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SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
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,THB DEMOCRATS AND THE!
"A5 FA&MER.
P!:*! Iv
•Ii|8*y« the SlOijx FallB Argus-Lead-
this paper
In other'^ybi ibe Argus-Leader
ia« gone over to the democratic
I!
party. For It
J«
ioBe
between
ROOBOVCU
and Wilson,
It all goes to allow that the Argue
$*ader Is anti-republican, as Ilia ro-
:publican
party in this stfitc has been
ttbfiried under direction of law by the
Mate convention.
«, What 1b more, the Argus-Loarlbr in
has gone back to Its advocacy
fdorsesdemocratic
the' tariff policy. It
the democratic proposal to
bring back an era of free, trade. It
irtmctldtiB the declaration by Gov.
Wilson at Williams Grove, Pa., that
,th8 farmers do not need, protection.
la not moved by the fact that the
day after the reciprocity treaty was
defeated in Canada, the price of
Wheat Jumped eight cents per bushel
the Minneapolis market. The Ar
|^fMLeader thus lends Itself to a
p*frogram
which contemplates the loss
|tof 8 cents on every bushel of wheat
fpold by the farmers of South Dakota.
On ,60,000,000 bushels of wheat,
Mch as was produced this year, this
jfcanil,,netorlfiqiiig some $4,000,000
pining to the farmers of South Da
|ftta/:-(/Onaidering the other products
It the farm, it is fair to say that thlB
^ee trade propaganda of the demo
rata, as endorsed by the democratic
i^uarLeader, would coBt the farmers
|bf Bouth Dakota fi^m $6,000,000 to
llS.OOO.OOb per year? This is not bas
upon any theory, but upon the act
ual records of the wheat market be
p'tore and after the reciprocity treaty
$JKM voted upoji in Canada.
-But the Wilson program is far
vorie than the reciprocity treaty, for
the latter proposed at least to obtain
for the people of the United States
tome tariff concessions in return,
the democratic plan is to open the
American market to the world with
out even asking for any similar fav
ors from other nations
During the last democratic admin
istration. the average price of wheat
Chicago was around 60 cents per
bushel. Now, with a tremendous
^|rtieat crop, it is'selling for H2 to 93
"^JSqpte 'at Chicago.
J||sjjPlie program of the .Argus-Leader
«Ad of the democratic party is to,
ojbeapen the cost of "living at the ex.
Jtonae of the farmer. It is desired that
again sell wheat for 50 cents or
'JM cents per bushel, and other pro
^|wct» In proportion.
That is very nice for the other
ii»ow
what does the South Dakota
farmer think about it?
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THE TARIFF IN THE PLATFORMS
There can be no doubt whatever
to the position occupied by Wil
•on and Roosevelt with reference to
the tariff. Both stand upoh platforms
that declare in the plainest language
.what should be done with the tariff.
The Roosevelt platform champions
the protective tariff system in the fol
Rowing unmistakable language:
"We believe in a protective tariff
Mhlch shall equalize conditions of
-^competition between the United Stat
esst and foreign countries, both for
farmers and the manufacturers
irMcit shall entertain for labor an
i.^toquate standard of living."
To accomplish this, the platform
er advocates a tariff commis
—jiili'lBlothed with authority to ascer
the necessary facts for the
-i vi.
of a truly scientific and
of tariffs. To this the
iiratfr are unalterably opposed,
Tbey made clear in congress by
defeating the appropriation for the
board. They do not want a
they want, to ruin
nrofpr to
tl
ftect.s.
,v4o
Strictly i| Advance.
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OFFICIAL
COUNTY PAPER
party
ii WIlwii and Roosevelt,
for WfUon."
"Asbetw
IH
apparent that thn
Taft men in tl. state do not want
io give t'lomseljrtiB an opportunity to
vote for Taft putting up set of
Taft ele^dr^. donscquently they will
Vffrat themselves Into a position where
7
jV
I i'ifif purpose of the democratic
party is net. forth just as clearly as is
Koosevelt'H, in the following para
graph of the Baltimore platform:
"We declare it. to be a fundamental
principle of the democratic party that
the federal government., under the
constitution, lias no right or power
to Impose or collect tariff duties, ex
cept. for the purpose of revenue, and
we demand that the collection of such
taxes shall be limited to the necessi
ties of government., honestly jyid eco
nomically administered."
