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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-11-17

The conference Of the city ~superin-
.endents OF schools of the state came
% a close at Mitchell after a very
important session. which will mean
much in the revision of the state
course of study for the high schools
md graded schools of the state.
A committee was appointed by
State Superintendent Ramer to revise
he high school course, and also to
II these committees returned valua-
Ole reports at the afternoon meeting,
and they were adopted.
The high schools of the state are
classified into three kinds: A high
school maintaining a foul years
course is of the first class: a high
school maintaining a three yeatrs'
course is known as the second class,
md a high school maintaining a two
yea course of study is known as the
tEird class. A first class high school
course is understood to consist of
eight constants and eight electives; a
second class school to have six con-
toII oiu olA CiSCliNtS. Il llllIu CLASS
nigh school to have four constants
and four electives. The term con-
slant Is defined as a required study
pursued for t~hirty-six weeks of five
periods each; the term elective is de-
fined as an optional study, selected
by the board of education and city
superintendent pursued for thirty-six
weeks of FIVE periods each, the term
period is defined as referring to not
less than forty minutes of class work.
The committee recommended that
under ordinary conditions no student
shall carry more than four studies Of
five periods each or receive credit for
more than twenty periods per week.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-11-17
ATTORNEY Is FINED.
st. Paul Man Held in Contempt Of
Judge Webber's Court.

Judge Webber's Court.
Redwood Falls, Mimi, Nov. 12-Fred
B. Phillips, a young st. Paul attorney,
was fined $3.50 for contempt of court
by Judge Weber in the district court
yesterday. An alternative was six
months in Jail. Either is the limit in
such a case. Phillips Immediately took
an appeal to the supreme court. Phil.
lips, with e. S. Cary of Minneapolis
a bee engaged for a long time in
attempting to prevent the Mos OF
Sleepy Eye from obtaining absolute
control and possession of 400 acres OF
land In Springdale township, this coun-
ty, valued at $4,000. for about $4,000.
The land formerly belonged to Phil
lips father, Rev. Robert Phillips, a
superannuated Methodist minister of
Ceylon. During the harvesting of the
crop this year Hans Mo got out an in.
junction restraining the Phillips PEG.
pie from interfering with him in the
cutting and threshing. When court
opened here on Wednesday Mo submit
ted an affidavit to the effect that he
had been interfered with by Fred B.
Phillips, and asked that the latter be
punished for contempt. The testimony
of Mo was offered and Judge Weber
adjudged Philips guilty of contempt
and imposed the fine of $3.50, or six
months in Jail.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-11-17

lions that either an automobile line
should be installed or a trolley road
built between Hot Springs and the
cave.
However, l was not discouraged,
and now l think it will not be long be-
fore there is either a trolley or an
automobile line, with fixed schedule,
running to this interesting wonder.
Il have also been thinking and work
ing for it hat a continuous boulevard,
connecting the park with the grounds
Of the new national sanatorium for old
soldiers at Hot Springs, ought to be
built. And | think that is n of the
possibilities Of the near future. The
cost of building a boulevard twelve
miles over the mountains would, OF
course, be large, but the cost of keep,
ing it in repair would not be great.
The small amount of rainfall and
snowfall ana the preservative quality
of the pine-laden air would keep the
deterioration down greatly.
II am lot making comparisons with
other caves, but l have seen Wind
cave and ! don't think we can spend
too much money to preserve it and
keep it beautifully lighted and easily
accessible to the public. 1t is worth
going many miles to see"
Wind cave has been explored for
about 100 miles, and it is estimated
that there are at least 900 miles OF
passages and chambers in it. 1t is an
eight-story affair, and the lowest story
is over 400 feet below the surface.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-11-17
BAD MONEY DESTROYED.
Largest Amount of Counterfeits Ever
Gathered by Government.

Washington, Nov. IL. - Counterfeit
bank notes in the sum of $255,O00;
queer coins in the amount of S49,-
900 and $4,000 worth of dies, plates,
rolls, type, hubs, stamps, collars, mill
ing machines and other machinery
and appliances for making counter
felt money were destroyed yesterday
by order of the treasury department.
The notes were burned in the special
furnaces for that purpose at the treas
ury department and the coin and ap-
p~liances were destroyed at a local
foundry. According to the secret
service division officer who was in
charge of the destruction, the $4,000
Of queer coins, represents the larg-
est amount of counterfeit coin ever de-
stroyed by the government at II
time.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-11-17

Independent Dealers Cannot Buy From
| Jobbera.

