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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-06-04

gently tcudcr. WN,Y finally size ws4
able e Staud and 4 walk With ,hl
support &c his arm SHE went torwar,
slowly al his side without So much
even aS Il question VI whittier.
Ice Carson had performed, perhaps
his first action with no Thought vt sell
NJ the back ot il. He had riSkcd h;>
life to save Chat Of Il stranger Thu
sensation VAS IT once novel and thvi.l
tuG, since it WAS 81 agreeable bt
meant t. Vyo)oU& the GLOW Of self sat
~istartion 10y continuing to care for THIS
WAjt Of the river.
loc Carson. the notorious forGrr. led
the drippiu& Girl eastward through (ht
Slualid streets until ut last they came
IL an adequately li&hlrd avenue, aud
there Il taNiCah was found 1t carried
them farther North. and to the east &
an apartment house that was rattle,
impoSjnG. set in n street Of humhleI
DWELLINGS.
ucrr Carson paid the fare and then
helped the Gjrl to altGht and on iutt
lHN udl'NdN. MHiA went VIII h'itl
quite unatrajd, though now with q
growing curiosity
The two rutCrrd and went SLOWLY VII
three niGhtS OF stairs. ON the landju&
beyond the third flight the door OF 4
rear flat stood open, and in the door
way appeared the figure of n woman
We'll. Joe, who's the skirt Thu
person demanded MS the man and his
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-06-04
CHAPTER ~.
Inferno.

THE ineXorable voice vent on In
its monotone, as if he had not
spoken.
And when you are really
sick and have to stop work what are
You going to do then? Do you know.
Mr.. Glider, that the first time n straight
girl steals it's often because she had to
have a doctor-or some luxury like
that2 And some Of them do worse
than steal Yes. they do-girls that
started straight and wanted to stay
that way. But. of course, some Of
them get 50 tired Of the whole grind
that-that"-
I'm not their guardian, ! can't
watch over them after they leave the
store. They are paid the current rate
Of waces-as much as any other store
pays" As he spoke the anger pro
voked by thl, unexpected assault on
him out Of the mouta Of q convict
famed high IN virtuou~ reputation
Why" he went on yehomcnuy. no
man living does more for his employ
ees than ! do Who gave the girls
their fine rest rooms upstairs: ! did
Who gave them tie cheap luuchrooms:
Id.d"
"Bat you won't pay them enough 10
i've on"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-06-04

"Oh, no, l wasn't. Why, if the trial
had been fair l shouldn't be here. DO
you call it fair when the lawyer had
was only a boy-one whom the court
told me to take, a boy trying his first
case, my case, that meant the ruin of
my life? My lawyer! Why, he was
just getting eXperience-getting it at
my EXPENSE"
There followed a few seconds of 81
lence. Then Glider made an effort to
shake off the feeling that had 50 pos
seSsed him, and to Il certain degree he
succeeded.
'"The jury found you guilty" he as
serted, with an attempt to make his
voice magiSterial in its severity.
Yes, the jury found me guilty. Do
you know why? | can tell you, Mr..
Glider. 1t was because they had been
out for three hours without reaching
a decision. The evidence didn't seem
to be quite enough for some of them,
after all. Well, the judge threatened
to lock them up all night. The men
wanted to get home. The easy thing
" W. 10 ~ IiNA iI1 III III ~ -
go at that. Was that fair, do you
think? And that's not all either. Was
it fair of You, Mr.. Glider? Was it
fair of you to come to the court this
morning and tell the judge that
should be sent to prison as a warning
to others?'
You know" he exclaimed in mo
mentary CONSERVATION.
Il heard you in the courtroom" she
said. The dock isn't very far from
the bench where you spoke to the
judge about my case. Yes, ! heard
you, 1t wasn't, Did | do it? or, Didn't
1 do it? No. 1t was only that | must
be made Il warning to others
Again silence fell for Il tense inter
val Then finally the girl spoke:
MIR. Glider she said simply. AS
God is my judge, | am going to prison
for three years for something | didn't
do. Why did you ask the judge to
send me to p%rison:'
The thieying that has been going
on in this store for over a year has
got to stop" Glider answered EN-
phaticalIy. with all his usual energy of
manner restored.
Sending me to prison won't stop it,.
Mary Turner said drearily.
perhaps not" Glider sternly retort-
ed. But the discovery and punish
ment of the other guilty ones will
His manner changed to a businesSlike
alertness, You sent word to me that
you could tell me how to stop the
thefts in the store. Well. my girl, do
this and, while | can make no definite
promise. I'll see what can be done
about getting you out Of your present
difficulty" He picked up a pencil,
pulled a pad of blank paper convenient
TO his hand and looked at the girl eX-
pe~ctantly, with aggressive inquiry in
his gaze Tell me now" he conclud-
ed. who We're your pals:"
II have no pals she calculated fu-
riously. i never stole anything in
my life. Must | go on telling you over
and over again." Her voice rose in a
wall Of misery. oh. why won't any
n believe me-"
Unless yol can control yourself,
you must GO" Glider pushed away the
pad Of paper and tossed the pencil
aside in physical expression Of his dis
pleasure. Why did you send that
message If you have nothing to say
he demanded. with increasing choler,
Il have something to tell yon. Mr..
Glider" she cried quietly Only IL
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-06-04

