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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-05-19
Summer Homes"

'sSummer Homes in the Green Hills OF
Vermont, issued annually by the pas
senger department OF the Central Vermont
railway, has made its appearance for 1901.
II is profusely illustrated with beautiful
pictures Of Vermont scenery-mOuntains,
lakes, rivers, villages and houses-and IS
designed to convey correct impression OF
the Green Mountain state rs one OF the
fairest spots on earth. Among the illus
trations appear some Randolph views-the
MaplewoOd at the Center, its lawn with a
hammock suspended between two stately
trees and a maid idly swinging sin the
good old summer time" while perusing
light weight literature adapted to warm
weather readers; the home OF Mrs. ID. ID.
Howe on Central street in this village; a
coaching party OF seven boys and girls on
a lumber wagon drawn by patient bovine
and detected looking horse, with Charles
Blodgett in fine suit Of overalls and a
capacious straw hat as charioteer; while a
speaking likeness of j. F. Bacon in fisher
man regalia adorns one page over the
title, "A Vermont Guide.n In the list OF
advertisers for summer guests are A. b.
Manchester q Son, ssThe Manchester; -
Mrs. Carrie R. Tewksbury, Mrs. AFRO j.
Boyce, Mrs. Charles +. Griswold, Mrs. ID.
d. Howe, The Randolph Inn, {. W. Hay
ward, proprietor; and the Maplewood,
Thatcher Stone. proprietor. This book
has been published for Is years now by the
railway company and has done good work
in filling country homes with city people
during the vacation season. Forty new
names have been added this year TO the
list of those wishing summer boarders.
The book Is not for distribution in Ner-
mont but, upon application, is mailed TO
points outside the state by the passenger
department al St. Adams on receipt Of six
cents in stamps to cover postage.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-05-19

THE LADIES favor painting their
churches, and therefore we urge every
Minister to remember we give liberal
quantity of the Longman & Martinez
Paint toward the painting.
Wears and covers like gold.
Don't pay $3.50 gallon for Linseed OIL
worth 60 cents) which you do when you
buy other pants in a can with paint la
bel on it.
s& make II, therefore when you want
fourteen gallons Of paint, buy only eight
of L. & NJ, and mix six gallons pure Lin
seed Oil with it, and thus get paint at less
than s1.2O per gallon.
Many houses are well painted with four
gallons of l.. q NJ, and three gallons OF
Iinseed Oil mixed Herewith.
These Celebrated Paints are sold by Iup-
per & Graham, Bethel.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-05-19

About five hundred yards
in short lengths. W hole
pieces and some worth : TO
l5c, now only
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-05-19
ISIS of appetite

- of vitality, vigor or
j and is often a precursor
|srostrating sickness.
h. IS why it is serious, and
], serious TO people that
/ keep up and doing or
behindhand.
1be best thing you can do
Us Of appetite is to take
Is Sarsaparilla and Pills
bey will make you ready to
Give a relish to your food,
/ assist in its digestion.
rbis statement is confirmed
lie largest volume of vol.
kry testimony in the world.
foods Sarsaparilla and
i cure Indigestion, dyspep.
. all stomach troubles, and
h up the whole system.
accept no substitutes for
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-02-05

sibiiities OF the splendid country are
still more pronounced. 1t is true that
many Of the small cattlemen who
bought cattle mortgaged their all dur
ing the excitement and high prices OF
1900 and 1901. have this fall and win
ter beer pretty generally cleaned out
by the local banks and the commits
sion firms OF Sioux City and Chicago,
but the substantial, conservative re-
main and are firm In the future devel-
opments of this region. Many warned
their neighbor ranchmen Of the re-
suit Of plunging into an industry on a
great scale at a time when ever mer-
chants who had spent years in build
ing up a profitable business were
Jumping off their merchandise at a
sacrifice and wildly buying In a high
market and m~ortgaging what they
bought to get more, but all OF their
warnings were of no avail. Their
neighbors have now only their ranches
left, and it is said many are almost in
destitute circumstances. The open
winter thus far has helped out the
stock situation wonderfully and rail
way officials are looking for heavy
shipments Of feeders to the range.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-02-05
COAL PROSPECTS,.
Discoveries In Several Counties to Be
Worked.

