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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-05-09

Wyman Rider, of Wheatland, was a
guest at the Commercial hotel Sunday
night. Wyman says he observed in
his drive to town that several fields
are damaged by the ground falling out.
Capt. Geo. H. Baker, of Everett.
WASH, came oyer to make his per-
manent home here after buying a
tract of Arcadia land In section l. His
family will follow about June deer
Park, WASH, Union. d
1t seems there is a misunderstanding
az to the hour of the meeting of the
Producers Mutual Benefit Club at the
Everson school house saturday, May IL.
The meeting will be held at 2 p. M, as
announced last week.
Fred Hinze returned from Los
Angeles, CAL, Saturday night where
he was called by the illness of his son,
Otto, whom he left in such condition
he expected to go to work this week.
Fred says he is glad to get back.
There is a work train located here
and at present the steam shovel is at
work widening the cut west of town
the work is considerably handicapped
by the ground being SO wet that it
interferes with the dumping of the
shovel. s
Judge Haney, of the supreme court.
in referring to the Richards primary
bill to be voted on at the next general
election, says: SIN my opinion, what
ever may beecme of Mr.. Richards bill,
if its essential features r not sooner
or later enacted into law, statewide
direct nominations win be abandoned
in this state.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-05-09

49,
For Sale-Two span of s~5-year-old
mares. 1000 pounds each; two geldlngs,
Z and 8 years old, 4. 100 pounds each;
one Shetland pony and harness and two
seated pony carriage;one lumber
wagon and one single seated buoy.
Philip Gross.
"A letter was received by friends in
in this city announcing the birth of a
daughter Monday. to Mr.. and Mrs.
Marvin Hocum, of Minneapolis. Mrs.
Hocum vas formerly Miss Lillian
Schwartz and of the teachers in
the Webster schools.
E. A. Locke and family leave tomor-
row for Webster where Mr.. Locke will
enter the jewelry business for himself
having purchased the j. l.. Blanks
business there. They will stop at w.
H. Burton's farm heal James over
Sunday, leaving for Webster Monday.
Aberdeen News, Saturday.
Judge Haney, of the supreme court.
in referring to the Richards primary
bill to~be. voted on at the next general
election, says: ut is designed to place
principles above candidates; to secure
public officers who are in sympathy
with. and who will have every incen-
tive to faithfully carry out the plat
form declarations and principles of the
organization they represent. to give
the members of each organized party
power to select its candidates and rom
tr0I its policies, and to eliminate the
political boss" Its enactment would
tefd to preserve, not TO destroy, party
organization. The form Of official
primary ballot provided Is simple AMI
scientific.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-05-09

H. H. Potter went TO Aberdeen and
spent Sunday and from there to Pierre
to appear tor some clients in matters
before the state supreme court.
A number of the young folks enjoyed
a dance at Coteau opera house Satur-
day night. The music is reported as
having been exceptionally good.
H. j. Pamperin, one of the pro-
prietors of the Ruby theatre arrived
Wednesday with his household goods to
make Webster his future home.
Shingles! Shingles! Shinglesl Well.
we should say so; we have them-just
got in a big invoice-all grades and
qualities. Lampert Lumber Co.
/ am prepared to deliver on short
notice soft water, gravel and sand and
filling or black dirt. Please call 204
call 4 for prices or Fred Brakhage.
Two box cars were broken into in
the freight yards at Milbank Monday
HlBnI anu SoLHS iHciShoiuiSS oSoich.
The police have a clue to the thieves.
Earl Goodwin has been having a
very serious time with rheumatism
during the past week but we are glad
to say he is improved at this writing.
Anton Karpen. manager of the
Farmers Lumber compai y. went east
Saturday night on business in the
Twin Cities and other Minnesota points.
Another big lot Of summer shirts
with soft detachable collar. just
received at Mergers store. IT you
desire up-to-date things come and
see them.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-05-09

