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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-04-03
A. WORD OF CAUTION.

SlOuS rails ArSuS-Leader: In a
letter to the editor of the Argus
Leader. commencing this newspaper
for the fairness of its recent editorial
on Assessment at Par" H. G. Pres
ton, the spokesman for the commits
sion, writes of the obstacles in the
way OF the commission, and then Civ
es a note of warning to taxing bodies
against excessive taxation under the
chances given by the increased ass
essment.
II am glad also to note" writes
Mr.. Preston, that you have caution
ed municipalities, towns and cities,
to be careful in the selection of Off
GERS whose duty it IS to fix rates. Yet
| cannot believe that there is any of
ticer that would dare to raise the tax
levy so as to produce more money
than is actually necessary. We shall
see to it that, so far as the state levy
is concerned, no more shall be rails
ed than just enough to meet the state
Indebtedness"
rms is the one danger of the par
assesment-the raising of the debt
limit, the temptation to increase eX-
penditures, and with it the constant
|emptalon o increase from year O
year the amount extracted from the
people in taxes. With a par asses
ment, the lid will be just about taken
OF and the people will have to be ex-
t~raordlnarily alert, lest there be a
serious boost in the amount of taxes
to be paid. Barring this one point
and 1t is a big one-it would be bet.
ter Tor the state to have a high ass.
and a low tax rate than a
hlSh tax rate and a low assessment.
The advertising beenfit of the low
rate is not to be overlooked: but the
assessment at par must not be taken
as an invitation to public officials to
take Off the lid also when it comes
TO Snendino tho nannlo.c on,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-04-03
$685. 500 IN FIRE
COMPANIES FUND
TAN THIS YEAR PRODUCES THAT
SUN FOR MAINTENANCE OF
REGULAR DEPARTMENTS
IN STATE.

Pierre, S. D.-The two and one
half per cent a to the fire company
maintenance funds of the different
companies of the state, will this year
amount to about $23,5OO, which Will
be distributed among the towns in
which there are organized companies
in sums ranging from $2,647 to
Sioux Falls, down to a few cents in
some of the small towns which sup
port organized companies. The am
ounts which will go to some of the
larger towns of the state will be:
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-04-03
WALTER PAGE
TO ST. JAMES
EDITOR OF WORLDS WORK &C.
CEPTS OFFER OF APPOINT
MENT AS AMBASSADOR TO
GREAT BRITAIN.

Washington. d. C.-Walter II
Page of Garden City, l.. L.. editor OF
Worlds Work and a member of the
publishing firm OF Doubleday Page &
Co., today accepted President Will
sons offer of appointment as ambas-
sador- to Great Rritain-
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-04-03
EOFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
a WORK or HAVOC.

Following right upon the heh OF
the storm that devastated the finest
residence section of Omaha, the
floods that have brought destruction
to a number of cities of Ohio and In
diana, are simply appalling. Unlike
other assaults by the forces of nature
upon the works of man, these dis
asters have wrought havoc in the
very centers Of civilization. Assured
ly the pride Of mar in his own achiev-
ements has fallen low. No edifice.
however majestic, no city. however
fortified. can boast of its exemption
from damage. What the descending
waters cannot reach, the destructive
winds may demolish.
The city of Dayton, which has I'M
occasionally suffered more than any
OF the various localities stricken by
tha attacks oil storms and floods this
spring, was clearly subjected to
danger from the very source that
brought disaster upon it. 1T was built
on the low lands formed by the juno
ton of three rivers, the Miami, the
saltwater and the Mad, and a large
sized creek, the Wolf. To protect the
city from FLOODS by these streams, a
25-foot levee was constructed. No
doubt the people Of that city consid-
cred themselves perfectly safe behind
such a rampant. But when a ten-foot
wall of water rushed through the
heart of the city, almost without
warning. and In the course of min
utes changed the city's thorcughfares
into mill-races, all sense of security
fled, before panic and fear. Half or
ft.EsA II Nk5f L&IfE g. 1850 SKI 1919 ~
mbre Of the 116, 900 inhabitants of
the city were rendered homeless al
most in the twinkling of an eye. The
loss in life car only be guessed while
the city remains a virtual sea. The
loss in property is OF course colossal.
Afterthonght is always more posi-
tive than forethought. People will
Wonder why a whole city was con
structed below the possible high
Water leye1sin the valley occupied by
Dayton. Yet these same people eX-
cept iii very few cases, v raised thu
question before. The plain fact is
that many, many cities have taken
chances in their construction. They
have housed great armies of people
and spent colossal sums, knowing all
the while that some such catastrophe
as this at Dayton might overwhelm
them. This is notably true of COM
,munities along the Mississippi valley,
which are devastated almost period.
ically by floods but which cling per-
sistently to their locations.
as There are occasions when people
OF Mitchell have earnestly wished
that this city might be located upon
some river, because of the advantages
1t would confer in the matter OF
drainage and water supply. Just now,
however, it may be guessed that
they are quite we'll satisfied to be
situated high and dry, far removed
from all danger of floods. Give us
an occasional blizzard-as Dakota
snowstorms are always called in the
east-if the South and East will KEEP
the t%ornadoes and the floods.
Mss<
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-04-03
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THE PASSING OF MORGAN.

