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Morris tribune., 1910-03-25

lows In both houses the liquor in
terestsshave an agent; he is not the
salesman of the liquor interests, of
course. He doesn't sell beer and
champagne or any of those other
things that | do not remember the
names of, but he is appointed and
paid a good salary to see that none
of the members suffer for any great
length of time on account of drouth.
They send booze to the rooms of the
members; some of whom will pro-
test: God bless you, | have never
tasted liquor in all my life oh, that
is nothing, the brewery agent will
answer. I never drink either; but
some of your friends use the stuff.
Just entertain your friends, and it is
wonderful how much the members
friends will consume in one session.
Blacknailing Members.
"When they haveshad about 90 days
of this kind of thing, the honest mem
bers, the new members from the
country. naturally drift into a class
of society and into places that they
would not care to nave mentioned.
What takes place when fellow has
gotten into that condition? 1t works
like this: the brewery agents have
but to say to Mr.. So-and-So: Don't
you remember where you were on
such a night? Do you remember
what you did at such time? Now,
if you don't vote just the way we
tell you, we will expose you Is it
any wonder that some of those bills
have failed of passage? /..
They have asked us what we ex-
pect to do. We expect to elect the
next Speaker of the House. We will
say to the enemy on the other side:
You cannot nominate Lieutenant
Governor of this State this time who
says that he will give US fair treat
ment before election. and gives us
one out of nine after election"
Morris tribune., 1910-03-25
Let the People Rule.

SAIL that the advocates of county
option ask is that the question of
license or no license be submitted,
in any county that desires it, to a
vote Of the people of that county. We
supposed that the forefathers es-
tab1ished a government in which the
majority had the right to rule.
Morris tribune., 1910-03-25
JAKE HITS HARD
J. F. jacobson Has Some
Heavy Blows for the
Brewery Combine

Hon. J. F. jacobson was introduced
as "the man who would rather be
right than be governor" There was
no mistaking his position. He took
a firm stand for county option and
backed it up with a plain recital of
how the breweries accomplish the
corruption and control of law-making
bodies. He said in part:
1--WE realize that there is a reason
at this particular time why the people
of Minnesota should fight harder than
ever before, and why? Because the
liquor interests, while they have al
ways been in favor of their own traf-
fc, have now become more per-
nicious in their activity than they
ever dreamed of being years ago.
They have done things in the last ten
years that Hamm himself would have
been ashamed of before that time.
Formerly they contented themselves
with allowing the people at home to
nominate and elect whom they saw
fit for the legislature, and then took
their chance of debauching and buy
ing them after they got there.
Morris tribune., 1910-03-25
Too Much Bad Whiskey.

81 know of men who got liquor all
through the session two years ago.
Every one that wanted to have it
they had it all through the session.
One member of the temperance COM
mittee left three or four days before
the session was over. I asked what
became of that man and someone said
he got sick from bad whiskey and
had to go to bed and had to stay in
bed two whole weeks because of the
bad whiskey he had taken in. An
other man was sagging down in his
seat and was snoring like thunder
during the proceedings, so you can
understand how he could follow
things up.
"They told me that still another
man forgot completely that he had
wife at home and borrowed another
mans wife.
''Those are few of the samples of
the kind of men sent down to the
law making body to make laws for
the state of Minnesota. They will
have to be cleaned out, and I hope,
Judging from the temper of this
audience here that we shall leave
many of those at home and elect men
to go down there who dare to do
what is right before God and man."
Morris tribune., 1910-03-25
Duty of Republican Party.

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The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-05-06
PlEASES SCHURMAN THIEF ALL HIS LIFE
Cornell President Sees Good In
Big Philanthropy Scheme.
Believes Congress Should Grant Re-
guest for National Charter
Would Change Only Ono
Small Detail.

