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The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-05-30
New Tax Rate.

NcW DIX ndIc
Pierre-Letters received by the
members of the tax commission show
that many citizens throughout the
state have held the erroneous i'm
preston that tax levies are definitely
fixed by the legislature, and that this
fact would be a bar to a lower levy
in readjusting to the higher valuations
required in the present assessment
The legislature does not fix the levy.
It merely authorizes the levy and i'm
poses the limit. The board of assess
ment and equalization" which now
will be the tax commission, is author
ized and empowered" 10 levy certain
number of mills. The language of
the law does not make the amount
mandatory, but constitutes an "au-
thorization" to the amount stated
Under the South Dakota system the
local levies for support of counties,
school districts and cities is made in
a lump sum, not in mills or percent
ages. A special amount is to be
raised and in making up the tax list
the auditor figures the amount of levy
required to raise the amount of money
needed by the taxing districts
In discussing the question on read
justments under the new plan, Gov
F. M. Byrne said:
under our system there is no rela-
tion between the assessed valuation
and the amount of money raised for
taxes-that is, assuming each taxing
district follows the law and levies
money legally. The only possible dis
crepancy, or the only way open by the
increase of assessment for material
increase in taxes. is III the case of tax
ing districts that have been levying
to the limit. A large increase in val
uation would make it possible for such
districts TO raise more money. assum
ing it is their desire to raise all they
can.
MY understanding is. however, that
very few taxing districts of the state
levied the maximum amount under the
son 10 fear that many districts will
materially increase the amount of
money raised because of the increased
valuation.
80 far as the state levy is concern
ed, it will be made after the assess
ments come in from the various coun-
ties and are equalized and finally ad-
justed. and will be based entirely up
on the valuation. My judgment is
that instead Of being mills, as here
tofore, the assessment will be from
TO 112 mills"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-05-30
Phone Fiqht at Mitchell.

Mitchell.-The Dakota Central Tele-
phone company has made an effort to
effect a compromise with the city
council concerning the differences
which exist between them on the te!e
phone franchise situation. Mayor
Hitchcock stated that he had gone
over the proposition of the telephone
company thoroughly and made an
equally thorough investigation of the
ordinance. and decided not to accept
the new proposition. A special cleo
ton will be held June 10, and it is be-
lieved that the citizens will stand by
the council in its efforts TO solve the
telephone question.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-05-30
Pardon Board Recommen ndations.

Pierre.-The state pardon board at
a meeting recommended a commuta-
tation from life sentence to forty
years for Francis Van Moore, sent
from Stanley county on conviction
of murder of an Indian woman. The
TO hold title TO property in which he
has an interest. A communication
from fifteen years 10 ten years was
recommended fer Walter Johnson
sent from Custer county on a charge
of highway robbery.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-05-30
Classification Of Pigeons.

In certain western states the raising
Of pigeons on large scale has become
an extensive industry, which has
brought about a demand for a new
judicial determination as to the rights
OF pigeon raisers. The only case in
this country in which pigeons have
been classified Is from Massachusetts
in Commonwealth vs.. Chase, In which
the court holds that the pigeon or
dove is ferae naturae, or wild ami
NAL, because 1T Is difficult to dis
tinguish them from other fowl Of the
same species since they often take
flight and mix In large focks with
the doves of other persons
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-05-30

began taking Lydia e. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound and now am strong
and healthy. Mrs. ALICE DARLING,
RID. No. 2, Box II, Pentwater, Mich
Read Observation-Disclosures sayss
Peoria, Ill.-"I had such backaches
that could hardly stand on my feet l
would feel like crying out lots OF times, |
and had such heavy feeling in my right
side. had such terrible dull headaches
every day and they would make me feel
so drowsy and sleepy all the time, yet 1
could not sleep at night.
"After had taken Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound week began To
improve. My backache was less and
that heavy feeling in my side wens
away. I continued to take the Com
pound and am cured.
"You may publish this If you wish. "
Miss CLARA L. GAUwITz, R.R. No. 4,
Box 62, Peoria, Ill.
Such letters prove the value Of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for
woman's ills. Why don't you try it1
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-05-30
That Neglected Garden Plot.

Thousands Of city dwellers pursue
their lives year after year without
learning the advantages to be attained
through back yard garden. They are
neglecting one Of the things which
make urban life pleasurable and over
looking health resource Of incalcuIa
Bile value.
Leave thoughts OF the counter, the
Bench and the lathe at quitting time
and form the friendship of a keen.
.dged garden tool. 1t will add years
0 your life and put cheer In your soul
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-05-30
Be Happy Today.

