%o
law it is believed that the presi-
dent must have made up his mind
what he plans to recommend, and
that congress should not be kept
waiting month or more after the
annual message, as must now hap.
pen. Furthermore 1t is believed that
the congressman should have beer
given the benefit of hearing at
home from their constituents wha
thought was current regarding the
presidents recommendations
Also it is believed that the presi-
dent is permitting himself to be toe
much advised by his counselors AM
this makes for delay. The presi
dent has been inclined to speak out,
but apparently has been held back
by advisers, who are not of necessity
the Aldrich-Cannon contingent. The
president places great reliance on
the wisdom of Senator Root. To
others 1t would seem that the presi-
dents, first thoughts and inclinations
are best.
The intimate friends of the admin
istration are beginning to express
trnir fears and impatience in deli
cate hints in various forms to Mr..
Taft. 1t is being intimated to him
that if he is not careful he will finl
himself unconsciously playing righi
into the hands of those who desire
his to be a do-nothing congress. Be
the conseuencqes what they may
the president will probably take his
own time and not be hurried. He
has many things to trouble him. His
time is consumed with all kinds OF
demands. Composition is usually
postponed to the last minute. But
lar in all Washington hopes for gin.
ger and action beginning with Jan
fIusry. & X s. Z 4
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-12-29
NOTICE 10 THE WEST.

No one in Iowa will wish to do
President Taft any, injustice. But
40 one in Iowa can close his eyes to
the general tenor Of the Washingto-.
eports in the eastern NEWSPAPERS
rhe presidents programme OF ran-
road legislation as outlined in hi
Des AIoines speech was not regarded
ia the west as radical or even pro
gressive. fon the contrary. it was
distinctly reactionary. And yet it is
agreed that when the special, mes
sage the president has promised
,hall be Forthcoming It will be foun
to have conceded many Of the feat
res which gave his pes;fMoines ad-
aress flavor OF reform.
The Washington correspondent Of
the Boston Transcript reports the
prevailing opinion at the nations
capital:
In dispatches to the Transcript the
correspondent already has intimate
that the railroad programme of thu
resident would be materially modi-'
lied from what. the railroads fearet
would be. It is not possible now to
state just what the president Will
.ecommend in his special message to
congress concerning the amendment
Of the interstate commerce act. But
| that Mr.. Taft haa bean convinced
he will make q mistake II he asks
too much appears to be true. It may
9e that he has abandoned some Of
his ideas relative to- further restrict
ling the rate fixing powers Of the
railroads-that Is one Of the points
over which the railroad managers
We're most anxious. The president
could surrender on several points
suggested in the report to him OF
the commission headed by Attornes
General WiekeFsham and yet, have a
pretty radical railrod bill left.
| The argument AZ 1t is being pre-
scented to tho president appears
plausible. The same correspondent
continues:
Washington never has been able
to understand why Mr.. Taft shout
,e SO insistent upon adding to the
restrictions Of the railroad Law. Il
has not believed that q very power
fu' public sentiment is demanding
Itlat the law be strengthened. 70,
very effective work has been done
under it as it ia. Tts eastern states
never have bsen radical railroad bait
els, and although some Of the iwest
srn states are rabid on thia subject
it is a question whether the senti
men. is strong enough to constttut,
Ia serious political factor In tn
event of future trouble for Mf. Taft
Partly because the gosstps ar
Y Gree in while mistaken, and par,
, ly because the president has ha,
! many plans which he hns abandone
I fer cthera, there nwfil be a sdispos!
ton to await the spscial message
which as now been twice delayed
!. and which SONG process 70 bsltev
4 will not be written until 100 lat
i Ifey legislation in this congress.
But sucrsh 10 krnwu T. sssa,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-12-29
THE elFts.

With pomp and show the Wise Men
brought to. her
Their little gifts of gold and frank
incense and myrrh;
And laid them grandly down amid
the hay
Before the manger where her First
Born lay
She must have thought how Gods
own modest grace, RI
Was far unlike those little lords of
time and place;
His Gift, more rare than India's gold
most firC,
Lay lowly sleeping there among the
kline.
-R. Warner Borst, in Operation
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-12-29
AtItatatn,,e, q, Frfenas, !,

The world VII value you for what
you give, II you invite friends by
IauF manner. and. are kind and cor
dial. you will; have them. If you wait
|sfor the world TO invite you, you will
he disappointed.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-08-12
wRoNeED A GIRL, BUT
ARRESTED FOR ROBBERY

