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NEW HOMESTEAD
BILL BIG HELP
WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA MUCH
INTERESTED in MEASURE
UP BEFORE CONGRESS-
in DEG ENlRER.

Pierre. S. D. South Dakota mem
bers OF congress who are in the state
during the congressional recess re-
BORT that it practically is assured that
}he 640-acre homestead bill will be
into law during December.
The passage of this hill will mean
much to western South Dakota and
will result i'm practically all of the
agricultural land OF that section be-
ing entered and cultivated
When Congress reassembles in De
cember the amendments made by the
United States Senate either will be
in or disagreed to. In case
of concurrence the bill will become
a law Immediately upon approval by
President Wilson. If the House does
not concur in the amendments. the
result will be conference to adjust
the difficulty between the two houses.
The information that the bill is
certain of passage before the close
of December will be good news to the
residents of western South Dakota.
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THE PANIC OF 1854.

Does the country remember that
President Wilson attracted a great
deal of attention to his ability in
phraseology when he commented
upon the business panic which
had pretty we'll developed in the
second year of his administration?
1t was then that he endeavored TO
comfort the hundreds of thousands
of idle workmen by assuring them
that they We're suffering from a psy-
Geological depression :
H. N. Gardner, writing for the
current Outlook, declares:
Not since the beginning of Presi-
dent Cleveland's second term has the
industrial depression in this country
been more marked and rapid than
that which began about September /,
1918. That this was stayed to con-
siderable extent by the exceptionally
good agricultural conditions has al
ready been noted; but even good
crops could not fill the mouths of
the families of--hundreds of thous-
ands of voorhees, workingmen with
whom the country teemed by the
early months of 1914"
MI. Gardner states that during the
year beginning June 1, 1914, he tray
eled widely over much of the more
important manufacturing sections of
he country, i'll work that requir-
"a that he should make canvass
q aaustrial conditions.
u are some of the definite facts
alea' panic of 1913 and 1914
as So = Mr.. Gardner:
e. ln and July, 1914, the panic
lad redai'na a state Sc that the man.
lfactulia < of the country was be-
.wcen GO ana IS per cent of normal.
From tie beginning of 1914 until
nearly a year after the European
WIZ began. the steel industry was
rom twenty to forty per cent below
r, T1..lae,,- !, ..:.:t.l :., IL. !
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-10-26
SUES FOR HEIRS
TO BIG ESTATE
JENNIE HUNTER BRINGS ACTION
AT MADISON FOR NuLWAU-
KEE CHILDREN IN REV
NOLDS ESTATE.


Madison. s. D.-Judge j. w.
Jones, of Sioux Falls has opened a
term of circuit court for Lake coun-
ty in Madison. A number of import
ant cases are to be disposed of dur
ing the term. One OF the most inn
portant cases to be tried is that of
Jennie S. Hunter and others against
Wellington R. Reynolds. to recover
from the estate of ellison S. Rey-
nolds, deceased, for two children.
who are said to be direct heirs of
ellison S. Reynolds.
1t is said the two children have
been living at Milwaukee, Wis. The
involved in the suit in the
Lake county circuit court is said to
be in the neighborhood of $4,000.
There already have been several
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-10-26
WHAT AMENDMENT NO. 3 MEANS

Put in few words, this is what
will be meant by vote in favor of
Measure No. 8, on the South Dakota
constitutional amendment ballot, re-
lating to revenue and finance, to be
voted on Nov. 9TH:
1t will be a vote
To exempt your money in the bank
from taxation.
TO exempt from taxation the cred
it you have secured at the bank by
signing a note, which, of course,
would be taxation. not of anything
you own, but of debt you have con-
tracted.
To enable South Dakota farmers
to continue borrowing money at the
same rate as paid in nearby states,
instead of paying in addition to the
6 per cent usually charged, about 3
per cent more for taxes.
To prevent double or triple tax
alton of mortgaged farms in South
Dakota.
To enable the state to tax the
franchise values of public service
corporations.
To empower the state to levy
gross earnings taxes against public
service corporations.
To reform and reorganize the
whole system of assessment, along
the same lines as have already been
worked out in Iowa, Minnesota and
Wisconsin.
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SEND BALLOTS
TO MILITIA BOYS
BLANKS BEEN PREPARED AND
SENT OUT FROM PIERRE
GIARDSNIlIN MUST REGIS
TER BEFORE VOTING.

