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Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-09-12
THE MANAGERl;
IHy /. 4: Cyan, Manager, Bate, !. 2.

The first thing to do for an eley tor
company after rganiaing is to secure
a manager, because u you are gong
to build d new house, he should be
there from the very start, 50 as TO be-
come familiar with every detail OF the
whole building, He Is the party that
win have charge Of that institution
and He should have a thorough knowl-s
edge Y 81 the machinery and aquir,
n1ent. ne ysS g S
n rhe manager iof d coop rative elev,
ator company has. in my opinion, one
of 4 tfle most ii iIioult positions Of AL
tbe bnsiness enterp rises IA our midst
Il ana not Saying this to dattsT the
4, anagers, nor IL IL meant as d com.
ria mt to the stock elders of coop.
eratiye elevate comp lies but as
+ have had managers posi- ton for
the past thirteen years, feel that I
dan speak With aopae knowledg ri
the stunt ion, IS
Eins Mouse Com lslon
NpWS Ne VIII take II for granted
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-09-12

come. He expressed the pleasure of
the delegates at meeting in a city of
such initiative energy and thrift and
then outlined the aim of the meeting
and of the cooperative movement as
follows:
AS all perhaps know, few years
since the grain business of the west
was conducted by corporations hav-
ing their headquarters and home Of
flee, in many cases, outside the states
in which they conducted their grain
buying activities. They had the rep
| utation of taking as profit all the
traffic would bear, and they certainly
| lived up to their reputation.
For perhaps twenty years we, as
farmers, have known what we needed
but did not seem to have the courage
to make the trial. Occasionally some
more venturesome community would
organize a farmers grain company
and these proving successful, would
| stimulate other neighborhoods to do
| likewise, until Of late years the move
ment has become epidemic, and now
we have in South Dakota over 220
farmer grain elevators.
These houses handle on an average
in normal years more than 100000
bushels of grain each per year, making
100000 bushels or more of grain
| handled by farmers companies. There
is saving to the farmers through
handling their own grain Of at least
cents per bushel, and If grade, dock
age and price are considered, probab-
ly much more than cents.
These 100000 bushels handled at
cents per bushel amout to S2,200,-
I 600 each year saved to the people Of
this state, this is conservation right
here at home this money is used right
here in South Dakota and enters all
lines of commercial trade.
Under the old system this money
was retained in the great cities out
side the state and never returned to
the state where it properly belonged.
We are taught that zone who
grows two blades Of grass where only
one blade grew BEFORE" is a public
benefactor. So also is he public
benefactor who teaches us to save
to the people and the state 81 where
only one was saved before.
Our country press, when they want
to stimulate the local merchants to
more generous advertising, will rail
at the people patronizing the catalog
house. Did you ever hear the coun-
try editor rail at people for patron
izing these foreign corporations that
handle grain, coal and lumber. who
take all the profits outside the. state,
never to return
Is there any difference between
these foreign corporations doing busi-
ness in our state and the catalog
house, II there is difference, 1t Is
certainly in favor OF the catalog house.
as they surely are In a competitive
business, and there is no competition
lii the grain and lumber business ex-
cept as the farmer company compels
it. ~
And now, as you people OF Mitchell
have your dreams, and are seeing
| those dreams materialize in a great
city, SO we as co-operators have our
visions. We see the products OF mills
and factories manufactured and dis,
/ tributed comparatively we see i'm
mense terminal elevators, warehouses
and supply depots, we see fleets Of
vessels on the great lakes and on the
oceans of the world carrying the pro
ducts OF farm and factory operated
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-09-12
kC Jelly Roll

One CUP sifted -four; seant Aay tea
spoonful sail; g level teastoomfals X c.
Baking Powder; grated rind of +
lemon; g eggs beaten light; cup sngar;'
cup hot miIt;. glass Of jelly; pow-
deSed sugar. Al
Beat the sugar into the eggs; add the
lemon rind, then the foar, sifted three
times with the salt and baking powder;
and, lastly, the milk. Bake in a but
tered dripping pan; turn out on damp
cloth, trim off the crisp edges; spread
with jelly and turn over and over into
a roll while still warm. Dredge the top
with powdered sugar. s
Hot milk used in the jelly roll en-
ab1es it to be rolled without danger Of
cracking. Have the milk sca1ding hot;
also be careful to have the eggs and
sugar beaten. together until very light
and creamy. Bake in moderate oven.
&c Jelly Roll is illustrated on page
thirty-iwo of the new and handsomely
illustrated 64-page K c Cooks Book,
which may be secured free by sending
the certificate packed in every 25-cent
can of K c, Baking Powder to the.
IAQuEs MFG. Co., Chicago, III.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-09-12
THURSDAY MORNING
Elevator Insurance

