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The broad ax., 1916-08-05
From the Star, 70 You.

Somewhere beneath the stars there
b something that You alone were
meant to do. Never rest until you have
found out what 1t is!-John Brashear
In the American Magazine.
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TeIIino the Time.

Ingenious Teacher-If the clock were
b strike fourteen. what time would It
bei Intelligent Pupil-Time to send
the clock to be repaired.-London Tele-
graph.
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Not as Guaranteed.

you know these gloves l bought
here the other day-you said they'd
last me two years"
"Well?"
I've lost them!"-Paris Rire.
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The Assent Sarcastic.

He tat the end of fishing story
Ny word. ii WAS monster! Pom my
word. I never saw such a fish In my
tfe, She-I don't believe you ever
did!-London Mail
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Partinant.

Il asked Arthur how old he thought
I was. and he guessed right the very
first time"
"Have you made up yetr-Pitts
burgh Press.
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Her UpIift Scheme,

"What is Gertrude Gadder's latest
fad?"
"Prison reform"
"Along what lines?"
She thinks every convict ought to
have canary in his cell."-Birming-
ham Age Herald.
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Two Typists.

Jenkins-My stenographer can write
1b0 words a minute. Tompkins So
san mine-but she doesn't seem 10
are what the words are.-Puck.
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The Plan Of Oppositsa.

What Is the best way to get some
hard cash?"
Get hold Of some soft thing."-Bait
more American.
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A lonq Run.

This bill has been running now for
three months" said the collector.
Dear me-" said the debtor, how
tired It must be."-Detroit Free Press.
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Woodwork.

as It your intention to offer your
enemy an olive branchT
I'm not sure" replied Senator Scr
ghum. "WeIl try out the olive branch
proposition. But well fix the thing so
It can be turned into an ak handle."-
Washington Star.
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The only competition worthy q wise
man Is with himself. -Mrs Jameson.
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A sunny temper gilds the edges q
ms blacklist cloud.-Guthrie.
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Good manners are made up Of pstty
0crfdceS.-EmerDon-
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Astronomy.

astronomy In one Of the most enact
W me sciences. The powerful tale
'c0pes, the spectroscope and other al
most perfect instruments come pretty
near telling the truth.
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The smallest thing well done be-
comes artiStic-William Matthew'S
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THE BROAD AK CAN BE FOUND
ON SALE AT THE FOLLOWING
NEWS STANDS:
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From on and after this date The
Broad Ak, can be found on sale at the
following news stands:
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Flower of the Air.

There is plant in Chile and Q SINH
Rr one In 'Ppan called the flower of
the mir. l. is so called because It ap-
Pears 10 have no root and is never FIX
Cd 10 the earth. 1t twines around q
dry tree or sterile rock. Each shoot
Produces two or three flowers like q
My white transparent and odorifer-
o. !; is capable OF being transported
0S ia 900 miles and vegetables as It
uavelS suspended on O twig.
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Obituary Gems.

When John Sherman of New Haven,
preacher, mathematician, almanac max
er and father of twenty-six children,
heard Of the death of his good friend
Jonathan Mitchell, a Harvard pastor,
he explained after due thought and
many poetic pangs):
Here lies the darling of his time.
Mitchell expired in his prime,
Who. four years short of forty-seven,
Was found full ripe and plucked for
heaven.
When Thomas Dudley, father Of the
first American poetess, Anne Brad
street, came to his deathbed he showed
where his daughter had received her
surprising gift by composing such fare
well lines as:
Dim eyes. deaf ears, cold stomach shew
My dissolution is in view.
Eleven times seven near lived have l.
And now God calls willing die.
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Perfect MsohsnR1

Their household seems O perfect
piece Of machinery"
Yes: the wife's the governor, the
children safety valves and the hus-
eand a crank."-Philadelphia Bulletin
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Value of Good Manners.

