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V .rf if* mm Sr, v -•, 2- t.- a jjH" ft. Vt' §t. fc V irf, •X g" v U 0* A I v If- m* sft tev 0' •y. •. k V Vv» MW*i WMMt«* «M» fe1 V ihhi %*#., ?},, F4' *?.-V & The Big Store of iiruoiimoii. Mf mell,l year §4.00 •f mall, 8 month* Btate K* i RESOLVED THAT JNOW 15 NOT THE OMLYTHlMC THAT FALLS THIS TIME OF THE YEAR/ OUR PRICES ARE COMING t)CWN ON 50ME OF OUR. ,VERY BEST 1/4LUES. WE DONT WAN^ANY LEFT- S.OO •7 mall, 8 month* 1.00 By mill, 1 month Br carrier per week 10 J. p. 8TAHL Proprietor. A HTA HI.. Hhii Wsiufn of whites aud blacks. Fonda raised by the relief organiza tions for the earthquake victims in Italy have reacned ${,( 14.000, this unn ^presenting contributions which poured in from all quarters through loading organizations This informa 4!oti is based upon a message from Am bassador Griscom at Rome to Maj.Ueu. Lewis,chairman ot the central commit tee of the American Red Cross aoeietv. the relief fund is divided as follows: Italian government committee $2,000, 900: Italian Red Cross, 1800,000 4mer'can National Red Cross,$841,000. A bill is before the Iowa legislature to pay to the mother of each baby born lb that Btate, $1. The bill provides feat the mene shall be paid out of the County treasuries upon receipt of a Certificate signed by the mother and at tending physician. The bill was in. trodaced by Representative Folliam. Foley's Honey and Tar clears the air £roat, ssages, stops the irritation in the soothes the inflamed membranes Sud the most obstinate cough disappears Sore and inflamed lungs are healed and Strengthened aud the cold is expelled from the system. Refuse any but the cenuinein the yellow paokase. J. H. Anderson. ER V^%: YES, OlJK PRICED HAVE FALLEN, BUT THEY HAVE NOT FALLEN ON SHIPPED IN "FAKE" -5TUFF. THEY HAVE FALLEN ON WHAT WE HAVE LEFT OF THE REGULAR LINE-5 OF CooD MERCHANDISE. IT \S IMPO-S.SI&IE, YOU KNOW, TO BUY J\JST EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO .SELL AND NO MORE. WHAT WE HAVE LEFT OF OUR WINTER GOOD-5 WE SHALL -SELL AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES: 2,000 yards of Mottled and Outing Flan- *f\f nels, 9c and 10c values, now /2C 1 lot of Plaid Dress Goods, 25c values 1 now 1 lot of Dress Flannels, Broad Cloths and Lighter Weave Dress Goods to clean up re- 1/_ gardless of cost vyll 500 Dress Goods Remnants that are marked to sell at LESS THAN COST. On all our Women's, Misses* and OAOJL C\CC Children's Underwear £A3 /O v-JlT On Prints, Percales and Sheetings 10% OFF We want to clean up all our Cloaks, Suits and Skirts and are making Lower Prices Than Ever. (Jet Busy before they are all gone. J. A. JOHNSON. A. J. PETERS, ..SHOE REPAIRING.. Basement Jack's Restaurant Having recently located in Madison I cor dially solicit your orders. FIRST CLASS WORK GUARANTEED ®lje JlaiU} icaoci MA OISOM MOUTH DAKOTA. TELEPHONE, NO. 269. THUKSDAY. FKH. II, 190S —SWOW rTKr LAID F08HUBBY Sioux Falls Woman Surprise* Hwf Husband and His Charmer Sioux Falls, Feb. 10.—The unexpect ed return of his wife, who was supposed to lie away, ou a visit, landed John 1 The North Dakota legislature baa pussed a bill prohibiting too marriage Ht that Z11 rati and a Mrs. Johnson, with whom 'he was found in his home, in the city 1 jail, both parties iuvolved are mar iied and have families. Mrs. Zuraff, who went away from town yesterday on a visit, left her children at a small town nearby, and returned on the next train. She dis covered through neighbors that her suspicions were realized. Mrs. John son, wno is mother of two daughters, had invaded hei home. Mrs. Zuraff called the police, and Night Captain Johnson and Officer John Webb accom panied her to her home. The husband aud Mrs. Johnson were found in the house. He answered the door and Mrs. Johnson was callfd from upstairs. Mrs. Zuraff demanded the arrest of both. What charges the wite will prefer is not known, as both her husband and Mrs. Johnson,tnongh they had been dnuking, were cbthed. However, the other woman was an intruder in her home, and Mrs. ZuraS insisted ou the arrest and will appear against her husnand and the other woman. Threatening fwerifmese with oWJdreB is (|uickly and safels calmed by Prevent ics. These little Caudy Cold Cure Tab lets should always be at hand--for promptness is all important. Pieventics contain no quinine, nothing harsh or sickening. They are indeed "the stitch in time". Carried in pocket or jju-se, Preventics are a genuine safe guard' a&ains.tCoMe .vr & '\KfcVi V i V i.y fai.-*" 1tW-' *3? 1 jww .sA'-v' jh- .