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Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-10-13
POET At POETS BIRTHPLACE

Shepherd NJ. Digger, the bard
of Grandfather mountain, recently
described for the Observer dance at
Blowing Rock. Could any words, in
truth, embody more sense sublime
than these? Gust as the saffron
fan from the sunset gathered in its
folds, meu and women darted into
the dance like meteors, and as the
sweet zephyrs from the Grandfather
whispered poems through the win
:dows they glided metrically on the
thrilling pulse Of music to the rhyth-
mic metre Of souls" Or than these :?
!!'sThe gaudily dressed couples were
so thick on the floor that they looked
like a wilderness Of blooming hodo-
dendrons stirred by a breeze. p
Charlotte Observer.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-10-13
SHE DIDN'T REALLY MEAN II
Rejected Sultor Takes Young Lady at
Her Word and Receives Only
Abuse.

"I'm SO sorry" she said, as gently
as possible. "But I cannot be all
that you wish in your life. I will
always think of you as very dear
friend, though"
SThanks," he muttered.
"And if there is any way in which
I can ever help you by advice or en-
deavor you must not hesitate to call
on me-"
'Do you mean it? Well, there is
a way, right now"
"What can I dol"
sFYou have refused to marry me.
So / thought I'd propose to Mollie
Jones. If you'll see her and put in
a good word for me it'll help me a
lot and might make me the happiest
man on earth. My dcstiny's still in
your hands, and"
And that was all he said. For she
interrupted him by saying that he
was the meanest, lowest, sneakin'est
man on earth and that she would
never speak to him again as long as
she lived.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-10-13

William E. Curtis, the celebrat
ed traveler-correspondent of the
Chicago Record-Herald, died sud-
denly last week in Philadelphia,
He was regarded as one of the
most remarkable newspaper men
in the country. He climbed to the
top from the very bottom, there
being practically no position or
either a country or metropolitan
paper that he had not occupied
His death leaves a place that is al
most impossible to fill with any
other man.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-10-13
DESIRE TO MAKE NOISE.

! DR.. Theodore Leasing, president
of the anti-noise association at Han.
over, Germany, in a lecture on the
psychology of noise, recently deliv-
cred in that city, said that the de-
,sirc to make noise could never be
conquered. at manifests itself not
only in the yelling Of teamsters and
the whistling of hackmen, but in
|needlessly energetic welding OF
inoise-making implements of trade, y
he continued.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-10-13

Last weeks Literary Digest
compiled a number of paragraphs
from the press of the country under
the heading: Echoes of the
Canadian Landslide. The Co.
lumbus Dispatch says: We'll
good-by Canada! Take care Of
yourself" The Chicago News
assures lis: mo, Uncle Sam is
not Canada's affinity" and also
thinks that Possibly old King
George III is chuckling in his final
sleep" The Chattanooga Times
suggests the following: Lets
spurn the Canadian dime and be
reyenged."
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-10-13

One can sort of read between
the lines of Congressman Burke S
announcement that he will be a
candidate for nomination as repre-
sentative Gin congress from the
second district. that he is reason
ably Satisfied with his past record
in the lower house and is not very
fearful as to his return. Well we
don't see why he isn't fully justified
in feeling both satisfied and conf
dent.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-10-13
HAVE FEW REPRESENTATIVES,.

The final act of Portugal, discs
tablishing the Catholic church, re-
;duces the diplomatic service of the
Holy Roman See to the one impor-
tant post at Vienna, the second-rate
lone at Brussels and the still less i'm
.portant one at Munich. Paris, Mad
rid, and now Lisbon are abolished, or
practically SO, although there re-
mains at Madrid the semblance of
diplomatic relations.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-10-13
FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS.

"Good heavens, John, how did you
come to send such an ugly woman
from the intelligence Office. She's
scared the baby into fits"
"My dear, I did exactly as you
told me, and informed che Office we
wanted a plain cook"
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-10-13

Judge Lands, who made a re-
cord for big fines when he imposed
the SEQ, 900 one against the
Standard Oil Company, now also
holds the record for low fines. He
ned A. F. Jenkins at Lacrosse,
VS., the other day, one cent for
sensng bills in transparent enve-
lopes.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-10-13
LONG RECORD BROKEN.

The Rev. Robert Hugh Benson, the
novelist, is now Monsignore Benson,
Having been promoted by Plus X.
His father was an Anglican arch
bishop, and he is the first case since
1906 of member of an archbishop's
family going over to the church Of
Rome.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-10-13

"A mafrom Williston, N. d.,
recently ipped twenty-six beef
cattle 10 ''icago and received
$4,000 LOT ! lot. One of the
aliiii' SIIO-IO.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-10-13
EVEN TO MARRY.

ct hear they were married ii the
professors laboratory"
, "Yes; the professor could only
spare half an hour"
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-10-13
ITS QUALITY.

