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The Raymer enterprise., 1915-08-26

received an offer from another company which
accepted his record In the two recent portions
without questioning his past He made good and
is now drawing $4,000 year as sales manager
He has nothing now to fear from the police for
he is new man. his alertness, his decisiveness
turned to new use
In the fifteen years of its existence the Central
Howard association has assisted l2.557 men, just
emerged from prison. TO begin life over again
acting as the mediator between the prisoner and
the rebuffs Of outrageous fortune" Most of
them secured employment with broad.mnded
business men who We're willing to give the man
an opportunity
Eighty per cent OF all the men who have come
to the association during the fifteen years OF its
activity have made good and thousands of them
are now established useful citizens throughout
the country, By their own unaided efforts they
could scarcely have won, since they came In most
cases without money experience or adequate In.
itiatye.
In 1914 the association esssted 1900 men at
an average cost OF s549 OF this number I47
were paroled TO the superintendent. and the earn.
lngs OF these men for themselves. as given upon
the associations records. Of monthly reports
amounted to s5s4il.
The estimated earnings, upon the same basis
of the 2.200 discharged men brings a total of ap-
proximately $ss0,O00 Add to this amount OF
earnings the s3S0,O0O that it might otherwise
have cost society to keep these men in prison.
and we have a net gain OF 30 times the cost to
the public of maintaining the Central Howard
association.
The nationwide responsibility OF the assoeia-
ton for the proper of the ex-prisoner is
shown by its records indicating the nativity OF
each applicant From fourteen countries came
some $50 prisoners, for whom as foster country
we have assumed the obligation of freedom and
justice. Every state In the Union furnished one
or more of these men who applied to the assocIa.
ton for aid nasmuch as not more than one.
fourth OF these men belonged to any one state,
either by reason of nativity or Incarceration it
is apparent that the problem of caring for them
is interstate and national No state can assume
its obligation alone. since other states are neces.
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IN FAVOR OF COOPERATION
Movement Among Farmers 10 Grow
ing Rapidly In Every State-ldea
Becoming More Popular.

The cooperative movement among
farmers is growing rapidly in every
state. Almost every farm paper is
printing a great deal of material along
this line. Here. for example. is an
editorial from a recent issue Of the
Wisconsin Agriculturist. which tells
how the movement is advancing:
According to report OF the sur
vey which has recently been made
by the Office OF markets Of the United
States department Of agriculture at
Washington. we learn that more than
billion dollars worth OF agricul-
tural products are sold by coopera-
tive and farmers marketing associa.
tions in the United States every year
The extent OF cooperative marketing
In the United States shown by this
investigation will prove surprise to
many persons who have been under
the impression that cooperative sell
Ing in this country is in an unde-
veloped stage
The department has listed more
than $500 market associations: ZOO
cooperative and farmers elevators.
$500 cooperative and farmers cream
cries and more than 1000 cooperative
fruit and produce associations In this
country.
The idea OF cooperative marketing
is becoming more popular In the
United States and better results are
being obtained than have prevailed
In the old-fashioned system of indi-
vidual handling Through the handling
Of agricultural products through CO.
operative associations 'armers have
been encouraged to improve their
crops and to standardize In the pack.
ing OF products. The discovery OF the
best daily market also has been one
OF the principal advantages OF the sys.
TEN. resulting In advantages both to
the consumer and the producer.
To cooperate is highly advisable;
no farmer can hope to realize as good
results from his own individual ef-
forts as he can by combining with his
neighbors in finding the best prices
for the products OF his farm"
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charged prisoners must swalloy ~ ur,td.d ,
potion which turns many Of them TO the under
world, IN desperation He had ma, dome so bai
nous thing that mankind should sbun him as
ioathsome, dangerous hunted thing He was
hfoke and hungry but he went on hunting for
a lob uutll another man turned him down cold
ana aGaed some stingng words about convicts.
That is what goaded him as 1t goads others
INTO following desperate game when he met a
young FELLOW who also had served a BIT IN the
reform school
They went in deep and the next sentence was
to Columbus That gave him a postgraduate
course IN the ways OF the underworld the tricks
of the cleyercst Of the confidence men and bur.
glars. With the ruses and wiles OF crime an
open book, his active mind soon set him TO con.
irving burglaries as the leader of a gang and
the disposing of the loot He never tasted liquor
aud was equal TO any emergency. Crime became
an absorbing business with him, outlawed bust.
ness hlled with the egerpresent dread Of capture
He saved money but all that he had saved went
in the effort to save himself when he landed in
burlS officers arms He was sent to the peni
tentiarF In Kansas and there he did time" en-.
dured the grinding monotony OF prison life and
prison fare, as prisoner.
II was certain that all that buried past would
ph tet'"ieu II he apphed lot nuellty bond, as
would be necessary. II he accepted the position
of treasurer that had been offered to him II
was that which made him decide in fash that
he could not be treasurer
That night he did not go directly home He
telegraphed TO Superintendent Lyon OF the Cen
trail Howard association in Chicago using a name
he never before had used In that town-hIs own.
The association had found him the Job as book.
keeper when he was about to be discharged from
the Kansas prison In that case he had applied
without expecting anything but advice. but he
discovered when his case was taken up that its
affiliations and its system could help convict
when he needed Il most A day or two later he
received reply, crisp In Its instruction to re,
port at once for another position
He got the new job. began again. and In six
years he was receiving $500 year Then he
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"Meat Ring Success.

