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The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1911-07-20
Windy u. S. Senators

Our senators must be men of
heroic mould or they could not
stand the painful task of talking
hour after hour to empty seats
and temperature of 100 degrees
in the shade. 1t must be axasper-
ating and humiliating to have the
audience arise and 60 out when a
great speaker, reasoner, and ex-
FOUNDER of the awful calamity that
will follow reciprocity, arises to
address the senate. And then to
think he will talk and talk hour
after hour, until overcome with
exhaustion. Talk about men of
heroic mould, why these men must
be the offsprings of a higher type
of human being. They must have
that divine essence of a metaphy-
sical nature that has been, hereto
fore, conspicuous element in the
abnormal accomplishments and
colossal achievements of great
men. None but the divinely in
spired could stand the long BRAIN
racking speeches of LaFollette and
Crawford. LaFollette has the rep
utation of being a great orator, a
magnetic speaker, something on
the order of VIM. Jenning Bryan
and James q. Blaine, but who ever
heard of Bryan or Blaine talking
for hours to a nearly empty house.
Is LaFollette so radical that when
he gets woke up he don't know
nor care for empty benches or
desert air! Would this kind of a
man be safe presidents We
hardly think SO.
The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1911-07-20
THE |NlANDERS ARE INITIATED
Boys From Milesville Lose Sum-
day Game by a Score of
IL to ID

The hard hitting clouters from
up country, who have drubbed
nearly everyone in their neighbor-
hood to their hearts content, ar
rived in Philip per schedule Sun
day, backed by substantial del
egation of rooters from their ter
rltory. In gathering up his CO.
horts, Magnate Harvey Michaels
was unable to locate but seven of
his warriors, SO when the game
was called, Russell Phillips and
Joe kurka were substituted for
the missing inlanders. The Phil
lplnoes started the game with a
vim and dash that swept the visit
ors off their feet and before they
could rally, four of the locals had
galloped across the platter. The
visitors were blanked the first two
innings and it began to look as
though the game was going to be
a farce, when in the third the
Milesvillers began clouting the
horsehide sphere and garnered
four runs. Things looked differ
ent from them on throughout the
game and the spherical pill made
many safe trips through the in
field and out into the garden plots
beyond. Both teams slugged the
ball with determination that knew
no defeat and the swatfest was
practically responsible for the high
score, very few costly errors being
made. In the eighth, the visitors
chased four more runs across the
plate and things became decidedly
interesting with the score II to
ii, when MilesvilIe came up for
their last bat, but Arens breezed
the first two and the third popped
up to short, ending the game.
Umpires, l.. A. Kelley and p.
j. Gallagher. The line up follows:
The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1911-07-20
REGARDING LEAVE Of ABSENCE
Register Lockhart, of the u. S
Land Office in Pierre,
Advises Us

Notwithstanding the published
statements to the effect that ne W
law has been passed granting all
homestead settlers leave of absence
for a year on account of the dry
weather, no such law has been
passed nor is likely to be. March
2, 1889 Congress provided that
Registers and Receivers of local
land offices might grant leave of
absence for not more than one
year, to homestead settlers who
after establishing residence on
their homesteads, were unable on
account of sickness, loss of crops,
or other unavoidable casualty to
support themselves or those depen-
dent upon them on the homestead,
on application by the entryman.
The present conditions make it
possible for all entrymen desiring
leave of absence to obtain it by
application.
Blank forms will be sent by the
local land Office on request and
can be filled out and sworn to be-
fore the nearest notary public.
Settlers should obtain leave of ab-
sence before leaving as it may af-
feet their proof later on or contest
may be initiated which would
necessitate the expense of defend
ing. Settlers obtaining leave of
absence for one year may return
to their homesteads at any time,
and will have to make up only the
time they are actually away.
The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1911-07-20
Milesville
Notice OF Sealed Bids

Notice is hereby given that
sealed bids will be received by Sim
Reber, clerk of Union school dis
trict No. Sc, up to August 10th,
1911, for the erection of school
house 14ft by 2Oft, 10 foot posts,
four and one-half miles southeast
of Philip, S. ID. Bidders to whom
the contract is awarded will be re-
quired to furnish bond twice the
amount of sum named in the con-
tract. The board reserves the
right to reject any and all bids.
For further particulars, specifca-
tions, ETC., see Sim Reber, clerk.
2O-22
The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1911-07-20
Fire Wipes Out Lantry