**• 2 c. Sold by CiuriaiictuU Mi' FARM LIFE MESSAG! President Tells of Country Needs. COMMISSION'S BEPOBT. More Profit and Satisfaction to farmers Should Result From Its l/Vwk. Washington, Feb. 9. President Roosevelt sent to congress today u special message transmitting the re port of the country life commission, appointed by him to investigate the conditions of life 011 the farms of the country and to make recommendations of ways and means whereby farm life may be made more remunerative and attractive. In the message the president lays stress upon the fact that the farmers and their families are the stay and strength of the country aud that what ever tends to make their lives less burdensome or unattractive is neces sary to the interests of the nation. He praises the work of the members GIFKOHIJ 1'! NCHOT WALTER H.PAGE ^\iiPR of the commission, wtio, as ne says, have labored without pay and do not uow ask compensation for their work. The only recommendation in the mes sage is the request for an appropria tion of $25,000 to enable the commis sion to digest the material it has col lected and put it in such shape that It will be available for the nation. In an appendix to the message, pre ceding the report of the commission, the president comments ou the replies made by a Missouri farmer to the ques tions asked by the commission. "To the question, "Is the supply of farm la bor in your neighborhood satisfacto ry?' the answer is, 'No, because the people have gone out of the baby busi ness,' and when asked as to the reme dy he answers, 'Give a petition to every mothor who gives birth to seven living boys on American soil.' The president's message la as fol lows: To the Senate and House of Repre sentatives: I transmit herewith the report of the commission on country life. At the outset I desire to point out that not a dollar of the public money has been paid to any commissioner for his work on the commission. The report shows the general condi tion of farming life In the open coun try and points out Its larger problems. It Indicates ways in which the govern ment, national and state, may show the people how to solve some of these problems, and it suggests a continu ance of the work which the commis sion began. Method* of tho Commission. Judging by thirty public hearings, to which farmers and farmers' wives from forty states and territories came, and from 120,000 answers to printed questions sent out by the department of agriculture, the commission finds that the general level of country life Is high compared with any preceding time or with any other land. If it has in recent years slipped down in some places, it has risen In more places. Its progress has been general, if not Uniform. Yet farming does not yield either the profit or the satisfaction that it ought to yield and may be made to yield. There Is discontent in the country and in places discouragement. Farmers as a class do not magnify their calling, and the movement to the towns, though, I am happy to say, less than formerly, is still strong. How Farmers Can Help Themsolvos. Itedar intern it la helpfal to promote discussion of ways in which the people can help themselves. There are three main directions in which the farmers can help themselves— namely, better farming, better busi ness and better living on the farm. Tho national department of agricul ture, which has rendered services equaled by no other similar depart ment In nny other time or place the state departments of agriculture, the *t i(e colleges of agriculture and the me 'hanle arts, especially through their extension work the state agricultural experiment stations, the Farmers' un ion, the grange, the agrlrnitural press and other similar agencies have all combined to place within the reach of the American farmer an amount and quality of agricultural Informa tion which IT applied would enable him over large areas to double the production of the farm. The object of the commission on country life, therefor*1, is not to help the farmer raise better crops, but to call lils attention to the opportunities for better business and better living on the farm. If country life is to be come what It should be and what I believe It ultimately will be—one of the most dignified, desirable and sought after ways of earning a living- the farmer must take advantage not only of the agricultural knowledge which is at his disposal, but of the methods which have raised and continue to raise the standards of living and of Intelligence in other callings. Those engaged in all other industrial and commercial callings have found it necessary under modern economic conditions to organize themselves for mutual advantage and for the protec tion of their own particular Interests in relation to other interests. The farmers of every progressive Euro pean country have realized this essen tial fact and have found in the co operative system exactly the form of business combination they need. Now, whatever the state may do to ward Improving the practice of PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S COMMISSION ON COUNTRY LIFE. KEN YON UBUTTERrta.!) ENRY WALLACE BAlI-b:Yi 1/ culture, it Is not within the sphere of any government to reorganize the farmers' business or reconstruct the social life of farming communities. It is, however, quite within its power to use its Influence and the machinery of publicity which it can control for calling public attention to the needs and the facts. For example, it is the obvious duty of the government to call the attention of farmers to the grow ing monopolization of water power. The farmers, above all, should have i that power, on reasonable terms, for cheap transportation, for lighting their homes aud for Innumerable uses in the dally tasks on the farm. Farmers' Own Work Needed. It would be Idle to assert that life on the farm occupies as good a posi tion in dignity, desirability and busi ness results as the farmers might I easily give It If they chose. One of the chief difficulties is the failure of I country life as it exists at present to satisfy the higher social and intellec tual aspirations of country people. 