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PERRY TOWNSHIP.

Mrs. Asa Paddicord is now visiting
with relatives in Perry. la.
VIM. Burchheld. of Mimburn. Ia,
WAS a visitor at the Wm Balding
home recently.
Charles Kendall has purchased a
farm in Montana and expects to move
There in the spring
Mr.. and Mrs. sherman Lewis spent
Sunday of last week with Mr.. and
Mrs. Sam Parker.
The Ladies Social Hour club met
with Mrs. Frank johnson on We'd
nesday Afternoon. There were Is
members and guests present. After
The regular business, the company
was entertained by a few readings
and musical selections. \ delicious
lunch was served by the hostess. The
club adjourned to meet with Mrs.
Julian Dondelinger on October Is.
G. N. briggs is very i'll with
Brights disease and is not expectedto
recover.
Born. to Mr.. and Mrs. Blindauer,
on Monday, October 3, boy.
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lNIIE..IT AIRY DRILL.
AT NOTRE DAME.
FATHER O'FLAEiEsHTs- MAKES IN
NGNAT{GN 1T .tCAUilNlY-
81 THOMAS MEN IN
CHARGE.
Among the most Interesting /.

Among the most interesting inno-
yations that has taken place in 4
school in Mitchell WAS the intraduc-
'tion yesterday OF military drill among
the boys OF Notre Dame academy.
Father c. f. O'Flaherty mas just is
sued ar order that all boys between
8 and 5 years of age must assemble
III the gymnasium three times a week
from | to 1;3o p. IN. to be drilled in
the elements of military exercises
Although the innovation is as yet
only an experiment, it is the hope OF
Father OFlaherty, who is principal
OF the academy. that it will be one OF
the schools permanent features in the
instruction of the young men The
move has been under consideration
for some time and is right in line
with the preponderance of public
opinion is demanding at the present
time.
The academy has secured the ser
vices of DR.. w. A. Delaney and Wal
ter Tobin to act as administers. Both
were former officers in the famous
cadet corps OF St Thomas college. at
st. Paul. They have volunteered their
81 iCS9 WITHOUT pay III oiueF l!3t
the innovation may be given a thor
'ough trial.
Teh boys of the institution have
been divided up into two companies.
Company 4 is to be made up OF the
senior boys from . to Is Years;
while Company Il Will comprise those
from 9 to IL. The boys have entered
into the work with enthusiasm and
their parents have heartily endorsed
the move.
Il believe it an excellent aid to
physical culture" declared Father
O'Flaherty this afternoon. 1T in
stills sense OF order aud system in
to boys mind ana will serve to up
hold the old Catholic tradition that
ii is mans first duty to be ready
when needed for tho defense of his
country
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CROCUs is OUT
FOR FIRST ISSUE
liGH SCHOOL PUBLIC ATION RE.
FLECYS CREDIT ON iaDsTORS
MD ADVISOR.

