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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-16
SEEK HOMES FOR CHILDREN.
Chi'dren's Home Society Has Num-
Der Of Bright Tots to Place.

Der Of Bright Tots to Place.
The South Dakota Children's Home
society, Sioux Falls, needs homes for
the following children:
Johnnie, a desirable baby, five
months old, light hair and blue eyes.
Joseph, a sturdy, manly little fel-
low, two years old, brown eyes light
t hair.
Ethel, a very pretty little girl, four
years old, brown hair and dark blue
eyes, a little backward for her age.
Lloyd, four years old, very bright
little boy with light hair and blue
eyes.
frankie, four years old, a very
pretty little fellow, brown hair and
blue eyes.
Charley, seven years old, light hair,
blue eyes, small for his age, but MOI
lacking in activity.
Clarence, five years old, dark brown
hair and brown eyes, a very lively lit
tie fellow.
Claud, six years old, light, 4 very
manly little fellow.
Eugene, four years old, a very nice
desirable colored boy.
Bonnie, six years old, a very stout
manly little fellow, light hair, blue
eyes,.
Johnnie, eight years old, light hair,
blue eyes, a very desirable boy.
George, ten years old, blue eyes and
brown curly hair, very nice little fell
low, rather timid.
Phoebe, twelve years old, light
brown hair, blue eyes, a very nice
looking, desirable child.
Mary, thirteen years old, dark hair.
blue eyes, quiet, nice looking girl, but
greatly in need of a mother and good
training.
Hardy, twelve years old, light hair,
blue eyes, a very nice looking, bright
boy.
Mabel, thirteen years old, dark hair,
blue eyes, a desirable girl.
Lewis, eleven years old, light hair,
blue eyes, a very desirable boy.
Bonnie, nine years old, dark hair,
blue eyes. a fine manly little fellow,
that can win the affections of any
one.
John, fifteen years old, a bright, act
i've lad, light hair and blue eyes, wants
a good farm home.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-16
CHEAPER POWER ON PLAINS.
Gas Producer System Touted as Like
ly to Solve Problem.

There is reason to believe that the
problem of cheap power for South
Dakota will soon be solved.
The city of Chamberlain is to be
the scene of a practical demonstra-
ton of what can be accomplished by
the utilization of a new power in the
operation Of manufacturing plants,
as a substitute for steam pow
er, which in South Dakota, ow-
ing to the high price of East
ern coal, is very costly. The new
power to be exploited is what is
known as the Dakota Portland Ce-
ment company, which Is preparing to
erect at Chamberlain what will be
the largest plant in the Northwest.
The management has decided to in
stall in the plant what will be known
as a gas producer system. This pro-
cess consists of reducing fuel to a
gas, which is communicated to a gas
engine, from which the power for op-
Grating the cement plant will be de-
rived. This gas may be also burned
in the huge rotary kilns in calcining
and properly preparing raw materials
to clinker, which, when ground up, is
Portland cement.
The gas producer system lot only
effects a saving Of from one-half to
two-thirds of the amour of fuel used.
as compared with steam power, but
its chief virtue lies in it's ability to
utilize low grade fuel, which would
be impracticable under steam boilers.
Thus the Ignite coal deposits of
the northwest portion of South Dakota
and the western and southwestern
portion of North Dakota, which are
almost useless for steam purposes,
will be of measurable value in produc-
ing gas to operate the mammoth &C.
ment plant at Chamberlain.
The gas producer plant is but a re-
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-16
FINDS WELL WITH FISHPOLE.

Fl. T. Mayo, a farmer living near
Wagner secured a fine flowing well
by the use Of a fishpole. He noticed
that water was oozing out of the
ground at a certain spot on his farm.
Prodding in the soft earth he pushed
the fishpole down a few feet, and
when he withf Few 1t, a fine flow of
water Immediately started and has
been coming steadily since. He had
tapped the spring, at a depth Of about
eight feet.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-16

MAIN STREET..
Gamblers Reap Harvest.

