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SHELTERS BEATEN AGAIN

JERSEY CITY, N. j., Juno 12.-Provi-
City with a victory In to-day's game,
by score Of 6 TO 4. BY n lively bat
tinG streak, the Grays wiped out the
Skeeters' lead In the seventh frame
with four tallies. garnered from four
CONTINUED on Second Page.)
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STANDING OF CLURs

WHERE THEY PLAY TO-DAY
New York ut Cincinnati
brooklyn at St. Louis.
Boston mt Chicago
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CINCINNATI WINS

[Leased Wire to The Times Dispatch
CINCINNATI, June l2.-Brooklyn's
pitchers were easy to-day. ana Gin
cinnati had no trouble winning. to /.
On the other hand, Lear had the Brook.
Ign batters at his mercy. especially
with men on bases. Killifer's battling
Cincinnatis victory. Score:
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STANDING NIN CIIlpS

WHERE THEY PLAY TOMORROW
Newport News mt Portsmouth,
Petersburg mt suffolk
Norfolk at Rocky Mount
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TORONTO HITS AND WINS

MONTREAL. QUEBEC. June "a
Heavy hitting by the Toronto team
won the second game Of the series to-
dav. the Leafs batted Koestner, n re-
cruit pitcher, from the mound in the
fourth inning. Three homo runs fea-
tured the Toronto attack. Score:
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New Twirler Signed;
Hoffman Released

Secretary Ryan wired from New
York Inst night that "Shng" Th0mp-
son, former Athletic, would report to
Dunn mt Newark to-day. Hoffman
was released outright last night, and
Pitcher Ralph Works, recently with
DetrOnt, has been signed. Although
Richmond lost one game yeHterdny,
R0cheBter lost two, md the Climbers
20 into third place.
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Totals 30 10 2 Totals "a q Is
.2atted for Connolly In seventh
1Batted foc McCuillan In eighth.

Score by innings: r
Boston .:................o oIs
Pittsburgh ............O O o n n A
summary: Runs-Cather. Fitzpatrick Con-
molly. Schmidt, Magee. Maranville. whaling
magan Carey. Collins. Two base hlt-Adams
Three base hits-Magee, Carey. Stolen base
-Masee Earned Iuns-Boston, S; Pitts
burgh, 2 Double plays-Gerber and John
ston; Gibson and VioN. Left on hases-Bos-
ton ;; Pittsburgh. s. First base on errors
BOSTON. l. Bases on bals-on Adams l.
Hits-on Adams. in i-3 innings: of
Cooper. In Ia inning; on Mcouillan. none
IN Is innings; of Councilman. none in
inning. Hit by ptcher-by Cooper /
tcather). Balk-Ragan. struck out-by
Raglan. ?: by Adams. .; by McQuillan /: by
Gonzelman. 2 Umpires Byron and CocisiIi.
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Totals 40 10 q . Totals ..a3 7 81 II
RATED for Ritchor In ninth.

Toronto ................o 3 o-io
Montreal ...n::::;II 90 500 90 o 1
ham t2), Demmitt. Parent. Kelly. Manning
~, Moidcn. Home runs-Roach (2), Par
ent Three base hits-Demmit, Holden.
Tyo-bnsc hit--Dcvln. Stolen hases-C;ra-
nam, Whiteman. Purteil. Sacrifice hits
Demmit, Parent. Trout Struck out-by
Manning, 4: by Koestner, I. Bases on balls
off Manning. {: off Kocstncr. .: off Richter.
q Hit by pitchcr-by Ritchcr (TrouD. Hits
on Koestner G; off Richter. Z. Time, 1:i5.
lImpires. Harrison and Freeman.
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STANDING OF CLUBS.