Good manners, like the gold at the
foundation Of all money, are current
the world over. Emerson noted this:
"Give a boy dress and accomplish
ments and you give him the mastery
Of palaces and fortunes wherever he
goes. He has not the trouble to earn
or own them; they solicit him to enter
and possess"
"An your Greek" Chesterfield wrote
to his son, ''can never advance you
from secretary to envoy or from envoy
to ambassador, but your address, your
ain, your manner, If good, may"
'The difference between a well bred
and i'll bred man is this" Samuel John
son said, lone Immediately attracts
your attention, the other your aversion.
You love one until you find reason to
hate him; you hate the other until you
find reason to love him."
Cfvility, polished manners, mean
much to a youth in his first position.
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His VisWn

Dear me. forgot to send her an
invitation TO our weddingr'
Imagine 1t won't make much dk
Ierenee. We won't miss one pickle
tork"-Kansas City Journal
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-11-30
GERMAN MILITARY
WISE GETS DEATH
GRIP ON RUAANA
Won FaIkenhayn and Won Mac.
kensen Closing laws of Fa-
nous Nut Cracker Fer
nation Upon Foes.
BUCHAREST IS IN DANGER
Part Of Defending Army Cut
Off BY Advance Across Dan
Interpretations Slow
on Other Fronts.
BUCHAREST IS IN DANGER

London, Nov. 27.-The process Of
squeezing Rumania between the jaws
OF the Teutonic military machine Is
proceeding with notable rapidity.
Pushing eastward after their capture
Of Craiova, and the conquest Of Little
Wallachia. General Won ~FaIkenhayn's
troops nave broken ~Ftuinanian resist-
c in the valley of the lower AIT and
apparently already have returned this
supposedly strong line OF defense acros
western Rumania to which the Ruman-
ians had retreated. A crossing OF die
Ait In this region is reported by Ber-
lin.
Mackensen Closes In.
Conveniently, Field Marshal Won
Mackensen, operating the other jaw Of
the nut tracker has forced a passage of
footing on Rumanian soil, Is miles in
h rear OF h Danube end of the Alt
line which touches the river e
Turnu Magurele. The landing at Zeimi-
TIA also placed Von Mackensen at 70
miles from Bucharest to h northeast.
ION the northern end of tho Alt line
where the Teutonic armies have been
pressing down from Rothenthurm pass,
further nroad on the Rumanians de-
lenses have beef effected, according 20
Berlin, which records the capture OF
several villages"
The Petrograd statement admits a
Rumanian retreat here. On the Frontier
of Movadia, the Germans report the re
pulse of a Russo-Rumanian offensive
movement in he Gyergyo mountains.
Rumanians Cut Off.
The Rumanian forces which were
operating I'm the Orsova region evideRt-
ly have retreated into the mountains
northeast of Turnu Severin, as Berlin
reports Rumanian b~attalions there "cut
off from the main army"
"They are still making stubborn re-
sistance," the German statement says,
but apparently they have NO recousse
but ultimate surrender 10 escape our
forces"
The entente forces at Macedonia
how signs Of slowing up. Paris re-
ports further progress for the ltaaianS
west OF M%onastir, but That
generally the operations have been
slowed up by rain. -
The statements from London, Paris
and Berlin agree in reporting Sutet on
the Franco Belgian front. BE
Nothing has been learned concerning
the measures Of the Russians to help
the Rumanians. The Times says the
present Russian silence regarding their
movements on the Rumanian front is
more significant a the recent silence
Of Burharest.
Reports differ as to the extent to
which the Germans will benefit 90 RE
CARDS grain supplies by overrunning
southwestern Rumania. On one hand
II is considered most important for the
invaders, but on the other hand 1t is
declared that 1t is a popular mistake
to suppose that they will get vast
stores of cereals as most of the harvest
was gathered and sent weeks ago TO
Galatz and Braila.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-11-30
SYSTEM May
PASS AT next Term
State Auditor Hardin Recon-
mends New Law and Legis-
lators Are Interested.

Pierre, s. d.. Nov. 27.-From the in
terest being expressed by legislators,
It Is apparent that the South Dakota
legislature will have before II the con-
sideration Of a bill providing for a
budget system.
Auditor Handlin, in his report, re-
Gently recommended that the North
Dakota law on the subject be adopted
here. Officials from North DalNta in
response to i~nterrogatory froh this
state say of their law: THE present
law la been In effect only n year,
but it is expected to accomplish a con-
siderable saving in state expenditures,
as the departments and institutions are
not to exceed the amount appropriated
for their work. The transfer OF funds
to another accoun In not permitted
except by authority OF the emergency
board. which may, il Ii considers the
necessity sufficient, permit the trans
fer of 10 e cent Of n fund to an
other fund" .
In North Dakota what was known
as h Lathrop committee made it's
recommendations to the Legislature OF
1915 as to the which should
be Appropriated for each department,
this being based On the committees in
terview with each department. The
committee also drafted the bill pro-
viding for that budget appropriation.
In North Dakota the budget was not
accompanied by a special message from
the governor.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-11-30
APPROPRIATIONS MADE
DIRECT, AUDITOR SAYS
State Official Asserts Many De
partments Given Too Much
>Money--Favors Budget.