Mr.. g. G. Messerole of Gowrie, Ia,
secretary OF the Farmers Cooper
ative Elevator Mutual Insurance AS
ISOLATION Of that state, was the first
speaker at the Thursday morning ses-
sion He gave a very clear and con-
vincing statement of the advantage
Of mutual insurance in this line. For
the three years his organization has
been in existence, their cost of insur-
ance has averaged $3.50 per $1,000. j.
e., a trife over one-half per cent.
This is in contrast to an average OF
about per cent in old line COM
panies makes saving of just about
Loo per 500. Companies which car
ny $4,000 or more insurance, there
fore save 5000 per year on it by in
surfing in the Mutual Insurance AS
ISOLATION. u
Mr.. Messerole explained how this
saving is made, 1t being largely due
10 the cutting out OF expenses Of
soliciting and administration. He as
serted that in old line companies SO
per cent to 10 per cent OF the re-
ceipts are used for expenses OF car
ryfng on the business. With the mu-
tual company only about II per cent.
The total expense for last year was
only $94876 on a business carrying
4sO policies with million dollars in
snrance.
This saving in. expense is secured
by the simple device Of cooperation.
Instead Of paying for. costly solicit
ling (which they tried for time,
but found too expensiveo the coop
erative companies send in their own
business because they are co-opera-
tive. "A little REORGANIZATION and
concerted action cuts out this enorm-
Gus waste.
Mr.. Messero1e explained that ele-
Iyatcr insurance is one Of the fields
where the state associations can work
together to good advantage. For one
thing the initial expense of organi.
Ezation, about 81 500, which was neces-
sary in order to get the 125 policies
required to start, has been borne by
/ the Iowa company and the other
states by using that company avoid
That expense. Again up to a certain
limit additional strength and econ,
oTny OF administration is gained In
proportion to the size OF the bust
ness. For these reasons Mr. Mes
serole urged this co-ope ion. 81
South Dakota with the Iowa assoc &c
3iation
President o. d. Anderson endorsed
these statements after having inyes-
.tigated the subject,
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-09-12
SOUTH DAKOTA CONVENTION

The cooperative grain dealers of
South Dakota. $50 strong, stormed
the beautiful little city OF Mitchell
on February 21st. and held it for
three days. 1t was though, a peace
full host, but earnest and enthusiastic
whom Mayor A. E. Hitchcock well
coined to the city.
In his felicitous address Of vel.
come, Mayor Hitchcock compared the
present convention to others held here
in the past. AS these were valuable
on the side of improving production,
80 this should prove valuable in i'm
proving distribution.
John T. Be1k. of Henry, the eff.
Gent secretary of the association, at
the request of President o. D. Ander-
son, responded to the address of vel,
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-09-12

times what the stun that he is buying
is worth on the Inherent terminal
markets. There are some elevator
companies that are so located that
they may use up to slx or more diff
ferent markets at various times, and
Il behooves the manager to be alert
and at all times to keep thoroughly
posted on grades and prices at the
different points.
1t is also we'll to keep IN touch with
your fellow managers, either through
correspondence or advertising IN our
stanna 'o oaads ~, focd sr,,ffs pnc,,taa.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-09-12
Report of Grain Dealers Association
Held at Mitchell, February Il, q and %, 1912

Note-Knowing that many farmers
in every community are more or less
interested in the subject of cooper
alton, the News herewith prints the
Farmers Grain Dealers Association o.
South Dakota, which was held at
Mitchell, February 81, % and %, 1912
1t will be worth your time to read 1t.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-09-12
Jelly Roll Recipe
Only Two Eggs Required

