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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-01-05
and DEATH LuRk
IN MAIL ORDER GOODS

house, when freight charges are count
ed in. If the farmer ices not believe
this he should make up a list of things
that he ordinarily orders Of the cat
alogue house, take 1t to his town
stores and e what prices they will
make him on the same goods. In just
ice to himself he should do this.
To Sum Up.
The mail order house is under i'm
mense expense. It's advertising alone
runs into hundreds of thousands of
dollars a year. 1t maintains great in
situations at high cost. 1t cannot do
this and legitimately undersell the
country merchant.
In conclusion, let us reiterate that
the home merchants show their Gus
toners the goods before purchase and
willingly make exchanges. The cata-
logue house don't do that.
The home merchants reputation
and business standing in the COM
munity are bach of every sale he
makes. The catalogue house feels 10
such responsibility. Their misdeeds
in one community do not hurt them in
another. They would rather lose a
customer than a dollar. The home
merchants would rather lose a dollar
than q customer.
The home merchants buy farm
produce, sometimes at a loss. The
catalogue house don't.
The home merchant gives credit
when necessary. The catalogue house
insists on spot cash.
The home merchants live among
their customers, contribute to the up
building of the town, schools and
churches. The catalogue house spends
its profits elsewhere. The very ma
ture of it's business kills the small
community and builds up the large
city.
The home merchants can and do
meet all legitimate competition.
The mail order patron owes it to
his towns welfare and his own well
fare to give his merchants a chance to
prove the statement before denying
them his patronage.
The catalogue house in it's dealings
with it's patrons ignores all the fun
damental principles of community well
fare. It's methods are a trespass on
community rights.
Think it Over!-St. Paul Trade Jour
nal.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-01-05
1. c. MAY EXTEND LINE.
Bonesteel viii Proably Have Tive
New Roads.

New Roads.
Indications now point to Bonesteel
being the p%ossessor of two railroads
before the end of another year. &C.
cording to the reports from the mouths
of officials of the two roads which can
be taken as perfectly authoritative.
Following close upon the heels OF
the Tip" from Manager Bidwell of the
Northwestern that the Chicago &
Northwestern would extend it's Bone.
steel line westward next spring, comes
now the positive information that Mr..
Schultz, estimating engineer of the
Illinois Central Railway company, has
been at Wheeler, east Of this place on
40 Missouri river, making soundings
ana personally inspecting the ross
ings there with a view to furnishing
his company an estimate of the cost
of bridging the river at that point, and
plating the feasible routes from the
crossing to the level prairie land be-
yond.
Mr.. Schultz had but little to say to
an yone at Wheeler, and it was only
just before he left that his mission
was discovered.
The secret of his being there leak.
ed out accidentally, however, when he
received instructions from the head
office in Chicago to return to that
place Immediately to be in attendance
at a meeting of the directors of the
company.
1t has been known for a long time
that the Illinois Central was DESTROYS
Of extending it's Sioux Falls line west
ward. A number of surveys were
made by the Great Northern severe
years ago upon the Wheeler bottom
The Illinois Central being closely al
lied with the Great Northern system,
it is predicted that when its line is
built it will follow along some of these
old surveys.
The line as projected from Sioux
Falls would eventually strike both OH
vet and Parker, good towns in the best
part of the state of South Dakota.
Armour and Geddes. two good towns,
would likely be dropped from the line,
as they are somewhat off the direct
line which the Illinois Central is m
deavoring to establish.
Should the surveys made by the
Central be taken up and a new road
started next year, the state will eXpe-
rience one Of the greatest railroad
booms ever experienced by any other
section Of the world in a single year.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-01-05
Mix-UPS OVER LAND TITLES.
Will Have to Be Fought Out in Court
From This Time Forth.

