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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-10-04
FIANCE is MISSING.
i, St. Peter Doctors Bride Disappears
at Pierre.

/, St. Peter Doctors Bride Disappears
at Pierre.
The father of Miss M. l.. Crane, for
merly In the millinery business in
Huran, was in that city last week in
search of his daughter, who has been
missing siuce Aug. 80, and Of whom
no trace has yet been had. On that
day Miss Crane left Pierre, supposed
~ for her home in Long Lake, Mimi,
where her parents reside. She was to
have been married this fall to a ply
stefan In St. Peter, MINI, and a bright
and happy future seemed to await her;
hence self-destruction does not seem q
probable cause Of her disappearance.
She enjoyed perfect health, and that
she wandered away while temporarily
insane appears unlikely. That she Is
the victim of foul play seems equally
out Of the question, but the fact re-
mains that no friend or relative has
seen her or heard from her since she
left the hotel at Pierre three weeks
ago.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-10-04
HAS 500 BIRTHS A YEAR.
Lawrence County, in Black Hills,
Stands High With Stork.

President Roosevelt should be graft
fed with the birth records established
In Lawrence county. Figures covering
the last two years since the vital sta
tistics law went into effect, have been
compiled by Clerk of Courts Star. and
they indicate clearly that race suicide
is not in favor here. According to the
records this county has an annual
birth rate of over 500, which, with the
population Of 10000, gives a rate of
one birth to every forty people. The
records also show that large families,
especially among the foreign element,
are frequent. The largest of these that
Is known, contains seventeen children,
while the next is one less. Fourteen
families are blessed with from twelve
to fifteen children each, and five have
from ten to twelve.
AS the records are compiled from
the list Of families who have had chill
dren within the last two years, it is
probable that many more large famf-
lies exist whose statistics are not of
record since July l, 1905, when the
law went into effect.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-10-04
FARM COLLEGE OPEN.
Agricultural School Work Is Divided
Into Two Semesters.

Agricultural School Work Is Divided
Into Two Semesters.
The South Dakota State college at
Bookings has opened the first semes-
ter of the year. This is the first year
that the college has been divided into
two semesters. The opening DOL place
a week earlier than usual, and this, to-
gether with the abundance Of work Of
all kinds to be obtained at the highest
prices, had a deterrent effect on the at
tendance. Many boys have to work
their way through college, and they
will avail themselves of the opportuni-
ty Of earning a few extra dollars and
make up the college work they have
missed later. But it is thought that
by the end of this week the enrolment
will be such as to bring the registra-
ton up to the normal figure. The pros
poets for the year in all departments
were never better, and the athletic
outlook Is unusually bright, most Of
the old men having returned to fill
their places, and there is enough new
material in sight to insure a good foot
ball lineup.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-10-04

Before a vast throng Of people the
tenth annual corn palace exhibition
was dedicated Monday. It was the
largest first day vel held by the as
ISOLATION, and portends a splendid at
tendance for the rest Of the week. The
crowds began arriving Sunday, and
people have been coming in on every
train, 50 that there is a larger number
Of people in the city than ever before
trio lights were turned on in the corn
palace the scene was m of bewilder-
Ing, dazzling beauty.
The invocation was delivered by Dr..
Thomas Nicholson, president Of the
Dakota Wesleyan university, while the
address of welcome was given by
Mayor o. l.. Branson. The formal
address was delivered by Gov. Coe I.
Crawford, who congratulated the peo-
pie Of Mitchell on the success which
has previously come to the palace. He
declared that the corn palace had been
q great help to South Dakota, and
gave it as his personal and official
testimony that the corn palace had
been the most effectual advertisement
Of South Dakota and it's of
anything that the state had ever had.
John Philip Sousa and his band
gave the first concert Of the week, and
the people were wildly enthusiastic
over the great band and it's leader.
This evening the palace was packed
full for the concert.
Two excursion trains Tuesday On
the Milwaukee road brought in the
largest crowd that Mitchell has ever
had on the second day of her corn
palece, coming from Aberdeen, Platte
and Armour. The bands from Tyn-
dale and Armour accompanied the
people from that section.
At the afternoon concert there were
very few vacant seats In the vast
building, and there were hundreds OF
people or the street who did not care
to get into the jam in the palace.
Sousa and his band have captured the
people of the state.
There are a great many Iowa and
Illinois people present, who are sur
prised at the display Of the agricul.
tural products in the palace, and are
carrying home with them samples Of
the cor and wheat.
A crowd Of 200 people was brought.
to Mitchell for the third day of the corn
palace. This broke the record for my
similar day in past years. With 1000
people in the palace building in the
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-10-04
State News of Interest
cHlNks ARE PAID WELL.
Cinnamon In the Black Hills Are Not
Cheap Labor.

