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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-22
TAFT MEN CALL ON
ELECTORS TO GIVE
UP THEIR PLACES
Want Roosevelt Men
Named at Huron
to Resign
MEETING is HELD
By IS Followers of President
at Huron 10 Outline
Their Course
MEETING IS HELD

That the presidential electors, nam
ed at the republican convention in
Huron viii he requested to resign, on
the grounds that they do not repre-
sent the true principles of the re-
publican party and that they will vote
fer Roosevelt for president, is the
action taken by conference of the
Tart men of the state in conference
at Huron last night. Between fifty
and seventy-live men We're present.
They gathered from all Owe the
state. They claim to represent the
true republican party and acting
from that point of view, passed the
resolution calling for the above ac-
ton. ... 4-4. .
According to prominent men in
the Taft circles, the present Roose.
Welt electors are representing q
party which is a menace to the
country. They are not looked upon
by last nights conference at repub.
licans. The resolution requesting
them to resign was passed in order
to create a vacancy, which the Law
states ii then be filled by appoint.
ment by the state central committee
iH III CNSiit ICSulal a. ClSClOls
VIII me appointed, if the Taft mel
would have their way.
The conference last night wa!
called by the Taft men to determine
what course should be taken b,
them in this state. Among thos,
present, We're Mr.. Dick Richards O
Huron and Mr.. III. L.. Loucks a
Watertown, leaders OF the LaFollett,
wing of the party. About twelv,
men from Mitchell We're in attend
ance.
Just what will be done in case
the Roosevelt electors refuse to re
sign in obedience to the request mad,
OF them last night, has not We
been determined but it is understoo,
another conference will be calle'
here in Mitchell some time later t.
determine the text action.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-22
FRENCH AND ENGLISH PAPERS
OPPOSED TO THIRD PARTY

London, England. The comments
OF the various European newspapers
on the American political situation
IS interesting. On the whole, perhaps,
the English and French newspapers
seem opposed to a third party move
ment. There is one exception in Paris
n the instance of lie Temps, which is
IN enthusiastic supporter of Colonel
Roosevelt and his policies, as far as
soreign newspaper support goes. lie
Temps declares that those who fail
0 take seriously the chances of the
colonel in the three-cornered fight
or the presidency are making a pro-
'ound mistake. HE stands on a plat
'orm admirably and ~cleverly con-
;tructed, giving the Bull Moose
plenty of ground over which to paw,
with Roosevelt in good form on
strong ground, we'll supplied with
'unds and able to count on sympathy
among those nominally his enemies"
says lie Temps. 1t adds that he is
capable of working miracles and
achieving success under circumstan-
ces which would break any one else.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-22
COIIVO6C.
Time is Ripe for New Party.

~ VIM
Il believe the time has arrived for
the formation of a new party in the
United States. composed of the men
of both old parties who believe in
progressive principles" he said, and
that the necessity is even greater
than the chain of events that brought
the republican party into existence in
1865. Then the issue was the enslave-
ment of the black man, now the issue
is the e~nslavement OF the white man.
The question now is whether we shall
become a nation of employees, en-
plotted and dominated by the cor
porations, or whether the toilers OF
the land shall take charge of their
own affairs and establish a govern
ment founded upon the principles
of equal opportunity.
81 am satisfied the people of this
country are no longer going to be
content with a sham battle between
the old parties over the question OF
whether the tariff shall be 40 or AS
per cent. l find strong indications
among Taft republicans in the west
ern states, where they T. outnum-
bered 10 to l by the progressives, to
vote for Wilson, and the reason they
gave are that Taft and Wilson stand
for practically the same thing"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-22

Aberdeen, S. D.-George H. Lowell
chief engineer of the pumping sta
ton at the Aberdeen city waterworks
plant, has broken all records in
these parts for staying at home. Mr..
Lowell has been a resident of Aber-
deem for six years, and has held his
present position for five years, resid-
ing at the outskirts of the town, six
teen blocks from the business center.
During that time, he has been en-
ployed at the pumping station from
midnight until noon. At noon it has
been his custom to retire to sleep.
arising at 8 or 10 o'clock at night and
beginning his days task again at
midnight. During all this time, until
Wednesday night, when he became
interested in the speech of Emil Sci
del, the socialist, and come down to
hear him, Lowell had not been down
town.
Lowell is a man of intelligence,
had read in the daily paper of the
town of the changes going on, but
he is not of a curious disposition, and
he did not ore to walk down town,
or the few blocks to the street car
line. to verify the statements he had
read.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-22
.BYRNE EXPECTS SOON
TO Open CAMPAIGN
REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR GOV.
ERNOR BOOKED no SPEAK AT
TURNER COUNTY PICNIC.

