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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-04-10
GOLD HID EVEN FROM SELF.
Takes Many Many Months to Find His
Buried Treasure.

After a three months secret search.
John Dahl, a resident of Camp Crook,
finally has uncovered a pot Of gold
coin that he had saved and buried
under his cabin more than two years
ago. Dahl is one of the men who re-
fuses to trust banks. When he hid
his savings he thought he had marked
the spot securely, but a number OF
months ago when he went to look he
was unable to locate the money. Dahl
then built a small shed over the
ground where he thought the gold was
located, and, unwilling to allow 9th
ers to know of the existence Of the
treasure, lest he be robbed. he set
about digging in the evening by can
die light. After long toll his search
finally was rewarded, and he emerged
from his cabin with the coin. Dahl
Is to be married this summer to a girl
In Denmark, and has just left for that
country with his savings.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-04-10
In and About the State
DRAGGED UNDER sEEDER.
Farmer Has Perilous Experience and
Is Badly Hurt in Runaway.

Is Badly Hurt in Runaway.
John Folkerts, a prominent farmer
residing in the eastern part of Han
son county, had a thrilling experience
in a runaway. receiving serious in.
juries and escaping death only by
what seemed a miracle. He had com
pleted his days work of seeding one
Of his fields and was riding home on
the seeder when one of the wheels Of
The machine struck a deep hole, break
ing the tongue of the seeder.
The accident frightened the horses,
which soon were beyond control.
They had scarcely commenced their
wild flight when the end of the broken
tongue caught in the ground and
turned the seeder bottom side up,
with Folkerts caught under the ma
chine. In this perilous position he
was dragged along at high speed for
a distance Of about seventy yards,
when the machine struck an obstruc-
ton and turned another SOmersault.
his time righting itself. Folkerts
was released, but he was unconscious.
He was found later by his son.
While his wounds are not fatal, Fol
kerts was seriously injured, nearly all
the skin having been torn from his
face, and In addition his head and
face were badly bruised and mangled
and he was wounded in the back.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-04-10
FARMER is
Swept Under the Ice When He Drove
on Lake.

Swept Under the Ice When He Drove
on Lake.
John Pearson, a farmer living near
the town of Lake Norden, was
drowned while trying to drive from
town to his home. He left town
shortly after dark, his way leading
across the neck of the lake. lea the
inlet. It is supposed that he became
confused In his reckoning, for the
next morning the conductor of the
train from the north sighted his team,
standing almost to their shoulders in
water, surrounded by ice. The news
was spread as soon as the train
reached town, and a searching party
left for the lake. The horses We're
extricated, the front wheels of the
wagon still being attached to the
harness. The rear wheels and the
box had disappeared. They had evil
IDENTIFY been swept under the ice, and
with them the driver. All efforts to
recover the body have SO far proved
futile. the current having probably
taken it to some distance.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-04-10
Plan Of Stable.

set on stone wall stills they are to be
3 inches by 10 inches; if On posts stills
must be 10 inches by 10 inches. The
wall should be 8 feet clear, and wall
10 feet high over all. The following
Is a bill Of the material apart from
the stable.
Ter sills 3 by 10 inches, 10 feet
long; 4 main plates. s by 10 inches,
30 feet long; 4 purline plates, 8 by s
inches, 80 feet long; 10 main posts, 10
by 10 inches, IS feet long; 10 p%urline
posts, 8 by 9 inches, 80 feet long; 3
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-04-10
DRY FARMING
REQUIRES BRAINS

Dry farming does not require any
special or new equipment but necee
states more brains than most people
are willing to give. Every dry farmer
should have four or six horses. q
Intersection drag harrow, two IL OF
l4-lnch gang plows, a subpacker, .
disk harrow and a float if not a weed
er. Most Of the disks are now made
l6 inches in diameter but they should
not be larger than IA inches, as the
small disks seem to do better work
A harrow is valuable for MAINTAINING
soil mulch. One or more good cult.
vators are needed and a lister is quite
essential. Several farmers could cluh
together and buy a harvesting ma
chine. for unless a man has q large
farm he would not need it's exclusive
use. The press drill is n Of the es
sentials and may be either of the
shoe or disk type. The disk drfll
has some advantages when there /,
much stubble or coarse manure On
the ground. but On well prepared sum.
mer fallow the shoe drill with press
wheels following to firmly pack the
soil around the seed does the best
work. On heavy clay soils where ado
be abounds a double press wheel
should be used. II the soil bakes. the
double press wheel will leave q CRACK
in the middle directly over the seed
through which the rain may enter and
the terminating plantlets push thei,
way out Of the ground.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-04-10
Goes Mad on Train.