In other words, the democratic
unalterably opposed to any
degree'of protection whatever. That
is why it would expose tlio South Da
kota farmer to Canadian competition.
It doesn't believe lie has any right
to such protection. It wants to cheap
en bis products, BO that the buyer
may reduce the cost of living. It is
perfectly frank about its purpose.
The democratic party is ready and
willing to destroy any industry that,
may depend upon a protective tariff
for its existence. That there are many
such institutions in the United States
even the deniocrhtlj party recogniz
es,, for another paragraph of the Bal
timore platform says: .y
"We recognize tliar our system of
thriff taxation is intimately connect
ed with the business of the country
nud we favor the ultimate attainment
of the principles wo advocate by leg
islation that will not. injure or de
stroy legitimate industry."
This "recognizes" that the policy
,of the party Is disastrous to the
"business of the country," but the
party would bring on that disaster
gradually. It. would leave standing
only those industries that can en-
duro without tlio tariff, for these are
the only ones the democratic party
considers legitimate. Of course the
plan of taking away the tariff grad
ually is absurd. Any concern that
must.' have protection to remain in
business will take no chances of con
tinuing in the face of certain removal
of the tariff. He could not tell wheth
er his doors would be closed within
a year or three years. The result
would be that he would close them
himself and turn his force into tho
street to join the army of unemploy
ed.
A RATIONAL 1'1,/VN.
It Is set forth in a recent address
by William L, Kunsoni of tlio New
York bar that there are just three
wayB aside from tho almost impos
sible one of amending the constitu
tion, for bringing the courts into un
ion with "the prevailing morality or
strong and preponderant opinion" of
the people. These are given UB fol
lows:
1. By recall of tlio judiciary.
2. By taking away the power of
the courts to bold legislation uncon
stitutional.
:i. By submitting to the deliber
ate determination of tho people the
(luestiou whether a Htatute which a
state court lias declared to bo uncon
stitutional shall remain unconstitu
tional or shall be good hiw.
The last, of these three Is the plan
proposed by Col. Roosevelt and it is
easily seon to be the'least radical of
the three. It has J|lie unqualified
approval of Mr. Ransom, who "says
'that
1
Roosevelt Is sound in arguing
that a cowllict between the court and
the legislature should be submitted
to tho people lor linal arbitration.
It is an Illusion of the American
people that their government is rad
ical and tihat they themselves arc rad
ical. On tho contrary, iot only are
they not radical, but they are un
questionably the most conservative
to be found in any democracy in the
world. '.•'£
Very few realize that this is the
only country in the wliojje -wordd
where the courts are allowed to wipe
laws from the statute books. Not
even in quasl-iuouarchies, such as
lCngland oi lerntany have the courts
ever been permitted to blot out th,e
work of the legislative .branch of tiie
government. What is more than
this, the constitution never author
ized to courts to exercise any such
power and it was not until for a
third of a century afterward that the
judiciary attempted to exercise such
a function. "f
Yet here we are, so ingrained in
the belief that the courts must have
the power to deny what the people
may want in their government, to do.
that when it is suggested that these
judges should be made in some de
gree responsible to the public men
will say with the ex-judge who is
now president, that such a plan is
laying an ax at the root of our gov-
other government has such a root.
It belongs to the American govern
mental tree, and therefore it is just
asBumcd that it is sacrilege to sug
gest taking it out or trimming it in
any manner.
It is well now and then to remem
ber now and then FOR 'WHOM the
government exists. If it is not for
tho people whom it governs, then it
certainly is not a democracy. If it
operates to defeat the deliberate will
of the people, then it is well to con
sider the question of making changes
in the form of government.''
If the people are not to be relied
upon, then certainly I heir agents,
presumably chosen by them or under
their direction, certainly cannot be
trusted.
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PUT UP TO ITl'll ULL.
It Is incumbent upon the business
men of Mitchell to realize what is
expected of them by the surrounding
territory. At least tills must be done
if Mitchell is to maintain the pleas
ant relations with the adjacent Held
that the city naturally desires.
It so happens that the promoters
of all county fairs in nearby counties
expect Mitchell to patronize these
fairs, principally because Mitchell
puts on the Corn Palace attraction
each year. Sioux Falls this year, for
the first time, sent out an automo
bile excursion to make county fairs,
going as far as Platte and coming
back by way of Salem. The Tripp
and Salem fair managements bad
particularly invited Mitchell to send
a bunch of automobiles over to their
entertainment, but, though the ef
fort was made to work up a crowd
for both, it was not successful.
