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The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14
"Cii.uCk" Takes a Wash Daily.

Chuck" Hall has been acting
awfully queer lately. He's been
running around town with his hair
all mussed up and lookin' like a
wet settin' hen. Do you know
what's the matter with him? He
has just completed the installation
of his water system and this week
got his bath tub ia working order.
He takes bath five times day
and the short time between baths
he thinks there is no use of
Strengthening out his hair.
Without any joshing, Mr.. Hall
has "a fine individual water system
connected up with his house which
gives him practically all modern
conveniences. He says he would a
damsite rather have that water sys
TEN and bath connection than to be
ridin' round in an automobile
with his ears full of and.-The
Faith.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14
CONTRACT LET ON
NEW MONTANA LINE

Winston Brothers Construction
Company, of Minneapolis, has
been awarded the contract for the
construction Of seyenty-one miles
of the new line between LewistOwn
and Great Falls, Montana. which
the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget
Sound line is rushing through this
season. Twohy Brothers, Of Spok-
ane, Washington, have secured
the balance of the one hundred
and forty mile contract between
these two lines, the former CON-
pany taking the Great Falls end
Of the contract and the Spokane
contractors the Lewiston end.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14
STATE highway
TO BE PUSHED
Good Roads Tour Will Be Con.
duCted Between Aberdeen
and Mobridee.

At the meeting of the district
development league at Ipswich last
month the strongest sentiment
seemed to be in favor Of cross
state highway from Milbank to Mo-
bridge, and three committees were
appointed by j. w. Parmley, pres
ldent of the league, covering the
three counties west Of Aberdeen, to
promote such a highway. These
committees are:
Brown County +. II. Barnard
w. G. Allen, John Wade, r. IL.
Angel and NJ. Squire.
Edmunds County Charles f.
Bark of Nina, NJ. p. Beebe of
Ipswich, O. +. Keller Of Bowdle,
w. L.. McCafferty of Rosco and
Henry Gross Cf Bowdle.
Walworth County w. b. My.
Ter, II. p. Gutz, Jacob Stoller, f.
NJ. Goodman and j. +. Richards
BEEBE GIVES $500.
NJ. p. Beebe of Ipswich has made
an offer of $500 toward the build
ing of such a highway through Ed
munds county, provided the road
passed through Roscoe and Ips-
wich and is completed by January
|, 1913, the money to be turned
over when a committee consisting
Of j w. Parmley, Charles L. Bark
and a. u. Bickert pronounce it
finished.
j. L. Rickert, president of the
Northwestern Land Company, Of
fered 300 toward the building Of
such a road, ard +. IL. Barnard
offered to build one mile of road at
his own expense. j. w. Parmley
offers the free use Of his ST., 200
elevating road grader and Mr.. Aus
tin, of the Rumley company, offers
the free use of one of the high
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14
CONDUCTORS In
FEDERAL COURT
United States Court viii Take Action
Regarding Conspiracy to
Defraud.

Fargo, n. d., June lot is
announced today that the case in
the United States court against a
number of conductors on the 500
railroad, charged with conspiracy
to defraud, will probably come up
for trial here Tuesday, June 11th.
1t is charged that these men con-
spired to beat the railroad out of
fares from Portal, N. D., to the
Twin Cities.
The 500 line conductors eases
will attract the attention of the
railroad world, as they are the first
to come up since the passage of the
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14
FELONY TO SELL
BOOZE TO INDIANS
1t is Looked Upon in That LiGht BY
Federal Judge in North
Dakota.