John Flitsch, who accompanied a
car load of emigrant goods from Ian
caster. Wis, and was bound for Woon-
socket, was found about two miles in
the country, near Mitchell, in an in
sane condition, while the car was wait
ing to be sent on to Woonsocket,
Flitsch left the car and wandered off
in the country where he was found
near a farm residence in a raving con-
community by his queer actions. He
was taken before the insanity commits
sion and was adjudged insane.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-04-10
PRIMARY LAW is UPHELD.
Candidates for Office Must Pay Fir
teen-Dollar Filing Fee.

Filing Zee.
In an opinion handed down at Dead.
wood Circuit Judge McGee sustained
the legality of the South Dakota pri-
mary law, which exacts a fee of SIS
his name can go on the official ballot.
Socialists of that county contested the
law on the ground that it would pre-
vent a poor mar aspiring to Office.
The ruling was made on a motion to
quash a writ Of alternative mandamus
brought by local Socialists against the
county auditor in the first test case Of
the South Dakota primary law. The
court held that while his personal
opinion or the fee question favored
the contestants, he believed that the
state supreme court should decide the
matter. An appeal to that court will
be taken at once by the Socialists. and
It is hoped to have a final decision be-
fore the June primaries.
Jesse f.. Ballenger, socialist candi-
date for treasurer of Lawrence county,
objected to paying a fee for the priv
llege OF becoming a candidate, and
when the auditor declined to accept
his petition without the money
brought mandamus proceedings. Free
mar Knowles. several times Socialist
candidate for governor, and r. c..
Bayes. a Republican attorney. both Of
Deadwood, are his lawyers. The state
was represented by States Attorney
r. p. Stewart.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-04-10
A Moderate-Sized Barn

This barn is calculated for a farm Of
100 or $50 acres. The plan is drawn
supposing it to be a bank barn, with
side drives. The same plan can be
used for an end drive with slight
changes. 1t will give accommodation
for five horses, and a box stall for
colts Cor mare and foaD, 81 cattle and
box stall for calves; also root cellar.
The walls are to be either stone or
concrete. The windows in basement to
be "a inches by 80 inches OF glass and
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-04-10
C~REAMERIES IN WILD WEST.
Lennon and Hettinger or MilWau-
KEGS Extension Take First Steps.

Lennon and Hettinger or Milwau-
KEGS Extension Take First Steps.
Lennon and H%ettinger are to have
creamery plants at once. At Hettin-
ger the matter was taken up by the
farmers, who have organized to build
a cooperative enterprise. In this
city the move is a business mems af-
fair entirely. Not to have Hetttinger
ahead in any particular the business
men met and organized a creamery
company, subscribed $500 worth of
stock and will have the plant run
ming by the middle Of June. The
First State bank has sent l.. w. Head
to Iowa with instructions to buy 500
mich COWS at once. Thus the ranges
of the West are to be converted at
once into farming and dairying dis
triota.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-04-10
MINIMUM is $35 AN ACRE.

The state appraisement board has
completed it's work in the counties in
the southern part Of the state where
state school lands are to be offered
nexe month, placing the minimum at
from $S5 to $45 per acre in the differ
ent counties. This week the board will
make the appraisenents in the north
ern counties in which lands are to be
offered, and as these include a large
number of endowment lands the gen.
eral average probably will be some
what lower than those fixed in the
southern counties.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-04-10

hung on hinges at the top; fan lights
above doors, II inches by 40 inches;
roof to be a hip with lower rafter
half pitch, and upper rafter third"
pitch; purline posts to be placed IL
feet inside Of outside of side posts,
main posts and purlines post to be
10 by 10 inches, and upper cross
beams 8 by 8 inches. The barn is t
be 40 by 60 feet, and basement wall,
8 feet clear of poists. The main and
purline plates are to be 'spliced." If
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-04-10

cross stills, 10 by 10 inches, 40 feet
long; 8 side girts, 6 by 6 inches, 10
feet long; s end girts, 6 by 6 inches,
IS feet long; 6 center purline girts,
6 by 6 inches, 16 feet long; 10 girts
6 by 6 inches. IL feet long: 4 door
caps, 6 by 6 inches, IA feet long; II
girts, 6 by 6 inches, II feet long; IL
girts, 6 by 6 inches, IA feet long; 50
joists, 2 by 10 inches. 16 feet long;
so joists, 2 by 10 inches, IA feet long:
10 long braces for purline posts, 4 by
4 inches. 10 feet long; 40 scantlings,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-04-10
A Cause of Worry.

