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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-23
CROP OF RAILWAY RUMORS
Usual Spring Talk Is Heard in Railway Centers
Likely to Wait on Anti-Railway Legislation.

& Northwestern. which proposes 10
build from wildwood to the Belle
Fourche irrigation country northeast
! of Whitewood, and is incorporated by
Whitewood business men.
The promoters Of the Veblen q
Northwestern line have amended their
articles of Incorporation. The first
proposed line was from Veblen to
Hankinson, on the Great Northern
road in North Dakota, but the amend
ment to change the line to
| run from Veblen to a point on the
Milwaukee near White Rock.
The people along the line between
Huron and Chamberlain are DESTROYS
of securing the construction of an eX-
tension Of the Great Northern from
Huron to the river town. A delegation
of business men from the two towns,
and from points between visited J. j.
Hill in ST. Paul, but did not receive
much encouragement. He agreed to
consider their project when the Great
Northern again does any building in
the state, but said he wanted 20 know
how much further anti-railway legis-
lation is going to be cerried in the
state before he would take any action
on South Dakota lines.
The people of Buffalo and southern
Hand and Hyde counties are at work
attempting to secure pledges from
land owners in that part of the state
to pay a certain cash bonus for an
extension of the Milwaukee Messing
ton Springs extension to Pierre. It is
entirely a farmer move and whether
the railroad would consiier any propo-
sition from them is a question.
Another farmer proposition is a line
from Sioux City to Centerville. Such
a line would be through the oldest
settled portion of the state, and is be-
ing pushed by farmers of Clay and
Union counties. 1t would give Sioux
City better connection with the south.
eastern part of the state and cut off
a good many miles in getting to that
city. At a recent meeting at Alsen, it
was stated by some of the boosters
OF the project that the capital was
ready to be put into 1t as soon as a
right of way was secured.
The South Dakota Central is report
ed TO be ~disposing of its grading out.
fits, and evidently intends to let IN on
construction for a time at least. That
line is considering the putting on of a
gasoline motor car to run in and ont
or WATERFOWL. to stop at cross road
points and allow farmers to get into
the city to do business. The car TO
run into WATERFOWL each morning
from as far south as Wentworth and
back in the afternoon.
WORK is to be resumed at once on
the trolley line from Bookings to
Sioux Falls, down the Sioux val
ley. A. H. Wheaton, now that he is
no longer food commissioner, is said
to be at the head of the project, and
will devote his attention to the work.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-23
A PECULIAR ACCIDENT,

Section Of Board Caught Under Mail
Wagon, Upsetting It and Throwing
the Rural Driver.
Chris Hanson, carrier on a rural
mail delivery route running out of
WakoEta, was the victim of a peculiar
accident. While driving along the road
with his mail wagon, he drove over
a heavy section of a board which
struck the ground s%lantingly, the up-
per end catching under the mail wag-
on in such a way as to tip over the
vehicle, throwing the horse upon it's
side and throwing Hanson and the
mai sacks violently to the ground,
Hanson was badly shaken up, and for
a time thought he had been injured
internally. While he was attemntine
to right the mail wagon, the horse
struggled to its feet and being great
ly frigh' ened by the mishap, dashed
madly away. completing the wrecking
OF the harness and vehicle. Notwith-
standing the ;nimars fright, force of
iahit was SO strong with it that upon
rec ching the next mail box It came to
a standstill and awaited the arrival
of Hanson.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-23

