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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-21
INDIANS GO TO WORK,
son OF Sitting Bull Is Firing a Loco
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Many Of the ~abIe-bodied Indians of
south Dakota, since they were given
to understand that the government
would no longer support them in idle
ness, are not Sinking their part of the
white mans burden. An interesting
event in this connection is the arrival
IN Sioux Falls of a number Of Santee
Sioux Indians, who came for the pur-
pose OF procuring employment with
the ditching gang on a municipal wa
terWOrks system which is in course of
construction. The Santees, whose res.
ervation is situated in Northeastern
Nebraska have been good Indians
ever since they were punished for
their connection with the New Ulm,
Mimi, massacre, by having a number
OF their leading spirits executed.
A number of Santees have also Sc
cured employment as ~arvest hands,
many of the South Dakota farmers.
owing to the shortage of white help,
gladly availing themselves of the op-
portuhty to secure the services of the
redmen. The able-bodied young Sioux
belonging at Sisseton agency are also
seeking employment on the farms OF
northeastern South Dakota. Perhaps
the most unique vocation followed by
an Indian is that of a Rosebud Sioux
named Red Elk, who has established h
ferry on White river which he oper.
ates himself.
Many of the Sioux belonging on the
Rosebud and Pine Ridge reservations
have entered into direct competition
with white men by securing employ
ment on the great cattle ranges OF
western South Dakota. adjacent to
their reservations, while others are
employed as section hands by the rail-
roads in the western part of the state.
At least one Indian, in the person OF
a son Of Sitting Bull, the great medi-
cine man Of the Sioux nation, is en-
ployed as a fireman on a railroad.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-21

Growers IF broom corn in the vicin-
ity Of vermillion are a little puzzled
as to what effect the premature head
ing out Of the corn will have on the
quality. Many fields already are head
cd out, being about two weeks too
early, compared with former years. 1t
IL hoped no injury will result, but the
proprietors Of a local broom factory
fear the straw will be short. Only a
half crop Of broom cor would mean
quite a loss to the broommakers, as
the product is worth $125 per ton. The
crop in this part Of the state averages
q ton to every four acres.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-21

Eighteen new national banks were
established during the fiscal year just
closed, and all but two have been or
ganized with a capital of $4,000, the
two having a capital Of $4,000 each"
said Mr.. Slisby. ct is hard to tell
which banks are the most SUCCESSFUL,
the ones with the large or the small
capital. as all are doing a splendid bus
mess. /. Is noticeable that within the
past few years many farmers are be-
coming stockholders, officers and IL
rectors in the national banks, which
certainly shows that the agrlculturlst
is getting on easy street and has mon
ey to invest in legitimate enterprises.
1.-THE banks In the region OF the
stock-growing interests are as thrifty
as In the older portions of the state
and there is no perceptible diminu-
ton In the stock-growing industry, al
though there are indications that the
LARGEST stockmen must give way Tor
the smaller, and that actual ownership
of lands will soon be a necessity.
"One thing that goes to prove TO me
c%onclusively that our people are
stronger financially than ever before
ia the fact hat the policy OF the ma
tional of. always requiring collateral
or chattel security with loans Is grad
ually being eliminated, and that men
are now able to borrow money on their
names.
while I am not so thoroughly IN
touch with the state banks. as they are
outside of my Jurisdiction. yet have
made some investigations as to their
and ind that they have had
similar gains. The total deposits IN
the state will exceed $4,000, 600. Es-
timating the population at 45o,ooo.
IL probably above the actuai
number, the per capita is $71.1o."
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-21
ooERN dip" FOR CATTLE.
on the Carpenter.Sanborn Place
Cost About $1,000,