Parker, S. Drank NJ. Byrne,
republican candidate for governor,
has accepted an invitation to address
a large picnic of Turner countians
near here August 30th. This is un-
derstood to be the first engagement
Mr.. Byrne has made since he was
taken seriously i'll the week after the
June primaries. He is still confined
to his room, but has his doctors per-
mission to attend the Turner county
function.
1t is likely that Turner county will
have a candidate for speaker of the
next house of representatives of this
state in the person of l.. A. Stoddard
of Hurley. Mr.. S%toddard was nomi-
mated by the largest vote of any per.
son on the republican ticket, has had
legislative %experienc and is we'll quail.
fled for a presiding officer. 1t is no,
expected that he will make a forma
announcement until after the Novem-
Der election.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-22
MITCHELL HAS BIG
GREENHOUSE INDUSTRY
FEW PEOPLE REALIZE HOW EN-
TENSIVE A BUSINESS THE
NEWBURYS CONDUCT.

Seventeen years ago The New
and with little capital, save that in
yincible energy and courage, which
has always been much in evidence in
the conduct of their business. Just
the other d.. a "Bradstreet'' mar
made a careful inventory of the plan,
and found in real property-wha
technically is known as live as
sets"-oyer 100000. 90.
Ninety acres, every inch of which
is used, has been acquired for the in
dustry. One and one-fourth acres
$4,000 squarte feet of s~urface-acre
under glass. One thousand tons OF
coal are used in five months. to fur
nish fuel for four mammoth heating
boilers.
With an approximate pay roll OF
$1,000 per month, from II to 40 en-
ployes find work constantly on the
premises. and to the benefit of Nit
chell, the business reaches out into
every part of the United States and
brings here an enormously larger
amount of money than one can realize
without examination of its books.
During this season, Newbury pro.
ducts have gone in large quantitie.
into every State OF the Union, and
just nov shipments of field grown
carnations are being made in heavy
quantities to all parts of the nation
The writer of this frankly admits his
surprise at the extent and importance
of this great enterprise and finds
much cause to congratulate Mitchell.
on the growing magnitude and en-.
viable future of this sterling in.
dustry.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-22
HILLES CLAIMS 1874
ELECTORAL TAFT VOTES

Chicago.-Charles ID. Hilles, chair
man of the republican national com
mittee, last night issued a statement
claiming "a states, with a total cleo.
toral vote of 3S4, for the republican
ticket and conceding ten states, will
an electoral vote of ia, to the demo
cratic party, and listing four states
with an electoral vote of "a, al
doubtful. Chairman Hilles comedies
no state to the progressive party.
Following are the figures submit,
ted by Mr.. Hilles in what he called {
preliminary survey of the politica
situation in the country:
Claimed by the republican party
Colorado, 6 electoral votes; Connec
ticut, Z; Delaware, 3; Idaho, a; Hi
nois, 90; Indiana, Is; Iowa, 10
Kansas, 10; Kentucky l3; Maine 6f
Maryland, 8; Massachusetts, is
Michigan, 10; Minnesota, ~; Mis-
souri,, 1S; Montana, 4; Nevada. 3
New Hampshire, 4; New .Jersew. Ia
New Mexico, 4; New York, AS; Nortl
Dakota, 5; Ohio, IS; Oregon. 5; Pen
n%sylvania, 50; Rhode Island, 5
South Dakota, s; Tennessee, IL
Utah, 4; Vermont, 4; Washington
Z; West Virvinia, s; Wisconsin, 13
Wyoming, 3; Total 1884.
Conceded to the democratic part.
Alabama IL electoral votes; Ark
ansas, 9; Florida, 6; Georgia, IA
Louisiana, 10; Mississippi, 10; Nortl
Carolina. IL; South Carolina, 3;
Texas, 20; Virginia, IL. Total, ia
Listed as CONSULTATIONS, 8 ele
ctoral votes; California, 10; Okla
homa, 10: Nebraska, 8. Total, "a.
Mr.. Hilles also said the new pro
gressive party would draw no NOR
heavily from the republican part,
than from the democratic party.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-22
ELECTORAL FIGHT
TO Be TAKEN TO
SUPREME COURT
Committee Named by
Taft Republicans
For Action
AFTER ROOSEVELT
Agreed at Meeting 1t is Inn
portant to Defeat the
Bull Moose
AFTER ROOSEVELT