ByM's. Janet Mckenzie Hill, Editor or
the Boston Cooking School Magazine
This Jelly Roll is fast becoming very
popular on account of the way it keeps.
fresh. With proper handling it should
keep fresh whole week, providing it
isn't eaten up in the meantime, for it is,
every bit as good as it looks. 80
Connecticut western news., 1912-12-05

paper scribe-The News does not hesi- tate to stand for its share of the credit seeing the possibilities for sport and pop ular recognition contained ill a formal organization of the bald-heads, persist ently labored with the original group, who had aptly called themselves the "Sutherland Brothers" to take up the matter of organizing and giving all an- nual banquet. They were persuaded of the wisdom of the idea, and a tentative organization was affected and the date for the banquet set.
 Then the publicity began to spread. The novelty of the idea appealed to the newspapers of the country, and long write-ups were printed i'll some of the leading city journals of practically every state in the Union, and inquiries, appli. cations for membership, and petitions for instructions regarding the formation of other clubs, in various localities. flood. ed the daily mail of Secretary A. P. Chapman. Newspaper humorists crack ed all manner of jokes and newspaper cartoonists all manner of funny pictures, with the bald head as the butt and the newly organized Bald-Head Club as the provocation. Sunday papers devoted full page illustrated articles to the or ganizatlon, and the officers were bom- barded With telephonic requests for i'm formation on the night of the banquet.
 It was perhaps fortunate that last week Monday night brought the most unfavorable conditions of weather and travel, for it is certain that if those con. ditions had been favorable Langs' Inn would not have been able to accommo- date one-half the number of bald heads that had planned to be present. As it was, the hotel was filled to its capacity.
 The affair has put Falls Village on the big map of the United States, and made Langs] Inn the capital of Falls Village.
 The annual banquet of the Bald Head Club of America is not only permanent institution but a movable feast. Next year, ill October, it will be held at The Garfield, in Canaan, and Landlord Bak- CT, who belongs to the order, promises to make it an affair that will prove a pattern for future banquets to strive to equal President R. J. Orr, is duly ap- preciative of the responsibility devoly- ing upon the executive head, and will exert his influence to forward the whole some growth and prosperity of the or ganization and secure the admission of desirable members, of good character and prominence.
Connecticut western news., 1912-12-05
FREE DELIVERY

Figures Showing Amount of Mail
 Handled in R. F. D. System.
 Postmaster Holt has prepared state ment of the amount of R. F. D. mail handled during the months of October and November, at the Canaan postofice. The result of the tabulation is as follows ::
 In October, Number of pieces delivered 5,734 weighing 827 pounds IA ounces. Number of pieces collected, 1 ,138, weigh ing 29 pounds 8 ounces.
 November, delivered. 5,541 pieces. weighing 728 pounds IA ounces. Col lected, 1,278 pieces, weighing 34 pounds. 6 ounces. A total, for the two months of 13,691 pieces, handled, in delivery and collection, weighing .62O pounds 10 ounces.
 This is the first compilation of the business done by the rural free delivery route, and shows the extent to which the R. F. D. is patronized by the outlying districts round about Canaan.
Connecticut western news., 1912-12-05
NEWS NIGHT

Special Program for Mems League, at
 Women's Convention.
 Among the new features at the 44th annual convention of the N. A. Women's Suffrage Association which closed last week in Philadelphia was the program of one evening given over to the Nation- al Mems League for Woman Suffrage. From the very beginning of the equal rights movement, courageous and justice loving men have stood by the women and have been invaluable allies in the long fight that is now nearing it's triumph; but never before have men in such large numbers actually organized to work for the cause. Men, old and young, men of the most diverse professions parties and creeds, spoke on that evening with equal earnestness In behalf of equal rights for women, says the Woman's Journal.
 Another point more prominent this year than ever before was the growing emphasis laid upon the necessity and duty of fighting the white slave traffic, or more properly the traffic in women. Speaker after speaker dwelt upon the subject. Especially bold and uncompro- missing was the speech of Reginald Wright Kaufman, who has worked so valiantly through hls books for the de- liverance of these victims of the "House of Bondage" Referring to the objec- tion so often made by the Antis that un- der equal suffrage the prostitute would vote, Mir. Kaufman declared that she was the woman who needed the vote most of all, as she was the most opressed The men who make a business of en- trapping girls and exploiting them for profit have votes, and if anyone connect ed with this nefarious business is to be allowed to vote, said Mir. Kaufman, Better the slaves than the slavers r' No utterance during the Convention called out quite so much enthusiasm. To see that great audience of "respecta- ble' women stormily applauding such sentiment showed how far they had ad- vanced beyond the traditional position of stoning the woman and letting tho man go free, or else ignoring the whole sorrowful subject
 Rev. Anna H. Shaw occupied tho chair with an ability that would have put many masculine presiding officer to shame, and went through the ex- hausting ordeal of the long meeting with an energy that many younger women could not have shown. Even the driegt business was lighted up and made less tiresome by the flashes of her wit.
Connecticut western news., 1912-12-05
New Water Pipes at Depot.

