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New-York tribune., 1919-08-29
The Jim Ham Doctrine

The details and ramihcations and
meanderlngs Of the covenant of the
league of nations the average Amcri-
can does not pretend to know much
about. But concerning the struggle
at Washington he has gained tight
grip on at least two fundamental facts
One is that contest is on between
those who would weaken and those who
would impair our future liberty OF
national action.
The other is that an attempt is il
progress to atrophy that part of the
Constitution which makes the Senate a
partner in treaty-making and thus pre-
vents any one man having uncontrolled
power over foreign relations, such as the
former Kaiser possessed and used to
start world war.
Concerning the first question, the pub
lie may be regarded as having made up
It's mind; the covenant, to be ratified,
must be Americanized-m impose
neither a legal nor moral obligation to
go to war at the command of any outside
power This country will do it's duty
should necessity again arise, as the boys
in khaki did it during 1918, but we not
others, must be the Judge in any partic-
ular case of the obligations of the situ-
alton. On this issue, i squarely pre-
sented, only a few narrow partisans
would vote to hamstring America.
But in the stress of the times ade-
quate consideration has scarcely been
given to the issue of whether Presidents
are to make war and conclude peace as
they please, with no responsibility to
any other branch of the government. Do
we want a dictatorship with respect to
foreign relations? Would we lodge with
any man authority so transcendeht and
so destructive of democracy?
Granted that the present President
can be trusted, are we willing to trust
his successors with similar power
throughout the generations? 1t seems in
dlspensable to have check on the execu-
tive department. If the treaty is rati-
fled according to the "Sign here" theory,
there will be no check. A precedent will
be made that will control. If the cam
paign to coerce the present Senate sue
ceeds, future Senates will have about as
much control over foreign relations as
the Roman Senate had over the Inpera-
to- who pretended to act in it's name.
AS an historian President Wilson. in
discussing the effort of President Polk to
exclude the Senate, said the Polk policy
was one of "usurpation." Out-Polkinc
Polk, what word is to be used in de-
scribing the Wilson policy? Senator
Hitchcock might try to answer.
The policy of the President since the
signing of the armistce has been
cyncally open. He refused to consult
with the Senate or any one of known in
dependence He named himself as the
sole voice of America. He went abroad
to mature the commands he purposed to
address to the American people. He
helped draw document which he signed:
he wrote "in his own name and by his
proper authority"
Then he came home and announced
New-York tribune., 1919-08-29

Mr.. Dcoley comments on The Higher
Baseball in the new volume MIR poo'sy
on Making VIII ard Other Necessary
Evils" (Scribner's)
Hogan was in here last night" says A'
Dooley, with an article on I'll Nysthri'
" Baseball It's be q larned man. Here
It IS: 'Th' ordinary observer or lunk-''sa
who knows nawthin' about baseball eSe'P'
what he larned be playin' 1t. has no ides
that tn game as played to-day IS P'an %
most inthricate sciences Snogn 70 5asA'
kind. In tn first place. th' plaNcr 'n''''
have an absolute mas'hry ~ IL .'esTy F"
balllstlc motion. This Is especia''y TIM"
" tn pitcher A most exact Ka1w-zdge
mathymatics is required f'r a. los.I''~
What is vulgarly known as tn spitbaA 9.
account Of tn homely way in which "
op'rator procures his effects IS n fSe' :
solution v wan ov tn most inihrcate prov.
lens IN mechanic. TIL purpose " %
pitcher is u project tn qrojectyle 20 '"''
at d pint between his position an "a o'''.
man tn tindincy to proceed on ts "ss
Will be countheracted be an impulse 30 -
turn whence it come. TIL purpose ls p
batsman is, after judgin' be ssisH.'-.
methods the probable coorse or thrajee'n''
" tn missile, to oppose il with sRtsy'D'
foorce at tn proper moment an al ~
most efficient point. first TO ietsrd rs i0'
ward movement, thin 70 correct IN esss'
lations an fnly propel it in dre.aen ~
proximately opposite firm its originn rs's
ress." -
New-York tribune., 1919-08-29

whom Great Britain conquered were won
to her service by magnanimity. And
they repaid that magnanimity a hundred
fold in the hour Of the empires peril.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-29

All of US who feel little disappointed
because no new novel of II. G. Wells has
appeared in the last week or so should BE-
interested in the announcement in 1.-THE
Bookman' that he is working on history
OF the world which VIII consis, probably Of
between three hundred and three hundred
and fifty thousand words
New-York tribune., 1919-08-29
RadicaIism
- By Pomcroy Burton
Formerly Daily Mail and its
associated newspapers.

