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Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-08-10
Auditorium | ut Over
September; Lake R.
R. Dropped for Year
Railroad Project Dropped and Audi
toriun Postponed Until Fall for
Further Consideration.

At she hast meeting Of the council
the matter OF submitting the propesis
tion to Issue bonds to construct q rail-
road to the lake was Indefinitely post
poned and the question Of an audi
itorium was postponed until Septena-
Der.
1T appears that it was the opinion
of the council, after having given the
proposition thoughtful consideration,
that the railroad project was not fea
,sib'e, for the present, at least,
Mr. j: B. Hanten made an arg gunla4,t
before the council a week ago, during
which he reviewed the railroad mat.
fer from various angles, and protest.
ed quite vigorously against building
a road TO the lake.
Auditorium.
The directors of The Chamber of
Commerce, having given the railroad
question consideration for some tine,i
had also reached the conclusion that
the project better be deferred and sa
recommended to the council The
council, therefore. by unanimous vote,
postponed further consideration.
Is But with regard to the auditorium.
it was thaMght that the council IN
September, to which date the consid,
GRAFTON was postponed, is likely 10
submit the proposition to the people
of the city, although this was not
definitely determined in the councils.
motion to postpone the matter litttii
the first Monday in September.
Lisease for Mccormick.
BY unanimous vote a permit to sell.
Intoxicating liquors was granted to
Patrick Mccormick, whe recently
purchased the John Petit saloon
This license will not increase the nuIs.
Der Of saloons in the city, s
Permission was granted Ed Eafnm
to place cluster lights around tie cor
ner in front Of the Owsley store
The park board requested an appro-
priation of $500 for parks st,r The
ensuing year.
Alderman Balsiger called attention
to the fact that poll taxes were not
ley.ed last year and asked that the
matter be looked into for the coming
Year. The matter was referred 70 the
finance committee for nvestiga! ion.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-08-10
CASE OF HUGHES.
Not Been an office-seeker in Any
Sense Of Word.

II 4 q
II Mr. 9u shes becomes president,
his career to the date Of his inaugn-
ration will have been as strange as
was that of Roosevelt until he became
president
Whereas Roosevelt sought Office and
power, made their pursuit his life
work in fact, Mr.. Hughes sought no
office and took no more interest in
politics than that taken by any con
scientious voter. Mr.. Hughes was a
devotee Of his profession, in whose
practice he excelled He entered the
limelight Of public interest incident
ally. The insurance investigation he
conducted as a lawyer; he had no eve
on its political possibilities He de-
clined to be mayor Of New York city,
and became governor Of New York
state because he couldn't well avoid
his manifest duty. i
AS governor he scored, not only in
a statewide but nationwide sense.
What he did, made him the logical
successor of Roosevelt. But he was
rejected in favor of Taft, and his
chance to be president seemed finally
gone. Then he accepted a nominal
tion for the supreme court. And po-
litical observers were certain that he
had destroyed every remaining chance
for political preferment
1t consorts with his whole previous
life to assume that he was content
to be q member Of the most august
court in the world. S 10 is consistent
with all his actshis declaration that
be did not want the presidential norni-
nation. 1t is reasonable to believe
that he undertakes the responsibility
more as q matter of duty, although
IT is fair To ascribe to him natural
human ambition Anyhow, the man
has been called ont OF his political re-
tirement. Leadership has been thrust
upon him
Every chance has found t*lae man
prepared for his opportunity his vi ii
7drn, his judgment clear, his intellect
capable. his character sound ii the.
man has been called he mas answered..
Fortune Perhaps But chiefly
prepare Tedness. How many lawyers il,
New York City ID 1905. pray, could
have conducted that Investigation as
Hughes did Very few. Not mother
maybe How many politicians elect.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-08-10
Three States Represented.