''What about this new Aytrap Of
yours?"
81 think it is going to make
things hum"
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-10-13

Mrs. Rights she happy since
she secured her divorce?
Mrs. Digby-Very. As wife her
allowance was only $40 a week, but
now he has to pay her $50 week
alimony.
The Detroit times., 1911-02-02

Chase s. Osborn Is now governor OF
Michigan and has issued his first mes
sage. In il he urges the passage or
an act by the legislature holding own
ers of newspapers responsible for the
publication of fraudulent advertising.
particularly the familiar fake stock
schemes, through which the public
has been robbed of millions OF dollars
in the United States. State Represent
alive Oppenborn has drafted meas
ure which he believes will. IL adopted
and made law by the governors
signature, compel Michigan newspa-
pers 10 exercise a rigid censorship
over the advertising they admit TO
their columns .-Newspaperdom ". Y.
Governor Chase S. Osborn, In his
message TO the Michigan legislature,
recommends state legislation hold
ing publishers accountable for print
ing the palpably dishonest announce
ments of investment swindlers and OF
The Detroit times., 1911-02-02

Inspired dispatches from Washing
ton announce that President Taft does
not look with favor upon the constitu'
ton of Arizona and that the provi'
sions for the initiative, referendum and
recall may stand in the way OF its
ratification by congress and the presi'
dent. Arizona people may well be
concerned over such an announce
ment, for the enabling act passed at
the last session OF congress was so
worded that congress and the presi-
dent are in a position TO censor what
ever the people of Arizona have de-
cided shall he the fundamental law
OF their new state. But IL statehood
is to be denied Arizona because her
constitution contains these instru-
ments OF popular government what is
The Detroit times., 1911-02-02
ADVERTISING TALKS.
(Confinued from page ID.

merchants business-what the
POSSIBILITIES of that bust
ness are-the class of people that
will be interested in it's adver-
Using announcements.
With this knowledge in his
possession, he can go to the
merchant with a DEFINITE
PLAN OF ADVERTISING and
the merchant will listen to him,
and while he may not respond
to his arguments the first time,
nor the second time, nor the
twentieth time, if the solicitor
keeps on calling, each time
bringing up some NEW FEA-
TURE ABOUT ADVERTISING
and IT'S APPLICATION TO
HIS BUSINESS, the merchant
will sooner or later adopt his
suggestions.
The advertising solicitor who
talks more about other papers
than his own-who spends more
time in knocking his competitors
instead of boosting his own
paper-such a solicitor will
never attain a REAL SUCCESS.
Every merchant / know-and
Il have called on a great many
in the twenty-five years that
have been an advertising man
has always been willing to listen
to some definite plan that meant,
if adopted, the RETIREMENT
of his business.
To be continued
The Detroit times., 1911-02-02
What Would Happen2

Taft and congress going to do In the
case OF states that have changed their
constitutions so as to include direct
legislation and the recall? What will
they do to states like Wisconsin.
will they do with Kansas? What Will
they do to states Ike Wisconsin,
Massachusetts,, California, Kansas.
Michigan and others that are now set
ting about to give the people these
Democratic measures? And what will
happen to governors like McGovern,
johnson, Stubs, Foss, Osborn, Wilson
and Deneen for urging their legisla-
lures TO pass the initiative and refer
endum? or course nothing will be
done. But suppose President Taft had
the power over these older states that
he now has over Arizona? What
would Observation-Disclosures Weekly
The Detroit times., 1911-02-02
ToDAY's GOOD SHORT ONE.

An old darkey was among those
Adams COUNTY vote. sellers. Judge
Plair said to him:
I'll impose on you a fine OF So, six
months in the workhouse, and disfran-
chise you for five years. The work
house sentence Is suspended"
Old Nose left very much down
hearted. To a friend who asked
"bow he came out?" he answered:
II come out mighty poly. gifts
only 81 for ma vote, an de jedge
soaks me for FIVE, so | loses 81 on
dat: den he gibs me a wukhouse sen
tence. an on top Of dat disinfects me
for FIVE years"
The Detroit times., 1911-02-02