Cinnamon In the Black Hills Are Not
Cheap Labor.
Nowhere in the country to-day are
Cinnamon paid the high wages that
they receive in the Black Hills, and
particularly D%eadwood. This is a fact
little known, even in the Hills, for the
impression is as general here as else
where that the Celestials tend to low
er the scale OF any community where
they reside.
The reason for this condition is said
by local Cinnamon to be the strict ex
clusion laws which make it almost i'm
possible for Cinnamon who have re-
sided in this country eve many years
to return again if once they go back
to the land of their birth, and some
years past the stream of yellow men
going to China Tor a visit has been
continuous.
Chinese have been a distinct feature
Of the Black Hills in the vicinity of
Deadwood since the time of the earli-
est settlers, and many have made
snug fortunes which they took home
with them. And today the Chinese
around Deadwood are making money
faster than the average white man,
and their methods Of living are much
cheaper.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-10-04
SOUR FRUIT HANDED LENNON.
New Town Will Not Be q Division
Point on the Milwaukee.

New Town Will Not Be 4 Division
Point on the Milwaukee,.
Lennon, in northern Butte county,
has been officially recognized by Uncle
Sam, and now has a postofice with
George F. Aultman as postmaster.
Lennon was named after a big cattle
owner there and Is one Of the growing
range towns.
The Milwaukee's extension west has
now reached a point eight miles from
Lennon and cattle are being shipped
there. 1t was hoped that Lennon
would be a division on the Milwau-
kee, but the company has announced
differently. The first division west OF
Aberdeen is at Mcintosh, on the reser-
walton, the next at the crossing of the
Little Missouri, where a town is to be
established, and the third will be some
distance west Of Lennon.
The Home Telephone and Telegraph
Company of Lennon has just filed ar
ticles Of Incorporation with the secre-
tary of state. 1t is its purpose to take
in the small towns in that vicinity.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-10-04
HORIZON.

Montrose Mans Fuzee Wiped Out Life
on the Landscape.
Frederick Stansby, a prominent resi-
dent and sportsman Of Montrose.
claims to have made the seasons rec
ord for the number OF game birds and
other fowl killed by him at one shot.
Stanisby states that while hunting he
brought down at n shot eight ducks.
n mudhen, one blackbird and one
snipe. He says he was not looking for
such a haul when he shot at the flock
of ducks, but that the eight ducks and
other birds happened to be in range.
To thoce who express doubt as to tho
truth Of his story he offers to furnish
the evidence of his companions who
we're the witnesses OF the remarkable
of his shot.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-10-04

Workmen for the North Western
railroad are at Belle Fourche to COM
memo construction on a large freight
depot that has been needed by the
town for years. The present depot is
inadequate for the amount of business
handled at this point. 1t will be used
as an addition to the new building.
Some time this fall the company will
erect a new round house also. and it
is expected that within q few weeks
work will commence on the North.
Westerns Pacific coast extension from
Belle Fourche.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-10-04
~METHoD1STs WIN RACE.
Church Building Contest With Bap-
fists IL Decided.

Church Building Contest With Dap-
lists 10 Decided.
The church building race between
the Baptist and Methodist congrega-
lions in Florence, eighteen miles
northwest of Watertown. has been
won by the Methodists, and they have
their building in course Of construc-
ton. Each body circulated subscrip-
ton papers among the citizens Of the
town, each receiving substantially the
same amount in pledges, and from the
same people, but many Of the subscrib-
ers stipulated that their subscriptions
would be good only to the society that
frst got its building enclosed; hence
the race. The Methodists show q
generous spirit, and since they have
claimed the subscriptions and will
own the only church ediflce the little
town can build for some time, they
have offered the use OF 1t half the time
to the Baptists. Rev. w. I. Graham,
D. D., presiding elder Of the Water
town district, is the mai to whom the
credit is due for winning out.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-10-04
MRS. DRING COLLECTS.
Nlnsty.Year-OId Plaintiff In Bond SUR
Gets Judgment.