Now the promoters of these two
fairs are in rather a bad humor to
ward Mitchell. It is true that the. at
titude assumed is not entirely reas
onable. McCook county, for example,
exhibits at tho state fair and pat
ronizes the state fair, and yet does
not expect Huron business men to
reciprocate by attending the McCook
county fair. And yet there is more
reason to expect this from Huron
than from Mitchell. For the Huron
buBinesB firms are not required to
bear any of the expense of the state
fair, while the business men of Mit
chell must contribute all the money
required to put on the Corn Palace.
When tho Huron business men are
entirely without burden and those at
Mitchell carry so heavy a load, it. is
not. just fair to Mitchell to expect
everything of Mitchell and nothing
of Huron. Furthermore, McCook
county and every other county in the
state has profited by tile advertising
given South Dakota by the Corn
Palace. The one great, task that had
to be performed before South Da
kota could reach the agricultural
development to which it was entitl
ed, was to convince the rest of the
country that South Dakota is a corn
state. The Corn Palace has done as
much as all else to bring this about
and McCook county has profited
quite as much as Davison county.
However, Mitchell always has
Bliown a disposition.to do more than
its share for the state. The Republir
can Is of the opinion that the cily
should have been represented both
at Tripp and Salem and that it will
be next year.
This week Mitchell has a last op
portunity for this year to do the
courteous thing with the nearby
county fairs. For the Hanson and
Aurora county expositions will both
come off this week. By all means
Mitchell should send a nice automo
bile delegation to both places. Botli
givo Mitchell a nice patronage the
year around and business men will
be making a serious mistake if they,
do not show appreciation of it. W.
15. Tipton has been named com
mitteeman to work up a crowd for
the Aurora county fair and L. iieck-
witli for the Hanson county fair.
Business men should make up their
minds to go both places and givo
their names r.t once'to these commit
teemen
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Aj ITCH
ELL
j, H'i-,"-'
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State or Onlo. Citv or Toieao,
Lucas County,
Frank .1. C.henatr makes eath that he
is senior partner of the Arm of F. J.
Cheney & Co., during business In the
City of Toledo, Cunty anil State afore
said, and that said Arm will nay the
sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
to
each and every case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use of Hall's
Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
In my presence, this 8th day of Decem
ber. A. D.. 188*.
(BEAL) A. W. GLEASON.
Notary Public
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internal
ty, an dacts directly on the blood and
"t .is,i i. ••'••it -j
r.t
I.K-S
WTTS-1' ICTT USON NI'PTI ALS.
last Monday morning at tile Baptist
parsonage in this citw, when .John W.
Cutis and Miss Tillie Peterson, bolii
of Plankiutou were united in mar
riage. They are both very popular
young people of their home, town and
are well known in Mitchell. Mr. Cutis
is a hardware man at Plankinton and
after a lew days spent in sightseeing,
tiie couple returned to their home
there. The ceremony WHS performed
by Itev. Benj. I'\ Tilley pastor of the
First Baptist church. The newlyweds
enter life under very flattering con
ditions and their many friends wish
for them a long and prosperous lite
together.
O O 5
A~(~
TO I .LI FSON-PA WI A) UKK I."
-\p interesting, social eyeiii .took!
place Saturday al'ternobu Sept. 7.!
when Mr. RuVils Tollifson was'inar-'
ried to Miss Alma Pawiotiski at the|
parsonage of the First Methodist lip
Wick, of Creston, Iowa, who is vis-.
1
SMITH-LINKS NnPTl'ui'S.'
Cardts'. fiaa'e been received in ho
city announcing tiie marriage of Mr.
Ralph L. Smith of this cily. and Miss
Gladys. Lines at the boi^ip, of. the
bride's mother, at M^^uqd,,
:l,Us,,
1
OQETT
on
Thursday, .Soptqmber'pT, !^lr. Smith
is a traveling salesman for (lie Car
penter Paper Co.', of Omaha, Neb.,
with headquarters In this city where,
the young people will reside at'tej'1
November 1st. Mr. Smith has made
many 'friends in
Mitchell' since' mak
ing this city his headquarters who
will extend to him and his bride a
most cordial welcome.
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FORM Kit MITCHELL filKI. WEDS.
Cards have been received by
friends in the city announcing th!
SURPRISE FOR MRS. OLSON.