Meat rings are proving good thing
in some parts Of Minnesota. A meat
ring is made up Of a group Of farm.
ers for the purpose of supplying the
families Of members with fresh meat
at minimum expense Such group
turns over to some member beef
animal for slaughter and preparation.
The hide usually pays the cost of the
work. The carcass is then divided IN
among the members of the ring at
cost. Where 1t has been tried the plan
has worked well and to the satisfac.
tion OF the group.
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II must be set free. or changed 10 an
other form.
The bacteria bring about this
change. They attack the remains of
the plant and break them down into
their elemental parts so the plant food
there may be used again to grow more
corn, wheat, oats or other plants. They
link the world OF the dead to the world
OF the living. Without them continued
life on earth would soon be impossible.
Soon dead animals and plants
would accumulate on the face OF the
earth. Soon all the available plant
food would be locked up In their dead
bodies. These bacteria are the scav.
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Some Sarcasm.

Several Ohio lawyers once gathered
In Judge Wilson's room after adjourn
meht OF court. and were discussing
the retirement Of member Of the
bar Among them was one whose
practice was worth $25.OO0 a year. He
said, Il have been practicing several
years, and am well fixed. l have
thought would like to retire and de-
vote my remaining years to studies
! nave neglected" Study law put
In Judge Wilson.
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Room for Much Thouoht.

There is room for much thought in
this fact. that well-to-do people-bank.
ers, prominent men OF affairs. etc.
spend less money on living, pleasure
clothes, ETC.. than men getting $500
to $1,000 year In wages, Many or
most of the latter spend all they get
as fast as 1t comes. Bankers and
men connected with banks are usually
careful spenders-this fact is the
principal reason why they are able
to be bankers.
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DEATH NECESSARY TO LIFE
For the Maintenance Of the Latter the
Former Is Declared to Be
indispensable.

Paradosical as IL may seem, death
ia necessary TO sustain life The com,
plete dissolution and destruction OF
every living thing. both animal and
vegetable. Is required to produce and
maintain life. II 1t were not for this
system of an all.wise Creator the earth
would lose Its fertility. becoming ex'
hausted and sterile.
Everything now finds Its way back
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WouIdn't Be Misaed.