The following are some good oppor-
tuEltieS offered by the Mineral Point
Real Estate Agency at the Democrat
office:
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-06-04
Lucky Accident for Him

After proposing three times and
being rejected on account of his ugli
ness, u man in London was injured
In an accident so severely that when
he recovered his face had becn com
pletCly reconstructed, decidedly for
the better, He proposed again and
was accepted.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-06-04
Freiden's Shoe Store
Double York.

why is it that a man won't wash
his face with Il washcloth?" demanded
Mrs. Wombat. Men haven't time for
all that foolishness," said Mr.. Wom-
bat. First you have to wash your
face and then you have to wash the
washcloth.'-Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-06-04

sort of lest i4y -@ip ON the way here,
with this a by my side"
"Nell:" Glider insisted ENORMOUSLY
rs tie Sirl hcSjtated.
When you sit in 4 cell for three
months waiting for your trial. as | did,
YOU think 4 lot. And 50 | got the i1ea
that il l could talk To you | might DC
able to make you understand what's
really wrong And If | could do that
and So help out the other girls. what
has happened to me would not. after
all. be quite 81 awful-so useless. some
how" Her voice lowered to Il quick
pleading. and She bent toward the man
at the desk. Mr.. Glider" She queS.
toned, do YOU really want 10 stop
the girls from stealiug?"
Most certainly | do came the for
chile reply.
The girl spoke With Il great earnest
ness deliberately.
Then give them a fair chance"
The magnate stared in sincere aston
iShment over this absurd. this futile
suggestion for his guidance.
What do you mean?" he vociferat-
ed, with rising Indignation.
why" she said very gently, II
mean just this: Give them a living
chance to be honest"
a living chance" The two words
were exploded with dynamic violence.
Glider found himself unable to eN-
press the rage that famed within him
The girl showed herself u~udismayel
by his anger.
YES" she won't on quietly. that's
all there is to it. Give them Il living
chance to get enough food to eat and
a decent room to sleep in and shoes
that will keep their feet off the pave
ment winter mornings, DO YOU think
that any girl wants to steal? Do you
think that any girl wants to risk
BY this time. however. Glider had
regaincd his power of speech, and he
interrupted Stormily:
"And is this what you have taken
up my time for? You want to make Il
maudlin plea for guilty, dishonest
81 -. NiNil l ll'uShl Nbb AtdiiN hiOtIIIl
to bring me facts"
we work nine hours Il day" the
girls quiet voice went on. Il curious
pathoS in the rich timbre Of it. kline
hours Il day for six days in the week
That's a fact, isn't it? And the trou-
BILE is an honest girl can't live ON ST a
week. She can't do it and buy food
and clothes and pay rem and
carfare. That's another fact. isn't it,
Mary regarded the owner of the store
with grave questioning in her violet
eyes,
Il don't care to discuss these things
he declared peremptoriIy rs the girl
remained silent for Il moment.
And have no wish to discuss any
thing Mary returned evenly, Il only
want to give you what you asked for
facts. When they first locked me up
l used to sit and hate you"
"Oh, of course"
And then | thought that perhaps
YOU did not understand-that, if | were
to tell YOU how things really are, it
might be YOU would change them
somehow"
~ he cried incrcdulously. II
change my business policy because
you ask me to-
There was something i~mperturbable
in the quality of the voice as the girl
went resolutely forward with her eN-
PLANTATION,
do you know how we girls live?
But, of course. you don't. Three of us
in II room. doing our w cooking
over the two burner gas stove and our
w washing and ironing evenings,
after being on our feet for nine hours"
i have provided chairs behind the
counters he stated.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-06-04