WHERE THEY PLAY TO-DAY,
(So games scheduIcd.)
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STANDING OF CLUBS

WHERE THEY PLAY TO-DAY.
Buffalo mt Newark.
Pittsburgh Mt ST. Louis.
Chicago mt Kansas Cit
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Gran for Cady In fourth.
0Battcd for Gregg In fourth.
Score by innings r.
Cleveland ..............2 . 0 o o o.
Boston ..................2 0 -
summary: Rnns-Southworth. Chapman,
NambsEanss Hammond Wagner (o) Hob
,itzel. Speaker. Foster. Two-hasc hit
WamhsGanss. Three base hits-Grnncy.
Wagner. Southworth Hoblitzcl. Stolen
bnse-Chnpman. Sacrifice ny-Speaker. Sac
rifce hits-Turner. GreEg. Thomas Mays,
i.elboid. Left on hases-Cleveland. I; Bos-
ton. J! First base errors-Boston l.
Bases on balls--oh Coumbe. /; of Mays. /:
on Gregg, g. IIits-on Coumbe, S In Z in.
ntngs: off HRgcrman. In : innings; off Jones
In innings: on Gregg. 4 In 4 Innings; on
Mays. In . innings. Struck out-by Mays
O'IouEhlin. Time zoe.
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summary: Runs-Clevclan t2). steinbren-
ner. Foster az. Mcmahon. Mace (2l, Coch-
ran. Stolen bases-Gray Parmslee thrash
er Foster: Foilcs. Stewart. Two-base hits
-Eiseh Cleveland, Mace Struck out-by
o'Brien. G; by Cochran, g. Bases on balls
on oBrien, 2: of Cochran. l. Left on
easesIRocky Mount. 5; Norfolk. I. Time,
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Suffolk ..................oo eoooooooooo
Newport News ........0 0,2 0 90 0 % OH.
summary: Runs-Irmscher 3oalbt Bdnt-
ing, smith %. Home run-Smi,h.' Three
base hits-Goalby ana Welcher. Two ba Sc
hts-Smi;h 90. 1rmscher. Bunting Sac
'itce hits-Allen. Enrd. Crist. Stolen bases
stewart. Smith. Carneh. First base on ba Il,
of Ehrd. >: on Hamilton. .. Struck out
hy Ehrd. 8: 10y Hamilton. J: by Mullen 1
Hit by pitcher-by Hamilton Stewart
Len on bases-Sufolk. s: Newport News
Double plays-Goalby tunassisted): Blunt :
Ing TO Carres TO Walters 10 Hasson 10
Walters: Hiis-on hamilton. 70 in 10 In
ninss. Time. 2:co. Umpire. Bu.sey
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81 Louis ...............2 o ooo . o Is
New York .............:s o o / -
summary: Runs-Shotton ~. Howard
Pratt. Lavan. Peckinpaugh, Maisel Pipp
20. High. Boone t2l. Sweeney. Caldwell.
Two base hits-High (2), c. Walker. Three
base hlt-pr3tt. Home runs-Boone. Cald =
we'll. Stolen bases-Pipp. Maisei. Earned
runs-New York, Q: ST. Louis. 5. Sacrifice
Continued on Second Page.)
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.

GAMES YESTERDAY
Washington. 2; Chicago, 1.
New York, 8; St. Louis, 5.
Boston, 8; Cleveland, 1.
Philadelphia. 7; Detroit, 8 thirteen In
nings).
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FEDERAL LEAGUE,

GAMES YESTERDAY.
Brooklyn, 1, Newark, o.
Baltimore, 8; Buffalo, 3.
st. Louis. 4; Pittsburgh, 1.
Kansas City, 8; Chicago, 8.
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BASEBALL RESULTS
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
GAMES YESTERDAY

GAMES YESTERDAY.
Newark, 10; RICHMOND, l.
Buffalo. 3; Rochester, 0 (nrst Eamc).
!.unnlo. o; Rochester, s (sccond camel.
Providence, o; Jersey CITY, 4.
Toronto, 10; Montreal, I.
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NORTH CAROLINA LEAGUE