The gamblers and the saloons have
been making money in Dallas hand
over fist. For the amount of business
order of the crowd has been no less
said to have cleaned up $70o in one
than remarkable. one gambler is
said to have clened up 500 in one
day.
The gambling games u twenty
four hours in every day. The men
who run the games work in twelve
hour shifts. changing off for their
partners at the end Of a night or day.
And the remarkable feature in the
situation is the fact that there is just
as much ginger in the playing at day
break as at sunset, just as much at
midday as at midnight. 1t makes no
difference at what hour of the twenty
our one views the playing, it is al
ways running full speed. And there's
not a minute in al the day or night
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-16
n supreme court handed down it's

The supreme court handed down it's
opinion in the disbarment suit brought
by the Minnehaha County Bar associa-
ton aaginst George w. Egan, nomi-
nee for states attorney of Minnehaha
county, on account of his action in the
Julia Ann O'Grady case.
The court holds that in this case the
conduct OF Egan not only shows un.
fitness to be a member of this court,
but also that his perception of the
duties and responsibilities of an attor,
ney are such as to make him an un
desirable associate for the members
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-16
CONSERVATION Of
NATURAL RESOURCES
Far Reaching Policy for the 0ood
of All the People.
Republican Party Uncovering Vas,
Wealth and Making Home own
ing Easier Each Year.

An extremely important feature OF
the constructive Republican policy is
the national movement for the conser-
walton Of the natural resources Of the
country. This measure has been orig
mated by the present Republican ad.
ministration and. like the homestead
law. the national irrigation act and
other measures for the benefit Of the
whole people, it's influence is destined
to be far reaching INC productive of
country.
The National Conservation Commits
sion as it exists to-day is an outgrowth
Of the Inland Waterways Commission
this Commission was appointed by
President Roosevelt in March, 1907. In
his letter creating the Waterways Com
mission the President uses this Ian
-uage: THAT the Inland Waterways
commission shall consider the relations
IT the streams to the use of all the
permanent natural resources and their
conservation for the making and main
tenance Of prosperous homes"
Home Building for tho People.
The inquiries of the commission along
the lines Indicated led to the proposal
to the President IN Oct. 5 that he call
Il conference on the general subject Of
the conservation of the national re-
sources Of the nation. Among other
reasons mentioned for his movement
their letter to the President stated
"llitherto our national policy has been
one of almost unrestricted disposal of
natural resources, and this in more Law
ish measure than by any other nation
III the worlds history and this policy
Of the federal government has been
shared by the constituent States. Three
Consequences have ensued: First, I'M
rrecedented consumption Of natural re-
sources: second. exhaustion of these
resources to the extent that a large
part OF our available public lands nave
passed into great estates or corporate
interests. our forests are so far depict
ed as to multiply the cost Of forest
products. and our supplies OF coal and
iron ore are so far reduced as to en-
nance prices; and third, unequalled op-
portunity for private monopoly. to the
extent that both the federal and State
sovereignties have been compelled to
enact laws for the protection of the
people.
I'VE are OF opinion that the time has
come for considering the policy OF con-
serving these material resources on
which tho permanent prosperity Of our
country and the equa, opportunity Of
all our people must depend we are also
Of opinion that the policy Of conserva-
ton has so marked an advance on that |
policy adopted at the outset of our ma
tional career as to demand the consid-
Grafton of both federal and State spon-
sors for the welfare Of the people,"
In his address before the Lakes-to-
the-Gulf Deep Waterways Association
at Memphis President Roosevelt an
nonnced his intention Of calling such a
conference, and N Nov. Is, 1907, he is
sued invitations to the Governors Of all
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-16
A Bio

See Kans-i-to, a Caddo Indian, at
tracted considerable attention and
wonder at the Rock Island depot on
Saturday as he went north on the
loon train from Binger, his home
town.
He beats the old German OF New
York, Wouter Van Twiller, who was
5 feet 6 inches tall and 6 feet 5 inches
around. This Indian is 5 feet Z inches
tall and Z feet 5 inches around. He
is twenty-six years old and weighs
696 pounds.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-16
Authors Names.