This experiment station has con,
Quoted spraying trials for the last five
years in the leading potato growing
counties in the state to determine,
first, whether early potato blight Cal,
ternaria Solani) can be controlled by
the application of Bordeaux mixture,
and, secondly, to determine whether
spraying should be recommended to
the potato grower as a profitable in,
vestment and insurance against
blight.
The term early blight" Is mislead.
ing, due to the fact that the disease
does not usually do serious damage
until after August Is. 1t must also
be noted that the early blight upon
potatoes does not rot the tubers. This
injury is generally caused by some
other organism. The early blight
found is confined entirely to the vines
and reduces the yield by causing an
excessive percentage of culls and
small potatoes at harvest. The last
three weeks growth Of the vine is
the important time in the formation
of tubers. BY infesting the vines at
this time, the disease shortens the
growing period about two weeks,
causing the large percentage Of small
potatoes.
If these affected leaves are ex-
amined with a high power magnify
ing glass it will be discovered that
the tissues Or cells of the leaf are
permeated with little threads or
strands of the fungus, which act like
roots in absorbing the food supply Of
the leaf. If the leaf is thoroughly
torn apart, very often at the ends Of
the little short threads will be found
minute club-shaped bodies called
spores, which serve a similar purpose
as do the seeds to the higher plants.
(See Fig. q This little fungus plant
grows and develops similar to the
way of the potato on which it feeds,
The little threadlike plants are
wholly imnerceptible to the naked
eye. The black spots visible on the
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-23
TRIP ORGANIZATION.
Settlers Petition to Have Il Develop
ed-Are Too Late.

e0-Are 100 Late.
After the required legal petitions
had been filed with Gov. Vessey, and
he had, under the provisions Of the
law in such cases, fixed the date of
election for organization of Trip
county at June first, he received a tele-
gram from a "HOmesteaders associa-
ton" at Dallas, asking that action be
delayed until November first, to give
them time to acquire legal residence
and take a part in the organization.
Their request came too late for con-
s%ideration. as the proclamation fixing
the date had already been sen out,
but even if it had come earlier it
could not have had much effect, as
the law provides that action be taken
when a sufficient petition has been
filed, and two different petitioners,
either with the required number Of
names, had been filed asking for &C.
ton on organization, and the procla-
nation followed, as required by law.
While this may shut some of the new
settlers out of an opportunity to Sc
cure offices, it is one of the unavoid-
able results of the law as it now
stands.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-23
WILL TEST DEMURRAGE LAW.
State Association Of Farmers EIe-
vators Brings an Action in South
Dakota.

Dakota.
The state association of farmers
elevators has retained the law firm of
kean & Lawson to represent it in an
action in Lincoln county against the
Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad, to test
the validity of the reciprocal demur-
rage law passed by the legislature of
1907,
The farmers elevator companies, it
is understood, have a bill for collec.
ton if the court approve the law. 1t
provides that shippers may have for
ty-Cisht hours to load and twenty-four
hours TO unload cars and for all time
over must pay 81 a day.
Tie railroad companies are required
to furnish cars to be loaded within
sevCnty-twO hours, must start loaded
cars toward destination within TWEEN
ty-folr hours, and must forward cars,
loaded or %unloaded, received by a con
Meeting line. within the sam. time, or
pay a penalty of 81 a day for all ex-
cess time.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-23
"MOTHERs' DAY" PROCLAIMED,
Governor Of South Dakota Fixes Date
for State Observance.

Tor state Observance.
In a proclamation which has been
issued by the governor he fixes a late
for Mothers day. in the state, as
follows:
"Recognizing the importance of the
home as the fOuntainhead Of society,
and realizing that no craftsmanship or
legislation can ave us If our homes
become abodes Of ignorance and
degradation, I, r. S. Wesley, governor
of the state of South Dakota, hereby
set apart and designate the second
Sabbath in our National memorial
month Of May, as Mothers Day. in
grateful and loving remembrance of
h one who, in our infancy, watched
over us with tenderest care, in our
youth gently guided us to higher
ideals. the counsel Of our maturer
years.
"The fitness Of the observance Of
this day appeals to all social, fra.
ternal, civil, military and religious Or
CARNATIONS alike; to him who has
missed life's browning JOY, the tender
mln1strations of a mothers love, no
less than to the one who has derived
the clements of a noble character
from the maternal care bestowed in
childhood. Probably never before was
a movement inaugurated which in
such a short time attained national
recognition.
Official, professional and business
classes are all asked to join in the
observance of this day, and | further
recommend that the churches observe
the day by special addresses in honor
OF Our Mothers and by the wearing
and distribution of the white flower
symbolizing purity, beauty and frag-
rance-the attributes Of a true moth
er; also that an especial effort be
made to enable the aged and shut
ms to attend these services.
"R. S. Wesley,
Governor"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-23

