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or 100000 will be ma
flower.
Attempted Graftings.

Various artifices have been tried by
clever but inscriptions people to OBJ
tain specimens of the "Queen Beat
rice" rose, many coming into the
Kramer establishment where huge
bouquet of the blooms was on eXhibi-
ton, offering to purchase at large
prices a single flower for bouton-
Mere. Others have gone so far as to
order elaborate funeral designs with
the proviso that nothing but this par
ticular kind of rose be used. These
We're only lodges to obtain the healthy
wood for slipping and growing, for
the best time to make rose cuttings is
either just before or Immediately after
the plant comes into lloom.
One Washington florist who origi-
mated the "Ivory" rose-a handsome
white flower. and sport of Golden
Gate"-was unwise enough to sell cut
flowers, thereby enabling the purcha-
sers to propagate the variety cheaply.
The Washington Florists Club re-
Gently awarded the new "Queen Beat
rice" rose certificate of merit, the
first of the kind ever given by the
club. The new flower is so striking
and beautiful that every member Of
the club consented to the award.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-12-15
THE PUBLIC LAND FRAUDS.
PRESIDENTS PUBLIC LAND COMMISSION RECO NJ.
MENDS RADICAL CHANGES in LAWS.
Richard Hamilton Byrd.

Three men went out west to seek
their fortunes. One located in the
Middle West-not the Middle West,
perhaps, as it is generally known,
but the central section of the west
ern half of the United States-in the
desert country. He started his sue
cessful career by taking up a govern
ment claim under the desert-land act.
He was in the cattle country-the
cow country-and he made his strike
in cattle.
Ills friend went further north, still
in the desert area, close to the Cana
dian line-in the sheep country. He
took up a government homestead
claim and committed it.
The third man went into the far
northwest-the Oregon country of
Lewis and Clarke-and he took up n
government timber cain. He located
in land where numbering was done,
And these three men became great
cattle and sheep and timber kings,
and incidentally landlords; and their
operations while widely different
We're singularly similar. They filed on
their government claims and at the
earliest possible moment each man
proved up and sold OUT for cash to
larger land grabbers. And so they
learned the mode and got their start
toward land grabbing themselves.
The desert entryman was supposed
under the law to live at least three
years OH his 800 acres and to eXpend
during that period $500 in construct
ing irrigation bitches and other i'm
provements, and make it his home.
This was what was promised for the
law when it was slipped through
Congress. As a matter of fact. this
man spent a day with a team making
a fake irrigation reservoir and then
another day running couple of fur
rows around the land. making oath
that this constituted an irrigation
system for its reclamation. Then
within six months lie proved up
made the required payments to the
government, and secured n patent to
his land.
The homestead entryman. who. un-
der the law, must reside continuously
on his claim, erected slab. one-roOm
shanty, 1OX12 feet and during a per
iod of fourteen months slept in it just
five times. This was the extent of
his home making. Then he, too, made
the required payments to the govern
| ment and secured title to his land.
The timber entryman went into the
finest timber section of the United
States-the dense forests of the far
northwest-and under the timber and
stone act. selected 16O acres of land,
the timber standing upon which was
worth $T5 an acre. and swearing that
he wanted it for his own personal use
purchased it from the government at
the fixed price of $3.50 an acre and
Immediately disposed of it. So that
within fourteen months these three
men had secured from Uncle Sam an
aggregate of one square mile of gov
ernment land for their own benefit
and use as homes, and sold it out to
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Comfort on Uncle Sam's
Ample Breast.