The state land department has the
past few year been called upon to
settle contentious as to title to state
lands which had been sold on contract,
the original purchaser in many cases
having died or transferred the o n
tract, after which a question of dis
puted title came up.
In these cases the department has
been called upon to act in a judicial
capacity to settle claims. At the last
legislative session a bill was passed
which provided that the commissioner
should deliver a patent when final
payment was made, to the county au-
ditor in the county in which the land
Is situated and the last clause of the
law provides: THE delivery of such
patent to the auditor as aforesaid shall
operate as a delivery TO such purchas-
er or his assigns; or in case of his
death, to the parties entitled there
to-"
Commissioner Bach applied this law
to contracts made since the going into
effect of the law, but has secured an
opinion from Attorney General Hall,
bearing on the subject, in which he
holds that the legislature in this act
prescribes the form of patent which
shall be issued by the state, and that
it applies to all contracts with the
state for land purchases, regardless of
the date of the contract.
From this time on all patents will
be delivered in this manner. and where
there is any dispute as to who is en-
titled to the land it must be settled
through the courts, instead Of making
the state land department a judicial
tribunal for such a settlement. This
will relieve the department of a great
deal of trouble. which has been in
creasing in amount as the state grows
older.
The bill introduced by Congressman
Burke for the establishment OF a hos
pital for tuberculosis Indians, either
at Pierre or Fort Pierre, is the result
of an investigation which shows that
over 60 per cent of the deaths among
the Sioux Indians are from that dread
disease.
Fifty years ago 1t was unknown
among them, but since the coming OF
the whites 1t has fastened upon them
and is constantly on the increase. 1t
is claimed by those who have given
the matter attention that the u of
the prevalence of the disease is that
many Of the Indians live in houses
with dirt floors, and the afflicted ones
splitting upon the floor the
spread by breathing the dust which is
stirred up by the occupants in moving
about in the building, and in this man
ner a whole family becomes innocu.
,ated. The ravages of the disease are
such that the deaths outnumber the
births on some Of the reservations,
and on none of them Is there any great
increase. 1t is hoped by taking Eases
in the first stages out of their houses
and into more healthful surroundings
to assist in the checking of the plague
among them.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-01-05
MONEY FOR STATE SCHOOLo.

The state land department has sent
out $1,151.4O trespass money to the
different endowed state institutions,
this being receipts for December. The
amounts to the different institutions
are: Aberdeen normal, s76.72; state
university, $41.60; agricultural col
lege, $456.16; deaf and dumb schsol,
$3.50; reform school, S7436; northern
hospital, S144.20; blind asylum, $3.50;
school of mines, S1S1.44; Madison nor
NAL, 1926; Spearfish normal, SS7.lS.
The department has been looking
closely after t~respassers on eudew-
ment and public lands for the past
year and has secured several Thousand
dollars for the educational funds in
this way.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-01-05
FOR SHOW.
Display at Sioux Falls Will Be 1es,
Ever Held.


Ever Held.
Preparations are about complete for
the state poultry show to be held at
Sioux Falls Jan. 8 to II. Everything
indicates that it will be the greatest
affair Of the kind eve held in South
Dakota. The premium list shows that
many special prizes are being offered
this year, making it certain hat a
greater number of birds will be eXhib-
tied than at any former display.
The association has secured two Of
the best judges in the country to place
the awards and everything will be con
Quoted on a business basis. Every
evening there will be pit game con-
tests, which will be simply sparrlnS
matches. The game cocks will be NUT
fed so they cannot hurt each other.
This has become one of the most in
teresting features of the annual poul-
try shows. 81
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-01-05
AFTER FEDERAL BUILDING.
Structure at Pierre Is Found Unsultse
to Needs.

Structure At Pierre Is Found Unsultsd
to Needs.
When the federal building at Pierre
was planned the O arranged for
the land Office were placed on tho third
floor. AS the land Office Is one which
will have more business to transact
for a number Of years than any other
department except the postoffice. OBJ
jectiOns were made and Congressman
Burke took the matter up at Washing
ton, securing a change in the plans 30
as to place the land Office on the Sec
ond floor, the postofice taking the first
floor. This will place part of the
United States court rooms and the
weather bureau on the third floor Of
the building. The change will neces-
state the construction of different
vaults than were first planned, and
make other changes in the interior ar
rangements necessary.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-01-05
WAR ON LIQUOR.

Beresford Is enforcing tho liquor
law against it's violators. Within a
few days warrants were sworn out
against Jake CAM and George Howard
for selling liquors without a license.
CAM pleaded guilty and was fined
500, which he paid. Howard gave
500 cash bond for appearance. which
he forfeited. Later Mrs. Peter New
roth paid a 500 fine on a similar
charge and CAM was arrested on .
second charge and is in the county
Jail. Howard has disappeared. Other
prosecutions are likely to follow.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-01-05
DOWN TO 50 N
School Fund ~Replenished by a Draft
From Uncle Sam.