The ladies of the Swedish Lutheran
church gave a pleasant birtliday sur
prise on Mrs. Olson, wife of their
pastor, lasj. Wednesday afternoon at
the home, 918 East. Fifth avenue.
Mrs. Olson was the recipient of many
beautiful and useful presents as re
membrances of the occasion. Sewing,
music and sociability occupied the I
afternoon, and refreshments were
served.
BIRTHDAY DINNER.
were Mrs. Maude ilazelton of Win
nipeg, Canada, and L. O. Pepper of
Ottumwa, Iowa. They are daughter
and son who are visiting at the Wel
ler home.'
WATERMELON SOCIAL.
Forty young people gathered at
the Congregational parsonage Friday
evening to attend the watermelon so
cial. It was too chilly to stay on the
lawn so the pastor and his wife open
ed the doors of their home and a most
royal time was enjoyed by the large
company. The evening was delight
fully spent in sociability. Delicious
watermelon «as served. Japanese
lanterns were lighted on the lawn
and porch. The event was a great
succesB despite the chilliness of the
weather.
SIX 0'CLQCJt| DINNER.
ii'iitertained the Cliiiik'sworlli family
a six o'clock dinner lasi Tuemlay
I!spent
levelling at, their home on south Uul'f
streel. The evening was pleasantly
in music and various games.
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iI I II A A It
A very pretty wedding occurred! Mrs. Jack Porter entertained elev-
en yoMng ladies at. her home Mil
North Edmunds yesterday in honor
of the fifteenth birthday of Miss
Jesse 1'orier. Various contests were
indulged in and some very enjoyable
music was furnished by Miss Eliza
beth l.ang. Following the social
events a delightful three course lun
cheon was served. The evening's en
tertainment was closed by a tlfeatre
party at the Majestic.
MRS. WELLER ON
THE STATE FAIR
marriage of Miss Lois E. Butterfield towns and from the country in their
of Zeal, S. 1)., to Mr. A. li. Altfiilisli own cars.
of Weyburn, Canada. The wedding
took place in Weyburn. Alter a short
time the young people will return
to South Dakota where they will
make rheir future home. The groom
is a prosperous and well-to-do young
man. Miss Butterfield lias many
friends in the city who will remember
her as a high school girl. From here
she entered the Hot Springs hospital
where she took the nurses training
course and graduated with high hon
ors from there. Miss Butterfield is
alsa a land holder in South Dakota
and the wedding is the ouiconiu ol
pioneer life in tiie west
1
Mrs. Charley Weller gave a birth
day dinner last Sunday at her home,
till west Duff street in honor of Mrs.
Frank Weller. The out of town guests Of Hunger's wolf survive tho hourly
fear
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^SGOODLAD-BAITGHMAN.
Miss Addie Baugnian and Mr. Earl
Goodlad of Plankinton wen! married
this week at the home of the bride's
parents at Farmer. The wedding took Let Time's alembic from these dregs
place at 6:00 o'clock in the evening! distill
and immediately following it the Remembrances only of sWeet days
young couple left for Minneapolis on
a wedding trip. Mrs. J. J. Haynes and
Miss Mildred Goodlad of this city
re in at an
INKS i:\IIIBITS AND (KOWIl
BI JI IIIVN I:\KR AMI IS...
MtOUl) OF DISPLAY OF
.MITCH KM
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iscopal the pastor. Or. tloag--Publican her impressions ot the stale
land officiating. Mr. Tofiitson is from .fair today,as}' follows:
the neighboring town of Cuthbert I "No doubt you will have many re
and his bride, is from Lane.-Both are ports'Horn 'people who attended the
well known young people, the groom Stale Fair ut Huron, but each will
having been, a school teacher, fou a have seen things from a. different
number of years. Mr. and Mrs. Toll- viewpoint.
ifson will be at home on their farm "The great crowds that attended
near Cuthbert to their friends. The Wednesday were a surprise to many
young people are well known in this being almost double that of the iarg
city. est attendance any previous year.
"The most interesting affair on the
grounds yesterday was the annual
meeting of the Dakota Pioneers.
There is a regular organization and
steps ahe being taken to erect a per
manent building on the fair grounds
for a home, and to have a regular
homecoming day each year for the
old settlers.
'It was also voted to have the coun
ty organizations and delegates each
year to the, State meeting and to re
port progress from .their various lo
calities. There were several speech
es from men of note at the meeting
yesterday, among them' were Gov.