Cupid Is one of the best recruiting
officers that Uncle Sam has" cOnfided
one of the sergeants attached to the
recruiting headquarters. "Back of
nearly every enlistment there is
woman in the case. Lovers quarrels
chase lot of fine lads into the serv-
ice. Your romantic youth gravitates
to the recruiting office after serious
break with his sweetheart as naturally
as duck takes to wafer. 1t seems
to him the most fitting way in which
to sacrifice himself when loves young
dream is apparently disnelled. Way
down In his heart he nurses the idea
of MAKING his erstwhile inamorata
sod. and IFS the army or navy. with
the possibility of death in battle. for
him Again. other first class material
's recruited nv the desire of young
follows TO snort n uniform before their
girls. In such cases Cupid does his
rNcruiting through vanity. But in both
ways he manages to fill up big gaps
in the ranks of Uncle Sans fighters"
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No nation has ever been SO reckless
or has been so mercilessly robbed OF It's
public land resources as has the United
States. Since the early history of
the republic, land in vast tracts has
been granted to individuals and cor
porations, and in spite of the public
attention which of late years has been
directed to the matter, the absorption
goes on at an alarming rate. IL
seems difficult for the man who mas
lived in the west for years to realize
that there is any good reason why he
should not debauch and buy out hun
dreds of others who are willing to sell
their birtnright as American citizens.
thus enabling him to acquire do
main which would have been princely
in the days of feudalism.
The three men above cited count
their holdings to-day by the hundreds
of thousands of acres, but there are
western corporations and individuals
whose figures mount up even INTO mil
lions of acres. One can ride or drive
all day through their territory the
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Mr.. Kramer is a Washington florist
with large experience in the flower
line, many new and interesting nov
elites having originated in his green
houses. Among the popular garden
roses which, he produced are the
Climbing Meteor" a climbing varie-
ty with large red blooms; champion
of the World" Robert e. Lee" az.
II. Kramer" and many other sorts
which have been sold to catalogue
houses and named by them. He has
just originated the climbing Ameri-
can Beauty which will probably be
listed by tiower-sellers next spring. He
recently exhibited in Washington the
"F. III. Kramer carnation-a deep
pink sort-whlch many well-known
florists have declared to be the equal
of either the Lawson" or "Fiancee."
He states that no plants of the
Queen Beatrice" rose will be ready
for distribution before the spring of
1907 during which time large sum
of money will be expended in the
erection of hothouses and the cultiva-
ton and growing of hundreds of
thousands of young plants. The es-
innate is made that probably S15o,0OO
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GIANT RIVER TUNNELS.
TAKE PLACE OF Bridges IN CON
NECTING NEIV JERSEY AND
NEW YORK.

Completion of Borings Under Hudson
River-One OF Greatest of E. E..gineer-
ing FeatS
After half a century of speculation
on the practicability of tunneling the
Hudson river from New Jersey to the
island OF Manhattan, it is now possi-
BILE to walk dry-shod from Jersey to
New York. The twin bores have been
completed; that is, they have been cut
through and cased in, though of course
some finishing touches are yet to be
put upon them. 1t was a few days
ago that in the presence of the engi-
neers, the directors and dozen re-
porters, w. G. Oakman, president of
the Hudson Companies, split an old
brick bulkhead- with hydraulic jack
and completed the first Manhattan
Jersey tunnel system. There was a
six-inch gap in the. wall A gang of
ground hogs" rammed the breach a
little wider, and the party crawled
through into New York city.
The old wall that was cut through
was seven feet thick. 1t is the relic
of former failure to tunnel the
Hudson. Twenty-three years ago the
engineers of the old Hudson Company,
after cutting considerable distance
under the river. abandoned the enter
prise and walled in the unfinished
work with this brick bullhead.
Two tube-tunnels run parallel be-
meath the Hudson river, the work of
boring them being done under direc-
tion of the New York and New Jer-
sey Railroad Company, Tut this COM
pany entrusted the actual performance
of the work to the Hudson Companies.
The present tube has been two
years in the course of construction.
Tho tubes will cost when completed
about s13,000,000, and the entire work
will cost about $50 0,000000.
Fifteen Feet in Diameter.
Tie tubes are $500 feet long, 15A
feet in diameter and are intended for
one track each, with a sidewalk for
workmen. Two tubes have been start
ed on the New Jersey shore, to run
under the river to Cortlandt and
Church streets. These tubes will be
1914 feet in diameter. The tubes just
Jersey shore with the Pennsylvania
and the Lacllawanna terminals. In
Manhattan one branch will connect
with the subway under Fourth ave-
nue. at Astor Place. Another branch
will run to Sixth avenue and Thirty
third street. A trip through the entire
length of the tunnel from the subway
to Hobollen will cost only five cents.
About six hundred men have been en-
ployed in the tunnels.
Cars will be running through these
tube-tunnels in eighteen months. The
safety of transportation in the tunnel
needs no demonstration. for trains will
run in a steel tube the strength of
which to resist pressure has been care
fully worked out. Being laid from
fifteen to fifty feet below the river
bed, it cannot be affected by the ac-
ton of tidewater. The tube is n steel
lined hole in the earth, and except for
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NO TURKEY STUFFING I?
Christmas Dinner Incomplete With
out r his Ol d-F ashioned Addition.

