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The oasis., 1912-08-17
THE DRIFT STARTED.

Owing to the press of other mat fer THE OASIS was obliged to omit last week any mention of the result of the Roosevelt convention in Chi cago the preceding week. Mention was hardly necessary, for the ex- pected happened, Roosevelt was nominated for President, with Governor Johnson for Vice Presi- dent, upon platform which is as full of promises that will remain unfulflled as has been the past career of the chief nominee.
 Nor is it necessary for THE OASIS to make comment upon the ticket and platform. Some weeks ago there was presented in these columns an editorial which pre- sented plainly the hollowness and mockery of the alleged progressive movement under the leadership of Theodore Roosevelt, and the view of this journal that no real pro- gressive can follow leadership so shifty and evasive, so committed to the very influences he now poses as opposing. Last week at Phoenix, and elsewhere in Maricopa county, the hot bed of Arizona Roose- yeltism, the editor met men, strang- CTS to him, who are carrying around copies of that editoral and reading is to "bull moose" when ever and wherever one can be held long enough to hear it read.
 Already are there signs that the campaign will work out as did the Grant -Greely campaign in 1872, which was predicted in the editorial mentioned. In that campaign the Liberal Republicans" as they called themselves, dissatisfied with the first administration of General Grant, nominated Horace Greeley for President. The democrats endorsed the nomination and the Greedy sentiment spread like wild fire. Had the election been held in July or August Greeley would have been elected. But before November there came a change in sentiment which carried the cleo. ton for Grant by large majority In the electoral colleges, and by goodIy majority in the popular vote. Something like that will occur this year. The drift that way has started already.
The oasis., 1912-08-17
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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-05-30
AWARD AONORS TO
HIGH SCHOOL WINNERS
SPECIAL HONORS WERE BESTOW.
ED UPON SEVERAL MEMBERS
OF HIGH SCHOOL FOR
HIGH PROFICIENCY.
FICiENCY.

A special session of the high school
students Yves held in the assembly
room for the awarding of honors in
athletics, oratory and debate. A def
mite basis has been established for
the awarding of honors in these spe.
cial departments which will hold in
the future as indicating ability In
these separate lines of school act.
ivity.
Ms were awarded for football to
the following: Rowley, Whyte, Zavitz
Schleissmann, Hill. Green, Conyes, D,
Smith, r. Smith, G. Smith, Medley,
Cook and Reed.
In basketball those receiving Ms
among the boys are Ellis, Mcdonald,
Greene, Dudley Smith, r. Smith, G,
Smith, Cook and Rowley. Girls: Bes.
sic Christopher, Katie Coughlin, Cen
evieve Branson, Clara Christopher,
Delma Wilder, Irma Foster.
In the department of aratory the
debate Ms We're granted for special
work. In oratory to Grace Anderson,
who was second in the district con-
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-05-30
DEAD BESIDE
MILWAUKEE TRACKS
BODY OF DEAD MAN FOuNE. WITH
HANDS CUT OFF AND \ POR-
TION OF HIS HEAD
SEVERED.

Lennon, S. D.--A CHASTITY find was
made this morning about II O'Clock
motor car d mile west of this city.
The lincman happened to glance off
in the weeds a short distance from
the track and saw the body of a man
lying there. Stopping his car the line
man returned to the spot and discov-
cred the body of a we'll dressed man
with both hands cut Off and a portion
of his head severed. Sometime dur
ing the night d handcar was stolen
from the small house by the Milwau-
kee track, and the supposition here
is that the unknown may was killed
by his companions and his body
thrown along the track to give the
idea that he had been struck by a
railroad train.
The lineman hurried to this place
and gave the information to the cor
oner, and a short time afterwards the
body was brought to Lennox. The
dead mar is a stranger in this local
ity, and there was nothing on the
body to identify who he a
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-05-30
Won't Stop for United States.

