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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-17
BAGDAD

Bagdad, once numbered among the
great cities of the world, has for
months past been the goal of several
british columns, but SO far the Turks
have successfully defended the an
Client town which was once the seat
or the Saracen empire. Since it was
founded in the eighth century Bag
dad has often, been the scene of a
bloody warfare. It was taken by the
nartans in the thirteenth century and
and retaken by the Turks, with great
slaughter. In the western world Bag
dad is best known as the scene of the
ARABIAN Nights Tales and of the
rum al-Raschid. It was in the VII
ctnity of the city, according to legend
t.slat the Garden of Eden was planted
by the Lord as the home of Adam al d
Eve. The city is built on both banks
of the Tigris. the old xewn being on
the west shore. The surrounding
country, once more. densely populated
t5aan any modern nation, is now a fiat
e1.panse of treeless plain. The
streets of old Bagdad are so narrow
that portly pedestrians barely have
rom to pass each other. The new
city has many imposing public build
ings and residences, but the old town
is largely composed of fat-roofed,
squat Moorish houses, each built
around court. The magnificent
palaces, mosques and tombs which
aaounded in Bagdad in the good old
days, when it was the center of the
Moslern world and the home of the
'eb'orty Thieves are now crumbling
irsto ruins, and the Turks have made
not the least effort to preserve those
reminders of a glorious past. Bag
dad is now well fortified, and German
and Turkish engineers have 1abored
nightly to make it impregnabIe to
assault.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-17
THE DANGEROUS CABARET

1N~ HERE They ex-
ist, they do not If they exist it is
manifestations
them checked The rules which, it is said
these places provide excluded that
liquors, who
patrol the sidewalks will not be admitted
There is such things excluding minors which a
upon all liquor Nor is possible
indulgence It is possible to stop fights and to throw
out those things that
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-17

n all well ordered saloons.
additional evil brought the concert hall is to faci
traffic. traffic bad it deemed close
the red light resorts to stop it.
These resorts unfair competition with legitimate
licensed sell, wish the
They injurious to the health and morals of the community
They should be closed tight for the protection Of youth and
in the interest Of common decency.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-17
To Fortify The System Against Grip

To Fortify The System Against Grip
When Grip is prevalent I4AxATIV &c
BROMO QUTNINE should be taken,
as this combination OF Quinine with
other ingredients, destroys germs, acts
as a Tonic and Laxative and thus
keeps the system in condition to
withstand Colds, Grip and Influenza
There is only one "BROMO QUI-
NINE.'' E. w. Groves Signature on
box. 25c.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-17
GETs sTATE .CLERKsEIP.

Hartford, Feb. 17-Thomas H. Judd
of New Britain. has been appointed
to- a cIerkship in the state treasuerer's
ofhce. He succeeds J. D. Kelly, who
resigned to become postmaster in
Deep River.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-17
Among Spring Dress Goods
Checks are dominant

Checks are dominant
There are small checks and large
checks, such an infinite variety that one
hardly knows just where they resolve
themselves into plaids.
Black and White Shepherds Checks
are for suits, dresses and coats.
So and Sc inches, 80 cts to $500
For conservative women are dull-toned
Domino Checks and pin checks of indef-
mite colors.
Materials are mohair, gabardine, and
fine serges.
So to 81 inches, so cts to $500
Goods Section, main
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-17
THE SUBMARINE IN PEACE

" SUBMARINE diverted to fishing pearl diving,
IL finding wreck raising do something
machine The magma
under water craft belongs to
Lake. Bridgeport who has the technical and
ven skill to realize his
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-17

Food prices in Great Britain have
increased At per cent. since the war
began, the London Board of Trade an
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-17
Che DID, Read Co
Eeex6kIxhe@ 1857
Jeweled Adornnents
for the Hair

There is display of Hair Combs, Barrettes, Tuck
Combs and Fiet Bands that aurng than queens
chest The show where these ornaments
spread blazes with light There few duplicates and
each the prettiest No matter whether
has little and matter about the color She
it demurey and smoothly drawn over her ears
she may puff high, she may coil low in her neck the
most becoming comb pin in the world for hers here
Casque Combs Of great brilahcy set with rhine
stones and curved to fit the head.
Tuck Combs thickly set with small rhi1estOnes and
look just adorable at the back of the neck.
Spike Pins have the tops blazing with gems like the
hits of daggers.
Feather and Plume designs are new and graceful
Small Sapphires and Erneralds combined with
rhlnestones and have effect Of peacock colorngs
youthful anseuse may brush her back and bind her
of brilants If the et carries the crescent of Artes
while the dance is
ings, tiny and sparkling.
rettes and 1ECOcarde'7 effects
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-17
For Evening Gowns

