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Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-31
CLAIMS HEIRSHIP
TO FOUR MILLIONS
WOMAN SAYS SHE WAS WIFE OF
DR.. SHEPARD, DEAD MIL
LIONAIRE.
WAS A WISCONSIN RESIDENT.
States That She Was Deserted Years
Ago-Then He Advertised for Her
in Milwaukee Papers.
SHE is THE FOURTH CLAIMANT.

DENVER, Colo, Jan. 25.-L Special
Mrs Miranda Jane Shepard of this
city, formerly Of Wisconsin, is seeking
to establish a claim to the $4,OOO,0O0 es-
tate left by DR.. A. Warner Shepard,
who recently committed suicide at the
home of a brother in New York city.
She is the fourth woman seeking to
establish the relation of wife to the mys-
FERROUS doctor and advances the some
what curious belief that DIR. Shepard
killed himself because of his failure to
find her and her children after having
advertised for them in Milwaukee pa
pers two years ago.
Sees Milwaukee Advertisement.
DR.. Shepard deserted his family thir-
ty-seven years ago and that was the
last his wife heard of him until about
year ago, when she learned Of the Mil
waukee advertisement, but was unable
to locate him. She believes he came
back to the scenes of his early love TO
seek the woman he deserted and beng
unable to find her went to spend the re
mainder of his days with a brother IN
New York, whom he often said lived
there and was wealthy.
Mrs. Shepard last heard of her hus-
band at Fond du Lac thity-seyen years
ago. At that time he wrote to her at
her fathers home in New London, WIS,
telling her that he would soon send her
money 50 that size and the five children
could join him at Oshkosh. That was
the last word from him.
Thinks Shepard Died of Remorse.
She believes that her relatives i'll Wis
cOnsin saw the advertisement two years
ago but would not notify her. The ad-
vertisement was signed Count d Estaing
Charles Shepard.
Mrs. Shepard has a son at Orchard,
Col, named d'Estaing Charles for his
father.
She cannot understand why the doc
tor prefixed the count to his name. Per
haps he had gone to some foreign coun-
try. Mexico probably, made a fortune
and prefxed it of his own accord. He
said in his advertisement that he had
found brother and sister long lost to
him and that he expected to return to
Mexico
Mrs. Shepard believes that instead he
went to New York city and died of re-
morse at not finding his long lost wife
and children.
Lived in Many Wisconsin Towns.
Mrs. Shepard runs a rooming house
here on Fifteenth street Her maiden
name was Buchanan and she has ii
brother, Albert Buchanan, who is a
prominent Woodman organizer in Wis
consin While in Wisconsin she lived al
different times at Waupaca, New Lon
don, Stevens Point, Columbus and other
places.
Her attorneys say they have found
many points of similarity between hen
story and what they have learned of thl
! life of the mysterious doctor and will
push her claims with vigor.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-31
PORTLAND HAS ANOTHER FIRE.
Blaze in Business District Causes $780,,
900 Loss

PORTLAND, Me, Jan. 27.-Fire
which several times threatened to wipe
out the business district of this city and
which caused damage estimated at over
S9OO,OOO was kept confined to the block
in which it started this morning, after
almost ten hours fighting by Portland's
firemen, aided by men and apparatus
from several outside cities.
The fire started in the wholesale dry
goods house of Milliken, Couzens & Co,
and it was in their half of the build
ing that the greater part of the loss was
sustained.
Later, when the fire was thought to
be under control, the other half of the
building, occupied by A F. Cox & Sons,
was invaded by flames which had made
their way through the roof and a party
wall simultaneously and the $250OOO
stock of boots and shoes was ruined
The BarkerThomas company sustained
loss by water and smoke estimated at
100000 and Cook, Everath & Pennel
company, wholesale druggists; F. O.
Bailey Il Co., carriages; Lewis & Co.,
wholesale clothiers; A. H. Berry & Co..
boots and shoes; E. A. Waterhouse &
Co.. hardware Dealers and Russ, Eve
leth & ingalls,, wholesale dry goods deal
ers, jointly suffer losses aggregating
100000. The fire assumed such pro-
portions that Mayor Leighton called for
help from ten cities in Massachusetts,
New Hampshire and Maine.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-31
LATEST MARKET REPORTS.
MILWAUKEE,, JANUARY q.