Cost About $1,000.
pAts has Just been completed on
Carpenter-Sanborn Ia, 000-acre
farm near Pukwana what may
sfly be termed a cattle dip" that
Fapacity, durability, compactness
anvenience likely surpasses any
Of Its kind in the West.
vat Is 4S feet long, 8 feet deep,
Pcnes wide at the bottom and So
wide at the top. 1t Is all
q with stone and the wall is GOV.
WITH . heavy coat Of cement, as
bottom, so there is no leakage
'1ts OF the dip fluid" At the
uaca Of the dip Is a chute, ar.
: mat It may also be used for
alas and vaccinating. The exit is
geo by two dripping pans" 16x
'u q cement floor. and when the
are put through the dip they
some twenty or thirty minutes
pans to drip Off," and the drip
run back into the vat.
= capacity OF the vat Is $3.50 gal.
: !Welve-horse power boiler IL
= heating the dip preparation.
sserage 1t takes from Is to 20
ior an animal to swim through
- Out $50 head Of medium-s.zed
= nour Ii about the working
~. The dip complete cost about
aessrs. Carpenter & Sanborn
IVY unished dipping about 1000
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-21
rVuGHT OFF A NEGRO.

.vsYearold k~ingsbury County
ssved Herself With q Hatpin.
.uculars have been received at
-lalls. OF the attempted assault
.sslo on the twelve-year.old
~ o. a Kingsbury county farm
4su Waldron. The girl defend
s.sl with a hatpin until the ne
intense excitement was Gre
~ the attempted assault, and had
IAN been captured there IL no
wnat sort of punishment would
,ssa meted out to him.
saoert Lo6ler, a prominent resi-
rankton, has been arrested by
auston Of Sioux Falls and re-
fankton on the charge Of
Nsas s medicine without a license
ne medicine In that county
license. He is a brother OF
Lotaer of Sioux Falls. The
instituted for the purpose Of
me validity Of an act OF the
ss .,ature requiring the payment
tor a license to travel from
OF the state to another for
SoSe OF practicing medicine.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-21
ONLY 81 TO THE TON.
Yet Wasp No. 2 Mill in the Hills Has
Turned Out 1000 in Gold This

CT wasp NO. Z MILL IN the Hills HaS
Turned Out $4,000 in Gold This
Year.
Sixty-eight hundred dollars is the
value of the recent cleanup at the
Wasp No. 2 mill on Yellow creek. This
brick makes the total production of
the mill for the year almost $50, 900,
an exceptionally good record when it is
considered that this gold is recovered
from ore that will scarcely average
81 to the ton. Cheap mining and mill
ing is the secret of the Wasp No. rs
success.
A shaft is being put down on the
ground of the Dizzy Mining company,
three miles from Garden City. AS soon
as a solid formation is found the dia.
mond drill will be started. The com.
pany was organized about two months
ago by H. H. Francis of Custer, E. M.
Thompson, c. j. Swanstrom and 9th.
ers Of Deadwood.
It IS asserted that the Penobscot
Mining company contemplates addi.
tional mill facilities at Garden City.
The present mill Is running at its
greatest tank capacity and Is making
money for the company. In the mean
time ore is being removed from the
richer chutes and shipped for treat
ment at smelters, this ore being Of
too high a grade for treatment by cya-
hide. The development work of the
u CT yynor i- sold RI y auo rnUoa1nI ora
In such quantities as to fully Justify
the building of an addition to the min.
The president Of the company, Alex.
ander Maitland Of Negaunee, Mich,
has been in the Hills during the past
week inspecting the property.
Lets in All but Regents.
Attorney General Hall has, on re-
quest of Auditor Halliday, filed in the
office Of the state auditor an opinion
covering the increase in salaries grant
ed by the last legislative session to the
various state officials and employees.
The attorney general thinks that in
historical society, the adjutant general.
the deputy superintendent Of public In
struction, the state veterinarian and
the secretary to the governor, that
they are either employees or officers
subject to the legislative will, and that
the constitutional provisions prohib-
iting an increase in salaries does not
apply to them, they not being consti-
tutional officers.
As to the state board Of regents Of
education, they are classed as different
from the board Of charities and correc-
lions In the fact that they have never
received any salary, nothing being paid
to them in the past except necessary
expenses, and the act Of the legisla-
ture In fixing salaries for the members
Of this board was not an increase In
salary, but fixing It for the first time.
This opinion, II 1t stands, will let In
all who were increased except the re-
gents Of education, and they will test
the ruling made by the attorney gen.
eral several days ago.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-21
arArE VALUATION.
..u,, Show s1ss. 600, 900 Of
N Property.