Santiago, Cuba.-Gen. Ilstenoz and
Gen. lVonet, the leaders in the revo-
lutionary rising, have declared their
intentions to carry on the war wheth-
er the United States %intervenes or
not, until the Morua law has been
repealed. This law provides that
there shall be no recognition of po-
litical parties ON racial lines and is
offensive to the negroes.
1nsurgent leaders have made the
furtilHr statement, in an Interview
with the correspondent, who has just
returned from the field, that they
received offers of money from the
Cuban government in consideration
of not taking the field, but they re-
fused rather than have tho political
aspirations of the colorcd acc UNI
fulfilled.
Estenoz and lvonet have under
them 1,500 men, of whom 500 are
we'll armed. They announced their
intention of %eNacting war contribu-
tions from the planters and railroads
otherwise they will burn their pro-
pcrty.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-05-30
ENTIRE ESTATE LEFT
IN OLD TIN BOX
BENEFICIAI,lES OF WILL OF FOR
MIER RESIDENT OF LEAD
WILL GET THEIR MONEY
AFTER ALL.

Deadwood, S D.-Whcn Samuel
Bennett, Il former resident o! Lead,
died IA short time ago in Goldfield,
New, he left a will bequcathing So
600 to churches and friends in this
section. No money was found and ii
was thought that the estate was wor-
thless. Now it developes that he was
suspicious of banks and had hid his
wealth in :. tin box on the outskirts
of Goldfield. This box c%antaining ITO
shares in Homcstake stock which is
now worth over $50 per share and
which he purchased years ago at $40
per share, and many dividend checks
which he never cashed. A friend in
Goldfield is said to know the loca-
ton of this box and he is now being
sought to it and have the cs-
tate distributed to TIE bcneficiaries
here. ar.4
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-05-30
BURIED IN THE OCEAN
WITH THE TITANIC
o. SENE, TICKETED FOR MITCH.
ELL, WAS AMONG THOSE WHO
WENT DOWN WITH THE
ILL-FATED SHIP.

1t was but Il few days ago that Nils
Tillburg, living ten miles southwest
of this city, was fully aware of what
became of o. Sene, a nephew, who
vas a passenger on the Inflated I'll
tanic. The boy, who WAS II years OF
age, went down with the ship and
was consigned, along with hundreds
of others to a watery grave.
The young boy left his home in
Sweden for this country, intending
to join his brother and sister at the
Tillburg home, they having forward
ed the money for his passage. A let
ter received from the boys parents
in Sweden stated that he left his
home intending to sail on the first
ship, and as the Titanic sailed on the
very day he landed at the port, he
engaged passage on her. +
The boys name appeared in the
passenger list of the Titanic, but II
took a letter from the parents of the
young man to confirm the fact tina
he was drowned at sea, although hi
name was finally given among those
who were lost.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-05-30

fankton, S D.-One of the most
severe storms in years struck Yank-
ton just before daylight yesterday
morning. \ heavy rain accompanied
by Il high wind reused the residents.
a total of SO inches of rain fell.
Nearly an inch and a half of this fell
within twenty minutes. Rhine creek,
which runs through town, Went out OF
its banks and all wooden bridges were
washed away. Two cement bridges
withstood the mlood. Boats were used
on Main street. Many easements were
flooded and several barns and sheds
along the creek were washed away.
Several families living along the
stream we're forced to leave their
homes.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-05-30
BRYAN DENIES THAT
he IS FOR CLARK
SENDS WILSON HEADQUARTERS
TELEGRAM SAYING HE HAS
EXPRESSED NO PREFER
ENCE OF THIS KIND

Iankton, S. D.-Wilson-Bryan
headquarters here today issued this
statement:
The deliberate falGehood the
Clark men are resorting to is shown
by the publishing in the Sioux Falls
and other state papers of II report
from Minneapolis that VIM. j. Bryan
had declared for Clark.
MIR. Bryan was photographed ask
ing if this was true and his reply
follows:
+" No. Dispatch from Minneapolis
without foundation. Have expressed
no preference.
w. j. BRYAN
"As this Justification will be re-
tailed throughout the state, we are
making public this telegram of Mr..
Bryan for the press and elsewhere"
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est; in defamation to GLADYS Muir.