Wise-Poor Burroughs! He's wor-
rying a great deal about debts
Newitt-Nonsense! You'll never
catch him worrying because he can't
pay his debts.
Wise-He's not worrying about old
debts he can't pay, but about new
ones ne can't contract.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-04-10

feet; IL pieces l by IL for cornice,
IL feet; 2 granary girts, 6 by 6, 1d
feet; 2 granary girts, 6 by 6, IL feet:
16 fancy studs. 2 by S, 8 feet long:
800 feet matched sheeting for gran.
airy; 800 feet inch sheeting, for gran.
airy; 400 feet inch sheeting for ceiling
granary; IL joist granary top, 2 by 8
IL feet; 10 pieces l by Z, IA feet face
boards. The stone wall should be 10
feet high, and will require 30 cords
stone. or 120 wagon loads; 80 yards
sand, 1870 bushels lime.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-04-10

Rapid City man who probably will
be honOred in having new county ere.
ated by Dawson county division
named after him. He is one Of Rapid
City's foremost citizens and boosters,
and he was recently made secretary
of the State Federation Of Commercial
Clubs of South Dakota.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-04-10
OBJECTS TO FREE TRIAL.
state Wants Property Conveyance BY
Alleged Murderer Set Asids.

state Wants Property Conveyance BY
Alleged Murderer Set Asids.
The states attorney for Charles Mix
county, John r. Upton. has inter-
posed and seeks to have the deed
made by William Hippen Of that coun-
" set aside. Hippen is being held on
a charge Of numbering his brother
Harm. He Immediately after his ar
rest, conveyed all his real and per-
sonal property to the wife of the MUIR
dered man, it is alleged, to reimburse
her for the loss sustained. The
states attorney 10Y seeks to have the
deed set aside, arguing that William
Hippen is not a pauper, but that he is,
possessed of sufficient Ear to bear
the expenses of the trial, which other
wise will fall on the county.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-04-10
EN- MER AND SPELT

Although closely related to true
wheat, both spelt and emmer are in
a commercial sense quite distinct from
it, and should be compared rather
with oats and barley. Emmer and
spelt are used for the feeding Of cat
they deserve consideration. To make
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-04-10

Cows That Pay.-The farmer with
80 COWS that produce an average OF
two gallons Of four per cent. to five
per cent. milk a day. has q source
OF income that is worth more than
$4,000 per year in the cities. True
there will be expense and a great
deal Of work, but the profits viii be
more AID the work no harder than
the mar who can command $4,000 per
year in the city.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-04-10

3 by 4 inches, IL fee" long; 62 rafters.
2 by 6 inches, 10 feet long; 81 rafters.
2 by s inches. 9 feet long; 10 o
beams, 9 by 9 inches, IL feet long; S
cross beams. 9 by 9 inches, 16 feet
long; $500 feet inch flooring; 2,240
feet planks for five floors; 1900 feet
siding, Is feet long; 1000 siding, II
feet long for ends; $500 feet inch
roofing; % NJ. shingles; s pieces
l by 6 for ridge brands. IA feet; S
pieces l by Z, for ridge brands, IL
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-04-10

Learn Howl find by experience
that ~ a farmer in five knows how
to prepare The seed bed and plant 20
tatoes and attend to them and do Il
IN a systematic manner. Seine farm
ers think they are doing fine II they
raise $50 to 400 bushels Of petatseo
the acre, while IL they attend to IT,
business IN the right way they ooo1D
raise 500 bushels,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-04-10
FAILING Walls Kill Two.

Provincetown, Mass. April 1. -
While inside the shaky walls Of tho
h~alf-burned Centenary Methodist Epis.
copal church late yesterday, in search
Of firewood, two boys were killed by
the collapse Of a portion OF the ruins.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-04-10
CONVERTS FOR MANY SEcTS.
Catholic an Well as Protestant Church
es Profit by Revivals.

The four weeks series of revival
meetings in Arlington closed with a
meeting of the pastors with the evan
gelist, Rev. Oscar Lowry, who, with
Prof. George Moody, has conducted
forty religious services here since
March l. During this time nearly
500 persons have professed CONVEX
sion. In the entire county 1920 have
made religious profession as a result
of the meetings held by these men
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-04-10
NEW WAY is THE BEST.
Better and More Improvements When
Settlers Can Get but One Claim.