Ithaca, y. Y. - In an address
before the Council congress on
Friday night President Jacob Gould
Schurman of Cornell commended the
scheme for the Rockefeller foundation
for which congress has been asked
for d national charter. President
Schurman devoted his entire speecl.
of several thousand words to this sub
ject and in summing up he said:
Il recognize that section No. , of the
bill, which defines the object of the
Rockefeller foundation, authorizes and
empowers that foundation to do any
thing and everything which may pro
mote and advance human civilization,
that is to say. morals and religion. art
and science. manners and social inter
course. and all that concerns the pc
~lilicai. economic, and material well
being OF individuals and communities.
This is a vast field for the exercise of
philanthropy.
But Mr. Rockefeller has conceived
a vast scheme of philanthropy, for the
benefit Of his fellow citizens and man
kind. His character, ability and or
ganizing skill are adequate guarantees
that he will carry out his scheme
wisely and successfully, with meal
culable benefit and blessing to man
kind. II is in the interest of the ma
ton that he be given a free hand in
the exercise of his colossal benef-
cence So long as he is active or his
influence remains ii would be wise
and safe to give the foundation the
sort of organization he desires. Meth
er now nor hereafter does it seem nee
essary to limit the scope Of his benefi-
cence. which is coeXtensive with the
efforts of mankind to attain a higher
civilization.
The only change | would desire to
see in the proposed bill is the total or
partial elimination OF the method OF
selecting trustees by cooperation. The
organization might well be left a close
corporation, if Mr.. Rockefeller so de-
sires. for a generation. But after that
time | am confident that it would inure
both to the eff ciency of the foundation
and to the public welfare-to say moth
ing of the satisfaction of the sentiment
of a democracy-if the majority OF the
trustees were appointed by the presi-
dent of the United States, with the
advice and consent of the senate. or
selected by some other high abiding,
governmental agencies that may fairly
be regarded as representing the peo-
pie of the United States, whose wei
fare is the primary object of the i'm
mense and glorious ~benefactiOn."
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-05-06
The New Packing Plant

Sioux F'alls-The contract is finally
let for the erection of the pacEin /,
plant in this city by the Morrell COM
panv. Collins frOs. Co., of Rocr s.
land. H.. are the successful cont ac-
tors. and it is understood that there
are seven large buildings in the group,
one. the largest 10 be 115X130. seven
stories in heighth. All are large, bit
the stock pavilion covers the most
ground, lcinC zoo feet < uare. Tie
construction price is close to n NIL
lion dollars. the Plant 10 be f'llv
eouipDed and ready for operation
within ten months, and when COM
D'a%rd will emnlOv about 20 hands.
The present plant in this CITY now
used by this company IS entirely i"a9-
eeuste to the accommodation Ct the
demands. IN fact. their hog receipts
have been so large on sOm" Oc asiOns
that they have been compelled 10 re-
shin to their Iowa plant in order to
hold the trade and do the business.
Sioux Falls is O bOasting any OF
the good things COMING this wav. but
it. looks very much like the Power
City was growing right along.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-05-06
Soldiers Home Cottages

Hot Springs The board of commits
~siOners Of the state soldiers home
during a recent meeting here, took
important action with reference TO
the construction of cottages for the
old soldiers and their wives on the
home grounds. Theb GARD adopted a
resolution which is in part as follows:
1T is ordered that for anv Old sOldied
and wife. entitled 10 admission who
euter The home, who will contrieut"
the sum Of $500, the MANAGEMENT is
authorized to construct a good two
room cottage such as Is provided BY
the state and to be finished in yo"G
wOrkmantike manner With pOrches
and approaches. to be occupied hy the
soldier and his wife So contributing
for the term of their natural life, and
by no one else so long as eithe may
live. and to receive maintenance from
the state. including clothing for the
soldier, 80 long as they may live and
comply with all rules and regulations
governing the home: said cottage to
revert TO the state 1T the death of
said soldier and wife"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-05-06
AWFUL BURNING ITCH CURED
IN A DAY

I'm the middle Of the night of March
30th | woke up with a burning itch in
my two hands and | felt as if | could
pull them apart. In De morning the
Itching had gone to my chest and DUR
ing that day it spread all over my
body. | was red and raw from the top
Of my head to the soles of my feet and
l vas in continual agony from the
itching. | could neither lie down nor
sit up. | happened to see about Cuti-
Cura Remedies and | thought | would
give them a trial. | took a good bath
with the Cuticura Soap and used the
Cuticura Ointment. ! put it on from
my head down to my feet and then
went to bed. On the first of April |
felt like n new man. The itching was
almost zone. | continued with the
Cuticura Soap and Cuitcura Ointment
and during hat day the itching COM
pletely left me. Frank Gridley, 1925
East 43rd Street, New York City, Apr.
q. 1909 Cuticura Remedies are sold
throughout the world; Potter Drug &
Chem. Corp, Sole Props, Boston, Mass.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-05-06

