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The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1916-04-13
Local News

In ciStlus then votes Tor state Z
attorney, the voters want to rem
rmher THAI VIM. Potts possesses
the necessary qualifications for the
office
Albert Perry W o has been
learning the trade Of machinist at
the round house left last week for
Miles City to complete the balance
Of the trade at that place accord
ing to the machinists' schedule
with the railroad company. A
farewell party was given at t.e
home Of Chas Baker in his honor
and a dandy travelling bag was
presented as loving gift.
The ferry boat Carolina started
about a week ago on its regular
summer schedule. The boat was
extensively overhauled last winter
and put in first class condition.
The carpenters wer- surprised :"
fiui h. has 90 n- rat
plr--t>a tuu a~ na- &C. Nr
inspection. The boat also rcctiV
ed thorough painting both inside
and out. Captain "A. Il Jacobson
and Engineer Andrew Olsen are
the crew who ably handle thls
river craft
X. B. Dykeman, a we'll known
vonpO man ahout the pity was
taken ve.y i'll this week with
brain trouble and had to be taken
to Selby where he could be under
the care of the physicians there
and tie observation "f Ihr insanity
uuri a 'l-. .~ar" Indications
hal liz WAS bordering Oh IA verge
Of insanity The report is that he
is some what improved aud The
News with many others, hopes for
his speedy recovery.
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Mobridge is receiving recog nj
ton all over the state through the
full pa ge advertisement which The
New Store carried in The News
on March 16, when those merchants
explained their method Of combat.
ing the mail order house business
by comparing quality and price, of
each of the articles Tor sale, and
useing the customers for judges as
to which was the best purchase at
the sale price, both being marked
the same.
The Mitchell Republican gives
an illustration of report OF an
experiment made by an Illinois
town, where $4,000 worth OF
mail order goods was purchased
aud compared by committee with
the home goods at regular rrices.
1t was found that the home mer-
chants offered the same goods for
sale at an average saving Of eleven
per cent.
A Mitchell furniture dealer not
long ago was called upon by a
farmer living not far from Mitchell.
He was asked to give prices on a
list of furniture, with full descrip-
ton of each article. When the
price list had been made up the
farmer took out draft he had
bought to send with his order for
this furniture to mail order
house. The Mitchell dealer fur
nished the complete list on the
order sheet and gave the farmer
nearly $1,000 besides the draft
alredly made out. Besides this,
the buyer saved the freight charges
which would have been several
dollars more.
The Republican has always said
that if any one can buy cheaper
of mail order concern, he ought
to do it. 1t certainly is every
mans right to buy in the cheapest
market. This paper will never be
found asking any one to patronize
Mitchell merchants merely out OF
local pride. For that assumes that
to do so would involve sacrifice.
And, If the Mitchell dealers cannot
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tailerS. The local dealer, there
fore, is backed by practically all
the big manufacturers in the Unit
ed States. and against them no
mail order house can hope to com
pete. SO IN this respect also the
local man has the edge on the mail
order concern.
Fourth. the local man expects
no such inOrdlLate profits as do
the mail order houses. The gov
ernment report on the cost OF do
inc business shows that it costs
the mail order concerns just about
the same percentage to do buSine r.
as the local dealer. But the mail
order houses make simply enor-
nous profits. showing that they
charge n bigger margin to the
customer. Sears, Roebuck stock,
for example, sold last year at over
200. meaning that the earnings are
! over twice the going interest rate,
SO, in that he does not expect un-
reasonable profits. tn local dealer
/ has the edge on the mail order
concern in this respect also.
1t is only as long as the buyer
does not make COMPARISONS OF the
actual goods he receives with the
values offered by his local mer'
chant that the mail order house
can hope to retain it's customers.
1t relies mainly upon the fact that
the average man is ashamed to tell
/! his local dealer he has sent away
FOR goods and thus is reasonably
ce, tin that it's poor values wllI
not be exposed by a show down.
with the prices and values OF the
local dealer
The publisher Of the CONNER
cial News, Of Sioux Falls, has
scattered all over the No'thwes
formal offers to pay $1,000 fol
each and every case wherein 1T Ii
found that the local dealer cannr'
meet the price o the catalog h"nN'
or do better. He is not beir,
| burdened with the cost of his offer
lin fact he knows from investiga
ton that he is safe.
The buyer should not be asham
the big plants selling through re
ed 30 take the goods from "A mal
order house TO a local merchan
foi comparison. 1t is his perfeo
righr 10 buy from the mail orde
concerns, if he can save none.
and every merchant should rec
. opriZa that ri0ht The huver /
nnfair nu> ii h- refuses fur i'rr
{ retailer an opportunity To quot
him ON The same article, sam
, Quantity. same goods, and deliver
ed at the door OF the local stor
, for spot cash.
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last Cheverolet; BOilermaker fore
mau Morley II Buick; Jas. Hughes
a Buick. A Buick was also dis.
posed Of TO E II. Barkus of Selby.
The little daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred HOnensee died at their
home Wednesday evening from
pneumonia The child was but
sixteen month of age. The tun-
eral services were held Friday at
the United ChurcO. The cOmmu
nifty extends it's sympathy to the
bareaved parents
See Rounds, the oplician at the
Northwest hotel next Thursday
nrd r uoS. Ap 2p-2l 81 l.
While in Si"ux Ci', the past
week. Attorney e. &. CaipeDter.
paid a short visit to his old home
in Ft. Dodge. Iowa.
Mrs. Brandriff will make trip TO
Mclaughlin next Monday for the
purpose of selling hats to custom
ers there.
Don't suffer with affection of tie
eyes, but go to Rounds, at the
Northwest hotel April 20-2l. SO 1t
Rounds, the optician will test
your eyes at the Northwest hotel.
April 20-2l. Consult with him.
Rounds, the optician OF Selby,
will be at the Northwest hotel
Thursday and Friday, April 20-2l.
See him il your eyes trouble you.
Spencer Field and family are in
the city this week. Spencer ar
rived ahead Of his family. as he
came from Buffalo, New York and
Mrs. Field and daughter from
ROckham. This young couple
! were heartily greeted as they are
highly thought Of in Mobridge.
They may locate here in the near
future.
Lem Barker returned recently
from Altoona, Penn, where he
had been to visit his aged mother.
His mother has passed the ninty
, Gaze ,,Uur ~ 'ie- sn3 is still hale
aud hearty
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Stere0pticOn Entertainments