Independent Dealers Cannot Buy From
Jobbers.
An Independent lumber yard was re.
Gently started at Flandrau by local
business men and farmers. Some lum-
Der was purchased and delivered. The
old line companies did not like it and
representatives were sent to Flan-
dreau from headquarters to inter-
view the parties interested in the new
company and to discourage them from
continuing In business, threatening to
interfere If they did not quit. The in
dependent company continued, but
hey failed to get any lumber. Even
umber they had ordered has been
stopped from shipment. The old line
companies are all in a combine and
The wholesale mills at Winona and
Minneapolis have refused to sell to the
Independent company here, They say
The old line dealers threaten to boy
:ott them IL they sell to the new CON-
pany. The local company intends to
Bring the matter up before the depart.
ment Of justice at Washington under
The antitrust law to sc il they cannot
get any redress. Parties who know a
lew things on the inside have express.
ed a willingness to testify before the
department. or commission If this thing
Is brought up before it. This instance
proves that the Northwest is absolute
" in the grip Of the lumber trust, and
that the trust is determined to rule OF
ruin.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-11-17
MARTIN PLANS TO l|CHT WIND CAVE
Congressman Proposes to Make Sightseeing Easy
Hot Springs Trolley or an
Auto Line.

A twelve-mile trolley line owned by
Che United States government! An
electric lighting plant to light one OF
the most beautiful and largest caves
in the world!
These are two things for which Con-
gresham Eben w. Martin of Dead
wood is working, and it is likely that
he will introduce a bill at this session
of congress, appropriating the money
and authorizing the construction OF
the road and lighting plant.
For several years ever since he sue
ceeded in having congress pass a law
creating the Wind Cave National
Park, Congressman Martin has been
working for a trolley line to connect
the great cave with Hot Springs,
twelve miles distant, and also for an
electric lighting plant to transform
the dark galleries and chambers of the
cavern into brilliantly lighted palaces,
their walls sparkling like countless
diamonds.
Il preached the subject" said Con
gresham Martin recently, ito several
members of congress at Washington
a year or so ago.. ! have also taken it
up with several committee chairmen.
At first l encountered objection to the
idea, but / am more hopeful now.
1t was objected that from a govern
ment viewpoint it would be preferable
to lease the ave to some responsible
party, under proper rules and regula-
lions, and require as n of the condi-
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-11-17
WHITE PLAGUE" HARD ON INDIANS
tuberculosis Is Prevailing Disease According to
Recently Compiled Statistics-Unknown
Fifty Years Ago.

Pine Ridge reports 6S out of 13C
deaths in 1901 to have been from tu
berculosis, and that in 1905 80 per cent
of the deaths were from that cause.
Lower Brule and Grow Creek both
report the disease to be prevalent, and
the greater number of deaths on those
reservations to be from that cause.
Cheyenne agency reports tuberculo
sis to cause the greatest number Of
deaths on that reservation and that
it is prevalent.
Standing Rock reports Ga per cent
Of the deaths on the reservation in
1904, and Is per cen in 1905, to have
been from that disease.
Yankton agency reports tuberc 10
sis and old age to be the chief causes
of death on that reservation.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-11-17
$4,000 is MISSING.
Expr ,ss Cashier is Accuse at Bill.
inCS.

billings, Mont. Nov. II. - Charles
E. Sollin, cashier of the Northern Pa.
cific company's office in this city, was
arrested here yesterday afternoon on
the charge of grand larceny. The par.
ticular shortage for which Sollin was
arrested was the theft of two express
packages, each containing $50, but it
is expected that his entire shortage
will reach about $4,000. Sollin had be.
come infatuated with a woman upon
whom he is said to have lavished large
sums, far beyond his income. Sollin
is we'll educated and of good appear
ance and dress. He was a member of
the Episcopal church choir here. His
father and family reside in Valley City,
n. D., and are said TO be prominent
people.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-11-17
BURTON AGAIN INDICTED.
Kansas Senator Faces Another ACCUSE
ton by Federal Grand Jury.