GAMES YESTERDAY
Winston-Snlem, 81 Raleigh, eleven In
nings).
Charlotte, 6; Durham, ..
Greensboro, !; AsheyilIe. o.
STANDING OF CLUBS.
w. l.. Pct. W. L.. Pet.
Ashevillo 20 Il GOT Grrcnsb'o rs 81 .305
Raleigh ...25 IA Gal W.-Snicm 10 20 1881
Durham ...22 1S $50 Charlotte 10 90 1863
WHERE THEY PLAY TOMORROW.
Raleigh ut Durham.
Winston-Snlcm mt AShevIilc.
Charlotte mt Greensboro.
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STANDING OLE CLrns-

WHERE THEY PLAY TO-DAY.
ItiohMoSD mt Newark 1.-TWO gnmes).
Providence Mt Jersey City.
Toronto ut Montreal
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.

GAMES YESTERDAY.
Boston, 3; Pittsburgh, =.
Philadelphia, 10: Chicago, o.
~. Louis, q; New York, g.
Cincinnati, y; Brooklyn, l.
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PHILADELPHIA.

Totals IA s's7 II Totals ~ 80 "a
'One out when winning run scored
tBatted for Shawkey in third.
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VIRGINIA LEAGUE.
GAMES YESTERDA

GAMES YESTERDAY.
Petersburg, 4; Portsmouth, l.
Norfolk, o; Rocky Mount, o.
Newport News. 3; Suffolk, . Uhirtecn in
nings).
STANDING OF CLUBS.
w. l.. Pct. W. l.. Pct.
y. News. go 10 1894 Portsm'h 20 &c 47G
Norfolk ...2S ID .5G1 Petersb'g 10 e2 .4G3
X. Mount. .23 10 .5i8 Suffolk IA 20 .326
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st. Louis.