Ninsty.Year-old Plaintiff In Bond SUR
Gets Judgment.
The suit Of the aged widow, Gather.
inc Dring, to recover money from St.
Lawrence township, was disposed OF
at Miller. The amount sued for was
$500 and she got $4,000.
The Judge held in the case that moth
ing could be collected where a town
had exceeded It's Indebtedness of 5 per
cent Of the assessed valuation Of its
property. In this case it was found
that a part Of the Dring indebtedness
was legally made, and only on that did
the aged woman collect. At one time
while the figuring and pickering over
the old st. Lawrence books was going
on to ascertain II any part of the
amount sued for was legal, according
to the judges decision, 1t was shown
that only 1926 was due the woman.
The jury in the box showed their In.
dignation BY entering into a spirited
debate. They were unanimous for CIV
ing the full amount. At times the op-
posing lawyers, jIrymen and Judge
WIZ uAoN0ooIAe IAC CdS0 II IuO 60lu0
time. Later when the more correct
figuring showed that $500 might be
collected for the woman, calm rsigned
and things went along smoothly. This
cas- vas for money had and received,
the former case on the bonds having
been decided against the old lady.
This decision by Judge Boucher 10
directly opposite to that of Judge
Garland in the United States court at
Pierre last June when he decided that
st. Lawrence township must pay S..
900 bonds sued on and which were IT,
sued after the bring bonds.
Though ninety years old the plain.
tit in this case was in court and gave
her testimony, coming in more than
twenty miles over the prairies.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-10-04
PLOT TO WRECK AUTO.
Sheaf Of Wheat on Road Conceals
Timber.

Timber.
Edward Potter and wife and Reuben
Chilson of Day county have just a
an experience with auto wreckers.
They were driving along a country
road in Day county at a good rate of
speed when they noticed a sheaf Of
wheat in the road ahead of them.
Presenting that it had fallen from a
wagon which had previously passed
over the road the driver did not think
it necessary to dodge it. When the
auto struck the innocent-appearing
sheaf Of wheat the machine made a
big jump into the air, the gearing flew
apart and the passengers had a mar
row escape from being thrown out and
seriously injured. if not killed. An ex-
animation was made, which revealed
that a huge block Of wood. fully as
thick as a railroad tie, had been placed
on the wagon track and then carefully
concealed in the sheaf of wheat. That
it was a desperate attempt to wreck
passing autos is fully believed by
those who have investigated the mat
ter.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-10-04
CROPS NET EXPECTATIONS
MORE BARLEY AND FLAX AND
ABOUT SAME AMOUNT OF
WHEAT AND OATS.

Winona, Mimi, Sept. 2S.-The final
report on crop conditions along the
line of the Northwestern railway
west Of Winona has just been issued
and the summary bears out the favor
able reports that have been issued
weekly during the past summer. This
final report has been delayed until
more complete returns, upon which to
base conclusions. could be SECT
However, with %threshing now well a.
der way it is possible to make a re-
port.
1t is believed there will be more bar.
ley and fax in Minnesota and South
Dakota and about the same amount
Of wheat and oats. The corn crop is
fully matured at the present time,
but because Of the lateness of the
spring and the unevenness Of the year
it is estimated that this crop this year
will not be over Is per cent Of last
years corn crop Of feeding quality.
In Minnesota the crop is slightly bet
ter in quality.
On the whole the quality of small
grain Is very much better than last
year. In South Dakota there has been
very little rain since early harvest. and
threshing has been done under the
most favorable conditions. The result
is the largest per cent of milling wheat
in South Dakota in a number Of years.
The highest grade of barley also comes
from that section. This also applies
to Western Minnesota, while in East
ern Minnesota the quality is about the
same as last year because Of the fire.
quent storms this year the same as a
year ago. Taking the whole territory
into consideration, the quality is much
superior to a year ago.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-10-04
CARRIED INTO COURT.