A number of the local nimrods were
out at the trap practicing the first Of
the week preparatory to the big
tournament to be held in Webster in
June.
The fellows who predicted a dry
for South Dakota are not saying
much about it now-seem to have lost
the 81 told you So out Of their vocab-
ulary.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-05-09
E. W.. RIECK
Candidate on the Republican
Ticket in the June Primary for
Sheriff of Day County

respectfully solicit the support OF
the voters at the June Primary. and
in doing so, submit a few of the things
1 stand for.
Ii nominated and elected / shall con
duct the affairs of the office without
fe r or favor, and give a square deal
to all and SIP 'cial pr veleges to none
snd be free from d !ctation py any per
sonsor organizati n of individuals.
| shall favor an I W lrk for rigid Co
nomy In the expenditures of county
funds by tie County Fathers, and for
more Efficiency in the acts OF all coun-
ty officers. ami that all county officers
dra wing a salary devote the entire
time they are Drawing salaries to the
office and abolish all unnecessary
clerks and assistants.
ISha ! oppose extra pay and allow.
ance for work done. while drawing q
salary from the county, which is a
part of the work, such as preparing
tax lists for banks, and assessors books,
etc..
/ shall favor aud work ( purcnas-
ing all county su pplies on open com
petitive bids from regular dealers who
are tax payers in the state and county.
/ favor B)hert NJ. LaFo lette for
President, because he possesses %iptelli-
gence, Integrity and industry. He
stands FIR popular or repr sentative
gLvernment in party S ate and Nation
IN order that the maj Jrity of the peo-
pie may rule Let us dedicate our
selves to the cause of liberty that gov
eminent of the people, by the people.
aud for the people shall not perish
from this earth.
IL You are in sympathy with the
above, 20 tn the Primary and for
Sheriff vote for,
E. w. RIECK,
Waubay, S. d.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-05-09

The engine of the way freight ran
into the mill siding to spot some cars
Wednesday and the tender went off
the Track, but no serious damage was
done.
Will Wells a young Imam, nephew Of
Lawyer C. A. Wells, arrived this
morning from Brentwood, Wis, to
spend the summer at the home OF his
uncle.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-05-09

Don't forget that the Reporter and
Farmer can get you out a neat. tasty
job of wedding invitations or announce.
ments on short notice.
The prices of millinery at Mrs. Sears
display Saturday will soon break into
the display-call early and see the very
pretty things any how.
A. l.. McBee, the popular represent
tatiye of CHM & Co., text book man
ufacturers, is here this week in the
interest of his. company.
Our people are not at present com
planning for want of rain. 1t has
rained about once in ,twenty-four hours
for the past two weeks.
If you want something just right
in screens, right in style, quality and
price, the Lampert Lumber Co. is the
place you are looking for.
Henry Johns m arrived home from
Los Angeles, CAL, Tuesday evening
where he has been employed in a um-
Der yard during the winter.
Mrs. T. R. Buechler and sister, Miss
Mabel Smith, came up from Aberdeen
to visit their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
E. Smith, Sunday morning.
]. II. Dunkin, who has spent the
past winter in Minneapolis with his
family, arrived in this city Wednesday
morning to spend the summer.
Frank Anderson and wife arrived
home Tuesday evening, having stopped
off at M~ontevideo, Mimi, to visit his
mother who had been quite i'll.
The Apollo Concert company appeared
at the Coteau opera house Tuesday and
gave one of the best entertainments of
the season to a large audience.
Natural Jap-a-lac, the model hard
wood finish, is tough, elastic, quick
drying, durable. Does not crack, or
show white when walked upon. Sold
by Dick.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-05-09
A swell line of ladies' handbags
regular $1.50 and $500 values
special for Saturday, SO cents al
Mergers store.