tunnels Jointly, working n end OF
the first while the waste is being re-
moved from tho near end of the other,
thus ~economizing on both time and
labor.
BY, carrying the water the six miles
to the plant, through pressure pipes,
the company a water fall OF
700 feet and a minimum loss in trans
mission.
More. Power for Stamp Mills.
The company already has a 500
horsepower electric plant at Engle-
wood. which will be continued in OPP
GRAFTON in addition to the new one
which is built, chilly for the mills
and shops in Lead. The mills are
now dropping LOO stamps daily,
which require two and one-half horse
power to the stamp. The mines are
now furnished power by the 1000
horsepower compressor at the Ellison,
together with the compressor at the
Golden Prospect and the B. & NJ.
The whole work will be in direct
charge of Richard Blackstone, the
chief engineer, under the supervision
of Supt. r. J.. Grier.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-23

A Modern and Desirable Type Of Po-
tato Spraying Machine in Operation.
will Spray 20 to 80 Acres Per Day.
Extra NozzIes Can Be Attached II
Desired-This Machine Is Equipped
with a Pump, Pressure Tank and
Safety Valve.
living dormant upon the vines for
some time. 1t has been observed re-
peatedly that those growers who are
successful in spraying are men who
have taken the pains to study into
the simple facts just mentioned upon
the development of this disease. The
principle involved then in successful
potato spraying is as follows:
During TIE rapid development Of
the disease, the mass of ~thread-like
mycelium is growing very rapidly in
and upon the leaf. The minute spore-
like bodies (see Fig. q are being pro-
duced on the surface of the black
spots already noted. These spores,
when they light on the leaf, terminate
and grow, causing another black spot
where the cells of the leaf are de-
stroved. During favorable weather
conditions, and very often when the
vines are weakened by injury, this
multiplication of the fungus progress
es at an inconceivably rapid rate, and
is wholly ~imperceptible to the naked
eye. When the Bordeaux mixture, or
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-23

upon late potatoes usually comes be-
tween the dates of August Is and
September 20. Therefore, it is <aces-
sary to guard against the claims of
some men that special dust machines,
which are adaptable to applying poi
sons, may also be used in combina-
ton with dust sprays for the blight.
However, the same machine some
times can be used for both purposes.
The station has had excellent results
from combining the %arsenates used
against the beetles with a weak Bor-
deaux mixture. When this combina-
ton is put on early in the season, care
should be taken to keep the pressure
down SO that the material is not
wasted. The weak Bordeaux mixture
used prevents any injuries which
might result from some mistake in
mixing the arsenic compounds. In
midsummer the Bordeaux mixture
would also have some fuhgicidal value.
The station has applied with success
the different poisons in combination
with lime water, which also prevents
injuries from free acid in the poison.
It must be remembered that to sue
cessfuly control the beetles, the poi.
% must be applied Immediately or
soon after the eggs hatch. For this
reason, when potatoes are raised on q
large scale, it is necessary to have
machinery which covers a wide area
in a days time. Weak Bordeaux mix
ture is made by combining four
pounds Of copper sulphate with eight
pounds of lime to 100 gallons of water
containing the poison. This weak
Bordeaux mixture should be made In
the same manner as the standard Bor-
deaux mixture.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-23