For a man of letters a strong name
of striking originality is a precious
possession; it is a pearl beyond Price,
the attainment of which is we'll worth
a resolute effort. An author is for
tunate if it is given to him by descent
and by baptism-John Milton, for ex-
ample, or Francis Parkman, names
combining vigor with a certain dis
tinction. He is lucky if he can
achieve it by arbitrary suppression Of
a superfluous given name, as Bret
Harte did and Mr.. Rudyard kipling.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-16
BANK BLOCK.

while the defendant is alleged to have
spent his time in ~idleness and dissi-
patton of various kinds.
Mrs. Booth charges that her life
was threatened by his cruel treat
ment, which is alleged to have be-
come worse as time passed. She fur
Their charged that he had failed to
provide for her.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-16

1t is asserted that through the rest
less energies of the Bryan League as
much as $4,000 has been collected in
his State for the Bryan campaign
fund. When do we get the names Of
the contributors and the individual
amounts, es promised?-Philadelphia
Press.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-16

cent development in the industrial
field, but is said to be effecting a
revolution wherever used. By the in.
stallation of the gas producer the
management of the Chamberlain plant
feel confident they can produce high
grade Portland cement at from 10 to
~ cents less than previous estimates
made by the company, which were
made on a basis of steam power.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-16
WIVES WANTED AT WEcOTA.
Lonely Bachelors Send Up Appeal
Banker, Merchants and Townsite
Agent Are Eligible.

Sos'N~ sS''S OSS
Agent Are Eligible.
There is a decided shortage of mar.
riageable women in Western South
Dakota, and Wecota in particular is
long" on bachelors who would make
good husbands for the girls Of the
over-supplied east.
At a recent meeting of the Bach.
elors' club, a resolution was adopted
to invite correspondence with all
worthy young ladies who would like
to become acquainted with the bach.
elors Of this community.
The list here includes several genu.
inc prizes-a banker, townsite agent,
liveryman, implement dealer, hard.
ware dealer, carpenter, barber, teach
er, merchant and stonemason.
All communications can be adj
dressed to the secretary Of the Bach
alors' club, Wecota, S. D.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-16

you can't fall out Of bed when you
are already on the ioor," is n OF Mr..
Bryan's latest epigrams. But that's
mighty little consolation to the Demo
Gratis who want to get back into bed
Washington Post.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-16

Mr.. Bryan said at Kingston that
PRESIDENT R~oosevelt's Endorsement OF
Mr.. Taft was worthless, for It vas .the
ndorsement OF a bankrupt" why.
then, has Mr.. Bryan made such frantic
claims as "the natural heir' Of NJ.
Roosevelt?-New York Tribune.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-16
Injuries May Be Fatal.

Fort Dodge, Iowa, Oct. IA Will
Pokers, a brakeman, thirty years old,
and a resident of Boone, fell from a
car on the Fort Dodge, Des Moines &
Southern road and was probably ia
tally injured.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-16
NOTHING TAME ABOUT DALLAS.
Homeseekers Dead Broke Trying to
Drive Gamblers to WALL,

DrIVe GannbTers to Wall,
Several hundred land seekers. who
came to Dallas and Gregory to regis
ter for chance in the Trip county
land lottery, have gone dead broke"
and have had to wire home for n
The telegraph wires have fairly hum
med with messages sent here, and
med with messages sent here and
and everywhere giving this and
that excuse, and asking that more
cash be forthwith dispatched. Many
have bought town lots and legitimate
~ need the money. Some have spent
all their ready cash.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-16

Richard Olney, who was IL Cleve-
lands Cabinet, opposes Roosevelt's pol
icies, but supports Bryan, who says
Roosevelt's policies are his policies.
This is a great year for Democratic
logic.-Philadelphia Press.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-16

The Danish finance minister, M.
Nergard, has consented to form a
new cabinet, the previous cabinet
having resigned at the request of the
king, following the disclosures in con-
nection with the arrest of M. Albert
embezzlement.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-16

