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". While the S. congregation
prohibits the arrangement of mixed
choirs of male and female voices by
answering the proposed question as
to its lawfullness by the simple neg
ative, yet when there is a dearth
Of male singers and when it is ne
cessary for the solemnity of the SER
vice that men and women join in
the singing, even then the men and
women are to be absolutely separat-
ed, and it becomes the duty of the
bishop to see that this is done"
The official text of the decree by
Pope Plus is a flat refusal to exempt
the United States from the opera
tions of the "Motu proprio," except
as %eNpedient where conscientiously
deemed necessary. When Pope Plus
made the ruling establishing the
Gregorian chant, efforts We're made
to have the United States exempted,
it being impossible to secure suffi-
cient men singers. under the condi-
tions existing in this country. 1t is
probable the women singers in the
Catholic church choirs of the west
will not be done away with for the
present, as it is impossible to C
sufficient male singers.
How the difficulty will be over
come is not known. The decree was
promulgated but recently, and Bish-
op O'Gorman has not received in
structions. Men singers are not avail
able SO 1t is expected when the de-
cree is sent the bishops in the west
definite directions will be given as
to methods for separating the sexes
in the choir lofts.
In st. Michaels here, the women
are in the front ROY and the men in
a row behind them. There are four
women singers at the present time,
and five or six men. OF the latter
two are Professionals, showing the
difficulty in securing male singers.
The organist and director, Walter
Howe Jones, is not a Catholic. How
ever, during all of December and
most of January, the services were
conducted with men singers. The
usual method for separating the
singers abroad where it is necessary,
is to place a screen between them.
Here, however, owing to the arrange
ment of the choir loft, that would
be practically impossible.
At any rate strict separation must
be maintained la Quakerdom-
in the Catholic choir.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-25
THE BosTERs TO BANQUET
The City Boosters Will Get Together
for the Second Annual Banquet
Middle of March.

The boosters banquet of one year
ago will be recalled as one of the
most successful in the history of the
city. Some one hundred and thirty
business men were brought together
to listen to the presentation of mat
tiers that were of great Importance
to the city's growth and welfare. 1t
brought men into closer relations
with each other, and made them feel
as if they had something in common
when it came to the proposition of
working for the interests OF Mitchell.
The hundred and thirty men We're
then of the opinion that such a BAN
quet has its regular place in the
social and business affairs of Mitch
ell.
With this idea in view President
Silsby of the Mitchell club, held a
conference with perhaps a dozen or
so gentlemen and they agreed that
a boosters banquet number two
would be about the proper thing for
the middle of March, anywhere be-
tween the 10 and 18th. A committee
of fifteen vas appointed to look after
the details of the banquet, and this
committee is composed of the fol-
lowing gentlemen: o. l.. Branson,
G. w. Downey, A. B. Hager, H. R.
Kibbee, Edward Leehan, Jamea
Lyons, d. A. Mizener, H. G. Preston,
George A. Silsby. T. j. Spangler, w.
E. Turner. ] o. Walrath, j. e. Wells.
F. H. Winsor, H. E. Hitchcock.
Messrs, Branson and Kibbee will
look after the arrangements for the
banquet, which will be held at the
Widmann and G. w. Downey will
provide the music. Committees will
be appointed later for the selling
of tickets, which have been placed
at 81. The program will be an
nounced later, and it will contain
some of the best speakers in the city.
The invitation extended for this
banquet is general in character-any
person WHO uGSlIeS 10 ne tlllSleQ
under the booster banner for Mitch
ell is very cordially invited to par
ticipate in the affair, n this invita-
ton can be accepted by ali these as
official. Banquet tickets will be
placed on sale at all the drug stores
within a few days.
Things are looking mighty good
for Mitchell at the beginning of the
present season and a bringing to-
gether of the business interests will
be a great help to cement a closer
bond of friendship that will make the
entire body of business citizens one
when it comes to helping along things
that adds to Mitchell's prominence
in the business world. The definite
date for the banquet will be announc-
ed in a few days.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-25
BABIES, We, AT ROAD MAKING
American Engineer Views Highways
of France and Makes
COMPARISONS