Huron, S. D.-A larre number of
South Dakota republicans met in this
city Wednesday evening, with j. G.
Simmons of Aberdeen, presiding. The
gathering consisted of Taft republi-
ans and LaFollette republicans and
t was the purpose of those present
% devise a plan whereby the ban of
Acknowledgement might be raised
rom the republican opponents of
Roosevelt in this state. Nearly all
Indicated a determination to repudi-
ate the bull moose increment, even
o the extent of voting for Wilson
electors, if necessary, the argument
being that the defeat of Roosevelt
was a preemptory demand.
One proposition agreed upon was
to take the case into the supreme
,ourt of the state by mandamus to
'ompel the third party managers to
axe their electoral ticket from the
)ublicans to substitute their own
Electoral ticket. A committee tic
landle the legal side of the matter
vas appointed, consisting of Charles
%lellar, Lead; lyman Spangler, Nit
hell; l.. l.. Stevens, Pierre, e. f.
Wagner, Alexandria; f. ID. Wicks
Scotland.
Another committee, consisting OF
The following, was appointed to carr,
)ut the resolutions adopted: f. ID
Wicks, Scotland; G. NJ. Day, Siou,
Falls; j. F. Halliday, Iroquois; 7
3. Roberts, Pierre: j. b. Townsley
Gettysburg; Fl. Chamberlain, Cham.
berlain; f S. Mease, Madison; ID
<. Loucks. WATERFOWL; w. S. Bowen
Huron; j. w. Peckham, Parkston.
The resolutions follows:
Whereas, the presidential elector.
dominated at the Huron convention
ave declared their intention of vot
ng against the republican nominee,
FOR president and vice president deny
ing the republicans of this state an op
l%ortunity of voting for the nominee,
Of their party for President and vic,
PRESIDENT and whereas some of tn,
candidates on the Republican stat,
md congressional ticket have approx
I'd such action of the electors there
ore be it resolved that the Chairman
If this meeting be empowered to ap
Joint a committee of ten 10 TAX
iuch action as their judgment ma,
'ictate to procure the resignation o
aid electors and the selection b,
he state committee of such elector
Is will support the Republican nom
nee, and in the event of their failur
o our the resignation of sue
lectors and selection of R%epublica,
sectors who will support and vot
or the nominees of the regular Nat
onal Republican convention held Il
'hlcago on the 18th day of June
912, said committee be instructe
o call Il meeting of Republicans VIII
'avor the election of William Howar
Taft to take such action as may b
ieemed best to effectively oppose tn
election of Roosevelt electors an
candidates for office who are in sym
pathy with and who support Roose
Welt.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-22
POTATOES BUGLESS :
BUT NOT The Vine
NEW UNDERWOOD RANCHER
TELLS OF JOKE HE PLAYED
ON COUNTY COMMIS-
SlONERS.

Rapid City, S. D.-County Com
missioner Henry Cordes has been
giving publicity to a statement that
he has on his Box Elder ranch a
field of bug-less potatoes. He affirms
that the beetles which lay the eggs
from which are Matched the slugs so
destructive to potato vines light upon
them and then Immediately fly away
With equal assurance he also affirms
that he secured the seed of the bug
less variety of spuds from Captain
G.. w. Phillips of New Underwood.
Cordes' flowery tales of a potato
patch immune from bugs has borne
unexpected fruit as is indicated by
the volume of mail which daily pours
into the Underwood postofice, all
addressed to Captain Phillips and all
of the bugless spud for next years
planting.
Captain Phillips explains the situa-
ton as follows:
1T all happened this way" he
said. When Cordes was elected com
missioner l realized that it would
be a hard matter to put one over
him. 1t was along in February that
l got to thinking about the matter
and | was figuring mighty hard one
morning just how i could fix Cordes.
Suddenly my good wife butted in on
my deliberate meditation and said
in a meaning sort of a way:
" Captain, why don't you sprout
those potatoes before they are ruin
ed?'
Il knew the spuds wanted going
over the worst way, but if there is a
dodgasted job on the ranch { hate.
it's sprouting tubers. I also knew
that Mrs. Phillips might spoil the
cooking of her dinner ii she started
worrying about the sprouts on them,
so | tackled the job, all the. time
thinking what l could do to Henry
to make him sit up and take notice.
Pretty soon Henry's boy drove into
the yard and a plan bobbed into my
head. He was assessing property.
When he came to go away l gave
him a dozen of as nice Seeding spuds
as ever grew in South Dakota soil
and l said to him:
Boy. give them to your old
man and tell him they are buglegs'.
They We're too, but l put thirty
pounds of bug killer on the tops be-
fore l got the crop. l never said any
thing about the vines being bngless.
See?"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-22