A vote for Bryan, the free trader.
means a vote for free wool and the ruin
OF the sheep and wool industry.-Amer.
lean Sheep Breeder.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-16

4 don't care for the Presidency
II 1t has to come by compromise
with Senator Foraker or anyoua
! IN a matter Of principle.r-
William H. Taft.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-27
AMERICA TO HELP
 DEVELOP AFRICA

Washington, August 26.-A plea for the participation of the United States in the development of a vast region of mid Africa with its 90O,000 square miles of undeveloped territory and with the 20,- 000o00 blacks who In the Congo Free State will be brought, as the country is opened up, more and more into contact with white civilization, is made in re- port by Consul General James A. Smith of Bona, on the commercial opportuni ties in the Congo. He says the Congo may soon offer opportunity for every independent trader to traffic freely with the natives in the rich commercial prod ucts of the country, consisting at present Of rubber, ivory, gum copal, palm ker nels and palm oils. Importation into the Congo now averages s4,00O,000 annually The items of greatest interest to the manufacturers are stated to be cotton piece goods, food products, clothing and hardware. The consul general urges the organization of an American trading com pany, composed preferably of a combina- ton of varied American manufacturers or dealers in different lines of merchan- disc, number of general stores to be established with a central distributing place and the company to operate it's own steamers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-27
New York Banks Full of Money

Call money is offered freely in New York at less than 1 per cent, although these are the last days of August and the crop-moving season is close at hand. Perhaps no one can recall time when money was so cheap in the face of crop-moying demands.
 Ordinarily the interior banks call back from New York at this season of the year a good part of their money, but this year they continue to send money there The surplus reserve of the New York banks was increased last week s6,0O00O0, carrying the total LID to nearly $60 100000. The surplus is nearly as large as it was before the government called for its deposits.
 But a fine crop of wheat and pros pectiye bumper crops of cotton and corn will assuredly lead to demand for money, and the process of accumu- lation in New York will be stopped. Perhaps the report of the reserve made last Saturday will prove to be the max imum of the season.
 In some years the crop-moving de- mands have exhausted the entire sur plus reserve in the New York banks. In 1904 the New York surplus in the third week of August stood at $5S,0OO,- | 900. and on December it had been re- duced by crop movements to sS,5oO,0OO.
 Even if this were duplicated this year, it would not necessarily follow that money would be scarce and high, for money drawn out to move crops speedily flows back. The crop move ment of this year starts slowly and tardily, and circumstances are so ex- ceptional no one feels at all sure what the movement of currency will be in 1 New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-27
Power For Cotton Mills

A Huntsville correspondent says that several large cotton mills are looking forward to removal to this state, chief ly because labor is cheaper and more tractable here. They should look this way for another and better reason, namely, the manifold water powers of this state Alabama is the chief river state of the union, and all of it's rivers and their tributaries are full of rapids. The fan of all water within this state Is fully 500 feet, and any one with halr an eye or with half an imagination knows that this means numerous water powers of almost untold extent. A fair start has not been made in the develop ment of the water power of Alabama.
 The modern cotton mill needs a water power to produce electrical power, and electrical power is the cov- eteu lOrce ln the modern mlll. But II mill company still desires steam power, then its mill should be placed in this state, for Alabama's coal sup ply is almost unlimited. It is prac- tically exhaustless.
 But a new cotton mill cannot afford to burn even dollar coal when water powers are abundant The water DOW CTS alone of Alabama should fill the state with cotton mills. Few indeed are the counties of this state that do not contain magnificent water powers certainly not more than seven of the 67 counties in the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-27
COTTON ALMOST RUINED.
Great Damage Is Done By Excessive Rains for Three Days.