1t Is to be hoped that some Of the
numerous coal finds reported at differ
ent points in the state the past few
months will prove to be of material
value.
The find reported in Sully county is
to be developed the coming spring by
a shaft, efforts to drain it by ditching
having failed. This alleged find is
overlaid by a good roof OF nard stone,
and II the vein proves thick enough to
be worked ought to be valuable.
In Brown county several finds are
reported, but SO far as can be learned
they are without stone covering over
the coal, and, as such. could hardly be
worked with profit, regardless OF
thickness Of vein or quality.
The latest reported find Is near Sen
eca, In western Faulk county, where a
~seven-fOot vein is reported to have
been found with a roof of twcnty-sev-
en- feet Of slate lying over it. This
find is reported at a depth Of $50 feet,
and, being SO well rooted, should be
worked at a profit If the ccc, is of such
quality as to make ii marketable; and.
If the reported find is genuine, it is to
be hoped hat 1t will be developed.
Arrangements have been made for
a thorough investigation of the extent
Of the coal found south of Aberdeen.
The coal is very bright and does not
resemble the North Dakota Ignite.
Soon after the first strike was made
North Dakota experts sent for samples
and afterwards came down to make a
personal investigation. The result of
their examination is a contract for the
sinking Of a shaft to the vein, which is
down 900 feet.
Moses Lupient, who occupies the
land on which the first strike was
made, says the vein IS fourteen feet
thick, but in, the vein there is other
matter intervening to the thickness of
two feet. This is on what is known as
the Rozelle farm. Five miles north,
on the Hollien place, a vein of similar
thickness and quality, and as far be.
low the surface, has been found. and
the coal men are sanguine that there
Is a large deposit.
Drilling has again been begun on
the well OF the Bear Butte Oil com
pany at Sturgis. The work Of putting
down the third size OF casing to stop
the caye-in that occurred at a depth
Of 700 feet Is now going on. The work
will probably be finished now without
delay. The contract calls for 500 feet
of drilling. Should no oil be encoun-
tered the well will be plugged and
packed sc as to leave the best artesian
well that can be made Of It, after
which the manager will proceed to
Wyoming, where the company has Sc.
cured about 1000 acres OF land in the
Big Horn Oil field, which is to be
tested shortly.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-02-05
Mail Clerks OverWOrked,

The nail service owe the Sioux City
and Aberdeen division is getting to be
quite heavy, according to adVices from
Wolsey. Instead of a daily mail serv-
ice. as it purports to be, it is more
like a "try" weekly. Our mail IS
often delayed from two to three days.
Upon investigation we find that it Is
no fault of the mail clerks. There is
so much mail to handle that the clerks
can't handle it, and the result Is that
the mail is carried by the p~ostofIices
where it belongs and brought back the
next day and perhaps carried by again.
Thus it is carried by two or three
times before it is distributed. This
thing has been going on for the last
three or four months, and it is getting
SO much worse that the patrons all
along the line ar wondering what Is
the matter. The fault is not in the
railroad nor in the mail clerks, but Is
in the postofice authorities OF this d.
vision for not providing help enough
to handle the mail promptly. The mail
IS being haulei back and forth from
Sioux City to Aberdeen right by our
Office for two or three days before 1t Is
distributed, simply because the clerks
can't keep up with their work. This
thing is getting unbearable. The rem
edy i0 simple: put In Il few more
clorks, enough to handle the mail, and
there Will be no trouble.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-02-05
MYSTERY is AS DEEE AS EVER.
Miss Hattie Pitcher Discharged by the
Court.

The hearing of the Hattie Pilche,
case at Miller ended in her discharge
from custody on the charge of compile
ity In the drugging OF Wilbur Quirk
and the attempl to Rob Collins drug
store on Jan. y.
Charles Henshsaw, proprietor OF the
hotel where Miss Pitcher boarded
swore that the young woman was not
IE, her at his house that night at
| o'clock, though she all along asserted
that she had been shot there at s
O'Clock that evening, dragged and left
in her Dom till the next morning IN.
conscious. Judge Pussy, MISS Pilcn
er's attorney, made a pathetic plea fot
her because she was an orphan and
penniless.
Many of Miss Pitchers old friends
stood by her to the last. Witnesses
testified to her good character. The
same mystery surrounds the shooting
and the holdup as before.
The defense laid the foundation for
q damage suit. The sisners Of the
complaint include State Senator Salt
marsh, Rev. d. e. Murray, pastor o.
the M. e. church, and several substan
tIal business men of Miller.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-02-05