Deadwood, S. D.-Threshing in
the Black Hills will not commence
for another week or ten days but
grain is far better than was expected
two months ago, the late rains hav-
ing brought out the crops until they
will be considerably better than any
for several years past. In the valleys
north of here, it is estimated wheat
will run on an average of 80 bushels
to the acre. Corn looks we'll and the
fruit and small berry crops as we'll
as potatoes are in excellent shape
Dry rot which has affected potatoes
in former years, has not made it
| appearance this year.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-22
ELG|N BUTTER BOARD
ALLEGED CRIMINALS
CIVIL SUIT STARTED TODAY
WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
CRIMINAL ACTION, 1T
Is STATED.

Chicago.-Dissolution under the
Sherman antitrust law of the Elgin
Board of Trade, which for many
years has announced the prices for
butter on which the national market
has been based, is asked in a suit
filed today by United States District
Attorney Wilkerson. 1t is stated that
this action will be followed by a
criminal procedure against the mem
bers of the quotation committee. The
suit alleges violation of the anti
trust law by manipulation of the
butter and egg market.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-22

than it is this season. Taken alto
gether, however, everything is I'M
usually good, and corn promises to
equal other things.
Frank Lau, a farmer residing sew
eral miles north of this city, COM
pleted his wheat threshing Tuesday
the result being more than 20 BUSH
els to the acre on an average. He had
lot expected more than Is bushels
from his land this year. Some wheat
about the county will not be nearly
as good as this, but a great deal of
it will be.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-22

Huron, S. D.-Word has been re-
ceived by the local police that Wat
ertown Gunny', alias Frank Will
liams, who was arrested here for
robbing the p~ostoffice at Yale, had
broken Jail at Sioux Falls
and made a clean getaway.
Williams was wanted by the Burns
Detective Agency for work in Iowa
md for various reasons was consid-
7 e AN important prisoner. He was
being held in the Minnehaha county
Jail, although a federal prisoner,
awaiting trial.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-22
ROOSEVELT STARTS TODAY ON
HIS SPEAKING TOUR.

Oyster Bay, N. Illuminating that
he would attack Wilson and the dem
!ocratic party, Col. Roosevelt, with
wo prepared speeches, left for Provi-
lence, r. L., this morning. His first
speech tonight deals with the tariff
particularly the wool schedules.
Oyster Bay, N. Y.-The president
al campaign of 1912 will be opened
today by Col. Roosevelt with an ad-
dress at Providence, r /. The colonel
today completed his Providence
speech and the one which he will de-
liver at Point Of Pines, Mass, Sat
urday. When he sets forth from New
York at l o'clock, he will throw him
self into what he expects will be the
hardest fight of his life and which
will keep him busy until election
day. After a few short trips in the
east, he will start on a swing of the
country which will last for. several
weeks.
Col. Roosevelt said he wished to
avoid attacking Gov. Wilson, al
though he said that it was his idea
that the democratic candidate had
not met the issues of the day. Col,
Roosevelt added that the democratic
platform was not a program, where
as the progressive platform was a
definite program.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-22
ARMY WORMS EAT
RUSSIAN TH|STLE{
FARMERS SURPRISED WHEN
THEY REFUSE TO MODEST
ANY GROWING CROPS.

Kadoka, S. D.-Bugologists are
greatly interested in the peculiar and
unusual taste exhibited by a horde
of army worms, which are operating
in a limited territory in western
Stanley county, near kadoka. For
years one of the greatest vegetation
bests of the farmers there as we'll
as in many other parts of the state
have been the Russian thistles, or
tumble weeds" as they are com
monty known. The army worms OPP
Grating near Kadoka have developed
a sudden taste for Russian thistles
which during past years have always
been passed up" by them. The
army worms first appeared on the
farm of S. S. Hughes, near Kadoka
and he thought his corn and other
crops We're a %"goner."
But, much to his surprise and de.
light, the army worms devoted theil
entire attention to the Russian this.
ties. They clean up the thistles and
leave nothing but the clear stalks
standing, and do not to the slightest
degree modest the grain and corn in
the fields where they are operating
Having %devoured all the Russian
thistles on the Hughes farm the army
worms have gone to the adjacen,
farm owned by j. A. Hughes, where
they are attacking the thistles with
vigor. The peculiar part of their op
erations is that they are working
among the thistles down the row:
of corn, but are not molesting the
growing corn. The selection O.
Russian thistles for food is a new
stunt by the army worms, ant
the matter will be reported to The
experts of the agricultural depart
ment at Washington.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-22