2
The three states of North Dakota,
Minnesota and South Dakota are rep
resented in the convention
Besides the addresses of Mr.. Mar.
tin and Mr.. Morgan, President John
B. Hanten discussed salesnanship, and
Harry o'Brien. state insurance com
missioner, gave. an interesting talk, as
did Edwin Boeder on field work.
Among those appearing on the
printed program for addresses are the
following; DR.. H M. FInnerud, q. q.
Carl, 2. D. LACY, u j. Pietz,. Ellsworth
jenkins, |. H. Fanset, w. P. Robeson,
T. A. Campbell and others
Dine at tianten,s
Yesterday afternoon was spent at
the lake, concluding with a fish dinner
at the lakes shore horae of Hon gohn
B. Hanten.
Among those registered the first
day OF the convention are the follow.
ing:
From Minnesota Grover Barring, G.
E. Wilson and wife, DR.. Schmidt, Ed
win Boeder and wife, r. w. Boeder
Z, D Snyder, w. r Morgans
From South Dakota-E Lindouist
and wife, Miss Rgenmyer, q. n, Carl
G. K. Kundert, ]. H. FanseH, ]. ]
Fox, ". b. Morris, w. r. Baiser a
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-08-10
Bremen Lost at Sea
in Journey to U s.,
Is Report from Berlin
Deutschland's Sister Ship Goes to the
Bottom q the
Ocean. x.

IS s-
The second undersea merchant imam.
TO follow the Deutschland. was lost
at sea, according to reports from Bers
lin
1t seems that some accident hap
pened to its machinery and the boat
went to the botsom of the sea,
4 II had been reported that the allies
had ca aptured or sunk it, but London
denied that any of It's fleet had even
sighted it.
It will be recalled that the Deutsch.
land waited several days after it was
practically prepared to depart seem
irgly in hopes that the Bremen would
be heard from
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-08-10
Dakota Life Agents
Meet in Watertown;
A 3-Day Conventions
Agents Having Convention in This City
Enthusiastic Buach Of,
Live Wires.

The agents of the Dakota Life are
sharing the honors of owning the
town this week with the electrical
men
The session opened Tuesday morn
ing with an address of welcome by
Hon. ]. w. Martin, vice president OF
the company. and a response by w. T.
Morgan of Pipestone, Minn.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-08-10

inglyy in hopes that the Bremen would
be heard from,
APPLEsY.
Most Of our 1raers spent sunday
in the harvest field
M II John Jutting had the misfortune
to lose q FIVE hundred dollat, horse last
week from collie.
Misses Clarinda Conner Cartherine
Gusack and IIilda LwakwaIk, were
Sunday visitors at the A scharn
home.
Mr. John Jutting is the owner OF q
new Overland car.
Mr. Charles Lent was a visitor at
the r. Schulz home Sunday.
Miss otiliga strege and Miller Rey-
nolds were married last Tuesday at
the German Lutheran church. The
groom is a we'll known young man OF
this section and the bride is a young
woman OF Watertown. They will make
their future home on the grooInss s
farm. The wedding reception was held
al the groom's home. The young cou-
pie received many beautiful presents
We wish them a happy and prosper.
Ions welded life.
Miss Belle White. OF Castlewod, was
q Sunday guest with Miss Clarinla
/ Conner
Fifteen of Miss irene Zerfas friends
helped her celebrate her thirteenth
birthday anniversary Monday evening
Th time was spent in playing games
until about six o'clock when supper
was served on the lawn.
/ Misses Carrie and Mabel Schulz
We're shoppers in Watertown Tuesday
HENRY.
| The Misses Nellie and Lucy Riley
( after two months visit with friends
and relatives in Minnesota and wis
eonsin, returned home Saturday even
| ing.
Mrs Bert Gosgrove came the firs1
of the week from Minneapolis for 4
visit with the Cosgroves here.
fl. A. Sasse's father, from ReyilIo
made him a visit a few days last
| week.
Milton Mckay came Saturday ev
i#ening from Hitchcock and VISITED
Lover Sunday with friends.
Mrs Patterson, from ST. Paul, j,
visiting her son, Jim, and family fol
! "a short time.
Mr.. and Mrs. n. IA. Sasse and Treva
departed early Wednesday morning
for Mitchell, where Mr sasse will at
tend the druggists convention while
Mrs. Sasse and Treva will visit friends
E Sister Thomas and Sister Richard
OF Rochester, visited with the Misses
Anna and Catherine Riley Friday ey,
iening. le
Mrs Arldrus and Lola went to Ray
lmond Tuesday morning for few days
| visit with friends.
The Henry Giants expect to play
ball Sunday at the outlet against the
WATERFOWL All stars 4
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1916-01-28
The Londonderry Sitter
TERMS: S1.OO A YEAR
GEORGE G.. DIXON,
Editor and Publisher.
South Londonderry, Vermont.
MT Entered at the Post-of6ce at So. Lon
donderry as second class matter.
South Londonderry, Vermont.