test; in defamation to Gladys Muir
ray. who received first place in the
district contest. In debate % Winnie
Wcdd!e. Ward Ellis and John Berry.
These three composed the team that
0 from Sioux Fails.
Early in the spring the athletic
association 'offe:ed medals to the
three students Winning the largest
number OF points in a series of inter
class meets to be held during che
track season. Also Scallin Bros. offer
ed a silver loving cup to the class
winning tho iarges: number OF points
ia these ser'csa OF mcets. sas
Fou! meets were held and result
cd TO James Salisbury winning So
points, thus receiving thc gold medal:
Earl Cook the silver medal with ~
points and Dudley Smith tho bronze
with 40 points. ies
The silver loving cup was award
ed to the junior class. The members
o. this class in the three meets had
obtained 166 points; seniors 1876,
sophomorcs 46 and freshmen LOG.
With the fact in mind that 1t is
much better to make out a football
schedule the previous spring rather
than to wait until the beginning of the
school year, the association manager
got busy and made out SO far as pos
sible the schedule for next year. Al
though not complete yet games have
been obtained with teams with which
it is most difficult to get dates and
a strong line up IS assured. Special
effort has been made to secure games
with the strongest teams since the
material next year looks promising
now. Definite games have been sched-
uled with the following teams:
Sept. 21-Bridgewater at Mitchell,
(practicc ganie.)
Oct. 12-0pen.
Oct. 19-Redficld at Mitchell.
Dee 26-vermillion at Vermillion,
(not Definitely
Nov. Open.
Nov. 9-Yankton at Mitchell.
Nov. 16-Huron at Mitchell.
Nov. 2~3-Aberdeen at Aberdeen,
(not definitely
Nov. 2s-sioux Falls at Sioux
Falls.
H4N. ' 70 hnl TO-
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-05-30

they must become the soldiers of the
sea. and, whether on lookout, on
deck, or at the wheel, whether able
or common season, they should be
better paid for their labor and more
highly honored in their calling;
their rights must be respected. and
their work carefully performed;
harsh and severe restraining statutes
must be repealed, and a new dignity
given this important field of labor.
"ln our imagination We can see
again the proud ship instinct with life
and energy, with active figures again
swarming upon its decks: musicians,
teachers, artists, and authors; sold
ieIS and sailors and men of large af-
fairs; brave men and noble women of
every land. We "a see the unpreten-
lousa and the lowly. %progenitors of the
great and strong, turning their back
upon the Old World, where endurance
is to them no longe2 a virtue and
looking hopefully to the new. At the
very moment OF their greatest JOY
the ship suddenly reels, mutilated
and grooming. With splendid courage
the musicians fill he last moment
with sympathetic melody. The ship
wcarily gives up the unequal battle.
Only Il vestige remains of the men
and women that but a moment before
quickened her spacious apartments
with human hopes and passions, sor-
rows, and joys. Upon that broken
hull new VOWS were taken, G fealty
expressed, old love renewed, and
those who had been devoted in friend
ship and companions in life went
proudly and defiantly on the last life
pilgrimage together. In such a herl-
tage we must feel ourselves moro in
timatcly related to the sea than even
before, and hcnccforth it will send
back TO us on its Using tide the
cheering salutationS from those we
have lost
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-05-30

ed from Judge Wizards decision to
the circuit court of appeals and that
court declared against Sanborn in
March % this year. His attorneys pct
itioned Tor a %iekearing before the
court and this was denied on May IL,
and judgment for the p~iaintiff was
then ordered. The Judgment together
with interest on the amount at Z per
ccnt was paid yesterday and Miss
Bay ives here to collect it.
Miss Bay is a woman of business
ability and largely planned and di-
rccted he trial of her case in the
United States district court, prepar-
ing the letters for the jury, and ar
ranging the othe: evidence in a con-
else
In speaking of the case yesterday
she said: Il am pleased at receiving
the judgment but l would not go
through it all again for several times
that amount. l was earning, at the
time | quit work, enough SO that /
am a loser in spite of the verdict
which l think ought to have been
larger. There is however a great sat
isfaction in receiving the amount OF
the judgment, after the manner In
which MIR. Sanborn treated me. 1t will
however cost him moro thar the iudy-
ment as he had eight attorneys on the
case for him."
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-05-30

Pierre. S. D.-J. A. Starky, repre-
sentative of the Van Dusen company
at this city and west of here has Just
returned from a trip to the western
part of the state, and says that the
cut worm nuisance appears to be abat-
ing. In some fields especially in the
vicinity of Cottonwood, they we're
badly damaging the small grain es-
pecially the oat fields, and appeared
to move in belts across Il field
clearing a strip several feet wide
each night. One farmer near Cot
tonwood, dug up and examined a
square foot of the soil in his field
where the most destruction appeared
to be doing, and he took out seventy
six cut worms from the amount of
ground. With each square foot of his
field feeding that number of worms
there were enough to do a lot of
damage every night. But the indica-
lions are better at the present time,
and the farmers are feeling encour-
agd over the idea that the worst of
the work of the pests fer this year is
done.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-05-30