returns Show S1s3'ooo'ooo o.
Property.
,,o+ions returned to the state
"anrties are about slS3, OOO,O 900.
s,tS corporate property added
wa q is taken at practically the
sa,res as last year, the total
ssout 5000, O00, 900, The finances
ID by the state for the present
vesr to meet the appropriations
,.st legislative session, the run
..nenses of the state and emer-
asrrants which will become due
Unfortunately $1,275, 900. With
[s,uiar 2-mill levy and the def
law of the same amount pro-
IN by the legislature, and the
i from all other sources. the
hitch will be received by the
for the year on that valuation
little over $1,000, 900, leaving
Ieieucy Of a quarter of a million
. and of the year. This would
n be met by borrowing.
\ s2oO,OO0,CO is nothing near
~ valuation of property in South
n Is apparent to any one who
ANYTHING about the state. While
Il reouires assessors to make re-
A. true value, none Of them re-
more than a small percentage OF
!, value.
returns on real estate will show
tbing of the general returns. and
nal property is scaled far more
real estate. Lawrence county
return OF $29.33 per acre as
(urage price in that county, and
her return approaches 1t. The
highest is lincoln, with an aver.
1928, while Clay Is placed at
and Union at $12.03. These are
pply counties in the state which
sprued at $12 or over. A further
smncy Is shown when counties
i Jim valley and the Missouri
NJ compared. Walworth coun-
turns lands at $4.73, about half
enink price, while Beadle shows
md Miner $4.29, less than one
j tho selling value. Other coun-
psr the state are returned on
The same basis.
bic the state board will be reluct-
b use any great portion Of the
kTy power given it by the late
Ature, and will not use it II any
y can be found to avoid IL, the
lt the assessors has placed 1t in
Iuon where it is impossible to
The demands made upon it by the
(itive branch of the government
proper assessments levies could
lpt down and the money raised,
it on the returns made.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-21
SOUTH DAKOTA CROPS.
Weekly Bulletin of the Government
Weather Service.

The weather was warm the early
part of the week, but moderate TEN.
perature prevailed the latter part, with
cool nights. There were general show.
ers, generous in some localities, which
were beneficial to corn, flax, millet and
other late crops, but somewhat retard-
ed the harvesting of small grains, hay.
ing and stacking, especially in some
southeastern counties. The cool wealth
er and moisture were favorable to late
unripe wheat and oats in the north
ern counties.
Wheat harvest Is practically COM
pleted in the extreme southeastern
counties, is well advanced in the mid
die and has begun In the northern
counties. In some middle Sioux valley
counties crinkling is reported, and
there is smut In some northern fields.
There has been some damage by Hes
sian fly in portions Of several Sioux
valley counties. Reports indicate that
wheat yields will be variable.
Barley harvest Is practically com.
pleted, but there is considerable "a.
port OF discoloration of the berry By
rains. On the whole the yields from
the thresher have been very satisfao.
tory.
Oats and spelt harvest is finished In
the southeastern and is IN progress in
the extreme northern counties. Re-
ports indicate that as a rule the yields
will be good, and generous In some
localities.
On the whole, corn has made good
progress. The early planted is report.
ed as caring well and some is in the
roasting-ear stage. The rains were
beneficial to corn.
Flax has done we'll, and except In
some limited localities the crop COZ.
tinues promising. Millet is generally
In good condition.
Pastures and hay grass are in i'm
proved condition. The outlook for
late hay is more favorable, especially
in the northern counties.
Reports indicate that the potato
crop promises to be a good one. Early
potatoes are as a rule maturing cry
well.
regardless OF the fact that AuSu0o
was looked upon as one of the months
in which farmers over the Northwest
would be too busy to look up new To-
cations, the excursion to Pierre tho
first Of the month proved to be heavier
than any since the early spring. Over
100 came in last week, either to secure
lands by homesteading or to buy. The
indications are that the filings for Al.
gust will go as high as for any Of the
other months. of the year.
Yern wilkins Of Miller was over.
come by heat recently and it required
I'VE men to control him during the
night It is thought he will reooves.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-21

London, Aug. 1s-The grave condition
~ lord Salisbury is due to advanced
kidney trouble, and he Is not expected
- outl,ve the month. Dropsy so de-
veloped recently that the patients
body was so swollen that he was un.
Nj r. sit in his special chair, n
the least movement was difficult. the
CONDITION of the former premier Tor
some weeks has been such tna' tne
usual summer visit to Beaulleu q
heen abandoned. 1t recently became
necessary to carry him from room 70
nom.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-21
sroLE TWO CARLOADS OF IRON.