A number of farmers who came in
from a distance Saturday remained
over night on account of the bad con-
ditions of the roads.
Mrs. Thos. Johnson departed for
Port Arthur, Canada, Saturday to join
her husband who is working at his
trade at that place.
Why not get fresh cookies, home
made, the kind you know are clean and
wholesome. The kind that are made
at Knapp's bakery.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-05-09

Some new things in wash goods
just received at Mergers store.
Come and see them before buying
elsewhere.
d. E. Potter and wife returned Tues
day night from Waubay where they
had been visiting their daughter, Mrs.
A. d. Porter.
We have several good propositions to
trade for city property or Day county
lands. Come in and see us. Egeland's
Land Agency.
Misses Gertie and Ethel Marshall
went to Webster Wednesday evening
to visit a few days with friends. :
Waubay Clipper.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-08
THE SINKING JOB

MT. Hill continues to avoid discussing issues. except far the tariff is concerned and continues his hypo critical pretense Democratic victory free trade. He is his last legs, politically He will not only not discuss issues but he dare not.
 Recently for instance he attempted reply to certain statements made editoria1ly in this newspaper.
 It notable that he entirely omitted to refer to his record the income tax amendment which of the nateriality discussion.
 The presumption that he either afraid to take up the matter of his bitter efforts to prevent federal taxation of great fortunes
 Neither did he discuss his reply his fight for the loan sharks of Washington the right charge per per their vicns-24 per cent per yearinstead of per cent, which the outside limit that most other congressman willing to allow loan shark avarice
 Neither did he appear to relish discussion of the tariff and the internal the practically sole of raising for the support of the federal all of which shows that Mr. Hill is cunning and cannv
 He talks free as hope scare 40 years old will still operate enough people take him through. He doesn't dream of being majority cand- date. There will be four candidates in the and the best he hopes is little the bigger share
 As an argument his long list of factories showing tariff rates products is the last word mental deb ty. The appeal is merely to those who have little knowledge of tht American system, of whom there not many, and shelter behind which corceals himself from the searchngs of his record in Congress which is of the worst.
 servile type which would call black whte or free trade high protection if it suited convenience of the money that controls them.
 Mr. Hill cuts sorry figure in his age clingng with the desperation of drowning the edges of his sinking job
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-08
ROOSEVELT AND PERKINS
(By Rudolph SpreckeIs, President ef the Wilson Marshall National Pro- gressive Republican League.

(Ry Rudolph SpreckeIs, President s,f
 the Wilson Marshall National Pro-
 gressive Republican League.
 New York, Oct. 8.-A very pronain- ent promoter of industrial and f1nan- cial trusts, MT. George W. Perkins, is again actively in the field. This time however, he is using his talent to bring about the organization of a. po- liticaI party through which he hopes, no doubt. to control the machinery of governm ent in an effort to legal ize the monopolfen he has helped to create. Having had success in form ing many great trusts. and in unload ing their hundreds of millions of wa tered stock upon the public, this man is encouraged into believing that he can capitalize public opinion through the formation of a political corpora ton, to which he has given the mis- leading naIne-Progressive Party which name was undoubtedly chosen in the hope that it would bring SUD- port for his party from the masses nent is strong.
 This new party or Roosevelt, Per- kins ct a., is. putting forth through tho daily press. and through public speeches, claim to all the wisdom on earth. and are now endeavoring to un- load their over-va1ued political stock upon the unsuspecting voter, by invit- ing all to join the Progressive Party, tho control of which. like the control of the great industrial and financial trusuts. will be retained by the pro motors.
 Regulated monopoly as proposed by the Progressive Party would, under any kind of government. place the burden of high prices more firmly upon our people, but imagine how much more serious a hardship such a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-08