Settlers Can Get but One Claim.
The record Of immigrant cars going
west of the Missouri was better than
a hundred a week all through March
and they are being unloaded at every
station between Fort Pierre and Rap
id City. The record at Wendte, TWEEN
ty miles out from Fort Pierre, was
thirty for the past twenty days, and
at stations farther out they are stop
ping in greater numbers.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-04-10
Conditions for Class Races.
General Conditions Applicable to All
Stake Class or Special Races.

All trotting and pacing races to be
mile heats to harness, except as 9th
arwise specified. The t~wo-year-old trot
and two-year-old pace will be one-half
mile heats, best three in FIVE. The
three-year-old rot will be best two
in three. All other harness races will
be best three in five. All ace to be
conducted under the rules of the
American Trotting association (of
which the South Dakota state fair is a
member), except as otherwise speci-
fed. Only first money will be paid
for a horse ~distancing the field, OF a
walk over.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-04-10
Conditions for Stake Races.

All stakes close June Is, 1908. No
entries received in stakes after closing
date, June IS, 1908. Entrance 3 per
cent of stake, payable as follows: l
per cent June Is, 1908; / per cent
July -, 1908; l per cent, Aug. Is,
1903.
An additional 5 per cen Of stake
deducted from money winners. Par
ties may declare out on or before the
date any payment is due by paying up
all back payments; otherwise they
will be held for the full 3 per cent.
All parties desiring to declare out
must comply with the above cOndi-
tons and notify secretary in writing.
The department reserves the right to
declare off any or all stakes before
July / that do not fill to their salts
faction. Topples barred in t~wo-year-
old pace race.
Conditions for Class Races.
Entries close on Aug. 25, 1908.
Records made afte rAug. 10, no bar.
In all class races five paid entries
required to fill and three to start.
Entry fee 5 per cent of purse, and
5 per cen of purse additional from
all money winners.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-02-27

had taken an interest In him after
ward. II was this friend to whom
Jasper applied when he was ready to
have the letter written. and tho law
yer kept his secret.
II was Il month after The letter had
been sent that the crowd which al
ways assembled 10 await the arrival
Of The stagpruIchcs which came to-
gethcr from The slowly approaching
line of railroad in the valleys below.
noted the restlesSnesS and peculiar ac-
lions of Mr. Jasper Price. who was b.
far The most prominent figure in the
thrunC.
Newly Shaycn and Spotlessly clean
he was arrlycI In Il shining suit Of
black and Wore u glossy high silk hat,
lie had given a bootblack - cents for
an extra shine on his large shoes. His
wide eXpansc of white shirt front
>honc in the sunshine and upon it
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-02-27

HE STOPPED TO GET 4 DRINK or WATER
what gifts hit kasc of whatll 20 along
wild hit Oh, Is Gwinc write lettah
by'n by, deed | is
Even tempered as he had been in the
midst of steadily increasing prosperity.
Jasper almost lost his head when he
was one day offered 5000 for his cor
ner lot. II was needed for business
block.
SO fast had the town grown and so
speedy and great had been the rise in
real estate that JaSpcr's lot had be
come so valuable as this in less than
three months, Fearing a possible de
slime in values, Jasper prudently sold
his lot and removed his laundry
II was then that he wrote his letter,
or, rather had II written for him.
Among his patrons was n young law
yer who had bcfricnded Jasper upon
his first arrival in the camp aud who
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-02-27
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Corner Lot
b. FRANK II. SWEET.
Copyright, 1867. 10y Frank It. Sweet.
b. FRANK II. SWEET.
Copyright, 1867. 10y Frank II. Sweet.