obtaining q number of short stor
les good instal!nent OF high scAoo
news. and short articles upon the new
, members OF the facalty, the first is
sue of the "Crocus" the magazine oil
TIE high elool students is of the
paesa Of TNe Mitchell Publishing com
9any and has been distributed to the
subscribers.
The "De5atante" number. as th,
first issue is called, presents a much
improved appearance over the usua.
standard of high school magazines
Through tho Kindness of the schoo,
board. it has not been necessary to
solicit advertising for the paper and
this has improved the appearance ma
terialiy
The editorial work has been well
done for beginning number Prof
Lyman \. Fort. who has mad charge
OF the "Crocus" for the past two
years, is again faculty advisor, and
mas enabled the new editors to pro.
fit by the experiences of their predec
essors.
Miss Alice Warae is editor-in-chief
this year, and has for her assistant
Miss Rose Strong. Dwight Coursey il,
business manager and will be assist
ed by Glenn Hughes. The other staff
members are Katherine ZONES. Esther
Test Leo Coughlin Henrietta Mc[ art
ney, Carl Worthen, Vera Green. Sara
Corcolan Heaton Collins. Nellie
Jones, Katherine Erskine and Emmett
Hand
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subject The lhrecioid Glory OF the
Church aud IN the evening his sub
ject WAS lessons from the Feeding
of tAe Five Thousand. The attend
anco at the evening service was con
saerably Increased over previous
SUNDAYS NJ the morning service,
Mrs William Jennings Bryan of Lin
coin, Neb. Was in attendance and Was
heartily Welcomed Col. EMan Is an
eide. III his home church al Lincoln.
A. Il. Darling lett this afternoon
ON brief business trip to Wols"y
and other points in that vicinity.
Wan Kelley. The Mitchell youth
who is putting up strong fight for
this year, succeeded Saturday in
game, playing the entire time AT
hight end, the regular position OF
| Captsin Meyers. Kelley and Gucrn-
sey who played left end against
Lawrence college. are scheduled to
/ have a real battle for that position
Iduing til remainder OF the season,
with the adds slightly lavoring the
Mitchell boy. who held the post in
1 l9li.
| The regular meeting OF the wo-
Imam suffrage club viii be held in
the municipal court rooms at ESQ
O'Clock tomorrow afternoon
Verne Collinse, who PLAYED last
fail in the Wesleyan backield, was a
lmember OF the Brookines team whica
met The University al Minnesota sat
urday appearing in the Dakota line
up at right half
Mrs. II. Z. VIII, Mrs C. V. F'oN.
Mrs Carl Gaul and Mrs. " c. Lyle,
1 of Washington Springs, visited in inc
ctiy between teams this afternoon
ON their WAY hore from tho meeting
of the Moments Foreign Missionary
society, held at Sioux Falls.
The members of The Fourth South
Dakota regiment, stationed at san
Benito. have issued a call for foot
ball men and Z gridiron warriors re
sponded To the summons Soutb pa
lota should have football team
which should be as successful as its
| baseball team has been. there being
! FIVE members OF the Bookings team
and WALTZ and Smith from DAKOTA
Wesleyan in The regiment. in addi-
tlon To a number from other schools.
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An EARLY PEACE:
IS NOT EXPECTED
SOUTH DANoTANs BEAR FROM
FRIENDS IN TRENCHES
RAPID CITY WOMAN HAS
MANY RELATIVES IN
WAR,

Madison, S, ID. That the soldiers
IN the trenches of the Allies in the
European war do not look for an
early peace termination OF the war
is indicated by statements made in
a letter which Louis Molloy, a Lake
county man. has received from a
friend, John Perfect. who is fight
ing with the Entente forces in
France. Writing OF what they have
accomplished in the way OF driving
the Germans back, he says:
They have gone but a few miles.
but. with all the guns and shells,
it's a tough job. 1t is matter of
time, OF course, but we pray God it
will moi 30 through this winter" or
other features OF matters at the front
he writes:
THE Dublin Fusilliers joined us a
month ago. They have a bagpipe
band with them and, believe me.
when they blow on those things it
makes you want to die. ! have been
in the trenches now for eleven
months and have had about enough
of it. There is Il great difference
now in the war 10 what there was u
year ago. We have all the shells and
guns we want and we are having Il
good try TO blow the Germans out of
belgium
.scye,al E,r'a-..cs In.
1rs l If ID City,
alsG i. IA. iH @ great
war bGca"aa 49, ls es sery-
ing in the ~ % ID lies. She
has Just receive tttn, from her
brother, who is in the British army
in France.
Mrs. Green has three other broth
ers in the British array, two being
in France, one i'm India and the
other in Egypt She also has a
hrother-in-law lighting for England.
Two OF her brothers We're wounded,
but as soon as they recovered they
We're ordered TO the front again.
Her father and mother are living
in England and she states they are
very lonely with all their sons away
ia the army. In the letter just re-
ceived by her from one of her
brothers in France he writes very
bitterly of the war and declares it
has degenerated into nothing less
than murder.
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KENYON HAS Alright ToasAY L