charge halted before her. Then
abruptly. the round. baby like face of
the woman puckcred in amaHrmrrt
Her voice rose nhrlll "Wrll, ir 1t nin't
Mary Turucr,'
To be Continued next week.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-06-04

is the shoe that does not lit the foot
comfortably and naturally. There is
no comfort in shoes that do not fit
no matter how elegant they may look
and however fine they may be made.
Our shoes are characterized by their
easy and perfect fit. They are also
made of the finest feathers and built
in the most popular styles. We have
all sizes and widths in stock.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-06-04
BUY REAL
In II Prosperous and Growing
Town.

,rrOpCrtN Will IN listed and ADVERTISED for
sale IN this column fVe ot charge for advertise
ing unlCsS sale is made. II the property is sold
either Ivy this agency or by the owner or other
parties the usual commission will he charged.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-06-04
Regularity.

Regularity.
Miss Paul-"Did they allow her To
bury her past?" Miss Pry-"Not IN.
I'll they held an inquest. Judge.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-03-26

will be of immense value to the agri-
culture of the country. The rural
banks of Germany alone did a business
of five thousand million dollars one
year. Every borrower is bound to use
the money only to pay for his land, for
better cultivation or for profitable i'm
provements approved by a committee.
If all the farmers of the country were
organized in this manner, as they are
in some European countries, they
would control the markets and double
the production of the land. An ex.
haustive report of nine hundred pages
quarto was made by a commission
sent there last year by congress. We
are very much behind Europe in this
respect, but a bill has been submitted
that will give farmers rural banks if
they demand and accept them. Presi-
dent Wilson has asked for this .egisla-
ton and his request is likely to be
granted.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-03-26
TOO OLD

Because he was not taken serious
ly" when he asked for a job, and was
told that he was too old" to be en-
ployed, a man of Ga attempted suicide
the other day. Another man who is
too old" to find work has written to
the federal commission on industrial
relations in Washington appealing to
that body to establish a young old
mems association" whose duty 1t
should be to find work for the men
that under present conditions are
thrown on the industrial scrap heap.
Age is no longer a badge of honor but
OF shame and dependence. The young
hot blooded generation is impatient
with its sires, whose blood is running
colder. There are still thousands of
places in industry that could be filled
by the old. But unless an individual
appeal is made for a man of this class,
he fails to get a job. 1t Is one of our
business principles If not actually to
eliminate the old and the aging, at
least not to encourage the hiring Of
such men. This does not speak well
for u civilization. The sight of little
children whose lives and happiness
are crushed under foot in mills and
factories is sad. But sad also is the
sight Of an old Ia turned away from
the factory gate or Office door, turned
loose to suffer or to die. A society
which drives old men to suicide by
denying them the opportunity to earn
a livelihood should hang its head in
shame.-Chicago Tribune.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-03-26
CLEANING UP THE TOWN