Sometimes a man gets so egotistical
as to think the world cannot get along
without him, but he would be sur.
prised II he only knew how little even
the community where he lives would
tniss him.
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Tor MIN, He would spend the
rest OF his young life like a
ny In a bottle, Time to quit"
he had muttered.
Better discipline at home
when he was a boy would have
Kept him out OF trouble. but he
was sent up TO the reform school
from Cincinnati. II was only
a short term. but when he went
back home he was branded as a
discharged prisoner OF the state,
one OF the fraternity against
which most police officers feel
that they are pitted in I'M.
plaeable strife. When he fol
lowed his determination TO he
decent and get work. the firsf
man had said: Come around
little later" II was not only
the reply, but the quizzical smile
that accompanied # which had
made him feel the gall and
wormwood which most dis
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come over him. His face was pad and his lips
were SET. Yet he again had been offered raise
not merely 5000 year more but double the
salary he had been getting And instantly he had
refused H. There never more dumb
founded than the treasurer by that refusal. The
tender OF his own position. which he
10 resign had been curty refused. And as
though II had been notice OF discharge. the man
"hom he had promoted to the confidential set OF
DOCKS had served notice that he would leave
within the week. Time to quit" the man NUT.
tered to himself as he finished his posting. put
the books away in the private Office and pre-.
pared to go home
once before as he viyidly recalled Il had be-
come time for him to make sudden iron resoln
tion 10 quit When the last bar had Yielded To
Ills saw he had heard the turnkey In the corridor
anu abruptly he threw himself upon his bed
Here's a paper. the turnkey had said and
went on. The prison Just waking up: sum.
mef dawn was creeping through the grated win.
hows, lie left the bunk and took the paper to
tue light. Soon his eye caught the dispatch
from Albany that announced that the New York
legislature had passed the habtuaI criminal act
lie shlddered slightly and glanced toward the
nearly severed bars knowing that II he ESCAPED
and was rcarrested he would be likely never To
Walk the streets again free man II would be life"
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engers OF the world and upon them
depends our welfare"
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RIGHT
OIROoERT h.nOOC1ON

f glanced up from his ledger and caught
the Invitation OF the treasurer's index
finger. Once before that same signal
had meant a raise OF s25 monitor.
as he and his wife had put 1t. bal
ance In savings bank.
He laid down his pen and walked
into the treasurer's Office with an ex.
preston as nearly radiant as his In.
scrutably set face ever wore.
When he came out, a change had
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-03-06
POLICE SHAKE-UP
Chief of Police Pierce of Sioux City
Arrested for Graft.

Sioux City, March George
Pierce, police chief of Sioux City, was
placed under arrest on a warrant
sworn out in a local Justices office.
The information was filed by T.. c.
Wolcott, secretary of the local Y. M.
G.. A.. and charges bribery against
the head of the police force.
The accusations are based on a
series of private inquiries, in which
1t is alleged. that the police chief has
been in collision with denizens of the
underworld, gamblers and bootleg
gers. allowing them to conduct places
in violation of the law. 1t is also
charged that the chief of police, des-
pite his alleged agreement with law
violators, arrested many of them and
placed them on trial. 1t is said that
investigators have evidence of alleg-
ed graft against other city employees.
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FATAL ACCIDENT
Herman SchueIer Killed by Milwau-
kee Flyer at a Crossing i'm
Waubay.

Aberdeen, March s. Herman
Schueler, a farmer living a mile out
of Waubay was struck by Milwaukee
eastbound Olympian No. 16 Thurs
day afternoon as that train passed
through Waubay and met instant
death.
Mr.. Schueler had been in town pur-
chasing supplies and was driving
south on Main street en- route home.
The Milwaukee tracks pass through
the town and the buildings are so ar
ranged that a train coming from the
west could not be readily seen until
at the crossing. The horses passed
over the main line eastbound track
in safety, but the flyer struck the
wagon amidships, demolishing 1T and
hurting Mr.. Schueler a distance OF
$50 feet. His body was dismember-
ed. One of the horses had a leg bro
ken, the other escaping ~unscathed.
Schueler was so years OF age and
is survived by a widow and a daugh-
ter, Mrs. William Sells Of Waubay.
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$. ID. II. II.
Board Of Directors and Same Officers
as Last Year Reelected.