states a~ttornev of the presence OF a
fOrty-foot we'll near the house. 1t was
found impossible to locate the well
until the owner arrived on the scene.
He Immediately went to a huge pile
Of cOrncobs in the yard and said: THE
we'll Is directly under these cobs.'
Hanson admitted that he had filed the
we'll with dirt and rubbish, but said
1t was before his brother disappeared,
and that he filed 1t because one of his
fat hogs had fallen in and could not
be gotten out.
Neighbors OF Hanson are willing to
testify that the well was not filed un-
til after the brother had been gone
some time.
Hanson's actions have been suspi-
ciOus for other reasons than these. He
has never shown the slightest interest
in the whereabouts of his missing
brother.
The authorities have never been no.
tiied Of his disappearance, and when
questioned about his brother he seem
ed to resent the Interference.
Hanson has been drinking heavily
of late and has shown a marked dis
position TO be ugly ard quarrelsome.
Great interest has been aroused, and
startling developments are looked for
when the we'll is opened.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-02-05
IS SUSPECTED Of BROTHERS, MURDER
Mysterious Case of Hans Hanson Takes a Startling
Turn-Chris Hanson's Explanation Net Believed.

Suspected OF having murdered his
brother, Chris Hanson Is under sur
VIGILANCE OF the officers to prevent his
leaving the country before evidence
a be obtained to warrant an arrest.
Hanson lives on a rented farm a mile
from Irene.
Up to last August his brother Hans
lived with him. According to HansOn's
story, his brother Hans left the farm
one day in company with a tramp. At
the time he was wearing his working
clothes and had little or no mor"y
on his person. He has never been
seen or heard from since that day.
The brothers owned considerable stock
and machinery. and since the disap-
pearance of Hans, Chris has been sell
ing the property. AS the property was
owned Jointly by the brothers, Chris
could not make a legal sale, but his
efforts to dispose OF the stock aroused
the suspicious of the people of Irene,
and especially of H. c. Andrews, may
or OF Irene. Mayor Andrews called
States Attorney John Holman to the
scene of the crime and Hanson was
taken into custody and put through
the sweating process for over two
hours.
The owner OF the farm which the
Hanson brothers had rented told the
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-02-05
HOT WAR over COUNTY SEAT
Struggle in Charles Mix Becomes Badly Mixed Up
Interminable Legal Proceedings Likely.

ton was made of the fact that 673
names had been withdrawn from the
Platte petition, thus making 1t over
400 names short of the requisite num-
Der TO get on the ballot. When the
board met on Thursday a crowd from
Geddes and Platte appeared on the
scene. The Geddes supporters re-
quested the board to make answer to
the Platte petition hat because Of the
573 who had withdrawn from 1t the
petition could not be granted. The
Platte contingent. In turn, demanded
that the 573 Withdrawals be ignored.
The board took the Platte view and
granted the petition. They then re-
fused to take up and grant the Geddes
petition because they had been adj
yised by lawyers that only one candl-
date could be placed on the ticket ac-
cording to the constitution, and as
Platte was the first to secure this
cherished position Geddes could not go
on the official ballot. eve though there
were no Withdrawals on file against
the 1904 names on the Geddes petit
ton.
Before the affair Is entirely settled
it is expected that resor will be had
to every writ, action and appeal known
to the laws of the state. The county
is 105 miles long and 80 miles wide,
and Geddes Is within two miles OF the
center of the county from every direc-
ton and is the logical candidate.
WoCnar ctartpd ont with q rptitinp
in its favor but gave up the battle be-
cause it was unable to get half the
voters to sign its petition.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-02-05
A HILLS EXHIBIT.
Chairman Russell Says II Will BE the
Most Attractive Of Its Kind.

