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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-07
ROBBERS TAKEN Rr POSSE.
Citizens, Who Sleep OF Arms, Shoot
One Burglar.


That since the bank robbery last
their firearms and are ready to re-
spond Immediately to a burglar alarm
was made evident last week, when two
robbers were surrounded in the hard
ware store of S.. E. Strobel, and after
shots we're exchanged were compelled
to surrender. Enough men with fire.
arms Of various makes were assem-.
bled about the building to have cap
tured a score Of bad men,"
The pair that were taken into GUS
tody gave their names as Jack Miller
and Allen, and said St. Louis was
their home. Allen was wounded, but
his recovery is expected.
The store was broken into at about
2 o'clock in the morning. George Bat
tey, after closing his barber snop di.
lectly acr oss the street, noticed a light
in the store, and upon investigation
he found that there were persons &C.
ing through the building. He called
the deputy sheriff and town marshal
and as many other men as he could
arouse. and they surrounded the
building.
The men inside tried first to make
their escape by the rear door where
they had entered, but were met by F.
n. Dexter and J. F. Duffy. who ordered
them to surrender. The robbers
t]hereupon returned to the front OF the
store and fired a shot with a shotgun
at the rear door, and, turning, shot
also at the front window. Levi Fish
err, who was in the street with a re-
peating shotgun, aimed at the spot
where he had e a gun flash, and
fired four shots.
For a short space Of time all was
still, and then one of the men in the
store said they wished to surrender,
as one of them had been shot. They
then came out Of the front window
through which the shooting had been
done, and we're taken in charge by the
officers. They were taken to DR.. -4c-
Namee's office, where DR.. Sprague
dressed the wounds Of Allen, afte.
which they were locked up, later be-
ing taken to Howard and turned over
to the sheriff.
These two young men had been
about town ',or about a week before
attempting the burglary and passed
as harvest hands.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-07
DRY FARMING TESTS.
South Dakota Regents Are Starting
Experiment Farms.

South Dakota Regents Are Starting
Experiment Farms.
Under chapter 229 Of the laws Of
1907 the state board Of regents of
education is authorized to select one
section OF common school endowment
or indemnity land in either the county
of Meade Or Butte, one such section in
either the county of Stanley or Lyman
and one such section in the county of
Mcpherson to be used as an expert,
ment farm for dry farming. the
same to be under control of the state
agricultural college. The board has
selected such tract in Mcpherson
county, and is conducting experimental
work this year, but has not as yet
made any selections west of the Mis-
souri,. They will meet at Bookings.
and will after that meeting &c over
the county west of the Missouri and
make selections. 1t is contemplated
making selections at some, point nea.
arailroad to easily inspect the same.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-07
DR.. kERFooT Is PRESIDENT.
Minnesota Man Will Head Dakota
WESLEYAN University,

Every member of the board of tTus-
tees of Dakota Wesleyan university
was present at he meeting at Mitch
ell, which was called for the election
of a president of Dakota Wesleyan
as to DR.. Nicholson. 1t was
not thought that a president would be
selected at this meeting because Of
the varied opinions of the trustees on
several candidates. At q late hour
the trustees unanimously elected Br.
Samuel F. kerfOot of Nankato. Mimi.
He was in Mitchell during the day and
eft for his home this evening. DR..
kerfoot impressed the trustees in q
very favorable way. and the feeling is
strong in every individual breast that
a most worthy successor to DR.. Mich
olson has been secured.
There were nineteen men who were
candidates at one time or other for
the position, but the sitting process
brought the choice down to two e
DIR. kerfoot was for seven years
pastor Of the Central Methodist
church at Winona, Mimi. and at the
present time he is the district super
intendent of the Mankato district. He
is a strong platform speaker and ex-
cellent organizer, two qualifications
that are needfnl in the president Of
the college. He secured his degrees
from Hammond college and Drew
Theological seminary. He has been
prominent in the conference work OF
Minnesota. DR.. Kerfoot will reach
Mitchell with his family about the
first of September.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-07
KITS FOR MAKING BAD COIN.
Secret Service Agents Get Direct Evil
dence Against Wisconsin Youths.