Sioux Falls, March 6.-The South
Dakota Central Railway company
held its annual stockholders meet
ing at 8 o'clock. the evening of
March Q. The meeting was well at
tended, about 20 per cent of the total
issue of stock being represented. The
stockholders elected five directors.
Messrs. j. w. Esmond, 4. r. Davis,
w. l.. Baber, f. l.. Maytag and HI. S.
Stebbins. The first four directors
were reelected.
The stockholders authorized the
board OF directors to issue bonds or
notes amounting to 100000 to ma
ture at a date and bear interest as
the board of directors might deter
mine. The stockholders also author
ICED the executive committee to pur-
chase a new passenger locomotive.
After the stockholders meeting,
the board OF directors held a meeting
and reelected the same president,
vice president, secretary and treasur-
err as last year. They also appointed
an executive committee consisting OF
Messrs. j. w. Esmond, chairman, T..
M. Stevens, secretary and Joe Kirby
to act for the ensuing year.
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Methodist church. Monday evening
will be fraternity evening. All the
men and ladies belonging to any fra
ternity are cordially invited.-Rev.
C. McKibbin, Minister,
United Lutheran Church-March
Z. English services at 1880 in the
evening. March IL. Prayer meeting
at the home of Mrs. Hanson at s
o'clock. March II. Young Ladies'
Aid meets at the parsonage. All are
cordially invited. A great deal of
time and money has recently been
spent in making our Sunday school
more efficient. Lutheran Sunday
school pins are awarded on perfect
attendance, the quality of the pin de-
pending upon the time the scholar
has regularly attended varying from
eight consecutive Sundays to two
whole years of consecutive Sunday
school days. The pastor and Sunday
school superintendent will also re-
ward perfect attendance by granting
a certificate OF honor at the end OF
each year. Anyone wishing to know
further particulars inquire OF the
pastor or the superintendent. Mrs.
Nick Bjornstad.-Olin Reigstad. Pas
tor.
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cloth GOA or suit served for best"
one or two seasons then il became
second best" or was used for ordi-
nary wear. Nowadays working girls
and business women with moderate
incomes have from n to -four suits
a year. Where two hats were con-
sidered plenty for the girl of mod
crate means a few years ago, today
most business women, wen those on
small salaries, have from three to five
hats a season. And that is not all.
To be strictly up to date, the rest of
the girls costume must correspond.
Hats, gloves, shoes and stockings,
even her handbag, purse or para
sol must be in harmony with the gen.
eral tone of the outfit. Mother and
grandmother remember distinctly the
nutter of delight over their first silk
frock. The maid of today is quite
used to silk and scarcely recollects
her first party dress" Every fad
that into popular favor e
a drain on the purse OF every shop
girl-be the fad a new tango veil or
a tempting kiss curl" or the newest
ivory dresser set. But the change
does not end there. Living general
ly has become more cosmopolitan.
At our large hotels the cultured wom-
an of mean rubs elbows with the
stenographer, clerk or secretary, all
appropriately dressed for the occa-
sion. This spirit of emulating the
woman higher up is n of the curses
engendered by the freedom of our
country. 1t is the result of the aboli-
ton of class distinctions and is re-
sponsible for a lot OF the misery of
abnormal living among ONE A
woman without an evening dress or a
dancing frock is scarcely to be found.
And with the evening dress must go
a full array of other necessities
long gloves, flmier skirts, dancing
pumps or evening slippers and fire.
quently an evening cape or even
white furs. These are not uncom-
non instances of needless ~extrava-
gance, but are to be found daily. l
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-03-06

Madison Debating Teams Won Two
Victories Last Evening.

Madison high school won two de-
bates last evening. The question
was Resolved, That the Monroe doc
trine should be renounced as our for
eign policy" The negative team,
composed of Edward Files, Alfonso
Sullivan and Sylvia Dale, debated in
Flandreau, while the affirmative,
Lloyd Garner. Mildred Pfeiffer and
Ruth Habager debated at home.
These young people did credit to
themselves and came out much bet
ter informed than when they began,
as did everyone else who listened to
them. The regret is that more par
ents do not support and encourage
them by their presence. This refer
ence to the debates would not be
complete without complimenting the
musical ability of the students. Mum
bers were furnished by school %
chestra, chorus, boys glee club and
girls glee club. The music as well
as the debate was well worth coming
out to hear.
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THE