Fire late Wednesday night prac-
tically wiped the little town OF
Lantry, fourth station east ot
Faith, off the map. Two build.
ings only are left standing-the
Lantry Ledger printing Office,
owned by F. G. King of Faith,
and the McDaniels general store
in which building is the posto&ce.
The fire started about II O'Clock
Wednesday night and was caused
by a defective gasoline lighting
system.
The loss will be above $18, 900.
distributed among three firms
Henry Miller, pool hall, lodging
house, restaurant; Dreese Bros.
grain. furniture, hardware; r. E.
Stowman, hardware.
All carried some insurance.
The Faith
The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1911-07-20
Senator CANDLES speech

Senator Gamble sent US a COPY
of his speech on reciprocity. We
have carefully read it. Mr..
CANDLES argument is so strongly
tinctured with partisan predjudices
party fealty and party doctrine,
that he can't see the trend of COM
ing events. The beacon light of
American 1911 civilization and
progression doesn't seem to pene-
trate his brain. A man who can t
get over the fact of his father be-
ing republican and himself born
and nurtured in the same school of
republicanism, or democrat who
is stepped in the dye of the old
Calhoun doctrine, will never do
for great generals and leaders
that are now demanded by the
masses of the people who have got
the cobwebs and scums of party
fealty rubbed off from their ewes.
No man, be he republican or
democrat, can ride into office, in
this age of enlightment, on the
old sterotyped and fossilized par
ty doctrines. We are sorry to
see men like Gamble, Crawford,
Cummins and La Toilette, falling
into that pit of isms that has been
the bane Of honest statemenship
and good government. People ex-
pected of these men broader
view of the great questions that
effect the welfare of the human
race, irrespective of wealth, aris-
tocracy or previous servitude.
Among this great satellite of prom.
incnt statesmen, none shine with
greater brilliancy than President
Taft, Champ Clark and Woodrowe
Wilson. These men have arisen
above party domination and are
the true friends of the masses.
The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1911-07-20

ing it unlawful to collect or re-
ceipt for the special tax for car
rying on the business of wholesale
liquor dealer or retail sale of such
Intoxicating or spirituous liquors.
tie also has another bill prohibit
ing the use of the United States
mails for the purpose of advertis-
ing, soliciting, or offering for sale
intoxicating liquors in such local
tiles as designated above.
If Professor Henry w. Elliott,
of Cleveland, Ohio, the seal ex-
pert, can substantiate the charge
he made before the House Com
mittee on expenditures in the De-
partment of Commerce and Labor
that the North American Com
mercial Company, whose lease of
the seal-killing privileges on the
Pribilof Islands recently expired,
illegally killed 128,478 yearling
seals, valued approximately at
50, 900, 900, the Department of
Justice will be asked to prosecute
the company.
The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1911-07-20
Baby Wanders Away

The 18-months-old child of Mr..
and Mrs. Elon Gamberg, living 10
miles south of Centerville, came
up missing last Friday about p.
M. A search by the family and
some neighbors failed to locate the
little one, and grave suspicious of
kidnapping came into the minds
of the anxious parents. An alarm
was sent in all directions and by
dark the searching party was aug
mented by about so people, who
spent the night tramping over ev-
cry foot of the premises looking
in every nook and corner for the
little wanderer. Saturday morn
ing dawned and the tired searchers
reported nothing to comfort the
family. The kidnapping theory
was now believed. George Wen
Eel, of Centerville, was telephoned
to come at once with his two blood
hounds to the Gamberg farm to
help in the search. By the time
Wenzel arrived with the dogs
nearly 200 people were assembled
about the premises, neighboring
farmers leaving the harvest fields
to join the search. About this
time some men crossing pasture
a little over one mile from the
Gamberg residence, came upon
the little fellow playing along a
small ravine, apparently enjoying
his outing. How this baby boy
got so far from home without as
sistance, and just when his little
tired body rested throughout the
long night hours will probably al
ways remain mystery, but his
anxious parents soon had him safe
in their arms and the little fellow
will be doubly guarded the balance
of the summer.
The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1911-07-20
On Sunday Base Ball