Most Attractive Of It's Kind.
s. w. Russell of Deadwood. chair.
man Of the state commission. for the
Louisiana Purchase exposition, has
been visiting Sioux Falls while en-
gagged In the work Of securing an ex.
hibit OF Sioux Falls granite and mar
Bile for the exposition. He says:
"The exhibit to which l have given
most OF my attention is the mineral,
n while we have less than a tenth
or the sum devoted to it by other
states, | believe we shall have tina
most attractive exhibit on the ground.
Our exhibit will occupy n Of the
most conspicuous places in the min.
eral building. a space about fifty feet
square. This space will be surrounded
by a stone wall 21h feet high, built OF
Black Hills and Sioux Falls stone, with
four entrances arched over with hand
some columns.
Within we have arranged for two
most elaborate relief maps of the
Black Hills, showing the coniguration
Of the ground, and also the mineral de-
poSits. These are being made In
Washington by the best experts and
will exceed in completeness any at ST.
Louis. Above them will be a series OF
about twenty large photographs OF the
scenery and cities OF the Black Hills,
colored and photographed on glass.
and with ! bright light behind them
will be a most effective advertisement.
"Then there will be large quantities
Of all kinds of ore found in nthe Black
Hills, and many carefully arranged
fine specimens.
1.-THE executive committee of the ex-
position has selected a large ravine in
which It is designed to exhibit all the
various methods of mining and metal
working to be found in the world.
South Dakota has been selected to ex-
hibit the type of gold mill Of the latest
pattern"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-02-05
CATTLE SHIPMENTS FOR 1903 HEAVY
Show a Healthy Condition of the R~ange-Equaled by
No Other Section in the United States.

The 1903 live stock shipments from
Chamberlain shows a remarkably
healthy condition Of the range coun-
try west Of Chamberlain, considering
the depressed market Of the present
day and the hard winter of 1902. They
demonstrate thai as a cattle country
the region west of the Missouri river
Is euualed by no other section In the
United States. Take the figures Of
the number of cars of live stock for
warded and received since 1898 at this
point, and they make an impressive
showing. In Chamberlain alone, since
and including 1898, up to Dec. 81, 1903.
there have been forwarded 1921 cars
of live stock, while 1904 cars have
been received. Here are the figures:
Forwarded-1S9S, 253 cars; 139, 263
cars; 1900, 512 cars; 1901, 40 cars;
1902. SIS cars; 1903, 83S cars.
Received-1S9S, 1877 cars: 1899, 210
cars: 1900, 265 cars; 1902,423 cars;
1903, 173 cars.
A classified list Of the stock ship
ments from this point last year shows
Is cars of hogs. CTS cars Of cattle. AZ
ears Of horses and 100 cars Of sheep.
When 1t is considered, also, that
FULLY one-third Of the grand total Of
the number forwarded and received
shown in the above have been handled
IN the yards here and by the pontoon
bridge company-stock that has been
driven into and out OF the grazing
country overland-the wonderful pos
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-02-05
EARLY SETTLER,
Thirty-four Years in the Territory and
State.

State.
Conrad LANCE, t~hirty-four years o
resident OF Dakota and South Dakota
was buried under the auspices Of the
Turnverein society, of which he was a
charter member. For many years he
has been a sufferer from rheumatism
The deceased was born in Dresden.
Germany, about s~iytv-nine years ago
lie emfgrated to America IN 1855 and
first settled in Chicago. In 1870 Mr.
! ange came to Yankton, STAYED a brief
time, and left to take a homestead ii
Turner county, which he sold later tc
= Mr.. Unruh. He then returned &c
Yankton and engaged in the business
Thich he has just relinquished by his
death. He Is not known Ia have any
"e}atives in this country. and his as.
sociates in the ~Turnverein. of whic),
society he was secretary at the time
Of his death, ere now engaged in Al
INVESTIGATION into his private effects
to see If he left any heirs. It IS
known that many years ago he had
sisters living IN Dresden, but whether.
any OF them are still living is UNKNOWN
without inquiry.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-02-05
THESE MEN
What a South Dakota Farmer and His
Two Sons Did Last Year.

Two Sons Did Last Year.
Charles Glissendorf. a farmer LIVING
neal White Lake, has just figured up
and a~scertained what he accomplished
last season. The record made by him
is q good one, and shows what can be
done by the AVERAGE South Dakota
farmer. He recently finished thresh.
ing 1000 bushels of small grain, 5000
bushels OF which was wheat aud the
remainder oats and speltZ. He has
now completed the work of husking
his corn and finds that the 225 acres
devoted to this crop yielded him an
aggregate of 1926 bushels, or an av-
erage Of IS bushels to the acre. He
took care Of this large crop without
paving out a dollar for hired help, be-
ing assisted only by his sons. That
the members of the Glissend0rf family
arc workers is shown by the fact that
the head Of the family, in addition to
his other duties, found time to milk
twenty cows. The sale Of milk and
the increase in the value Of his 100
head of cattle Noted him the sun Of
$1,000. The grain and corr raised by
him at market prices is worth $500.
Thus the income from his last sea
sons work amounted to $7,958.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-02-05

