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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-02-18

WAGNER, =. D.-Captain Burdick,
for years one of the conspicuous char
acters In this and other places in
Charles Mix county. has become vio-
,ently insane and has been taken to
The state asylum at Yankton.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-02-18

Washington, Feb. 8.-News of sharp
fighting between Chamorro's i%nsurgent
troops and the government forces un-
der Vasquez at the Tipitapa river, Mic
aragua Is expected m~omentarily here.
Incomplete advices, which have ar
rived in a desultory way, indicate that
Chamorro Is preparing to cross the
Tipitapa on his way to Granada and
Managua and that the Madriz forces
intend to make a stand there.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-02-18
REBEL CHIEF ELUDES
REGULAR SOLDIERS

Managua, Feb. 11.-General Chamorro
has eluded three columns of the gov
eminent troops which were sent to be-
siege him in Boaco and has taken TO
the woods. The government forces
are ~reoccupying the town. Boaco was
captured by the insurgents under Cen
eral Mazis last Friday.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-19

Uy HE following point, which ap-
pears to be valid one, is made
n by a Ventura reader of The
Herald, who is the first to call at
tention to what may be a serious mat
ter:
Editor Herald: Were the consti-
tutional amendments legally sub
mitted to the voters at the cleo
ton held on November s?
Section 1895 of the political code,
as amended in 1909, provides that
whenever the legislature shall pro-
pose a constitutional amendment
it Shall be accompanied by state
ment for and against the same,
and that the proposed amendment
and the statements shall be
printed and furnished by the secre-
tary of state to the various Coun-
ty clerks of the state, thirty days
before the election at which the
amenCment is + be voted on.
The constitutional amendments
sent out by the secretary of state
to the county clerks were accom-
panied by reasons for their adop
ton but no reasons given why
they should not be adopted, as pro-
vided in above section Of the stat
ute. j. WILLETT.
The section quoted by our corre-
spondent makes it mandatory upon the
secretary of state and county clerks
to send out the reasons advanced by
the minority against its (any amend
ment proposition) adoption" AS this
was not done, would not the objection
that their absence may have been
sufficient to make a decisive difference
in the result have great weight with
the court?
For example, the amendment for
good roads which will put a debt Of
nearly 5000 900 on Los Angeles coun-
ty without any beneflt-if the unfair
ness of the measure had been proper
ly placed before voters elsewhere it is
conceivable that it would not have
carried. And this suggests the ex-
pedient of contesting it on that ground
if Los Angeles county wants to escape
the burden. We are not advising that
course; only pointing out it's seeming
availability.
There is, Of course, the likelihood
that an attack on any amendment
might have disastrous results on others
that carried, and both for this reason
and the further one that the need of
another vexatious and costly election
on the propositions might follow an
adverse court decision any contest is
likely to be strongly discountenanced.
But the point raised by Mr.. Willett
would seem to be we'll taken.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-19
FIRE ESCAPES

NTAYOR ALEXANDER should be
M supported in his opposition to
M the vertical ladder fire escape.
The only argument in it's favor, if such
it can be called, is its economy of con-
struction, against which is to be set
the great perils that inhere in it in
times of excitement. A fire escape is
not worthy the name that will not
make escape easy when lives are in
danger, The vertical device makes it
difficult.
The average person, when running
from flames, becomes excited and in
capable Of the normal use of facul-
ties. Of all times he is least able to
use a ladder with small rungs or to
have any consideration for those above
or below him. If the imperiled person
happens to be a woman or child,
wholly Impractical in the use of lad
ders, it is almost foregone conclu-
sion that disaster will follow.
The economy of builders goes too
far when it seeks to save money on
the fire escape. Los Angeles has had
too recent a warning of the perils Of
a sudden outbreak of fire to let up
in its precautions against them.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-19
ADVICE OF A WOMAN