Prof Bugbee and DR.. Warner
have arranged a fine series Of edu-
catiOnal lectures to be given Fri
day nights. They will be illus
trated with the stereopticon using
from So to 65 slides each night.
The course would be given free
hut for the rental and transporta.
lion charges To cover those
course ticket is offered for ten
cents aud fee of Hye cents n night
for those not buying tickets.
Friday night April l4th, 65
slides on the Yellowstone Park will
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1916-04-13

A good deal Of confusion WAS
thrown into .hr building plans IT
those who are 70 build thi year
by an effort being made To have
some of the old ordinances rejuv-
enated 1t will be remembered
that year ago IA new set OF ordl-
nanres were compiled and made
u2 into book form and IN ned as
ordinance i75 1t was the intent
at that time to repeal all Ordinan-
ces of other dates 1t would seem
that if those who desire the rejuv
nation of ordinances g and 8
succeed iu heir contentious. that
th,. mpn"> 'xp.1 ~ trr 'tptlr.'
175. is n 'otal ln-, and hat he
laws which govern the city are in
a worse condition today than at
any other time. The bone Of con-
tention is the number of stories in
height a building should have,
if erected on Main street. Ordi-
nance > sets two S'O"lrS as the
l.as' h-l b a buiIding could be
,r-rteI and ordinance l75 merely
calls for the presenting OF the
plans and specifications and the
erection Of the buildings according
to the ordinance. The News is
not interested in eithe' the Brown
or Morrison view Of the subject
but dislikes to have precedent
established that will annul ordi-
nance 175, rs it cost several hun.
dred dollars to compile and print
the ordinance.
J J Klein disposed of three
ears TO local parties the past week
Engineer Whipple purchased the
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1916-04-13