March meeting Will soon be mere
and we may as we'll be posted as to
two state issues to be settled then
and there, namely adoption or re-
lection of the direct primary system
of making political party nomina-
ton or of leaving it, as at present,
wholly in the hands of the bosses
and political quacks and grafters.
Then it will also be up to the voter
to say whether we shall retain the
present local ,option liquor law or
abandon it for state wide prohibit
ton. In other words shall we dis
card law that is reasonably we'll
enforced and fly to one whose ett1-
cheney is wholly in the air or worse
still in the hands of the legislature.
Can we trust it? It might set us
back to the state of affairs when
States Attorneys could compromise
with violators by exacting promise
that they would cease selling and
accepting a plea Of guilty to two or
three offenses with its five or ten or
fifteen dollars fine. Often the seller
would keep right ON with the traffic
and make enough to pay his fine
during court procedure. Under the
present law the penalty is drastic
entailing a fine Of three hundred dol
lars for each offense. This precludes
a plea of two or three sales. Six or
nine hundred dollars are not picked
off the bushes every day by the
common violator to say nothing OF
the bootlegger. Should we vote
prohibition will we have any assur-
ance of any such efficiency to tide
the law over? Not a bit of it, in
deed there is no probability of it.
The reverse is the more likely to
happen. Every little half baked
pettyfogger, and our state is full OF
them, will be opposed, for they each
will want a finger in the pie and
these are the kind we usually trust
to make our laws. We are ashamed
to admit this but it is an everlasting
fact.
In view of these facts The Sitter
is firm in the belief that we should
vote no to this proposition and hold
fast to all we have, and not let our
hatred of this traffic run away with
our brains and thus loose all we
have gained by years of expert
menting with this vexatious prob
lem.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1916-01-28

No more singing rebuke has been
dealt the hyphenated Americans
than that of Mr.. Roosevelt at Phil
adelphia when he said: "The man
who loves other nations as much as
he does his own country stands on a
par with a man who loves other
women as much as he does his own
wife. The United States can ac-
complish little for mankind save in
so far as within its borders it de-
velops an intense spirit of Ameri-
canism. Once it was true, as Lin
coin said, that this country could
not endure half free and half slave.
Today it IS true that it cannot
endure half American and half
foreign. "-Brattleboro Reformer.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1916-01-28
N. j. HAPGOOD,
PERU, VERMONT
"Son of Man" From Book of Enoch,

"Son of Man" From Book of Enoch.
There is a general impression that
prophetic writing had ceased in Israel
from the time of the Old Testament to
the Gospels; hl in fact there was a
continuous though diminishing flow of
it. The Jews had no profane history
All their writings were accounts of
God in his dealings with them either
as individuals or as a nation. Books
of this kind, bringing the story Of Is
rael down to his own time, were in
circulation and had been read by
Jesus; he quoted from them; from
the book of Enoch he took the title
which he very early began to apply
to himself: The Son of Man.-From
THE Man Jesus" by Mary Austin In
the North American Review.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1916-01-28