For a great many years it has been
common to refer to John ID. Rookie
Teller and j. Pierpont Morgan as the
two most powerful men in the United
States. Singly they have been credited
with the financial neces-
sary to put through almost any kind
of an enterprise, OF late years there
have been intimations that at times
they have pooled their interests and
their strength and this has led to the
we'll defined charge that there is AN
active and effective "money trust
When one of these two financial
giants passed away, one might have
expected to see some sort of a bust
ness depression. Particularly is this
true since Morgan was the greatest
bull" the market ever knew. His
kaltI III II
Of values and earnings was never
known to waver. Again and again he
gave evidence of that faith by com
ing to the support of a wobbling mar
ket. Indirectly this has meant that
business throughout the country has
known more stability as a result of
Morgan's influence and policies.
Yet the death of Morgan produces
scarcely a ripple in the stock market.
Thus once more it is demonstrated
that no man, however powerful he
may be, is Indispensable to the tran
~saction of the worlds business. Per-
haps under Morgan's long schooling,
business circles have acquired some
of his optimism. Perhaps they have
begun to realize that while Wall
street can and does finance great en-
terprises, it is the business of an i'm
mense nation. tremendously wealthy
and industrially alert, hat has in
fact given permanent value to the
securities in which Wall street deals.
Morgan lived very much to him.
self. Few there are who will mourn
his passing because of marked kind
ness or generosity on his part. Nor
gan was never a philanthropist, as
many other of the very rich men are.
His hobby of hobbies was the collec-
ton of rare works of art. and, while
many Of them will be on display be-
fore the public, this can hardly be
said to come under the head of char
ity.
The great Morgan was indeed an
a%ristocrat. He was much at home in
the coHipaHy VI Foyaity ana IL is not
remembered hal he eve practiced
the ways of democracy. Yet it must
be said for him that he showed none
OF the snobbery so often affected BY
the very rich. He had few c%onfidants
and always made 1t clear that he was
perfectly satisfied with his own judg-
ment.
Morgan was undoubtedly the great
est promoter of his age. Again and
again he floated the securities of in
dustrial and railroad corporations.
His GROWING achievement was the
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-04-03
Indiana Death So.

Indianapolis, Ind.-Deaths from
exposure and the discovery of dead
bodies swelled the death list as the
result OF the flood to five in West
Indianapolis. This brings the total
loss of life in the Indiana floods to
So. Reports from southern Indiana
tell of unprecedented stages of the
Wabash river and that hundreds are
being driven from their homes.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-04-03
CARRANZA CALLS
SELF PRESIDENT
MEXICAN REVOLUTIONARY LEAD
Err DECLARES HIMSELF THE
HEAD OF GOVERNMENT
IN HCERT.A'S PLACE

Washington. d. C.-Gov. Carranza.
head of the revolution against the
Huerta government in north Mexico
has declared himself provisional pre-
sident, according to official advices
here today.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-04-03

The amounts for the same purpose
paid by the mutual companies Will be
figured up later in the year, but will
not add materially to any OF the
larger towns as most OF that business
is done in the smaller towns of the
state,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-02-21
MOTTO FOR CHRISTIAN HOME
locals Which Consistently Lived Up
to Cannot Fall to Make for
Happiness in Life.