st. Louis, Nov. II. - The federal
grand jury convened yesterday and re-
turned an Indictment against United
States Senator Burton of Kansas. 1t
is stated that certain features in the
former indictment against Senator
Burton, which was quashed, were rem
edied in this new indictment. The al
legations in the present indictment are
the same as in the one quashed:
That while a senator of the United
States he accepted money from the Ri
alto Grain and Securities Company OF
st. Louis for services rendered before
the postof1ice department in behalf OF
that company, which was being inves-
tigated by inspectors"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-11-17

The Aberdeen Gas company has in
stalled it's new gas holder. The recep
tacle will hold $4,000 cubic feet of gas
more than enough to supply the city's
needs for twenty-four hours should &C
cidents occur to prevent the manufao
ture Of gar for that length Of time.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-11-17
Child Seriously Burned.

Fergus Falls, Mimi, Nov. 12.--The
little daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Brink, who reside on the southern
outskirts of the city, was probably
fatally burned last evening while en-
~deavoring to light a fire with kerosene.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-11-17
ECkLUND GOES r e
American Embassy Directs His Re
lease at Scotland Yard.

London, Nov. IL. Peter Auguste
Ecklund, who surrendered himself tc
the authorities of Scotland Yard Oh
Oct. %, charging himself with the EN-.
bezzlement of $11 ,00o. while secretary
and treasurer of the Clay County Land
Company OF Moorhead, Mimi, was re.
leased yesterday by request of the
American embassy. He is not wanted
by the Minnesota Authorities.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-11-17

Norway, Mich. Nov. IL. = Stephen
Cristinelle, a single man, was killed in
the Saginaw mine here. He was load
ing in a skip two milling machines. A
brake In the engine room slipped, lot
ting the skip and man fall $50 feet.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-11-17
BODY Found on Track.

Elk River, MINI, Nov. 1.-THE dead
body OF a colOred man was found on
the track four miles west of here. The
coroner a gone TO make an inNestt'
cation. 1t is believed the man was
murdered.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-11-17
600 Miners Are Idle.

Des Moines, Iowa, Nov. IL. - More
than 600 miners are idle in the Hook
ing coal district near Oskaloosa and
not a bushel of coal is being mined
where the output was nearly 1000 tons
per day. Trouble arose over opera
tors charges for hauling miners to and
from mines over the Iowa Central rail
way. The miners objected to the
charges.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-11-17
HEIRESS HELD FOR RANSOM.
Agnes Pfifer kidnapped Near Prairie
du Chen.

du LHIen.
Prairie du Chen, Wis, Nov. 12.-Ag'
nes Pffer, an orphan sixteen years
old, was kidnapped from the school
grounds during C at the Ryder
schoolhouse in the town of Wauzeka
Thursday afternoon, and it is believed
is being held for ransom. Two men
seized the girl from among a crowd OF
children at play, forced her into a
closed carriage, and drove away at a
gallop. The school teacher saw the af.
fair, but did not report it to the au.
thorities until she dismissed her pu,
pills for the day. The girl is heir tC
considerable property and it is be
lieved that she will be held for ran.
som. No clue to her whereabouts has
been found.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-11-17
FIRE BURNS SIX STACKS.
I~ncendiary Believed to Be at Work at
Spring Valley.

Spring Valley, Mimi, Nov. 12.-W,
A. Hall of this city lost by fire or his
farm. nine miles south of here, -four
stacks of wheat and n each of oats
and barley. The fire is supposed to be
the work of incendiary. There were
thirteen stacks in that setting. Those
destroyed we're in the center. The re,
naming stacks were not burned, be.
cause of the recent rain and snow.
storm.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-11-17

The Milwaukee's extension to the
Pacific coast has been completed forty
miles vest of the river to the town OF
Presho. though the grading extends
more than seventy miles west OF
Chamberlain. Settlers are pouring
into the new country rapidly.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-11-17
Cr;nke CarboIic Acid.