The usual spring crop of railway
rumors for the state are flying about,
and whether any Of them will take
definite form remains for the future
to tell. Most of the officials. major
and minor, of the different railway
operating in the state are taking the
position that there will be but little
if any railway construction in South
Dakota until they know just how much
further the ~anti-railway legislation
which has prevailed in the last two
sessions is to be carried. In this they
may be running a bluff, and may mean
what they say. At any rate, up to the
present there is but little on which
to base actual roalroad rumors
So far as west of the Missouri river
is concerned, it is claimed, on what Is
considered good authority, that the
Milwaukee will construct a line from
their coast extension dow into the
heart of the section of the state which
IS to be opened to settlement Of the
Standing Rock and Cheyenne River In
dian reservations the latter part of
tllS veal, "llA q tCil1Sidi III Nv \ L
ity of Thunder Butte, the line to ex-
tend from Lennon, or some point
further east.
The Northwestern last winter kept
a surveying crew out most of the win
ter running a line from their Black
Hills extension up into the same sec
ton of the country. Since the sur
vey was completed nothing further
has been heard Of the project, and the
local officials Of the road say there
will not be for a year or more, so far
as they have any knowledge in regard
to 1t. That the legislative action last
winter stopped any further move in
that direction.
Another project which is being dis
cussed is the laying of track on the
grade between Pierre and Aberdeen.
This rumor floats practically every
year, and this time it is the Mime
apolis & st. Louis road which is to
take up the work. Aberdeen people
appear to feel confident that the work
is to be done by that company, and
this veal yet. The grade is owned
by Pierre. and the men who have
it in charge, while not giving out any
definite information, take the position
that it will be an operating road with
in a short time. The grade is open as
a donation to the railroad system
which will makes an operating line Of
1t and the people of Pierre will
have no objections to it's being used by
any system which will put a new line
ir'N the city.
while the existing lines of road do
not appear to be showing any direct
intention of construction in the state
this year, a number of moves by local
business men and farmers are under
way to attempt to induce action. One
of these Is a new company in the
Black Hills, known as the Black Hills
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-23
STOCK BOARD ORGANIZES.
Stewart Of Euffalo Gap, S. D., Chosen
Observation-Disclosures ADOPTED.


The last legislature provided for a
state live stock sanitary board to look
af Ter live stock regulations in the
state. Tie first meeting for the Jul
pose of organization has been held,
and Frank Stewart Of Buffalo Gap was
selected president, and Frank Cook
Of Belle Fourche, secretary. Besides
the members of the board, James Will
son of the ayr tcultural college, and
DR.. J. P. Foster of the bureau of ami
NAL industry, were present.
The board adopted several regula-
tons, which will be printed in PAM
phlet form and distributed among
stock men
Gov. Vessey has appointed as the
board of examiners under the new vet
Urinary law Of the last session: ]. A.
Graham, Sioux Falls; ]. c. Trotter,
Beresford; ]. P. Foster, Huron; E, l.,
Moore, Brookings; C. Mcdonnell, Wa
tertown.
The Black Hawk Medicine
changed hands, the purchaser be-
ing Frad Villas of Bookings.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-23
DAILY PRESS FOR $500.

The Sioux Falls Press is out with a
great subscription offer hat is GOING
TO be one of the biggest things that has
ever come to that popular paper. On
MAY 22nd, 1909, and on that day Only.
any II who will send s. will receive
The Press for a year. The conditions
are that if an old subscriber he must
pay up all a~rrearages and that the let
ter enclosing the $500 must show that
1t was mailed on May %, for if it
should be mailed a day later it wi | be
returned to the sender. lhe $2.CO
rate is for but II day, and will never
be repeated.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-23

Disking Land.-Few men realize the
great advantage to be secured in disk
ing land before breaking for ccrn.
Where corn is to follow rorn q
weighted disk harrow can be used, not
only for a stalk cutter, but for a pull
verizer of the surface and the saving
of the humus of the corn stalk, which
is lost where they are burned, to-
gether with the greater ease with
which the land can be broken make
such a method of handling very desir-
able. One Of the greatest benefits.
however, ONE from the much better
connection that is made between the
bottom of the furrow and the turned
soil where the layer that is turned
under is pulverized instead Of hard
and cloddyu as is too often the case
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-23
GIGANTIC POWER PLANT
FOR HOMESTAKE MINES
Million Dollar Project Is Launched in Black Hills
Five Miles of Conduit to Be Constructed.

The Homestead Mining company,
the mainstay Of the northern Black
Hills, has just commenced another
mammoth undertaking that will in
volve the expenditure of over 81, OOO,-
900, and will require at least a year
and a half under propitious circum-
stances to complete.
The new undertaking, on which the
actual constructive work will start in
thirty days il the weather proves ca
sonable, is the building of an electric
power plant on Spearfish Creek, at a
point about seven miles from Lead.
This plant will have a maximum ca.
pacity of 1000 horsepower, which is
to be utilized in the big mills of the
company in that city, in the mines
and at any other point where it may
be needed. The company estimates
that it will require the services Of
200 men in carrying out this project.
Immense Conduit Projected.
This is the second largest undertake
Ing that the company has had from a
single piece standpoint, and its details
are just made public. One of the prin-
cipal parts will be the building of an
intake some FIVE miles below the plant,
connected by a conduit, the result be-
ing to leave the creek bed dry for that
distance. For several months past the
legal department of the company has
been engaged in securing the rights
and necessary steps in the project,
while men have been stationed all
winter on the creek, securing data as
to the flow and movements of the
stream. temperature, etc.
The conduit will consist of eight
tunnels varying from 1000 to 1000
feet in length. In their construction
five horsepower electric drills will be
used, the drills to be operated in two
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-23

