davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-02-22

Total incidental expense under
Ramer, 1914. 46 or $23o.f1 per year.
Total incidental expense under Ra-
be~ge S798. SO or $199 GA per year.
Grand total incidental expense,
$l743.04 or S2l8.13 per ye r.
Counties having greater Incidental
expense, 1905; Clay and Brule. In
1906; Brookings, Minnehaha and
Turner"
A careless glance at the above fig
ures would perhaps give the impress
sion that Mr.. Kerr's contention is
correct, but let us examine them and
see what they prove.
Mr.. Kerr stated at the school Of
ficers' meeting that he got his inform
alton in reg lard to the expense of other
county Institutes from the report of
the state superintendent. Let us exam
inc that report and see what other in
formation Mr.. Kerr secured in its
perusal, but which he thought best
not to give to the school officers he
| was seeking to influence.
On page 100 of the report for 1905 6
Mr.. Kerr found list of county insti-
tutes held in this state in 1905. He
found that 20 counties held Institutes
only one week or less in duration, q
counties held two-week sessions, the
Grant-Roberts county institute lasted
four weeks, and one county had five-
weeks session. He found that the two
cou.ties, CLAY and Brule, which he
quotes as having a greater incidental
expense in 1905 than Grant. county,
had only ONE week each of institute,
while Grant county had four.
On page 105, same report, Mr.. Kerr
found q list of the South Dakota
Summer Schools for 1906. He found
there that "a counties had one-week
school, % counties two weeks, l coun.
ty three week, Grant and Custer each
four weeks, and Beadle county with
Huron college) a six-weeks school
He found that the three counties
Brookings, Minnehaha and Turner
which each spent more money thar
Grant county for incidental purposes
had ONE week each of institute, excep,
Turner, which had three, of what
Grant county had.
expense tableIon page ITO, same re-
port, in order to make the assertion
that the incidental expense of Gran
county's summer school was exceeded
by only those counties he mentioned
In doing SO he might have discovered
that according to this report tn,
Grant County Institute incidental ex
pense for 1906 was Sl43.90, instead O
S168.21, as he states, and if curiosit,
had led him to investigate further b.
would nave found that the incidenta
expense for 1903, as given in the stat
superintendent's report for that yea
was S136.01, instead of 1896. 40, a.
stated by him, and that in 1904 it wa
s156.25 instead of $196.75, as stated b,
him.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-02-22
FOR PUBLICATION

Land Office at Watertown, s. D., January 9, 1907
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim and
that said proof will be made before Geo. 8.
Rix, judge Of county court 1T his Office at Mil
bank, s. D.. on FEBRUARY 23rd, 1907, viz: home
stead entry No. 24757
MARY KRUGER
for the NWA Sec Is, township 121 NJ. Range so
w. r, M, Grant county. south Dakota.
She names the following witnesses to prove
her continuous residence upon and cultivation of
said land, viz:
Ole Hanson, of Marvin, Grant Co., s. D..
Joseph Kane of Marvin, Grant Co., s. D. Steve
Kane of Marvin, Grant, o., s. D., Albert Shan
ct rom of N arvin, Grant Co., S. D., VIM. Habesk,
of Twin Brooks, s. d. Route 1.
II. A. HrLDEBRANDT,
Register.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-02-22
NU N II
!. ID. AidrSch, FDrsser .Supertn
aendenu, shows some Figures
On Supl. kcCr,s C.sMIeMltapas.

Superintendent Kerr's' summer
school statistics, which he presented
at the school officers meeti three
weeks ago, and whicn were then re-
ceived with some doubt bv those pres
ent who were fairly we'll informed,
have at last been presented to the pub
lie. He gives no figures for the years
1895, 1896 and 1898 Omitting his de-
tailed statement by years, his sum-
mary is as follows:
SUMNER SCHOOL EXPENSES BY YEARS
md Snn
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-02-22

]. A. Martens, OF Corona, was
in the city Monday.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-02-22
Lease of Common school and
Endowment Lands

Notice is hereby given that on March 18TH
1907, all the Unbiased common school and en-.
dowment lands in Grant county will be offered
for lease at public auction between the hours of
10 O'Clock q. IN, and O'Clock p. m. at the front
door of the court house in said county.
Dated at Pierre, Ian. 14th, 1907.
OC. DOKKEN,
Commissioner OF School and Public Lands
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-02-22
Married
GODFERY-NICKLES

BY Rev. George Kase on Friday;
Feb. Is, Mr.. John Godfrey. of Wan.
'ay, and Miss Anna Nickels, of Twin
Srooks.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-02-22

AoyAl sAk,Mo POWDER CO., NEW voax
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-03-28
TOOK ALL THE BLAME.
Stately Courtesy Displayed by Bur-
man to Englishman.