MILWAUKEE-BUTT Elgiu
price OF extra creamery is 3o}2c; local price,
27Q2sc; seconds, 24Q25c: process, 22Q2Se;
dairy, fancy, 24c; lines. 21G22c; fresh ROLL
2l422c: packing stock. 17Q1sc.
ENTHUSIASTICALLY; American full cream
icas, 121s@1Sc: daisies, 1Sa131ac; longhorns.
121sQ l3c; limburger. 1415Q15c; fancy brick:
n5fql2c: low grades, 1oQl1c; imported
Swiss, new, 15ai6c: Sapsago, 22c.
EGGS Market steady. The produce
boards official market for strictly fresh
i haid as received, cases returned. 2oq2-c
high grade. recunded. strictly fresh, Will
pflhS &c; fancy fresh recandfed. in small
!oIs, 2SQSoc; April storage. rcCandled. 11Q
I, r. mlscellaneous storage, l3G15c: sec
r onaS. LS9i.S; checks, 1oQl2c Receipts, 215
eases; Saturday, go cases.
sShICAGO, III, Jan 2L-CheeSe--S Steady :
aarsies, l232@l BE; twins, l1Q12}2c; Young
SStteaaerleS. 2lqS1c; diaries. 2oQp2Sc Eggs
STEADY; at mark. cases included. 2aQ3iISc
NEW o a0Rh, Jan. 27.-Butter-Firm; re-
tras. 32c; third to drsts. 2Sa3Ic: held
second TO special 24Q301ac state dairy,
common TO finest, 2l@3O12c: process com
mon to special IS424c; western factory,
common to first, lIQ2O1ac; imitation cream
cry, first. 2113G22c; held. third to first. II
@2Oc. Cheese-Flrm; receipts. lN52; state
full cream, small colored and white, hne,
15Ac; large, colored. tine, 15Ac; white,
1512c; good TO prime, 14Q15c; do late, Oc-
tober, early. November made, 12IaalSIpc,
do winter made 11Q12c; common to fair
914Q1112c; skins. 1Q11c. Eggs-EaSy; re-
by, fancy, selected white, 2S03Oc; good to
choice, 25Q2Tc; brown and mixed fancy. II
Q25c; first, 23Q23l2c; western and south
ern first, 22l2Q23c; seconds, 21122c
ELGIN, Ill. Jan. ~. - Especial. Butter
market firm at 32c. output for the week
In this district, 4S1, 800 pounds
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-31
MRS. EDDY MOVES HOME

BOSTON, Mass, Jan. 27.-For the
ostensible purpose of being near the
mother church in Boston. Mrs. Mary
Baker G. Eddy, founder of the Chris
tan Science cult, Sunday. left Pleasant
View, her residence III Concord, \. H.,
for nearly twenty years, and moved 10
Broekline, where. some say. she will
spend the remainder of her days. living
in the Lawrence mansion in the Chestnut
Hill region.
When the carriage Of Mrs Eddy
drove up to the porch of her new home,
Calvin \. Frye was first TO leave 1t.
Leaning back into the carriage a big man
gathered up the frail form of Mrs. Eddy
and carried her gently up the steps
through the long line Of persons who
murmured softly as she passed. Then
she was taken upstairs in the house and
placed in her private room.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-31
SIX TARS LEFT BEHIND.
American Sailors Who Either Deserted
or Missed Boats Held by Police
at Rio.

RIO JANEIRO, Jan. 25.-The police
of this city have gathered up six sailors
from the American battleships under
Rear Admiral Evans that either desert
ed or failed to return on board before
their vessels had sailed from here three
days ago. They will be sent after the
feet on a collier
\ dispatch received here from Nalpa-
raise says that the Chilean squadron,
which will welcome the American bat
tleships to Chilean waters has arrived
at Valdivia. The British cruiser Sapho,
which has been on the west coast, is
now on her way down to Punta Arenas.
A large party of Chileans has char
tered a special steamer and will go out
from Valparaiso to greet the American
warships as they pass up the coast.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-31
A Letter Seven Years in Transit.