The latest and most obnoxious
crank in tn gastronomic line is that
deluded epicure who asserts that
Christmas turkey must be served
without "stuffing." He says it is an
anomaly, thing without reason, an
insult to the completeness of the
bird. He even declares that it de-
tracts from the sweet flavor and deli;
cate aroma of the king of fowls.
Thus he thrusts himself into the pub
liz arena. n most unwelcome butter
in," striving to accomplish the down
fall of an historic institution. He is
not a true American. He has never
tasted "stuffing as mother made it,
the real Simon-pure article, spooned
out of the deep reccsses of the royal
bird in great crumbly masses that fill
the room with rich aroma and the
heart of man, woman and child with
joy unconfined.
1t is the soul of the turkey. is stuff
ing. With the bird itself one is al
ways bothered about what part he
will have-whether white meat or
dark: whether n wing, thigh. or n
drumstick; whether the wish-bone,
the liver or "the part that went over
the fence last" hut for the stuffing,
American sentiment is UNIVERSAL
The only question is: How much does
one dare to eat? And then that en-
trancing. sagey odor, from the mys-
terious "yarbs" that enter into the MAX
ing-as sweet as the summer breeZes
over new mown hay-as delicate as
the fragrance of orange blossoms on
wedding day. And perchance, in
addition. we shall catch the sublime
suggestion of an onion, waited into
our Quivering nostrils. and recalling
some dear departed maternal spirit
who ministered to our boyish wants
in days of yore.
Turkey straight. without stuffing?
Not while there is breath to sound a
protest. 1t is the mission of civiliza-
ton to mix with naked nature the
tootisome miscellany of tradition; to
blend the work of nature and man;
to sweeten with our best endeayor
the plain blessings of an all-wise
Providence. That's what gave US
"stuffing;" and until the heart of man
grows cold.-until the race loses its
teeth and lives on pills and tablets
and predigested pap, its multitudes
will insist on turkey as mother served
it. Down with theories. Give us
stuffing or take the turkey back.
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THE UNCONVENTIONAL SARAH.

1t was Thomas Carlyle who said
that all genius was akin to savagery.
Sarah nernhardt eNemplifies this in
thc buOdor of her chateau in Paris.
Mmr. B.rnhardt is perfect barbarian
in her defiance of MI the convention
alitics regarding color schemes. Her
slocping room Is hung in royal purple
drcorntnd with pcnccck plumes. Over
lor Louis NNI led Is II canopy made
Of unspun silk taken directly from the
r,lkworm cocoon. A great snl'sh of
crimson satin. in the form of shield,
rdnrus the center. The walls are hung
Iu Old tapestries, ard in the interstices
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of the hanginGs are row after row of
tiny monkey skulls. the eve sockets of
which are illumined with electric
lights.
The "divine Sarah" has parted with
her pet tiger and now has for COM
panion a large and ugly baboon, whose
ears have been pierced so that they
may carry huge rings of solid gold.
Rernhardt is said to look as young as
she did twenty years ago. Her face
is without wrinkles. and her step is as
spry and her manner as vivacions as
when she first electrified her native
city as an actress.
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only signs of.ciyilizatlon being barbed
wire fences and roaming herds, where
should be hundreds and thousands OF
prosperous farm homes.
When President Roosevelt came in
to office he found government aid 10
irrigation question of growing popu-
larity. He recommended its consider
alton by Congress. \ national irrf-
cation law was enacted. In his fol-
lowing message he officially recog-
nized the basic fraud of land laws
and the menace which they afforded
to the homemaking irrigation law
and the next year he appointed Pub
lie Land Commission composed OF
three eminent public men. well quail
fled to investigate the land conditions
in the west.
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collisions due to operating blunders
the risk of travel ought to be nil.
MANY Tunnel% TO b.. DUG.

1t having been proved practicable
to tunnel beneath the Hudson river,
the Pennsylvania Railroad undertak-
ing will be pushed rapidly, and it may
be expected that in course of time ev-
cry trunk line coming into Jersey City
will have its own tunnel. The East
river piercings do not present much
of a problem. In less than five years
trains ought to be running from Phil
adelphia to Boston with no water to
be crossed.
1t is believed that within ten years
electric trains will make the trip from
Philadelphia to New York in one hour.
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FORTUNE FOR A ROSE.
A WONDERFUL NEW VARIETY
WHICH BRINGS THLRIf
THOUSAND DOLLARS.