Editor Herald: May I ask why our
good lords don't vote us out of slavery
"a slavery much worse than the ne
groes of the south ever knew? Reader,
YOU don't believe, eh? Well, women
that don't have to work at all, pun on
your high-heeled shoes and corsets'
put on plain dress, go to the laun-
dry, volunteer your services for two
days at least, take the place of some
tired woman there, sling the iron or
stand at the mangle from TO
o'clock. then drag home too tired TO
eat, too tired to rest TIL IL or IN the
morning, then roll out of bed win
your eyes sweled shut, dab a niue
cold water in your face, then run into
the kitchen, light few newspapers
and warm a little tea, take II cracker
or two and go back to the laundry;
leave the children to do the best they
can. .-,-
Now, you unbelievers, try TINS
please. l have given you the worst
dose. Some have it a little easier, but
not much, sitter and brother, II l may
call YOU so. Brother men, what are
Won doing with the 'ote but standing
listening to someone's idea, chewing,
smoking, drinking. / say vote to make
II a fine for any woman to work over
eight hours away from her own nome
What profit is it to gain the whole
world and lose our own lives
JUST A MERE WOMAN
Redlands, Cal,
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-19
AS TO LEGS, ETC.

Editor Herald: Seeing, so much about
nakedness here of late in the Letter
Box reminds me of a story a corre-
spondent wrote while spending his va
cation at one of the beaches this sum
mer. His description of the great va
riety of legs he saw in the snort tune
he was there proved quite shock 10
some of the modest people OF our COM
nunity, and some declared they Would
cease taking the paper on account OF
il: but they have since had a change
of heart, turning in liberal supscrlp-
tions, and are now looking Tor ihore
'leg" stories, 1 guess.
In fact, I thought he said an awful
sight about legs, myself. But What
else could a man write about when ne
saw so many legs, and so many dlder-
emf lengths and sizes Of them? He
couldn't say much about clothing when
he saw so little OF it. MY opinion Is
that he will spend his next vacation
among the apes and monkeys, where
he will see objects clothed with halr'
at least.
It was my misfortune to visit Long
Reach once and take a look at the
bathers in a bath house there. one
woman was very active in shooting the
chutes, or sliding the slide, and drop
ping down into a male companlons
arms who stood in the pool at the pot-
tom of the slide. While l stayed she
must have made ten or dozen SHOOTS !
she seemed to enjoy being caught, ana
her male companion seemed to enjoy
catching her. too-fair holds or toul'
became disgusted and left the place,
and don't care to see any more of their
show W. - ~
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-19
SENATOR CLARK'S GIFT

INK SENATOR w. A. CLARK'S S
X gift of a home for working
IL women in Los Angeles to cost in
the neighborhood of $15O,00O will fill a
need of the city as it grows in size
and industrial Importance, if indeed
there is not already enough demand
for it's uste among the large number
Of women who are earning their living
and are without friends to fall back
upon. 1t is a handsome gift that will
return to the donor a reward in the
deep appreciation of its beneficlaries,
as well as that of the community at
large.
Not the least benefit of the new in
stitution will be the social life it will
give to those who are fortunate enough
to have rooms in it. A large number
Of workingwomen are to be sympa-
thized with not so much on ac-
count of the necessity to struggle with
the world as because of the lack of
means to develop their social side.
The Clark home will in way be a
club, with all the benefits and pleas
ures that attach to such organiza-
tions.
Senator Clark's gift suggests that
something Of a similar nature for men
is needed in Los Angeles-something
like the Mills hotels in New York city,
where men who are without home,
and especially those who are unsettled
in the city, can get accommodations at
low price. With new population pouring
into this town daily, and much of it
with small means, a hotel run with
cleanliness but without regard to
style would be a boon to a large num-
ber while they are finding their niche
in the industrial scheme.
The Mills hotel No. l was built as
a philanthropy but with the hope that
at least it would pay its operation eX-
pense. So successful was it that an
other and larger followed, which is
equally successful, A bed for 25 cents
and a wholesome and satisfying meal
for 49, both as clean as in a home,
make the institutions a veritable
blessing to thousands in the course Of
a year. Something Of the kind is al
ready needed here and will be in
creasingly so as Los Angeles grows to
metropolitan proportions.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-19
Medical Monopoly Denounced