Bishop Alexander of Sioux City
in a recent sermon had this to say
of the Sunday ball game:
True christianity is not a re-
ligion of hobbies-a religion of
stunts. Some of our so-called re-
formers might spend their time to
better advantage than in trying to
prevent our boys from playing
baseball on a Sunday afternoon.
Why can't they realize that by de-
priving the boys of innocent rec
reations, they may drive them to
more dangerous pastimes!''
The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1911-07-20

The editors convention at Sioux
Falls completed their work Fri
day afternoon and adjourned. The
session was the best midsummer
meeting of that organization held
for years. Just before adjourn
ing the following resolutions were
reported and adopted:
Resolved, That Congressional
House bill No. 9449, permitting
the exchange of railway transpor-
tation for advertising at regular
advertising rates, is in accordance,
with the right to buy and sell
things of value as between indi-
viduals and corporations, and is
subversive of no public rights of
any character, just as free from
corruptive possibilities as the sale
of advertising to corporations for
cash; that the law of congress pro-
hibiting such exchange of commo-
dities is subversive of personal
rights, unAmerican, idiotic and
fit only for the stock 10 trade of
demagogues; that we commend
this bill and urge the national as
sociation to place the matter in
such shape as shall insure vigor-
Gus effort for it's enactment of the
next session of congress.
Resolved, That as newspaper
men we take pride in everything
which promises for the moral, ma
terial and educational develop
ment of our state. That we be-
lieve the widest publicity of all
public matters is in the interests
of good citizenship; that the news
paper is the natural channel of
publicity; that until some other
form of publicity is shown to be
more potential, the newspaper
shall be treated with the same de-
cent consideration accorded other
patriotic citizens. The fact that
the newspapers of South Dakota
have been made the football of
politics in past years through the
agency of political leaders, will
not in any way change their past
policy of boosting for the state at
every opportunity. While we have
in q measure been held to account
for the errors of others, our mot
to, Boost for South Dakota will
not be changed, but in the future
the members of this association
will adopt a more independent at
titude in politics, and cease to give
The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1911-07-20
Ramsey Heard From

Windside Tribune: Captain
Claude Ramsey has good lead in
batting and is moving away from
the rest of the bunch. He also
has made the most hits and is
ahead in total bases.
In fielding, alas, there are no
perfect records anymore. Cap
Ramsey is now in the lead but is
hotly pursued by Pump Pomeroy.
The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1911-07-20

A Chamberlain young man
found a package containing about
$4,000 worth of mortgages and
other valuable papers. He found
that the papers belonged to a Dra-
per bank, and on returning them
received the muni6cent sum of one
dollar. No danger of that bank re-
ducing its surplus by being unduly
liberal.
The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1911-07-20

For quick service in farm loans,
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The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-23
Steel Santa Fe Cars Save Many
Lives in Kansas City.
Solid Underframes WithstoOd
Crash Of Big Engine.
FEARFUL LOSS OF LIFE
II Coaches Had Been Construct
ed of Wooden Frames.
Other Items of General Interest
in Traffic World.

Kansas City. Mo, Sept 23-The en-
CINE putting along at 25 miles an hour.
which was pulling Missouri Pacific fast
mail train No. when it crashed into
the rear coach of the Santa Fe fast
mail No. Is five miles east of Kansas
City the other morning. was the largest
type used on the system. Yet the head
Of the engine plowed only five feet
through the platform of the coach,
crashed only one window and failed to
push the coach from the tracks
The reason of this remarkable demon
stration of resistance was that the un-
derfrane of the coach was of solid
steel, as We're all the coaches on both
trains. Had the coaches been made of
wood the powerful engine would have
plowed through the entire Santa Fe
train and killed probably everyone on
board AS it was not one on the for
ward train was killed A woman in the
dressing room on the rear coach next
to the platform was injured more by
steam than by the jar.
There is no doubt that the death list
would have been long If wooden
coaches had been on the front train
J. A Somerville, superintendent of the
Missouri Pacific railway in Kansas
City, said last night. THE steel under
frame for coaches is a great step for
prevention Of death in railway acci-
dents All coaches made now are of
Steel Yet there are many of the old
wooden coaches still in use"
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-23
YOUNG DowIE IS KISSED.
Not only That But He Kissed Back
Several Times.