Grace Episcopal Church-Holy
communion and sermon, 1890 a. m.
Sunday school at moor No evening
service.-E. Wilson. Rector.
First Baptist Church-There will
be the regular services at the First
Baptist church tomorrow. In the
morning there will be the usual
monthly communion service. In the
evening there will be the regular
evening service followed by a bap-
tismal service. The B. Y. p. U. will
take place at usual time, with Miss
Christina Person as leader.-Roy l..
Palmerton, Pastor.
Methodist Episcopal Church -
Preaching services at 1890 a. m. and
1890 p. m. Prof. F. Clyde Decker
will sing at both services. The even
ing service Is the union gospel serv-
ice at which time Prof. Decker's
chorus choir will lead the music and
will be assisted by the orchestra con-
Quoted by Prof. Malloy. The Sun
day school session will be held after
the morning service and the music
will be lead by the orchestra. The
Wesley league meets at 4:30 p. m.
The Epworth league devotional will
meet at $50 p. m. The public is
cordially invited to these services
G. d. Brown, Pastor.
First Presbyterian Church-Morn-
ing worship at 1890 O'Clock. Miss
Tyrrell and Prof. Decker will sing a
duet. Christian Endeavor meeting at
$50 D. m. At 1880 the congregation
will unite in the union service Of the
Methodist and Presbyterian churches
at the Methodist church. There Is a
growing interest in the union meet
ings each evening. During the past
week they have been held in the
Presbyterian church, but next week
they will be held each evening Ia the
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-03-06
TRACK MEETS
University of South Dakota Has Ar
ranged Good Schedule for This
Season.

Vermillion, March Twenty
FIVE men are in daily practice at the
University of South Dakota for vari-
Gus track meets to be held this
spring. A good schedule has been
arranged which includes dual meets
with Yankton college at Yankton,
M~orningside college at Sioux City
and a triangular meet at Bookings,
with the State college and Dakota
Wesleyan. The big event this year
as usual will be the Tri-State meet
to be held at Grand Forks, participant
ed in by at least fifteen schools ia
the Dakotas and Minnesota. II is
probable that a relay team will be
sent to the Drake relay games, and
if the men show up well after appear
ing on the outdoor track a team will
be sent TO the western conference
meet.
Capt. Quigley, Brown, Conway.
Willy, Vidal and Meade form the nu-
cleus of another strong team, and
with the addition of several former
high school stars to the squad, South
Dakota's track chances assume a
roseate hue. All of the above men
should be point winners in any of
the dual meets to be held this year,
having proven their ability In former
state meets. Quigley. Conway and
Shanard Fan be depended upon in
the sprints, while Meade and Willy
are strong in the quarter. Vidal is
perhaps the most versatile man on
the squad, being a point winner in
the high jump, pole vault and high
hurdles. Ferguson is a veteran with
the weights and Hengel a close sec
ond. The only department in which
the Coyotes appear to be weak this
year is In the distance races. With
the exception of Brown in the hall
and Kruger in the mile, the remain
der of the long races must be filled
by Coach Cortright with new men.
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H MODERN I r
Some of the Extravagances of the
Girl Who Works.

Kathleen Hills in Leslie's Weekly:
We all sympathize with the young
woman who is obliged to live cheap
ly on a small salary. But a great
deal of sympathy is wasted on the
modern working girl who has never.
1t would seem, learned to economic
and to live normally on a normal sal
airy. Times have changed when we
find that schoolgirls silk stock
ings, and Sc a week clerks have high
priced chiffon waists to wear to bust
ness. In the younger days OF our
parents and grandparents a good
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right hand, injured by being caught
in a machine at his shop.
Fraternity men and women are
cordially invited to attend the union
service at the Methodist church on
Monday evening at 1880 O'Clock. The
subject to be presented by Rev. C.
McKibbin is Truth, the Cardinal
Virtue.
Trains from the north and west ar
rived practically on time this morn
ing. The west train out of Madison
two hours late last evening went as
far as Woonsocket and turned
around. Trainmen report a much
here. Both the east and south trains
departed this morning with double
headers.
Announcement of the death OF
Lutte Preston at Indianapolis, Ind,
has been received in the city. De
ceased passed his boyhood days in
Madison, leaving the city nearly
twenty years ago. He is survived by
wife and child. He was a suffer
er from tuberculosis, but the imme-
date cause of his death was pneu-
monia.
Wanted. $40 to $35 per month
extra money to any employed person
without interfering with regular
work; no selling; no canvassing; pos
itively no investment; unemployed
need not apply. Address The Silver
Mirror Co. Inc. 1913 w. Madison st.
Chicago, Ill.