dence Against Wisconsin YOUTHS.
Rhinelander, Wis, Aug. 12.-Secret
Service Agents T. r. McManus of Mil
waukee and Thomas Porter Of Chicago
secured additional evidence yesterday
in the counterfeiting case which has
resulted in the arrest Of the three
Donnerstags, Hugo, Rudolph and Al
bert. A search of the premises by the
officers located 81 ,O35 in counterfeit
gold coin, $40 in silver quarters, half
dollars and dollars and two plaster of
paris molds for gold coin, also lathes
for knurl and special work and a COM
plete gold and silver plating outfit, to-
gether with all necessary apparatus
for counterfeiting.
The Donnerstag home was searched
and molds for S. gold pieces were
found. The mother Of the boys in Gus
tody jumped into a boat as the agents
were searching the house, but was Or
dered back by Detective McManus.
who held a .45-caliber revolver on the
boat and threatened 10 sink the craft
if she did not come back. The mother
and daughter were taken in by the Off
GERS, but owing to the illness of the
daughter, who had recently undergone
an operation, were left at Woodboro.
Efforts have been made to destroy
discriminating material at the old DON
erstag home, but the United States
agents caught on in time.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-07
BARBER SHOP DIALOGUE.
In Which a Questioner Later Ventures
= Prediction.

The man came into the barber shop,
but he wasn't after shave, haircut or
shine. He looked about blankly for a
moment and then asked:
where's the manlcure?'
The boss was out at lunch, and 1t
was the second barber who answered:
she's not here
He didn't say. She's not here to-
day." Or She's not here n more
Just "She's not here
oh" said the man who wanted the
manicure, rather inconclusively, that
isn't much of an answer" Then, sud
denly. You're not the boss here, are
your
NO, I'm the second barber" replied
the other
well, that's what you'll always be-"
said the inquirer and went out.
Il wonder what he meant by that"
said the barber to the man he was
shaving. "One of them eccentric fell
lers, amt be?'
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-07
LYON WILL HEAD CAMPAIGN.
Is Chosen Chairman of State Demo.
Gratis.

There was a good representation OF
the Democratic candidates on the state
ticket and members of the state cen
trail committee in Mitchell last week
to select a chairman Of the state cen
trail committee. Dick Lyon of Yer
million was unanimously elected. He
will name his secretary n treasurer
later, and within ten days will appoint
the executive committee. which is to
consist of a member from each of the
nine judicial districts.
The attorneys at the committee
meeting held that the convention
nomination of treasurer, secretary OF
state, auditor, commissioner Of
schools and public lands. attorney
general, superintendent of public in
struction and railroad commissioner
were not in conformity with the state
primary law, and that these candi-
dates will have to be named by petit
ton. Each candidate will start his
petition out at once. 1t was decided
by the committee to place the candi.
dates on the ballot under the TILE of
'o'N WV VI III .oi
of Andrew Olson for congress at the
convention upon th@ telegrapned resig,
nation of G. J. B. Harris of Yankton
will not stand either. Mr.. Harris.
however, will tender his resignation
in writing to hesecretary of state.
and the state central committee will
appoint Mr.. Olson 10 the vacancy.
The Democrats are going to make
al exceedingly warm campaign for
the election Of Judge w. w. Soule for
the short term of congress, and they
allege that the Republicans are no.
going to put up a hard fight for the
place for Martin, the Republican
nominee for the short term.
This evening Judge Soule, ex-Gov.
Lee and others addressed a meeting
of the Bryan and Lee club.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-07
HOW RATS MOVE EGGS.
Taking Oil From a Bottle-Getting
EiQs From a Table,

VI9S FioIH q adOtCs
Strange as the story may arnea Of
rats removing hens eggs from the
bottom of the top of a house by one
fellow lying on his back and grasping
tightly his ovoid burden with his
forepaws, while his comrades drag
him away by the tail. l have no rea-
0 to disbelieve it. l have seer two
brown rats accomplish the feat from
stair to stair in a farmhouse in Banff-
shire, the first anxious rodent pushing
the egg up on its hind leg, and the
second assistant lifting it up WI h it's
forelegs. 1t was the best athletic
feat | yer witnessed, but it is not out
of the
The rat will extract the cotton from
q flask of Florence oil, dipping in his
long tail, and repeating the
until he has consumed all that can be
reached.
| have found Jumps Of sugar in q
deep drawer at a distance of thirty
feet from the place where the petty
larceny was committed, and a friend
once saw a rat mount a table on
which a drum of figs was fixed and
straightway tip it over, scattering its
contents on the floor below, where a
score of his expectant brethren sat
| watching 70 rthe Windfall.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-07
NON-RESlDENTS PAY MOST.
County Board Decides to Shift Burden
Of Taxation and Is Upheld,