Vessey, Prof. Bronilee, and others
whose names 1 failed to get. 'Two
women made short addresses. One
of them was Mrs. Pickler of Faulk
ton whom nlaiiy in this eity know
well and favorably The very best
part of the entertainment'in my mind
was a poem by Doane Robinson, and
it is so excellent I hope you w.ill print
it here so more people may enjoy it.
I asked Mr. Robinson for a copy and
here it is.
"The Pioneers
God in his providence has made
this law:
That some may suffer all that's stern,
severe
Endure privation feel the dread
ful claw
Of savage knife, in lonely dug-out
cave.
Afar from kindred, home or loving
friends:
Ill-fed, ill-clotlier, unkempt, com
pelled to brave
The summer's heat From winter's
storm defend
Unsheltered flock and when the
years are flown
oergrown
With copse of gladness and with
dreams that flll-i
The heart with joy make biting
hunger sauce i.
For feasts the chilling storm a tonic
draft
The dug-out cave a palace rich and
gloss
The savage threat a phantom to be
laughed
Away. Such spirits hath the Fa
ther bound
Since Abram's day and David's pren
tice years
To seek and break his farthest,
wildest ground:
The seed of every land His daunt
less pioneers.
Tiie father tries them in his fierc
est heat
He proves their worth by flood—and
tempest-test
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WOMKV
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Myra Pepper Weller told The Ite-
There wen fourteen coaches tilled
'. completely, as we went up Wednes-
MtiSS W I CUFST OF 1IONOU. day morning and thn crush at the
•Mrs. L. H. Wick entertained at her 'urnstile entrances was not only iin
beautiful home in tin' Western part comfortable but really dangerous,
of the city, in honor of Miss Myrtle
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 a 1 0 1 1 1
3
admitted.
iting here. Various guessing games "Some remarked that it would
were played and several unique prizes bave been better to have gone up
given. About a dozen were present.
1
Delightful refreshments were served. reports were to the e'iect that it
The house was decor&ted with flow
ers in profusion among which pansies
and asters predominant. Miss Wick
lias been in Hie city about a week and
will remain until after Corn Palace.
l'"'
1 1 1
t"
entered at tiie other gates.
was even worse there.
"The exhibits are much finer this
year I ban last and it is a revelation
to people from other states to see the
South Dakota products.
"I spent a good portion of my time
in the Woman's building, and am
(iroud of the Mitchell exhibit al
though it failed to win either first
or second prize—getting third place.
Sioux Falls, quite deservedly I be
lieve was first, but many others,-my
self among the number, believe, that
Mitchell is entitled to second place.
"I tried both days to get a seat, in
tiie ampit lieat re but hundreds were
unable to secure seats and were turn
ed into the fiekl whore they stood to
watch the races. 1 don't care enough
for for such tilings to stand and
watch tlieui so I put in the time with
the machinery, seeing the wonderful
exhibits of traction engines. There
are'fourteen different tractors repre
sented—some firms have two or three
machines there. And the automo
biles were much in evidence—hun
dred of them on exhibition and thou
sands of people came in from other
rK*»."5 $ n- •MTiri--*":".-
I
winnowed wheal
He stamps: "Selected, No. 1. My
best."
And showers his blessings all a
long the way,
A: you are blest, old pioneeis today,
today.
"There was music by die Jubilee
Singers and reminiseiices by several
old pioneers, making altogether a de
lightful meeting.
"The flights of the airships were
wonderful, both the monoplane and
biplane giving two or three I lights
each day and soaring about ''or half
an hour or more, to the delight ot the
Spectators.
ji "Beyond, the discomfort of being
cfoushed'at the entrance gates and the
ldng wait in the over crowded, 111
liglrtsflttarid!, dirty depot at Wolsey,
ami. the.Jack of room on the tram
from there to Mitchell being pack
ad f(Vfife"-limit all the way, and last
ly having to walk home at one o'
clock in tJie morning—1 had a very
line time at: the State Fair."
ABERDEEN GROCERS
GET HIGH PRICES
Aberdeen, S.