Pierre. S. D.-The necessary
blanks have been prepared and for
warded to the South Dakota regiment
at San Benito. Texas, to allow the
soldier residents Of this state to make
applications for ballots to vote at
the election two weeks from Tues
day.
Attention is called to the fact that
to allow these men to vote it is nee
essary to see that their names are
properly registered on registration
day, Tuesday, October so. There
would be no possibility Of >swearin ;
in such votes, and they must be reg
istered to allow the judges of cleo
ton to receive the ballots. and it is
rp to the friends of the soldiers on
the front to look after the registra-
ton feature.
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RUMAN1A's QUEST FOR LOOT.

King Ferdinand of Rumania has
issued an appeal to the Entente all
lies to save his country from the fate
of Serbia and Belgium. He fears the
Teutonic allies will completely over
run his country.
Rumania watched the horror and
the dreadful waste of the European
war for two years. She witnessed its
frightfulness from Il nearby view
point. Her own neutrality was
scrupuloHsly respected. There was at
No time danger of its violation. She
was enjoying unusual prosperity
through the sale of her crops and
wares to Germany. Ferdinand in his
latest statement, admits that Ruman-
ia owes much to German assistance
in the development of her industries,
And then he goes on to acknoM .sdge
IN cold blood. that Rumania entered
the war to fulfill her national as
pirations'' That is a polite way OF
saying that she went into the war
for territorial ACKNOWLEDGEMENT She
wanted Austrian Pennsylvania. Moth
ing but greed animated her in ell
tering the war and she admits that
in pursuit of greed she turned
against her best friend among the
nations
Now, for such as the Belgians and
Serbians who could not be said to
have courted war, there is much SYM
pathy. But how can the world SYM
pathize with a people who watch the
war for two years, know all the hor-
of on6 }hop 1plihprata1V mart
cipate in it solely for the loot that
might be their portion?
In the case of Rumania, as in the
case of any other of the belligerents
actuated by similar motives-as, for
example. 1taly-it would be only
poetic justice if the war should re-
suit in their impoverishment instead
of their enrichment. If there is any
thing in this twentieth century that
ought to be punished, in the way OF
national conduct, it is resort to the
5arbarous practice of killing people
in order to gain some of their pos
sessions.
For the Rumanian people them
selves there can and will be sym
pathy, as for any of the people them
selves of any of the belligerent coun-
tries. But for the leaders of Ru-
manian thought and those respon-
sible for Rumanian government, who
have brought he Rumanian people
into the shadow of a great diaster
there can and will be no sympathy
but only the most contemptuous de
nunciation.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-10-26
OBITUARY.
AARON II. EL!.sWoRTH.

Woonsocket Herald: After a
painful illness of over two weeks
with abscess of the brain. Aaron
r. Ellsworth passed away Tuesday,
October 10, at his home in Warren
township Funeral services We're
conducted Thursday at l O'Clock p.
NJ. in the Methodist church in this
city, Rev Hughes OF Alpena. Off
ciating. The remains will be inter-
red in Eyentide cemetery
Aaron r. Ellsworth was born in
Jasper county. Iowa. May s, 1852,
age OF 81 years, 5 months and 2
days. at the age of two years he
came with his parents to White
Lake, South Dakota. and later to
Mitchell. He was married February
20, 1904. at Plankinton, to Miss
Carrie Sayille. Three children We're
born to this union who. with their
mother, are left to mourn the
death OF the husband and father.
Deceased is also survived by his
father. mother, three brothers and
two sisters.
aIr. Ellsworth and his estimable
family came here two years ago from
FAN River county where they had
been living on their homestead. buy
ing the farm which was his nome at
the time OF his death. During his
brief residence in the community Mr.
Ellsworth. through his upright and
friendly manner, won a wide circle
OF friends all of whom join with the
bereaved relatives i'll mourning his
untimely demise.
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ernment is now administered, except
to return to the dependency IN
Which the United States was envelop-
ed when the war came along and
thrust prosperity upon us?
The principle of protection is now
in operation in every substantial ma
ton in the world except the United
States. Even Great Britain has at last
abandoned her devotion to free trade
and has definitely and permanently
and finally gone over TO the practice
of protection With our gates down,
and with every other market in the
world effectively guarded by PRO
TECTIVE tariffs, what could the
United States do to escape disas-
trous panic?
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FOOTBALL DOPE
EASY TO FIGURE
WESLEYAN ONIN STATE SCHOOL
TO MEET NERMlILlON AND
NANIITON ONI4N ONE TO
Plan BROOkINGS.