Records are being established every
day for the swiftness by which mail is
delivered yet there are occasions when
the United States postoffice slips a cog
and a letter gets tangled up somewhere
% be delivered at a later date. \ most
unusual instance of this kind recently
came to light. On October f. 1900
Frank Linden of Brooklyn. then stu
lent at Villanova college. sent postal
lard to his father, Frank V. Linden. a
.ewelpr in Brooklyn. ordering some class
pins from him. The postal was deliv-
cred last Tuesday, having been on the
printed on the card. one in Nillanova in
1900 and the other in Brooklyn i'll 1907
Where the postal has been all These
years is a Observation-Disclosures Rec
ord
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-31
JACK LONDON IS BACK.
After Friends Feared Them Lost
N South Seas.

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, Jan. 20
Jack London and his wife arrived here
today on the steamship Mariposa from
Tahiti.
There has been great deal of appre-
hension for the safety of London and
his wife. who left for Tahiti in frail
sloop called the Shark, which he built
himself London went TO Tahiti in
search of matter for a new novel
Yesterday believing London lost the
Central bank recorded mortgage
against London's home in Oakfeld. The
trust deed was to obtain funds with
which to outfit London's craft.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-31
PONTIAC HOTEL BURNS.
A Hundred Guests Escape in Their Night
robes, Losing Personal Effects
Loss Is $4,000

PONTIAC. ILL.,. Jan. 25.-The Central
hotel burned early today. The building
was an old wooden structure and the
100 or more guests in it had barely
time to make their escape in their night
and valuables.
One woman jumped from the second
story and as she fell from the arms of
those who attempted to catch her, WAS
bruised.
4 telephone lineman was seriously in
jured. 1t is unknown how the fire orig
mated The loss is $4,000
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-31
SWEETHEART OF LINCOLN DIES.
Woman Said to Have Refused Marriage
Offer from President

SIOUX CITY, Ia. Jan. IA wom-
an to whom Abraham Lincoln is said to
have made a proposal of marriage in
1889, and who refused the offer of the
young man who was destined to rank
among the greatest Presidents of the
United States, died in Sioux City at the
age Of So years. She was Mrs Mary
Francis Kelley, granddaughter of Hen
ry Nanderbergh, whom President Wash
ingtOn appointed one of the first judges
of the Northwest Territory.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-31
FIRE IN MADISON, ILL.
Explosion in Stove Results in 100000
Loss-Many Suffer in Severe
Cold

MADISON, Ill.,, Jan. Pa mystic
rious explosion in a hard coal stove early
today started a fire which destroyed the
greater part of two city blocks in the
heart of the business section of Madi-
son. The loss will exceed 100000.
Forty persons left home without
bre, kfast and some in night clothes, suf-
fered intensely from severe cold in try
ing to save contents of stores and resi-
1ences. A drove of panic-stricken horses
rushed through the fire fighters.
An 1S-inch wall saved the First Ma
tonal bank Waschner's department
store, where the fire started is entirely
destroyed.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-31
NIGHT RIDERS PLY THE LASH.

HOPKINSVILLE, Ky, Jan. pr.
H. Rodgers, living near Era, this coun.
ty. was visited last night by party of
about seventy-ive night riders. He was
called from his house and severely lashed
with buggy whips. Mr.. Rodgers IS a
member of the association" but is al
legged to have sold his tobacco outside
of the organization. lie had received
warning not to do so, coupled with i
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-31
YARMOUTH TO CLAIM FORTUNE.
Attorneys Notify Thaw Estate of AL
legged Ante-NuptiaI Agreement.

PITTSBURG, Pa. Jan. 27.-The
Thaw estate has been notified by attor-
neys for the Earl of Yarmouth that the
fortune of the Countess of Yarmouth
will not be given up by the family of
HEREFORD without a bitter fight and a
court decision. The London barristers
say the earl has a paper signed by Miss
Alice Thaw the day before her wedding
providing that in case she should die
without children the house of Hereford
should receive her entire fortune.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-31
MILWAUKEE, STocKYARDs REPORT.