Extraordinary Case Reported From
yankton-Booty Was Worth $1,000.
An extraordinary case of theft IS oc-
cupying the attention OF the Yankton
notice. Some twelve years ago Com
modore Krounrz, former owner OF q
steamboat service on the Missouri
and now at Pittsburg, who was seek
ing 4 street railway franchise at Yank'
ton. shipped from Pittsburs TO fank'
ton two carloads Of railroad iron,
weighing between 10000 and $4,000
Wounds. The iron was stacked on a
vacant lot in East Yankton and was
recently discovered to have disap'
peared. differentiation
& 1000 and over 500 freight charges
were paid by City Attorney c. J. B.
Harris. An effort is being made to
discover the thieves.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-21
Q n
Extensive Land Ccandats Are Brought
to Light in Indian Territory.

S''S NJ SaStlk
to Light in Indian Territory.
Chicago, Aug. IS. = A Washington
dispatch to the Daily News says:
Disclosures made through special
agents who have gone to the Indian
Territory and Oklahoma indicate that
he scandals in official life there will
De more extensive in proportion to the
lumber of persons involved than those
II the ~pOstOftice department.
Special reports now on file indicate
hat the leading officials of the interior
department, as we'll as those of the
department. Of justice, have become in
crested in various companies for the
purpose of buying Indian lands at
ridiculously low figures and selling
hem Ut their actual values. Mem
)ers OF the Dawes commission are said
to be implicated in the alleged efforts
To Fleece the Indians,
IS also are several district attorneys
If the department of justice. The sen
'ational feature about it all is that the
officials of the interior department and
he department of justice have for
years devoted themselves to devising
ONE scheme which would protect the
Indians when their land was finally
allotted.
In several instances the very men
who are now implicated in the effort
o fleece the Indians came to Washing
ton to consult with the heads of de-
partments here in devising a plan for
the Indians protection. The value of
he land in question will be several
hundred million dollars.
Mr.. Brosius, a special agent Of the
Interior department., has submitted a
report to Secretary Hitchcock, review
ng in an exhaustive way the organiza-
ion of the various trust" companies
formed to gobble the Indian lands and
mentions the names of all
United States Officials
who have stock in them. Guy P. Cobb,
for Indian Territory, is the largest
stockholder in the Tribal Development
Company Of Tishmingo. In this same
company is E. ,Pliny Soper, United
States district attorney for the North
ern district Of the Indian Territory.
5oper Is the vice president Of the COM
pany.
Gov. Moseley Of the Chickasaw ma
ton is a stockholder Of an important
company, and Tams Bixby Of the
ne urh nnv ~, ~ iSCiNn Sc fhn yyion nrnSy-
dent and leading stockholder In the
Muscogee Title and Trust company,
which does a large land business.
]. George Wright, an Indian in
spector who has complete charge OF
the Indian bureaus affairs for the ter
ritory, Is a member of another trust
company!
Red Wing, Mimi, Aug. 1S.-T have
never bought an acre of Indian lands"
says Tams Bixby specifically, land |
do not intend to; neither have the
in which l am interested.
They had not done it up to the time |
eft, so far as l know, and l come pref
ty near knowing what they have
done"
Mr.. Bixby is spending a fortnight at
his home here, and he smiled s~erenely
at the disclosures telegraphed from
Washington. He is a director Of the
Muskogee Title and Trust company
and Of the First National bank. The
he says, do a straight
banking and loan business. They do
land ready to make loans on these
lands when they are purchased, and
that is one of the purposes for which
they were organized
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-21

aug 18.-To-day IL the one
NV. anniversary Of the perma.
rsaN EASEMENT of Chicago. Lieut..
se OF the U. 8. army, landed
hpany of troops on the lake
NV began the construction Of
Inn,oorn. Chicago Will celebrate
d. lsary In a small way to-day.
jubilee will take place
oct. /. The citizens com.
|r.ss progressed we'll in perfect
! tor q celebration ever q
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-21
TALK OF MISSIONS.
Lutheran Clergy Debate Plans for
REACHING the Red Man.