New York Sun: Chief Engineer
Nelson p. Lewis of the New York
Board of Estimate is of the opinion
that the pavements in the large cities
of Europe are not only superior in
material and method to New York's
paving, but cost less. Mr.. Lewis was
sent by the Board of Estimate to at
tend the international road congress
in Paris last October and visited the
populous cities of Great Britain and
the continent to look into their paw
ing systems. He has prepared a re-
port which he will submit to the may
or.
AIR. Lewis thinks the highway sys-
tens G.. france is the finest in the
World. A.c says:
n he .....,,te attention given to
Drainage -..- ether details of con-
struc>ion .41 the extreme care with
which the roads are maintained are
impressive to M accustomed to what
must be admitted to be the %slovenli-
ness of American practice in these
particulars.
"The French highway system has
been an evolution. The work Of con
struction and maintenance is entire
ly under the control of the engineers
of bridges and roads, a thoroughly
trained corps of technical men con-
shutting what is probably the great
est engineering organization in the
world. All the roads in commune,
department or city are under their
Jurisdiction. There is no conflicting
authority, no diversity of policy or
method in contiguous departments or
communes. The results have been SO
striking that the naturalization of
highway work has lately been advo-
Gated in Great Britain. This policy
is In marked contrast to that prevail
ing in this country and especially in
the city of New York, where in five
boroughs there are five distinct high
way bureaus entirely independent of
each other, each one of which has its
own organization, it's own methods of
administration and it's own standards
of work. The French system of ma
tionaliZation might not be adapted
to the conditions existing in this
country, but that system has result
ed in France in the best built and
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-25
TRAINs ALL TIED up
o Passenger Trains Game Into
Mitchell Tuesday Evening and
Were Laid Out on the Road.
(From Wednesdays Daily.)

There was not a passenger train
turned a wheel into Mitchell Tues
day afternoon or night, either on
the Milwaukee or Omaha roads
both roads We're blocked and unable
to 60 a train through. 1t is the first
tire in a great many years that
The roads We're unable to overcome
it i'll the slightest degree.
The storm Monday afternoon and
nis1t with The wind blowing and
SNOW still falling Tuesday the cuts
that We're all cleared out last week
Were all filled up again, and beneath
Was a slushy snow that was hard
indeed to penetrate.
Down in the vicinity of Scotland
the worst conditions exists on the
Milwaukee. The freight that left
here Tuesday morning early got as
far as Scotland where it was stalled
in the immense drifts which prevail
along the track. This train was fol-
lowed by the 6 O'Clock passenger
which was tied up at Scotland and
then the II O'Clock passenger start
ed out and it was tied up at Scot
land also. These trains laid there
all day and the through the night,
for it was impossible to get through
with the snowplows at hand or UNI
til the wind went down to stop drift
ing. There were six trains stalled
on tie division between Mitchell and
Sioux City.
The east passenger that left Tues
day at II o'clock did not get past
Canton, where it was tied up along
late in the night. The train got to
Worthing where it Went into a drift
and could not get out until relief
was secured late in the evening.
The engine left the rails by reason
Of the snow.
This morning a snowplow with
two engines came through from
Murdo leaving there at 2 o'clock
and clearing the road through to
Mitchell. The snow has not drifted
very much between the two points.
The passenger did not come in from
Chamberlain on account of there
being no train equipment or crew
to handle the same, as no train went
west Tuesday evening
When the Omaha passenger got
in from the east Tuesday afternoon
at 4 o'clock, being six hours late,
it was the last train in or out. The
passenger was not sent east in the
evening at z o'clock mol was a train
sent east this morning. Information
came from Worthington that the
blockade in that section was COM
plete and that both lines we're tied
up. No train is anticipated over
the Omaha before night.
This is the first time in a great
many years that Omaha road has
been put out of business to such an
extent. In former years their road
bed, when storms wree so prevalent,
it seemed possible to get trains
through when the Milwaukee was
blocked, but the past six weeks has
put the Omaha out of business sew
eral times when the Milwaukee was
able to get through without much de-
lay until yesterday.
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Notice of Hearing Petition for Letters
of Administration