Of the United States were to unite IN n move
ment not to fight labor, not to fight capital,
but fearlessly to expose the faults of both
and simply and fairly to spread the truth,
the could turn the whole trend of events
and avert consequences that are not pleasant
to contemplate. These frequent strikes are
largely tests of strength, and they are null
tiplying rapidly. Conditions growing
steadily worse the country over.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-29
The Coming Tower
Settling the Question

tEDITOR'S NOTE.--Baron Ireland Is now ad-
vertising writer for department store.' Ed
Coming Towcr.1
Who'd think there lay threnody-an epopee
"a monody
In ads for yoiles or white batistes or
swissy yoked pajamas?
Who'd fancy, pray, triolet deep hidden in
a violet
Or pink or pansy organdy? Who'd think
that panoramas
OF vistaed glamour mystical there lurked
behind statistical
And stilted talks of markdowns for the
person who indjtes 'em?
Who'd think such realms of beauty lay in
ads wherein dull duty lay?
Well, if there's any one who does, it's not
the guy that writes 'em!
BARON IRELAND.
Marshall Field & Co.. Chicago.
1t interests X. l.. S. that actors apparently
have only one symbol for expression of ap-
neutrality-suspicious.. "When most of us nod
or smlc," she observes, "they become manu-
ally frantic. At the organizing Of the
Fidelity League, Louis Mann said Let me
read the synonymes for Fidelity: honesty,
devotion, loyalty (and the rest).' He read
then and there was a roar of clapping, and
l said: why, they applaud even the The
saurus. Three cheers for Roget" And an
actor beside me started cheer"
New-York tribune., 1919-08-29
Who s to Blame,
tFron The Toledo prod~,

Champ Clark says the Republican party
Is responsible for the high cost of living.
And he is right. The Republican party
precipitated the whole trouble when il
neglected to win in 1915.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-29

the West, in the course Of which / had
exceptional opportunities to study condi-
tions.
With strikes and labor unrest everywhere,
attention IS being rapidly focused on labor
as q main issue. Employers, large and small,
have taken the line of least resistance in
nearly every section Of the West, acceding to
repeated demands of the workers, whether
we'll based not, and "getting their own
back" by the simple process of marking up
their products to the extent of the conces-
sons made, thus contributing to the high
cost of living and adding fuel to the flame of
discomfort.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-29

Mr. James P. sinnott, the Evening Nails
lawn tennis expert, is a daring prophet
"To-day," ne wrote Wednesday, "Wilams
and Richards face each other, which means
that one must give way and drop out" And
no forecastcr over was more justified by tho
result.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-29

We find we were in error the other day
when we hazarded the guess that MAJ
Beerbohm's "Zueika Dobson" was a neg
lected novel. Almost every list Of hf''
books which is sent in FOR our saturds'
book page includes Beerbohm's delightful
burlesque among the favorltes.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-29
Books
BY Haywood Broun

SEEMS to us that Booth Tavk,.
belongs at the top or theresh~~.f''a
American letters. We VIII be snr,,, ~ u
and disappointed if renrod does ~. ''sd
Tor century or 90. And ve. ~,
Tarkington's work IS fawed by .n.' VI
failing. Almost invariably the no.,,. Vs'
carefully thought out TO certs;, Do,.. s's
then they weaken. THIS point oeeurs '''
rule, within chapter or so 0 he ana
story hangs" as The racetracx rons.. ."'
express it. in the last few str,d..
Ramsey Milholland," for Mt "
seemed to US that Tarkn ngton - ="
minute development OF theme go.
abruptly. He was. according 70 .,ar VI
sion, a little tired ard ansious to
over with before he had actssiiv g.
the finishing mark. To-day v- -.
story which may provide an s,--,....
Booth Harrington" says puti.sbsr,.
from Doubleday Page. "n1obabl, us.ss
lead pencils than any other writer +,
1ca Always he has disdained Il tv,s,..,...
He works at an artists drax,ny -
and the story continue. with -
stock of paper before him he .hen -.
about the actual business Of conno,,..
very slowly, very carefully Fvo-v "a.
almost every word Is poudered |,
anced, scrutinized before It 10 oermit.sa. :.
pass AS often as not dozen phrases -
been rejected before the anal ore W..
seems TO readers TO come - .rirp;ng,v =.
been arrived at. Individual words :.
scored out again and again"
All this makes the siscbcninc q w..
toward the end Of long novel CONN.
hensible Though man begin with so,...
we'll sharpened pencils catasrropbes
sure to occur in the course of fftv O, x:x..
thousand words. Finally, the author sn5,
himself with an aching wrist and o,,, -.
pencil, which has grown little duh T. !.
is to add another chapter he must mans. :.
ind safety razor blade and sharp.r ~,
And so instead he rounds of the tale Will.
lead remains
New-York tribune., 1919-08-29

