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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-08-11
Pride and Prisd.

.tBlifEers gets his new car out several
times d day. Matter Of pride, sup
pose. !"
.sYep. Pried It out of mudhole
three times last Monday. Cleveland
Plain Dealer. ]. 5.t
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-08-11

As there were five horses TAX
en- by Mr.. Massingham they
would seem to be enough to pay
: all reasonable bills.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-08-11
SCORCHED
Valley City Is a Warm Town
Under the Suns Earn
est Efforts

Valley City, N. D., Aug. 10.-This
section of North Dakota experienced
a hot wave yesterday and today. The
mercury has hung around 10 degrees
in the sun and has gone as high as
120. Already the grain begins to show
the effects of the intense heat and
great humidity of the atmosphere.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-08-11

q There must be very cheap land in
the country but it is not a very good
advertisement to state that land is
SO eheapthat that amount is only a
partial compensation for four days
attendance. >.... =.
L AIS Mr.. Massingham was away
most Of the time his friend was dy
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-07-12
Car Kills Big Badger.

The %pugnacity of the badger is OF
world wide renown. but he would
scarcely be expected to assail a street
car; yet the crew Of Pacific Electric
Car No. 1913 assert that one claiming
residence on Rancho Santa Anita
disputed the right Of way last even
ing.
About 9 o'clock p. M, as the car
swung around the curve In the vine
yard west of Arcadia, Motorman
Shearer saw a large animal between
the rails. Repeated shrieks OF the
whistle had no other effect than to
cause him to rear and bare his teeth
In defiance. Then he was q dead
badger. He weighed eighty pounds.
and his hide measures three and one
half feet in length by two in width.
His immense claws are four inches
long. He is by far the largest Of the
species ever killed in this vicinity.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-07-12
The kaiser's Precautions.

Thirty thousand metres of wire net.
ting are to be erected on the course
for the Kaiserpreis contest wherever
necessary at dangerous orner and
in villages.
The kaiser himself, accompanied by
Prince Henry of Prussia, made the
round of the course recently with q
view to examining the arrangements
for the building OF bridges, to the
number Of thirty, for pedestrians. The
route is to be subdivided into twelve
sections. and a public safety commits
sion will be in charge of each.
1t is intended hat the course shall
q closed three days before the race
Il order that it may be treated
throughout with a dust laying prepare
ton.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-07-12
South Dakota a Place Where
Men Make Things Happen

When will the stranger, with mind
all made up to protect his scalp from
hostile Indians, his purse from rob
bers, and to endure all conceivable
discomforts, cease to stand in open
mouthed surprise and admiration as
he enters for the first time one OF
our pretty South Dakota towns?
He simply can't believe it possible
that civilization, comfort and refine
ment could follow SO closely on the
heels Of fresh-turned sod, Indian out
breaks, grasshoppers, drouth and
storm.
He expected energy, push and ambi-
ton, yes: hut hardly keen apprecia-
ton of beauty, noble aspirations, and
determination to have those institu-
lions that make for clean and useful
living and high thinking. Vet here
the institutions are, - libraries,
churches. schools, tasteful homes,
dotting the whole state.
The story of these institutions will
suggest how all have come to be.
twenty-five years ago, down in the
southeast corner of the state, o. a
hill quite outside of town, reached by
a road bordered with %sunfloWers and
ragweed, surrounded by raw prairie,
there~ros a beautiful building Of
Sioux Falls quartzite. Bleak enough
was the outlook, bare, except for the
grass. the prairie roses, and a double
row of scrawny cottonwood saplings
back of the building. Here were
were gathered a group Of teachers
and pupils, perhaps twenty in all, who
soon united to form a real family as
well as a school. Inside, the key note
has always been, mutual confidence
and Difference with frank cOmrade-
ship. Outside the effort has been to
make the wilderness conform to the
ideal of beauty and dignity. How
hopefully little trees were set about
the unwatered grounds. How regret
fully did one watch them n by M
grow brown and dead in the summer
SUI and the winter frost, though they
were replaced again and again by 9TH
ers even more %tenderly watched and
watered. First the boX-elders, fine
pioneers among our South Dakota
trees, struck deep DOT and began to
flourish; then the maple, spruce, &C.
dar, elm and tamarack. To-day the
survivors of that row of cottonwood
saplings overtop the tall buildings,
and elms and naples screen the build
ing OF all sides from the sun and
wind, concealing, yet revealing the
warm red of the stone, and tempting
the passer-by to sit in their shade on
the smooth green lawn. Wild roses
have given place to their cultivated
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-07-12