VAIN
The state has received from the gen.
eral government a draft for $6,S65.45,
which is 5 per cent on the sales of pub
lie lands in South Dakota. The money
goes into the permanent school fund,
and the interest alone goes to the sup
port of the schools.
The amount will be used to supply
loans which have been applied for in
advance, so the fund is kept down to
the bottom limit, only containing 60
fund was received.
This is in strong contrast to several
years ago, when the idle fund was
near half a million dollars, out OF
which the schools were not getting a
CEN Of revenue.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-01-05
MILBANk is ON THE BOOM.
Large Modern School House to Do
Added to Other improvements.

Large Modern School House to Do
Added to Other improvements.
1t seems likely that Milbank will
add another splendid improvement to
the many already completed or under
way. Shortly after the new year the
school board will call a mass meeting
of citizens to consider the erection OF
a large modern school building.
The finances of the board are in ex-
cellent shape and the necessary funds
can easily be sec ured. AS the gen
eral sentiment of the people has long
been in favor of the proposed build
ing there is little doubt that it will be
Endorsed.
The present accommodations are
entirely inadequate. Another year will
probably see Milbank in possession OF
one of the best school buildings in the
state.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-01-05
Recejvership Is Dissolved.

Deadwood, S. d., Jan. BIN the cir
cult court the ~receivership OF the
Horseshoe Mining company has been
dissolved. w. L. Mclaughlin, the gen.
eral manager, was appointed receiver
several months ago.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-01-05
Will Meet in St. Paul.

Chicago, Dec. 80. - The executive
committee OF the American Bar asso-
citation at a meeting here last night
decided to hold the next meeting OF
the association in st. Paul. The dates
selected for the meeting e Aug. 20.
80 and 81.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-01-05
Murder and Suicide.

Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 3.-Paul Sow
dell, aged 40, a familiar character OF
the re. light district for the past sew
eral years, yesterday afternoon shot
and killed Jessie Smith, aged %, in a
resort and then committed suicide.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-01-05
Not to Be CAUGHT.

"Bite me off a little bite O. yer ap-
pie, S~wipesey."
bite it of your own self; my mout'
is tree times as big AZ your'n."-Fort
Worth Record.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-01-05
Ambition.

Here's an invitation to the wedding
of Alexander Hamilton Jones to Mary
Jane Wigs. Gracious, wonder what
Jones is marrying her for?"
probably Just to see his name spell.
ed out in full."-Philadelphia Press.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-01-05
Two Viewpoints.

The grizzled Benedict have been
happily married for twenty-five years.
The Portly Bachelor-And you have
missed Z hundred years Of fun by IT,
Puck.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-01-05
Hunter La Shot in Leo.

Menomonie, Wis, Jan. 8. - Otto
DehnhoR, living near this city, was
accidentally shot In the leg while
hunting yesterday. He 10 In = crit
lcal condition.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-01-05

Beginning Dec. II and ending Dec.
%, there were nineteen permits to
marry issued in Lawrence county.
There were six issued in one day. This
Is the largest record for the same ever
had in Lcwrence county.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-01-05

may be carried out.
The Episcopal Indians at the Chew.
enne agency a few days ago gave the
white members OF the churches >
sample OF what can be done in the
way Of raising church funds. A has.
ket social was arranged and the has.
kets auctioned off. The auctioneer an,
nounced that he would not accept .
bid at less than IS, and when the cash
was counted they found that they had
raised 1895 for their church fund in
one evenings fun. II the ladies of tho
average church among the whites
could be assured Of that amount for
several days Of hard work and con.
siderable expense at a church fair
they would think they had done won.
derful work for their church.
Ever since the first move on the
railway extension from Pierre to Rap.
I'd City the state land department has
received numerous requests for the
sale OF a school section that adjoins
Rapid City. So many requests of this
character were received that the state
land board decided to place the tract
on the market, holding that its specu.
lative price at the present time would
probably bring to the state . greater
sum than could be realized In any
other way. The date of sale viii be
March 3, at q minimum trico to ~
liked by the board at Z later dato.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-12
CORONER CALLED
TO BURY COLT
MAKES TlRES0ME TRIP ON A
FALSE ALARM
Imaginative Farm Hand Reports the
Discovery Of charred Remains Of
a Man and County Official
ls Sent For