Pierre, s.. D., Nov. 25.-The annual
report Of the auditor is just issued and
Auditor Handlin makes the suggestion
In a letter that accompanied the report
that the Legislature should make direct
appropriations and hat miscellaneous
funds should be cut down to the mini
mum.
The auditor. evidently. favors the en-
actment of a budget law in South Da-
kota for appropriations. He says, in
part:
Close observation of expenditures
for the several departments in the state
Is conclusive to me hat some depart
ments have been given too mon
ey for expenses, while in others the al
lowance has been too small n O
handicap to the efficiency of these de-
partments. j am convinced that most
OF our state institutions are being con-
Quoted on an economical and business
like method, although some of our state
institutions are sadly I'm need of more
funds. / believe that they should be
given a sufficient amount in the future
so that heir work NAY be carried on
In a creditable and efficient n l
am firmly convinced that the appro-
priation for maintenance of our state
house Is inadequate M that sufficient
money should be appropriated in the
future so that the work could be han
died in a more creditable to the
people. / believe that, il a budget sys-
tenn is to be considered, the North Da-
kota system should BE- followed
closely." p.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-11-30
DEFEATED CANDIDATES
y AT CLARK TO CONTEST

Clark. 8. d.. Nov. 25.--As was re-
Gently intimated, one contest already
has been instituted and another is
probable as a result Of the recent cleo
tion In Clark county. the two offices
in dispute being sheriff and clerk OF
courts. McAlpine's lead yer Warner
for clerk OF courts has now been Of
ficially announced as Al votes, while
Stinson ran 6S votes ahead OF Page for
the office OF sheriff, according to- the
official returns as canvassed by the
board Of county commissioners
Warner has definitely decided to
contest the election and has served the
preliminary papers. 1t will be neces-
sary for the matter to come before the
circuit court, when the judge will
make the necessary arrangements for
a recount Of the ballots cast at the
election on the office Of clerk Of courts.
Page has not definitely decided wheth-
er on not he will institute a contest,
since the official count increased his
opponents lead. but may decide to do
30 in the belief that a recount may
disclose errors in the voting precincts
that might give him a fighting chance
to capture the office.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-11-30
EXPRESS ASSESSMENT
CASES BEING HEARD

Pierre, s. D., Nov. 25.-The supreme
court Is hearing the express assessment
taxation cases, which have been APP
pealed from the circuit court of Hughes
county. In the trial court, Judge
Hughes set aside the assessment made
by the tax commission n fixed a re-
assessment a on the express COM
panies,-not satisfactory to either the
companies or the commissioning the
case was appealed. The cases are i'm
portant because the matter of assess
ment and taxation of express compa-
MES in South Dakota has been under
extreme controversy for some time.
This has been due to the fac the ex-
press companies a always con-
tended that they should be assessed on
ly on their actual property, wagons,
horses and buildings in this state, and
not on their business.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-11-30
ALLEGED sWINpLE is
UNCOVERED AT YANkTON

Yankton, S. D.. Nov. 27.-The firm of
A. Scott & Co.. hide and metal buyers,
has apparently terminated abruptly
here. pending unexpected develop
ments. The local agent, a man named
Clark, who claimed to represent a
brother. is said to have sold 81 barrels
of tallow to the representative of an
eastern house. He obtained a New
York draft for So, 100 in exchange.
A local bank became suspicious n
would not cash the draft, although
Clark insisted. He is said to have
disappeared. 1t has been learned that
only three of the barrels contained
tallow, the other were filled with
water. The draft was taken up in
Chicago where Clark is, said to have
gone. There was no suspicion about
the new firm until Clark insisted or
getting cash for the draft. He had
transacted business with the bank on
the checking plan.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-11-30
sTEFFENs LECTURES TO
VERMILION STUDENTS