PAGES alone without a driver but races
against another horse, Mary Adelaide,
time 2:14 IL, racing a mile heat at
each performance. The following eX-
tract from a letter to the president Of
the air board from an old friend at
Springfield, H., the home of Joe 10
ker, gives something of his wonderful
feats:
Joe Joker is a perfect beauty. He
PAGES without hopples. c-iver or sulky
and PAGES a ace every time he starts,
always better than 2:25, and has gone
as fast as 2:16 1-2. He generally goes
off the first time, but if Mcconnell,
driver of Mary Adelaide, says mo go"
and the bell taps, Joker shows up,
back of his own accord and
starts again. When he finishes, no
one has to go out to him, he simply
turns about of his own sweet will and
m back to the judges stand. he
was the great feature at last years
fair at Springfield. and | think Gre
ated more interest than Dan Fatch or
any other track entertainment ever
had here"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-07-12
LIFE INSURANCE A SACRED
TRUST.
responsibilities Of Officers and 81.
rectors.

Evidently President Kingsley of the
New York Life Insurance company
has learned the great lesson of the
times with respect to the responsible
ity and duty of directors of corpora
tons. Speaking to the new board OF
trustees, on the occasion of his cleo.
ton to the presidency, he emphasized
the fact that life insurance is more
than a private business, that life in
surance trustees are public servants.
charged at once with the obligations
Of public service and with the respon-
sibilities that attach to a going bust
ness which at the same time must be
administered as a trust
He also realizes that similar respon.
sibilities rest upon the officers of the
company. Il understand,' he says,
your anxiety in selecting the men
who are day by day to carry this bur
den for you, who are to discharge this
trust in your behalf. who are to adj
minister for the benefit Of the people
involved the multitudinous and exact
ing details to which it is impossible
for YOU to give personal attention. My
long connection with the New York
Life-cOyering nearly twenty years
my service in about every branch OF
the cOmpany's working organization,
gives me, as | believe, a profound APP
probation, not merely of the heavy
burden you have placed On my shout
ders. but of the standards of efficiency,
the standards of faith, the standards
of integrity. which must be main.
tanned at all times by the man who
serve you and the policyholders in
this high Office
Best OF all, perhaps, he feels that
words are cheap, and that the public
will be satisfied with nothing short of
performance. My thanks, therefore"
he continues, "for an honor which out.
ranks any distinction within the reach
Of my ambition, cannot be expressed
in words; they must be read out OF
the record l make day by day"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-07-12

cousins: rows Of mulberry, lilac and
peony have taken the place of sun
flower and ragweed. Cement walks
past we'll kept homes, border the once
weedy road, and replace the unsteady
board walks Of early days.
AS the soil responded to the effort
to make it yield its best, sc the people
their appreciation by demanding in
creased accommodation for their
daughters. Two additions have
than doubled the capacity of the orig
inal building without marring its
symmetery. With it a gymnasium
and rest house form an attractive
group on the hills crest. And here
gather, during nine months of the
year, a happy family whose chief bust
ness is the education of body, head
and heart,-the body. by active play
and light gymnastics. for useful
work; the head, by diligent study and
thorough instruction, for high think
ing; the heart, by inspiring services
In the chapel, by precept and example
OF the bishop and teachers, by the
daily interchange Of courtesies and
kindnesses, for right feeling and liv-
Ing. The beauty if the school attracts
the eye of the passer-by; its worth as
a school makes it the pride of the
town, its beautiful home life makes
1t dear to its many daughters; and
all these together make All Saints
school, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, an
purposes of the people of South Da-
kota.
The school was named "All Saints
In a deep sense of how many Of His
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-07-12
KEEP IT.


