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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-09
LAND WINNER RESULTS CUPID.
Mrs. Mary Melser, First In Lottery,
Refuses Hundreds Of Suitors.

All eyes in South Dakota turn to
buxom May Melser of Kennebec, for
mer schoolma'am and ranch owner,
now in the limelight as the lucky
WOman who drew No. I in Uncle
Sans big land lottery of Trip coun-
tv homesteads. When at 9 o'clock on
the morning Of April l the prospect
i've claimholders line up to select the
quarter section they like the best,
Mrs. Melser will head the procession.
This piucky young woman, who is a
product OF the breezy prairies, already
has ''spotted' what is said to be the
best parcel Of land in the list. She
will establish residence upon her
farm Immediately. She has already
made arrangements to have it plowed
and will put it into fax.
Since she drew the lucky number
Mrs. Melses has had hundreds of of
fers of marriage. The first thing she
did was to divorce her husband on
grounds of infdelity. However, she
has not seemed impressed with any of
her numerous suitors, and as she is
~abundantly self-reliant she will run
her own ranch to suit herself.
She is thirty-two years old, has
brown eyes and light hair and is of
medium height and rather plump.
She received a good education. and
for five years taught school in Doug
las county.
There we're over 114,O 0 original ap-
plications for homesteads at this
opening. Six thousand of these names
were drawn, but many Of the last few
thousands will not attempt to prove
up on claims. It is declared there are
not more than 5000 claims Of value.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-09
SHAFT TO "FooL SOLDIERS"
Monument to immortalize Indian Res.
cuers Of White C%aptives.

Arrangements have been completed
for the dedication on June q on a
farm one mile from Mobridge, in Wal
worth county, of a granite monument
to the Fool Soldier" band OF Indians
who, in 1852, rescued two white
women and found children who had
been stolen from Lake Chetek. Mimi,
by a rowing band of Sioux Indians.
The rescue by a little band of eleven
Indians, young men who were friendly
to the whites, was heroic in the ex-
IRENE and has become part OF the his
tory Of the Indian warfare of the
Northwest.
The monument will be erected un-
der the auspices Of the Walworth
County Pioneer association and the
South Dakota State Historical society,
and Doane Robinson. secretary Of the
historical society. has consented to
deliver the address at the dedication.
The monument itself will be Of gran
lite, four feet high and a foot square,
bearing the inscription:
"Chetak Captives Rescued Here
November, 1892. by the Fool Soldier
Band"
The monument will rest upon a base
formed by two native boulders &C.
mented together.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-09
WIFE GETS
Eecreant Spouse Must Now Pay Back
to Wife Money She Loaned Him.

because the jury believed that he
borrowed nearly $4,000 from his wife
when they were living together in
Omaha, under promise of returning 1t
when be became heir to some rich e.
tateS, Mrs. Mildred O.. Cuthbertson
was given a verdict in the circuit
court at Deadwood of $4,000 against
her recreant spouse. The case was
bitterly fought. the defendant, Edward
wi. C%uthbertson, a travelling man
formerly OF Omaha, appearing in per-
sen ana denying in toto the charge of
bis wife.
The couple have been estranged for
some time. About a year ago the de-.
PENDANTS father died, leaving an es-
tate Of about $4,000. When young
Cuthbertson failed to pay the alleged
debt his wife brought suit. She
claimed that her husband had expen.
slve tastes which she gratifed with
frequent loans. One large loan he |,
said to have made to invest in sheep
in Montana, but did not follow up his
intention. The wife is now suing him
for divorce.
In another suit brought by the same
plaintiff against her motherin-lav
Mrs. Isabella Cuthbertson, she was
not SO fortunate. Plaintiff alleged that
IN 1902 defendant and her young
daughter were maintained by PLAINTIFF
at an Omaha boarding house where de-
PENDANT and her married son, Bert
Brown of Omaha, resided. Since de-
fendant shares in the Cuthbertson %.
tate, plaintiff held that defendant was
able to remunerate and the jury A.
lowed the plaintiff $50.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-09