a tumor caused by a rupture. l wrote
to you for advice and you told me not
to get discouraged but to take Lydia
Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
! did take it and soon the lump in my
side broke and passed away Mrs.
r.. r. HUEY, 713 Mineral Ave, Galena,
Kama,
Lydia f. Pinkhaln's Vegetable Com
pound, made from roots and herbs,
has proved to be the most successful
remedy for curing the worst forms Of
female ills, including displacements.
Inflammation, tibroid tumors, irregu-
larities, periodic pains. ~backache, bear
ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges
ton, and nervous prostration. 1t costs
put a tride to try it. and the result
has been worth millions to many
suffering women.
If you want special advice writo
fOrit tONr ms.P inkham, Lynn, Mass.
1t is fire Ind always helpful.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-05-06
WHERE ROBE WOULD COUNT
Under Friendly Cover Preacher Might
Safely Proceed to Split His
lnfinitives.

IL tried to get a chance to speak to
you at church Sunday" said Mrs. Old
castle, but the crush was SO great
that l couldn't push through to where
you were" Yes. wasn't it awful?" re
piled her hostess, as she flecked a bit
Of dust from the Gobelin tapestry. An
the common folks in town seem to
want to crowd into our church lately.
It's TOO bad they amt satisfied to stay
where they belong. How did you like
the sermon Well, as a sermon il
was fairly good. but | do wish Doctor
Goodman would quit splitting his in
fnitives. try not to let it make me
nervous, but | can't keep from being
shocked every time he does it." Il
never let them kind OF things bother
me, but that's where the Episcopals
have the advantage of us. If our
preacher would wear a long robe he
could split them and We would never
notice it.'-Kansas City Star.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-05-06
Murderer Says He Couldn't Re-
sist Committing BurgIaries.
Believes Blow on Head Delivered by
Father Affected His Brain snd
Made Criminal Of Him-Moth-
or Defends Son.

Springfield, Mass.-Bertram G..
Spencer, who recently confessed that
he murdered Miss Martha Blackstone.
shot Miss Dow and committed many
burglaries. says he thinks he brain
is affected. His ease already is at
tracing much attention among law
yers and alicnists.
Il killed Miss Martha Blackstone in
a fit Of anger he said. Then | shot
Miss Harriet Dow. | did not know
what ] was doing When the women
screamed | lost all control of myself.
| would NOT have harmed a hair of
their heads If they had kept quiet.
Il have been a robber since ! was a
child. ! stole knives out of "A grocery
when | was only nine. Thieving has
had an irresistible fascination for me.
| have broken into houses in almost
every city where | have lived. In
Springfield III the past year | commit
ted more than a dozen %burglaries. |
would get out OF bed and go out and
rob After the deed was done my
mine seemed to be relieved and |
could sleep.
II think my brain is wrong. Ny ia
Their hit me on the back of the head
when was a boy with the butt OF
a whip. 1t left a big dent. Since
then my temper has been uncOntrol-
liable. Nobody has been so afraid of
me as myself. ] did not run away
from, S,vinoEL1I oft,, tho ,,,,lDr Ln
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-05-06
Bertram G. Spencer.

guard. The report that he had been
a member of the burglar bands which
terroriZed the city was not denied by
the police.
In Springfield Spencer said he had
broken into more than a dozen homes.
II never knew just what house |
was going 10 tackle when started
out" he said. Il would often wake
up soOn after retiring and toss and
turn until | was all in a fever with
as I struck the cool night air and
knew | vas in the game again ] felt
relieved. ] cannot describe the fasci-
nation OF the sport. When il once
gets p man il won't let 60.
| did not intend to rob the Dow
house the night | killed Miss Black
stone and shot Miss Dow in the head
| left home about seven o'clock and
walked toward Round Hill. When !
got to the Dow house ] saw there
to try it, ! got through a bedroom
window. pulled out my searchlight and
looked into a closet. There was
nothing there but clothes. On a
dresser | found a green Indian belt
and the silver brooch which Miss Dow
Identified. } put them in my pocket
and then went into the dining room
and ieveled my gun al the m in
the next room. All ! wanted was
money | would not have cared how
little they gave me. so long as they
made no fuss"
The confession is now in the pos
session of District Attorney Stephen
8. Taft.
When his mother and sister visited
Spencer in his Gel, he broke down
"Oh. God, ! had to tell" he sobbed.
as he buried his mead in his mothers
arms like n child II didn't realize
what sins ! had committed until they
began 10 question nie. Then they all
ghosts. They frightened me. so |
could not rest unit! | recognized them
and said they were all true"
with my daughter ! have just re-
turned from the cell where my son is
locked up" said Mrs. Spencer, with
ouaverine voice, 'Oh. il is terrible.
terrible. I never dreamed that all his
was TO come into our lives"
Il do not think that my son. Der.
tram, can be considered responsible
fo- the deeds charged against him. He
did what he did when he was practi.
cally insane. He did not realize what
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-05-06
AlRSHIP RUNS AWAY TO DOOM
Zeppelin H., Belonging to German
Army Post, Is Wrecked
in Gale.