made into a powerful political ma
chine. There had been Intellectual ef-
forts for years previously to secure
some national legislation along the
lines that they are trying for now;
At any rate the membership jumped
from 10000 in 1906 to nearly 10000 In
1910.
All this has come to pass principally
because the doctor. business is bad.
The average income of physicians in
the United States is less than $500 a
year-about the average clergyman's
pay. A good many doctors are con-
siderably worse off than that.
Other forms of healing than those
practiced by the regulars" have made
tremendous inroads into the business
of the allopaths. Homeopaths, eclec-
tics, osteopaths, Christian Scientists
and other schools of healing are at
tracing thousands and thousands OF
new adherents every year Through
medical freedom these great modern
systems of cure have been able to
rise Each of them has rendered i'm
portant service to the cause of scien-
tific progress, not only by virtue OF
the truths which they have enunciated
but by materially modifying the crude
and cruel systems of old school prac-
tice. Yet this progress has been
fought at every step by the great or
ganization that is today seeking a ma
tional health department.
This striving for medical monopoly
is not new. Similar attempts have
been made in Great Britain and on
the continent, but they have been un-
successful Even when Thomas JEFF
ferson was preparing the constitution
of the United States an attempt was
made to have him include in it
clause giving certain school OF med.
icine a monopoly in this country. or
this Dr. Benjamin Rush, one of the
signers of the Declaration of Inde-
Dendence said to Jefferson: THE. con-
stitutton of this republic, on the con-
trary, should make special provision
for medical freedom as we'll as for re-
ligious freedom. To restrict the art of
healing to one class of men and deny
equal privileges to others Will constl-
tute the Bastile of medical science. All
such laws are American and des-
potic. They are fragments of mon
archy and have no place in a republic"
The people of the United States do
not want to have any particular brand
of cure fastened upon them. They
want to be as free to choose the per
son who shall minister to their bodies
as to their souls.
A few months ago-in April-when
the owen bill was up in congress and
its promoters expected to push IL
through without any opposition, little
group of people met together in a New
York hotel Each was moved by the
same spirit Each felt that in this
proposed legislation was the egg of
great medical monopoly. 1t was then
that the National League for Medical
Freedom was born Today it has a
membership of 125,OOO and this is being
added to at the rate of 800 daily. It's
headquarters are in New York city
and it has branches in nearly all the
leading cities of the United States. It's
members are not medical anarchists
but they believe in medical freedom
and oppose every invasion OF thelr
! constitutional rights just as devotedly
as their forefathers did the tyranny
of the British king.
THADDEUS S. DAYTON.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-19
JOHNSTONE'S DEATH

m HE shocking death Of Aviator
Ralph Johnstone at Denver is to
II be credited not so much to avia-
tion as to its perversion. Johnstone
was "butchered to make a Roman holi-
day" The new science has developed
a hippodrome phase. with high prices
for its pilots, demands from all parts
of the country for the new thriller due
not so much to an interest in the con-
involved and the pleasure given to the
physical senses of the beholders by
new sensation.
Prizes are offered that put pre-
MUM on recklessness in order that
those who pay may get their moneys
worth, and while such incentives may
operate to advance the knowledge of
aviation as a science, they are on par
with the Grand Prix automobile race,
which is a literal courting of death. 1t
was while doing fancy stunts to cater
to the appetite for the hippodrome
feature that Johnstone dropped to earth
500 feet and was mashed by the impact
to pulp.
Scarcely less shocking than his fate
was the behavior of the spectators who
rushed to his prostrate body and cut
from it pieces of clothing for souvenirs.
It is not so far removed from the con-
duct of the Romans who found their
morbid pleasure in the amphitheater
Aviation's utilitarian side has great
promise without its sordid and SEN
sation-seeking side 1t would be sutfi-
ciently interesting for any healthy
mind, and it is to be hoped that john
stones sad end will lead the Aero club
of America, under whose sanction the
meets are given, to discountenance
this feature more than it has done.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-19
Los Angeles, Cal.
Is OUR CALENDAR PAeANa