As the days swiftly roll along the
county seat fight in Charles Mix be-
comes more and more mixed up.
The complications began on Dec. rs,
when Platte Jumped into the field for
petitioners, and when, on Jan. 5, at
tho opening session Of the county
board. the boomers for Platte present
cd q petition signed by 1923 persons
and asked an immediate and per-emp-
tory granting Of the petition Objec-
ton was made to railrOading such an
important matter through in such a
summary manner The board decided
that notice should be given to all con.
cerned as to when they were to act
on the petition. 1t vas generally sup
posed that a week or ten days would
alapse before any action was taken
by the board, and the next afternoon
they sent word to attorneys that nc.
ton would be taken at I O'Clock D. m.
Jan. I. This not being a reasonable
time. the Geddes supporters obtained
an Injunction against the board, which
neld matters up for a week longer.
AT this time 1t was agreed among
che members Of the board and Platte
and Geddes that Geddes was to Gil out
a petition containing 1904 names and
673 circumstances against the Platte
petition. Such was done on Jan. IA.
and the board decided to take action
on all matters n week later. At this
time the Platte people got q writ OF
mandainus from the court directing
them to grant the Platte petition or
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-02-05
FINE SCHOOL GYMNASIUM.
Aberaeen's Said to Lead All Others in
the State,

The Aberdeen high school students
are getting the new gymnasium in the
new Washington building fitted I'D and
they Will have the largest and best
hi-h school gym" In the Dakotas,
The room is G5X4o, and affords ample
room for two basketball courts and
two handball courts. with for APP
sparatus to engage classes of seventy
hve in general athletic exercises. The
gym also has dressing room with hot
and cold baths for both sexes, and the
whole will be in charge of the faculty
of the high school, some one Of the
instructors being on hand whenever
athletic classes are at work. The
new school also has an indoor play
room 6oxS0 for for the smaller chill
dreI-
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-02-05
SEEK FREAK
Giant Animal 10 Roaming Around In
South Dakota.

The hunting party which went Out
from Pierre early In January to Sc
cure a buffalo, went seeking a rarticu.
lar specimen, which IS declared to be
the largest buffalo known to be in ex.
istence, bat failed to find hiIn. r. T.,
Phillips Of Pierre and a few hunters
from Fort Pierre have gone ont into
the country where this monster q
orally roams, intending to stay ont
until they get him, and he will he used
az a specimen for an eyhibit at st.
Louis.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-02-05
Shot In a Race War.

Webster, Pa, Feb. 2-One Of a party
Of ten negroes fired upon a party Of
white men who were making fun OF
them. Two Of the white men were
wounded, one of them fatally. One OF
the negroes was drowned while trying
to escape.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-02-05
Shot by Robbers.

Joplin, Mo, Feb. I'm an EXCHANGE
or shots with two masked men who
had rIfied the depot safe, William Fl.
Broadstreet. station agent at CRANKY,
near here, was fatally wounded. The
men escaped.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-02-05
Fatally Shot In a Saloon.

st. Louis, Feb. ?. - Two city an
pIoyes and a saloonkeeper were shot
yesterday In a saloon during a quarrel
over the payment for drinks. One or
them is believed TO be fatally wound
ed. the others Slightly.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-02-05

Duluth, Feb. 2-Non-resident parties
have purchased the Banning block.
northeast corner of Superior street
ard Second avenue west, for $50, 600.
The real estate is ffty-foot front and
brought s45, goo, The property is oc.
cupied by a building which brought
$685. 00.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-02-05
Town Almost Wiped Out,

C~reenville, Miss, Feb. 2. - Fire at
Hollandale destroyedcvcry building In
the town except two dwellings. caus-
ing a loss estimated at from 100000
u SOC, 600.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-02-05
Poker Helped Him

Poker Helped Him.
Hewitt-There Is no royal road &c
wealth.
Jewett-Oh. | don't know. ! got my
start with a royal 1ush.-New York
Times.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1904-05-27

Get your Meals at the City Restau.
rant. Everything 6rst-class.