CATTLE-Market is 10Q15c higher; butch
dunn to good. 3.75Q425; hcifers. medium to
good, 3.6o04.50: common to fair. 2.I503.75;
cows, good to choice, 3.5064NO; fair to
2.25d2.6o; bulls, good to choice, 3,25Q3.75;
bologna bulls, common to fair. 2.5o03.O0;
feeders, 3.5O0400; stockers. 2.75a3.25;
mixers and springcrs very dull, common
unSaleable except for Gamers, good to
choice, 22.O0d3S.OO
SHEEl'-Market Zoe higher: common TO
fair 2.00Q3.3o; good to choice 3.5045.00;
lambs, common to fair, 5.0006.oO; choice 10
prime. 6.20Q7O0; bucks, 2.25Gp3.O0.
HOGS-10c higher mixed and butchers,
423Q46O; packers. 4.30@4.40; light. I.25QO
40; pigs. 3.SIM41O
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-31
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.

MILWAUKEE, Jan. 7.-Close-Wheat-
STEADY; no. on northern 6s On tTack 10 NO
! er; No 3 on track 5212Gt57c. Oats-Steady;
standard, 5i12c; No. white, on track, 49129
511@c Barley-Dull; standard, 1.O1. Rye
! Quiet; No. l on track, S3MS4c.
Flour quotations in CARROTS are; Hard
spring W wheat PATENTS IN wood, 59049.aQ'
ents in sacks. 41Ol04G0; first clears, in
! sacks, 3.SG0l.lO; r!cS. in wood, 443@4. 80;
country, 4.e51l4.3o; sacks, Kansas, in wood,
Millstuns are Qrotet in carlots at go
for bran, 2225 for standard middlings,
and 24.75 for Milwaukee flour middlings IN
! Job sacks; red dog goo; rye feed, 22.50;
| delivered at country points. 25c extra.
CHICAGO a6sl H.; Jan 27-Cash wheat de% No:
No. hard, 9Ssl ca .o2ai; No. hard, 9I%c9
! 1.01; No spring, 1Ol@l.O9; others nothing
! doing: Corn-No. ,, nothing doing; No. j,
| 531a@541ac. Oats-No. = and B. nothing do
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Jan. 27.-CIose-W Wheat
May, 10oa4; July, 977Bc; September 300
September, 591B@59Ac Oats-May, old,
$3.50; May, 515sc; July, old, 46lsc; July,
442ss; Septem9eF "Se P9GEGorgaEy:
G.95Sda697 Eye-Gash, S3@s4c barley
Cash-SsoQ95c. Timothy-March, 4.so. Glover
NEW NEW YORK Or Jan. !7.-wheat-Close-
May LOSS; July, LOSS. Corn-May, 7o5sc;
! DULUfH, Mimi Jan. 27.-Flax-To ar
rive, 1.17!2; on track, 11714; May, l19h;
NJ 6nr n n IAN liz NJ
I northern oobb. No . |s northern o656
on track, No. / northern, 1O95s; No. north
northCrS in Sfora o1i5lo ~ > northern
n ne otnre di55 dnrIn "n -' frock No
glHc; No. ., S95sc; May durum, 0iss; July
Track 4Si%c RTe27ISg7Sr RorIexEG5GD
o5~ cars nsnnrfad-Vheot 40. Insf year
:: oats. 10: harley, il: fax, .: last year .
! observation-disclosures az Az: oats IA 70: bar
lev 34SS. AJAX MA Il o0S ShinmentsnF1ax2 IA
! ST TGITiS No Ian - - Gins When
! No > red cash. IOlGG1 02: No. = hard. SIC
/ G1O2; May, 1001b: July, 954c Corn-No.
2 cash. 541bc: No 2 White, 5(i057c; Nav.
! h91LM5SS6c. JuIy 1S366I5S1hc Gats,No )
! cash 49i5c: No > White. 5O1h6r5Ir: Nav,
5U14c; July, 45%c.
| Nav oG5Lc. INV o1iLc. cosb No . hord
a6Gs1i7ihc" No : q2d196c,. No , rcd 99rSI
/ 90: no 2 97G98%c, Corn-AIays 55Tc:
53as G53c; No = white SO! No. 3. 53c'
NofS%Wo :, white ssl6150rt No > mixed
6s@4sIhc
| 49, 20 hST 49, - To- :" L. bfbpr.
apouI l9'g gy,c 1 mi hct III " ~ ~ 9oa
75 4o6S4 10 " coIvns 6517 o.
TO- o9ci9 ~ foa1o-s
%e 6i 4n Stock aau ana 8io
Lat genoraIiy loo biohpr. 1i%ht 955Dd 90
mixed, 430G4 60; heavy, 4.3004 621a; rough
4.$oa4.5 50; pigs, s7S94, IS; bulk Of sales.
aPfet Zoe ERbeP Re1eP SSo9f vest
ern. 2 40GD5, 60: yearIngs. 3. 0OD5 Is: lambs,
5.oGa7. 10: western 5.o0@7.i5.
Receipts, 81 400 e active eD ioc higher; native
steers, 375S65, 20: cows and heifers, 2.25D
$50: western steers. 325M475; Texas
steers, 3.oo@4 %; cows and heifers. 1000
calves 3ON16 90 Hogs-Receipts, 5000;
m n%,r 5G10c higher. bulk Of sales, 1850
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-31
Whisky Not Forfeited.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 27.-
That whisky in which burnt sugar or
caramels have been placed after govern
ment inspection is not subject to for
feiture to the government under section
$3.50 Of the revised statutes was today
decreed by the supreme court of the
United States.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-31
HELEN MUNSON is DEAD.