The charred remains of young colt,
which had persisted In a recent fire on
the Titus ranch, near Monrovia,
through the excited imagination Of a
farm hand, became the body of a man,
and Coroner Trout was sent for yes
terday to view the remains and make
arrangements for an inquest.
The coroner drove cut in the after
noon, looked at the bones for ten Sec
onds and said in a disgusted tone:
THAT is not a man, but a young
horse" He got into his buggy and
came back to the city almost too ex-
asperated to see the humorous side Of
the case.
The residents Of Monrovia and San
Gabriel were much excited over the
rumor that the body of a man, burned
past recognition, had been found in
the ruins of the barn on the Titus
ranch, and a number of curiosity-seek-
ers went over to the scene. News
travels fast in the rural communities
and the finding of body under some
what dramatic circumstances became
important.
The wires between Los Angeles and
Monrovia were kept hot and the COR
respondents of the local papers were
notified to secure good story Of the
gruesome find. There was a rumor
that a missing San Francisco man
might be the victim.
1t was said that while poking about
in the ruins OF the big barn, in which
fifteen horses had been burned the
other day, one of the farm hands dis
covered the charred bones of a man..
The clothing was a mass of brown dust
and it was evident that the man had
been sleeping in the barn and was
suffocated by the smoke. This story
became enlarged as it Travelled and
finally it was limited that at least three
men had been burned, possibly MEM
bers of band of desperadoes.
And to find out that the man was
no man at all but young colt which
had persisted with its blanket on was
a descent from the heroic to the RI
diculous.
At the coroner's office last evening
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-12
RUNAWAY HORSE SEEKS
TO ENTER THE SUBWAY
EQUINE DAsHEs mo A KIOSK
FROM NEW YORK STREET
Animal From Bronx Region, on a Visit
to the City, Becomes Excited and
Tries to Take Rde-PanIe
Among Those In the Hole
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
NEW YORK, Feb. ia Bronx horse,
with decided taste for travel and ad-
venture, last night wrecked a millinery
store and shoe store and then tried
to go down and take ride in the sub
way. If the animal had sailed on
wings it could not have caused more
excitement.
The horse was plodding along West
chester avenue, near Third avenue, be-
hind a delivery wagon driven by Fred
erick Lattman, when a blast from an
elevated train aroused it's passionate
desire for travel. With a snort and
bound it was off and into Third avenue,
the delivery wagon swinging from side
to side and humping gayly up and
down. Lattman flew out when an ele-
waited pillar got in the wagons way
and careened over the pavement, yelling
like a demon. He was not much hurt,
though he thought at first he was
dead.
The horse burst full tilt into a mil
linery showcase and catapaulted the
case, hats, ribbons and all through the
window of the store. One of the hats,
with a red pompon on IT., stuck to the
horses head, giving the animal a CO.
quettish expression.
The flying steed kicked the wagon
loose and then bounded headlong glee-
fully into the showcase of a shoe store,
knocking the case full of shoes through
thu shoe store window. The air was
full of shoes, and the crowds on Third
avenue in panic
With slipper in each ear the horse
dashed into the subway kiosk, at One
Hundred and Forty-ninth street. The
animal had gone down two steps, and
was about to slide the rest of the way
when Policeman Muller seized the reins
and wrapped them around an electric
light pillar.
That stopped the horse, which gazed
longingly at the subway train as it
rolled away from the station.
After the panic in the subway among
the passengers coming up the stairs was
over the horse was united and led back
to it's stable.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-12
ENGLISHMEN LEASE
THE PACKARD RANCH
ONCE WORTHLESS, NOW WORTH
OVER A MILLION
Branch of Noble Oil Interests Said to
Be Back of the Deal, Which In
cIudes Pipe Line to the Ocean
and a Refinery
special to The Herald.