In the country district of Burmah
the natives still practice the old
world stately courtesy. which is now
seldom found in the cities where the
natives have been long in contact
with Europeans.
An English gentleman who had
bought new pony was trying him
one morning when the animal bolted
and ran full speed down a narrow
road.
Straight ahead was a native cart. in
which was a family party out holiday
making. The pony dashed into the
midst of the merrymakers. and Sc
verely injured the native who was
driving.
Before the Englishman had an op-
portunity to explain his unexpected
onslaught the Bnrman picked himself
up and bowed low.
My lord. pardon" he said. apollo
getioally, my cart should not have
been there
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-03-28

Tell me something OF your own
immediate present and future" be
said.
l made the story OF my grandfather
Glenarm's legacy as brief as possible,
intercourse.
"A year. you say. with nothing tn do
but fold your hands and wait 1t
doesn't sound awfully attractive to me.
I'd rather do without the money"
But l intend to do some work I
owe 1t to my grandfather's memory
to make good, IL there's any good in
me-"
The sentiment is worthy of you.
Glenarm." he said. mockingly. What
do you sea ghost?"
l must have started slightly at sud-
denly espying Arthur Pickering not 90
feet away. A party of half dozen or
more had risen. and Pickering and q
girl were detached from the others for
moment.
She was young,-quite the youngest
in the group about Pickering's table
A certain girlishness of height and
outline may have been emphasized by
her juxtaposition to Pickering's heavy
figure. She was in black. with white
showing at throat and wrists.-a som
Der contrast to the other women Of
the party. who were arrayed with de
gree of splendor. She had dropped
her fan and Pickering stopped to pick
It up. In the second that she waited
she turned carelessly toward me. and
our eyes met for an instant. Very
likely she was Pickering's sister, and
tried to reconstruct his family
which | had known in my youth: but
could not place her. AS she walked
out before him my eyes followed her.
the erect figure, free and graceful
but with a charming dignity and poise
and the gold of her fair hair glinting
under her back toque.
Her eyes. as she turned them full
upon me, were the saddest. sweetest
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-03-28

existence for Ireland. and occasionally
spent month in jai! for rioting. But
Larry's instincts were scholarly; he
made brilliant record at the univer-
sity; then. at %, he came forth to look
at the world. and liked 1t exceeding
Well His father was busy man and
he had other sons. so he granted Larry
an allowance and told him to keen
away from home until he got ready to
ne respectable. So, from CONSTANT
nopie, after tour of Europe, we to-
eother crossed the Mediterranean in
search of the feshpots OF lost king
doms, spending three years in the pur-
suit. We parted at Cairo on excellent
terms He returned to England and
later to his beloved Ireland, for he
had blithely sung the widest Gaelic
songs in the darkest days of our ad-
ventures. and never lost his love for
The Sod, as he apostrophized-and
capitalized-his adopted country.
Larry had the habit of immaculate
ness. He emerged from his East Side
lodging house that night clothed prop
erly, and wearing the gentlemanly air
of peace and reserve that is so wholly
incompatible with his disposition to
breed discord and indulge in riot.
When we sat down for leisurely din
Ter at Sherry's we were not, modest
ly maintain. forbidding pair. We
II | may drag myself into the matter
are both trifie under the average
height. sinewy, nervous. and. just then.
trained fine. Our lean, clean-shaven
faces were well-browned-mine wear
ing fresh coat from my days on the
steamers deck.
Larry had never been in America be-
fore, and the scene had for both of us
the charm of a gay and novel spec
tacle. | have always maintained. in
talking to Larry of people AMI races.
that the Americans are the hand
soonest and best put-up people in the
world and | believe he was persuaded
of 1t that night as we gazed with eyes
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-03-28

