Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1913-02-07
We Notice From Our EXCHANGES

New Y DIRK Nationals.
That Gregory was stirred UP las
week by the spectacle of a strong
healthy woman giving a man /;
tllrashing in the main street of tn,
town. She suspected him Of steal
ing coal. and beat him until it i.
said he admitted his guilt.
That mourned for a decade a:
dead, Chester w. Gurnea, former.
ly of Sioux City, Ia, missing l.
years, has written to his mother
formerly Mrs. Clara Gurnea, now
of St. Louis, announcing himsel
alive and we'll at Oakland, Cal. and
the winner OF a klondike fortune
That petitions are being circulat-
ed for the initiation and referring
of measure authorizing the con-
solidation of all the state educat-
ional institutions and selecting a
new location for the upbuilding OF
large central institution of learn
ing.
That Eugene Y. Debs, three
times the candidate for president
Of the United States of the socialist
party arrested on a charge of OBJ
structing justice in the case Of the
government against the Appeal to
Reason. the socialist organ of Gil
rard. Kansas, has been released
upon bail.
That the election of Sterling from
South Dakota and Burleigh from
Maine, and the reelection of Ken
yon from Iowa and Nelson from
Minnesota-a splendid quartette,
by the way-insures the preserva-
ton OF a republican majority in
the national senate for the next
two years to come
That the budget committee of the
commercial club at Pierre has de-
cided to raise it's mark for its boost
ing fund from $4,000 to $4,000
When the committee placed the
figure at SIS 900 it was deemed
rather high, but the responses to
the appeal for subscriptions was SO
unexpectedly liberal that it has Been
decided to double the amount.
That the bunny hug" grizzly
bear and turkey trot" with all
the rest OF the new dances which
had their origin about the same
time, and are equally as suggestive
will come under the ban of the
South Dakota legislature, and a !
bill to that effect has been intro
duced in the house. The act pro-
vides penalty for anyone con-
victed Of being so modern and
broad-minded as to permit them
selves to indulge in this disapprov-
ed form OF amusement.
That the printing investigation
committee mt Pierre subpenaed all
state contractors and members of
the state printing commission and
found that the state printing had
been performed in accordance with
the contract and that prices clarg-
ed conform to the bids. But the
investigation shows there has been
decided lack of system in handl
ing the state printing on the part
Of the state and that contracts have
been taken care of and the work
checked up in loose manner.
That somebody in the treasury
department at Washington figured
that if the circulating currency in
the United States were equally d.
vided it would amount to a little
over S34 for every man, woman
and child i'll The country. A news
paper in humorous comment on
this statement said that this was
the share of the public funds to
which the people were entitled. In
consequence. the treasury depart
ment has been flooded with appli
cations from all over the country
by men and women who want their
$34 sent to them by mail or parcel
Doct The inl.A hoe not,e ca ~,