Zion City, ILL.,, Sept. 23.-This city
is in the throes of the worst upheaval
purely mental, of course-that it has
suffered since Elijah IL was on earth
in the form of John Alexander Dowie.
And the whole municipal brainstorm
is over such a little and harmless thing
as q kiss.
The recipient of the osculatory tit
bit. which has shaken Zion City from
the "Tabernac1e'' to the lace factory,
is pretty Miss Elizabeth Meyers, the
1S-year-old maid of Mrs. Jane Dowie,
widow of "E1ijah IL
The fact that dainty Miss Elizabeth
has been kissed aroused little interest
in the Dowieite stronghold, but wnen
she coyly and blushingly admitted that
it was Gladstone Dowie, the immacu-
late son of the prophet" who has
proudly and unf1inchingly born the IL
tie of the "unkissed," who pressed his
lips to hers, Zion City blew up
While the fireworks were exploding
and Miss Meyers was explaining how
the .sunkissed" had fallen for her
charms to the extent of not one but
several Iong-drawn smacks of the soul
kiss variety, she created a fresh out
burst of excitement by naively an
nouncing that she was engaged to Glad
stone.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-23
new PICTURE SCREEN.
Louis Nathanson's Invention Produces
Wonderful IifeIiIxe Effects.

Louis Nathanson, owner of the Best
and Cozy moving picture houses, has
invented and is installing a new screen
in his theater, which is a great i'm
provement over the ordinary canvas
or plastered wall screens. Mr.. Nath-
anson by experimenting has made a
silver solution which when applied to
a smooth surface forms screen eX-
ceiling for moving picture effects. To-
day he has finished applying the solu-
tion to the screen at the Best, and
by Monday, will have treated the
screen at the Cozy the same way
The Improvement produces Won
derful life-Iilze moving picture. Even
small wrinkles in peoples faces. the
sweat on animals hides, as well as ali
colors and shades are brought out
with wonderful distinctness- 1t has
this advantage over the aluminium
solution which has been tried: 1t does
not leave strealxs. Mr.. Nathanson said
he had thought that he was not .Se--
ting as clear pictures as he could con-
sidering the newness and quality OF
some of his films and for while
tried different lenses in the picture
machine Finally he decided the
screen needed improving and after
many tests finally hit on the silver So
luton. He intends to manufacture
the solution in Topeka, and sell it to
moving picture houses. He has ap-
piled for a patent on his invention.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-23
WITNESS HYPNOTiZED.
Girl Testifying Against svindIer of
Mother, Under spell.

Chicago, Sept. 23.-A court hearing
was adjourned yesterday by judge
Harry T. Dolan on the allegation OF
Prosecutor Fetzer that Mrs. Cora v.
Monro. defendant in a swindling case,
was exerting hypnotic influence o=er
a witness for the state. The witness,
Mildred HiIdey, II years old, was tax
en- to the judges cham bers, where she
related her original story OF how
Mrs. Monro had defrauded the wit
mesa mother and the court then held
Mrs. Monro to a grand jury.
The girl when placed on the stand,
was seated so that she sat directly op-
posite Mrs. Monro. All the time she
on those of the defendant. In that
position she told a story the exact re-
verse of the account of the swlndle
she had related to the prosecuting at
torney short time before.
There is something wrong with
this Witness the prosecutor told the
court. There seems to be some in
fluence here that is thwarting justice.
I ask that the court take this witness.
1t is impossible for the state to get
the truth out of her"
In an instant the court room was in
an uproar- The girl wept hysterieal-
ly. Judge DoIan brought the scene
to an end by ordering Miss Eildey TO
come to his chambers
There she recovered her composure
and in tho presence of the court and
OF the attorneys for both sides she re-
canted the testimony she had just
given and gave the same account of
the swindle that she had told Mr..
Fetzes.
Mrs. Monro is charged with having
obtained 1880 from Mrs. Hildey for
a share in a business to turn gray hair
black. The prosecution asserts that
the business was fraudulent and for
months nothing was sold.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-23
DOG GUARDS MASTERS SLEEP.
Street Cars Go Quietly By so as Not te
Disturb Him.