County Board Decides to Shift Burden
Of Taxation and Is Upheld.
The county commissioners of Buff
falo county when they met as board
OF equalization, adopted a new system
OF assessing farm lands in that coun.
ty, they expressed the opinion that
non-l esident land owners for years
have been getting the benefits of the
improvements which the resident
owners have been making and were
contributing nothing in any other di
rection than by paying taxes. Conse.
quently when the board met they
ADOPTED the system of placing a por.
tlon OF the burden on the non-resi,
dents. The board assessed the quar-.
ter sections Of all resident owners OF
land at a fiat rate of $500, and all
quarter sections owned by the non.
residents at the fiat rate of $500.
When 1t became known the nor.
residents at once employed an attor.
ney 10 nave the assessment set aside
or readJusted on an equal basis NV
case was placed before Judge Smith
OF Mitchell, and in rendering > var
dict the court held that the non.ras;
n had no redress in the Situation
at the present time; that it was theiy
duty to have appeared before the
board OF equalization and made their
complaint according to the statutes.
AS there is a large quantity Of land
In Buffalo county owned by non-resi.
dents the heavier mart If the o.,.-
for this year viii fall to the outsiders
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-07
State News of Interest
II
NEW HExp FOR DIVISION.
Chicago, Milwaukee E. St. Pau,
Changes at Aberdeen.

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Changes at Aberdeen.
A surprise was sprung on the Aber'
deem officials Of the Milwaukee rail
road last week by the arrival of Gen
eral Manager Underwood. Assistant
General Superintendent J. H. Foster
and j. T. Gillick, superintendent OF
terminals in Chicago. An hour later
Superintendent C. F. Morrison OF the
James River division. with headquar'
ters in this city, was relieved n J.
T. Gillick installed in his place. The
two head officials then left for a trip
over the extension and took Mr.. Nor
rison with them. 1t is understood the
latter will take a vacation and then
return to his former station In Sioux
City, Iowa.
Rumors Of changes on the Milwau.
kee system have been current for
some time, as it Is recognized that
the headquarters In this city will be.
come n Of the principal junction
points of the railroad. Passenger
traffic has increased enormously in
the last few years, and now that the
extension is open to Miles City, Mont,
and soon will be to Butte and the
coast, the business here will require
better facilities than now are fur
nished.
1t is known that the officials in Chi.
cago have been planning big improve.
ments here and the arrival Of Presi-
dent Earring two days ago, followed
by the general manager and other
high officials, all Of whom are making
a trip over the extension, is expected
to result in many radical changes
here, including the erection of a new
station, depot and sheds and building
for the dining car department.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-07
INCREASED RIVER TRAFFIC.
Five Steamers Carrying Farmers
Produce to Market.

Thief River Falls, Mimi, Aug. a.
Despite the fact that there are al
ready five boats plying on the waters
of the Red Lake river and Red lake,
still another is about to be construct
ed. Settlers and traders in the neigh
borhood of the northern part of the
lake have formed a stock company to
secure the building of a large steam
boat for the purpose Of caring for the
transportation of supplies and farm
and woods products from that quarter
to this city.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-07
PLANTING
Means by Which the Government Is
Trying to Increase the Supply.

"S2Sic ny WHICH Ine government -
Trying to Increase the Supply.
The downward trend Of the lobster
fishery had up to a year or two ago
been apparently un%intluenced by the
annual planting of large numbers OF
lobster fry; but there is now consid-
cradle evidence that the increasing
output Of the hatcheries is bearing
fruit.
Fishermen are reporting more un-
dersized Holsters than they have seen
In many years, says the National Geo
graphic Magazine, and in various
places where fishing had been aban-
doned because it did not pay the fish
ermen are now making good catches.
1t is difficult to understand how the
annual planting of the progeny 6 90
900 to 0 1000 Holsters can fail to in
Huence the available supply for the
market, even if only one lobster fry
In each hundred planted reaches ma
turity and the bureau has occasion
to feel gratifed hat the decline has
now been positively arrested in locali-
ties where large numbers Of fry have
been deposited for a series of years
and where there was absolutely no
reason to look for any bettermeEt II
nature had remained unaided.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-07
PRISONER REFUSES FOOD.
Attempt to Escape Fooled, Alleged
Foruer Creates New Sensation.