"E 5 done wild you. Jasper Price.
Yes. sab, Is done wild you for
good an ALL
\ woman'S voice rose. loud and
shrll, from little tumbled0wn cabin
by Georgia roadside Evidently the
person addressed had no response to
make for after Il little silence the
wOman's voice rose again.
81 jes' wants you to pack your traps
an crar out. Jasper Price, An don't
you nebber show your face heah no
mo- long ez you lib an brcave,
wants jes' zackly what I seq, an |
doan want to fin you hcah Wen
comes bacl, from De spring"
a moment later a short, solidly built
elderly black woman came from the
cabin, holding tin pail in each hand.
and hurried away toward little
spring in ravine some distance from
the house
Her face was both wrathful and
fearful and she had worn. tired look.
a Tapping old calico bonnet, dropping
about her face. added to her detected
appearance.
A few minutes after She had left the
house black man not much taller
than the woman, bat Stouter and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-02-27

''-Ai
AN CLAIR OUT ~
Slightly gray, came ont of the cabin
and walked slowly and with an evil
dent attempt at dignity down the dusty
road.
In one hand he carried small bun
die tied mp in Il faded red cotton hand
kerchief and in the other cane, curl
Ously carved of Il piece of guarled
wood. \ green cotton bag was on his
back. and within it could be seen the
outline of violin.
1t was Jasper Price who had at last
been stung to take this well deserved
rebuke from his wife in earnest.
Jasper had been born with consti-
tutionaI tendency toward slothfulness,
which his will power was quite too
weak to overcome.
His wife. on the other hand was Il
very industrious and energetic woman.
She worked early and late. providing
10y far the greater part Of the support
of their large family of children. She
had provided for her husbands wants
as well until her patience had been
quite exhausted by several weeks Of
needless idlencss on JaSper's part
There had been Il most vigorous out
pouring Of wrath. ending with this
command to "cl'ar ont for good an
allr'
But She did not suppose he would
take her at her word and 60
f,,'t Ct al,
as dat she said when she returned
10 the cabin and found that Jasper was
not there Hell be back bout supper
time. Maybe he'll lay ont ontil he
gets uncommon hungry, but he'll come
back home den, sho' 'nOugh. 'clar if
anudder bit TO eat
She had no opportunity to refuse
him food. He did not come back to
ask for it, He did not come back at
all Days, weeks and months passed
without a word of tidings of Jasper
from any quarter.
His wife, kindly mt heart, though
overworked and worried, began to re-
proach herself She discovered in her
memory traits of excellence in her
husbands character for which she had
never before given him credit
II reckon ! was too ha sh wild him."
she said He comes FIN lazy fam
bly,. His daddy befo' him was too lazy
for to draw his BRET an some t'ink
he died on dat count. | reckon Jas
pers no 'countness was bawn in i'm,
an done druy I'm way for what he
couldn't hep
She found excuses to talk about him.
He was mighty willin an 'bligin'
bout some t'ingS' she told neigh
Dor. He'd ten to de baby by de
hour. He'd alters carry home de wash
in done TO de ladies in dc town. an,
my couldn he play de fiddle beautl-
full. Oar ain nobody rOun' hcaf dat
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-02-27

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t,ot W., oot too ,,ncn W. ,,,, foo
much 10 tafrv We eat too much. and
we coddlc ourselves too much. We
have entirely lost track Of the way
our ancestors lived. Two thousand
Years ago q ease of Indigestion was I'M
known. Colds and coughs were un-
known. No one heard Of gastritiS or
catarrh There were no doctors and
no drug stores. Now how is it: This
fapdoodlc way of living has sappcd
the manhood Of the world. and the
end is not vet
and You are going to make Il
changer"
Il am have already made one. /
had a raw potato and four glasses of
water for my lunch this noon shall
eat an onion and parsnip and drink
three glasses of water for nv dinner.
1 have felt better this afternoon than
for months before. Mrs. Bowser. |
am going back five or six thousand
wars aud 1.-Two nc ot,, on.cetnrs li,.o1
But we have no tree in the back
yard for YOU TO climb into and make
your bed mt night" she protested.
r, sI.an IN tho cr.ss
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-02-27

Stop That Cold

To ehssk sahy colds or Grippe yf<A ffsvsHfa'
w4h vvss2a b aHT thsa % ID Q f@ sa4E
ysnaa WI @rs svsn deeply ssessd 81, -
takqn e@ty-as tbs n'"as stasS-thsy hrsak, q
h Rs o. sness earl liza Tnats sussS sstsG
PrsTeatiesnre little Candy Cold CufsA Ne euinr
ina no phys.c, nothing sickeninz. Nice tuS ~
ehildrenr-and thorcush1y safe to- II ~ ID
Prsveottqs. Promptneaa may also ave kA0 n
usual sIosnsss. And dont forget Iqn ala n.
there |. fsysr.ahnsss nishtot Day EGsA ri
. boxes for tbs pocSsk also In 80 koxa2 al u
Prevsntias. InslEt on your drufHifh AfRR k6