This home is dedicated to good will
IL grew out of love. The two heads
OF the household were called together
by power higher than they. To its
decree they are obedient. Every tone
OF the voice. every thought of their
being, is subdued to that service
Ihey desire to be worthy of their
nigh calling. as ministers of that
grace. They know their peace will go
unbroken only for little time. And
often they suspect that the time will
De more short even than their anxious
nope. They cannot permit so much as
one hour Of that brief unity to be
touched by scorn or malice. The
worlds judgments have lost their
sting inside this door. Those who
come seeking to continue the har
mony which these two have won are
ever welcome. The rich are welcome
so they come simply. The poor are
welcome, for they have already learn.
ed friendliness through buffeting
Youth is welcome, for it brings the
JOY which these two would learn Age
Is welcome. for 1t will teach them ten.
dernesS.-Collier's Weekly.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-02-21
BAD CASE OF HEMORRHOIDS

Oklahoma, Ark-'I had a bad case
of itching and burning piles, and tried
many remedies without relief. could
not sleep nor rest at night. The affect
ed parts were irritated, also inflamed,
and my family physician said l would
have to undergo an operation.
81 bathed good with Cuticura Soap
In pure water about fifteen minutes,
then | applied the Cuticura Ointment.
| did this four times a day for two
weeks, then three times day for an
other week. and in the space Of three
weeks | was cured sound and well.
One box Of Cuticura Ointment with
Cuticura Soap cured my case of piles
Of six years standing When COM
menced to use the Cuticura Soap and
the Cuticura Ointment, only weighed
one hundred and tWenty-eight pounds.
Now weigh one hundred and eighty
eight pounds" (Signed) Floyd WEIGH,
Dec. II, 1911.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston"
Adv.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-02-21
TWENTY-0NE. REBELS EXECUTED
REBEL CHIEF AND FOLLOWERS
SWUNG UP BY FEDERAIs
Other Happenings Of interest Throuoh,
out the Republic of Rebelllous
Mexico.

Ell Paso, Tex-Juan Porras, a rebel
cnief' and twenty of his followers
were executed Sunday ON the line of
the Orient railroad near Chihuahua
City Federal troops also CAPTURED
forty-seven others of the Porras
group, who were taken to the state
capital Monday.
Porras was a member of General
Pascual Orozco's original staff. but
recently has been operating independ.
emily. To him have been credited
many outrages, including the crema.
ton in a burning station of three
Mexican Central railway employees at
Galleogo last week.
1t is stated the Porras execution
ordered by General Antonio Rabago.
met the approval of the rebel general,
Marcetio Carraveo, who has made a
truce with the federals at chihuahua
City. Porras is said to have con.
tinued operations despite the informal
armistice which federals and rebels
appear to recognize.
The main rebel group under General
lnez Salazar was located Monday at
Ascension, about a hundred miles
southwest of Juarez. Salazar is wait
ing the return of Colonel David de la
Fuente, who went to Palomas, on the
New Mexican border, to meet Emilio
Vasquez Gomez, who has proclaimed
himself provisional president by
virtue of the Tacubaya plan, recog-
nized by the various rebel factions
after the Madero revolution.
1t is said Salazar, who controls
some 1900 rebels, has also recognized
the Gomez claim to the presidency.
Traffic on the Mexican Central was
resumed Monday between Juarez and
Chihuahua City Wires were working
south as far as the City of Mexico,
but such strict censorship is observed
that City of Mexico operators refuse
to answer any questions. Chihuahua
City is reported quiet
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-02-21
Suffragettes Hit With SnowbaIls

Chester, Pa.-The marching pill
grims bound from New York to Wash
ington in the cause of woman SUI
frage had their first hostile reception
since their hike commenced at Leiper.
vile, small village to the north of
Chester, Pa, Monday, when they were
snowballed and almost routed by a
crowd of small boys. A squad of cav.
airy from the Pennsylvania Military
College, however, went CALAMITY to
the rescue.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-02-21
MOODY LADY
NOT MOODY
For Five Years Miss Davis Of Moody
Was in Terrible Plight, But Shs
Is Now in Fine Spirits.