State OF south Dakots IS In Justice Court
County OF Wnlworth. Before John q
Vawter, Justice
OF the Peace,
Walworth COun-
ty. SO. Dakota.
Mrs.J. l.. Mcssmore. Plaintiff
Against 7 summons
X. j. Berg. defendant.
TNe Stst" ~ Srrth Dr',otr Sends Greeting
eHc =. .s1r :
county, on the oath. day OF April A. ID. 1918.
at Nine O'Clock n. M. to answer t. the com :
plaint OF the ,boveu m q plaintiff Mrs. j. L..
Messmorewho claims to recover Of you the
sumof Twenty-tw and 58- 100 Dollars togeth-
er wit h interest at Seven per cent per annurn
rom Oct. 3rd. A. d., 1915 claimed by plaintiff
20 be due her from you for goods. wares
and mere handise. sold and delivered by
plaintiff to yourself and family ut Mo-
bridge. said county and state between
September 10th, A. D. l0l5 past due and
unpaid although demanded.
And you are hereby notified II you fail TO
appoo~ "nd answ'r r- above required. sid
plant II will ta,, IudgineAt against you
for Twenty 1,V, g a. Dollar. with
inter, Z aforcsffid md for costs
Given under my hand this llth. day OF
April A. D., 1918.
JOHN q. VAwTER,
Justice OF the Peace Walworth County,
south Dakota.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1916-03-24
VI CHAPTER XIV A.
The Feast Of Hurrahs

Mirapolis the marvellous was q huB-
Ting, roaring. wide-open mining camp
of twenty thousand souls by the time
the railroad. straining every nerve and
crowding three shifts into the 24-hour
day. pushed its rails along the foothill
bench Of Chigringo. tossed up its tenn
porary station buildings. and signaled
its opening for business by running q
mammoth excursion from the cities Of
the Immediate East
Busy as 1t was. the city took time
to celebrate fttingly the event which
linked It to the outer world. BY proc
lamation Mayor Cartwright declared a
holiday. There were lavish displays
Of bunting, an impromptu trades pa
rade. speeches from the plaza band
stand. free lunches and free liquor
q day Of boisterous, hilarious triumph
ings. with. incidentally. much buying
and selling and many transfers OF the
precious front foot" or choice cor
ner"
Yielding to pressure, which was no
less imperative from below than from
above, Brouillard had consented to
suspend work on the great dam during
the day of triumphs. and the recla-
nation service force. smaller now than
at any time since the beginning OF the
undertaking. went to swell the crowds
on Chigringo avenue. Mr.. Cartwright
had been memorable, and Brouillard
found himself discomfortingly empha-
sized as chairman Of the civic recep-
ton committee.
II was after his part OF the speech
making. and while the plaza crowds
were still believing their approval OF
the modest forensic effort. that he
went to sit beside Miss Cartwright in
the temporary grand stand, hopping
his face and otherwise exhibiting the
after effects of the unfamiliar strain.
II didn't know you could be 80 con-
vincing," was Miss Genevieve's com
ment. TT was splendid! Nobody will
ever believe that you are going to go
on building your dam and threatening
to drown US, after this f,..
what did ! say?" queried Brouil-
lard, having, at the moment. only the
haziest possible idea of what he had
said.
"As II you didn't knowl" she
laughed. you congratulated every
body. And the funny thing about It 10
that you didn't say = single word about
the Niquoia dam"
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.srouilI.rd. This !. Simply Hld.ou.l"