He that hath so many causes OF Joy,
and SO great, Is very much in love
with sorrow and peevishness, who
loses all these pleasures, and chooses
to sit down upon his little handful Of
thorns. Enjoy the blessings of this
day, If God sends them and the evils
Of it bear patiently and sweetly; for
this day only is ours. We are dead to
yesterday and we are not yet born to
the morrow. But If we look abroad
and bring into one days thoughts the
evil Of many, certain and uncertain,
what will be and what will never be,
our load will be as intolerable as it
is sonable.-Jeremy Taylor
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-05-30
City Grass Is Different.

A remarkably interesting fact was
brought to light by Lord Redesdale be-
fore the advisory committee Of the
King Edward memorial fund for Lon
don, which was discussing the lay
ing out of Shadwell market site as a
pleasure garden. 1t was curious, he
said, that grass brought from the
country withered away in London, on
the other hand, grass from London
grown seeds flourished. That is
striking example of what scientists
call adaptation to environment.-Lon-
don Globe.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-05-30
Blanks Sent Out.

Pierre.-The secretary of state has
sent out blanks to all county treasurers
for use in the new automobile law.
Registrations car be made any time
before the first of July. The law
might have been put in operation soon
er, but for the delay in securing print
ing supplies. While all blanks are
filled out at the county treasurer's Of
fee. the county treasurer sends direct
10 the secretary of state for the large
tags, which this year are white. with
black lettering and very large.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-05-30
Many New Companies.

Pierre.-Articles of Incorporation
have been filed for the Mound City
Mercantile company. with a capital Of
10000. lncorporators: NJ. j. Wien
stein. Charles L. Gross. Joseph Chur-
ter
For the Tropical Development COM
pany. limited. headquarters Huron. and
Detroit, Mich, with capital of $780,
600 lncorporators: Fred II. Law
renee. William H. Lawrence, Detroit
Mich, Philip Lawrence. Huron, S. d.
The Okalahomba Petroleum COM
pany at Britton and Ardmore, Okla
homa, with a capital Of 100000. In
w p. Potter, r. NJ Johnson, Ard
more, oklahoma; H. w. Mountain,
Rritton
For the Commonwealth Securities
company, with headquarters at Pierre,
and Chicago H., and capital of $500
900. Incorporators: A. b. Headington,
Chicago: Henry f. Lenister. Napar
iso Indiana; Albert Z. Hams. Craw-
fordsville, Indiana Jas S. Sebree,
Pierre
For the Stratton Venture Corpora
ton. at Deadwood with a capital of
$1000,000 lncOrporators: Frank s.
Stratton. Henry H. Hyde, Robert NJ
Ogden William l.. Ogden, Deadwood:
w. n. Allen, Troy. n. Y.
The Ardmore Oil company. at Ard
more, with a capital of $1,000, 600. In
corportators: o. Anderson, F. l.. Kel-
Ter, r f. brennan, Ardmore S. A.
Oliver, J. n. Bruer, J. f. Mcconnell,
Crawford Nebraska: Lawrence II.
Hedrick, Hot Springs.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-05-30
Work That Paws.

IN many OF the smaller cities efforts
are now being made to beautify them.
The movements for the abolition OF
the billboard and handbill nuisance,
the cutting Of the weeds and grass
about public and private places. are
all in the right direction. Well-kept
lawns, clean streets and alleys. va
cant lots well delivered of weeds are
all part of the work of making a city
clean and beautiful These things help
any town. They attract residents and
draw capitalists.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-05-30
Strike Snag Under New Census Law

Strike Shaq Onuer new census Law.
Pierre.-The people of Winner have
made application to Governor Byrne
for the appointment Of census emu
merator TO secure the population of
that town for the purpose of fixing
the number of saloons to which they
are entitled The governor has found
a snag in granting this request. The
law provides that when it is shown
that there has been an increase or loss
of not less than fifteen per cent as
shown by the last census, the COVER
nor is to make the appointment. The
snag is in the fact that no official cen
sus has ever been taken at Winner
which is a new town, and there can
be no such showing as it demanded
ft~F the appointment of census taken
for the town.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-05-30
Help for the Farmers.

Perre.-J. ID. Deets, state immigra-
ton commissioner, is anxious to know
or farmers or the state vino are look
ing for farm laborers. He has list
of young eastern men who want to Sc
cure work for the summer on Dakota
farms and ranches.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-05-30
WOMAN COULD
NOT WALK
She Was So Ill-Restored to
Health by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound.
Pentwater, Mich. IA year ago was
very weak and the doctor said l had

8 e rlOuS 8 ulSpiaco-
ment. / had back
ache aud be ring
down pains SO bad
that l could not sit
in a chair or walk
across the floor and
l was in severe pain
all the time. / felt
discouraged as / had
taken everything I
could think Of and
was no better. !
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-05-30

Pierre.-Gov. Byrne has decided
to give Winner the benefit of census
and has selected Charles M. Sinclair
for that duty.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-05-30
LANDSCAPE BEAUTY AN ASSET
No Man Can for Long Be Indifferent
to the Beauty or Sordidness of
His Surroundings.