know that he could have bought a.
cheaply and selected much more sat
isfactorily at home. On = rural route
which most of the incoming letters
are from mail order houses and the
outgoing ones carry back money or
ders. lives friend Of mine who
bought q watch from the catalogue ut
what he considered n rare bargain.
The watch came. to be sure, but II did
not go. that Is at the right speed,
and. although money enough was
spent on it to bring the price up to
good figure. 1t was no better as q
timekeeper than that famous watch
of Capt. Cuttle's. Another friend
bought buggy at S34 and was elated
over his purchase until It came and
he saw that the top was q very ordin-
AIRY article of oil cloth. instead OF
leather. and he was so ashamed of II
that he sold 1t al a loss to his hired
man and bought better one in .
neighboring town. A lady and her
two daughters bought shoes from the
catalogue and when asked why they
had trouble with their feet said 1t was
because Of ili-ftting shoes. But such
instances of the bad effects OF buy
ing sight unseen" are daily occurring
all over the country. 1t is only natur-
al and Inevitable that such things
should happen.
Let us see what win be the effect
OF this formidable diversion Of trade,
IL carried to its logical conclusion.
Nearly all the business houses OF the
smaller towns will become bankrupt,
the value OF town property will de-
cline. churches and schools will re-
ceive feeble support and the towns.
instead of being centers OF business
and social activity. will almost cease
to exist. The country in general viii
become like many portions of the
south where the large plantations. by
getting their supplies in the cities.
have kept the neighboring towns
down to the crossroads type-dreery.
unpainted little places of half dozen
ramshackle houses. The evil effects
OF this loss OF trade and destruction
of the value OF town property viii re-
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-03-28
When Are Blackberries? !?

In a field off Surrey (England)
lane approached perfect specimen
of the peasant. slouch hated and
shocked. He was leading by the
hand a boy of about ten. obviously a
town-bred youngster. They paused
for a moment What's those. gran
pa?" asked the boy. pointing to a clus-
ter of berries in the hedges. Them
be blackberries, my boy" "Blackber-
hes! Why, they're red!' Red, or
course they be red! Don't you know.
boy. that blackberries be always red
when they're green?"
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-03-28
OPEN THE WINDOWS
FRESH AIR ESSENTIAL TO PRE-.
VENT CONSUMPTION.
Dangerous to Neglect Even an ordin-
ary Cough or coId-simple Rem
edy 10 Effective.

Good food, fresh air and rest: keep
your windows open winter and sum-
mer"
So we are told by the great scient-
lists who are certainly doing wonders
In reducing the death rate from Tuber-
culosis. They also warn us not to neg
lect cold or cough. and 1t is most i'm
portant that this advice be followed
While the cough or cold may not bring
consumption. 1t is better to be on the
safe side and take no chances.
Here is simple remedy that will
break up cold In twenty-four hours,
and cure any cough that is curable:
Glycerine. two ounces: Virgin OIL OF
Pine tPure). one-half ounce; good
Whisky. half pint. Shake well and
use in teaspoonful doses every four
hours. The ingredients can be secured
from any good prescription druggist at
small cost. but must be pure to effect
the desired results For this reason II
is always best to purchase the ingredi-
ents separately and prepare the mix
turo at home
Virgin OIL of Pine (Pure) should be
purchased only in the original half
ounce walls put up for druggists to
dispense. Each vial is enclosed in a
round wooden case, with engraved
wrapper, with the name-virgin OIL of
Pine (Pure); guaranteed under the
Food and Drug Act. June 80. 1906.
Prepared only by Leach Chemical Co.
Cincinnati, o.-plainly printed there
on. limitations and oils sold in bulk
pay dealers larger profits. but they are
dangerous to health and should never
be used.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-03-28