Massingale's words came back to him
when you are ready to send me my
message of cheer. :" On the lips
of another woman the words might
have taken a materialistic meaning;
the miraculous gold discovery would
bring the railroad. and the railroad
would rescue the Massingale mine and
restore the Massingale fortunes.
He looked up at the dark bulk of
Chigringo. unrelieved even by the tiny
neck of lamplight which he had SO
often called his guiding star. Take
me out of your mind and heart and say
which you will have, little girl" he
whispered. sending the words out into
the void of night. But only the din
and clamor of city gone wild with
enthusiasm came to answer him. Some
where on the avenue a band was play
ing; men were shouting themselves
hoarse in excitement. and above the
shouting came the staccato cracking
of pistols and guns fired in air.
He struck the match and stopped
over the blue cylinder. This is your
mtssdBe VI CutcI, WHttnti you Ndht ~
that way or not" he went on. whisper.
Ing again to the silent void. But when
the fuse of the blue light was fairly
fixing he suddenly pinched 1t out and
held the match to the other.
Up on the high bench of the great
mountain Amy Massingale was pacing
to and fro on the puncheon-hoored
porch Of the home cabin. The girls
gaze never wandered far from a dark
area in the western edge Of the town
the semicircle cut into the dotting
lights and marking the site of the gov.
eminent reservation. It was when .
tiny stream Of sparks shot up in the
center Of the dark area that she
stopped and held her breath. Then.
when binding 1are followed to prick
out the headquarters. the commissary
and the mess house. she sank in de-
spairing little heap on the floor. with
her face hidden in her hands and the
quick sobs shaking her like an ague
chill. II was Brouillard's signal. but
It was not the signal of peace; 1t was
the blood-red of revolution and strife
and turmoil.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1916-03-24

In modern structures. and especially
the automobile, which requires light
ness for some of its parts. aluminium
or some OF It's alloys has come into
extensive use. The specific gravity
of pure cast aluminium IL 2.56 and IL
compressed or worked, II is 2.6S. Cast
aluminium can be strained TO the unit
stress Of 1900 pounds per square inch
in compression and 5000 pounds per
square inch in tension. 1t will be seen
that cast aluminium has about the
same safe working strain ms cast iron
in tension. but 1t is comparatively
weak under compression. To obtain
greater strength than is possible
with pure aluminium and still keep
the lightness. an alloy containing from
to 20 per cent Of nickel and copper
is made. The specific gravity is some
what higher, being 1856. The alloy
has safe working strain OF 5000 to
5000 pounds per square inch in COM
preston. and 5000 to 10000 pounds
per square inch in TENSIONS. !.
Ross, Colorado Agricultural College.
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~ CHAPTER XIII On
4 NTumults and Dangers
F@ AS ~

's7, Brouillard turned on his heel, and
choked back the sudden malediction
that rose to his lips. She had called
Airapolis q city Of knsves and dupes:
surely, he himself was the simplest Of
tie dupes.
Il see-after 20 long q time" he
went on. your brother merely salt
Cd . few shovelfuls of sand for my
especial benefit. Great heavens, but
I was an easy mark"
''Dont!" she cried, and the tears
In her voice cut him to the heart
don't make It harder for me than 1t
has to be. have told you only what
I've heard my father say, time and
again: that there is no gold in the Nj
quota river. And you mustn't ask
me to despise my brother. He fights
his way to his ends without caring
but tell me-haven't you been doing
the same thing?"
Yet you condone in your brother
what you condemn in me-" he com
planned.
my brother is my brother; and you
are-let me tell you something, Vic
tor: God helping me. I shall. be no
mans evil genius. and yours least of
al. You broke down the barriers a
few minutes ago and you know what
II in my heart But can take it out
OF my heart II the man who put 1t
there is not true to himself"
Brouillard was silent for q little
space. and when he spoke again 1t was
~ one awaking from troubled dream.
II know. There is a change. l am
not the same man l was a few years.
or even a few months ago. have lost
something; have not the same
promptings; things that used to
loathe no longer shock me. And there
10 no cause. Nothing different has
broken into my life save the best of
all things-a great love. And you tell
me that the love is unworthy"
mo, didn't say that; only meant
that you had misconceived 1t. Love
II the truest. finest thing we know.
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THEClTY OF :
NUMBERED DAYS
@FRANC|0 lYN0E
ILLUSTRATIONS byC.0.RH00ES
ropYacen
SYNOPSIS.
IYaIGrT BY CHARLES sralenER5 SOnS