Senator Kenyon of Iowa had a
right to say a good deal-as he did
i'm his Mitchell speech against the
extravaganza of the recent two-bil-
lion dollar session of congress. For
Kenyon got into the big headlines
all over the country at the time the
pork bill was up for consideration in
the Senate. And Kenyon trimmed
quite bit of fat out of the aforesaid
measure.
trouble to look up the town of Sun
Dance, Wyoming, for which it was
proposed to appropriate $4,000 for
a public building. He discovered that
it is so miles from a railroad and has
a total population of 25S people.
After he had exposed this rather
extreme instance of sheer waste of
public money, Kenyon was called up
on by another Senator, who warned
him that if he continued his habit
of attacking appropriations for pub
lie buildings, he wouldn't be able to
get any for his own state. Right there
Kenyon showed his real courage and
his sincerity at the same time. For
he said:
"All right. Just cut out the public
buildings for Iowa, if you wish. The
people of Iowa are an honest people
and guess when go home and tell
them about the graft in this public
buildings bill, they will be well
enough satisfied, without any new
public buildings"
Senator Kenyon made vehement
protest against the practice of con
gEessmen who, merely to get votes
in their districts, pool their votes TIC
mulct the public treasury out of mil
lions of dollars for public buildings
at every session of congress.
"God knows the Republicans were
bad enough, but the Democrats are
so much worse that it is a public
duty to turn them out" said Kenyon
And then" he added, "if the
Republicans don't do any better
turn them out too"
The best thing in Senator Kenyon's
speech was his assertion that "this
country has got to get rid of local
representation in congress" Kenyon
issin pursuit of one of the big evils
of, American government. Collective
extrRVagance Tor locSl enr1chmenl
has been motto with politicians OF
the more sordid or mediocre type
The time must come when they
should and will understand that, in
stead of gaining votes for them, prac-
tices of this kind win actually cost
them support. Any member of con
gress who will, secure for any town
or city in his district public build
ing better or bigger than called for
by the actual needs of the town
should be known as a CRATER, plain
and simple. For it is just as much
graft for congressman to take
money from the public treasury and
put it into public buildings to gel
votes for himself, as it would be fol
him to take money from the public
treasury and spend it on campaign
literature for himself
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party. and the whole country lew.
when Wilson Was nominated aud
later elected. that, ii BRYAN had ever
been able To make himself president.
he had proved himself real Mar
wick by making another man presi-
dent
Woodrow Wilson had never been
an admirer OF Col Bryan. He WAS too
much the frequenter OF scholastic
cloisters to. relish political adven-
turer like Bryan There can be no
question that it was the real Wilson
who . few years ago expressed the
wish that Bryan might be knocked
into cooked hat" SO, while Bryan
developed a manifest passion for Will
ison. there never was anything to in
dictate that Wilson entertained any
jsuch devotion toward the Nebraskan.
/ 1t appears Iow that it was to avoid
the appearance of ingratitude that
Wilson chose Bryan for his secretary
iof state. Certainly il was with no
Thought that he was in need of as
sistance from Bryan. When the war
developed tension with European
l,powers President Wilson calmly ig-
nored Bryan's underwriting prerog-
atives. retired Ito the privacy of his
Town study, wrote the communications
! CT this country to foreign capitals,
and attached the name of BRYAN to
tthem When one considers that Mr.
Bryan has for many years entertain-
ed positive convictions of his own
upon almost all public questions and
that he was three times offered for
the presidency by his party, the
course OF Wilson in arrogatng TO
! himself the responsibilities belonging
to Secretary Bryan could hardly be
made into a more cutting insult.
There was only one thing for Bryan
to 10, and he did it,
Moreover, Col. Bryan, presumably
with Mr.. Wilson'S consent, inserted
in the 1912 Democratic platform a
platform declaring against more than
zone term for presidents However, if
Bryan thought by this device to make
he was sadly mistaken.
Wilson has calmly ignored that
platform declaration, even though it
4 appeared to constitute a sort of pact
between him and Bryan.
So the record shows that Wilson
virtually forced Bryan from his cab
! met by refusing to him the rights all
iprecedents have conferred upon the
Office of secretary of state. and in
the present year has taken for himself
/ the presidential nomination which
BRYAN apparently intended to be re-
served for himself.
And. yet, in spite of all of this
/ Bryan is now on The stump for Will
sons reelection Is there ANYTHING
more elf-subordinating in all poll
] tica history than this spectacle? Is
it a tribute to Bryan. or to Wilson
when Bryan, bruised as he is by the
hard and heartless Wilsonian heel
nevertheless comes forward and APP
peals to his countrymen to continue
4 Wilson in the White House?
1t is a common saying that a faith
full dog will apparently love his mas
iter all the more for every kick
Bryan appears to be playing the part
of canine devotee to Woodrow Will
son in this campaign.
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The Corn Palace WAS success i'll
every respect and Hughes Will UNI
doUbtedlN be greeted by great
crowd when he arrives here on the
l7th. SO everybody ought to be
satisfied
That Mitchell is Included in the
itinerary of Mr.. Hughes is reeogn-
|tion of its Importance as a center. rs
lit is now understood, the plan is for
Mr. Hughes to speak at only three
points in South Dakota.
In this campaign, the importance
of the vote in such states as New
York. Massachusetts. New Jersey In
diana is realized as perhaps it has
never been before. Consequently each
of the major parties is centerins
most OF its efforts OIL those big doubt
full states which will undoubtedly de
termine the outcome of the election.
If the national Republican organiza-
ton regarded South Dakota as a real
lily doubtful state, it would no doubt
arrange for more of a campaign in
this state. As ii is, we in Mitchell
and the surrounding territory will be
glad to have the opportunity to heal
so great Il man as Mr.. Hughes has
become, whether or not he IS elected
to the presidency.
The writer had the pleasure OF
hearing Mr.. Hughes in the 1908 cam
paign and it was one of the most
worth while political experiences
which he has been privileged to have
Nj. Hughes has a personality that is
not soon forgotten and those who
fail to see and hear him will make a
mistake. His long and valiant tigh,
against the powerfully intrenched in
surance corruption in New York, in
which he defied the greatest money
powers OF the day, and his intrepid
courage as governor of New York in
putting through a practical system OF
regulating public utilities, champion
ing primary election law and out,
having various vicious eveils, arc
enough to make OF him one of the
great men the United States has pro
duced. And in the event of his cleo
ton as president he will no doub
add to that record by other illustrous
performances.
Let everybody in central South Da
kota be in Mitchell the forenoon oil
| Oct. 18th.
!
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THE SALOON AND BUSINESS.