Fargo, y. D., June 13. The
u. 5. circuit court Of appeals for
this circuit has just rendered a de-
cision Of great Importance in this
state and in the state Of Minnesota.
For the last ten years there has
been much doubt as to whether it
was a crime to sell intoxicating
liquor to Indians who had received
their allotments in severaIty. The
general opinion has been that such
Indians, having become citizens,
were free from the Law of the United
States making it a crime to sell
them intoxicating liquors
AS a result Of this view the life
Of the Indians in this state and in
Minnesota Lave been debauehed by
the worst ella S Of liquor dealers IN
the country. These bootleggers
and blind piggers have Infested the
Indian reservations and pandered
to the appetite Of the Indians for
fire water. The circuit court of
appeals in the case Of Mosier VS..
the United States, which has just
been decided, holds that any Indian
who is ward Of the government
is entitled to the protection of the
federal laws making it crime to
sell liquor to Indians. This is a
very beneficial decision and will
put stop to the recent practice Of
debauching Indians.
LAW TO BE ENFORCED.
The federal authorities of this
district expressed the determination
to enforce the law vigorously from
this time On on account OF the con-
struction of the circuit court of ap-
peals. 1t is said that there are
many liquor dealers who have es-
tablished their traffic along the line
of the Indian reservations in this
state. 1t will be well for them to
take notice of the present interpre-
tation OF the law, for the last stat
ute on the subject makes it felony
to sell or give Intoxicating liquors
to the Indians.
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power traction engines for two
days work and others have offered
hand labor.
TO CONFER WITH ENGINEER.

j. w. Parmley suggested that
the three committees make a trip
over the road, starting with the
Brown county delegation from
Aberdeen and accompanied by State
Engineer Lea and any other good
roads enthusiasts who may join the
tour, to be joined at the Edmunds
county line by the Edmunds county
delegation, and met at the Wal
worth county line by the Wal worth
county delegation and then on to
Mobridge the first day and return
the next. The matter has been
taken lp with State Engineer Lea,
and as soon as he is heard from a
date will be set for the trip. Ten
or more automobiles filed with
good roads boosters are expected
to make the trip from Aberdeen. -
Aberdeen American.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14
MARINES BACK
FROM ORIENT
First of Four Relays Pass Through
City on Their Return From
the Orient,

An extra train of marines passed
through the city Tuesday afternoon
at about 3 O'Clock on their return
from China to the League Island
navy yard. The Aberdeen News
has the following regarding them:
The first Of four relays Of ma
rines to pass through this city
went through last evening at 6:l5
il special train of seven cars.
The relay consisted of 40 men in
charge of Captain William l.. Red
les. and was bound from Mare Is
land, Oft the coast Of California. to
tie League Island navy yard, near
Philadelphia, where those who
have completed their four years
enlistment will be paid Off, and the
balance Of the men sent to Wash
ington, d. c., Norfolk, Va, or
Portsmouth, n. H., to serve out
the balance Of their enlistment.
The marines who went through
last evening were a part Of 800
who came from the Orient on the
Buffalo, which landed at Mare Is
land May 30th. They were gath
cred from various portions Of
China and the Philippine Islands,
where they have been serving for
several months, the majority hav
ing served on United States ships
Rainbow, Buffalo, Wilmington
and Helena, the latter two boats
being stationed on the Iangtze
kiarg .riyer41 1hioa-
These men saw but little service
during the recent insurrection in
China, having been on detail
guarding the various American !e
cations. They report that there is
but little friendly feeling between
the japanese soldier and the Amer
lean, and that wranoles between
the two natiOnalities occurred quite
frequently when they met while
on shore leave. The Chinese,
English and Germans were the
most friendly, the only trouble the
men had with the Chinese being
with the rioters and looters, not
with the Chinese soldiery.
This detachment was the first of
four which will pass through this
city within the next few weeks, the
second largest being scheduled to
go through here about June 14th,
the other two to follow closely.
Besides Captain Redles, there
were several non-commissiOned
officers i'll the relay, including sew
eral first sergeants who were going
east for transfer, rather than be
reduced to duty sergeants. Nearly
all of the men were qualified as
either marksmen, sharpshooters or
experts, greet many wearing the
badge denotilg the expert. Several
had also attained the rank Of gun
pointer.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14

Buy beautiful Grand Crossing
lots now, before the raise in price.
Your own terms. In case Of sick
ness or accident We will proteci
you. See Goodman, agent for
Grand Crossing Land and I'm
provement Comp any.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14
MUCH MOISTURE
LAST FEW DAYS
Rains OF This Week Practically In.
sure Greatest Crop for
Many Years.