1 Whether the constant draining away of so much of the best elements in the rural population Into the towps is due chiefly to this cause or to the superior business opportunities of city life may be open to question. But no one at all familiar with farm life throughout the I'nited States can fall to recognize the necessity for building up the life of the farm upon its social as well as upon its productive side. It is true that country life has im proved greatly In attractiveness, health and comfort and that the farmer's earnings are higher than they were. But city life is advancing even more rapidly becadse of the greater atten tion which Is being given by the citi zens of the towns to their own better ment. For just this reason the Intro duction of effective agricultural co operation throughout the Fnlted States is of the first Importance. Where farmers are organized co-operatively they not only avail themselves much more readily of business opportunities and improved methods, but it is found that the organizations which bring them together in the work of their lives are used also for social and In tellectual advancement. The co-operative plan is the best plan of organization wherever men have the right spirit to carry it out. Under this plan any business under taking is managed by a committee. Every mnn has one vote and only one rote, and every one pots profits ac cording to what he ftfiU w* bufs or o •, ...' supplies. It develops individual re sponslbfllty and has a moral as well as a financial value over any other plan. Farmer*' Problems the Whole Country's I desire only to take counsel with the farmers as fellow citizens. It is not the problem of the farmers alone that I am discussing with them, but a problem which affects every city as well as every farm In the country. It Is a problem which the working farm ers will have to solve for themselves, but it Is a problem which also affects in only less degree all the rest of us, and therefore If we can render any help toward Its solution It Is not only our duty but our Interest to do so. The foregoing will, I hope, make It clear why I appointed a commission to consider problems of farm life which have hitherto had far too little atten tlon and the neglect of which has not only held back life In the country, but also lowered the efficiency of the whole nation. The welfare of the farmer Is of vital consequence to the welfare of the whole community. The strength enlng of country life, therefore, Is the strengthening of the whole nation. The commission has tried to help the farmers to see clearly their own prob lem and to see It as a whole, to distin guish clearly between what the gov ernment can do and what the farmers must do for themselves, and It wishes to bring not only the farmers, but the nation as a whole, to realize that the growing of crops, though an essential part, is only a part of country life. Crop growing Is the essential founda tion, but It is no less essential that the farmer should get an adequate return for what he grows, and It Is 110 less essential—indeed, It Is literally vital— that he and his wife and his children shall lead the right kind of life. For this reason It is of the first iin portance that the United States depart ment of agriculture, through which as prime agent the ideas the commission stands for must reach the people, should become without delay In fact a department of country life, fitted to deal not only with crops, but also with air the larger aspects of life in the open country. Three Need* of Country Life. From all that has been done and learned three great general and Imme diate needs of country life stand out: First.—Effective co-operation among farmers to put them on a level with the organized interests with which they do business. Second.—A new kind of schools in the country, which shall teach the children as much outdoors as Indoors, and perhaps more, so that they will prepare for country life and not, as at present, mainly for life in town. Third.—Better means of communica tion, Including good roads and a par cels post, which the country people •re everywhere, and rightly, unani mous in demanding. To these may well be added better sanitation, for easily preventable dis eases hold several million country peo ple in the slavery of continuous ill health. Organization la Necessary. The commission points out—and I concur iu the conclusion—that the most important help that the govern ment, whether national or state, can give is to ehow the people how to go about these tasks of organization, ed ucation and communication with the best and quickest results. This can be done by the collection and spread of information. One community can thus be Informed of what other com munities have done aud one country i)f what other countries have done. Such help by the people's govern