Saturdays battles in the South l)a-
kota football lists will result in the
virtual elimination of all but two OF
the contenders for state honors and
will afford an opportunity to gage
the strength of these remaining two,
by comparing their scores against the
University of Minnesota.
On Northup field in Minneapolis
the Coyotes and Gophers will meet
in their annual clash. While the Yer
million eleven is much more confident
since the recent Wesleyan slaughter,
it is generally conceded that its
chances for Il victory over the team
is lated to capture the conference
honors are very meagre.
At the same time. it is freely pre-
dicted that the state university Will
make a more creditable showing than
did Brookings. who took A to
defeat upon the same filed on October
Z. The com parative strength of the
two state schools can only be guaged
by their showing against Minnesota
as they did not meet this year. the
first time this has happened in many
seasons.
soliVulN dHktOli succeed III tul II
ing the trick against Bookings Sat
urday, the question of championship
would be a hard one to decide. for
Wesleyan is the only state school
that was given a place on the state
'.uiversity's schedule this year. Doubt
less the scores OF Nankton and Yer
million against the Methodists would
then be the basis of calculation.
However, it must be admitted that
the Congregationalists have little
chance against the strong eleven
which Coach Harry Ewing has whip
ped together.
Wesleyan and Aberdeen Normal
are already out of the running the
former taking 50 to o drubbing by
Nermillion last Saturday, and the
latter being showed under by Yank-
, ton early in the season. Huron and
the teachers meet Saturday and ii
the Aberdeen squad holds the Pres
byterian eleven to close score, am
other school will be dropped from
championship calculation.
Sioux Falls college tied Huron Q
. to 0 on the latter's field last Saturday
, and Saturday meet Western Unior
college of lie Mars, la. Although the
, Baptists ara still in the running, ii
is probable that their encounter witt
: Wesleyan later in the season will
) settle their hopes.
The Rapid City school of Mines i.
not putting out an eleven this year
and this fact makes computation
t some easier. The Miners have spoiled
many a perfectly good dope sheet b,
: erratic playing against Mifferen
/ schools in the state and while thei
withdrawal from football circles i
: regretted. claims to the premier posi-
t ton are figured more easily wthou
i them.
5 Wesleyan will rest this week in al
f attempt to get into shape for
, hard struggle with Mornin sside tn
, following Saturday. Morningside, du
e to the % to 6 defeat last year j
5 anxious for revenge on the Method
: lists and with the weakest team il
, years Wesleyan will doubtless b
/ forced to bow to the Iowa schools dc
a sires.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-10-26
GOVERNOR NAMES NEW
BENNETT COUNTY JUDGE

Pierre, S. D.-Governor Byrne
has appointed M. NJ Robertson as
county judge of Bennett county to
fill the vacancy caused by the resig-
nation of w. E. Hooper.
The Republican Hughes county
committee has selected j. NJ. Starkey
to fill the vacancy on the ticekt made
by the death of Haakon Pierson,
nominee for county treasurer.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-10-26
NEW COMPANY
FOR THE FIFTH
FRED u. MEYER is PROBABLE
CAPT -ElN-AlcLanshlin and
TOElN NAMED FOR LIEU
TEN ANGLES.

With only few details of the
mastering to be completed. Mitchells
new militia company is practically
in final form and ready to take its
place IN the newly-formed Fifth regi-
ment OF South Dakota infantry. When
the details are completed. the com
pany will have strength of so men
or over.
The work ofmustering in the men
has been done in the office of DR. r..
c. Verne. where they are being Civ
Ell their physical examination. Capt.
A. d. Aldlich. of Sioux Falls, has
been the officer IL charge and has
administered the oath to the men,
which makes them members of the
national guard and the federal ser
vice.
The number of recruits is some
what smaller than had been expected
but the strength will be rapidly in
creased in the next few days. In TWO
weeks the officers expect rs men,
and the minimum enlistment OF 100
should be reached within month.
The officers who have been recon-
mended are Fred Z. Mayer. captain
j. d. Mclaughlin, first lieutant. and
Walter d. Tobin, second lieutenant.
The non-commissioned officers Will
not be appointed now The men will
be given six weeks to prepare for ex-
aminations and those passing with
the highest grades will be given the
positions.
The selection of an armory has not
been made yet. but it will be done
soon in order that the drill workmay
commence at once. There is a strong
possibility that the city hall auditor
INN will aooir l,a IsaI for +btS nur
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-10-26
SNOW ~ BRULE.