Charlotte N. C., August 26.-Indications point to excessive damage to the cotton crop by the unprecedented rainfall, which has continued without cessation since Sunday, and it is probable that lowland corn is entirely ruined One grower esti- mates the damage to cotton at 20 per cent tonight, though stating that 1t is impossible at this time to form anything like correct estimate. Most of the cot ton has turned yellow, which means that If the hot sun succeeds the rainy spell soon cotton will burn up on the stalk. Another menace is rot which will en- sue certainly If the rains continue much longer. Train service to the south is cut off, nearly all trestes having been washed away, and the few that have wthstood the raging waters are being held down by loaded freight trains Water in the Catawba river has reached the 26-fooJ level and the power house and mills along the banks have suffered heavy damage
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-27
From Tampa and Brunswick

Birmingham's ninth railroad Is direct line to both Brunswick and Tampa, with a stub line to Atlanta thrown in for good measure. The line to Tampa will not be complete until the gap between Thomasville, Ga, and Dunellon, Marion county, Fla, is filled. This gap is perhaps 200 miles wide, but the filling of the gap is we'll as- sured. The Tampa Northern extends from Tampa to Dunellon, and the rans of the new system are laid to Thomas vile.
 When completed the new road will cover stretch of country 649 miles long with a sidetrack mile long every Az miles. This great mileage consists almost wholly of new construction, and in this respect the new road will be great acquisition to this district.
 But the fact that new direct rails stand ready to convey the products of this district to Brunswick on the South Atlantic coast, and very soon to Tampa on the west gulf coast, of the opening up of new territory tributary to Bir mingham, are the gains to this district. Trade opportunities in all the interven- ing country will be an interesting and profitable incident.
 This district will indeed welcome the coming of the new road, for it, is en- phatically an event of great import ance. It means wide extension of our trade and an increase of facilities for transporting our products to tide water. It well-nigh completes Birming- hams transportation system, there be- ing of course always room for one more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-27
REPUBLICANS IN
 STATE MEETING

Charlotte N. C., August 26-After ef- fecting a permanent organization and hearing the speech of its permanent chair man, the state republican convention took a recess at 10 O clock tonight without reaching even the platform stage of the proceedings. The convention will reassem- ble at 10 o'clock tomorrow, at which time the platform will be presented, and it is expected nominations will be made at the session tomorrow night. State Chairman Spencer B. Adams called the convention to order at noon, and following the open ing prayer addressed the convention for two hours on national issues At the conclusion of Adams speech the conven- ton took a recess until o'c clock tonight when, without opposition, Assistant Dis trict Attorney Price of Salisbury was made permanent chairman.
 Following his address the chair named committee on platform and resolutions, which was instructed to report tomorrow. Party leaders are caucusing tonight over the matter of the gubernatorial nominee but seem no nearer agreement, and this question will probably be threshed out on the floor of the convention tomorrow
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-27
How To Beat the Game.

"The sure thing, whether on the race track or in the stock market, has in- finite attractions for the human mind" says the Richmond Times Dispatch. "'He who hasteth to be rich shall not be guiItless,' said Solomon, and yet mankind all unheeding, the wisest of the wise, speeds Its way to buy the gold brick or wager a worthy dollar against the nimble fingers of three card monte or shell game man. Some how the bettor always believes he will win next time, and perhaps this in- eradicable conviction accounts for the book that M. Charles Henry has print ed, at the modest price of francs each, giving a clear, correct and scien- tific demonstration of a method to beat Monte Carlo.
 Those cynics who remark the fact that the tables at Monaco are delib- erately constructed so as to give the house a small advantage, and who also recall that nine tables win an average of s200O a day apiece, doubt whether M. Henry's figures give any guarantee of sure success. A British reviewer Of the book points out that even if the fact that the tables have the prob ability slightly in their favor does not deter the ardent gambler, there is the further consideration that the bank has unlimited capital, while the punter who stakes his louis on the sure sys- tenn of a 4-franc book is limited as to his losses, and can very well be put out of business completely as the annual list of suicides shows. But that hope which springs more eternally in the gamblers heart than anywhere else does not want a proof of futility, and scorns the only sure method that has ever been invented of beating the com mercialized gambling games namely, by letting them alone"