Pialntin In Divorce Suit 10 4 Helpless
Cripple.
An unusual divorce case was heard
at Yankton before Judge e. G. Smith,
from the fact that the fair plaintiff for
freedom was physically perfectly help.
less and entirely dependent upon her
attendants. who carried her into court,
and at the close of each session car
ried her out again and to her hotel.
The litigants were Paul and Mrs. So
phia Wysuph, a well-to-do couple in
Bon Homme county. Mrs. Wysuph
asked for an absolute divorce and ali.
mony on the grounds Of cruelty. The
divorce will be granted, the question
Of alimony being still under advise
ment.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-10-04
MUST GO FIRST TO I. c. c.
Point Raised by Road In Sioux Fall,
Injunction Case.

Point Raised by Road In Sioux Falls
Injunction Case.
Arguments in the injunction proceed.
ings instituted by Jewett Bros. & Jew
cit In behalf of the Sioux Falls Jobbers
and Shippers association to prevent
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
Railroad company from putting into
effect new freight rates from Chicago
and other Lake Michigan points which
to Sioux Falls would be 1O4 per cent
of the rate to Sioux City, were cor.
cluded before Judge Garland OF the
United States court in Sioux Falls,
and the judge took the case under ad-
visement.
Attorneys for the railroad company
argued in substance that the federal
court was without jurisdiction and
could not grant the desired injunction
until after the interstate commerce
commission had decided a case involv-
Ing the same rate which now is pend
ing before that body.
The question raised as to the juris-
diction of the federal court in such
cases in advance Of action by the inter-
state commerce commission Is OF the
utmost Importance, and it is thought
that no matter how Judge Garland de-
cides the case It will be appealed In
order to get a decision from the high
est court in the land.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-10-04
HYDE WINS FIRST PRIZE.

The first prize for exhibits at the
Gas Belt exposition went to Hyde
county, the second to Stanley county
and the third to Sully county for ex-
hibits. Hughes was not allowed to
contest. George Schneider Of Sully
was given first prize on fruit exhibit;
q. 7. Young Of Peoria township,
Hughes county, was given hrst on
farm exhibit and =. D. Stoddard o.
Canning, who conducts IN irrigated
garden at that place, was givsn 6rs1
a Garden exhibit.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-10-04
70 BORE FoR OIL.

Firm Offers to Prospect on Land
Leased for Il.
A Kansas City oil Arm which has
had representatives looking over this
part of the s!orthwest has notified the
board Of trade Of Pierre that they
would sink a test well for oil or gas
near this city II the board would Sc
cure leases for them ON q specified
amount OF land, and efforts will bo
made to meet the requirements, with
. hope that . thorough test will b
made early next year.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-10-04
Indicted for Murder,

Waterloo, Iowa, Sept. %. Among
the indictments returned by the Ben
ton county grand jury were one
against William Stout of Belle PLANE
for murder in the first degree, and
one against officer Charles Baumgard-
ner of Vinton for manslaughter. Stout
Is accused Of killing William Stewart
or Sept. IA by a blow on the head
with a jug and Baumgardner Of shoot
Ing Frank Fanley, whom he was plac-
ing under arrest, on July 4.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-10-04
FIRST BABE At LENNON.
Ranchers and Townspeople Shower
the Newcomer With Gifts.

Lennon, S. d., Oct. $50 rejoiced
were they over the arrival of the first
babe born in this section of the
try that residents and ranchers have
showered it with gifts, some ever
driving in from the range to express
their congratulations to MI. and Mrs.
E. B. Rogers, the parents of the boy
child. Lennon was founded less than
a year ago. ard the country round
about is fast settling up, SO young Mr..
Rogers will be a pioneer Of the north.
ern half of Butte county.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-10-04
THRONCS VISIT The CORN PALACE
Ovstrips All Its predecessors-Excursion Trains Bring In
Thousands OF Visitors.

afternoon to hear Sousa and his band
and to see the agricultural exhibits
and the display of the ladies' work in
the gallery, there we're nearly as many
people thronging the streets who were
unable to get into the palace. Two
special trains came in over the Mil
waukee road from Sioux City and Can.
ton and one over the Omaha from Ha-
warden, Iowa. A crowd of 5000 en-.
joyed themselves on the street with
the attractions. twenty-five hundred
electric lights made a display, cover.
ing q distance Of five blocks.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-10-04
HAZIN0 Is UNDER BAN.