Totals SO . 2ill Totals rs e 27 IL I
'Batted for Hamilton in NTH.
tBattcd for Perryman In seventh.
tBattcd for Weilman In ninth
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they turned. as 1t had stared them in
the face for n generation-but now
they had 10 look and see, II was
politics that had left their State mi
ltias to blunder along. each by itself.
without agreement or settled plan. 1t
was politics that now had sent their
plucky. intelligent. capable young men
into the field insufficiently equipped,
trained or organized. 1t was politics
that now left their cities bare, to be
made a sport OF.
At the recruiting depots Of the reg
ular army II was politics again that
overbore the recruiting officers with
eager, courageous applicants whom
they could not use. What they needed
now was men who were ready now
not men who needed SIX months train
ing. These applicants, Offering them
selves by thousands, We're city born
and city bred They We're men who
never in all their lives mad slept eX-
Cept under roof; who never had
lain in rain and storm: who had been
saved by their city from doing a dozen
simple things that men OF the open
do for themselves without a second
thought.
Not one in a thousand OF these
volunteers ever had built a fire OF
sticks or pitched a tent or even
washed dishes. Not one of 5000 ever
had held IA gun n his hands. There
were thousands there. and thousands
again, who did not even know what II
was to he in the dark-for they had
slept all their lives in the electrically
lighted city
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II was not men that the regular
army needed 1t was reserves! And
never a Congress of all the Congresses
that had talked and voted and APP
propriated had voted practical
system or army reserves.S
OF all the men who had been
trained by previous army experience,
the War Department could not call on
one unless he choose to volunteer. II
those men-invaluable to the country
at this manufactured themselves.
they offered themselves one by one.
here and there and everywhere.
scattered through n land of three and
quarter million square miles. En-
listed thus, they We're futile in
d!viduals lost in hordes of raw
recruits. Could they have been called
together by their Government, they
would have formed perfect regiments.
ready for instant. efficient. priceless
service.
While the United States. civilian
and military, was working hopo,essiY
to make up in desperate hours for
long years of waste. the efficient.
prepared, resourceful invader was
landing his army. not only without
losing a man, but without getting a
mans feet wet. So perfect We're the
dispositions Of this exp, Hilton that the
commander had been able TO order.
3. we are StiN tcithoW an GdcquHtc
rcS'rrC system either OF officers or men"
Leonard wood, Ndior-G cucrdl. Chi'f Of
StG" T. s. 4 . Tiridl r,pOrt. JluuGyv
90. 1914
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years back to equip them to full war
strength, and although the militia no.
where had maintained even one-half
OF that strength, there were no re-
serves of blankets, Of uniforms, of
tents, Of cots. Doctors who offered
their services found that there was
no place for them, because there were
no ambulances. no field hospitals. no
surgical instruments. no anesthetics
and no medicines There had not been
enough for the troops that took the
field, though every company had less
men than even its insufficient peace
strength demanded.2
The volunteers could not even be
shod. Those who were accepted had
to drill in their worthless street shoes
that never could survive the test OF
rough roads and mud and water.
Politics. Politics. 1t stared the APP
palled citizens in the face wherever
.. Only elcren States had on hand at
the time OF the last annual inspection
one complete uniform (lsss shocs) for
each enlisted man OF the authorised
minimum strength. In the
opinion OF the Division Of Militia Affairs
the states could hare By this time, by
proper economy aud care ~ the use OF
property and the expenditure OF funds,
acquired stores SUFFICIENT 10 equip the
militia at Cdr strength. tn"
militia Is not noo equipped tCith supplies
sufficient for peace strength. In no
state is the prescribed minimum peace
strength mdintdined. Pages POO. 2S3
aud 2S7, organization Gnd Fcdcrdl
pgoD,rfn tOgl1inI R,DDrfc Var IJIuurf-
mcnt, June -. 1913, TO october !, 1914.
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EMOItED. with the blgnt ColorS
n of the enemy on their UNDER
~ bodies, the aeroplanes from
the enemy fleet flew low. What
few anu aircraft guns the United
states possessed were with the army.
Around the peaceful American cities
were no cncirclng fortifications. no
batteries. no military works that
might conc, al marksmen. The air
men knew that there was nothing to
fear
They skinned close TO the State
House on Boston's Beacon Hill. They
flew over the tall Municipal Building
Of New York and dipped toward the
city Hall. They appeared over
Providence and Fall River, over
Brockton. over bridgeport and New
Haven. They passed over every one
Of the factory cities Of New Jersey
that crowd to be near New York's
harbor.
Whre they appeared 1t was as II
they bore some instant charm to turn
the world to stone. All the city noses
stopped. dead. All motion stopped.
Wheels stopped turning and feet
stopped moving and every white face
was turned upward. For that long
moment Of dumb fear men saw moth
ing except the wide winged bodies.
They heard nothing except the ytlp-
ing and droning OF the hundred horse
power motors over them.
Then they fled. Motormen and
drivers bent low and yelled and sent
their vehicles ahead blindly. The
crowds rushed every doorway. They
fought for the protection of narrow
corn.ces as II they We're bombproofs.
They squeezed themselves close to the
sides Of buildings and chung TO smooth
iron and granite and stared upward,
waiting for bombs.
Instead Of bombs they saw things
raining down gently, lightly-little
weighted pennants that circled down.
ward IN lovely sp.rals and dropped on
the streets with scarcely a sound.
Into every crowded street, into
every open square Of half a hundred
cities that day the hostile airmen
dropped these pennants. They were
printed. They bore proclamations adj
dressed to the people Of America.
Our armies have landed said the
PROCLAMATION. We shall advance on
your cities at once. Any attempt to
defend them will mean their destruc-
ton Civilians are warned against
making any demonstrations whether
with arms or otherwise. Infractions
Of this rule Of war will be punished
by summary execution. Houses from
which hostile acts are committed will
be destroyed. Towns whose civilian
population ressts will be DESTROYED.
Take warning!"
Recovering from their shock OF fear.
the first impulse OF the Americans
who rad these proclamations was
one Of rage. Their cities had grown
proud in unchallenged greatness
These pennants, slowly raining from
their sky, were infuriating insults.
Had the invader appeared in that
moment the people would have torn
up the paving blocks to fight him.
In the State House in Boston there
were said the words that uttered the
emotion Of all the cities along the At
lantlc coast. In that old. rebellious
town, where American liberty had
heen nurtured in the very presence
OF an armed foe, there were gath
cred many eminent citizens. with the
officials, the Mayor and the Governor
u their State.
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THE INVASION OF AMERICA-FACING THE PENALTY
While the Enemy's Air Craft Circle
Over the Cities of the East Their
Inhabitants Watch in
Impotent Rage