How many pay days in June?
that's an important thing To know
n you are planning your vacation for
July. You can tell by this calendar
ir a minute. and likewise locate the
day OF the week for any date you hap
pen to want
IN using the table, first find the ig-
ure OF the date in the right-hand side
o.. the table. then follow a horizontal
lire TO the left until you come TO the
vertical column for the month re-
CURED.
The Detroit times., 1911-02-02

thus, to find what day OF the week
JULY falls upon. you locate the num-
bcr 4 and. following the line to the
left. find Tuesday in the July column
right next door.
4 table for any year may be devised
along the same line. according to Pop
Mar Mechanics. which saws that In
using the table II is we'll TO remember
the old rhyme about Thirty days
hath September" and also that Feb
ruaty gets an extra day In leap
years.
The Detroit times., 1911-02-02

States all of California and New
Mexico, not to mention Texas up as
far as the river Nueces, which in
cludes Brownsville and Bill Bryan's
farm. Mexico doubtless did not know
then that II was giving up moot
luxurious and restful home for do
feated American politicians, or Vt
might have held out for better terms.
AS IL was, Uncle Sam paid s18.500 ,0c0
for the strip and they were not Mexi-
can dollars either.
The Detroit times., 1911-02-02
From Another Point of View
Baiiinger says he has intention of resignns.

Balinser he has intention Of resigning
|<1ously probably by the lawyers
tob nc reciprocity.
IL Their a
>>1ident
establish malpractice the
Of Their
the surReo
held Vista Ind and
alnshf sessions would imagine in vsmion
The Detroit times., 1911-02-02
qafasf&vMYe<x1M@'
T. Vhl |'|''Is x 9ye&xx =

pollution OF streams navigable and
otherwise, and TO study and make re-
ports on contagious diseases, has
been reported from the house commit
tee on interstate commerce, and is
proving of great interest to the doc
tors and the antidoctors of the coun-
try. The antidoctors are afraid that
the bill will be amended in the house
so that IL will do something more
than II appears TO do on its face. and
they are all watching IL with high
poised ak.
Now to put the rollers under old
Uncle Ike Stevenson. of Wisconsin.
The Lorimer scandal has creased the
sklds for corruptionists in the senate.
The recent report OF how Stevenson
secured his seat in Wisconsin comes
al time extremely unfortunate ;rr
Stevenson and the forces OF special
privilege in and out OF the senate. An
aroused public sentiment has demand
cd the expulsion of Lorimer and 1t
will be difficult for the committee on
privileges and elections TO rally to the
defense of the rich lumberman also
accused Of buying his way into the
upper branch OF congress. Incidental
ly, 1t was the lumber interests which
raised 100000 for Lorimer corrup-
tioL, and incidentally II IL the prlUci-
pal lobbyist for the Weyerhauscr
company who is now in Washington
lobbying for Lorimer.
During the tariff debate this Weyer-
hauser representative had a suite OF
rooms at the Willard and a force
working under him for 10 or Is
weeks He formed connections in
congress at that time which he is
using now. or course the lumber
trust Is ably seconded by the beef
trust and some other special interests
which are anxious to have Lorirncr
remain in the senate. Sincerely,
RATH.
The Detroit times., 1911-02-02

A bill to change the name OF the
public health and marine hospital
service to the public health service
and to increase the pay Of the officers
and to authorize the members o. this
service to study sanitation and the
The Detroit times., 1911-02-02
90 On Raising Sons,
Mothers, For Man Made
Law To Rob You OF
= Detroit Mothers son ls Killed
While Drunk. But the Interest
Of the Home Must Be Left
90 Mans Vote. Alone.