New Principal Takes Action on
Parents Complaints.
Prof. Wilkinson, the new principal
of the Sioux Falls high school, who as
sumed the duties Of his position at the
commencement Of the present term.
has placed a ban upon hazing in any
form. It appears that hazing of fresh
men has prevailed among the older
students, and when Prof. Wilkinson
learned of this he set about putting
. stop to the practice. A number Of
freshmen were hazed recently by be-
ing spanked with lath and shingles. in
some instances SO severely that pa
rents Of the pupils thus injured made
complaints. with the result that haz-
ing now has been stopped.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-10-04
STOCK LAW FIZZLES OUT.
Board Can Demand information, but
Cannot Refuse Certificates,

Board Can Demand Information, but
Cannot Refuse Certificates.
Madison, Wis, Sept. 2S.-The stock
and bond bill enacted into law by the
last legislature, having for it's purpose
the restraining of corporations from
watering stock, was declared ineffect-
i've to prevent the unrighteous issue
Of $500, 900 in bonds by the Southern
Wisconsin Railway company by the
Wisconsin railroad rate commission
yesterday. The commission declares
all it can do Is to demand full informa-
ton from corporations which make ap-
plication for certificates Of permission
to issue bonds, and that after all nee
essary information has been furnished
the law is mandatory in its require
ment for the commission to grant the
desired permission.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-10-04
FIREBUGS BURN A HOME.
Residence of Deadwood Woman De,
stroyed in her Absence.

Deadwood, S. D., Oct 2.-Incendia.
ries whose motive is not known
caused the destruction in the night OF
the residence of Mrs. Anna Gibson,
one of the old-time settlers. Mrs. Glib.
0 was in Denver visiting her
daughter and had left all her belong.
ings in the house unguarded. When
the firemen reached the house it was
too far gone to save it. The police
are investigating
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-10-04

Jed ]. Baxter was badly burned by
an explosion of gasoline at Gettys-
burg. He had a basin of gasoline some
eight or ten feet from a stove and
lamp, and was washing garments in
gasoline, when an explosion took
place, setting fire to his clothes. He
was burned about the face, his left
hand and arm had the flesh burned OF
almost entirely and his right hand
was scared.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-10-04
FLOODS WASH OUT DAMS,

High Water in ~Thornapple River, Wis.
c%onsin, Carries Out Structures.
Chippewa Falls. Wis, Oct. 2.-The
Mississippi River Logging company
has received a message that the Hoyt
dam and about eighty feet of the
south end Of the Shaw dam have been
carried out by the high water in the
T%hornapple river. 1t is not probable
that these dams will be rebuilt, as
the company has almost completed it's
logging operations along this river.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-10-04
DON'T OPPOSE DIVORCE.
Sixteen Husbands Let Wives Have
Their Own Way.

Waterloo, Iowa, Sept. %. - Seven
teen divorce cases, sixteen brought by
women, went by default yesterday in
the Blackhawk county courts for want
Of answer. This places the plaintiffs
in position to secure the coveted docu-
men4s Of separation on proving up
their claims, a formality Of law. Di-
vorce actions In which defendants
have given notice of intention to con-
test the claims made in resistance Of
DEGREES and alimony being granted
number twenty-five.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-10-04
PLANS THEATER CIRCUIT,
Black Hills Cities May Have Syndicate
Houses.

Black Hills Cities May Have Syndicate
Houses.
To arrange, If possible, a circuit for
the leading towns of the Black Hills
for either high -class legitimate or vau-
deville shows, Frank Phelps, treasurer
of a theater in Omaha is at Lead. 1t
is said that he is backed by Eastern
capital that is DESTROYS Of placing their
syndicate attractions in the Hills and
establishing new theaters there. AS
Lead, Deadwood, Spearfsh and Belle
Fourche within the last year have
erected new theaters for the better
class of attractions, Mr.. Phelps is meet.
ing with some opposition in his ef-
forts.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-10-04
TO BUILD DORMITORY.
Contract Is Let for Girls Hall at Farm
CoIleqe.

College.
The board Of regents Of education
held a session at the state college at
Brookings last week. Recently the
Hon. S. e. Forest of Britton resigned
owing to the pressure of private busi-
ness, and the GOVERNOR appointed
Hon. Albert NJ. Anderson of Sturgis to
the vacancy. He met with the rest OF
the board for the first time. The prin
cipal order of business was the letting
of the contract for the erection of a
girls dormitory at the state college
There were two bidders and the CON
tract was awarded to Messrs Nelson
& Co. of Mankato. The site. which was
selected is a little north Of the resi-
dence of the president.