Moody, TeX-ln an interesting let
ter from this place. Miss Cora Davis,
Of R. F. D. No. 6, Box 20, writes as
follows:
II had been taking different medi-
cines for the past five years, without
any relief and last spring my system
was SO completely run down, and |
felt SO tired and nervous all the time,
hardly felt like staying out Of bed.
Friends advised me try Cardui, the
woman's tonic, and after taking six
bottles. felt like an entirely different
person.
| was relieved Of my nervousness,
and bad headaches, and could sleep
soundly all understanding hadn't
done for years.
| also gained IS pounds in weight
after taking Cardui. and am in better
spirits, and feel better, than | have
felt for five years.
| cannot say enough in behalf of
Cardui. 1t is the grandest medicine
ever discovered, and a God,send to all
suffering women and girls"
We do not ask you to accept our
statements as to the merits of Cardui,
the Woman's tonic.
We receive thousands of letters.
similar to the above, from grateful
ladies, every year, telling what this
medicine has done for them, and CIV
ing US permission to publish their let.
tiers.
These letters speak for themselves.
N, B-W,Ite to. CHATTANOOGA Medicine Co
Ladies Advisory Dept Chattanooga, Tenn. for
lInst'uctions on your case and 64page book,
Home Treatment for Women" sent in plain
wrapper. Adv.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-02-21
Julius Caesar.

The almost unanimous verdict of
ancient and modern times is to the ef-
feet that julius Caesar was what
Shapespeare calls him: "The fore
most man of all this world" Never
before or since has any one exhibit
ed in so high a degree all the quail
tiles of born ruler of men. And
never had any man a grander role to
play. To preside over the most i'm
portant crisis in the history of the
most important branch of the human
race was task that none but the
greatest of men could successfully
perform. Caesar swept one obstacle
after another aside, and stood at last
where he meant to stand
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-02-21
Canning Club at Orange.

Orange, Textile money to secure
a canning club agency for Orange
County has been deposited in local
bank and details of the organization
are being worked out. The indications
are that the country people will take
right hold of the canning club prop
osition and will devote large acre
age to products suitable for canning.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-02-21
Elre RACING in constantInople.

Constantinople..--The quarter adj
Joining the st. Sophia Mosque in Con-
stantinople is burning. A hundred
and fifty houses and shops SO lar
have been destroyed. A heavy pom
bardment of Adrianople occurred
Sunday 1t is said the situation
around Bulair is unchanged. A Bull
garian column is advancing through
Belgrade forest to the west of Defkos
Lake in the direction of Ormanli and
is terrifying the heights west o.
Siyaskeui
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-02-21
Three Million Valuation.

Austin, Tex-By an order made
Monday by the railroad commission
the Galveston, Houston and Hender-
son railroad was given a valuation suf,
ficiently large to take care of its out
standing stocks and bonds, totaling
100000. The commission had pre-
viously fived a physical valuation OF
$2,95S,576, and Monday it allowed SAL
423 additional
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-02-21
What They Trusted.

Having ascertained his weight on
the railway station weighing machine
the man said to the porter:
isn't it lack of business foresight
to put one of those machines that dis
tributes prizes to persons who guess
their own weight correctly, bang up
against other scales that they could
get weighed on before hand, and thus
guess on sure thing? You must
have great faith in human nature
you?"
"Oh, no, sir" said the porter, but
we have in the machine"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-02-21
No NOSTALGIA

H. Atterbury Smith, who with his
open stairway plan promises to revo
lutionize the tenement house, said in
New York:
THE open stairway tenement, with
its abundance of sunshine and fresh
air, will make a tenement apartment
actually home. The tenement dwell.
er of the future needn't feel like Cap.
tain Salt
I've sailed the seas for 81 years,
Captain Salt, seasoned old shell,
back boasted
Don't you ever get homesick, cap
tain?' lady asked
'Homesick? Ne homesick?' said
Captain Salt 'No-sir-ee! | amt home
enough for that"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-02-21
Castro to Supreme Court.