barbering, blacksmithIng or the serv-
ing Of soft drinks and ice cream may
survive. but such lines OF trade can
not sustain a decent town" The
cause OF this widespread loss Of busi-
ness is the aggressive and destructive
competition of the catalogue houses
In the big cities. 1t has been possible
for 40 years or more to buy of some
houses in the cities. IL one felt that
the merchants of his town were ex-
acting too much profit, but this effort
of the mall order houses to cut the
retailer altogether is new thing, the
growth of the past few years. Start
ing with a few lines of trade, this
form Of competition has come to cover
almost everything that can be sold in
a country town and 1t is even asserted
that savings bank department Is to
be added by one of the catalogue
houses.
The claim that the mail order
houses of Chicago are doing an an
nual business OF over 5000, 0,000.0 900 may
seem large, but one house alone has
sold goods to the amount of $29,000,-
900 in the past six months and is now
incubating a new plan to increase its
enormous business by selling shares
of stock to thousands OF people in the
hope OF making them regular Gus
toners.
The skillfully worded advertisement
and the big catalogue, with its pic
lures of articles in hundred lines of
trade, are very alluring to buyers,
most of whom are not familiar with
prices and qualities. Some of the
articles below the usual prices are Of
an Inferior quality. while the average
price is usually fully up to what would
be paid to the home dealer. As was
shown last winter in a speech In con-
gress. articles for the mail order trade
are often misbranded at the request
of he mail order people with delib-
crate intent to deceive. One OF the
instances given by this congressman
was of some thousands OF finger rings
stamped fourteen carats" when they
were in reality only ten.
The buyer who orders from his
catalogue. or from an advertisement,
does not see the articles till they
come and is often disappointed in the
quality Of the most of them. but there
is no redress as there would be II he
bought at home. He does not like to
own that he Is d,ssppc'-ted, 30 he
makes the best of 1t and tries to per-
suade himself that he has saved
money. In many instances he is not
Eell enough informed In values to
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-03-28

long unaccustomed to splendor upon
the great company assembled in the
restaurant. The lights. the music. the
variety and richness OF the costumes
of the women, the many Enthusiastically
foreign faces that gave a cosmopoli-
tan accent to the whole, wrought a
welcome spell upon senses Injured to
hardship in earth's waste and dreary
places.
Now tell me the story" I said.
Have you done murder? Is the of
fense treasonable?"
II was a tenants row in Galway,
and | smashed a constable. | smashed
him pretty hard dare say, from the
row they kicked up in the newspapers.
| lay low for couple of weeks, caught
waiting for chance to get back to
The Sod without going in irons
You were certainly born to be
hanged. Larry. You'd better stay in
America. There's more room here
than anywhere else, and it's not easy
to kidnap man in America and carry
him off"
Possibly not; and yet the situation
isn't wholly tranquil" he said. trans
fixing bit of pompano with his fork.
kindly note the fiorid gentleman at
your right-at the table with four
he's next the lady in pink. 1t may in
terest You to know that he's the Brit
ish consul"
Interesting. but not important. You
don't for moment suppose"
THAT he's looking FOR me? Not at
all. But he undoubtedly has my name
on his tablets. The detective that's
here following me around is pretty
dull. He lost me this morning while
was talking to you in the bank.
Later on had the pleasure of trailing
him for an hour or so until he finally
brought up at the British consul's Of
flee. Thanks; no more of the fish. Let
us Danish care. | wasn't born to be
hanged; and as | am q political Of
fender, / doubt whether ] can be de-
ported If they lay hands on me-"
He watched the bubbles in his gl1ss
dreamily. holding 1t up in his 81 m,
well-kept fingers.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-03-28
SEE WHAT YOU BUY
90 NOT TAKE THE CATALOGUE
STATEMENT FOR 1T.
CASE OF A MAIL-oRDER BUGGY
The Purchaser Was Ashamed to Uss
and Sold Il to His Hired
man-it Pays to Buy
at Home.