s,f go tnt. -
ran, In bi, b,,ds "yyha,
doo" no asked or, ,,.a ha, an a.
militia of tho s,,ta roro ,,s -,
have less than oO0 ,,or 7, ,ba goo
arrives ana I,v, his eve ~, ,h, go.
-pentIomen ibe, uiii Lo ,',na ,,a,
fro bi,h oxninsi,os ana 80 49,
sbolIs wo ha,.o rn,hi,a g. er,, '.,i,,'
n mo army c,rno, nSao,, ,,. w." w.
foro ho arri,,os n,a ,,,,,a,, i
noop,e,s livos wo ,nns, s'rr $50 W,
neaceah,vi"i SUI '''"''
IIe ,urned 70 ,,,r uho ,.
family name idon,,fad ,,.,,h p,.,a,,s
history fror, ,ha ,,r,a 70 g.. 80,
mon, IIis onco,,ars no, 80 T.,
Eanoui, II,r lit - OF,
bo doa,oo,,a 4, ., ,ho -, - ,,.'..'
Uo tool, ,ho ,ran,aro,Ta -, =,
for n nor,n, r,i,i,. b. ,a.,,a', -,
tho ciro,. 90, g. ,,n,, =.
denpv ancriiv ,n h,s a., ri, $50
I, 10 Tho 49, ,a .a, IT,. o., - n.
81 say" be cr,od wiz aosh,v a,.,,
"Iet hin, dos,ro,, -, pa,,s Ia, 10,
no acstro,, n, yhor ,ha a,,,'
nroacbas 10, no sora a,r pos,a ~,
nm In a,mo ora rra ar,,,on,s, ~, we
leave hin, No, GO ,,,,,,h IT,, -,
Moi, IN Gov ,aa,," ~
There woro n,,ry r,or ,ho,o -,
many minds TN, ho1 ,,,,n,, in,or
ISIS 70 ,,,ord ard 49,. r"s,'',,n',,i,
,ias 70 bcor a., ,or ,,,i,,,,, b.
carried ,bor, viii b,,r Tho,. 49,,
their hands ard 'shn,,,o, asso,,
7, ,a. - g. -. ~. -,
Thought like wont" sofa ono an old
-. ',,,, " ~
people and they ave NOT soldiers ny
nbi,osonbors Tha,,,ro h,,,,,a,, - =.
is laid on us IN pro,ect ,bem n, what.
ever price TO our national nride n
humiliation IL tho nr,ce that ye ,,us,
pay for our past carelessness why
gentlemen. we must nav I, bi,,er
though II is"
So IL was in New York. In Phila.
delphia, in a score OF cities h,~ween
and around them. EVERYWHERE was
the first outburst Of fury and unrecl;-
ing heroism, and then the sober Sec
ond thought born not OF cowardice
but of cold logic. This northeastern
Atlantic seaboard with its chain of
twelve million city dwellers was no
Holland to drown Itself under its own
sea in order to destroy its foe. These
cities were no Moscows. to devour
themselves in fire that the enemy
might perish with them. This was the
United states or America, and this
was the twentieth century-and the
faced the conditions OF their place and
time,
They faced II from Portland Nc IN
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our troops must land perfectly dry"
and the order was carried outi
Every transport had three broad
gangways to a side. Never for a
moment We're these gangways bare of
equipped men, moving file after file
into the enormous fiat bottomed land
ing barges. Never for a moment was
the sea without long lows OF them.
each bearing 200 men to shore with
their rifles between their knees.
rcady.i
In the camp of the United States
army at that moment men We're
breaking green horses for cavalry and
artillery purposes. on the coast the
enemy's four decked horse transports
We're sending trained mounts into
broad floats with derricks and sings,
lowering away with head and tail
lines to prevent struggling. with nose
lines To brides to prevent them from
turning in the air with men standing
by below 10 put little bags of salt into
each horses mouth to quiet il as soon
as II touched the foa;s6
Nothing had been forgotten. nothing
left TO he improvs,-i. The horse floats
had hinged s,erns. Backed into the
beach these hinged boards dropped
d ,wn and formed gangplanks. Sailors
threw collision mats on them to pre-
v,nt slipping. II required less than
minute to lower a horse from the ship
to the float. In less than half Il min
ute each horse was unloadei from
them and set ashore. To empty each
float Of its cargo Of tw'nty horses and
to have each craft off the beach and
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Part Four of the startling
narrative fact story based on the
;neyorsble mathematics of war.
pIea for adequate defences.
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Continued on Sirth Page.
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EMORED. with the bright colors
n of the enemy on their under
~ bodies, the aeroplanes from
the enemy fleet flew low. What
Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1915-11-25
GRlNDSTONE