Washington. Cipriano 'Castros
right to remain in the United States
as a visitor will be decided by the
United States supreme court, to which
the government will appeal directly
from the decision of District Judge
Ward, overruling Secretary Nagefs or
der for Castro's exclusion.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-02-21
Fruits. Melons, Vegetables.

Austin, Textile railroad commits
sion issued a notice of hearing Mon
day for March II to consider liberal
izing certain provisions of the tariffs
the movement OF fruits,
melons and vegetables so as to effect
reductions to the shippers and also
to encourage more shipments.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-02-21
Nav Have Broken Worlds Record.

Corpus Christi, Tex.-1n what is be-
lieved to be the worlds record, though
unofficially made, Aviator L. H. Dere-
NOR of the aviation school Monday
made flight over the bay and in the
vicinity of the aviation camp, which
lasted for two hours and forty-one
minutes, carrying a passenger, j. G..
Curran of Saginaw, Mich.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-02-21
San Renito Union Depot.

San Benito, ,Tex.-Plans are being
made for commencing work in the i'm
mediate future on the new union depot
which is to be erected in San Benito,
and which will be used jointly by
the San Benito and Rio Grande Val
ley Railway Company and the st.
Louis Brownsville and Mexico Rail
way Company.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-02-21
Distinction,

Cora was fond of all-inclusive pray
ers, and one night she offered the fol-
lowing discriminating petition: Lord,
please bless mother and father and
all Of us, and give us everything good;
and. please bless our friends, and give
them what is good for them!"-Har-
per's Magazine.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-02-21
WHY INCUBATOR CHICKS DIE
Astonished the Bishop,

1t was an English youngster who so
thoroughly surprised the kindly bish,
op whom he had been directed to ad-
dress as my lord"
How old might you be, my child?"
asked the stately if smiling ecclesias-
tic.
MY God, I'm seven!" the frightened
child replied
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-02-21

The real big man writes his name
on everything he does.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-02-21

ITCH Relieved in 30 Minutes.
woolford's Sanitary Lotion for ell kinds o.
contagious itch. At Druggists. Adv.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-02-21

It never makes a sin any whittier
to call 1t mistake.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-02-21

There is nothing a man will do
with so little encouragement as fish
ing.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-02-21

TO CURE SORE THROAT IN ONE DAY
spray or mop the throat with that wonderful anti
septic and old reliable remedy DR. PORTRRs
AETlSEPTIC HEALING OIL. &c, bOc, Sl0o.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-02-21

There are some good fish In every
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-02-21

Only One "BROMO QUININE"
That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUlNlNE. Look
for the signature of H. w. GROVE. Cures Cold
in One Day, Cures Grip IN Two Days. &c.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-02-21

II it were not for the fools, the way
of the wise man would be all uphill
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-02-21

Write for book saving young chicks. Send Va
names Of z friends that use incubators and get
book free. Rasall Remedy Co., Blackwell, Okla.
The record., 1913-11-13
fereign Visitors 10 SchCoI Fair.

Among the visitors and guests of
honor n the School faIr were Mrs.
Sarah t. Hall, OF Kirksville, Mo
whose many Years work here en-
dears her To all our people; Miss
Mary Scott, teacher OF domestic
science in Western Normal, Bowling
Green; Prof MclIenry Rhoades. of
Lexington, a native Of Muhlenberg
who has risen to the important pos
ition of supervisor of city schools
of the state; Misses Opal Taylor and
Gabc Robertson, of the Louisville
graded schools; Miss Wood, of
Russellvllle; Miss Bartlett, of Kirk
mansville. a iorE-. teacher here;
Mr.. l.. {. Hayden, of Henry
county, brother of Prof. &. &.
Hayden, principal Of the city
schools; members OF the faculties OF
the following schools: Dawson
Springs, Darlington, Kirksmanville
and + k;on.