For Evening Gowns
Radium Nets, new assortment just
received.
A special in black, white, and Shan
tung color, yard wide, which would
regularly sell for $2.0ois offered at
Sl.50
Lining Nets in colors, cream, pink,
maize, nile green, taupe, brown, American
Beauty and flesh tints.
So cts. yard.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-17

The Debutante or the youthful danseuse may brush
forehead with et of brants. If the flet
then will the feet never tire while the dance is
/ There are Mercury Wings tiny and sparkling.
Rhinestone Bands, aigretes and 'ECocarde'' effects
Jet Combs and Pins dull and bright.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-17
y cts. a yard.

Lace section, main moor.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-11-30
S. S. CONVENTION
HERE NEXT YEAR
MITCHELL NAMED AGAIN FOR
1917 SllSSION-W. NJ. McDON-
AID Is REELECTED
PRESIDENT.

Mitchell was again selected as the
meeting place of the Dawson county
Sunday school association at the
closing session yesterday afternoon.
The convention of 1917 will be held
during November in the Congrega-
tlonal church of this city.
Officers for the ensuing wear were
selected at the last meeting. They are
w. NJ. Mcdonald, Mt. Vernon, presi-
dent; Chas Boreson, Ethan, vice
president; Miss Ethel II. Lyons, Nit
chell secretary treasurer.
The department superintendent
were all Workers in Mitchell Sunday
SO hopls. They are Miss Anna Haynes,
ellen entary; Mrs. c. S. Osgood, mis-
sionary Rev. II. w. Fulweiler, sec
ondary; and Miss Laura Lindley,
temperance.
The attendance at the convention
mas beel cry satisfactory. This is the
first tim. that the assertion has tried
holding the meeting on a week date
and the number here has been larger
than he officers expected
III program Of the session was fea-
tured with 9. number of excellent adj
dresses by DR.. c. v. Fox, of Wessing-
ton Springs. State Secretary, George
w. Miller, of Huron, and Mrs. A. l..
Grebelii OF Parker. The county or
gani4ation PLEDGED SIS toward the
state work. the same sum as was Civ
en- last Year
Miss LIONS tins afternoon voiced
tie thanks &C the convention and de-
clared that tie officers We're particu-
larry grateful TO w. McClinton. Mrs.
w. II King, anG the members of the
male quarlt for their contributions
to the program. The Mitchell people
supported the convention we'll, and
he officers are enthusiastic as to the
success of next years meeting
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-11-30
for S5S1. but that there could be no
claim against Mrs. Mcllellip.
CITY TRAFFIC
RULES OUTLINED
NEW ORDINANCE PASSED by
COUNCIL LAST EVENING
MAKES RIGID PROVISIONS
FOR USE OF MITCHELL
STREETS.