ment would lead to a comprehensive plan of organization, education and communication and make the farm ing country better to live In, for in tellectual and social reasons as well ub for purely agricultural reasons. The government through the de partment of agriculture does not cul tivate any man's farm for him, but it does put at his service useful knowl edge that lie would not otherwise get. In the snme way the national and state governments might put into the people's hands the new and right knowledge of school work. The task of maintaining and developing the schools would remain, as now, with the people themselves. Money For Expenses Asked. The only recommendation I submit Is that an appropriation of $25,000 be provided to enable the commission to digest the material it has collected and to collect and to digest much more that is within its reach and thus complete Its work. This would enable the commission to gather In the har vest of suggestion which Is resulting from the discussion it has stirred up. The commissioners have served with out compensation, and I do not recom mend any appropriation for their serv ices, but only for the expenses that will be required to finish the task that they have begun. To improve our system of agricul ture seems to me the most urgent of the tasks which lie before us. but it cannot, in my judgment, be effected by measures which touch only the ma terial and technical side of the sub ject. The whole business and life of the farmer must also be taken into account. Such considerations led mo to appoint the commission on country life. Our object should be to help de velop In the country community the great ideals of community life as well as of personal character. One of the most Important adjuncts to this end must be the country church, and I in vite your attention to what the com mission says of the country church and of the need of an extension of such work as that of the Young Men's Christian association in country com munities. Let me lay special emphasis upon wrhat the commission says at the terz end of Its feport on personal A Watch Should be There is nothing so annoying as to carry a watch that does not tell the accurate time of day. This can be overcome by selecting a competent jeweler to do the repairing and cleaning necessary to keep it in running order. We have two competent jewelers and Watchmakers in our store and can as sure the best workmanship if you will place your watch in their charge. We do all repairing of jewelry and Watches promptly, thus overcoming another an noyance delay in the return of your articles left for repair. Jones Drug Co, CORNER DRUG STORE Ideals and locial leadership. Every thing resolves Itself in the end Into the question of personality. Neither society nor government can do much for country life unless there is volun tary response in the personal Ideals of the men and women who live In the country. Plea For Farmers' Wives. In the development of character the home should be more important than the school or than society at large. When once the basic material needs have been met, high ideals may be quite Independent of income, but they cannot be realized without sufficient Income to provide adequate founda tion, and where the community at large is not financially prosperous it is impossible to develop a high aver age personal and community ideal. In short, the fundamental facts of hu man nature apply to men and women who live In the country Just as they apply to men and women who live in the towns. Given a suffi cient foundation of material well be ing, the influence of the farmers and farmers' wives on their children be comes the factor of first importance in determining the attitude of the next generation toward farr.i life. The farmer should realize that the person who most needs consideration on the farm is his wife. I do not in the least mean that she should purchase ease at the expense of duty. Neither man nor woman is really happy or really useful save on condition of doing his or her duty. If the woman shirks her duty as housewife, as home keeper, as the mother whose prime function it is to bear and rear a sufficient number of healthy children, then she is not en titled to our regard. But If she does her duty she is more entitled to our regard even than the man who does his duty, and the man should show special consideration for her needs. I warn my countrymen that the great recent progress made in city life Is not a full measure of our civiliza tion, for our civilization rests at bot tom on the wholesomeness, the attrac tiveness and the completeness as well as the prosperity of life in the country*. The men and women on the farms stand for what is fundamentally best and most needed In our American life. Upon the development of country life rests ultimately our ability by meth ods of farming requiring the highest Intelligence to continue to feed and clothe the hungry nations, to supply the city with fresh blood, clean bodies and clear brains that can endure the terrific strain of modern lite. We need the development of men in the open country, who will be in the future, as in the past, the stay and strength of the nation in time of war and its guld ing and controlling spirit in time of peace. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. The White House. Feb. 9. 1009. Inventor Oliver Dies Suddenly. Chicago, Feb. 11.—Thomas Oliver, the typewriter inventor, fell dead in the Argyle avenue station of the Northwestern Elevated railway while on his way to Pine Bluff, Ark., whore he was to demonstrate one of his lat est inventions, a cotton picking de vice. The inventor's wife was with him and he died in her arms before a physician could be summoned. Heart disease is believed to have been the cause of death. Minority Report Rejected. Indianapolis, Feb. 11.—The house, by a vote of 54 to 44, rejected the minority report to indefinitely post pone the Proctor-Tomlinson county op tion repeal bill. The majority report recommending the passage of the bill was adopted. •late Senators Asphyxiated. Guthrie, Okla., Feb. 11.—State Sen ator G. O. Johnson of Fort Cobb is dead and Senator P. J. Yeager of Tulsa is dying here as a result of in baling natural gas from a jet believed to have txteu accidentally left ojtea. Phone 260 AMENDS LAW House of Representatives Passes Bill Amending Bank ruptcy Law Washington, Feb. 10.—After devot ing almost its entire session to consid eration of the subject, the bouse passed a bill making several amend ments to the national bankruptcy law. Clayton of Alabama made a desperate but unsuccessful attempt to tepeal the law, he and his supporters claiming it had served its purpose. The bill is designed to coirect cer tain inequalities in the administracion of the bankruptcy law in various paits of tne country aud amends the law by regulating the duties and compensa tion of receivers in order to prevent excessive fees. It also provides any moneyed banking corporation, except a in unci pal, railroad or banking corpora tion, can file a petition for bankruptcy, thereby eliminating the discrepancies which heretofore existed where some court decisions barred many corpora tions in one circuit, which would be admitted into bankruptcy in another, and restores the language of the act of 1807 which has been fully settled by decision of the courts. It provides fur ther that in any composition proceed ings it will not be necessary to have adjudication where a composition is afteeted, thereby removing the stigma of bankruptcy, which always attaches under such circumstances. It prt vents a few creditors from forcing by involuntary proceedings a debtor in to bankruptcy, and then, alter receiv ing secretly theii additional compen sation or otherwise, adjusting their afianii with bankers in order to have the petition dismissed without the knowledge of the other creditors. It enables a trustee, with the consent of creditors, to appear in their behalf in proceedings in court connected with hiB discharge, thereby lessening the ex pense by separating it from the whole estate. It confers ancillary jurisdiction so that tne assets of the estate can be marshaled substantially in one court, obviating the tiling of suits in ditierent courts where a property might happen to lie. It provides also that if a creditor has reasonable cause to be lieve that ne was receiving a prefer ence, that shall be a bar to the debtor's discharge. tolev Orino Laxative cures constipa tion rnd liver trouble and makes the bowels healthy and regular. Orino ia superior to pills and tablets as it does not gripe or nauseate. Why take any thing else. J. 11, Anderson, Financial Statement No. 8,14U Ki-pnrt of tin- comiitlon of the First National Bank, at Madison, in thy Htute of Dakota, at the cIobp fV ^V V. J- ^If ''j. voatlk of business Feb. 6,1909. HKHOl'HCEH. Loans and discounts 4256,464.46 li verdrttfts, secured and unsecured 'whh IB t'. .V bonds to secure circulation m'xmii I tionde to secure I'. W. deponita.... IS'ami iO Bonds, securities,etc lu 1KM1 banking house, furniture and fixtures!.' s aw uo Hue from National banks (not reserve agents) 4Q Due from Stat Banks and Banker#... l'ftfw'll line from approved reserve agents •ai'.,,., .. Clin ks and {.ther oa*h item* ... 'llfi fifl Notec of other National hanks. a mJ) 5 Fractional paper currency, nickels uiii cents kjq —jr Lawful Money U serve in Bank viz"--" Specif*. *22,798 86 legal tender notes 5.SH0 ml gaan« Redemption fund with U. s. treasurer circulation).....,,,.,, 125.00 ToUl ......25,678.37 liabiutiis. Capital stock paidin Surplus fund Undivided profits, 9 1 otttl ii*2S"}5 less expenses and taxes paid National bank u-ites ""tstanditi'jf*!!!! Due to other National hanks....!*!" Hue to state banks and bankers. ".'*," Individual deposits subject to chick*.! Demand certificates of deposit........ Time certificates of deiKxrit Cashier'* checks outstanding United States deposits .'!....." 28.2» ns.naa V5i,,V KI Saviour* deposits ...!! ll.HHil 1\000.00 H&>,«78.ar State of South Dakota, eannt? of takn, I, (1. L. McCallister, rashlerof the above name* hank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge U rid belief L. Mc" AIJ.hTKIi. Cashier Subscribed and sworn to before me this 11th day of Feb., 11*®. Frank O. Palmer, Notar» Public. Correct—Attest: F. D. E. L. Fitth. f. BlnwtM*. K