State of South Dakota, county of
Dawson, IS.
In the matter of the estate Of Celia
Shay deceased
greetings, to Burton Shay heir at law
and next of kin of Celia Shay, deceased.
and to all to whom these presents may
come.
Shay has filed with the Judge of this
Court. a petition praying for Letters Of
Administration Of the estate Of Celia q
18th day Of March. 1909 at two o'clock
p; M: Of said day. being q dap Of g
the March term. 1909 at the court house
in the city Of Mitchell, county Of Davi-
sen has wb been .s set 1 fSr bearing sI : ge said p pe-
terested may appear and show cause
why the said petition should not be
Dated at Mitchell lis 2srd day OF
Feb. 1909.
Judge of the County Court.
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Gall For Bids.

Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids will be received at the Office
Of the County Auditor, Mitchell, S.
D.. up to 9 o'clock a. m, Monday,
March LIST, 1909, for putting in a
cistern at the court house. Plans and
specifications on file at Auditors
Office. The county commissioners re-
serve the right to reject any and all
bids.
Dated at Mitchell, So. Oak, this
LIST day Of Feb. 1909.
H. B. Anderson,
County Auditor.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-25

These bu%gle-blasts were given by
the San Antonio Light, and the same
were blown by its racy paragrapher:
Head erect. Eyes to the front.
Heart for anything. The courage to
try. The belief that you a succeed.
The merit to hold your own in the
struggle for place. The confidence
in your W manhood to get there,
whether in pleasure or business or
knowledge or love-these are the
things that tell"
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bers of the faculty in honor OF
Washington's birthday. A light lun-
cheon was served. The house was
decorated with patriotic colors in
honor Of the occasion.

Mr.. Holt. the Englishman. who
toured this continent, said to the
British press on his return home:
The American woman is just de-
lightful. and the American man, the
typical American, whether cowboy
or millionaire. is one of the very
best fellows in all the world" What
ever else may be said of President
Roosevelt. he is the typical AmerL
can.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-25

Your dearest friend may utterly
destroy your aim if perchance he
touched your bow-string when you
have the arrow on the feather. il
is a crucial moment. And there are
definite moments when every man
must act solitary and alone.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-25
Chattel Mortgage.

This mortgage made the Sth day of
June in the year 1908, by Charles w.
Gardner and wife of Dawson county
S. d.. by occupation a farmer, mortgagg-
or, to Frank Weller of Mitchell. !. y.
m~ortgagee. witnesseth: That the mort
gagor mortgages TO the, m~ortgasee one
light gray horse named Dick and ono
dark gray horse named Rowdy, one
wagon. breaker, one set double harness
one l-horse cNener and = set double
trees. one half interest IN AZ clops
grown by said Gardner on n. W.. puaI-
together With ali the increase thereof,
as security fol the payment OF one
note for Five Hundred dollars as lol-
lows: oo
Each bearing interest at 10 per cent
per annum until paid, and on fallufe
to pay when due, or if for amy other
good reason said m~ortgaSee may deem
himself insecure before maturity, they
are hereby authorized to take possess
wise. and sell the same at public auct-
ion, in accordance with he provisions
of an act entitled, An Act to Give Puo-
LEFTY to Chattel M 1sSe ssa sa aftsr d ae-
Quoting from proceeds the amount Que
hereon, including the expenses of sale
and attorneys fee allowed by law, 10
pay over to the undersigned the sur,
personal notice of sale are hereby waiv-
i also hereby acknowledge the re-
ceipt of a true and correct copy OF the
within mortgage at the time of signing
Witness our hands this Sth day of
June, A. D. 1908.
Chas. S. Weller
Chas. w. Gardner.
Mamie d
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-25

perhaps the most thoroughly main
tanned highways in the world, while
in this city there is palpable waste
of energy, material and money, and
the results are by common consent
unsatisfactory"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-25
Lease Of Common school Lands.