kimball, S. D.-A snowstorm set
in here early last evening and con-
tinued for most of the night drift
ing country roads and making them
almost impossible today.
G. T. Sanders. the cattleman,
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pose.
Capt. Alorich left this afternoon
for Bf!'ton, where he will muster in
a company. From there he goes to
Greton. Peeyer, Clark, and Water
town, and then goes to the Black
Hills. 1t is probable that he will re-
turn to the city to inspect the com
pany upon the completion of its mus
tcring rOll
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-10-26
George HI. Marquis

are moving freely once more.
We have handled them Is years.
We have an Office at either end Do
,on wish to buy or SEM
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-10-26

King Ferdinand OF Rumania has
issued an appeal to the Entente all
lies to save his country from the fate
of Serbia and Belgium. He fears the
Teutonic allies will completely over
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-10-26

law so requires. that all proper
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-05-19
SUCCESS IN RAISING COTTON
Much Depends on Care With Which
Planting Seed 10 selected--Good.
Rules to Follow.

(By DIR. H. B. BROWN, Mississippi Ex
pertinent Station.)
Success in cotton growing depends
largely upon the care with which the
planting seed is selected. II the Sc
lection is haphazard the variety will
lose its good qualities in few years.
In order to secure good seed for this
years crop, farmers who did not care
fully select seed from their own fields
last fall should buy seed from a re-
liable dealer. With this pure seed to
start with, still better strains can then
be developed by selection.
In improving seed, however, the fol-
lowing cautions will need to be OBJ
served:
/. The plants produced from the
seed of any one stalk will vary.
2. BY crossing with plants in a
nearby field hybrid is produced,
which is likely to have short lint and
small bolls.
8. Seeds of various kinds are likely
to become mixed at the gin, and care
is necessary to prevent the seed of one
bale from mixing with those from the
bale ginned just before. and the one
ginned just after 1t.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-05-19
CAMPAIGN Already seoun.

The Democratic national and con-
gressional committees have already
begun comprehensive and vigorous
campaign for the reelection of oresi-
dent Wilson. Fred B. Lynch, chair
man of the executive committee. an
nounced the opening of western head
quarters in Chicago, to be in charge
of Wilbur Mash, the Iowa member OF
the committee, and said that there
would be the heartiest cooperation be-
tween the congressional and national
committees.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-05-19
SEES ONLY TEDDY
George w. Perkins Talks of Re-
publican Nomination.
His Idea Seems to Be to Find Out
What the People Want and Fool
Them Into Thinking Roose-
Welt Stands for II.

There is no pussyfooting about
George w. Perkins. Il believe" he
tells Chicago reporter. Roosevelt
will be nominated by the Republicans.
but realize now, since analysing the
Ford vote, that our greatest work is
to make the people see that Roosevelt
means peace and honor as we'll as pre-
paredness." This is the formula: Find
out what the people want, and then
make them see that the colonel means
it. You may feel with Mr.. Perkins that
there are two big things to look for
ward to-the integrity of the country
and a protective tariff" But IL you
agree with him, you feel even more
strongly that you should not bubble
over definitions this time" Just lump
everything under good-sounding
word like "Americanism'' tariff is
embraced in the word 'Americanism,'
as is also the nations integrity" The
main thing is that the Republicans
should nominate the man who bolted
the Republican nomination four years
ago. This, says Mr.. Perkins. will
make the Progressives 1.-The happiest
people in this country" And what are
Republicans for except to make Pro.
gressives-and especially one Progress
sive-happy?
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-05-19
RepubIlcan Prospects Poor.