Two new water-plugs are being con- structed by the railroad company for watering the engines of the Berkshire division at the Canaan station-one north of the crossing near the present pipe stand, and one below. They are of an improved pattern and may be manip- ulated by the fireman alone, without help from the tender as at present. They are being set in a substantial ce- ment foundation, and will be simple and easy to operate. One advantage, It is said, will be the fact that the delivery pipe may be adjusted into the receiving hole in the tank of the tender" and there will be no more of the spattering and flooding of the depot platform, which caused so much discomfort and so much vehement protest in the past.
Connecticut western news., 1912-12-05
Boy Scouts H Headquarters.

The clubrooms of the Boy Scouts, in the Whitford building, is being furnished for the comfort and convenience of the Scouts, and will be made attractive in various ways. A number of ladies, mothers of the boys, have been active in equipping and arranging the quarters, and the boys are naturally proud of their home. It has been suggested that any bodY-merchants and others-who may feel disposed to encourage this most worthy organization which is doing much to develop the best attributes of our boys, can help the good work along by donating games, books or any arti- cles that will be proper and interesting to the boys and help to make the club room place where the members will love to spend their spare time,
Connecticut western news., 1912-12-05
THANKSGIVING
Holiday Observed in Canaan in About
 the Usual Manner.

Holiday Observed in Canaan in About
 the Usual Manner.
 Thanksgiving day was observed i'll Canaan in the usual quiet manner. No special public functions of any kind had been arranged, aside from the service in Christ church in the forenoon and in the Pilgrim church the previous evening.
 Many Oanaanites went out of town to spend the day with friends in other places; many from out of town came here to feast and give thanks with Ga naan relatives and friends, and it was generally day of family reunions.
 Landlord Baker prepared a splendid Thanksgiving menu and number of Canaan people availed themselves of it and ate their holiday feast at the ho el The dining room was specially decorated for the occasion and there were chry san themums in abundance.
 The weather was crisp and cold throughout the day, and seemed to threaten snow, which didn't come, though few miles south it showed all daY
Connecticut western news., 1912-12-05
kilcourse MakeS Good.

Supervisor J. c. Kilcourse is making good his promise to put into good condi- tion the sidewalk abutting upon the railroad property at the south end of the Main street crossing. The walk is be- ing laid from the end of the new Hum phrey walk to the crossing, Unfor- tunately the switch of the "south Y" interferes with the making of the walk as wide at the point of contact with the crossing as at other end, but even at that, the work itself is so appreciable an improvement that the tapering shape of it can be overlooked and the number less pedestrians who have occasion to cross the tracks at that point will be disposed to take their hats off to Super visor Kilcourse for abolishing the dis . comfort of navigation there in muddy seasons.
Connecticut western news., 1912-12-05
RHOADES NABBED HIM
Arrested Young Man Charged With
 Stealing Girls Watch.

John Ralph, of Germantown, Penn., a forestry expert, who had been doctor ing trees in the locality, was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Rhoades, on Thanks giving day, as he was about to take the afternoon train south, for New York. The arrest was made by telephone re- quest of Officer Harris, of Sharon. where. it was alleged. Ralph had stolen a watch from a young lady. Deputy RhOades delivered his prisoner over to Harris, who was tried before Justice Livingstone and fined $21, including costs. The watch was restored to the young lady.
 Ralph paid up and proceeded to New York, whither his trunk had preceded him, having been transferred from the O. N E. train to the New York train which Ralph expected to take when he was arrested.
 The affair was a surprise to people who had met Ralph, hereabouts, as he appeared to be in every way a gentle man, and anything but thief. He said to Deputy Rhoades, that he doesn t know why he did not restore the girls watch j; she had let him take it, and when she asked him for it he had refused to give it up, more in a mischievous spirit of fun than anything else; that certainly that the idea of the prank taking on such a serious aspect as it had assumed. never occurred to him, as he was not re- duced to the necessity of stealing watches, nor anything else.
Connecticut western news., 1912-12-05
Band Dance.