Consideration of Mitcnell's new
traffic ordinance occupied the major
portion of the time of the city coun-
ell at last nights meeting of that
body. While there is no definite ord
nance as yet, the councilmen last
night discussed and proposed what
they would like the city attorney to
embody in the new traffic rules.
One of the important decisions
was that cars should be parked
along the curb and not in the center
of the street, as has been frequently
suggested. The car must be parked
head in along the curb at an angle of
A 3 degrees. The streets will be
painted and marked off to provide
parking space.
When Il driver is approaching a
corner and expects to turn, it shall
be his duty to signal with one hand
the direction he is going. Cars NOV
ing north and south will be given the
right of way over those going east
and west. The speed limit is to be
left at 10 miles per hour.
In order to prevent drivers of
slow-moving vehicles from hog
ging" the road. the new rules will
provide that the driver of the APP
preaching vehicle shall give signal
that he desires to pass. and that the
other driver shall Immediately pull
to the right side of the road and all
give the faster vehicle a good oppor-
tunity to 20 around the slower one
For the convenience of travellers.
a sign will be placed just west of the
south side school, warning fast
drivers that they are approaching
school grounds, but also giving list
of all the towns between Mitchell
and Chamberlain with instructions
as to the direction to proceed
-Four ordinances We're passed. The
first was No. 361, permitting George
e. Logan to make an extension into
the street for a door on his new
building ON East Second avenue.
which is to be occupied by the O. l..
Branson company.
A similar permit was given to S. T.
Greene by ordinance No. 36S. This
allows him to construct and main
tain an airway under the sidewalk
Ialong the north side OF his new
building at the corner of Main street
and Fourth avenue. An entrance to
the basement was also allowed.
Ordinance No. 365 was passed.
amending the ordinance covering
quarantine in such manner as to in
clude infantile paralysis. Provision
for dividing the assessments for paw
ing into five equal installments was
contained in ordinance No. 1856.
A. n. Bjodstrup was awarded the
contract for the addition to the San
born street bridge at bid of 1925.
The assessments for the curb on
West Fourth avenue, the gutter on
East Sixth avenue, and the curb on
East Third avenue We're all approved.
as was the assessment for the "AT''
sewer on the South Side.
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hands of the Democrats, the custom
houses under the control of the men,
oers OF that party and the minis and
federal treasury unscathed, it may
De expected that several of the ma
tions of Europe and South America
IRE looking with amazement upon the
aim that reigns in these United
States after the recent election.
The fact that twenty millions of
people can go through all of the ex-
element of an election to choose their
governmental head for the following
four years without bloodshed, with
out looting or even the signs of a
revolution, is an incomprehensible
phenomenon, renewable quadrennial-
ly.
1t all is perhaps the best proof of
the fraternity, liberty and equality
which exists over the major portion
of this continent, the most striking
object lesson of the deep-seated be-
lief in the rule of the majority and
the acquiescence of the minority in
the decision of the larger element. 1t
also is an indication of Americas gem
eral level medicines and saneness in
public politics.
@MAAMW
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-11-30
MANY CANDIDATES
FOR SPEAKERSHIP
ALREADY in FIELD FOR
CRAFTSMANSHIP OF LOWER
HOUSE OF LEGISLATURE
PLUM CHASERS
BUSY.

Pierre, s. THE Lead Call has
prung the name of Damon Clark, of
Lawrence county, as good man for
the speakership of the house and it
is rumored that Will Hursh, OF Law
renee would not be adverse to filling
that responsible position These
only add to the list of possibilities
for that place A. c. Roberts of
Day, is apparently getting more
mention than any ether candidate to
this date.
James Mcfarland of Codington
being pushed by his frier'~
who is willing to take on the honors
and w. II. Withee. OF Turner. ana
Fred Patterson of Potter, are class
ed in the list of candidates. Out OF
this list the house can certainly
make a good selection for presiding
officer.
Other candidates being mentioned
are II. A. Van Camp for secretary OF
the senate; Charles Gardner, of Rec
Heights, and r. L. Nordness, of De
Smet, for chief clerk of the house.
Will Lockhart of Corson county
wants to be bill clerk of the senate:
and other candidates will soon make
their wishes known.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-11-30
NOTRE DANES
BEAT ARMOUR
LOCAL CATHOLICS PULL OUT
FIVE POINTS AHEAD IN HARD
LI FOUGHT BATTLE
LAST EVENING.

In one of the closest girls basket
BAN games ever staged on a Mitchell
moor, Notre Dame academy won over
the fast Armour high school quint
by the score of IS to % last evening.
The game. which was witnessed by a
good audience was played in the
academy gymnasium, Prof. c. S. Hall
officiating as umpire.
The lead during the battle swung
beck and forth between the two teams
but the Mitchell fiva showed it's
strength at he finish and could not be
headed before the final finish. The
game was cleanly played
The lineup for Armour was Emma
Fenzl and Merle Berry, forwards,
Dorothy Hewett, center, Lillian Han
skutt and Ellen Holmberg. guards
for Notre Dame-Ethel Tobin and
Agnes Reed, forwards. Grace Merri-
gan, center, Marie Mylan and Mary
Grady, guards.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-11-30
HOWARD PRIEST
HOLDS JUBILEE
REV. FIR. sTECHER CELEBRATED
QUARTER CENTURY OF
SERVICE IN MINER COUN-
TY PARISH.