Vermilion. S. D.. Nov. 24.-"The root
Of the Mexican revolution is special
privilege" Lincoln Steffens, lecturer
and newspaper man, declared today
In an address at the University of
South Dakota. Mr.. Steffens spent two
years In Mexico and returned to the
United States with a favorable opin-
Ion OF the Mexican people.
"Diaz granted the natural
OF the people to american corporations
In return for brides" Mr.. Steffens said,
but the English capitalists outdid
Americans and received greater con
cessions from the Diaz ring. Mexico
Is a sparsely peopled country and the
development OF the material resources
OF Mexico by foreign capital was halt
ed Of the lack of labor. Thirty
per cent Of the Mexican people were
not compelled to labor for wages be-
cause of the communal land system.
Around every village and town the
commons or communal land was open
10 all citizens who wanted to farm for
themselves. In order to increase the
supply Of labor; that is, to increase the
number OF persons who had to work
Tor wages to make a living, Diaz wiped
out the communal LAND SYSTEM
Mr. Steffens, who first entered jour-
nalism as q reporter OF the New York
Post, has travelled much for American
magazines and has studied economic
and social conditions on both sides of
the Atlantic. In both Of his addresses
at the University OF South Dakota, Mr..
Steffens asserted his belief in the fun
damental s~oundness Of the people of
Mexico.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-11-30
JUDGING TEAM WILL
REPRESENT RROOkINGS

Bookings. s. d.. Nov. 27.-The State
college will be represented for the first
time in recent years by a student
judging team in the judging contest at
the Chicago International Live Stock
show. The team, which was selected
from the advanced stock judging class
by Prof. B. l.. Thompson, is Donald
Watson, of Chamberlain: George Win
right, of Alexandria: Joe Hill, of
Mitchell; Omer Mills, of Wall; Cecil
Skinner, of Brookings, and Ralph
Johnson, Of Hetland, as alternate.
The boys are studying the stock
farms near Brookings, and plan to
visit the live stock 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.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-11-30
BuTTERMAkERS TO HAVE
A SUCCESSFUL MEETING

~Brookings, s. ID, Nov. 25.-The but
termakers n dairymen of South d.
kota are looking forward to the most
successful meeting in the history OF
their organization in their 18th annual
convention at WATERFOWL, December b
and 8. Special features of the meeting
will be an unusually good program with
opth local M out of state speakers;
n awarding of a $25 silver cup and &25
In cash prizes; division Of a pro rata
fund among all contestants except the
first three highest; the awarding or
diplomas to all buttermakers scoring
~ per cent or above in the six scoring
contests, n the awarding OF a special
prize OF SIS to the buttermaker or
creamery manager located 10 miles or
more from WATERFOWL, who has in at
tendance the largest delegation or
creamery patrons from his community
a. h afternoon meeting Of December
3, and $40 for the second largest dele
cation.
Buttermakers are encouraged to send
butter for the annual convention con-
test. Secretary Ryger urges that all
butter be shipped in time to arrive at
Watertown on December 2, for scoring
on Monday, December 4. Twenty-pound
tubs Of butter are required and they
may be sent with transportation charg-
es collect at W~atertown, which will be
taken car OF by the secretary. The
winner OF the years six scoring butter
contest will be announced at the con-
vention. .a.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-11-30
AUTOMOBILE uPsETs;
THREE BOYS INJURED

KidGer. S. D.. Nov. 24.-Fred Den
metz, a school boy living neal Kidder,
sustained two fractures of the skull as
the result Of an automobile accident
and now Is in a serious condition. Him.
self and three of his schoolmates were
driving the a along a country road
when they turned out to let q team
pass. The automobile was upset and
the boys were thrown violently to the
ground. The other three escaped seri-
BUS injury. .
MADIsOE-At a meeting held in the
Lyric theater, members of the Civic and
Child Welfare league took steps to wage
an active warfare against the deadly
cigaret. Charges were made that dealers
are selling cigarets to children as young
as 10 years Of age, contrary to law, re
curing only a statement from the child
that he was buying the "cofin nails for
his father. Dealers will be prosecuted by
the league whenever evidence can be Sc
cured. The league also took up the sub
ject of providing skating ponds for the
children during the winter
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. pictures by
representative American painters are on
exhibition at the library building Of the
University OF South Dakota. The exhibit
ton Is one held by the Vermilion Art club
In cooperation with the fine arts depart
ment OF the university OF south DakOt9,
and was opened with an address on con-
temporary art by Professor Rossiter How
ard. The pictures shown are valued at a
total OF 10000.
YAEKTON-The annual fall reunion of
Oriental consistory No. ], Ancient Accep-
ted Scottish Rite OF Freemasonry, IL be-
ing held his week In the Masonic tenn
pie of Yankton. George Philip, OF Fort
Pierre, has In charge the Rose Croix
work. The rest Of the degrees will be con-
ferred by local members. The work closes
Thursday, after which a social evening
will be held with q banquet.
BROOKINGS-Ex Sheriff Haivorson,
Brooklngs county, departed for Moscow,
ID, where he will inspect and seek to
Identify n man under arrest there, who
Is believed to be the man h i'm January,
1911, robbed the postoffices at White and
Bushnell. s. b., and who escaped from
the Brookings ourty TAIL a few days after
he had been arrested.
LAKE CITI-The local authorities have
inaugurated a warfare against bootleg
gers, who have recently been unusually
active here and in this vicinity. John Doe
warrants have been issued and placed I'm
the hands Of the officers, and armed with
them they will have power TO take into
custody anyone u selling liquor ~
legally.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-11-30
POULTRY ASSOCIATION
TO HOLD MEET SOON