California, as we'll as South Dako-
ia, is considering in this campaign
the adoption of statewide prohibi.
ton amendment. A good deal has
been said in that state about injury
to business being caused by the clos.
ing of saloons. The Los Angeles EX-
press sent inquiries into prohibition
states, addressed to bankers, mer-
chants, realty dealers, members OF
trade and commercial organizations,
city. county and state officials and
others, and these inquiries related
solely to the effect of the closing of
saloons upon business and crime. The
Kansas City Star summarizes the first
results as follows:
''Last week the Express printed a
page of testimony from Oregon,
Washington, Idaho, Arizona, Colo
RADIO, Kansas, Arkansas, Tennessee,
Georgia, and West Virginia. almost
without exception, men in every rank
of life in each of these states, includ-
ing men who formerly fought hard
against prohibition, believing it
would kill business, testified that the
closing OF the saloons had helped
business. Men who voted to retain
the saloon now would fight against
it.. restoration.
1.-THE Express finds that real es-
tate values have not been impaired
by. closing the saloons, but have been
helped. Buildings formerly occupied
by saloons came into demand almost
at once at good rentals, and stores
that before were empty soon came
into demand. The reason was that
large sums formerly wasted in drink
were diverted into regular channels
of trade. Trade in merchandise, food,
clothing increased, and the greater
part of this new trade was for cash.
Mitchell. knows something at first
hand of the relation of business to-
the saloon. Under local option, Nit
cIlell must meet the competition Of
nearby towns that license the selling
of liquor, and therefore the test
would appear to be more severe than
under statewide prohibition, placing
all the towns and cities of the state
ont the same footing as regards the
of the liquor traffic. And I
yet we all know here in Mitchell that
this city ,is better off in every business
way as a result of the closing of the
saloons. Right now, with three
splendid new business blocks in
course of erection, to meat the de- 4.
mandt for more quarters fof' snsinoss ;
concerns, 1t does not appear that Nit !,
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MIR. LYONS BUDGET PLAN.