Probably the most beneficial pre-
cipitation of moisture which has
ever visited the state at the most
opportune time was the rain which
set in at about 8 O'Clock Wednes-
day evening and continued through
out the greater portion of the
night. For several days weather
conditions indicated rain, but
things did seem to not adjust them
selves properly until late Wednes-
day afternoon. The rain came
down slowly and steadily, while
the temperature was at just the
proper degree to encourage the fall
of moisture.
While there has been ample
moisture in most sections of the
state, this immediate locality seems
to have been overlooked by the
weather man-as far east as Bow
die for the the past two weeks,
and while small grain had not
commenced TO suffer on account
of lack of rain, the prairie grasses
had for few days previous to the
rain OF ednesday night began
to show the effects Of drouth.
Milwaukee railroad dispatchers
in Aberdeen received reports We'd
nesday night from thu territory
within one handred miles each way
from Aberdeen of rainfall cover
ing periods from two to six hours.
Mobridge dispatchers were advised
oee 1endid Tains as far west as
Faith on the Cheyenne branch and
Hettinger on the main line. The
rainfall at this place was over an
inch.
With this excellent rain coming
at the time it did, a good crop
yield is practically assured for
northern South Dakota. The
present moisture will carry all
kinds of small grain well along
to the filing stage and only a
small amount of additional rain
fall will be needed to carry it to
maturity South Dakota is almost
certain to come into it's own this
season.
A large portion Of northern
South Dakota was visited by ex-
cellent rains Monday Of this week.
Word from west of the Missouri
river is to the effect that the rain
was general all through that ter
ritory. Travellers from the coast
said that the rain fell all the way
from Seattle to Mobridge. From
Mobridge east to Nina there were
slight showers, but all the rest of
the territory was soaked. North
and south of Aberdeen the rain
was general, measuring nearly two
| inches.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14

ATTENTION FARMERS: l
want all the sweet cream | can
sel. Bring it in ifyou only have
one gallon. Highest market
price paid. F. NJ. Boyd. Star
Bakery.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-21

tients at the Memorial hisnital and must end. It has always been the custom to raise hogs at the aims house and in sufficient numbers to supply the pork that was furnished the inmates, 240O pounds last year, which meant quite a saving to the city, as the feed was furnished with out expense. In all the doctor un- dertakes he first makes sure that he is right and then goes ahead regard less of personal consequences.
 Dr. Black Is just now giving at tention to property owners whose premises are not connected with the city sewer system but who run sewerage into Shaws cove thereby endangering the publis health. He has served notice that sewer con- nections must be completed by June next or prosecution will follow.
 In some places within the eircuIa- ton fields of the Norwich Bulletin, the enterprisinq merchants chip in cash sufficient to pay for sereamers of electric lights In the principal bus mess street during the holiday sea son, believing that to be a kind of advertising that pays and the electric light company is evidently of the same mlno, as the company IS palo for the service. It has been the GUS tom of the New London Gas and Electric Light company to do that kind of advertising on its own ac- count for several years. The company believes in that sort of advertising and is willing to stand the cost
 State street. in addition to the many flaming arc lights that makes the street one of the best lighted In the state, the white way of New Lon don, the electric light company has added streamers of colored lights,
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-21