Three chldless contribs--Art, Ethel and
Billie--prove, from the text of DAISY Ash
ford" that it could not have been written
by n nine-year-old girl. Perhaps it could
not have been, but it was. And, as the fellow
said, That's our story and we stick to it.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-29
Militant Minorifies

A sane, strong counter movement would.
/ am sure, command the approval and CO
operation of the decent, sound element in
labor, and that embraces the great ma
jority of workers throughout the country.
They are being led and driven to-day by a
minority and very dangerous, economi-
cally unsound minority at that
These men, who deliberately trying
to force soviet government upon this coun-
try and who have had everything pretty
much their own way up TO now, must be
routed for good and all before a healthy
state of affairs can be established here. But
such unsound leaders cannot continue their
sway in the face of avalanche of facts
in the face of simple truths-truths and
facts which have been too long withheld.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-29
The Great Truth

The greatest of all these truths-and the
one least understood to-day the world over
is the fixed and absolute relationship that
exists, and must ever exist, between wages
and production.
Get that fact once clear in the popular
mind and the agitator who now harangues
the workers, urging them TO seize "ther
share of capital, to "takc over the works."
to destroy government in order to rebuild,
and all the rest of it, will have to take
back seat; his sway will be ended and
reason and common sense will come into
their own again.
But it is not going to be easy to bring
this change about in the face of conditions
that exist right now. Even the conserva-
tive business element throughout the coun-
try is suspected by labor, and any
paign of education, however good and how
ever we'll intentioned, will have to be forced
home hard and pcrsistently to be maae
effective. But the sooner such a campaign
is undertaken the better for all concerned.
What is most needed is strong gov
crnment lead in this direction, which would
rally the conservative patriotic element of
the whole country, including the women
for the home is threatened by this radical
movement - together with the immense
number of workpeople who have no real
sympathy with the labor leaders now in
control and who are dead against all forms
Of Bolshevism and !. W. W.-ism.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-29

Old Ray Fosdck notes that the Londoners
Glide the r. Sign on an Oxford Street build
ing: "This building will contain shops and
flats" "And why not" adds Raymond. who
Will have his l. j., "cal it the Singer Build
ing?"
New-York tribune., 1919-08-29
That Soviet Election

'fron The Wichita Beacon)
Communists won the recent elao+;o,, -
Petrograd with ease Those who had ,o,,
ein"eht jobs voted to hold them, and the
SIX other people were afraid to vote.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-29
The Education of Henry Adams

[From the summary of the first round
G. A. L. Dionne, New York, defeated Henry
Adams, Englcwood, N. j., Is, 6--1, GO.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-29
Signs Are Dnsinous

Everywhere dangerous theorists are in con-
troll of the labor organizations. and the nlain
outspoken policy of most of them, as cvi-
denced by their speeches and their vast guam
Titles OF literature with which the whole
country is flooded, seems TO be to destroy cap
ital, to ignore property rights and to take a
shortcut, via the soviet route to ultra-so-
cialism
1t is an omlnous sign that in this fcverish
rush toward some new state of things even
strong Northwestern farm oranges and the
railway brotherhoods have now joined and
THIS despite the fact that in the movement
which they are now virtually part of, the
very fundamentals of economic laws are be-
ing ignored, forcing the cost Of living con-
stantly higher and creating unhealthy con-
ditions in which the workers themselves must
ultimately be the principal sufferers
1t IS time for a strong lead to be given
which will encourage the people-especiallv
the working people, who are being led sadlv
astray-to think straight and understand tha
basic elements of the labor question and Of
other questions equally important which must
be dealt with soon in the interests of the
country at large
1t devolves upon the aroused business mon
of this country more than upon anv other
class or body of citizens to get promptly to
work and save the situation.
Something To Do
1t will not do for capital, as capital to
raise big fund and start out to fight this
radical movement. If it tried that to-dav
the chances are that capital would be beaten.
The extremist labor leaders would welcome
such challenge.
But if the men who represent all grades
and kinds OF business throughout every part
New-York tribune., 1919-08-29