Is a Rayishing Pink and Crimson lea
One to Two Hundred lhousan
DollarsExpecteoP eoProfit-Othefhu huee
Figures for Flowers.
A Washington gardener has orisl-
mated what is believed by expert nor
lists to be the finest rose ever grow n
the Queen Beatrice. 1t is a tea OF Il
peculiar shade of pink with a touch'
in the bud. of light crimson. us par
ticular merit lies probably in the 1act
that none of the beauty of its colorlilS
is destroyed either in natural or aftl-
fetal light, Added to this it has Il
fragrance equal to. if not superior TO
that of the American Beauty. The
rose grows on straight and stur'
DIV stems from two to three feet long;
its parents are the two well-known va
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-12-15

which was published as Senate Docu-
ment 15i. 5Sth Congress, Sd Session.
1t is herewith published in part,
showing as it does the necessity for
energetic action by Congress on one Of
the most vital questions of the day,
namely. the correction of the national
abuse which is taking away from the
American homeseeker the opportunity
TO acquire n piece of land and rear
thereon home for himself and his
family. This subject will be further
considered in next weeks issue, which
will include an additional section or
this report.
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Need for Land Laws Legislation.

These ot..cials were W. A. Richards,
Commissioner of the General Land Of
flee; Clifford Pinchot, Chief of the
Newell, Chief Engineer of the Nation
al Jrriga ton or Reclamation Service
And this commission after year
and n half of field investigation made
a short official report to Congress,
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-12-15

One Of the richest bows in the world
is the adopted son of the late million.
aire, Zeigler He is fourteen years old
and will inherit nearly s20.000,000.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-12-15
PUBLIC LANDS COMMISSION
MESSAGE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
THE SECOND REPORT OF THE PUBLIC LANDS COM
MISSION, APPOINTED oCTCBER TO REPORT UPON
THE CONDITION. OPERATION, AND EFFECT OF HE PRESENT

SUBMITTING
; Renrnsentntiyps .

To the n o
sutn
practical disposition the
build them
concluded submit this second partial report bearing some or
magnitude and Importance that
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-12-15

Edwin Booth for long time aver
aged twenty-five cigars each day.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-12-15
THE NEW QUEEN BEATRICE ROSE.

rieties, Liberty and Madam Chatenay,
the former, one of the most popular
crimson varieties, but uncertain in the
production of perfect blooms. Queen
Beatrice has none of the faults of its
parents and combines all of their good
qualities; it is resistant to insect and
mildew attacks. and capable of fore
ing on the dollhouse bench.
Grown at Gardiner Hubbard Mansion
1t was originated by Peter Bissett
and viii be put on the market by
Florist #. III. Kramer. of Washington.
Bissett is the head gardener of Mrs.
Gardiner Hubbard, the widow of the
late Gardiner Hubbard, at one time
president of the National Geographic
Socie.--. She is the mother-in-law of
Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor
of the telephone. The new rose was
produced at her beautiful suburban
residence, Twin Oaks, just outside of
the national capital
The leading florists of the country
have known of the existence of this
rose for a year and have made various
tempting offers for it. but it remained
for Florist Kramer to offer $4,000
and finally secure the beauty.
Such fabulous sum for a rose
seems insignificant. however, when it
is remembered that but few years
ago Thomas Lawson of ''Frenzied FL
nance" fame paid 100000 for n mere
carnation. while the greater amount
of S125,OOO was expended for the "Ifi-
ancee" carnation. 1t is hinted that
Mr. Lawson cleaned up over 100000
out of the Lawson pink and the buy
ers of the "Fiancee'' carnntion easily
doubled the amount expended.
Origin of the American Beauty.
And vet the american Beauty" of
whom every flower lover is fond has
very, very sad history. a number
of years ago Washington gardener
who made only a speciality of garlen
roses received from abroad snip
ment of plants. among which was
"mongrel." This. with out-of door cul-
ture produced very large and fragrant
blooms. 1t attracted the attention NJ
Thomas Fields. WASHINGTON florist
Nothing was known bv him of tn"
forcing qualities of this rose in the
greenhouse. but as he rather lifod its
color and general appearance. one "f-
ternoon while her husband was ab-
sent, he purchased the single D'an'
from Mrs. Ready for fiv" dollars,
Ready, when he retured and was tod
of the sale. believed that his wifc had
asked too much for the flower. Fields
experimental with the plant and found
that 1t exceeded even his fondest
hopes. He named II the "Amaricnn
Beauty" and probably cleared S25,OOo
on this one deal. To-day Ready is
still gardener. doing odd jobs for peo-
pie around town-spading mp gardens.
supplying rich earth and planting
shrubs.
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Typical Gases of Fraud.