Burlington, Iowa, Aug. IL. f. P.
Mapes, the alleged forger who was ar
rested in Omaha several weeks ago on
account of charges he made against
his former wife, duplicating her in
forgeries charged to him, refuses to
eat, and Sheriff Williams is disturbed
| over the matter.
Several days ago Mapes attempted
to escape from prison, using a table
spoon in an effort to dig his way out.
but he failed. He was put in solitary
confinement and is now refusing food.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-07

It is announced that the National
its old elevator at Pierpont with a new
and modern elevator with a capacity
OF 10000 bushels. The new Columbia
elevator is nearing completion, and
the work of constructing the new
Farmers Union elevator will soon be
commenced. The three elevators will
be needed to care for the vast amount
of grain which has been produced this
season in the territory tributary to
Pierpont.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-07
BITTEN By MAD DOG.

e. A. Young Of Mitchell has gone to
Chicago TO take treatment at the Pas.
teur institute. MI. Young vas bitten
in the thigh ten days ago by a dog,
and a few days ago after he returned
sending its brain to Chicago for ex.
animation. He received the report
from the physicians stating that the
dog was in the first stages of hydro.
phobia. Without waiting to take
chances, Mr.. Young started at once
to take the necessary treatment.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-07
Vacant Lot Association.

The Philadelphia Vacant Lots asso-
citation, which was organized during
the panic of 1893 as one means of sup
plying food and work for families
without employment: has since been
maintained. Last year the investment
of SIS, 800 contributed by the friends OF
the movement, and the use of vacant
and otherwise unproductive land,
yielded no less than $4,000 worth OF
vegetables and fruit for worthy and
industrious me and ONE
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-07
TRAIN GOES INTO DITCH.
North Coast Limited Runs Into Burn
ed Bridue-One Killed.

Glendive. Mont, Aug. II. North
Coast Limited No. 2 on the Northern
Pacific was wrecked shortly after
leaving Glendive, east-bound, last
evening. The fireman was killed and
a half dozen trainmen and passengers
were injured.
Two miles east of Allard the train,
while rounding a curve at full speed,
ran into a burned bridge. Every car
went into the ditch.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-07
TRACK FATAL PLAYGROUND.
Child Dies Of Injuries Received When
Hit hv Train,

Duluth, Mimi, Aug. 12.-JOhn Poe
moe, the year-and-a-half-old son of
Charles Pocmoc of Nashwauk, died at
st. Luke's hospital yesterday from in
juries sustained a few days ago at
Nashwauk, through being run over by
a train. The little fellow crawled on
the tracks while at play with other
children
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-07
Murder Suspects Caught.

Houghton, Mich, Aug. 1.-TWO sus-
poets were arrested yesterday by
Sheriff Beck and are being held for
the murder late Saturday night Of
William Roskelly at the Painesdale
location, fourteen miles south Of here.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-07
Mrs. Dresser Gets Divorce.

Sioux Falls, S. D., Aug. IL. - Mrs.
Daniel Leroy Dresser, who last Febru-
airy established a residence in Sioux
Falls, was yesterday granted an abso-
lutte divorce from Daniel Dresser OF
New York city.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-07
Sure Means Of Removing Them.

Something more than quiet humor
is in mis- paragraph printed at the end
of the Edmonton opera house regula-
lions by Manager Brandon: ANY old
ladies afraid of taking cold may keep
on their hats or bonnets."
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-07
What We May Expect.

Detective-A glass of ale, please.
Barkeeper-We don't keep ale.
NOTHING but soft drinks.
Detectiye-Then kindly give me q
glass of water. | am thirsty.
Barkeeper-Sorry. but our water is
hard.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-07
Van 7asseI Wants Pardon.

Nora Springs, Iowa, Aug. 9.-On the
grounds OF good behavior and poor
health Ray Van Tassel, serving d thir.
teen-year sentence for killing his wife.
is asking a pardon. The affair occur
red some eight years ago.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-07
STATE OF SONTH DAKOTA.