I'VE cannot keep Grape-Nuts food in
the house. It goes SO fast l have ia
hide it, because the children love It so.
It Is just the food l have been lookins
for ever SO long; something that do
not have to stop to prepare and still Is
nourishing."
Grape-Nuts is the most scientifically
made food on the market. 1t is per.
fectly and completely cooked at the
factory and can be served at an in.
stant's notice, either with rich cold
cream, or with hot milk il a hot dish
Is desired. When milk or water is
used, a little sugar should be added,
but when cold cream is used alone
the natural grape-sugar, which can be
seen glistening on the granules, is suf.
~ficiently sweet to satisfy the palate.
This grape-sugar is not poured over
the granules, as some people think,
but exudes from the granules in the
process Of manufacture, when the
starch Of the grains is changed from
starch to grape-sugar by the process
of manufacture. This, in effect, is the
first act Of digestion; therefore, Grape
Nuts food is pre-digested and is most
perfectly assimilated by the very
weakest stomach. There's a Rea
SON"
Made at the pure food factories Of
the Postum Co., Battle Creek. Mich
Read the little health classic. "Th<
Road to Wellville." in pkgs.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-07-12
Cup for Guardsmen.

The members Of Company B, Fourth
regiment, South Dakota National
Guard of Sioux Falls. are to partici-
pate in an interesting contest as the
result of the offering of a valuable
cup by Capt. Seth Bullock, United
States marshal for South Dakota. The
cup has been offered as a prize for the
best drilled enlisted man in the com.
pany. The competitive drill for the
cup will take place during the annual
encampment of the South Dakota
National Guard, which is to take place
in the near future on the permanent
grounds of the guard at WATERFOWL.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-07-12
GET EXPLOSION FUND.
Gas Belt Fair Probably Will Be Held
in September.

At a meeting of the board Of trade
at Pierre it was announced that the
city had secured a lease from the
Northwestern railroad for a half
block OF ground near the business sec
ton, and that enough funds were on
land to assure the Ca Felt eXposi-
ton this fall. An organization Of the
stockholders is to be formed as soon
as the articles of incorporation have
been filed, and in the meantime the
members of the executive committee
OF the board of trade act as temporary
officers of the exposition corporation
to allow the beginning Of work, as it
is expected TO hold the exposition the
middle of September.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-07-12
lmpiyinu Conceit.

Many years g Daniel Lord, Jr., as
he always signed his name, then one
of the shining lights Of the bar in
New York, vas arguing a case before
the court Of appeals, when a country
lawyer asked Charles O'Connor the
name Of the gentleman who was speak.
ing.
That" said Mr.. O'connor, who was
rather nettled at something Lord had
said, that. sir. is Daniel Lord, Jr., and
he puts the Junior after his name 50
that he may not be mistaken for the
Almighty
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-07-12

usual and admirable results of the art
advantages, as well as the educational
opportunities offered by All Saints.
The students in the commencement
mental music, and in elocution, and
the effective, artistic Interpretation
of literature, were especially notable,
and, in the judgment of competent
critics, unsurpassed by students in the
Eastern schools.
The character of the teachers may
be judged from the institutions where
they have been prepared, such as the
Universities of Chicago and Minneso-
ia, the Teachers college. Wellesley,
Radcliffe college, Bryn Mawr, Boston
Normal School of Gymnastics, Chi
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-07-12
SUICIDE WAS SENSATIONAL.
Sioux Falls Maniac Went to Home OF
Farmer to Kill Himself.