Aberdeen, s. D., Aug. 12.-John Klosz.
of Pollock, is spending his time in the
Campbell county Jail, instead of en-
joying his honeymoon, as he expected
to be by this time. Klosz went to Eu-
reka to marry a young girl, whom he
states is in delicate condition,
through his fault, when he was arrest
ed. charged with robbing dry goods
store and a saloon at Pollock. Con-
fronted with clear evidence of his guilt
in the form of stolen coat which the
officers found in his trunk, klosz con-
fessed and implicated young man
named Zotnik as his accomplice. The
store was entered March 10, and about
500 worth OF goods and some money
taken but Klosz was not suspected un-
til late in July after the robbery of a
saloon at Pollock, whenshe was discov-
cred to be ,eXpending a5large number
of nickels. IN investigation followed
and his arrest was made. Both Zotnik
and Klosz had been Industrious, hard
Working Young nen, and they would
] hsve been 5n5pected had 1t not
seen for Klosz' unusual liberalitS and
his unusual supply of small coin.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-08-12
MOTORCYCLE BURNS
BAGGAGE COACH

Sioux Falls. s. D.. Aug. 7.-Partial
destruction of the combination bag
gage and express car on the Omaha
railroad at Salem last night as the re-
gult of a peculiar accident is reported
by arrivals from that place. A pas
senger placed in the baggage car a
motorcycle and was instructed by the
conductor that he must remove the
gasoline from it. Instead Of pouring
the gasoline out upon the ground II
was poured upon the floor of the bag
gage car and the interior of the car
in an instant was a mass of flames,
the gasoline having ignited from lamps
in the car. The motorcycle was COM
pletely destroyed and the interior Of
the car badly damaged and several
trunks and their contents consumed.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-08-12
TRIP IS STRUCK
BY CL0UDBURST and
ELECTRIC STORM
Whole Family Shocked, Build.
ings Injured and Cellars
Flooded by Water.

Trip, s. D., Aug. 11-During the
worst electrical and windstorm in this
section in 25 years, eight buildings
were struck here Saturday night. an
entire family shocked into insensiDility
by lightning, and crops leveled within
a radius OF 35 miles.
Six members Of the family of ]. X.
Mayer We're rendered unconscious by a
stroke of lightning All, from the
parents to the youngest child, lay in
sensible for almost an hour. when they
gradually revived. The dwelling was
slightly damaged.
Lightning struck the house of j. w.
Schliessmann, banker. Of this place,
at three different places, charging the
building, and stunning several per-
sons within. The newly erected DWELL
ing of Albert Jungmann was struck
and considerably damaged, as was the
Hotel Tripp and the Dakota State bank
building.
Rain fell in torrents. 1t is reported
inches. Almost every cellar in
this town was flooded, as were the
Easements of all business houses. Dam
age from food will be considerable.
The house of John Pietz, a farmer
living near here. it is reported, was
struck by lightning during the storm,
and burned to the ground. Several
other structures We're struck and dam
aged by lightning. it is reported that
the windmill of the Milwaukee line at
belmont, near here, was struck and an
entire section torn Off
Corn in every direction in this vicin-
! ity was lowered by the storm, and it
is thought, greatly damaged. There
were two distinct storms the first at
about o'clock Saturday evening, the
other at about o'clock Sunday morn
ing.
There was constant, terrifying roll
OF thunder during the storms. and the
most awe-inspiring electrical display
seen in this part Of the country for a
quarter of century.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-08-12
MUNICIPAL COURT
PROVES ECONOMICAL

Watertown. S. D., Aug 7-Water-
towns experiment with the municipal
court, created by act of the legislature
three years ago, empowering cities to
substitute the former police court sys-
tenn for the method chosen by this city
advantageous from the standpoint Of
economy. The municipal judge draws
a salary Of $1,000 year and has juris-
diction over civil cases involving less
than $4,000. The court also has juris-
diction in criminal actions which have
hitherto been under the power Of the
circuit court only.
All police cases likewise go before
the municipal court. The August term
of the municipal court in this city
has several important criminal and
civil cases on the docket.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-08-12
PERMANENT SURVEY
FOR INTERURBAN

Centerville. S. D., Aug. 1.-THE Sioux
City and Bijou Hills interurban rail-
road project is not dead, according to
latest developments. Mr.. Graves, of
Bijou Hills, the main factor in the en-
terprise, was in this city Friday and
Saturday and talked very encouraging
ly. Mr.. Graves was accompanied by a
civil engineer and rigrt of way man
from Minneapolis. and it was given out
that active work would begin on the
survey this week, from each end Of the
proposed line. Mr.. Graves stated that
the survey contract had been closed
with Cleveland firm.
The route is practically settled from
Bijou Hills to Centerville. From this
city through Union county, some
changes may be made from the origi-
nal plan. Elk Point is anxious to se-
cure the line and may yet win out.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-08-12
WHISKY CAUSED
HALF BREED MURDER