VIROQUA. Wis, Jan. 27.-Miss Hell
en- Munson. daughter of State Senator O..
G. Munson, private secretary to Gov.
Davidson. died last night from the effect
of burns sustained three weeks ago. Ar
rangements for the funeral have not yet
been made. Miss Munson is one of four
daughters, and has been attending the
state university.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-31
Alex. testers Widow Dies.

NORMAN Okla. Jan. 21.-Mrs Julia Hill,
IS years old, widow of Alexander Jester, no.
torious throughout the middle west for his
trial on the charge of the murder of Charles
Gates brother of John w. Gates, in Mis-
souri, many years ago, died here Saturday.
She was married to Jester in Denton, Tex,
thirty-fiye years ago, where he went under
the name of w. A. Hill
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-31
THOUSANDS BACK AT WORK.
Big Furnaces and Galleries Resume il
Pennsylvania.

POTTSEILLE. Pa, Jan. 21.-Two
more big open hearth furnaces resumed
work here today, while the 19-inch and
2S-inch rolling mill departments at the
Eastern Steel companys mills also start
ed up full handed. Tomorrow the T.
inch mill will resume. Thirty-eight COL
lieries of the Reading Coal & Iron Co.,
employing 10000 men who have been
idle since January %, also went to work
today, while 1000 men at the same COM
pany's repair shops resumed on reduced
hours.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-31
OIL BURNS AT BALTIMORE.

BALTIMORE, Md. Jan. 27-Tbe
new paraffine works Of the Standard Oil
company. at Canton, southern suburb
of Baltimore, suffered a serious fire to-
day Michael Kennedy, an employee Of
the oil company was struck on the head
with an iron pipe and badly injured.
The loss is $50. 600
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-31
MILWAUKEE HAY MARKET.

Choice timothy hay. 1475@l5.0O: No. /
timothy hay, lS.5n@1400; No. timothy
hay, 12.COd1250; clover and mixed, 10O09
11.50; choice Kansas and Nebraska prairie,
1O50@ 90; No. ! prairie, 3.5o@10O0; No.
prairie 9.00d9.3O; Wisconsin marsh
feeding. I.500SOo; packing hay, 5.00Q5.50
rye. straw. I.IOnLS.N: oats StrnM. 6.g5alG. 80.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-31
R, A, M'CURDY IS BACK.

NEW YORK, Jan. 25.-Richard A
McCurdy, former president of the
Mutual Life Insurance company. and his
son Robert H. McCurdy, arrived from
Cherbourg today on the steamship
Amerika.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-31
Wealthy Westerner Drops Dead

BUTTE. Mont, Jan. I'D. ]. Hen
nessey, president of the Hennessey Mer-
camille company, pioneer of Montana
and considered the wealthiest merchant
in the northwest, dropped dead in the
street today of heart failure He was
born at Fredericksburg, n. B., in 1854.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-31
Monarchs to Cruise in South.