Beauty is not quite as necessary as
bread, but 1t has it's place in the
scheme of human life. A man need
not be indifferent to the surroundings
because he has to grow potatoes, nor
be blind to the esthetic value of a
tree because it yields him bag of wal
nuts or a crate Of cherries. His euca-
lypus trees will pay for their board
In flrewood and honey, but meantime
they are a delight to the eye and an
addition TO the landscape.
Emerson puts it in homely verse:
One harvest from your field
Hoineward brought your oxen strong;
Another crop your acres yield,
Which l gather In song
And it may be that wise estimate Of
life would show that this unseen har-
vest is as valuable as the one we haul
into the barn, or sell in the market
place. 1t does not count on the ledger,
but does in the growth of life. We
may be so related to the fields we
cultivate as TO get out Of them some
thing for the character as we'll as the
purse.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-05-30

A man without an aim In life is like
a dog that has no wag in his tail.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-05-30
Just as Effective.

Wigg-Ch, I'm tired Of life. Have
you pistol you can lend me?
Wagg-No, but can let you have a
chatting dish.-Philadelph Record
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-17

Willett d Gray's latest sugar cir
cular brings seine unusually interest
ing information not only on the tar
iff but on general crop conditions.
For instance. the Cuban crop esii-
n ate Is now given as 2,25T000 TONS.
The journal says in part, under date
Oi May l
Raws.- Quotations remain the same
rs lest week There was slightly
firmer tone TO the market during the
early part Of The week, which is lost
al the close.
The American came in on one day
and accepted all the offerings, pay
iEg 2 1-32c c. & +. % 39c, for afloats
and prompt shipments of Cuba cen
trifugals and including second half
May shipment at 2 Lice c. L. f.
t3.42c). Porto Ricos were included
at 2.36c per ID. tbasis &c C. & T. for
Cubasl. The entire rade exceeds
aD0, 900 bags. Porto Rico sellers are
not pushing sales faster than the bal
ance of crop is being manufactured.
SO that there is no increase of con-
petition with Cuba beyond what can
be met by the .03c per h. concession,
which continues TO be made.
Accepting as fact that Cuba cen
irifugals cannot be produced below
2c c. & T. without loss. II is evident
that the production OF sugar In our
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-17
RECORDS FOR 100 YARDS, | AND MILESWILL
BESMASHED This YEAR, ROBERTSON PREDICTS

OF 8: 09 81 for ,wo miles. That got 10
Hannes ears and there was a mad
Finn
Then UP pops our old friend Law
son Robertson again and says that
kolehmainen cannot only beat this
record bur he's able 10 smash all
marks up 10 ten miles that Shrubb
ever made. Lawson predicts that the
Finn can do two miles in 9:05. which
is considerable running. Naturally,
when Kolehmainen makes his initia
outdoor appearance in America this
summer something is likely 10 happen.
Has Eye on Sheppard's Marks.
These stars won't monopolize things
on the cinder paths either. for Drew,
the eolored Springfield high school
wizard. is expected TO equal the
worlds mark for the l00-yard dash,
which is 93-5 Alvah Meyers thinks
the colored flyer must reckon with
him when he does this, and the
brushes between these will furnish
many exciting races.
Ted Meredith. who did lot OF
speedy running here this winter, has
many of Mel Sheppard's marks to
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-17
CUBA'S BIG CROP ESTIMATED;
LATEST SUGAR news OF Interest

domestic and insular possession has
already increased TO an extent to
bring about competition between
these several crops without any in
fluence left from the 100000 tons
teal crops Of the world, 100000
tons Of which are outside our own
privileged crops, which are now esti-
mated to reach about 100000 tons
TO meet cur years consumption of
about 3,ee0.e10 tons. Under These
conditions the L. s is entirely indie
pendent Of European values and 10
cents per ID. beneath the parity Of
the worlds price, as fixed at Ham
burg.
Under free duty there would come
from some parts of the world more
or less quantity of its 14,900000 tons
crops TO compete with our 4.000,0 900
tons crops on basis of &c per h.,
landed in the L. S. Without the
dumping duty" clause added 10 the
free duty part Of The sugar schedule,
the surplus production of countries,
not required for home consumption,
would be sold for export at less than
the prices paid for consumption.
Any Of our preferred sugar crops
which could not compete at &c per
ID. cost OF production of go test SUI
gar would soon be eliminated and the
sugars for consumption in the L. S.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-17
PERSONALITIES