Aberdeen. s. D.. Aug. "a gallon OF
whisky was the cause of the shooting
of Thomas Powell, young half breed
Indian, on the Standing Rock reserva-s
ton. by Robert Gilland, another half
breed, early Sunday morning. Powers
and Gilland had been to the agency to
get their issue Of beef cattle, and were
driving the cattle home. In the party
were two or three other young In-s
dians. In some manner the redskins
had procured gallon Of liquor, and
were partaking of 1t freely. Powell.
under the influence OF the liquor, be-
came insulting and abusive, and called
Gilland horse thief and other names.
Gilland ordered him to stop, and when
Powell refused went to his horse and
got a revolver from the saddle. Firing
q shot in the air, Gilland again or
dered Powell to stop, but Powell In
stead started toward him. Then Gill
land fired, shooting his victim through
the abdomen. Gilland then sprang on
his horse and rode to Thunder Hawk,
where he called up Sheriff Perry Of
the newly organised county Of Corson.
go to town and give himself up.
and wired the railroad to give Gil
land a ticket for Morristown. Gill
land took the train and when he got
off at Morristown the sheriff was there
to meet him. Gilland was brought to
Aberdeen, where he waived preliminary
examination and was held by United
States Commissioners William Wallace
to await the action of the federal court.
He is confined In the Brown county
Jail here. The Indian agent on Stand
ing Rock states that both Powell and
Gilland were usually well behaved,
Powell being especially law abiding
and inoffensive when sober. The man
introducing, the liQuor on the reserva-
tion will be prosecpted to the limit ie
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-08-12
FATHER OF MURDERER
DEFENDS REPUTATION

Aberdeen, S. D., Aug. l2-The allie
cations OF Elbert Hubbard that the
In East Aurora. N. Y, has brought out
a reply by August Victor, father Of
Emil Victor the murderer of the Chris
tie family at Rudolph, S. D., in which
the father submits testimonials from a
number Of residents Of East Aurora, to
the effect that August Victor has al
ways been peaceable, law-abiding, and
industriously employed in his vocation
OF carpenter One resident goes even
farther and asserts that August Victor
had been honest with him in horse
trade. The letters state that Mrs Vic
tor. also. had been of good reputation.
Nothing is said, in the letters, Of the
past record of Emil Victor.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-08-12
]. MORE eorp nj NfueGErs
IN CHICKENS GiZZARDS

; Lead. S. D.. Aug. 9.-Nicholas
Livak. a resident of Lead, is the
owner of number Of fine chick
ems. The other day he killed and
dressed one Of his finest and fat
test chickens for dinner. While
. dressing the hen he cut open it's
gizzard and found among the
gravel and other contents three
small nuggets of gold. All Of
; them We're worn smooth and
j. bright The nuggets were not
; very large in size. weighing an
; gregate OBJ about 80 cents. Livak
. weight and being worth an ag-
; gregate Of about 20 cents. Livak
; is a level headed man, so he will
) not expect his hens to commence
; laying golden eggs, and neither
) will he kill all of them in the
; hope Of finding other gold mug
; gets in their gizzards. He pur-
; chased the hens about year ago
; from a man living on Gold Run.
; and he believes that it was
; there the chicken picked up the
; gold.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-08-12
GOVERNMENT DISTRIBUTES
ZINE STOCK TO INDIANA

Pierre, s. D., Aug. 10-The 1pdtan4
on the Cheyenne River reservation have
just been presented with fine lot o,
horses, cattle and an equipment OF
farming implements by the government,
in lieu of cash payments for lands. II
a few days there will be commenced
at the agency the distribution of $50,
600 of annuity money. which means oves
500 head for all Indians on the re
serve, young or old. The merchant
along the borders of the reserve are
laying in stocks of goods for the reap
ing of the harvest.
The holders of wolf bounty certifl.
Gates this year will receive cents more
on the dollar than they did last year
The claims for this year amount te
s17,365. and must be met with an APP
preparation of $4,000. This will give
each holder "A cents on the dollar. Last
year they received but 72 cents.
The Milwaukee road has secured
deeds for the tracts Of state land
crossed in changing its line in Wal.
worth county, between the towns o,
Boudle and Selby. The road secufcs
a much better grade. but leaves the
town OF Java mile off the line.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-08-12
WILL COMPLETE GRADING
BY END OF OCTOBER

Aberdeen, S. D.. Aug. 1O.-According
to the statement of ). G. Adams. town.
site agent Of the Milwaukee railroad.
the grading on the three extensions Of
the road in western South Dakota will
be completed by November 1, next, and
trains will be running on the Mobridge-
New England branch, and possibly on
some of the others by December l. .
The Mobridge-New England line will
run northwest from the South Dakota
town to the north fork of the Cannon
ball river, crossing that stream mile
south of Mott. N. D.. and then continu-
ing to New England n. D.. and pos
sibly farther.
Another branch will extend westward
from Mobridge to the Slim Buttes.
"A third will run seuthwestward to
the Moreau river, and after crossing
that stream will follow the valley along
Virgin creek, still southwest, to the Fox
Ridge country, when it will turn to the
westward and continue to the Montana
line, and possibly farther, somewhere
north Of Belle FOurchc S ID