Roosevelt, had cast their votes in a1- phabetical order, which MT. Mills sug- gested, raised Q strong presumption that the names had been copied from the published list in the City Record and an equal number of Roosevelt votes put into the ballot box
 More than a sixth of those alleged to have voted in alphabetical order for Roosevelt had moved out of the dis trict or had died before the election. One man recorded as voting was iii the hospital election day having his leg annputated,'' said MT. Mills.
 The witness declared that the Re- publican primaries as far as the Taft managers were involved were as clean as any election ever held in New York county. He charged that Louis Friedel captain of one of the election districts in the Eighth Assembly, dis trict, had deserted President Taft on primary election day. Samuel s. Koenig, county chairman, learning of the fact called up F'riedel, who denied that he had swung to Roosevelt The returns from the district, however. showed unanimous vote for the Roosevelt electors and subsequently, Friedel was given an appointment Tn Comptroller Prendergast's office
 Your testimony indicates gross cor ruption'' suggested Senator Pomerene.
 'sThat is the only inference to be drawn from the results,'' replied MT. Mills.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-08

The same gentleman was formerly upon the staff of this newspaper, and during the period of his employment here the Post diligently howled that this newspaper was a Socialist news paper.
 This newspaper does not now retort in kind, because it does not desire to fall into the area of coatemptible slnallnesa and falaehood in discussion which eharacterizes the Post.
 Nor would we change the Posts srnallnesa into something larger. ex- cept for our own intellectual pleas ur-e
 It is the small enemies of progress that are most difficult to be rid of. F'leas are harder to externainate than elephants, and the multitude of in- finitesmaI falsehoods, inconsistencies and errors of the Post are more difn- cult to deal with than the arguments of an intelligent opponent.
 It would really pay those gentlemen in Bridgepo who want to maintain private ownership of public utilities and so. on. to hire. beg. borrow, or steal. somebody or something who can present the reaetionary side without mangling it out of all semblance of dignity.
 Whomever the Post burdens with it's support may be as handsome as Greek God. as wise as Solomon and as will. in three issues. make him seem the lineal descendant of Balkans ass
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-08
GOV. BALDWIN'S BOOK
Volume of Dodge Lectures Published
 By Yale Press.

The Relations of Education to Git jzenship,'' a book recently completed by Gov. Simeon E. Baldwin and deal ing with the spirit of citizenship has just been issued from the Yale Un- iversity Press and will soon appear on sale in the educational centers ot the country
 The work constitutes the ninth vol ume of the Dodge lectures delivered at Yale university by Judge Baldwin and fulfls admirably the purpose of the founder of these lectures, which was to promote among "educated men of the United States an understanding of the duties of Christian citizenship and a sense of personal responsibility for the performance of these duties.
 The book has been dedicated by Governor Baldwin ''Io my sister, Eliz- abeth Wooster Whitney, whose love has oheered my life. and whose son, Edward Baldwin Whitney, made his education tell in public service" It is cloth bound with 8. gilt top and con tains 173 pages and an index.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-08
CHARGES FRAUD
 TO AID TEDDY
GROSS CORRUPTION IN NEW YORK PRIMARY FOR COL ROOSEVELT, OGDEN MILLS TELLS SENATE PROBE COM- MITTEE.

Washington, Oct. s-Specific charges of corruption in the Eighth Assembly district of New York county in the primaries were laid at the doors of the Roosevelt managers yesterday af- ternoon by Ogden L.. Mills, trea sur CT of the Republican county committee uOf New York county.
 The charges had been laid before District Attorney Whitman the wit ness said. Documentary evidence tending to prove the frauds were in troduced in evidence by MT. Mills.
 The disclosures opened a new line of inquiry and it is likely that witnesses will be called from New York to tes- tify. The poll book of the Fourth election district in the Eighth Assem- bly district was put in evidence by Mir. Mills.
 It disclosed the fact that the alleged voters. of all whom were recorded for
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-08
Uhr B. M Rran Unt1tputtu.