Howard, S. D.-Catholic clergy
men from wide scope of country,
Including Madison, Sioux Falls, Gar
retson, belmont, Woonsocket and
other cities and towns of the state,
gathered in Howard to aid in the
celebration of the silver jubilee OF
Rev. Father Thomas f. Stecher, who
for period of twenty-five years
has been pastor of the Howard
church, having assumed the duties
of the place in the latter part of De-
cember, 1891. The jubilee celebra-
ton was held in the parochial school
building conducted in connection
with the Howard church. Father
'Stecher was instrumental in having
the parochial school established.
On Nov. 5. 1907. the parish house
and the Catholic church which stood
nearby We're destroyed by fire.
Father Stecher at once began plans
for the erection of a new church
building and parish house and in the
fall Of 1908 the buildings We're COM
pleted. Both buildings are among
the best of their kind in eastern
South Dakota. The growing congre-
cation and the increasing number of
Catholic children resulted in the
erection under the direction of
Father Stecher, of the parochial
school, which is large and modern
ly-equipped institution of earning.
The value of the property now owned
by the Catholics in Howard is esti-
mated at 100000. At the conclus-
ion of the2jubilee celebration Father
was presented with purse !
containing sufficient sum of money
to clear up the last dollar of indebt-
edness on the church property.
Father Stecher came to South Da-
kota from Cincinnati, o., and was or
dained priest at Jefferson, S. D..
in 1891, and in December OF that
year he was given the Howard pa.-
lsh, which he yet retains. He is one
Of the most popular of the Catholic
priests of South Dakota, and it is
said as an evidence of his popularity
among the residents of Howard that
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-11-30
AFTER FRANCIS JOSEPH.

Emperor Francis Joseph, ruler of
polygot empire for 6S years, over a
people speaking score of tongues,
leaves a tremendous burden for the
new head of Austria Hungary, Char
les Francis. The dual role for the
new emperor, with Germany's over
whelming power on the north, makes
1t a real monarch's Job.
Hungary is not an overwilling
member of the empire recalls the
Kansas City Star, in an editorial up
on the subject. ''Upon Francis Jo-
seph's accession to the Austrian
throne it promptly declared him a
usurper-as in sense he was, being
elevated by reactionary revolution
following the liberal movement of
lS4S-and made war upon him. I'm
der the leadership of Kossuth, Hun
gary had practically gained it's indie
,pendence when the young emperor
appealed to Russia for help. And it
was Russia that subdued Hungary
and flung it into the lap of Austria.
Twenty years were to pass before the
emperor, convinced that repression
pursued as a policy never would hold
the turbulent province in check, fin
ally agreed to the compromise by
which the dual monarchy was estab-
lished.
"The compromise has worked but
no more than worked. 1t has been
satisfactory ITO only two elements
In the empire-the Germans in Aus
tria and the Magyars in Hungary.
These were the dominant races in
each country, respectively, but they
also were the minority races, and the
Others have bitterly resented their
supremacy. Bohemia in Austria de-
manded the restoration of its king
dom, Croatia in Hungary demanded
recognition there were seventeen
provinces in Austria and half as many
races in Hungary, and none was sat
isfiel. Questions of language, ques-
lions of suffrage, questions of tariffs,
questions of the administration of the
army have been constantly agitated,
until it has appeared at times that
the dual plan must be doomed.
IF Francis Joseph had died in
time of peace it might have been a
safe prediction that the dissolution
of the empire would follow. The war,
however, lends the crisis new as
pect. Hungary, attacked on all sides,
would scarcely find the present time
an suspicious one to strike off its
Austrian alliance. The powerful aid
of the Germans is needed in helping
to repel Rumanians, Russians, and
Serbs. But it can hardly be doubted
that the Ausgleich or compromise of
1867, which invested the late emper-
Or with his dual powers, must under
go modification before his successor
can sit with stability upon his shaky
throne. With the end of the war the
states of the empire my in
sist on autonomy under the new
crown, and this would reopen the
struggle for racial supremacy which
lualism under the late ruler had held
Altogether the new reign
opens upon a prospect as unsettled
and forbidding as the one which has
Just closed. That began in year of
evolution over all Europe and ended
II one of even greater portent."
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-11-30
PARTY MORTGAGES oUTLAwED.