Limburg -an-der-Lahn.-The Zeppe-
peliD H., II OF the three di-
rigible balloons OF the German govern
ment's aerial fleet, raj away and was
destroyed. The airship. which was
forced TO descend here. owing to a
storm, encountered while attempting
a return trip from Homburg to Co
logne, broke its moorings and without
a crew drifted in a northeaSterly di-
rection. A half hour after its escape
the dirigible dropped at Wellburs and
was smashed to pieces.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-05-06
State Board Of Pharmacy

Brookings-The state boa d Of phar-
macy held its quarterly me ting ut the
college of pharmacy building of the
agricultural school last week tn a
-7ery large class of young men who
are seeking registration by evam,oa-
ton as licentiates in pharmacy. The
board. ID. +. Jones of WatertOWn; Ii.
r. Swartz Of Redfeld: +. w. Brown
of Lead: F.. l.. Bent Of Dell Raids;
secretary, were in attendance: Dean
Whitehead Of the pharmacy depart
ment arranged a complete equipment
for the class and entertained the board
at his home on evening. Mr.. |. A
Keith OF Lake Preston, hoard member
emeritus. and secretary OF the drug'
gists Mutual Fire company. was a
guest Of honor and addressed the
which has fftN-nine members.
s. b. Stegman. Pierre: u. +. J mes.
Watertown: |. A. Keith. Lake Preston
and e. C.. Bent of Dell Rapids have
been appointed delegates to the A.
PHI. \. meetine to be held in Rich
mond. Va. and to the [. 5. Pharma-
copeia revision convention to be h"'d
in WASHINGTON. y. c.. in May. by Pres
ident Deeken Of neadwood. or the
State Pharmaceutical assoc iation.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-05-06
SEVERAL NEW BANKS
The States Secretary Charters Three
For New Towns

Pferre-The state secretary has
chartered four new state banks, three
Of them for new towns. One of the
banks is the Citizens State bank OF
Winfred, with a capital Of $4,000. In
corporators. f. f. Drake. NJ. c.
Drake. Madison: G.. N. Hartwick, Ra-
mona.
The Farmers State Bank of Depree.
Sehnasse county. with a capital OF
$1,000. Incorp .rators. G. A. McGar-
raush. Rousseau: Michael Dunn, Fort
Pierre; p. F. Mcclure of Pierre. This
is one Of the new railroad towns on
the Fox Ridge branch OF the Nj lwau-
kee and is at a point north OF lAsile.
and was named after Fred Oepree.
n of the pioneers Of the Cheyenne
river country.
The German State bank of G r
man, one Of the new towns on the
Northwestern line between Rl"nt
and Gettysburg. It is capi'ali Ell at
80. 0G6. The .nc0rporatorS are !. +.
Whitl0ck. fcrtst CITY: .Iohn C'mn-
bell. Gettysburg G. II. Camp eli.
Monroe.
The No~hw-errrN SIT" ank of
Newell. with a capital Of $4,000 In
corpOratOrs. f'0'"or \. JCh9e0n. 81 uX
City: Frank NJ. Jr'Neon. Ceddes' I'd
win n. Johnson. Rid CIV: Charl 8
f. McClurg, Odin c. Hardesty, New
ell. This is one of the new towns on
the Northwestern east from ele
FOurche. into the government irriga-
ton project in that part OF the state.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-05-06
Only Nine Left.

lee Wyman is an earnest advocate
Of some plan under which the say
lngs of children shall be preserved
for future generations to read.
The other day. for instance says
Wyman, my little boy was called be-
fore the tribunal over which his fond
mother presideS.
"'You've broken one of the precious
ten commandments she said.
Ibid /? asked our boy carelessly
like.
Yes, my boy. I've said TO you
owe and yer the ter command
ments, said Mrs. Wyman, and now
you've broken one of them.
Dear, dear my boy said, there's
only nine left now
And Mrs. Wyman let it go at
that"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-05-06
SCHOOL METHODS
THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES AND IN.
STRUCTORS OUTLINE I'M
PROVEMENTS
RURAL SCHOOL DISCUSSED
Standards Of Excellence and Eficienc,
Impossible Under the Present
impractical District
System