special to The Herald.
SANTA BARBARA, Feb. lit is
reported by residents of Santa Maria
and Lompoc who are now in this city
that the Packard ranch near the
Purisfma oil fields, where the Union
OIL company has wells, has been leased
by a large English company and that
oil development on a large scale will
be commenced at once.
The Packard ranch was a few years
ago considered to be worth practically
nothing, but it is now valued at over
a million dollars, 1t comprises about
10000 acres Of land that has excellent
oil indications. 1t has been carefully
examined by the English expert. Ar
thur W. Eastlake, in the interests of
the Anglo-California Oil syndicate, a
limited corporation backed by several
millions capital. AS soon as the trans
fer of the property can be made two
drilling rigs will be started and If oil
is struck development on a very large
scale will be carried on. 1t is pro-
posed to construct a pipe line to the
ocean and possibly to build a refinery.
1t Is understood that the new COM
pany is branch of the Noble Brothers
Oil company of England, which con-
trolls the English oil company. 1t is
not connected with the English COM
pany which has been operating on the
Harris ranch and at Avila.
The Anglo California syndicate is
also examining other portions of the
oil fields in the northern part of this
county. Expert Eastlake has been
investigating the Drumm canyon. The
Packard ranch is on the Lompoc side
of the field and the operations of the
new company will be watched with
great interest
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-12
DESERT TRAGEDY
COMES To LIGHT
REMAINS OF OLD PRoSPECToR
ARE DISCOVERED
Miners Come Upon Skeleton on Sands
and Find Wagon and Outfit
and Open Bible on
Wheel

Special to the Herald.
SAN BERNARD1No, Feb. 11.--Alex
Rademaker, one Of the oldest pros
pectors in this section, has persisted on
the desert. This fact was positively
proven by Antoine Joseph and V. A..
Barta, who, while prospecting in the
neighborhood of the Gray Eagle camp,
thirty-five miles from Salton, came
upon the outfit of the old prospector,
who has been missing since early in
1898. There was his wagon and a full
placer miners outfit. A Bible lay on
one of the wagon wheels protected
from the weather by a heavy piece Of
canvas.
The discoveries of this outfit exam
ined the effects and found several let
ters addressed to Rademaker while he
lived at Garlock, Cal. Some of these
letters were from attorneys and one
contained an offer of a large sum Of
money for the Rademaker group Of
claims, which the old man had located
several years ago. To all appearances
the effects had not been molested since
old Rademaker left them to die death
of horror from thirst not more than
two miles away.
The skeleton was found by another
party of prospectors. 1t is presumed
that the old man was in search of
placer deposit which he had discovered
many years ago and only retained
bare memory of its location. He had
probably run short Of water and his
animals had escaped, and death came
to him while seeking a spring.
Thrown From Wagon
e. X. Kellogg, chief engineer Of the
Arrowhead reservoir company, while
driving down the mountains Thursday
was thrown from his wagon during
runaway and sustained a broken knee
cap. He was removed to the hospital
at Little Bear valley and treated by
Dr. Pratt, the company physician. 1t
will be number Of weeks before he
will have improved sufficiently to per-
NIT of being removed to this city, where
he resides.
The city council will meet tomorrow
night in regular session, one of the most
important propositions coming up being
the location Of the poles for the street
lights, which will be furnished by
new lighting company under a new
contract, and as to whether the COM
pany shall suspend the arc lights
across the street as Is now the vogue
or place them on a fourteen-foot arm
extending from the poles along the
streets.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-12
STEAMERS WILL
CONNECT TOWNS
SAN DIEGO AND LONG BEACH
LINE READY
oceansIde VIII Offer Landing Prlvl-
Ieges Without Any Wharfage
Dues-Newpor Beach Is
Included
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
SAN DIEGO, Feb. lit is an
nounced that the daylight steamers
which are to make the run between
this city and Long Beach will be ready
to go on the first Of June.
Mr.. Nelson of the ,Nelson-Napier
Steamship company, which is to oper-
ate the line, was in Oceanside this
week planning for the coming of the
steamers there on their way north and
south.
The city Of Oceanside owns the
wharf, and 1t is understood that ar
engagements will be made for landing
without wharfage dues of any kind.
Mr.. Nelson states that landing will
also be made at Newport Beach each
way each day.