ROME. Jan. 21.-It is announced here
that the Emperor of Germany will make
cruise in the Mediterranean in the latter
part Of March and that King Edward Will
max" similar cruise in April both NON
archs visiting Sicily and Florence.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-31
PLAINFIELD HAS FIRE.

PLAINFIELD. Wis. Jan. Ell Spe-
cial. THE Cohen residence burned last
night with nearly all the contents. The
loss is $1,000. fully insured.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-31
Death of 7. E. Gage.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Jan. 2f.-J.
e. Gage, q member of the firm of An
dreWs & Gage, Grain brokers, died today.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-16
Roosevelt to Bryan.

lin my judgment the measures
you advocate would be wholly in.
effective in curing an evil and
so far as they had any effect at
all would merely throw the entire
business of the country in.o
hopeless and utter confusion.
l put Mr.. Taft's deeds against
your words. [ ask that Mr..
Taft be Judged by all his deeds,
for he wishes none of them for
gotten. | ask that you.be iudg-
ed by the words you wish re,
memhered and by the words
that seemingly you and your
PARTY now desire to have forgot.
ten.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-16
The county commissioners in

The county commissioners in
issuing the notice of election
have fixed the amount to be
voted upon at not. to exceed
$50, 900, in bonds bearing Al per
cent interest. From this may
be figured ouv the extra tax that
would be made necessary, and
it will be seen that with a levy
of II mills for ten years
the court house would be paid
for. Last year we were taxed
an additional II mills for the
state Irvine plant. This year
we have no twine plant to pay
for or additional tax levy of any
kind. The additional tax for the
court house on the average quar-.
ter section of land would not eX-
coed two dollar S, or to pay just
the interest the amount would
not be over one dollar or the
average quarter section farm.
The county auditor makes aft.
davlt in regard to this as follows:
State of sorth Dakota SIS
Chas. McWaters being duly sworn,
says he is the county auditor OF
Grant Couuy, that on October l, 1908,
the cash on hand in the treasury of
said county was about $4,000 and
the Indebtedness was S64 ,OOO.
Affiant furt,.ur says, a levy Of one
and one-half mills per annum on
S., 663 900, the assessed valuation OF
said county, will raise enough money
to pay for The proposed court house
ia ten years.
Further, a levy of two-thirds OF a
mill will pay the interest on the pro-
posed court house bonds without
making the above levy.
CHAS MCWATERS.
Subscribed and wor to before me
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-16

The Aberdeen Daily News,
another Of the state newspapers
which in the campaign culminat-
ing in the June primaries was a
strong supporter of the stalwart
republican cause. in the follow
ing extract from an able editor.
ial squarly declares itself for the
republican ticket from top to
bottom:
democratic campaign mana
agers manifest more than their
usual activity in South Dakota
this fall, yet what they can find
in the situation to encourage
their efforts is not manifest to
others than themselves. There
can be no doubt that the state
will give Taft q handsome major
ity for the presidency, and there
seems to be less than one chance
ii ten thousand for the demo.
Gratis to secure q single place on
the state ticket.
IF they cherish the hope that
there will be q republican bolt
from any Of the candidates duly
nominated under the primary
law. the hope is groundless.
The late insurgents, who won
the senatorship a. we'll as most
Of the places on the state ticket,
can have no reason or excuse for
boiling. The late stalwarts, on
the other hand, are standpa.ters
By nature, not cutters, and will
vote the ticket to the man."
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-16

Sioux Falls Argus-L Leader
Senator Wesley, the republican
candidate for governor, does GOT
claim to be an orator, but those
Who heard him in Sioux Falls on
the Both will reach the conclu-
sion that he is q man of sense
and Judgment. Mr.. Vessey is
suffering much from the recoii
Of the recent fractional fight. but
he says that If elected governor
he will not be the governor of a
faction or even of q party, but OF
the whole people of the state.