E III to Mans Vote Alone The above appeared as new
II the aoOnkeeper convicted he will pay a fine.
He viii not 60 to Jail
That is to say hardly think that he will
part Of the with which he viii pay his fine he got from
August Rifle August will
have been satisfied and WILL HAVE TO BE
The fine wiz bring boy will it the saloon
Keeper returning his the sale his poison
70 boys
Another boy drugged place may death and another
hne may be imposed.
The state law is strict
Having time will take the saloon
keepers license away
But the law strict other saoonkepe will not
selling beer whisky strict that provides
against mothers being mother August Rifle has
been bereayed.
women-mOth daughters
y and sisters-are its victims
August Rifle MOTHERS
again Tuesday showed its
B fangs in the Lansing
Upon this Legislators told the mother August Rifle
that he entitled voice the making of the laws; that
on qualified the mothers killed
under those laws and their slayes licensed to kill
This exactly wOue received had she appealed
10 brewer a dsiler
One voice raised the legislature against woman suffrage in
behalf Of the best interests of the great American home
We hope these the notice of this legislator that
may place which reprinted the
TOP of the column.
It was the same legislator who said later on his remarks
argued duty submit this matter to the people
We have honest duty which sent here perform essly
you people you God help whose
people and
4secret vote.
This remark presume the interest the great American
home
NAY THE GOOD LORD SAVE THE HOME FROM THE REPRE-
4ENTATvES WHO ARE AFRAID TO TRUST THE HOME TO
THE INTEREST, CARE AND GUARDIANSHIP OF MOTHERS.
may good representatives of
Who place opinions all people
matters opinion any legislator against
bmitng may the merits of equal suffrage
member this body asked for his opinion and nobody
connection whether it be for against
The Legislators asked simply let the people vote their will
edrontey much toward those who womn suffrage
- it is toward those who support the movement
majority people Michigan opposed equal suffrage
mat majority has right to be heard.
But right 5
majority people would FAVOR of this amendment
The beer whisky interests afraid have the proposition sub
e unhappy, and whisky be still
B 70 do with Legislatures they please
They wouldn't legislatures voted and OOnkeeps
4 wouldn't be licensed to kill boys
Do you catch the drift Of it.
"A We think you
And the Legislators way whisky
wanted the to 60
1pon them
They makers and whisky and they
have saloonkper upefed the August
me the thanks Of the
August Rifle any other mother with
poed to the Rifle boys fate.
81 From Another Point of View
The Detroit times., 1911-02-02
EXTENDED RING

The newest in iewelry is the double,
or extended ring, as shown In this
Illustration, the ieweled chains at each
side Of the finger preventing the outer
ring. which is beyond the joint of the
second finger, slipping of as Il other
wise would
The Detroit times., 1911-02-02
Slavery.

Justice Harlan. the chewing tobac-
co expert OF the supreme court bench,
says that fine-cut as made nowadays
is on the bum. 49,
The Detroit times., 1911-02-02

A German engineer has invented a
sleigh that is drawn on common roads
BY motor-driven aerial propeller.
The Detroit times., 1911-02-02

The Referendum.
A rotten legislature, or congress,
passes rotten law.
A small portion (say 10 per cent,
of the voters sign a protesting peti'
tion-and this gives the people an op-
rortunity TO vote the law down and
out, IL they want to.
Isn't II a pretty good idea?
The Detroit times., 1911-02-02
WASHINGTON. o. C.. Feb. 2.

WARRINGTON ". u, FeD. =
Dear Dad: No doubt Commander
Sims made a mistake when he pledg-
ed the last drop of blood OF all of us
to the support OF the British empire.
No doubt members OF the navy ought
TO hold their tongues when seated at
the banquet table, either before OF af-
ter the champagne has Teen passed;
but no doubt Commander Sims has
Jared worse following his little indis-
erection than he would have Jared were
he not the man who, acting under
Roosevelt's orders, gave a certain
magazine the data for a certain ex-
pose of the very bad conditions which
Prevail in our navy as TO the location
OF its useless yards and the continued
use of antique methods applied on
certain of our battleships.
Senator Hale is chairman OF the
naval committee in the senate. Sen
ator Hale did not like the Roosevelt
Sims expose. Senator Hale Is not
less influential at the white house
than the famous senator from Rhode
Island So this is where Commander
Sims gets his"
The Detroit times., 1911-02-02
Advertising Reform In Michigan

all other INSCRIPTIONS advertisers
who seek to betray the readers con-
fdence In the integrity of the press"
AS a mere matter OF news this would
seem TO have some value. Yet II re-
ceived scant notice in the daily news
papers. We print II here for the In.
formation OF those readers who attach
some importance to the fact that the
governor OF great state believes
there should be state law to protect
readers from the INSCRIPTIONS adver-
tiser with millions to nd.-LaFol-
lette's Weekly.
Representative Oppenborn, OF Al
pena, mas introduced In the legisla.
ture a bill against fraudulent adver.
Using, and also proposes an addition
al law that shall make publishers re-
sponsible for dishonest advertise
ments. Such law would. II enforced,
make some publishers squirm.-Mich.
igan Press Association Bulletin.
The Detroit times., 1911-02-02
Peace.

With talk of peace renewed. we al
ways find nations and individuals
Itching for a scrap.
The Detroit times., 1911-02-02

Among the Is bills introduced ey
Representative Mann OF Chicago, tor
putting articles on the free list there
is no bill to remove or lower the
duties on the articles manufactured
by the steel trust. There's a rea-
son."
The Detroit times., 1911-02-02
DIXIE HENS RUSH TO
RESCUE OF THE PEOPLE

CHICAGO, Feb. | Fine weather
in the south. which induced southern
The Detroit times., 1911-02-02
Puzzle.

n the man who says he never made
a mistake isn't q marvel, what is neg
The Detroit times., 1911-02-02

II Washington. Lincoln and Greeley
were here today, Wall-st and its or
The Detroit times., 1911-02-02
RECIPROCITY.