Toronto, S. D.-Thomas Tolrud,
the S-month-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Tolrud, who reside on "a farm
in Deuel. county, lost his life as the
result of falling into a pail of water,
with which he had been playing. The
little boy was left on the porch with
the pail of water when he lost his
balance and fell head first into the
pail. Being unable to eXtricate him
self he was drowned before his pre-
dicament was discovered.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-22
ROOSEVELT ATTACKS
TAFT TRUST RECORD
ISSUES LONG STATEMENT TODAY
SAVING ROCKEEELLER AND
ALL CORPORATIONS
BACK TAFT.

Oyster Bay, N. Y.-Col. Roosevelt
issued a long statement today in re-
ply to a statement by Former Senator
George r. Edmunds of Vermont, who
said that the Taft administration had
faithfully administered the Sherman
antitrust law.
Roosevelt attacks Rockefeller and
the trusts and says that all react
ionaries and corporation lawyers and
hirelings are backing Taft, which is
n sufficient answer to the claim that
Taft honestly prosecuted the trusts.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-22

Kimball, S. D.-The first election
bet of consequence yet made in South
Dakota has been entered into by two
residents of Kimball, who have wag-
ed $500 each on opposite sides of
the proposition that Wilson will Sc
cur more votes in South Dakota at
the November election than Roose-
welt.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-22
i D Ar ABERDEEN.

Aberdeen, s. D.-Emil Sefdle. tor
mel mayor of Milwaukee. and social
list nominee for vice president, adj
socialism in general.
dressed q gooi-sized crowd here. IN
the interest Of his candidacy aud ofa
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-22

Huron, S. D.-Threshing is we'll
under way in this county, and results
are reported to be very satisfactory.
The crop in general was never
better. There have been years
when it has been as good, and years
when one particular grain VAS better
Evening journal., 1912-01-08
CATTLE DEAD
In TRAIN WRECK
Freight Cars Pile Up at Near
.o.. ChildS, Causing much
Delay

At an early hour yesterday morning
a disastrous freight wreck occurred
on the Philadelphia Branch of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, near
Cbnds Station. two miles north Of
Elkton. as result Of journal on
one of the cars breaking. More than
a dozen cars were thrown from the
tracks and several Of them almost de-
molished Twenty head of sheep and
10 head of cattle We're killed and many
others were injured Both tracks We're
torn up for several hundred feet and
traffic blocked all night.
Passengers on the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad We're run over the Phil
adelphia. Baltimore and Washington
Railroad between Perryvnlle and VIII
mirgton The freight depot at Childs
was partly demolished by one OF the
cars being thrown against it when IL
left the tracks.
Wrecking crews from Wilmington
worked nearly all day getting the
wreckage cleared away and the tracks
placed i'm proper shap again. A pas
placed In proper shape again. A pas
place a few years ago.
Evening journal., 1912-01-08
SPECIAL NOTICE.
Water Rents

Are due and payable in advance at the
ofhce Of the "ater Department, Sixteenth
and King streets.
NON METER CLASS-ANNUAL RENTS
II paid in the month Of January 10 per
cent. discount; after January the face Of e
bill will be required
II not paid before the first day Of March,
the water may be shut off
METER CLASS-MINIAfUM RENTS
II paid in the month Of January. 8 per
cent. discount; after January the face Of
the bill will be required
II not paid before the first day Of March
the water may be shut of
METER CLASS-QUARTERLY RENTS
II paid within 80 days after. the olose of
the quarter, per cent. discount: after 80
days from the close Of the quarter the face
Of the bill will be required
If not paid within 60 days after the close
Of the quarter the water may be shut of.
Ofhce open from 8 a. m. 10 5 D. m.
Information by d. & A. Phone No. 112
and Automatic phone No. 1862
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
MAHLON BELTS Registrar
i5,s,10,12, 15,l7l9. %, ,24,26.29.31.