Danbury, Conn, Sept. 2s.=A young
man who went to sleep beside a coun-
try road with his head on the street
car tracks caused a considerable dis
arrangement of the company's sched-
ule last night. No one ventured to in
terfere with the sleeper because he
was guarded by a huge bull dog which
would allow no one to approach its
mas, er.
Attempts to rouse the man by shout
ing and the changing of street car
gongs proved unavailing, and the cars
We're accordingly stopped until the
sleeper, after a time, rolled over in
his slumbers so that he lay between
the rails with his head on a tie.
Thereafter passing cars slowed down
as they approached and went carefully
by SO as not to disturb or harm the
sleeping man. He finished his nap
late in the night and departed with his
faithful dog at his heels.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-23
ATTACKS VETERAN; DYING.
People Apply Cobwebs to Stop Flow
of Blood; Poison Wounds.

Ledyard, Conn, Sept. 23.-Robert
Hughes is under the care of surgeons
here today with stab wounds which
may prove fatal, the result of an en-
counter with Joseph Richmond, an So
year-oId veteran of the Civil war, who
is held under $1,500 bonds pending in
vestigatiOn.
Richmond's story is that he was ly
ing on a sofa in his home cutting plug
tobacco with his jack knife when he
was suddenly attacked by Hughes
Fearing that Hughes was after his
pension money, he defended himself
with his knife the best he could. He
cut Hughes throat so badly that six
teen stitches had to be taken to close
the slashes.
Hughes wounds are more serious
than they otherwise might have been
house attempted to stop the flow of
house attempted to stop the flow of
blood by applying cobwebs secured
from the attic. The dusty cobwebs
poisoned the wounds.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-23
c. w. Bower for Clerk of the District
Court.

To the Voters of Shawnee County:
For six and one half years I have
been the Court Stenographer in Judge
A. ". Dana's court. During that time
I have been deputy clerk OF the Dis
trict Court under both Mr.. I. S. Curtis,
former clerk, and Mr.. R. L. Thomas,
the present incumbent, doing the
clerks work in the court room. I now
aspire to the cIerkship itself and will
therefore be a candidate for the office
of Clerk of the District Court at the
next Republican primaries. At the
present time a goodly number of the
attorneys OF the city, knowing of my
ambition, have expressed their con-
fidence in my ability to properly fill
the position sought and pledged me
their support and cooperation IN the
seeking OF the same. At the same time
many of the business men, as well as
farmers from different parts of the
county, have assured me of their sup
port and expressed a desire that
by their next clerk Of the court.
Ny duties in the court room will
personals, an I would like to do, or
of making an extended canvass at
this time, and I trust that in formu-
latins your opinion as to who should
be your next clerk of the court, you
will kindly bear me in mind.
am confident that I can fill with
ability the position sought, and 60 rhe
full satisfaction Of the people of shaw :
nee county, and I therefore earnestly
ask your hearty cooperation in the
matter, for which I will always be
truly thankful. Respectfully,
c. ". BOWER.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-23
WEEKLY MARKET SUMMARY.
Fear of Federal Prosecution Causes
Slump in stock Prices.

New York, Sept. 23.-The week in the
stock market was replete with excit-
irg events. Rumors of federal action
against the industrial corporations, es-
pecially the International Harvester
company and the United States Steel
corporation resulted in a tremendous
selling movement, particularly in the
steel issues, which sent the preferred
and common shares down to the lowest
prices recorded in more than two
years 1t is officially admitted that the
Harvester company is in process OF
reorganizat atiOn, but so far as could be
learned, negotiations looking to dis
solution of the steel corporation are
by the department OF justice at Wash
ington conveys the broad inference that
all offending trusts or monopolies Will
be prosecuted unless they conform to
the antitrust laws.
Financial and political conditions
abroad accentuated the unsettled situa-
ton here. The Moroccan tangle IS stlll
in a state of deadlock and advances IN
discounts during the week by the Bank
of England, Bank of France, and other
continental institutions, were effective
in calling renewed attention to the
tension existing throughout Europe IT
respective Of labor conditions there,
which were exemplified in the riots IN
Vienna and throughout Spain
Industrial and commercial conditions
at home offer little ground for encour-
agement There are indubitable signs
of an early liquidation of labor, es-
pecially in the steel trade, and while
a better demand is reported for tex
tiles, the mercantile situation shows
little change for the better.
Money continues easy in all sections
demands resulting from crop require
ments. One of the few encouraging
features of the week was a sharp de-
cline in cotton options.