Helena, Mont, Nov. 15.-Mrs. Hell
ena Davis, iwenty years old and the
mother Of m infant child, drank a
wine glass OF carbolic acid at Red
Lodge and died despite the efforts of
several doctors.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-11-17
TWO NORWEGIAN MINISTER'S,
Hauge Made Minister to United States
-Nansen Goes to Great Britain.

Christiania, Nov. 12.-FridtjOf Nan
sen, the Arctic explorer, has been ap-
pointed Norwegian minister to Great
Britain, and H. c. Hauge, at present
charge d'affaires at Washington, has
been appointed minister at that CAPT
tai. The municipal authorities are
discussing arrangements for the tri-
umphal entry to the capital of King
Haakon VII. prince Charles of Den
mark.) Wilhelm Bjerkhes, the noted
MATHEMATICIAN, left yesterday for New
York in response to an invitation to
lecture at Columbia university. He
will also deliver a course of lectures
at Washington.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-11-17
Goes Up for Bounty Fraucs.

Helena, Mont, Nov. 15.--T. }. New
man, convicted in the district our at
Miles City OF forgery in connection
with bounty frauds, was yesterday
sentenced to five years in the peniten.
tiary.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-11-17
Extradition Is Granted.

Pierre, S. D.. Nov. 15.-Gov. Elrod
yesterday granted an extraditiOn war
rant on request Of the governor OF Ne
braska for ]. w. Marshall, who is
wanted at Omaha on a charge OF m
bezzlement.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-11-17

Doane RObinso nof the state histor1-
cal society is collecting statistics on
the prevalence of tuberculosis among
the Sioux Indians, n has received re-
porth from all the agencies in South
Dakota and Standing Rock in North
Dakota, the general tenor OF the re-
ports being to the effect that tubercu-
losis is the prevailing disease among
the Dakota Indians, where it was un-
known fifty years ago.
The report from Sisseton is that
practically all the Indians are affected
with the virus of the disease to a
greater or less extent, and that fifty
years ago it was unknown among
them.
Rosebud reports Is per cent of the
Indians on that reservation to be at
fected.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-11-17
HARVESTING OATS.
Farmers Unable to Cut Grain Until
After the Ground Was Frozen.

Moorhead, Mimi, Nov. 12.-The oats
harvest is on full swing in many parts
of the Red river valley. Many fields
were SO wet that binders could not be
run on them until the ground froZe
1t Is said that a good many farmers
will be able to save a good part OF
their oats in this way.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-11-17

On account of the position taken by
the Black Hills Mining Mems associa-
ton, Gov. ElrOd has decided to refrain
from making any appointments of del
egates to the mining congress to be
held in New York. and to which he
was asked to select delegates. The
natural selection Of such delegates
would be from the mining section of
the state, and as the Black Hills asso-
citation refuses to affiliate with the ma
tional organization, selections from
among them Of men who would have
nothing to do with the congress would
- uselesB.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-01-19
TOLD OF BALDHEADED MEN
They Want More Hair Cuts Than
Men with Hair, Says a
Barber.

The secretive, taciturn barber was
finally induced to talk, says the Provi-
dence Journal. He remarked: I've To-
ticed n popularity about my custom
ers that | could never quite explain.
The less hair a man has the more at
tention he pays to it.
There's a real estate agent who
comes in here nearly every week for O
hair cut, and if l shaved him clean from
the back of his collar to his forehead
He's got a short, light colored fringe,
that plays around under the rim of his
hat, like the soft, fluffy fringe you see
on those shawls the women wear over
their shoulders, but you'd think to hear
him that he could braid it and do it up
in coils. Wants me to be particular and
trim it close on the neck and around tho
ears. humor him, of course. l take
a handful of somebody else's hair and
sprinkle it on the cloth | put on him and
then | snip the air gently for ten or Is
minutes and make a great ado when l
whisk him off.
"And when he leaves the chair and
says he mustn't let it grow so long again
| say 1t was pretty long. l hope the
Lord will forgive me. Nine out of every
ten of the bald heads are that way, but
men who've got plenty Of hair will keep
away from here until they look like the
edges of an ~old-fashioned hayloft. It's
curious and, as 1 said, l never could &C.
count for it,"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-01-19
AWKWARD DINING IN JAPAN
The First Meal Partaken Of by an
American There Is Sure to
Be Trying.