In the days of the wild West" the
gun men when on their periodical
sprees used to go into the small and re-
mote frontier settlements and clean
up the town" Finally, however, when
the decent citizens got their heads to-
gether and organized the "vigilantes"
it became extremely injurious to the
health, happiness and especially the
longevity Of the roughs who under
took to terrorize the community.
Nowadays to clean up the town
means just the opposite Of what 1t
meant in the long ago. In every town
there is, however, still need of "vigi-
lantes" who shall see that the town is
Cleaned up" and to see that some of
its "gun men" citizens do not neglect
the duty imposed upon all to keep
their places-their homes, yards, out.
buildings and alleys-"cleaned up"
No se~lf-respecting community can
afford to go or with dirty, garbage
laden alleys, and with fly-infested dis
ease-breeding rubbish heaps within its
borders. Sensible, intelligent and we'll
informed people now know that by far
most of the disease, deaths and suffer
ing are caused by neglect Of well-es-
tablished laws Of sanitation, and in
this community there are or should be
persons, with the courage Of their con-
victions, who will organize and push a
campaign that shall leave no disease
breeding corner untouched.
OF course a movement of this kind
cannot be carried on without wound
ing some folks sensibilities. Conse-
Quently the campaign should be pre-
ceded by ample publicity that may
take the form of warning II not even
Of threats. The conduct of the person
who would deliberately drop poison
into his neighbours well does not differ
greatly in principle from that of him
who in his yard or alley breeds dis.
ease germs that endanger his neigh.
boris health.
Plain speaking and vigorous action
are more to the purpose before than
after the harm has been done. Every
city, village and community ought
therefore, to be armed cap-a-pie to
fight the disease that turks In unsani.
tary conditions, sparing nobody who
neglects his duty with respect to keep.
ing his premises in q condition that
does not endanger the public health.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-03-26
n NIGHT

The number Of men who turn night
into day increases greatly with the
growing completely of industry. If
the Ford plan of operating factories on
the eight-hour shifts should succeed
and prove generally applicable there
would be an immense further increase
in the number of people whose hours
are out of joint with the existing social
provisions. In the great city night is
no longer what 1t was in the days of
the curfew and the n~ight-watch with a
lantern. The streets are bright, life
of a sort goes on continuously. but 1t
is of a low sort except where people
are at work. The man who finishes
his task at 3 or 4 o'clock In the morn.
ing finds himself in much what the
p~redicament of the day worker would
be IL he went home in the afternoon
to find the family in bed. a cold meal
set out, the neighbors' houses dark,
no theaters or concerts available, and
nothing to do but to go to bed or sit
up and read till overtaken by sleep.
Now as to the capacity for enduring
night work there is no doubt a great
difference, perhaps q difference in
adaptability rather than in vigor. Pos
sibly it Is in the main q question Of
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-03-26
RURAL BANKS
(By w. H. III. Phillips)


Incorporated cities borrow O
for improvements at a low rate of in
terest. All the real estate owned by
individuals is security for the pay
ment of the bonds issued. Private
parties who borrow money on this
same real estate in the city must pay
about twice as high a rate of interest.
A similar arrangement is proposed
by this administration for farmers.
One hundred or more will unite, incor-
porate as a rural bank under a state
and national law, have as strict super
vision by the government as the ma
tional banks have had and issue bonds
as they need the money up to half the
assessed value of their combined real
estate as a limit. Also farmers will
make deposits and the government
will probably buy some of the bonds
with the accumulated q, postal say.
ings addin GIT, for the benefit of the
postal depositors. These bonds will
be payable on call and the amount of
them cannot exceed the amount the
bank has loaned. When a member
wishes money for improvements he
gives the bank a mortgage on his land
at 3 to 5 per cent as he chooses. The
bank hands him a bond of the same
amount and at the rate he chose to
give, which he will sell at a price
which varies with his rate of interest.
He will be required to pay an extra
1 per cen which will cover the ex-
penses of the bank and form a fund
that will pay off the principal of his
loan in about forty years. This is a
very important feature of the bill and
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-03-26

getting the needed sleep; some robust
persons can never succeed in adjust.
ing themselves to topsy-turvy condi.
lions, sleep badly, become haggard,
and are obliged to seek some other
employment, perhaps intrinsically less
healthful but permitting the normal
hours for sleep. Others, who are for.
tunate enough to be able to sleep at
any hours, seem to flourish on night
work. For work involving much eye
strain nothing, of course, Is so good as
daylight, but this difference is being
steadily reduced by improvements In
illumination, and in a modern city day.
light becomes a less and less import
ant consideration; in downtown New
York the electric lights in the big
Office buildings go on very early in the
afternoon and are far better than de.
fective sunlight.
The misfortunes of the night worker
which spring from his work are insig-
nificant; those which come from his
reimbursement to society are serious
When he might play others are either
at work or in bed. The range of his
amusements Is limited. When the
theaters are open in the evening he is
at work; when they are open in the
afternoon he is asleep. The normal
time for his recreation is when his
work is done. and at that hour there
is little for him but the all night res
taurants.-Springfeld, Mass, Republi.
aa
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-03-26
Professional Cards

e. c. MILLER, NJ. D.-Physician and
surgeon. Hours: 8 to 1880 q. m,
1870 to 1880 p. m, z to 8 p. m.
Phone. office 70; residence 275.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-03-26