you dry clothes and told us to go
and play on the lawn.
Then our school days, how its re-
collections press upon US. 1t would
take volumes were I to write them
up. How we we're disappointed
when the teacher would not allow
us to sit together. And that Jones
boy, who pushed you into the mud
puddle and ran up and hit him on
the nose and made the blood run,
and the teacher punished me for it
and that made you cry.
You remember old black Mary
who lived with her master chow hate
full that word sounds to us today
near our homes. She always had a
nice word for us. Her skin was
black, but underneath it was a great
big heart that warmed to us white
childers.'
And our visit, out mile or more,
to Aunt Polly Burns. Didn't we
have royal time? The dear old
soul She feasted us on all the
goodies she had, cookies, cakes and
great luscious pears, plums and cher
ries. She took us out to see her
flowers, her new born calf and her
poultry. You laughed and laughed
to see the little ducklings waddle
along with their great fiat feet and
but we must stop. Our space is
used up.
In this way our young lives were
spent. And in looking over these
scenes we see nothing to regret.
We.built character to endure. While
hatred, envy and spite must die,
love will continue through all eter-
niJy.
Common opinion in this village
places the Mother of Mercies, that
John sketched two weeks ago. upon
the shoulders of Mrs. 0. S. Stuart.
She can deservedly bear it-a grand
good woman without any fuss or
feathers.
But are there not others, any
where in the field of the Sitter?
f Rev. 0. NJ. Boutwell,, who died
few months ago at his home in Ell
more. willed 500 to the village
cemetery at hyde Park.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1916-01-28

turn it-no easy thing, as the experience of
1908 and long period of agitation preceding
it demonstrated.
g. The Perry act, though cleverly clothed in
the garb of Esau, is in fact the voice of Jacob,
for these reasons, among others:
a. 1t affords no legal way in which malt of
sprituous liquors can be procured for any
purpose whatsoever within the state of Yer
mont excepting hard cider by the barrel
Cleft in to catch the votes of the farmers).
b. 1t not only withdraws from towns the
right to decide the question of saloons but it
withdraws from them the right TO decide
whether they will have druggists licenses
where liquor may be procured on physicians
prescription, according to the act of 1912.
c. By placing Vernon, under prohibition it
is automatically putting it under the operation
of the Webb Kenyon federal law which gives
federal officials authority to interfere with and
stop the shipment of liquors into dry states.
placing upon consignees the burden OF prov
ing that liquors seized are to be used for egit-
innate purposes.
d. While not denying that there are proper
or legitimate uses for liquor, it is affordng no
source whatsoever for their supply, as the old
prohibitory law, did through the town
agency.
Let no one be deceived. If the voter is abb
solutely uncompromising toward intoxicants
in any form and under any circumstances, lex
cept hard cider) he should favor the Perry
act. But no one should support it under the
delusion that he has merely assisted in spread
ing the no-license mantle over the whole of
Vermont. If he does he will later learn his
mistake.
In our opinion, citizen may honestly and
consistently oppose the saloon or the legalizing
of beverage traffic anywhere in Vermont; he
may even prefer statewide prohibition with
provision for the sale of alcoholics for neces-
sary purposes to the present local option sys
tenn, without in either case feeling compelled
to accept the Perry act as test of his temper
ance sentiment In so far as this act pretends
to pose for what it is not, we shall try to UNI
mask it.
OPTION LEAGUE
White Rive Junction, VT
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1916-01-28

Mr.. and Mrs. W. III. Miles have
issued invitations for reception to
be held at their home in Townshend
Januaryt26, in observance of their
golden wedding anniversary.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1916-01-28

The people of the state of Georgia
have been again made happy by
breaking into Jail and taking out
five negroes and hanging them.
The victims were suspected of muir
der. 1t only requires suspicion to
arouse the anger OF the brave whites
of that delectable state. Georgia is
sowing to the winds and she is per-
fectly sure of the reaping, and it
will be the whirlwind. The reaping
as naturally follows the sowing as
the day follows the night.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1916-01-28

The gypsy moth is nearly extinct
in Vermont, according to experts
who have been studying the situa-
ton in the eastern part of the state.
A few were found in Bradford and
Corinth.
Blood poisoning has developed in
the case of Thomas Haskins of I'm
derhill Center, who cut one thumb
slightly while butchering hogs sever
al weeks ago, and his condition is
serious.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1916-01-28
@'Perry Act JOkerS'
Under this Heading the Randolph Herald and News prints
the following EDITORIAL which should be read by
every voter in the State.