Notice is hereby given that on
March 30th. 1909, all the Unbiased
common school lands In Dawson
county will be offered for lease at
public auction, between the hours OF
10 o'clock a. m. and five o'clock p. m.
at the front door of the court house
in said county.
Dated at Pierre, January 26th,
1909.
o. c. Dokken,
Commissioner of Schools and Pub
lie Lands.
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Notice of Hearing Petition for Letters
Of Administration

State of South Dakota, county OF
In County Court. February term. 1909.
In the matter of the estate of Harvey
The state of South Dakot sends
greetings. to Burton Shay heir at law
and next of kin of Harvey Shay, de-
ceased, and to all to whom these pre-
Notice is Hereby Given. that Burton
Shay has filed with the Judge of this
Court. a petition praying for Letters of
Administration of the estate OF Harvsy
Shay, deceased. and that Saturday. the
18th day of March, 1909 at two O'Clock
p. IN. of said day. being a day Of a
regular term of This Court. to wit: Of
the March term. 1903 at the court house
in the city of Mitchell, county of Davi-
SON has been set for hearing said pc
tition, when and where any person in
terested may appear and show cause
why the said petition should not be
Dated at Mitchell this 23rd day of
Feb. 1903.
Judge of the County Court.
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worker. All these things being true,
it naturally follows that he has no

worker. All these things being true,
it naturally follows that he has no
frills
At dinner given to him at Nash
vile, Tenn. where he is best known.
the invitation cards bore design rep
resenting ladder showing his steps
to prominence. The inscription was
'He Works While Others Sleep" 'e4s'
In his legal contests he is aggressive,
but mixes his forcible arguments with
such a fund of good humor as to leave
his defeated antagonists feeling hap<
py. His stock of stories regarding old
time Tennessee darkies is almost end
less. Like Lincoln, he clinches his
points with telling anecdote. One of
his greatest legal victories was scored
in the Alaskan boundary case in Lon
don in 1903. President Roosevelt had
appointed him to represent the United
States before the tribunal that met in
London. He was opposed by great
legal luminaries. He had the closing
speech. Each argument was prepared
without any reference to what any one
else might say, so that much Of the
same ground was covered frequently.
Mr.. Dickinson proved to be the only
exception. One Of the British counsel
had said the Americans were trying to
stretch the boundary. Referring to
the statement by the British lawyer,
Mr.. Dickinson said: "That reminds me
of darby In Tennessee. A plantation
owner was amusing a friend by call
ing attention to the wide grin upon
the faces Of some of the darkies. He
called some of the darkies around him.
and the friend offered dollar to the
man who could show the widest grin.
1.-TWO or three Of the darlkies showed
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most expansive mouths, and then one
darby came forward with his hands
over his face. He removed them. ana
there was a smile stretching from ear
to ear. It was unbeatable, and the
visitor gave the dollar to the darby.
"After he had made the award he
noticed the mans, smile did not relax
perceptibly. and, fearing to tire the
man, he told him he need grin his best
no longer.
1.-THE winner responded: Golly,
massa, rs not stretch my mouf a
bit. It's just natural dat way
"And So" concluded Mr.. Dickinson,
1--WE may seem to have winning smile
about this boundary, but we are not
stretching 1t. It just belongs that
way"
While Mr.. Dickinson's business of
late has been in Chicago. his, home-to
use southern provincialism. his sure
enough home-was Belle Meade farm,
near Nashville. Tenn, once the prop
erty of Andrew Jackson. There. as in
Chicago, he dispensed old fashioned
southern hospitality. In all his social
affairs he is assisted by his gracious
wife, who before her marriage was the
daughter Of General Overton. On both
sides the Dickinsons are related to
families Of distinction. Thus the cabi-
! net circle will have return of that
old time hospitality Of antebellum
| days.
Young Dickinson's Fight.
At the close of the civil war young
Dickinson, like many boys Of the
south. was thrown on his own meager
resources. He had enlisted in the Con-
| federate army when he was fourteen
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that Turk In the jungles which
he will invade. This has revived IN
terest in other conditions of the hunt
zone. caused by the prevalence there OF
a species of blood sucking insects that
attack natives who, as result, sue
cumb to the malady known as sleep
ing sickness. The ravages caused by
this disease have aroused such Euro
pean countries as have colonies In Al
RIGA. In London national sleeping
sickness bureau has been organized to
collect typographical. statistical, patho-
logical and other information regard
ing the plague. The German govern
ment sent an expedition to its posses
sion in East Africa to study and COM
bat the disease. 1t was In charge or
the governments most eminent scien-
tist Professor Herbert Koch
The plague has spread to one part
of the United States report made
in 1908 stated that In North Carolina
there were number. OF victims or the
disease. Another report made abroad
estimated that the ny which produces
the sickness has killed more people
than fell in the wars OF Napoleon or In
the civil war in this country.
AS result Of the investigation made
in Sesse islands Professor Koch found
that out of population of 10000 only
10000 were left. and half of this num-
Der were infected. Researches on the
pampas Of Argentina. Bolivia, Para
quay and Brazil show that thousands
of horses have been slain by the fly
technically known as the tsetse fly. but
that man and cattle are immune.
The only benefit on record which this
insect rendered was in India quarter
of a century ago. The head Of the med
ical service in that country discovered
that the microbe had attacked the rats
of Calcutta. The insect, shaped like a
worm, dashed about at an extraordi-
nary rate, causing violent commotion
! by the flashing of a whip which it pos
sessed at the anterior end.
| The effects Of the fly has been de-
! scribed by LIVINGSTONE Selous and ath.
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The Sleeping Sickness Of the JunsIes
Efforts Of Science to Allay the African MaIady

