Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-02-28
NEWSY A r

Twentieth Kansas that swan the Mari.
lao river in the face of hot fire and
captured the Filipino redoubts? 1t is
possible hat there has been in our
midst, a real-for-sure hero whose hero
ism has gone unlauded while another
has reaped the plaudits for a valorous
deed? History says that it was Funs-
ton who performed the feat which won
the admiration of a nation, and the
assertion is made that his rapid pro-
motion in the army is due to the reck-
less bravery the Kansan displayed in
leading his men through the water
under a rain of bullets and charging
the entertainments of the enemy. But
some of the veterans of the South
Dakota regiment believe that General
Funston and his Kansas jayhawk srs
have been getting the glory that
belonged TO themselves and their COM
mander, and they propose to see the
matter righted, even at this late day.
When it became known in South
Dakota that the colonel had been placed
in nomination for mayor of Evanston,
they wrote back letters indorsing him
and at the same time laying claim for
him to the honors that Funston has
been enjoying u~nchallenged SO long.
Colonel Frost has admitted that
it was his regiment and himself that
swan the Marilao and stormed the
intrenchments, and he says that Funs-
ton and his regiment did not cross the
stream until the mex day, after the
fight was all over. Colonel Frost
believes:the mistake in assigning the
credit tosFunston was due to the diff
Guilty which the newspapers had in
getting accurate information from the
front, and he says that, anyway, every.
thing of a spectacular nature seemed to
be always attributed to Funston. I do
not wish to detract from anything that
General Funston has ever done, and it
seems at this late day it is not worth
bringing up at all. said Colonel Frost,
land I would much prefer that nothing
be said about it. But those are the
facts"
Columbia is all agog over a hidden
treasure of considerable proportions.
The amount of the fortune is in the
neighborhood of $40 1000 and is all in
gold. 1t seems hat Jan Alderliste, the
old Hollander who died at his home in
Columbia township, was of a fugal and
saving disposition and in the years he
had farmed accumulated no little
wealth. He and his wife lived alone
and their wants were few, so it was not
long before the old man from the land
of the dykes found his gold increasing
rapidly. The knowledge that he had
grown rich fascinated him and he
worked harder and saved more each
year. However, at last it came his
turn to leave this world and his treasure
and enter that land where gold is of no
use. The night he died he tried to tell
his faithful wife something. but all he
could gaspiwas "Gold, the bricks, look
under the bricks, $4,000" but his
strength was gone and he could say no
more. Yesterday neighbors who were
with his wife saw the old mans safe
and finding that she did not know how
to open 1t, secured her permission to do
so. The sight that greeted their eyes
was more than they could believe
bags and bags of money was what the
safe held. On counting it $4,000 in
silver was found to be the amount
Then the last words of the old man
recalled Bricks, Gold" But what
did he mean by bricks? The cellar of
the house has a brick floor and around
the plgce are brick walks. Somewhere
under these bricks is Jan Alderliste's
$4,000 in gold. Will it be found aud
by whom?
George s. Silsby, national bank exam
liner for South Dakota, last week
received ::aformation from the comp
troller OF TIE currency that his resigna-
ton as n ,tlonal bank examiner had been
accepted. Mr.. Silsby, after filling the
position acceptably for over eight years,
gives it up for the reason of the siren
uous life required in fulfilling the duties
of the position. Aside from the duties
in this state, he was frequently called
upon to 60 to Iowa and Minnesota to
spend q month or two in examining the
national banks of those states. Mr..
Silsby filed his resignation with the
comptroller a week ago.
The confirmation Of J. d. Elliot for
United States attorney for South OAK
ota being considered impossible owing
to the opposition of Senator Kittredge,
the name of w. @. Cook, O. Plankinton,
may be sent to the senate instead. Mr..
Cook represents Aurora county in the
South Dakota senate and is chairman
Of the republican state central commit.
tee.