La Crosse, Wis, Aug. IS. - Yester-
days session of the German Lutheran
Synod Of the Northwest was devoted
principally to further discussion or
What Is Necessary for a True Union
of the Lutheran Synods in Our Coun-
try" The treasurer's report showed
that the synod has expended for edu-
cational and missionary purposes
during the past two years $~30,639.2S.
The synod is considering further ex-
tension of missionary work among the
Indians of the Northwest.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-21
CAPTURED STRAY BALLOON.
Unromatic Ending Of an A%eronaut's
Voyage Over Paris.

Paris, Aug. 1S.-A young aeronaut,
accompanied by his sister, started
from Sevres in a balloon to make a
night trip over Paris. A thunder storm
so saturated the envelope that the
balloon foated low when it reached
Paris. A pedestrian on Rue de Rivola
seized a drag rope, towed the balloon
to the place Vendome and the aero
nauts safely descended beside the
famous column.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-21

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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-08-07
Cotton Mills Closing Down.

Boston. Mass, August Additional
cotton mills in New England have de-
cideG to curtail production or close
down. The mills of the Russell Cotton
Manufacturing Company at Middle
town and Higganum, Connecticut, have
closed for an indefinite time on account
Of the raw cotton situation.
The Libby and Dingley Company, OF
Lewiston, Maine, is cloSed this week
The Nashua and Jackson Companies
of Nashua, =. H. will stop their mills
the last week of August and the first
week in September for repairs, changes
etc
The extent of the curtailment in Fall
River his week is about 100000 spindleS
in ten mills. Tho yarn mills will stop
Thursday night and parts of other COR
porations will also be stopped.
Exeter, y. H., August 3.-OrderS were
issued today closing the Exeter Manu-
featuring Company's cotton mills next
Saturday and 400 hands will be thrown
out of work. George E. Kent, of his
town, owner of the Pittsfield, N. H,
mills, stated today that he would close
those mills also mex Saturday. Five
hundred hands will be affected by his
latter shut down.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-08-07
Was Too Close to Carrie Nation.

Scranton, Pa. August 3.-William
Law, a wealthy coal operator today
and W. H. Jessup. and w. W. Johnson
to bring action against Mayor Connell
and the city Of Scranton for ploce in
reference with Carrie Nations when
she attempted to speak in Nayaug Park
last week. Mr.. Law says he was rude
y handled by the police on the occasion.
OF OF Mrs. Nations four arrests.
He says his action is not a personal
n but Is solely actuated by motives
of purlic good. He wants the courts 10.
define the rights of free speech.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-08-07
KILLED HER HUSBAND.
A Wealthy Woman in West Virginia
Puts n Bullet Through
Her Jealous Old Man.

Matewan, w. Va. Aug. civilian
Adair, a prosperous farmer and lumber
dealer, was shot and killed by his wife
in front Of their home on Pidgeon
creek in this county. Adair, who had
been in Cincinnati disposing of some
timber. returned here rather
edly n found his wife away from
home. He went in search Of her and
finding her in the home of a neighbor
became jealous n pulling a revolver
from his pocket fired three shots at
her, all of which went wild. Mrs.
Adair ran into her house, seized her
husbands Winchester and returned to
the yard just as he was entering the
gate. He attempted to escape, by
running toward the woods nearby, but
a bullet from the Winchester in the
hands of the Infatuated woman laid
him low. He fell to the ground. NOR
tally wounded and died without utter
ing a word. The woman rode horse
back to WilliasOn, where she surren-
dered n is now in jail. Mrs. Adair
comes from one of the wealthy fami-
lies of MingO county. She will enter
a plea of s~elf-defense. as she claims
she saw her husband reloading his re-
volver and she realized that he meant
to kill her.