A sensation has been created by
the tragic death at his own hands OF
Chris Christopherson, a stone cutter,
on the farm Of a Mr.. Rogan. six miles
east of Sioux Falls. The body was
found standing erect in a corner OF
the loft and propped up between the
hay and the side Of the barn.
When the crazy mar appeared at
the Rogan farm he informed the Ro-
gans that all the members of his
family were dead at East Sioux Falls.
Some of the Rogan family went to
East Sioux Falls to ascertain if this
story was true.
Arriving at Christopherson's home
they found that his wife and four
children we're alive and well. Mrs.
Christopherson stated that her hus-
band had left home early that morn
ing armed with a small caliber rifle.
At the ROgan farm 10 rife had been
seen. The members of the Rogan fam
lily then returned home.
AS they drove up to the barn some
friends arrived to visit them. and n
Of the boys went up in the loft to put
down some hay, when he was fright
ened by hearing the report of a gun.
A second shot followed a little later.
It is thought that Christopherson.
after having taken refuge in the loft.
was frightened when the boy went up
md fired a shot through the roof Of
The barn, and then placing the muz-
Zle OF the rifle against his forehead,
into his own brain.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-07-12
caso Art Institute. Leipsic Conserva-
tory of Music.
COUNCIL IGNORES LAW.
Grants Four Licenses for Saloons
Though Legal Limits Is Two.

A law without a penalty does not
carry any terrorS as a usual thing.
and the one which attempts to limit
the number Of saloons in towns of less
than 1000 population is in that class.
1t has been expected that a test case
would be made under the restrictions
of that law. but if the test is brought.
SO far as Fort Pierre is concerned it
will have to be on the part of the
state. Under the last census that city
showed a population of sos, which
would entitle it to two saloons under
the law. Four such places have been
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-07-12
PRAlRIES WELDING LUMBER.
Cottonwood Saving Plant Is Helping
Consumers.

What promises to make a difference
in the price Of dimension lumber in
Pierre is a little sawmill that Smith
Brothers are operating hear the Mis-
souri, river about twenty-five miles
below Pierre.
While Cottonwood is not a good
grade of lumber for use where it is
exposed to the weather, for inside
work 1t does very well, and they are
cutting a large amount Of that class
of lumber.
They are beginning to supply the
market at Fort Pierre with cheap
lumber, and will spread out as their
supply increases.
Their first shipment Of 10000 feet
was brought up by boat last week.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-07-12

children God has already, brought
through life's struggles to glory, in
the hope that through their examples
goodness may seem to those who shall
be educated within the walls of All
Saints school a thing attractive, prac-
ticable, and nea at hand,-the word
saints being used in it's broadcast
sense to include all those who have
the lights of the world in their sew
eral OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES statesmen
like Washington n Mckinley, as
well as saints of old whose names ap-
pear on the church calendar.
The school closed it's twenty-second
year June II, the commencement ex-
ercises being a revelation of the un-
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-07-12
FORCE MARSHAL TO PROBE.

F. A. Craft, the head of the newly
organized fire marshal department IN
the state insurance department, mas
completed sending out blanks required
to be sent in by local officers, and
started out on his first work as a
sleuth to look into complaints that
there have been suspicious circum'
stances connected with fires. He VII
attempt to find whether the circum'
stances have any actual foundation OF
fact.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-07-12
DELE .FOURCHE IN NEW ROLE.
New Lake Made by Diverting Dam

New Lake Made by Diverting Dam
Puts It 0 N Summer Outing Map.
Citizens of Belle Fourche are going
after the tourist trade this summer,
and stand a good chance of being
successful by the completion OF the
big diverting dam, which throws the
water of the Belle Fourche river into
It's new course, one of the largest
lakes in South Dakota has been made.
Gasoline launches are being built, and
there will be all kinds Of rowboats
for hire.
The Black Hills has lacked water
outings heretofore. When the NAM
moth reservoir Is completed four
miles north Of this place, a lake thir-
teen miles long and Of varied width
will be ormed, and will become the
favorite water resort o. the Hills.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-07-12
SAM G. IRISH DEAD.
First Treasurer Of Dakota Territory
Passes Away at Ninety-seven,