"Chrstophcr and Columbus" Doubleday.
Pagc) has one OF the longest sentence,
which have ever served to open works o..
fiction. Here it is.
Their names were really Anna-Rose and
Anna-Felicitas; but they decided as the,
sat huddled together in a cor4cr Of the
second class deck OF the American liner y
Luke, and watched the dirty water OF tie
Mersey slipping past and thc Liverpool land.
ing stage disappearing into mist. and fel,
that 1T was comfortless and cold. and knev
they hadn't got father or ii mother. and
remembered that they were s4iens. an5
realized that in front OF them lay great
deal Of gray, uneasy, dreadfull, wet sea-
endless stretches of 1t, day and days Of il
with waves on top OF it TO make them sick
and submarines beneath it 10 kl them L
they could, and knew that they hadn't h.
remotest idea, not the very romotest. wha,
was before them when ard il they did get
across to the other side, and knew shat they
were refugees, castaways, dereLcts, two
wretched little Germans who were neither
really Germans nor really English because
they so unfortunately, so compiicatedly
were both-they decided looking very cain
and determined and sitting very close to-
gether beneath the rug their English aunt
had given them to put around their rniser.
able alien legs, that what they really wer'
were Christopher and Columbus, betauss
they were setting out to discover a New
" orld"
New-York tribune., 1919-08-29

The Legal Minimum
From Tie El Paso Tames)
we wonder at times if America is 75 mar
cent sane.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-29

On the other hand. we feel certain .b,.
Harold Bell Wright composes on a ,vr,'
writer, pausing only once every tven.y.fou,
hours to OF the machine with lnl.
trcaclc.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-29

Emcndatlons to and comments on "Abdul,
the Bulbul Ameer," continue to come, but
L. b. submits another song, which her father
learned at Kenyon College. "Kafoozleum" it
is called; and it follows:
New-York tribune., 1919-08-29

Robert W. Chambers use. an addins ma.
chime and Theodore Dresser fayors an ~,
New-York tribune., 1919-08-29

In ancient days there lived Turk,
A horrid beast within the East,
He did the Prophets holy work,
The Bah-bah of Jerusalem.
tie had daughter, sweet and smirk.
Complexion fair and dark blue hair,
And naught about her like Turk.
Except her name, Kafoozleum.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-01-02
SOME LAND

We are entering what promises 10
be the greatest year for Hand county
in her history Farm lands are adj
vancing rapidly in price. Great num-
bers of farms are being sold every
week. Now is the time to buy. For
this week we offer the following list
of choice farms:
$40 acres well improved farm land
six miles north OF Miller. Nothing
better in South Dakota. Now paying
big returns. $4,000 per acre.
$40 acres fine level improved farm
near Vayland. Possession March LIST.
$4,000 per acre.
$40 acres n and a half miles from
Vayland A beauty. Easy terms.
$4,000 per acre.
$40 acres unimproved prairie land,
level, rich soil. $3.50 per acre
100 acres well improved farm two
miles of Miller. New artesian well
fine alfalfa. $1,000 per acre
100 acres in famous Glendale valley.
Close to school, level, fertile land
Only $1,000 to handle. $27.50 per ere
These are all choice farms and our
we'll known guarantee stands behind
each M Come in at once.
Bushfield & Bushfield.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-01-02
CLASSIFIED .ADVS.
HAPPY new YEAR

The passing year will be long re-
membered in Hand county as one of
great prosperity, and as the end of the
great war. The year opening today
will be still longer remembered by
the wave of prosperity that is now
bearing down upon US, and by the
great stream of returning soldier boys
from the distant land Of lover there"
With one tremendous crop of grain,
corn and hogs behind US; with a de-
termination and a prospect for an
other one this coming season; with
six hundred returning soldiers COM
ing back to us to make homes of their
own upon the vacant farm lands of
this county, we face the coming year
with greater PROJECTS. roster hopes,
and more certainty Of prosperity than
we have had for many years.
With this pleasant prospect before
we extend to our friends and custom
ers throughout this county our best
wishes for your continued happiness
and material success throughout the
coming year.
RushfipId AZ BushfieId.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-01-02
December ste
SUMMONS