Ij.-—A
news item
in a Watertown paper relative to the
prices of fruit and vegetables on the
Watertown market lead an Aberdeen
newspaper to commit local grocers
and compare the.r prices on the same
products, with those prevalent at
Watertown. The result was aston
ishing to Aberdeen housewives and
may lead to a crusade for lower
prices. With two or three exceptions
Aberdeen consumers found their
grocers were charging, them from
to .10 per cent more then Watetown
residents have to pay for the same
class of commodities. The prices
varied, somewhat, and did not indi
cate a combine on the part of grocers,
butdie-vcrtheless in nearly every in
stance prices were higher. Four
grocers were asked for prices and the
sCljedulBs were compiled from their
ii'ijswers. One grocer'wl-.o charged (id
c'qiU^ a peck for wild plums, and. !P
eents'H half IbuslieK 'where other groc
ers Were charging'but
1
peck or cqnts a half bushel, was
asked the reason for the apparent dis
crimination against the customer who
wanted but a perk of plums, and re
plied: "Oil more of them by .the
peck."
MONEY AVAILABLE FOR
COUNTY ROAD WORK
Pierre. S. I).—Tho good roads
move in tiie counties covered by the
government forest reserve in the
western half of tile state w'll get as
sistance through a provision of the
agricultural appropriation bill passed
at the last, session of congress. This
provision gives to such counties, ten
per ceht of file receipts from the for
est reserves, for road building in the
territory covered. This is in addition
to the fund which lias been coining
for several years, in which five per
cent of tiie receipts are turned over
to the counties, to be divided bet
ween tlio road and school funds.
There is already available in
the new fund, and the governors of
fice has been notified that it will be
forwarded. It. is suggested thai this
fund be sued to help along road pro
jects already under way. and being
work, instead of being scattered
about generally/as such a method
will bring better results than by at
tempting to scatter the fund in small
amounts generally over the counties.
COMPLAIN OF DELAY
AT QUARANTINE LINE
Pierre, K. D.—The quarantine line
on the Missouri river has for the
past year or two been a cause of more
or less friction between shippers who
desire to send stock across tiie stream
and the state veterinary department.
There have been numerous delays
lately which have been costly to
those who have a few head of live
stock they want to ship east, and it
would appear that the veterinary de
partment might well station a rep
resentative at this crossing point,
instead of allowing delays by getting
men in from outside towns after
long waits at expense to the shipper
while they locate one of Uie state
force. At least, that is tiie .way ship
pers look at it, and there are very
few days when there is not complaint
made in regard the manner of hand
ling the situation. „, j,
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MT. VERNON NEWS
T. E. Garrows was here* last week
from Prairrie du Cliein, Wis., visiting
the King family.
Mr. and Mrs. P. Shepherd of Mit
chell was in the city Friday visiting
old friends. Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd
will leave in about two weeks for
California, where they will make
their home.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Belts left last
week on a visit to their old homes
in Michigan and New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Millard Helgerson
are taking iu the fair at Minnea
polis this week.
Mr. and Mrs. McDowell were here
from Sioux City last week visiting
among old friends. Thursday after
noon the ladies Bay View Reading
club gave a reception in her honor
at the T. B. Haynes home.
Ml. Vernon base ball team will
have a two days' tournament Fri
day and Saturday Sept. 13 and 14.
-froniineut teams will play two hig
Raines each day and a dance in the
ppera house each evening.
Nearly everybody from here is
Vking in the state fair at Huron
this week.
Mr. .and Mrs. C. D. Boyden arrived
Jroin California Monday on a visit
to friends and to look after their
farm south of town.
Mr. and Mrs. Win. Torry of Pierre
were here through the week visiting
at the Cain home. Mr. Terry is a
brother of Mrs. C. W. Cain.
Mrs. Lee arrived from Gayville,
Wednesday for a visit to her sister
Mrs. K. Estteswold.
Miss Mary Quinney came over
from Alexandria the first of the
week.
W. E. Moore moved his family to
Plankinton Monday.
Mrs. Fred Meink die.1 at her home
in Mt. Vernon Sept. 10, 1912. Fun
eral services will be held Thursday
afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home.
lfTftrERM€LE
BIJH.E
FIVE LOAVES AND TWO FISHES
Mark vi, 30*44—Sept. 22.
"Jr«u« .-.•Mill
"T
unlo thnn. I im the Bread a,
ii, 35.
HEN the twelve Apostles re
I turned to -lesus they ex
plained the instance of theii
tour nud what they line,
(might: and lie culled tlieiu nw:iv to
desert plnco to rest awhile, because il
the crowd and because they had not
even time to take nourishment. Sr
they went, privately by ship. But tin
hews went also and the crowd went
on foot from various cities.