Henry KerkOw and son, Henry
and Chester, of Huron, were out
to look after business interests
the last of the week.
Mr.. Kennedy and daughter,
Rachel, are expected home
this week.
Church service will be held
N Sunday. December 5th at
10: 30.
George Enos, of Rapid City,
is home to spend Thanksgiving.
Miss Julia Eggen, is home
from Philip for a few days
visit.
We are glad to know the
bridges in this part Of the cMn.
ty are being put i'm good con-
ditiom before cold weather as
the travelling has been very
bad for the past few months.
Miss Docia McCreery left for
the teachers convention at
Aberdeen the last of the week.
Miss McCreery will visit the
Black Hills before returning to
her school work.
The ladies' aid society will
meet with Mrs. Alvin Rickard
ON December End.
The bazaar and chicken pie
supper given by the ladies aid so
ciety on Saturday evening was
a decided success. A large crowd
attended and the ladies reall-
ed a nice sum Of money for
their treasury.
1t looks good to us to see
the teams going to town load
ed with grain and returning with
coal and provisions.
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SUBSCRIPTION 81. so PER YEAR


all other purposes.
We believe the apportioment
of the Indebtedness should be
made as of the 18th Of Novem-
ber 1914.
1t rs next cOntenhed by plain
tiff that jackson and Haakon
counties should pay their pro
rata share of the total indebted
nes Of Stanley county without
allowing any credit to those
counties for the public proper
~ retained by STANLEY county,
but which was paid for by that
county before the division. On
the other hand, defendants con
tend that they are entitled to a
credit for their pro rata shae
of the property and funds i'm the
poss. ssion of Stanley county at
the tame of the division. A
determination of this question
depends upon the Interpretation
Vi the language of the statute.
See ]. Ch 81, Laws Of 1909 pro
vldes that each county shall pay
rs just portion of the indebted
nes>. If pla ntiff s position is
correct, then the words just por-
ton have no meaning whatever
aasi could as well have been
omitted. Ii it had been the in
tent Of the Legislature to re-
quire each county to pay it's pro
rata share of the total indebted
D.es upon the lsasx of the said
appOrtionment, it could, and pro-
babIy would, have said SD in 50
In my words, and the words, just
portion, would have been wholly
Unnecessary. BY requiring each
county to pay its just portion
III the Indebtedness, we believe
the legislature meant that
each county should pay its pro
rata share of the legal indebted
ness after being allowed any
credit to which it might show it.
Self entitled. In other words.
there must be a settlement in
the nature of a general account