Sioux Falls-Just before the ad-
jOurnment was taken of the session of
the county superintendent and insti-
tute instructors held in this city last
week, the following resolutions were
adopted:
We, the county superintendents and
school executives OF South Dakota, i'm
convention assembled. AT the city of
Sioux Falls, this twenty-frst day OF
April, A. D., 1910. HEREBY adopt the
following preamble and resolutions.
Whereas, The Greatest problem that
has ever confronted the people OF
south Dakota is that of improving the
rural schools so that they will e7ual
even in the least favored localities,
the best city schools in regularity of
attendance and efficiency of instruc-
ton, n
Whereas, The raising Of the rural
schools to the degree Of eXcell nee
described would yield to our state a
money profit of many hundred per
cent on the investment. amounting to
"a gain Of millions Of dollars in the
increased value Of crOps. live stccE,
etc. owing to their more scientiF &C
treatment, and through the greater
intelligence and efficiency Of the ru-
raj population. and further.
Whereas. Experience has amply
demonstrated that material improve
ment in the rural schools is imposSi-
bile under the district system, and inn
possible without a reorganization OF
our present system, and that such re-
organization can best be secret
through the aid of an educational
commission. therefore, be il
Resolved, That we most heartily in
dorse. adopt. and advocate tie ideas
set forth in the educational cred.
presented to this body by the state
committee on educational legislation;
and that we pledge ourselves to use
oar earnest endeaVOr to secure a
proper understanding and a"prrola-
ton # these views by the public. and
especially by ali candidates for the
next legislature.
Resolved. Further. That we favor an
amendment TO the constitution OF the
state that will admit Of apUOrt'oni'g
the state money on a ra9is Of afto"d-
ance. instead OF by the present men
cd
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-05-06
GIRL Is HELD AS OYNAMlTER
cupied by Her Former Fiancs
and His Bride.

Prairie City, la. - Suspected OF
having exploded dynamite which
tore almost to atoms the mag
nifcent $i2, 900 residence OF Jesse A.
Quick. wealthy farmer, three miles
east, Miss Mary Guthrie of Carthage,
H., has been arrested.
Occupants of the house escaped in
jury. In the home were DR.. Alexander
Hall of Colfax, a former sutton OF
Miss Guthrie. and his bride. formerly
Miss Myrtle Quick.
At one time Miss Guthrie and DR..
Hall were engaged to be married.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-05-06
Saves Train From Disaster.

Spokane, Wash Because the
engineer put OF brakes after his
engine struck a defective switch near
North Yakima a Burlington passenger
train over the Northern Pacific rail.
road was saved from disaster. En-
gineer Gordon of Ellensburx and Fire
mar Meyers Of PaScO were killed.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-05-06
AUTOS TO CROSS CASCADES
state Of Washington to Complete Link
In Highway Through Sno-
qualmie Pass.

Seattle. Wash. - Orders will be
given Immediately by the state
highway commission for the construc-
tion of S%noqualmie pass road across
the Cascade mountains. connecting
the eastern and western sections OF
the state and completing a transcon-
tinental automobile road. A gap OF Is
miles Ia all thai needs IN ho covorod
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-05-06
Runs tor Ball; browns.

New York, April 25.--Louis Rose. q
ten-yearold boy of Jersey City. run
ming valiantly to catch a foul tip In a
baseball game, fell head foremost into
a shallow pond and stuck In the mud
bottom. He was dead when pulled
out
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-05-06
Expjaininu the Soul.

The following dialogue took place
between two very small boys on their
way home from Sunday school:
Willie-Where is my soul?
Bobby-lt isn't any place; it's just
air.
Willie-HOw can it go to heaven
when it's just air?
Bobby-Why, your body goes, too.
Willie-Bones and all?
Bobby-Yes, everything but your
clothes.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-05-06
DOCTOR
ADVISED
OPERATION
C~uredbyLydiaE .Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Galena, Kans. year ago last
March l fell, and a few days after
there was soreness in my right side.
In a short time a bunch came and it
bothered me SO much at night | could