SCopyright. by Alfred c. Ciark.)
Ine East End of London Is an ex-
ample OF what the city does for hui
manity in creating poverty. misery.
disease. drunkenness and crime. JEFF
ferson was right when he said: Great
cities are great sores upon the body
polite" Is 1t any wonder that lovers
OF their kind are horrorstricken at
the grinding of these gigantic mills
whose grist is the bodies and souls of
men?
But there Is another movement con-
nected with this current setting CITY.
ward which. like 1t, is full of grave
menace to the welfare OF humanity.
This is the dry rot now invading thou
sands OF villages and towns. 1t is not
lack oil capital or business energy in
the towns, or discrimination in
freights or exhaustion of the soil in
the surrounding country that Is bring
ing about this change, but a new and
dangerous form of competition, and
the caprices of those who buy. Go
into these towns and you will find
them at standstill or going back
ward Inquire of their. business men
or commercial travellers and you will
learn that business is not as good as
formerly and that the prospect is for
a continued shrinkage In trade. An
observant commercial traveller said
to the writer: Il believe the day of
the village and town is over. The big
fish are everywhere eating up the lit
tie fish. A few small lines of business
that cannot be done by mail. such as
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-03-28
Didn't Suit Him.

People who patronize the cars rum
ming out to Forest Hills are familiar
with Conductor Crowley, the man who
wears six service stripes on his
sleeve, says writer In the Boston
Herald.
On the afternoon of election day in
November one of his passengers was
an old man who had been imbibing
enough to make him go to sleep in the
corner of the car.
Just before it reached Dudley street
the conductor announced with his
usual rich roll Of the r, "Cir-r-cuit and
Guild
yer a liarl It's John B. Moranl"
shouted the sleepy one. waking up
suddenly.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-03-28
statesman,. Simple Ilfe.

Herr Bebel. perhahs the most i'm
pressive orator in the German reichs-
tag. usually speaks without notes OF
any kind. thinking as he goes. Not
even well of, he leads the simplest of
lives, stunning society and finding his
chief recreation in the cultivation of
flowers. He told an interviewer once
that when he wants to get ready for .
speech he goes into his little garden
and trims the rose trees.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-03-28

act upon the value of farm property
by cutting of the home market. They
will add to the taxes on lands by re-
ducing taxable values in the towns.
Surely 1t Is not to the interest Of any
body, except the bloated corporations
carrying on the mail order business,
to see the towns and villages fall into
decay. A live town Is not only of
value to the lands surrounding 1t, but
its well stocked business houses are
a convenience and a benefit to the
buyer. Even II money could, in the
long run, be saved by ordering every
thing from the city, the inconvenience
and uncertainty of 1t would always
make such shopping unsatisfactory.
Ordering from catalogue il a leap
in the dark, except in the case OF q
few articles whose color, shape and
quality are always the same.
To the man who can soberly look
on both sides of the question and who
can put himself in the place Of "the
other fellow" the query will come:
Is 1t best from mere whim, or even
for certainty Of saving from one to
half dozen dollars in year to turn
my back on the old, convenient ways
OF doing business, and to do my part
toward running the business of my
old acqualntances and friends. and of
destroying the value of property in
the town where my friends live?
+. B. MILLER
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-03-28
S1Oo Reward. s1Oo.

Tho readers OF this paper win be pleased to learn
tina there 10 at least dreaded disease that science
has been able to cure In all its stages and that IA
Catarrh. Halls CatArrh Cure 10 tho only positive
cure now known TO the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being constitutional disease, requires eon-titu
tionzl trcatment. Hairs Catarrh Cure is taken In
ternay, acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces OF tho system, thereby destroying the
foundation OF tho disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up tho constitution and assist
ing nature ln doing its work. The proprotors have
SO much faith In its curative powers that they onar
One Hundred Dollars for any that ft falls to
Send for list OF testimonials.
Address Y. J. CHENEY Co. Toledo. o.
Sold by all Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-03-28
New Metric Chart.

A new metric chart representing
geographically measures of the inter-
national metric system of weights and
.leasures has been prepared by the
bureau of standards OF the department
of commerce and labor, and will be
furnished free to any school teaching
the system.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-03-28
Has Expe nsIxe Household.

The cost of the sultan of Turkeys
food does not exceed $4,000 year. as
he lives mostly on entrees and boiled
eggs. But to feed the numerous men,
bers of his household and pay all do
mestic expenses lessen his annual
income of s10.O0O.O0o by $4,000 u
week
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-03-28

brilliant. crowded room / felt their
spell. They were fixed in my memory
indelibly.-mournful. dreamy and visit
full. In my absorption | forgot Larry.
You're taking unfair advantage"
he observed quietly. Friends of
yours?'
CTO BE CUNTINUED)