Editor Herald: A reform in our
calendar is under advisement and
strenuously urged. Such an innova-
tion will arouse conservative fossilism
to war. One feature OF the proposed
change is the settlement of the dis
puted question, which is the Bible
Sabbath? The seventh day sticklers
for the Decalogue are undoubtedly
mathematically, historically and Scrip
turally correct, provided that Satur-
day can be shown to be invariably the
seventh day.
Julius Caesar by the advice or
Chaldean astrologer, substituted the
sun worshipers' method of computing
time, named the A. d. calendar. 1t
Is a misnomer 1t led to the hostility
between the Jews and Christians.
Back to the Sabbath of the primitive
church" is the slogan of the dissent
ers to the mandate of the Roman en-
peror enforced by Pope Gregory.
"Render to Caesar the things that
are Caesars and to God the things
that are Gods" is the rallying cry OF
the eVolutonists. The reader is left
to Judge as to the advisability OF re-
turn to the old system of computing
time as decreed in Genesis. "Old Sol
is the mariners infallible guide and Is
no less reliable as to the division OF
time into days, months and years.
BY the sun calendar-or Jullan-the
seventh day Sabbath of the Jews
would transpire only once in six years.
Their old year terminated with the
winter solstice, or the 10Th day of the
twelfth moon. The sun reaches its
extreme southern declension on the
shortest day and was observed as a
sabbath The next day it apparently
rises and sets at the same time as on
the previous day and was also observed
as a holy day. The next day. the 21st
of December, the sun resumes ITS
northern journey, apparently ana
was the first sabbath of the new year.
Every seventh day, or moon quarter,
was a sabbath day. and thereafter.
like Christmas day, was likely to fall
it would fall on Sunday. the next on
Monday, the next on Tuesday, etc.
Leap year an exception.
From my viewpoint the first day
devotees have failed TO prove that
Sunday is invariably the first day.
and the Jews and other dissenters
have failed to prove that Saturday Is
unalterably the seventh day. Com
pute time, as did the ancients, max
ing the new year to commence on the
| dav the sun commences its northern
! Journey, making that the first sab
| bath of the year, and every seventh
dav thereafter "rest day." and Jews.
| Adventists and Sunday Christians can
say in concert Behold how good ana
pleasant a thing it is to see brethren
| dwelling together in unity" Ought
! not the disciples of Christ to make an
| effort to answer the prayer of him
they profess to follow, who patheti-
| cally prayed that all his followers
might be one. even as thou, o Father,
and I are one" PEACEMAKER.
| Los Angeles, Cal
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-19
PLEASURE AND ITS DANGERS

Editor Herald: The writer heard
queer address by one j. A. wilson at
the Liberal club last Sunday night on
1.-THE Sex Question" and the most OF
his anarchistic utterances were III
rected against the marriage institution
and in favor of free love- or "free
lust" as Mrs. Garbutt, one OF the
lady speakers following hlhl' rlsH'iS
interpreted it.
This philosopher of pleasure tried to
show that no act should be indulged
in except for pleasure, not seeming 10
know that the philosophy of pleasure,
especially in it's relation to sex, logic
ally carried out spells death
It is a pleasure to eat and drink,
and we should eat and drink at proper
times. in proper ways and use the
our human organism. Yet men ana
women have diseased themselves
through gluttory, digging their graves
with their teeth; drunkards' graves
have been filled, orphans made ana
lives shortened through subserviency
to appetite and enslavement to per-
verted taste, in the qualification Oh
self for pleasure alone.
Men are sex-gluttons and the CLAM
our of the pleasures of the flesh nave
shortened the lives of many suterlng
women in wedlock; they have lured
into the red light districts of our great
cities many an innocent maiden OF
young and tender years.
Our pleasures must be tempered py
reason and man become master Oh eV-
ery appetite and passion ere he can
know the truth of life in its most sig
nifcant form, else civilization were
dream of the poets and the rhapsodlsts'
a millennium never to be born.
CTVIIIZATIONIST.
Toe Angeles Cal
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-19
SOCIALISM AND ANARCHY

Editor Herald: Your editorial in to-
davis Herald on "Socialistic Causes"
was read with considerable interest by
the writer. who thinks that the editor
is really at heart a Socialist, although
at present he may not realize it. So
ciaiism should not be so terrible
thing to one who processes to believe
in democracy-rule by the people. it
is solely the refinement of pohtlcal
democracy. 1t means rule by the peo-
pie in everything. 1t means that prin-
ciple for which Ttomas Jefferson wrote
and strove; and where can there be
any menace" in permitting the people
to say who shall rule them politically,
industrially and in every way that
seems. good to the majority? The writ
er cannot see how any true Democrat
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-19