DR.. A. w. HYDE-Physician and sur
geon. Office In Hyde-Harris block.
Office hours: 10 to IL a. m, I to 3
p. m. Phone, Office "a.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-03-26
OSTEOPATHS
vETE

q. n. SAYRE, D. v. sos Williams
street, Bookings, South Dakota,
Phone 124.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-03-26

J. p. Cheever w. M. Cheever
cHEEvER q cHEEvER-Attorneys
and Counselors at Law. ONCE In
Binford Block.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-03-26

DR.. L. q. BoRST-Dentist. once
Front rooms, second floor. New Bin
ford Block. Phone. 8; residence.
B-21S.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-03-26
ATToRNEYs

Philo Hall J. p. Alexander
Wallace e. Purdy
HALL, ALEXANDER a PURDY-At-
torneys and counselors at law.
Rooms 4, 8, and 6, Binford Block.
Brookings, South Dakota. Phone 10.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-03-26
DENTISTS

Or. E. A. lENTZ-Dentist. ONCE,
Front o over First National
Bank. Phone 116.
The Glenwood post., 1914-01-10
A YOUTHFUL CRU0lGAL

Charged with youthful delinquency,
Ed N G,aee Of Collbsan was before
Judge Smith Of the county court We'd
needay afternoon and It the close Of
the hearing was sensesced 70 the state
reform ssAool It Golden until he is 81
years Of age, Se being IA a& this tine.
Giaee mas made an uneaviable record
Tor mischief tae past few yeazs and It
was thought tast ,othi.g sAost ef IN
experienoe with the reform school will
restrain hin fsoa furtAsr sets Of dep.
redatioa.
He formerly lived With his parents
at Grand Valley, but the family has
lived a* collbran the past year. Re
Gently the boy came to Grand Valley
and while visiting st the hone Of his
brothef-in-law, g. A. Booth, he forged
Booth 3 name to . check and then,
deciding tAak be wanted to take Z
saeighride, he bosFowed . horse and
cutter Of Charles johnson and started
for his Asas IN CslIbsaA
A. Il ~ svi1sae tAaE - AaA neve1
iatesesa - fet.rs ~ PssPsrty, JsAa-
80 - ~ NJ aasss4sa - - ~.
The Glenwood post., 1914-01-10
Oeported Leader to Appear Before
eraud juy...Goverpor Ferris
Investigates Strike
M0YER DODoES INTERWEWERS

chief counsel for the Calumet and Hee.
la, answering the point that officials
Of the union were forced to call The
strike by insistence Of the rank aAA
file, said that the constitution Of the
Western Federation provided that aay
strike proposition must first be con-
sidered BY the executive board Of the
organization before it was submitted
to = referendum vote. He said thst
the companies were not hostile to union
labor, but that they would not deal
with unions which preached class
hatred.
The governor put the operators ON
record Is At this time refusing employ
ment to stFikers except they surrender
their union cards and recalled the stand
to the contrary recorded by the union
men yesterday.
The govef.or had some difficulty in
getting definite answers from the nine
men a. to whether they favored iabcr
srGanixations as such and found Il a.
nast in1osible 70 eet tasa sway fFon
~ 49, lAaA thsiR aEHi1uAs .tsunea H.
WsstssH FsdsFaIioa v.s .ot involved
in tAe questiea. y
Ono man declined to state he opin-
ion and others said they had NO aa-
thority to speak for their companies.
Finally, F. W. Danton Of the Copper
Range Consolidated, Superintendent
John Knox of the Calumet and Hecla,
Manager Dengler Of the Mohawk and
J. l.. Harris of the Hancock said they
personally had no objection to labor
organizations as such.
Again the governor went on record
as favoring collective bargaining for
labor. pointing out the general tend
ency toward organization in both capi-
tai and labor