er pioneers of exploration in the dark
continent. Its sting meant instant
death to beasts and lingering. tortur-
Ing life to men, ending In madness and
extinction.
In the Investigations made by Colo
mel Bruce. an English officer in Zulu
land he found, contrary TO general be-
lief, that 1t was not the actual bite or
the fly that is poisonous, but that the
insect deposits in one animal try
panoSoma which he has sucked from
the blood of another. The fly says
Colonel Bruce, is merely go-between.
and 1t is the trypanosoma which car
ries death to all it enters. For long
time man seemed to be secure from the
attack of the fly The first white vic
tim of which there is any authentic rec
ord was the captain of a government
boat on the Gambia in 1903 He fell
suddenly i'll. and in his blood was found
trypanosoma, with the usual result.
Then followed alarming reports from
Uganda of the deadly sleeping disease
of negroes 1t was then learned that
the dread disease had been known on
the west coast of Africa for century
BY 1901 the malady had made rapid
strides in Uganda along the northern
anu eastern SHORES OIL lUe NlCtCT1d NY
ANA and in Its islands Its origin is
obscure but 1t Is believed to have come
in the wake of ENNIS followers after
their relief by Stanley at Wadelat. In
1902 the Royal society felt called upon
to send out an expedition to study the
malady. 1t was found then that the
area affected was belt not wider than
ten miles. This was followed by the
Investigations of Colonel Bruce and his
wife. Natives were instructed to bring
In flies and the insects were turned
loose on healthy monkeys, and they
contracted the disease and passed into
sleeping state.
The usual course OF the disease in
man is from four to eight months AT
the outset there are headache, a fever
ish condition, lassitude and correspond
ing disinclination to work. The facial
aspect OF the victim changes. A pre-
viously happy and intelligent looking
negro becomes instead dull, heavy and
apathetic. Later tremor in the tongue
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department until Benjamin Harrison
was elected. He appointed Stephen B.
Elkins of West Virginia, but West Vir-
ginia is not recognized by extreme
southerners as southern state. The
south again dropped out of the war de-
partment after the Harrison admins
tration and did not again come to view
until President Roosevelt appointed
Luke Wright. AS will be recalled Mr..
Wright succeeded Mr. Taft. Wright
was Confederate soldier So was
Dickinson 1t is a singular political
coincidence that the president of the
United States gave way as secretary of
war to a Confederate and that one of
his first appointments after he became
president is southerner with Con-
federate history. In the words of ono
of Mr.. Dickinson's southern friends.
Surely this bridges the chasm. II 1t
never was bridged before"
ELMER O. JUDSON.