Department Of Insurance.
company $ Certificate of Authority.
whereas. the German Mutual Insur-
ance Company, a corporation organized
under the laws of Iowa, has filed in
TINS Office Il sworn statement exhibiting
Its condition and business for the year
ending Dec. 81, 1907. COnfornable to
the requirements of the laws of this
state regulating the business of insur-
anCe: and,
Whereas, the said company has filed
In this office "A duly c~ertilied copy of its
charter, with certificate of organization,
in compliance with the requirements OF
the insurance law aforesaid:
Now. therefore, |. Q. S. Basford. Com
missioner of Insurance of the State of
South Dakota, pursuant to the provisions
of said laws. do hereby certify that the
above named company is fully empow-
cred, through its authorized agents. to
transact its appropriate" business of
Hail Insurance in this state, according
to the laws thereof, until the 31st day
Of DeCember, a. ID. 1908.
In testimony whereof, l have %hereHnto
set my hand and official seal at Pierre,
this Sd day of March, a. y. 1908
(SeaD Q. S. BASFORD.
Commissioners Of Insurance.
By /. A. Schubert. Chief Clerk.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-07
ANNUAL STATEMENT
For the Year Ending December 31st,
A. D. 1907,
OF the conditions and affairs of the
GLENS FALLS INSURANCE COMPANY,

organized under the laws of the State Of
New York. made to the Commissioner
or Insurance of the State of South Da-
kota pursuant. to the laws thereof.
Pres'dent. j. l.. Cunningham. Secre-
tary. F.. w. West. Incorporated 1Slo
Commenced business. 1880. Home office,
corner Glen and Bay streets, Glens
Falls, N. Y.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-09

/ A small figure in red blouse ana trousers spperflously long entered the Recorders Court yesterday afternoon in answer to the summons for Albert Harris, a 10-year-old negro, charged with grand larceny. Albert may De ten years old, but his stature warrants no such claim on his behalf.
 As the minute offender made his ad- vent into the court room, an invol- untary smile spread over the faces Of the spectators. He seemed all trous- CTS at first glance. but on closer in- spection one could discern little black head surmounting the radiant glory of the red blouse. and pair of claw like feet were to be seen un- deriving the fraggled edge of almost interminable trousers.
 The little negro admitted that he was named Albert Harris. When, however Judge Baber inquired if he had been "Ruilty of breaking into store, Al bert seemed troubled. It was not through duplicity that the boy paused. He was simply unable to fathom the stRnificance of the mystifying term, "Euilty." Albert did, not desire to ap- near unamiable, and after few min utes consideration of the question put
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-09
Ten Year. Old Negro Burglar
 VIII Be Sent to Refornatory

to him, answered in a piping, bird like voice that he broke in de store troo de winder." He had hopeful look on his face that seemed to imply that he thought that Judge Baber might now be able to determine wheth- err or not he was guilty"
 Albert confessed that he had taken from the cash drawer "eighteen cents and some quarters" stating that he had bought a suit with the money. The exact amount he was incapable of estimating. The boy evidently en- tirely ignorant that he had in any way transgressed upon the conventions of society.
 He was bound over by Judge Baber that. he might be sent to reform atory school. He says that his mother is dead and that he does not know where his father works. There was a distinctly pathetic clement in the case of the little black waif.
 On Monday night, Albert entered the store of H. P. Yarbrough, Jr., at Chisholm by breaking out glass, and took from the cash drawer x4.4S. He was arrested Tuesday on the charge of burglary and grand larceny by Of- ficers Payne and AvanS.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-09

Montgomery Pythians will go to Tuscaloosa next month prepared 10 fight to the last ditch for Montgomery Selection as the site of the Pythian Castle which will be- built shortly oS the Grand Lodge of Alabama.
 The Pythians will interest the Com uerciaI Club in the project and in ad- dition to this they will have help from many of the leading business men or the city. The Pythians are conVinceu that the proposed building offers notn a great opportunity to the city of Mont gomery and an opportunity as, well to the Grand Lodge of Alabama IS argued that the Masons acted most wisely in establishing the Masonlc Temple in Montgomery. It has not only proven more convenient to the Masons of the State. because Of It's cen tral location, but the property itseli because of the rapid growth of the city has more than doubled in value.
 Montgomery will advance the claim that if would be an. injustice to the Pythians in general to put the new