l law would lead to if the people voted MT. Perkins into contl oI over our gov ernment by electing his friend and political partner, Roosevelt, to the Presidency. Every one admits that our I.beet and most useful citizens are those who toll and produce by their individual efforts. building up inde- pendent busuiness enterprises that are In Keeping with the American spirit. l which demands equal opportunity; yet Perkins and his kind are seeking to foist upon the people scheme for legalized monopoly which urnst in S short time drive out the small naanu- facturer and the small business man, until in the end we will become na- ton of hired men, and very few men indeed will control the wealth
 and government of our nation. and
 conditions for the workingrnan will
 become more difficult.
 In the past ten years we have seen
 a growing unrest in thos country, and
 there are reasons for it. An ever
 increasing number of trusst have
 brought into combination thousands
 oL 14ETCLOAoAO A1A0OPS1A0EiAL 1A&0AAACSSN1s
 and each com hination has yielded
 millions of unearned wealth to pro-
 moters and hnanciers like Perkins,
 and this promotion stock is one of the
 fixed charges upon which these trusts
 have been obliged to make earnings.
 Besides. it will be admitted that in
 their formation, many times more se-
 euruities have been issued than were
 represented by actual va1aue of the
 various businesses acquired by these
 trusts and to make earnings upon the
 oyercapitalization. which has been the
 means of creating false wealth for the
 few, a tribute has been levied upon the whole people of this nation until the average man finds his burden un- bearable.
 Governmental supervision of com petition as proposed by the Democrat ic party will correct the evil of over- capitalization and make such nnanip- ulations impossible in the future, be- cause the small manufacturer or bus mess man will be protected against the present system which permits trusts to cut prices in the territory Of their competitors until that com petitor's capital has been lost to him. or he consents to sell out to the trust, and then the price to the consumer is again put up sufficiently high to bring back the loss made by the trust duri,ngn the fight, plus earnings on it's over-capitalizatiesn
 Regulated competition will give ev- cry man with brains and energy an opportunity to go into business Tor himself and enjoy the fruits of his 1 labor. without fear of being ruined by organized wealth unfairly putting l prices down below cost for the sole l purpose of driving him out of busi- | ness. as is being done now and which 1 Roosevelt and Perkins propose to Ie- l galize if they are successful in the election.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-08

CT they want it or not And this Mayor Wilson. whom the Post loves like a brother, was the last person who actually tried to ram referen- dunn down the throats Of the people. asserted that this newspaper cham pions measures good for the citizens because some members of it's staff have run for office.
 of over zeal, Is an exceedingly sim cere person, but one who does some thing only to get office is a pretty insincere proposition.
 The illustration shows the babbling quality of opposition presented by the Post. and indicates it's singular futil- ity in the matters which it attempts to promote.
 If The Farmer is run by a, group of fanatics, the Post should ding away on that line. By and bye somebody will believe. Or. if The Farmer is operated in favor of the office hold ing proclivfties of members of its staff, the Post should stick to that story.
 It has no right to impose upon its readers the claim that The Farmer is in it's policies extraordinarily sincere and extraordinarily insincere.
 But what does our contemporary know of matters of that kind? It's motto is to write whatever comes in to it's precious head, and if that hap pens not to be the same thing that it said the night before about the same thing, what's the difference?
 Now these things. which the Post said on Saturday, made The Farmer a fanatic. are advocated in the plat forms of three of the four parties now before the people, to wit: the Dem ocratic, the Progressive and the so- cialist
 And if these great statutes are ad- vocated by The Farmer because mem bers of it's staff want office, they are being advocated by thousands of oth- CT men. including. Governor Wilson. Roosevelt and Debs. thousands of whom are sure to get office.
 Again we assert that. newspapers mainly go wrong for two reasons:
 Reason number one is. that the men wsao furnish the money to run the newspaper want to be represented in it's thought.
 A complete list of Post stockholders would be very interesting.
 The second reason is, that the own CT of the newspaper entertains the views of the p1utocracy instead of the views of the people.
 As for The Farmer, it is owned and published by stockholders who neither seek, nor hold office. It is operated by these owners single to the interest of the citizens. as it is given to this to see that interest
 AS for office seeking, there are at this moment more office holders or office seekers, on the staff of the Post than there has been on the staff of The Farmer In the last twenty years.
 One of these gentlemen is a social ist and seeks office which he cannot possibly get, and does it fer the good of the community. as he sees that good