nearly the entire length of the street and without cost to the city or the merchants therein. Of course the action of the company is approved and appreciated by the people.
 President Taft has done his part towards rewarding an earnest party worker in New London by sending to the senate for confirmation the name of Lewis Crandall for the honorable position of collector of customs for the port of New London If this nom- ination Is confirmed and MT. Crandall qualities, there will be more than one disappointed democrat who had an anchor cast to the windward for that office, being of opinion that the big president would not fill the va cancy at a time when his own ofi- cial career was nearing the end. The service suffered no hardship by reason of the vacancy which was caused by
 the death of Collector Thompson, as the deputy collector would have ample
 time 10 perform the duties and with
 out the slightest interference with
 his regular work. The press reports do not specify whether the appoint
 ment Is for a full four years term or to fill the unexpired term, but it l is presumed the latter So the demo-
 who are seeking that ofice should not | lose hope.
 Of late years the financial reward for service rendered the government | as collector of customs at New Lon | don has been about one dollar a day, | or about one-third of the salary paid | the lowest salaried customs em- | ploye in the city. Poor as is the pay | there are many who are anxious to
 secure the place for the honor and in | cidently for the little coin there is in i it. The time was when the collector
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-21
Many AIIeqed Places and Sections Where Wet Goods
 Are Sold Without License
HEALTH OFFICER BLACK FEARLESS IN DUTY
Most Active and Efficient Holder of the Office the City Ever Manifestations Regarding Conditions in Schools Benefit from Plenty of Electric Lighting Customs Col lectorshp.

Those who are on the inside of what is going on in old New London that is not up to the law standard, declare that the liquor laws are be ing fagrantly violated in the Fort Neck district, where booze is being sold without a license everyday and night In the week with an increase of business on Sundays. There are other places besides those in the To- cation mentioned and the illicit busi- ness is carried on without police mo- lestatton. Under the present plan of police management by the police committee of the court of common council it is presumed that the mem bers of the force are not expected to seek out violations of the law of this nature, but are only expected to act when formal orders are issued them by the prosecuting attorney or the police committee. It has been said that if a local policeman should make it a point to arrest all violators of laws that came under his observation, and do this without direct orders, that his position would be endangered or made so uncomfortable for his that he would be anxious to resign, and that is given as reason why there have been no resignations from the New London police force.
 The members of the force are all men of intelligence and Of keen per ception, and they know of every place in the city where liquor is sold con- trary to law and where other kindred offences are committed, and the po
 lice know that this knowledge is with the committee and the prosecutor. This selling of booze after hours and on Sundays, in licensed or unlicens- ed places is not fair to the liquor dealer who lives up to the strict let ter of the law and the majority of legalized dealers in the city are of that class.
 One of the law abiding lquor deal CTS said recently that men who con duct legal saloon business are the ones that should receive police pro- lection and not the fellows who are open viola tors of the liuuor laws. But for the fact that Nhe wanted to keep on good terms with the locals. he would lead in a movement to get the state police to come to New London and round up those who violate the 1 liquor laws. He said there were some | licensed dealers whose main bus l mess was in violation of the law and | with the after hours and Sunday 1 trade eliminated, they could not con | duct paying business. He did not l believe that the police would be over 1 doing their duty if they started on a 1 crusade that would result in con fining the sale of liquor to those who 1 paid the license price and to see to ] it that these compiled with the law.
 Were all holding city office as
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-21