1t is frequently said by those who favor the
adoption of statewide prohibition as provided
by the Perry act to be submitted next March
that this measure merely extends to the whole
state the benehcence of no license it now
exists in towns that go dry. The Perry act,
we are told, means the same thing would
local option if every city and town in Vermont,
under the present system, were to vote no at
the annual March meeting.
This assumption is not correct, either in
principle or fact. The Perry act is not fairly
represented when its sponsors claim it to be
simply another form of local option and voters,
whatever their final stand the question,
should not be misled into this opinion
specting it. The Perry act is in fact far
more stringent state prohibitory law than
the one repealed IN 1903. The promoters OF
it, instead Of framing a measure of their own,
adroitly took the so called Clement law and
cut out the local option feature entirely, which
was and is the basic principle of the present
liquor system of Vermont. This act they
would have Vermont adopt under the i'm
preston that the good results flowing from the
mauy local decisions rendered annually against
opening saloons will be achieved for the state
at large by a single verdict.
There CAN be no compromise between the
two principles of statewide prohibition and
local option Any attempt to make it appear
that the Perry act merely makes Vermont go
took independent action that way is distinctly
misleading. And for these reasons:-
I. 1t is legisating away from each city and
town of the state the right, recognized by the
present law, to decide whether it will have
saloons or will not. This may be correct and
proper, but it is not local option any form
of it. In fact it is a square denial of that
principle. 1t is setting up the right of some
towns to decide the question of the saloon not
only for themselves but for all the towns.
2. 1t is putting away the annual submission
of the question to the people and setting up in
its stead a permanent no that cannot be
changed by the people until such time they,
under the peculiar system of legislative repre-
sentation that prevails in Vermont, can over
VERMONT LOCAL
Raymond Trainor Sec
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1916-01-28

Don't try to eat your cake and
keep it to.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1916-01-28

Don't expect to abuse everybody
and have friends.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1916-01-28

Use your husband as we'll as yo
would a dog and mark the eject.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1916-01-28

Act square; you cannot afford to
be crooked. ELDER BOWEN.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1916-01-28

Look a man in the eye when you
talk to him.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1916-01-28

Pay cash today and you can get
trust tomorrow.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1916-01-28
sAXEMS" BY ELDER BOWEN.

Use your wife as you use other
wimin and she probly will remain
your friend.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1916-01-28

Pay for your newspaper, if yor
want few notices of your death in
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1916-01-28

Rev. o. NJ. Boutwell,, who died
few months ago at his home in FL
more. willed 500 to the village
cemetery at hyde Park.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1916-01-28

A brave front often saves you a
whipping.
Give honest weight and measure
and you can demand the same.
Never write a mean letter it will
always be agenst you.
The respect of dog is better than
the bite.
Never carry a loaded gun and
save all accidents.
Be honest and fear no man.
Act square; you cannot afford to
be crooked. ELDER BOWEN.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1916-01-28

Be honest and fear no man.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1916-01-28

Never carry loaded gun and
save all accidents.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1916-01-28

Never write a mean letter it will
always be agenst you.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1916-01-28

The respect of dog is better than
the bite.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-09-16

single speech and who was content
simply to indorse unqualifiedly the
president IS Mexican policy, has beat
en- Colquitt by lead estimated at s5,.
900. Colquitt lost every
large city and almost every county in
the state. Out of 256 counties, he car
ried but 90; and every county even
along the Mexican boundary except one
voted for Culberson and Wilson
Texas could have repudiated Wilson s
Mexican policy without placing re-
publican in office; it could have gone
on record as indorsing the views of Mr..
Hearst and Senator Fall Of New Mexico
without in the least endangering the
supremacy of the Democratic party, or
even denying to Mr.. Wilson the elect
oral vote of the state in the November
election. 1t was a wonderful opportun-
ity for the greatest of the border states
to condemn the refusal to recognize
Huerta or to denounee the shameful
failure to protect American lives and
property in the adjoining country. In
stead OF going on record to that effect
Texas has just given Wilson vote of
confidence, just as almost any other
state in the country would do if the
Mexican question could be voted on
without being dedeviled by an opposi-
tion party's keen desire to regain the
presidency.
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