can hesitate moment in casting his
lot with Socialism. The name is notn-
ing. Any other would sound as terri
BILE to the enslaver of men. If the prln-
chile of democracy Is true, then So
cialism is true; for Socialism means
the democratizing of all things which
concern the public veal 1t is not an
archy: it is order. We have already
anarchy enthroned in the nation. Does
the Southern Pacific railroad care II
pieayune when a law is flashed in It's
face denying it's power to do certain
things? 1t laughs at the law and lg-
nores it. What is this but anarchy
SO do all the great corporations. we
are living in great times. 1t is time
that every honest man and true demo-
crat take sides. either with the people
or their masters. Let no man fear
Socialism 1t means salvation It
means freedom. 1t means pure democ-
raey the dream of the ages, to which
uncounted millions have turned their
eyes, suffered and died to obtain. So
cialism is democracy and democracy is
Socialism. DO not fear the people. VoN
populi, vox Del! Socialism is God
sent to men to show them the way to
break their chains.
JEFFERSoNIAN.
Cal
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-19
WHY BOOSTING PAYS

7 N AN editorial paying handsome
compliment to Los Angeles for its
u wonderful growth, the Louisville
Courler-Journal maKees these COM
ments:
The country was prepared to hear
of a big increase in the population
of the Southern California city, for
Los Angeles is one of the best adj
vertised cities in the world. A good
deal has been done in the way of
annexation to swell the figures, but
aside from that fact the city un-
doubtedly has had a remarkable
growth. Because of it's famous eli
mate 1t is a Mecca for tourists and
health seekers, and when thousands
of people are flocking to city every
month in the year it is a natural
consequence that many of them are
settling there to stay
Los Angeles is the only city in
the United States which has been
able to maintain continuous boom
It's people and it's newspapers sound
its praises without cessation. Its
commercial and civic organizations
are tireless. If there are any
knockers their feeble hammerings
are drowned in the anvil chorus Of
the boosters. Los Angeles is one
of the best examples to be found
anywhere of the trite but true aph-
orism, ut pays to advertise"
The Courier-Journal is mistaken
about much having been done in the
way of annexation; there has been a
considerable territory added. but its
population is not great, and not nearly
so large as that taken in by some cities.
But that is not important, for it does
not account for more than a fraction
of our growth.
What this contemporary and Others
need to be enlightened on is the fact
that there is a great cause back of the
boosting. 1t is the charm of life in
Southern California, with it's wonderful
climate, fecund soil, matchless seen
cry, tonic air, and wealth of ever
blooming flowers, winter and summer
that lend themselves to decoration. In
dividuals boost not so much voluntarily
as involuntarily. They have no strong
er desire than the one to write back
east and tell the folks what they have
found.
Los Angeles has had the intelligence
and public spirit to assemble and train
this chorus, and the Courier-Journal is
right in saying that it pays. But with
out the involuntary desire Of the deni-
zens to spread the news it would not
be possible, and in the long run ii
would not pay so well if Southern Cal
ifornia did not more than make good;
if it did not give every colonist more
than he expected. In these facts lie
the reason why few other cities can
boost so effectively as Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-19
WEATHER BUREAU CRITICISED

Editor Herald: VIII you permit
layman to offer a friendly criticism
of the local weather sbureauf Last
Sunday morning the forecast was: l. vi.
settled weather Sunday, with showers;
moderate north winds" There were no
local showers Sunday. North Winds as
a rule, do not bring rainsi such
phenomenon, save only as an exception
to a general rule, would be contrary
to natural law, precisely as the rever-
sal of the direction of a moisture
laden current of air In the still worm
would cause no precipitation II 10
the transition from the warm to the
relatively cold medium that causes the
condensation. H. IL D.
Los Angeles, Cal.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-19
A sERENADE

Night, with its soften'd shadows.
spell casts, far and near,
o'er vale and hill the sweet winds blow--
Afar hear the curfew clear.
Doves in the forest signing;
Loves plant the crickets sing;
Sea and sky lost in Dunas tide,
To you my heart bring.
Come, Love, with me,
Ger silvery seas
Wen sail; nor count the hours,
Till safe at last
To anchor fast,
In Dreamland's fragrant bowers.
Come while the stars
Smile on our way,
Moon spray our eyelids kiss;
To where tis bright
With silver light
Dreamland. o land of bissl
Florida Times Union.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-19
Merely in Jest
A FIELD AT HOME

Roston gentleman was showing west
African. who is interested in missionary WORK.
a number of photographs. ,
what is thls?" asked the VISITOR sa|iHs
in wonder at one of them
"Ob' that's a snapshot taken during FOOT
hall scrimmage at the stadium
av,J arone these people?' the quick re-
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