MIR. AND MRS. PERCY CLEG-
HORN are leaving Honolulu shortly
Tor Stockton. California, where they
will take UP their residence. Mrs.
Cleghorn leaves on the "Wilhelmina'
next Wednesday. Before settling in
their new home, Mr.. and Mrs Cleg-
horn will make an extended trip to
Europe.
FRANK H. ANDERSON, of the
Bergstrom Music Company, is around
again after undergoing a very severe
operation in the Queens Hospital. Mr..
Anderson, who was confined to the
hospital for two weeks, is showing
his friends pebble, the size of a
small marble which was removed
from his anatomy by Doctors Judd
and Marshall II will be several days
before Anderson is able to return 10
work
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-17
BIG YACHT RACE
INTERESTING
To Hawaii

Hawaii is taking lot more in
terest in the international yacht race
for the Americas cup than hereto
fore, possibly from the fact that Ha-
wall has now done considerable ocean
racing and has feel of the Jingle
that goes with such an event.
The status of the international yacht
race at present seems to be in the air
to a certain extent. Some months ago
Sir Thomas Upton issued a challenge
for the Americas cup for the fifth
time, but it was given 4 very cold re-
ception by the members of the New
York Yacht Club on account of the
fact that he had stipulated the length
of vessel to be used and that was
getting outside of the lines laid down
in the original articles of challenge
in connection with the international
trophy The holders of the America S
cup state that they will hold all chal-
lengers strictly to the letter of the
articles under which it gained the
trophy. 49,. ~ ~.
Sir Thomas Upton has recently is
sued another challenge for the trophy
through the ROYAL Ulster Yacht Club
and with all conditions eliminated eX-
cept those that are Incorporated in
the original articles,
A 'staver" Sir Thomas has been
classed, and he has said NOW they
have to race me or give me the cup.
IT is stated that the yachting en-
thusiasts on the other side of the At
lantic are building on great hopes of
capturing the Americas cup at the
coming trial of speed between the
English anG American built boats.
They are saying that this is the thir-
teenth time that the New York Yacht
Club will be called on TO defend thu
cup and that il is sure to lose on
this time. That remains to be seen
for in all of the races that have been
sailed before for the possession of the
cup, the challengers have come across
the water imbued with the hope of
taking the cup back to the other side
of the pond.
In the present day OF racing ma
chimes it will be of interest to dwell
for a moment on the change that has
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-17
Drew. Meredith. Kiviat and
Kohlehmainen Expected to
Make Athletic History During
Outdoor Season

Shatter The one record that the
Pennsylvania youth is DESTROYS OF
breaking is the /: 1915 for the 600.
Meredith has been spoken of as hav-
ing excellent chances OF becoming the
counsfys premier middle distance
runner. but the fans Will sit back and
watch
While the runners are running, Matt
McGrath and Pat Ryan are going out
for some of John Flanagan's old
weight throwing records. Matt stands
coed chances of establishing new
marks for the l6.pound hammer and
the 56-pound shot;
Taking everything into considera-
ton, the coming outdoor season bids
fair of being the greatest year in ath-
letics the same as this years indoor
season was the greatest and most
successful of all times
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-17

taken place in the models of the
yachts that have been employed chal-
longing for and defending the Ameri-
cas- cup.
The two first boats to come to-
gether over the New York course af
ter the cup was brought to the Ameri-
can shores were the Magic (Ameri-
cam and the Cambria (Euglish), and
this meeting was over twenty years
after the anneXing of the cup by
America. At this time the models
of the two beats did not differ SO
much but from then on each nation
seemed to have its own ideas of what
would go through the water with the
least resistance, and strange as it
may seem these ideas ran in the di-
rect opposltes, and each international
"affair" between the yachts of the
two nations was marked by models
that differed so from each other that
in 1885 when the Genesta challenged
and the Puritan defended the interna
tional trophy their hulls represented
the extremes of maritime architect
ure, the English boat being of the
cutter variety, with dead rise that
carried her keel many feet below the
surface, necesSitatiDg an immense
amount of ballast to keep her right
side up when close hauled and eating
into the winds eye. The American
beat being directly the opposite, and
correctly named the Swimming dish,
and was in every sense Of the word
just what that implies She drew
very little water and had ain immense
center board.
The two theories were as follows:
The Englishman was of the opinion
that HIS deep draft would make him
hold on that is, he would not slide
off to leeward so fast when sailing
on the wind The Yankee was of the
idea that it was easier TO force a
boat over the water than through it,
with a deep. center-board 20 keep her
from making leeway, and it might be
remarked that. taking into considera
ton the results of the races. the
American idea was pretty close 10
being right
Like the, Using of. the tariff. the
yachting aXI rts have been revising
the models Of the racers ever since
that race mentioned above In one
case the revision has been upward
and in the other case II has been
downward The Englishmdn has
been cutting off on his deep dead
rise steadily and the Yankee has
been adding to his skimming dish,
and at the last race for the internal
tional trophy in 1909 the models of
the two conte nding craft We're almost
identical Whether there will be any