thorough and as fearless in the per- formance of what they consider duty as is Dr. J. Torrington Black, the health officer there would be some thing doing in New London about all the time. pr. Black is the only real live wire health officer the city has ever had and he is on his job every minute. Those who held the office prior to Dr. Black were content to act in cases of contagious disease and in nuisances prejudicial to public health upon formal complaint. But they never worked out presentatives methods for stamping out disease up- on it's very first apearance, as does Dr. Black. The doctor has brought the office out of insignificance to one of the most important in the city and it's field of usefulness has in creased many fold since his incum- bency.
 True the doctor has a faculty of putting in that is not leasing to all people, but he maintains that the public health should be safeguarded at any coast. Quite recently he at tended a meeting of the board of ed ucation and, in order that what he had to say might be kept from the public, the press representatives were rquested to leave and star chamber session was held. the first in years.
 They do say that the doctor made some startling statements as to the manner In which some of the schools are conducted from the standpoint of health. He accused some of the teach CTS of indolence and utter disregard of the welfare of the pubfs and charged that some of the janitors were under the influence of liuuor while on duty and that the presence of others had a contaminating in fluence upon the children.
 The doctor is credited with saving things that will cause the members of the school board to sit up and take notice. It is said that the doctor gave the school board to under stand that they must correct the abuses which tended to affect the health and morality of the pupils and that If they did not, that he would do so upon his own responsi- bility as health officer.
 pr. Black performs what he be. lieVes to be his duty without fear or favor and hits the rich as well as others, and takes a crack occasion ally at the very persons who con- tinue him in the office. This very week, he issued orders that the GUS tom of raising hogs at the aims house must discontinue, as it was contrary to city ordinance to keep pigs within the city limits, and the almshouse is within the prescribed limits. The doctor claims that the hog pens are menace to the health of the management, nurses and pa
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-21

It is, after ell, the people who do things who count, rather than we who merely say things. They are the real east, behind which the dawn is broad ening.
 The promise for future advancement in farming lies not so much in the carloads of information which are be- ing broadcasted over the country from a hundred agricultural colleges and a thousand farm paper editorial rooms, as in the simple, practical, do- it-myself management of scattered in dividual farmers. It is the farmer who is doing intensive farming, not merely advocating it: who is turning our preaching into practice and trans muting our dreams into dollars;-it is he who marches as the real leader. It is he who is wakening up the sleepy conservatives by the rasping chatter of his before-sunriss wood- saving.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-21
A Riaht Preserved.

The action taken by Los Angeles on the free-lunch question makes it clear that the right of the free American citizen to impair his digestion is still inalienable. ble.-lndianapolis News.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-21

We, who think ourselves "agricul- turally wise" may suggest and advise and exhOrt till the cows come home. He oCCa sionally listens tC us, but he rarely honors us with any real atten- tion. Generally he dismisses our ad- mentions with a 'Humph: guess he's handler with a pen than he is with a hoe: he'd soon find that things don't work out so easy in dirt as they do on paper"
 But when he sees some neighbor who doesn't pretend to be "agricultur- ally wise" actually doing, before his eyes, things which he hadn't thought feasible and accomplishing results which he hadn't thought practicable. then the proposition takes on a dif- ferent aspect It becomes something worth looking into.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-21

written Specially For The Bulletin.)
 The other evening glancing over one T the many articles printed, these days, about country life and farming coalitions, my attention was fixed by ..go sentences. In the first the writer remarked that people thought the darkest hour was just before the dawn, only because the more ener- getic sort were awake, at that time and calling attention to the darkness which sleepy heads otherwise wouldn't notice. So, he went on. The farm ing world is being wakened to the op- portunities of 6 better day that is da%nihg, not % much by the loud growing of the agriculturally wise as by the noise of neighbors astiring and saving wood"
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-21

The average farmer is born con- servative in matters agricultural. He is apt to be "agin'" anything and everything new, just because it is new. Moreover he can neither be bullied nor driven. But he can generally be trusted to follow a trail when, with his own eyes, he sees some one else getting ahead by it.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-21

of customs was the best paying gov ernment job in the district, but that was in the long ago, and began to peter out after George T. Marshall was succeeded by John A. Tibbits, grew less when William H. Saston succeeded and was about down to emptings when Collector Thompson took the helm.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-21

To say just word of encourage ment to these pioneers of farm pro- gress, these makers of the fu- lures highways, these skirmishers far in front of the hattle-line,-that is all l want to do, this morning.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-21
Mo cnmAhaok Enr Him

This is positively Uncle Joe's fares well appearance.-MeTnph Commer- cial Appeal.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-21

The automatic electric incubator is now matching chicks.