These three cases are cited simply
because they are typical of thousands
and hundreds of thousands of instan-
ces which could be related of the
great west where the government
still owns half billion acres of land,
although another half billion have
passed into private ownership under
the various loose and really fraudu-
lent land laws with which the statute
book is detled.
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HOMESTEAD MURPHY.


Made to Secure valuable Tinb r Iands.-En
those who were buying hundreds of
such claims and then went looking for
further speculation.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-12-15

Completion of Borings Under Hudson
River-One OF Greatest of Engineer
ing FeatS
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SENATE

CoNoREssl SENATE
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-18
COURT HOUSE GOSSIP.
DOinss at County Headquarters
BIRTHS

BIRTHS
Aug. mir. and Mrs. Matheias
Sneide, Revillo, girl.
Aug. 5-Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Kruemling, Revi]lo, girl.
Aug. 1-Mr. and Mrs. William
Schneider, Milbank, girl.
Aug. 6-Mr. and Mrs. Herman
H. Krueger, Madison, girl.
Aug. 8-Mr. and Mrs. Edgar
Ellington, Twin Brooks, girl.
Aug. 8-Mr. and Mrs. U. Sc
brands, Grant Center, girl.
Aug. 12-Mr. and Mrs. John
w. Tucholke, Adams, girl.
Aug. 1O-Mr. and Mrs. William
Enos, Milbank, boy.
DEATHS.
Aug. 9-Mrs. Carrie Westbv.
aged 81, Big Stoue, septic
pneumonia.
Aug. 13-Veronica Ehlebracht.
Al, Vernon, consumption.
Aug 12-Emma Tucholke, Ver-
non.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-18

Days ''Ten Nights in a Bar
Room" company will exhibit here
under canvas on Saturday even
ing. Aug. 10th. Every man, wo-
man and child should attend this
great temperance ser mon. A
life lesson showing the curse of
rum portrayed by a carefully Sc
lected company of actors giving
the great drama in it's entirety,
with appropriate scenery and
stage effects, a picture realistic
and complete, meeting all the
requirements exacted by the
author. In connection with the
drama, Prof. Pitchers suberb
concert band and orchestra will
delight the audience in a careful
~ selected musical program con-
sisting Of beautiful southern mel
odies, up to date popular airs and
standard overtures, making a
grand double bill of music and
drama under one price of admis-
sion. Open air concert at noon
and at 7:30 p. m. Remember
day and date. Show evening
only.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-18

Contract Let and Buildlng -
be Completed by December
First.

At recent meeting of the IL
brary board the plans prepared
by Architect r. D. Church, Of
Minneapolis, were accepted and
the contract for the erection Of
the building was awarded to G.
Her riger, the gentleman who ID
putting up the library building
at Madison, MINI. Mr.. Herri-
ger was the lowest of four bid
ders, and is to have the building
completed by December first
Allan Black Co. was awarded the
contract for plum bing.
The building is to be of press
ed brick, trimmings and founda-
tion of Redwood Falls granite,
and will have a corner entrance.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-18

A gathering of the members
and friends of the Norwegian
Lutheran church was held at the
home of James Lockhart last
Friday evening, where recep-
tion was rendered Rev. E. Peter
son, who has for some time been
conducting sevices for the peo-
pie of the aforementioned church.
Rev. Peterson, who has been To-
Gated at Montevideo for the past
two years is about to move to
North Dakota, and will be there
fore obliged to sever his connec-
tion with the people here, and
the gathering was in the form of
a farewell to him. At the close
of a pleasant social evening aud
after ice cream refreshments
had been served the retiring
minister was presented with
several silver gifts, in the form
Of a cake busket, berry spoon
and silver currency, as remem-
brance of his association with
our Milbank people and his
pleasant connection with them as
pastor.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-18

Melrose township, Grant county,
s. D., August Is, 1905.
Nonresidents of the township Of
Melrose, Grant county, S. D., are
hereby prohibited from hunting or
shooting prairie chickens ia said
township of Melrose, without first get
ting permission from the owners or
residents of the land to be hunted
upon.
By order of the town board.
FRANK J. SMITH.
Town Clerk.