Jesus would have no time to film
self. Ilis entire life was devoted and
being rendered up a living sacrifice tc
the Divine service, in feeding the sheer,
of Jehovah's (lock, and His own sheet
also, because all that were the Fa'
ther's were Ills. As He looked lipot.
the multitude. He felt a yearning com
passion for them: "They were like
sheep without a shepherd and HE
continued to teach tlieni.
But did tbev not have synagogues,
and regular reading of the Scriptures'
Did they not have
Scribes. Pharisees.
Priests and I.e
vites? How could
they be without
shepherding? Ah,
they had a soul
hunger, which the
forms, ceremonies
and burdens bound
HI them could
not satisfy. They
really wanted the
"Bread of Life."
which Jesus had
—which Jesus
.5n reins- a
Ancestor.* of the evo*
lutionist.
a
for He iiersonitied
the Truth. Why then did the.v not re
ceive it? They were bound by super
stition. prejudice, the fear of mini,
traditions of the ancients, and the op
position of the great and learned of
their time.
Did the.v not frequently inquire.
"Have any of the Scribes and Phari
sees lielieved on Him?" The common
peopu- always refer to the learned.
The learned therefore have the greater
responsibility. Jesus declared of them.
"Ye have taken away the key of knowl
edge you will neither enter into the
favor of God yourselves, nor will you
permit, others to enter ill.—Luke xi, .12.
And is not this true today? The
learned of the colleges and principal
pulpits are telling the people that tile
Rible is not the Divine Message which
Jesus and the Apostles declared it to
be. that Moses and the Prophets did
not write the liooks accredited to them
and thus indirectly telling that. Jesus
and the Apostles were deceived when
Jesus said, 'Moses wrote of Me." and
the Prophets Isaiah and Jeremiah said
thus and so.
Tho Sympathy of Jesus.
The multitudes In their enthusiasm
went a long journey from home with
out making proper provisions for food.
The disciples urged that the people lie
sent home. Jesus suggested. "Give ye
them to eat." But. they declared they
had nothing wherewith to feed so
tuany. and that if even they should go
to purchase it would cost much.
Finally they found five loaves onrt
two fishes. By Jesus' direction they
seated the multitudes in companies on
the grass, and the loaves and tlshes.
under heavenly blessing, were divided
again and again, and all ate to their
satisfaction and the fragments
amounted to twelve baskets, wliil^
those who had partaken were 5.O00.
This wonderful miracle not only at
tests our Lord's sympathy, but also
spoke volumes to the people of the
Divine power that was in the Great
Teacher but there is still another les
son which it teaches us. Like all of
Jesus' miracles it was merely another
forogleaming. or illustration, of His fu
ture glory and of the coming blessings.
This miracle speaks to us of the
power that our Lord will then have for
providing for the
the
rue,
we do not. expect
that during the reigti
of Christ the world
will be miraculously
fed. but rather iu
I'"" 1'ii'iJi IUI
a necessities of
whole world. Ti
I accordance with the
I Scriptural promise.
a a
yield her increase:"
a
1
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wag-
Ii_geBL_ll, a daughter.
1
and again. "I will
a
,-all for the wheal,
and will increase it," etc.. etc. But
specially the feeding of the multitude
reminds us of the fact testified in our
text that Jesus is "Tile Bread of Life"
—file Divine Provision for the necessi
ties of the whole world.
"I Am the Bread of Life."
As the Church now partake of the
merit of Christ's sacrifice, and become
members of His Body, the one Lonf,
II nd thus partake of eternal Life
through Him, so in God's due time the
Bread from Heaven is to feed the mul
titudes of earth. During the thousand
years of His reign, the Bread of Life
will be freely distributed amongst nil
mankind. That Bread of Life is the
Truth—particularly the Truth connect
ed with (lie great redeeming work of
Jesus. He is.to be the Bread of Life
to Hie world, because He bought the
world with the sacrifice of His life.
The Church, however, in this present
time, iins another privilege which the
world in the future will not share, and
that is represented in the Lord's "cup
His "cup" to us represents our privi
lege of suffering with Him and becom
ing His joint-heirs in the Kingdom.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Rowley carried
off the distinguished honors in the
baby show at the state fair at Huron
this week. They placed their little
son, Paul, in the list with fifty other
babies from all parts of the state, and
the judges tied the blue ribbon on
the youngster as the best one in the
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