If it's your first Japanese dinner you're
having a d~readfully hard time. In the
first place, writes Bertha Runkle, in
Child Life in China and Japan" you
must sit on the floor, for they don't have
any chairs in Japan. You kneel down,
and then You turn your toes in till one
laps over the other, and then you sit
back between your heels. At first you
are quite proud to find how we'll you do
it, and you don't think it's so very I'M
comfortable. But pretty soon you get
cramped, and your legs ache as if you
had a toothache in them. You don't say
anything, because you think that if the
japanese can sit this way all day long,
you ought to be able to stand it a few
minutes. Finally both you feet go to sleep
and then you can't bear it a moment lon
ger, and you have to get up and stamp
round the 0 to drive the prickles out
of your feet, and all the dancing girls
giggle at you. This isn't your only trou-
BILE, either. All you have to eat with is a
pair of chopsticks, and you're in terror
lest you spill something on the dainty
white mating floor. Now the floor of a
japanese house isn't just the floor; it's
the chairs and sofas and tables and beds
as well. At home it would be mortify-
ing enough to go out to dinner and spill
something on the floor; but in Japan,
where people sit and sleep on the floor,
it seems ever worse. So you are unhappy
till your little nesan (who Is the waitress,
and almost as prettily dressed as the
dancing girls, but not quite) comes
laughing to your aid, and shows you how
to hold your chop-sticks. After that you
manage nicely the rice and the omelet,
but the fish and the chicken you can't
contrive to shred apart without drop
ping your chop-sticks all the time. So,
between dances, the maiko-little girls
about - years old-kneel down beside
you and help you. They can't keep from
giggling at your awkWardness; but you
don't mind-you just giggle, too; and
everybody giggles and has a lovely
time.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-01-19
ALL CROPS GOOD IN WEST.
ERIN CANADA.
potatoes the Finest I Ever Saw"

Owing to the great amount Of inter
est that is being taken in Western Can
ada, it is well to be informed of some
Of the facts that are bringing about the
great emigration from portions of the
United States.
The Canadian Government have au-
thorized agents at different points, and
the facts related in the following may
be corroborated on application. At the
same time they will be able to quote
you rates, and give you certificates
emitting you to low rates on the diff
ferent lines of railway. The following
letter copied from the North Bend
(Neb.) Eagle, is an unsolicited testi-
monial, and the experience of Mr..
Austen is that Of hundreds of other
Americans, who have made Canada
their home during the past seven or
eight years:
Il presume some may be interested
to know how we have progressed this
year in the Canadian Northwest. We
have 10 complaint to offer. We have
had a good year, crops were good and
we have had a delightful season. I
threshed from my place $3.50 bushels
of grain. My oats made 65 bushels per
acre and weighed 421a pounds per
bushel. My wheat made 31H bushels
per acre and is No. l quality. My
barley made about 80 bushels Of good
quality. My crop is a fair average of
the crops in the Edmonton district.
Cali crops were good here this sea-
son. Potatoes the finest l ever saw
and all vegetables adapted to the
climate. We have had a very fine fall
but no exception to the rule as the fall
season Is, | think, the most pleasant
of the year. We have had no snow yet
(Nov. 81, and have been blowing and
working the land preparing for an
early seeding next spring. Last night
the mercury dropped lower than any
previous night this fall and this morn
ing there is a crust of frost on the
fields sufficient to prevent field work.
No doubt many would imagine that Al
berta had put on her winter %overcoat
before this and that the people were
wrapped in furs, but it is only a ques-
tion of time when this country will not
be looked upon as an iceberg, but a
country fit for the best of mankind to
live in.
eve are now assured of a transcon-
tinental railway, which is to be built
to the Pacific during the next five
years. The Canadian Northern road
is graded to within seventy-1ve miles
of Edmonton. 1t comes from Winni-
peg, and will reach us next summer, SO
with one railroad already at hand, the
second to reach us in less than a year,
and the third to penetrate our city and
open up this country to the west across
the Rockies to the coast within five
years, we surely have reason to believe
that the country is progressing.
Every respectfully,
IL. ]. Austen"