III the course of formal jubilation
over the reelection of President Will
son, the head of the Chicago Demo-
cratic organization declared a few
days ago that the Democratic party
of years in control of the national
government.
Like most partisan declarations,
this prediction goes altogether too
far. In the first place, no political
party has now or ever will have, any
mortgage upon popular favor. That
much was demonstrated both in 1912
and 1916.
In 1912 the Republicans made it
clear that they did not propose to en-
dorse the work of their national con-
vention unless it had truly represent
ed. In word they showed by their
votes that they could not be labeled
for delivery to any party.
In 1916, with a highly acceptable
nominee for president on the Repub-
lican ticket, enough Republicans vot-
ed for Wilson to make him president
for a second term They did it as a
personal tribute to Wilson, and not
as mark of affection and admir-
alton for the Democratic party as
such. If the voters of the country had
determined to turn over the federal
government to he Democratic party
for some scores of years, as the Chi
cago partisan imagines, they would
hardly have elected Republican
plurality in the lower branch of con-
gress.
The fact is that, except in the mat
ter of spoils, Wilson is a poor party
man. His rejection of number of
Democratic policies made it possible
for him to secure as many Republican
votes as he did. The reelection of
Wilson does not so much signify the
maintenance of his party in power as
it expresses the -partisanship of
the voter of today.
Under conditions as they exist to-
day, it will be impossible to deliver
the vote of any party to any of its
nominees, unless the voters wish to
be so delivered.
And it is indeed a wholesome state
of things when it is REASONABLY GER
tain that the voters will choose their
important public servants on their
merits without much regard for their
party affiliations. 1t will put prem
ium on worth in candidates.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-11-30
SUPREME COURT AND POLITICS

The long-awaited letter of congrat-
ulations has gone from Charles
Evans Hughes to Woodrow Wilson,
and from that letter there goes out
to supreme court justices present and
future q lesson, perhaps the most i'm
portant one to be derived from the
1916 ampaign,-justices upon the
bench of the highest tribunal in the
world incur a political handicap
which is hard to overcome.
Had Mr.. Hughes been called from
The governors chair to make the
race for the presidency, the result
probably would have been different.
Here was q man whose character was
irreproachable, whose ability could
notsbe disputed, and whose every act
had shown a clear understanding and
ready acceptance of the basic prin-
ciples OF representative government.
Opposed to him was president
seeking reelection, good man and
popular executive, but one trying
TO make his way to Office over null
tltude OF broken oaths. Supporting
Hughes was q powerful political
party; one which should know no
difficulty in gaining victory.
But Hughes lost; and his defeat
may be directly attributed to the pc
cularity of his campaign. He was
supreme court Justice seeking NH
lie office; partially upon his record
as member OF that tribunal because
1t was brought into view by both his
own and opposing party members.
Never before has this circum-
stance occurred and there is little
possibility that it will be repeated.
Men upon the bench must decide cases
upon law and not upon what will be
pleasing to the people if the justices
forsake the bench for the political
arena.
Had Hughes won, some future ius-
tice, might have decided to form his
opinions in accordance with the
growing demands of public con-
science and not upon the merits of
the case involved. Then he, an unwill-
ing candidate, might have been call
ed, to step down from the bench to
make the presidential race upon that
record. e-N'
II, There has been and doubtless will
not be any intimation that the labor
decisions OF Hughes were intended for
any such purpose, but the paid adyer-
tisements OF the Republican marty
distorted q them to this use and sought
10 make from court record a just
basis for political preferment.
The verdict of the polls was close,
but this does not mean that the at
tempt was successful with the great
majority of people. 1t merely attested
to the strength of the party and the
popularity of man. The court rec
ord was what it should always be, a
bar to political honors.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-11-30
JOE HILL MEMBER
STOCK JUDGING TEAM

Bookings, S. D.-~state college will
be represented for the first time in re-
cent years by student judging team
IN the judging contest at the Chica-
go international Livestock show. The
team which was selected from the
advanced stock judging CLASS by Pro-
lessor B. l.. Thompson. is Donald
Watson of Chamberlain, George
Wlnrlght of Alexandria, Joe Hill of
mitchell, Omer Mills of Wall, Cecil
SKINNER OF Bookings, and Ralph
Johnson of Hetland as alternate.
The boys are studying the stock
farms near Bookings, and plan to
visit the livestock at the Universities
OF Minnesota and Wisconsin. besides
other farms on the way to the Inter-
national the first week in December.
Coach. Thompson will accompany the
team.