Rapid City, S. D.-Elks Lodge No.
1887 will open its handsome new
theatre here on June 6 with Harry
Bulger in "The Flirting Princess"
Choice of seats are being sold to the
local Elks $40 apiece which will APP
ply on the cost of the building. The
threatre is one of the finest in the
state and is part of the magnificent
new Elks building which was erected
at a cost of $500 900. The Elks
building proper will be formally
opened and dedicated some time next
month, an effort being made by the
local lElks to secure the presence OF
Grand Exalted Ruler Sullivan of
New Orleans On his way west to the
grand lodge sessions at Portland hut
nothing definite on this has yet been
learned,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-05-30
BLACK Hills FIELD MEET

Spearfish, S. ID.-Deadwood high
school won the Block Hills champion
ship and carried off all tie medals for
points in the interscholastic high
school field meet here. Lead. Hot
Springs, Belle Fourche and Sturgis
We're the other contestants, Sturgis
winning second place with "a points
to Deadwood's SO. Sidney Voorhees,
of Deadwood won the individual hon.
ors of the day with 10 poiata. No rec.
ords were broken.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-05-30
DAKOTA WESLEYAN Lao
MAKES TRACK RECORD
GORDON MAKES TWO-MILE RUN
AT HURON IN TINlE OF 10
MINUTES AND 20
SECONDS. n,

Huron, S. D.-The eighteenth an
nual track and field meet of the
South Dakota Amateur College Ath
letic association was concluded Sat
urday evening, the state university
winning first place. The points stood
as follows:
Vermillion, SO; Brooklngs State
college, "a; Yankton college, %;
Huron college, IA. Dakota Wesleyan
Mitchell, IL.
Two records were broken, in the
discus throw and the two mile run.
Ferguson of the university threw the
discus lis feet, the former record,
los feet 8 inches having been made
by Hoffman of Mitchell in 1906. The
two mile was run in 1926 Thy Cor
don of Mitchell, breaking the rec
ord of 1882 made by Corbin Of
%Brookings in 1906.
The events in detail follow:
Pole vault-Swanson, Yankton,
first; Gilbertson Of Vermillion. sec
ond; Catlett, Brookings, third. Height
TOO. ia g
22O-yard hurdle race-sherwood.
Huron, first: RcIjert3. vermillion.
second; Warren, Yankton. third.
Time 81 3-5.
Discus Ferguson, Vermillion,
first; Douning, vermillion, second;
Chase, Mitchell, third. Distance 9115
feet.
High jump--Royhl and Franklin,
Vermillion, tied for first, taking first
and second; Bibby and Catlett Of
Brookings tied for third. Height
SO 3-4.
1OO-yard dash-Thackaiberry, YER
million, first; Sheeks. Vermillion,
second; Knox, Bookings. third. Time
1913.
Two-mile run-Gordon. Mitchell
first; Nelson. Yaukton, second; Hix-
on, Vermillion, third. Time 1926.
breaking the state record six sec
onds. n
Mile run-Robinson, Yankton. first
Buckley, Huron. second; Nelson, of
Yankton, third. Time 4:37 4-5.
Shot put-Britzinus, Brookings.
first; Ferguson, Vermilfion, second:
Chase, Mitchell, third. Distance 36:s.
Broad jump-Royhl. Vermillion.
first; Sheeks. vermillion. secondi
Roberts, vermillion, third. Distance
21:6 10.
440-yard dash-Knox. Brookings.
first; Bergen, Huron. second; Waite,
Mitchell, third. Time s51:2.
12O-yard hurdles-Roberts, Vermil
lion, first; Swanson, Yankt0n sec
ond; Catlett, Brookings, third. Time
16 As.
22O-yard dash-Thackaberry. YER
million, first; Bergen. Huron. second:
Knox, Brookings, third. Time 23 As.
Hammer throw-Goddard, Vermii-
lion, first; Todnem, Mitchell. second;
Potts. Vermillion, third. Distance
1868.
Half mile rnn-Rohinson, Ya,kton
FIST: Lynch. nrookingA second:
Dunn, Mitchell. third, Time 2;5sl-s.
LtfAfaE
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-05-30