WV
Samuel G.. Irish, aged 81, the first
treasurer of the Dakota territory dur
ing the administration of President
Buchanan, died at Whiting very peace
fully after a stroke of paralysis. He
won his Office in Dakota by forcibly
ejecting a carpetbagging United
States deputy marshal from the poll
ing place and demanding a new cleo
ton, which the Washington authori-
ties recognized. No tax levy had been
made in the territory and during his
tenure as treasurer he handled not a
cent of territorial funds. He vas
born in Vermont and has lived in AL.
lamakee county, Ia, and Dodge coun-
ty, MINI. He recently visited his son
1T Ipswich, S. ID.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-07-12
BY Water to Kansas City.

a large gasoline launch will soon
De finished in Belle Fourche, and
when completed P. f. Slater and
prother will go down the Belle
fonrche river to the Missouri river,
thence to Kansas City. 1t is expected
that the trip will take about six
days.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-07-12
DIVERSION DAM BUILT.
Belle Fourche Irrigation Job Is Com.
pleted on Time.

Belle Fourche Irrigation Job Is Com.
pleted on Time.
AS was planned by the contractors,
the last work on the big diversion
dam near Belle Fourche has been
completed. This dam turns the water
of the Belle Fourche river into the
new channel, which will take it to the
mammoth reservoir where 1t will be
stored for irrigating about 100, 900
acres of ground. This dam will back
up the water Of the river into the
lake, which will b. one of the largest
in the state, and will be partly within
the city limits of Belle Fourche. A
number of gasoline launches are be-
ing built, and it is proposed to adver-
tise this lake as a summer resort for
the northern part of the Hills.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-07-12
Proceeds Are LARGE.

The income law Of the state has
not brought any great surplus into the
treasury for the last fiscal rear, the
total amount collected having been
S2,79S.73, of which $l3O.14 has been
RENTED to the state treasury. The
rest is held by the counties in which
it was collected for various reasons in
regard to incomplete settlement Of es-
tateS.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-07-12

operating In the town, and neither the
city council nor the county commits
sioners of Stanley county would say
which OF them should withdraw. All
reapplied for licenses, and all were
granted their authority to do business
regardless of the provisions of chap
ter ia of the Laws Of 1907.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-07-12
PAGES WITHOUT DRIVER AT FAIR
Wonderful Little Horse Will Be Draw.
ing Card at State Exposition.

Pacing a mile in better than 2:25,
without hopples, driver of sulky, Joe
Joker, king Of harness horses, is
bound to prove a big attraction at the
state fair in Huron next September,
from the 9th to the 18th. The state
fair management has secured this
wonderful little horse at considerable
expense, believing that he will be a
drawing card. Joe Joker not only
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-07-12
REGENTS REFUSE CLASS ANNUAL
SLAMS" on Faculty Cause Bad Feel.
ing at South Dakota ~"

ing dC 0VUIU UdN0td y
When the junior class of the state
university decided to publish an anpu-
stand that the regents would take
200 copies to be used for advertising
purposes.
Now the regent members refuse to
accept the ANNALS from the business
manager unless twelve pages of the
publication are scissored from each
book. The pages objected to are de-
voted to slams on the faculty mem.
bers, and these the regents do not
commend. It is likely that the bust
ness manager will accede to the de-
mands Of the regents.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-07-12
Peerless,

ond is our peerless young socie-
ty leader"
"Peerless?"
Yes; Tilted by a duke, you know"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-07-12

If a boy named Algernon lives it
down and makes good with the boys
they will find another nam for him.