December ste
SUMMONS
State of South Dakota, County OF
Hand, SIS In Circuit Court. Sixth
Judicial Circuit.
John e. Marston, Plaintiff,
VS.
Robert w. Stuart, Leonard Coleman,
j. J Smith, deceased, and Myrtle f.
Simpson, formerly Myrtle E. Smith,
Mrs. Frances f. Wade, Jacob Smith
and Catherine Rubelman, as the sole
heirs of j. J. Smith, deceased, and the
unknown heirs, devisees, legatees, and
the executor or administrator of j. y.
Smith, deceased, and the creditors. of
j. j. Smith, deceased, and all persons
unknown who have or claim to have
any estate or interest in, or lien OF
encumbrance upon the premises de-
scribed in the complaint, defendants,
The State Of South Dakota To the
Above Named Defendants:
You are hereby summoned and re-
quired to answer the complaint of ths
plaintiff which was filed in the Office
of the Clerk oc Courts at Miller, in
Hand County, South Dakota, on the
sra uay I|DeCeIuBeT, 1910, anu WHICH
prays for a judgment quoting the
title to and determining of all adverse
claims against the premises described
in the complaint, situated in said
County and State as follows, to-wit:
Lots twenty-eight, twenty-nine and
thirty, in Block twenty-nine of the
Corporation Addition to the town of
Rec Heights, in Hand County, South
Dakota, West of the Fifth p NJ, and
to serve a copy of your answer to the
said complaint, upon the undersigned
at his Office in the Bushfield Block in
the City of Miller, South Dakota, with
in thirty days after the completed
service of this summons upon you,
exclusive of the day of such service,
and if you fail TO answer said COM
plant within that time, the plaintiff
will apply to the Court for the relief
demanded in the complaint.
Dated this 18th day of November,
Harlan J. Bushtield,
Attorney for Plaintiff
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-01-02
OBITUARY

Clara Cecilia Cutting was born rear
Montreal, Canada, March IA, 1S4S.
Died at Miller, s. D., December 81,
1918 being at the time OF her death
70 years, 3 months and 10 days.
In 1853 she moved with her parents
to Aurora, Kane Co., Ill. On Febru-
airy 26, 1857 she was united In marri-
age to Edwin Lester Marsh OF Aurora,
III. To this union two ons were born
Geo. e OF Miller, s. d., and Archie s.
OF Sioux Rapids, la. In 1885 she NOV
ed with her family to Sanborn, Obrien
Co, Ia, where she resided until some
ten years ago she moved to Parker,
8. d., where she remained until about
four years ago.
Her husband died March 81, 1914,
since which time she has made her
home with her son at Miller. In her
early life she united with the Ad-
ventist Church, later she became a
faithful member of the N. ID. church
Of Sanborn, la. She was a faithful
wife and loving mother, always look
ing for she comforts Of those around
her. She leaves to mourn her death
two sons Geo. p. and Archie s., three
brothers, Charles Cutting, Of Aurora,
ILL.,, CLANCY and N. C. Cutting of Par
ker, and a host OF friends.
Weep not that her tolls are DER,
Weep not that her race is run;
God grant we may rest as calmly
when our work, like hers, is done,
Til then we yield with gladness,
Our mother to Him to keep.
And rejoice in the sweet assurance,
lie riyeth His loved one slsep." 80"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-01-02
December 1873
Notice of Hearing Petition for Letters
of Administration

Oh administration
State of South Dakota, County OF
Hand, SIS. In County Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of James
S. Cain, deceased
The State of South Dakota sends
Greeting to: Bertha Cain, Eva NJ,
Greenlee, Bertha C. Cain and Rex II,
Cain, heirs at law and next of kin OF
James S. Cain, deceased, and TO all to
whom these presents may come:
Notice is herby given that Bertha
Cain has filed with the Judge of this
Court, a petition praying for Letters
of administration of the estate of
James S Cain, deceased, and that Sat
urday, the 4th day of January, 1914,
at two o'clock in the afternoon OF
said day, being a day of a regular term
of this Court, to-wit of the January,
1919. term thereof, at the Office of the
Judge of said Court, in the City of
Miller, South Dakota, has been set
for hearing said petition, when and
where any person interested may APP
pear and show cause why said petition
should not be granted.
Dated at Miller, S. d., this 18th day
of December, 1918.
BY The Court:
r. c Anderson,
(SEAL) Judge
Attest:
w. f. Morrow, Clerk.
Roy t. Bull, Attorney for petitioner.