Rapid City, S. D.-With the acquit-
tai last night by a circuit court jury,
after hearing the evidence against F.
r. X. Hewlett the wealthy hide man,
charged with obtaining money under
false pretenscs from the state in the
wolf bounty cases, and the certificate
OF good character given te Auditor
John Fall and Deputy Auditor Davia
FAN by the local grand jury, no one
knows what turn the wolf bounty cas-
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-05-30
.LOR|MER MUST GIVE
UP SEAT
NICE-pRESIDENT SAYS ILLINOIS
SENATOR CANNOT HOPE TO
WIN OUT ON VOTE ON
CHARGES.

Chicago-The Tribune today prints
an article sasing Lorimer told Vice
President Sherman he would not re-
sign but will force his friends in the
Senate to stand by him to the last.
Chicago, 1ll.-Vice President James
S. Sherman passed six hours in Chi
cago, in conference with friends OF
Senator William Lorimcr. MIR. Sher-
man is reported to have made it plain
that Senator Lorimer cannot hope to
retain his seal and that he ought to
resign to escape expulsion.
Mr.. Sherman's visit was surround
ed with mystery. The vice president
would 20 admit that his trip had to
do with tho Lorimer case, but he did
not attempt TO deny it.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-05-30
es will next take.

Both sides to the controversy
which is one OF the worst tangles this
section has seen in some time, have
ete.Nei vinGi.at.oM. Tie next move
is 1Npc,.cG to he at Ceadwood. where
Tie fedclal grand jury is row inyes-
tiGatiEg the mudd!e from another
standpoint.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1912-02-14
THE SAILORS GRAVEYARD.
Government Engineers Recommend
HarbOr of Refuge Near Hatteras

Government Engineers Recommend
HarbOr of Refuge Near Hatteras.
After years of investigation and delay
by Congress way is to be opened where
by the great annual loss of ships and lives
at Cape Hatteras, known for hundreds of
years as "the sailors graveyard, can be
avoided or at least greatly reduced. In a
few days the board OF United States army
engineers will submit a report recon-
mending that the federal government
make Cape Lookout on the North Carolina
coast, about seventy five miles from
Hatteras, harbor of refuge.
The engineers will recommed an i'm
mediate appropriation of $4,000 with
which to begin the work, and a total of
IS, 500, 900 to complete it. Shipmasters and
shipowners agree that this is one of the
made by the army engineers, for the rea-
son that breakwater at Cape Lookout
will make a harbor of 575 acres and forty
feet deep which will be sufficient to give
anchorage to great fleet OF vessels in
time of dangerous storms and heavy seas.
The question of making Cape Lookout a
harbor of refuge has been considered by
the army engineers for number of years,
but it appears that they experienced great
difficulty in persuading the general board
to view the matter in the same light. 1t
was accomplished, however, after an in
vestigatlon by the general board of Look
out and other points near Hatteras.
At the time OF the investigation of Loo X
out representatives OF all the shipping in
terests from Maine to the Gulf of Mexico
were present aud more than so per cent
OF them voted in favor OF the place as a
harbor OF refuge, and said that the great
loss of ships and life annually would be
avoided or reduced if the plan were
adopted.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1912-02-14
Better!

1t was splendid goal set up for the
past two years of Christian Endeavor,
that of increase-a splendid goal and
splendidly attained.
Now we are to set our eyes upon a
goal still higher, still farther distant,
still more splendid-that of efficiency.
To get large numbers is essential.
Christ urged 1t upon His followers.
They are to compel men to come in;
they are to 60 out through all the
world and baptize all the nations.
But numbers are never to be sought
at the expense of efficiency. Two or
three met in Christ's name with
Christ in the midst is finer assembly
than 10000 delegates with Christ out
side the auditorium.
So that with enlarged numbers there
comes always the responsibility for en-
larged efficiency. and the efficiency
campaign set forth so fully in this
number aims at that necessary end.
We believe that the appeal of this
week will be needed, that the En-
deavorers everywhere will take up
these large plans enthusiastically and
that God will bless them to glorious
results.-Christian Endeavor World.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1912-02-14

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