w. III. Lyon, one OF the Minneiiaha
county Republican nominees for state
representative is trying to induce the
nominees for the legislature all over
the state, regardless of party aft
liations, to unite with the Minnehalla
county delegation in asking Gov
Byrne to submit budget for consid-
GRAFTON by the legislature. Mr. Lyon
made his race for the nomination up
on his advocacy of the budget system
for South Dakota, and he has received
not little support for his idea, both
among other candidates for the legis-
lature and among the newspapers OF
the state.
Neither the federal government nor
any state in the union has ever adopt
cd the budget plan of workin. OUT
appropriations. 1t is generally used
in the parliament of Europe. In
Great Britain, it is presented by the
rrlme minister and can be reduced.
hut not increased, by the legislative
body.
The budget system takes note of
the fact that administrative officers
spending all their time in the public
service, are more able to deterIliAe
the real needs of the different offices
and institutions than is any legisla-
tive committee serving for only few
weeks aud usually having no direct
knowledge of the actual requirements
they are supposed to satisfy
The present system is utterly vic
lous. The Republican has protested
against it again and again. The ex-
igencies Of politics at various times
in tho development of South Dakota
have resulted in the distribution of
state institutions to so many counties
in South Dakota, that the so-calleI
institutional counties send an easy
majority of the legislature to Pierre.
These members get together whom
ever they wish to do so, in the mat
ter of appropriations, agreeing to sup
port the claims of one another. and
there is no power in South Dakota
that can prevent their compact from
going through. No governor Will
this combination, for he
could be neither nominated nor elect
ed against their opposition. Not ONLY
does this Institutional combine alb
solutely dominate in the matter of
but it disposes of a
great d2&, Ct othe" legislation by its
sheer force Of nsiabcrs and by traaes|
for votes 10 make their program APP
pear to express the wish of the dsin-
terested members.
This combination between institu-
tlonal counties is the real ruler of
South Dakota. And its rule is based, |
not upon a desire to serve that cpm-
mon good, but upon mutual greed /
Tor the maximum of possible approp-
riations for the institutions in their
counties. A typical illustration Of
he extent to which this combination
viii go is found in the scheme of the
aberdeen normal to make of itself
second state university. This was
aud eventually frustrated by
Mr. A. f. Hitchcock, then member
II the state board of regents, after it
lad gotten pretty we'll under way.
Md the price paid by Mr.. Hitchcock's
uccessful efforts to save the STATED
rom the extravaganza and ineffi- (
iency that would have resulted from
dual university plan, was the loss ,
t his position.
Anything so powerful and so ruth ;
ass as this Institutional combine, let /
be said again ShOull hn hrokpn nm n
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TiNN I,NEEllNG CpHpS.

Trip. s ID. llneeling on chick
en- crate by his wagon on road three
miles west OF Trip, passersby discov-
cred the corpse of Ludwig Walker.
for many years prominent farmer
near here A eoroners inquest
brought in a verdict OF heart failure.
The deceased was born in Frieden-
stahl, South Russia, in 1859 and came
to America when he was thirty wars
old, He is survived by his Wife and
five children.
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WHOSE BLATANT MILITARIsM rs
THIS?

Who can tell how Elihu Root I'M
AGNES that a speech such as he de-
livered at Carnegie Hall Thursday
evening will be of benefit to Mr.
Hughes? He asserted in that speech :.
THE Wilson Administration has
had the opportunity to exhibit its
character to the world and it has
failed to carry conviction or to com
mand respect. In three fields of major
Importance affecting international
Iaffairs-the three great subjects with
which it has to dealt has shown
itself to be irresolute, and incom-
ipetent, and that is the Judgment of
I'the world. These three are the muir
der OF our citizens on the Lusitania,
the preparation of military and naval
force for national defence, and the
CHASTITY failure in Mexico"
AS for the submarine issue. Will
son not only made Germany discon-
tinue her practice of attacking pass
'enger vessels, but actually forced her
to make the altogether unreasonable
agreement that she would warn arm
ed belligerent vessels before attack.
ing them. On the other hand, he has
permitted Great Britain to continue
in every one of her numerous viola
tions of Am erican rights throughout
the war Would Mr.. Root have Mr..
Wilson become even more of a pro-
British and anti-German partisan
than he is?
Again, the recent session of con-
gress appropriated TWO THIRDS
I'OF A BILLION DOLLARS for the
army and navy. This is FIFTY PER
CENT MORE than any other country
not at war has ever appropriated for
purposes of preparedness, in all the
history of the world. What, in the
name OF heaven. does lSlihu Root
want? Does he want billion dollars
La year for the most inefficient of the
worlds military bureaus to squander
Or does he want two billions year?
Does he mean to represent that if
Hughes is made president, he will
champion an even greater waste of
public funds than has been commit
ted by the Democratic party? Whose
votes does he expect to get by such
talk? Is he laboring under the ce-
fusion that the munitions mauufac-
turers are the ones who will select
the presidential electors?
AS for Mexico, apparently Root is
dissatisfied because the administra-
ton has not done more than spend
5000, 000,0 600 to keep an army OH the
border to no useful purpose. A pro-
test may we'll be made, but not of the
kind in the mind of the former sec
rotary of state. Not in the spirit of
militarism, nor yet for purposes of
partisanship in foreign wrangles,
should be approach the problem of
restoring order and a competent gov
eminent in Mexico. If Wilson has dis
mally failed with Mexico, he at least
has not gone about the solution in
the wrong way.