fungus are only the evidence of de-
stroyed tissue, resulting from the
breaking down of the plant cells by
the parasitic fungus plant. The fungus
plant on the potato vine is as de-
pendent upon weather conditions and
food supply for development as is the
potato vine upon which it feeds and
lives.
1t will now be understood why some
potato growers associate the rapid de-
velopment of this disease with the re-
currence of certain weather condi-
tons. The weather Is made the cause
of the disease, although no account
fungus plant which may have been
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-23
S1s 1885 In 8. D. STATE FUND.
Treasury Report for March Shows
Good Volume Of Business.

Good Volume OF Business.
The report of condition of the state
treasury for April shows in the gen.
eral fund $1S5,636. Out Of this and
other revenues, a call will be made
between now and the middle Of the
month for 5000, 900 of general fund
warrants. which call will practically
wipe out the warrants issued for legiS-
lative expenses. The collections on
the March call Of state taxes were
better than the average, A per cent
of the total state taxes extended for
the year coming in on that call, which
shows that the people of the state
are paying their taxes early this year.
The state treasury has been doing a
good volume of business for the month
of March, the total receipts exceed
ing 81, 25O, 900, of which $791,32S was
paid into the various funds through
YAK collections and fees. The pay
AGENTS through the department for the
v.onth were $496,O5O of general fund
warrants, $25O,OOO of old revenue
warrants called in, and SIS, 900 of in
terest on these securities.
A year ago the quarter of a million
issue of revenue warrants were taken
to Chicago and sold on the market
at a five per CEN interest rate. The
year by sending out letters asking for
bids, twice the amount was f1oated
in state banks at n and on e-fourth
per cent lower rate.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-23
%" MISSING.
Claim Drawing or the Rosebud Re-
veals a Domestic Tragedy.

Number 90 called the filing clerk
in the government lard Office at Greg
DRY, where the claims on the Rosebud
reservation are being awarded to the
lucky persons who drew good numbers
in the land lottery last fall. There
was no response.
Back of this incident lies a little
tragedy. w. H. Krebs of Omaha, who
held this number, died soon after the
drawing last October. His widow was
given permission to file for the land,
which is estimated to be worth not
less than $4,000. She fully expected to
do so, but last week her baby lay at
the point of death. She could not
attend the drawing and so lost her
chance.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-23
SPRAYING POTATOES
FOR BLIGHT AND BUGS
Mixture for the Former and Poison for the Latter
BY E. p. Sandsten, Horticultura1ist, Wis
consin Agricultural College.

other %fungicide is applied to the leaf,
these little spores and myceliae
threads cannot develop on the leaf.
The copper in Bordeaux mixture acts
as poison upon the fungus plant. For
this reason Bordeaux mixture must
be applied at certain times and must,
as a rule, be. used for diseases like
potato blight which infest and grow
for a time upon the surface Of the
leaf. After the disease gains general
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-23

The Plankington city council has
sum of $4,000 which were authorized
to be issued for the purpose of con
structing a sewerage system. The
work of constructing the system will
be commenced at once.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-23

Although Jim Tomlinson is. a deaf
mute, he is able, in the role of holdup
man, to convince his victim that the
latter's valuables are wanted, accord
ing to Harry E. Sweet, a painter, who
charges that Bert Malone and Tom
linson waylaid him at Vermiliion ana
took 50 from him. Tomlinson, it is
alleged, had Sweets pocketbook and
his keys when arrested.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-23

A Jury In the United States district
court at Cincinnati brought in a YER
dict for the government in it's suits
against w. H. Corbin & Co., whisky
dealers OF that city, charged with
adding spirits to whisky in barrels
after they had been stamped by reve-
nue. officers.