The Canaan Citizens Band will give social dance in Town Hall tomorrow evening for the benefit of the uniform fund. It should be well patronized, even by those who are unable or disin- clined toattend, for the faster the fund is increased the sooner the band boys will be able to procure their uniforms. And when they make their appearance clad i'll their new and attractive clothes our people will be more than ever proud of Canaan Citizens Band.
Connecticut western news., 1912-12-05
Wants Less Vacation.

tions for school children were recom- mended by President Flavel s. Luther of Trinity College in an address Friday at the annual needing of the Massachu- setts Teachers Association in Boston.
 "The public is an easy mark because school teachers have convinced them that the schools are giving all they ought in education," said President Luther. Let's teach more than twenty five hours week. Let's have our schools going larger part of the year. Let's make children take school life more seri- ously than we have formerly. Let s be a little more in earnest. It is prepos- terOus that we need so much vacation. ''
Connecticut western news., 1912-12-05
DIR. KIN NIGHT
A Personal Tribute by One Who Knew
 Him and His Work.

A Personal Tribute by One Who Knew
 Him and His Work.
 Isabel .. Barrows in the Survey writes thus of the late Dr. George H. Knight ::
 "There isn't soul to whom I would go with more confidence if l were i'll trouble, or sorrow, or sin, than 1 would to Dr. Knight"
 These words are from an old letter written in 1891 by an elderly lady who had had full measure of life's sadness. In the 21 years since then, those who knew pr. Knight best have felt that con- idence ever deepening, and when he suddenly died the other day, hundreds felt that one upon whom they had been leaning heavily had been Wrenched from them.
 Not only was this true of the poor un- fOrtunates of the school for the feeble, minded of which he, and his father be- fore him, had been the wise and efficient head, but his townspeople, his fellow members of the Connecticut Legislature, the men of the state who were about to send him to Congress, the alumni of his beloved Yale, and the countless friends who recognized his sterling trustworthi ness in every direction, felt that a prop was gone.
 When Dr. Knight was the head of the school for the Predetermined in Min. nesota, he was the youngest superinten dent of a state institution in the country. On returning to hls native state, his common sense, trained intelligence, warm sympathy and immense capacity for painstaking labor, were applied suc- Cessively to a series of worthy tasks %oT kI,oc k/Nr supply to his village to providing suita- ble homes for the tuberculous of the state. A personal habit-that of silence rendered his judgment on practical matters, always worth seeking, of still greater impressiveness, because of the few words used to express it. Indeed, the only criticism ever made of him in the writer's hearing was that he was too slow to voice the interest and sympathy he felt, too eXpectant that his hearers would understand his almost brusque expressions.
 It is delightful to see one so honored by his own tOwusfolk as was Dr. Knight Though Dr. Knight was Protestans of PrOtestants, the neighboring Roman Catholic priest read the prayers for the dead for his congregation when he heard that the good doctor was gone. With a volce choking with emotion he assured them that pr. Knight needed no special preparation for death for his whole life had been preparation. And when the doctor in his last sleep was driven through the maple shadowed streets to the quiet cemetery it was not alone the public school children who were gather. ed to do him honor, but the little child ren of the convent school stood silently Il, slow procession passed That would have meant more to him than that the Governor of the state and delegation of eminent citizens should have travelled many miles to pay him the last tribute of respect.
Connecticut western news., 1912-12-05
Mir. Stoeckel's Treat.

The Litchfield County Choral Unlon officers will hold their annual business next Thursday evening, Dec. 12, after which they, with number of invited friends, will be the guests of MT. Carl Stoeckel at a Delmonico dinner, in ac- cOrdance With MT. Stoeckel's established custom. This is an event to which every officer of the Union, and every other gentleman so fortunate as to re- ceive an invitation, looks forward with the keenest anticlpatiOn.