CHAPTER I-Brouillard. chief engineer
On the Niquoia irrigation dam. goes out
from camp to investigate a strange light
and finds an automobile party camped at
the canyon portal.
CHAPTER II-Brouillard meets J. wes-
10y Cartwright and his daughter Gene
We've of the auto party and explains the
reclamation work to them. iFLf
CHAPTER III-Cortwright sees in the
project big chance to make money land
no chance for a man to get in anywhere"
Brouillard is impervious to hints from the
nnancier, who tells Genevieve the engi-
neer will come down and hook himself
II the bait is well covered"
CHAPTER Iv-Cortwright organizes a
company and obtains government con-
da ao and
springs up about the site. Steve Massin-
gale threatens to start a gold rush II
Ford to build a railroad branch to the
The ore from the little SUSAN mine.
CHAPTER. v-Brouillard and the COM
Rany's promoter clash. but on orders from
Washington Brouillard turns over the
CHAPTER Won a visit to Amy Mas
singaie at her fathers mine Brouillard
nnds she understands him better than he
had thought.
for money to pay off his dead fathers
debts and that to be free he would sacri-
nee anything save his love for one wom-
an: Though his influence is vital to the
building of the railroad extension she
tells him to be true to himself. He de-
cides for It.
CHAPTER vIII-Mirapolis, the city OF
numbered days. booms. Cartwright per-
suades Brouillard to become consulting
engineer OF the consolidated electric pow
er company in return for 100000 stock.
CHAPTER IX-Rumors that the govern
ment will call halt on the dam cause
Grislow to tell Brouillard that he is lean
ing to the Cartwright side to make the
city permanent. Brouillard denies 1t.
CHAPTER x-Permanent building In
Mirapolfs and a real estate boom are in
full swing when the stoppage of work on
the railroad threatens a panic. Brouillard
spreads the Massingale story of placer
gold in the river bed and starts gold
rush. I.
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The community is certainly vicious
enough to warrant any charge you can
make" admitted Brouillard. Then he
changed the topic abruptly. Have you
seen Miss Massingale since noon?"
Yes: ] saw her with Smith. the
cattleman. at tho other end of the ave
nue. about an hour ago."
ITO be continue
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CONFERENCE CLOSES.
L MON superintendent Discuss Travel
ing Library and Other Topics.

The conference of union superintend-
ents closed Friday morning with two
hour period sessions. During the first
period Commissioner NJ. B. Hillegas took
up the scale of measuring the child's I'M
derstanding of reading. He explained TO
the superintendents the method of using
the scale II not used promiscuously It
was of value The Courts Standard Re-
search Tests, so far as they were applied
In arithmetic, DIT. Hillegas also explained
The rest of the first period was given up
to routine discussion.
During the second period the use OF
travelling libraries was gone into Dr.
Hillegas called upon superintendent w.
A. Beebe of Proctor for report. Super
intendent Beehe said he expected the use
of the libraries would be increased here
after. The State library commission, said
DIR. Hilleeas, will provide a special lee
turer II the superntendents want one, on
occasion Dr. Hillegas said there was not
State library in the country which Is
offering the facilities that our own
library is" to its superintendent The
library went outside it's own bounds, he
said to obtain booklets and matter for
their use.
Superintendent f.. r. Greene of Rich
ford announced that Prof. j. +. Messen-
ger, director Of the summer school, had
offered to open the museum at one O'Clock
II necessary for the convenience Of the
visiting suprntendents, The museum and
botanical collections ordinarily were open
at three o'clock in the afternoon,
With regard to spelling Dr. ilillesas
said the use Of rules may be of detriment
Psychology offered as much authority for
as against their use, But the status of
the matter was this. Five rules covered
perhaps % per cent OF all the words In
the language that were In question. but
there were 40 rules governing the remain
ing 10 per cent. 1t was of advantage for
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the child to learn the pronounciatio ton be-
fore he learned the spelling There were
so many exceptions that the child might a $
well as not begin with the words them
selves A neighboring state was about
to conduct a spelling match at its state
| fair With all due respect 10 that State,
!, said Dr. Hillegas. he basis % 500 COM
mon words on which the match was to
be based did not exist
DR.. Hillegas in closing the subjects Of
spelling and arithmetic said he intended
this first school wear to have the normal
and training schools Law special emphasis
upon the two topics.
Superintendent A. w. Varnev of Rem
ninston, called upon to report concerning
| teachers meetings. said that he and his
associates hadn't really arrived anywhere.
The meeting for the discussion OF arith-
metic had been threshed ont to some ex-