Pierre. s. D.. Nov. 25.-The South
Dakota State Poultry association will
hold its annual meeting in Mitchell,
January 20 to q. Compilations show
ing the poultry products in South Da-
kota in comparison with neighboring
states shows that the per capita num-
Der Of fowls in South Dakota is very
high. The figures show Minnesota. SO;
Missouri, 6; North Dakota, &c; South
Dakota, 8; Nebraska, 10, and Kansas,
9.3, giving South Dakota third place in
the north central states. In 1915 the
census showed that South Dakota had
1851, 900 fowls, and a production in 1914
Of 80, 27S, 600 dozen eggs.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-11-30
YANKToN FiREMEN MEET
AND ELECT NEW OFFICERS

Yankton, S. D.. Nov. 24-Annual meet
ing Of Yankton volunteer fire depart
ment drew out almost the entiss mem
bership Monday night, and the contests
for the offices were keen. A banquet in
the fire station closed the proceedings
The officers elected were: James w
Todd, reelected chief; Reese Davis
second assistant chief; James Grove
reelected secretary, and E. T. White, re
elected treasurer. A.. A. Grant was
elected steward Of the department. The
sum OF $25 was ordered sent to the
Children's home. Sioux Falls. and S1f
to company M, Fourth regiment. at San
Benito, Tex.
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GOES TO MONTANA TO
AvENGE kIN'S DEATH

Hetland. s. d., Nov. 25.-Believing
he will be able to avenge his brothers
murder, some months ago., J.. n. Bun
day, a Hetland business man, has de-
parted for Montana, where he will APP
pear as one OF the chief witnesses at
the trial Of a man who is suspected of
having caused the brothers death.
The evidence against the defendant is
said to be strong, and when Mr.. Bum
day departed from aHetland he felt
confident that the right nan had been
located and that he could contribute to
the conviction Of the man.
YANKTON-Lee g. Willis. formerly a
merchant of this city and Beresford, died
In a hospital here Tuesday night. He Is
survived by Mrs. Willis and five children
One, Well Willis. Is a sergeant in Com
pany M. Fourth regiment, South Dakota,
now stationed at San Benito, Tex. Burial
will take place Friday at Beresford.
YANKTON-T. w. Hugo, OF Duluth,
active 3srd degree Mason, arrived Wednes-
day n Is the guest Of Yankton Masons
for consistory week.
YANKToN-Geo. DeNoon and w. G.
Phelps, who came here from Redield,
are In the county Jail to ava trial In cir
cult court on the charge OF grand larceny.
The men are accused OF ~atealing an over
coat and sweater from Thomas Coffey, a
student at Vermilion university. The men
were. arrested at the Portland and had
the stolen property In their possession.
DeNoon has confessed TO his share in the
crime.
CANTON-Members OF the, local Eastern
Star lodge at their annual business meet
ing elected the following officers for the
coming year: Worthy matron, Mrs.. IL. s.
Summerville: worthy patron. Geo. II.
Elton; associate matron, Mrs. c. +. Wait
more; secretary, Mrs. Irving Whitehead
treasurer, Mrs. A. M. Anderson; conduc-
tress, Mrs. c. l.. Anderson: associate con-
ductress, Mrs. ID. c. Bragstad.
MADISoN-Potatoes at Madison have
increased in price from $40 to $50 a
bushel, and some dealers will not sell more
than a bushel or two to any one Gu stomer
It is said many farmers have large guam
titles OF potatoes left over. which they
are holding until spring for seeding pur-
poses and possible higher prices.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Is is the date
set for the meeting of the State Libra
rians' association at Watertown. There
will be a banquet at the Grand hotel and
an interesting program. The associatior
meeting Is held I'm connection with the
meeting of the South Dakota Educational
association