TN, Food Trust had An awful dream
That made IL writhe and moan ard
scream,
II saw the wall that stands between
The States and Canada serene
Start crumbling at one little place.
Yet fear o'erspread the Food Trusts
face.
For through the tiny hole he spied,
Far reaching on the other side,
Great fields OF waving. growing wheat.
Ana heard the pound OF cattle's fees,
And saw great rocks OF clucking hens
And pigs by thousands in their pens
All waiting, at "A moments call.
To rush right through the broken wall
AND feed the millions In the States.
And as the Food Trust cursed the
Fates,
lie also saw this side the wall
our manufactures waiting all
The summons from the Land OF Furs
TO come In fair exchange for hers.
The Food Trust shivered In his ped
And groaned and wished that he were
dead,
For next ne saw those mammoth stores.
Great buildings packed from roofs TO
floors
With foodstuns, kept all tight in Ice
Till he could calmly boost their price;
lie saw them rottlng all away
And growing fouler day by day;
lie saw the chickens. eggs and such
Becoming softer to the touch.
He saw the day when all the lot
Would worthless be because OF rot.
Since purchasers would not appear.
He woke. all trembling In his fear.
Ana cried Halt! Listen here to me
We can't have Reciprocity!
Disaster on the scheme would fall:
Twill be the ruin OF us ALI
But near and far. when rose his CRY,
The people looked with twinkling eye.
And said: Well n your tale be true
And Il would ruin such as you.
The quicker that We have ~. then,
The better for the rest OF men.
And in u we our solace see
Come on. you Reciprocity
Paul West
Still you can't make MS believe that
90 900 900 Americans are going to be
eteTnally fooled by forty or ifty
crooked politicians.
II Just heats the cars what small
men we sometimes elect to the big
Jobs, speaking Of the government.
The Detroit times., 1911-02-02

The more the merrier." doesn't APP
peal to cooling turtle doves.
The Detroit times., 1911-02-02

Mrs. Anna Rifle swore out q war
rant In police court. Saturday. ehars-
ing Angus Mcleod. ssIoonkssPsr, at
No. II Twelfth-st., with selling liquor
to minors. She AYERS that her son.
August, purchased liquor there last
September and while In a state of In
toxieation, fell from a window. She
says he died as a result Of the injury.
The above appeared as a news
item in The Times a few days ago.
The Detroit times., 1911-02-02
OUR DAILY BIRTHDAY PARTY.

EB. 2, 1S4S, there
was signed the
treaty Of Qua
dalupe Hidalgo
by which Mex
leo relinquished
IN the limited
The Detroit times., 1911-02-02

Proudhon, a Frenchman who died
In 1865. Is called the father OF mod
era anarchism.
The Detroit times., 1911-02-02

Still you can't make MS believe that
90 900 900 Americans are going to be
eteInally fooled by forty OF ifty
crooked politicians.
The Detroit times., 1911-02-02

Many OF us begin life with nothing,
and die quite as richly endowed as
we started.
The Detroit times., 1911-02-02

We by cuas hand
I>-> prolific of is eatln
Il 5 and
FEELING. To
without relish is than wasted
b.
be applied
That a
man.
feeling a
when meal delayed beyond the customary time hab
which
the
s childhood
finding
in
o
his are
trouble $000000O
old feewworke shake of
CARNEGIE burden.
Andys the Carnegie
10000 worlds and that the
all
previo
ADAM galley
simply got
havem m
all
finally
millions for good q
The Detroit times., 1911-02-02

She makes him walk the chalk line
And jump through hoops and
rings.
IT'S a fact, and tbs just like her,
And facts are stubborn things.
The Detroit times., 1911-02-02

gans would call them dangerous
6emagogs.
Why is politics? To bamboozle in
nocents, of course.
The Detroit times., 1911-02-02

II Just heats the cars what small
ioen we sometimes elect to the big
Jobs, speaking Of the government.
The Detroit times., 1911-02-02
OBSERVATIONS

human do
bad habit savage with whom the wheewithal only
physicians We by having vctuals
The Detroit times., 1911-02-02
Hosc Many Pay Days Next Month?

Here's Calendar Also for You Ganc
Any Date You Want in 1911.
The Detroit times., 1911-02-02
FralI Woman.

Cool head, dry feet: good health.
The Detroit times., 1911-02-02

from habit, and
ers are eating" :
To eat when not
food taken witho