The absolutely disorganized condi-
ton of the Republicans. their poverty
of leaders, their helplessness at the
primaries. their confusion and nncer-
tainty as to the choice of candidate
for president, the emergence of SO
many second-rate, ridiculous candi-
dates, the darkness of "uninstructed,'
the absurdity Of instructed" dele
gates; these things are plain as a
pfkestaff. There is no candidate in
sight that will unite the party. Effort
is made, part pretense and finesse,
part earnest, to pull the robes off a
member of the Supreme court and &C.
claim a man Of opinions necessarily
unknown as the awaited hero of recon-
Citation and union. Colonel Roosevelt
is yelling from the side lines and
eager to break into the shindy. Nc
man. No issue. Heaps of trouble.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-05-19

way, the weed ordinarily will nwkt
make seeds again that year. Moving
does not eradicate the weed. BECAUSE
tho plant is a perennial; that Is, ITS
roots live over from year to year.
Moving merely prevents one patch
from infesting whole neighborhood.,
The only way to exterminate large
area of hawk-weed Is to plow and cul-
tivate the ground, using a rotation or
corn-two years-followed by wheat
or buckwheat, before reseeding. Un-i
fortunately most of the mountain
fields are too steep to plow without
danger of serious washing, and fur
thermore, the people have not the
equipment for either raising or util-
izing any other crop than grass.
The chief dependence will probably
have to be placed upon the grass it.
SELF If properly encouraged. the
grass will usually hold its own with
the hawk-weed. Generally speaking,
hawk-weed is most prevalent where
the soil is either poor or worn oct.
s. il that is naturally poor can hardly
be remedied, and as such soils will
only support a poor stand Of grass at
best, and will grow better crop of
wood than anything else, they had
better be allowed to grow up in trees
again. putting the time and money
that would be spent on their improve
ment on land that is naturally more
fertile.
There is considerable popular in
terest in the use of chemicals to kill
the weed outright without injury to-
the grass. The department Is now
experimenting with this method, but
1t does not hold out much hope in
this direction, except for the use OF
salt on small patches, as described
above. While there is a number OF
chemicals that will kill the weed,
most of them are also poisonous to
live stock, and the expense and diff
f1culty of applying any chemical to
such large, hilly areas makes the
method impractical,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-05-19
POINTS OF FARM EFFICIENCY
Success on Great Majority of Farms
Primarily Dependent on Three
Important Factors.

There are certain factors on which
the success of farm business usu-
ally depends. From these 1t is usu-
ally possible to determine not only
the good points In system of farm
ing but also its deficiencies. The lat
ter being known. the method Of i'm
proving the system becomes evident.
On great majority Of farms, sue
cess is primarily dependent on three
important factors These are (1) the
size of the farm business; CD the
yields of the crops and the returns
per animal, representing the quality
of the farm business; and (3) the d.
versity of the business. OF course
many other things have their infiu-
ence, but the farmer whose business
is efficient in these three respects is
generally successful. Those farms
that are excellent in none of these re-
spects almost universally fail. Those
deficient in one or two may SUCCEED,
but their chances Of success are great
ly lessened.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-05-19

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
Hawk-weed, which has made its ap-
pearance in western North Carolina
and Virginia, and in West Virginia, Sc
riously threatens the native pastures,
which are the chief source of liveli-
hood of many people in the mountains
of the southern Appalachian high
lands.
The field hawk-weed, which is now
known to be In this section, belongs to
a group of plants that includes the or
ange hawk-weed, or "devils-paint-
brush" and the king devil-weed, two
of the most destructive weeds known
IN pastures in this country. Until re-
Gently the various hawk-weeds were
not known to be troublesome south Of
Pennsylvania, but the field hawk
weed appears to have suddenly found
very congenial location in the south
ern mountains, where 1t Is now spread
ing rapidly. While confined mostly to
the high attitudes, the weed has ap-
peared in some of the lower valleys,
and is liable to spread into the high
parts of the Shenandoah valley and
eastern Kentucky and Tennessee. 1t
will probably not become troublesome
In the lower and warmer portions Of
these districts.
The weed first appears as a few
scattered individuals, but these multi
ply with amazing rapidly. Almost
before the farmer is aware of its pres
ence. the weed is occupying several
square rods OF his grass land. and
quick action will then be required to
prevent the weed from taking COM
plete possession of the field. In
stances are by 10 means rare where
whole mountain sides that were once
fine grazing land are now nothing
but barren mass of hawk-weed, and