are daily running yer practically
every railroad line In the state.
Every train passing westward from
Oacoma has from three or four to q
dozen or fifteen carloads Of immigrant
effects, to be distributed along the
new Black Hills line of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul railway. Re-
ports from the towns along the new
Black Hills line of the Chicago &
Northwestern railroad are to the
same effect.
A decidedly favorable aspect of the
influx of new settlers is that they
are without an exception experienced
farmers from older states, who come
prepared to actively engage in farm
ing. "They are not explorers, expert
mentors of SPECTATORS" remarks n
South Dakota editor, but the best and
most energetic of other statesmen
who have the foresight and penetra-
ton to see what this section has in
store for them; men who act and do
things"
Many Of the new settlers are locat-
ing upon virgin prairie, which they
will break" and this season for the
first time devote to the raising Of
crops. Owing to the great influx OF
new settlers, in numerous counties
power plows will be put at work
breaking" and the breaking Of from
5000 to 10000 acres Of land in a sim
gle county will be nothing uncommon.
Last year South Dakota broke all
previous records by producing new
wealth to the value of more than
$1S5, 600, 000, and for the tenth sue
cessive year occupied the proud posi-
ton OF producing more new wealth
pei capita than any other state in the
Union. With the coming of the thou
sands Of new settlers and the adding
of tens Of thousands Of acres to the
crop acreage of the state there is lit
tie doubt that South Dakota will this
year produce more new wealth than
during any former season in the his
tory Of the state.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-09

help me eat it. 1t tastes better that
way"
"Out OF the mouths Of babes and
sucklings cometh wisdom"
And the ice cream! All lone up in
packages in tissue paper! And such
generous slices! Why, you cannot get
such a big slice in an ice cream store,
really. What larks! What larks,
There never, W. was such an after
noon on tho East side!
And when the ice cream was all
eaten and the plates were scraped
clean, came the distribution of the
presents to those who had kept their
lilies for the year. Standing on a
raised platform. in full bloom, we're
some lilies, all representing the
beauty and the CORY of the Christ.
The majority Of the lilies we're pure
white. These were more f%reouent.
because they are cultivated more ex.
tenslvely for decorative purposes on
Easter. There was one gorgeous
specimen of the lily. This was a verv
rare specimen in New York. It was
imported from New South Wales by
a wealthy member Of the Little Moth
ers' Aid society. 1t stood in 3 not
three feet across the top, and was or
namented by clusters of large Grim
son flowers. 1t was a splendid beauty.
There were specimens of the Turk
Cap lily in full bloom, the flowers 70.
sembling a turban. There were the
orange lily, the Southern red lily, the
t~iger-spotted lily. The sight of these
beautiful blooms stimulated the i'm.
agination Of the spectators, but thew
were too expensive to be given to the
children.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-09
JUDGE DEFENps FENCE CASE.
Railroads Not Bound to Build Along
Right Of Way In South Dakota.

"'S'e VI way W 0outu OdNoAa.
In tbs Pennington county circuit
court at Rapid City Judge Levi Nc
Gee rendered a decision on the rail.
road fence question which is of inter,
est all owe the state, and especially
in the newspaper sections on the west
side of the river. The substance of
the ruling is that a railroad company
is not bound to fence its right of way,
except where a land owner has three
sides of his land already fenced, and
in cases where the right of way is not
fenced the railroad company is not
liable for damages for stock killed.
The case at issue was that of
Frank Hart, who sought to recover
$3.50 for the killing Of a horse near
the town Of Scenic. This was a test
suit, for there are thousands of dol
lars of claims for similar damages
against the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul Railway company and the Pierre,
way L ~ ANol way
company in Western South Dakota.
Judge McGee held that the double
damage law passed by the 1907 legis-
lature was not applicable in cases of
this kind, and Is probably u%nconstitu-
tional and void. He held that the
prior fence law is still the law in this
state, and that railroad companies
cannot be compelled to fence their
right of way only after sixty days no
tice has been given by the land own
err, that three sides Of his land is al
ready fenced.
The case has still another bearing
in Pennington county, where an open
range still exists, for if the railroad
companies were to fence their right
OF way the cattle range would be di-
vided.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-09
And she withered like a flower
That is waiting for the rain"

ana n Wlthered like a hOWer
That is waiting for the rain"
The Blue Alsatian Mountains.
Mary Ellen Ryan lives in Woes
Square Mile. 1t is so called because
America. 1t is located between Four
teenth street and Chatham square,
Division street, Clinton street and
Avenue B. In the district there is a
population of more than. 100000 per-
ons 1t possesses the largest Hebrew
settlement in the United States.
There are three ace prominently rep
resented in the district-the Irish,
German and Hebrew, the latter being
largely in the ascendancy. In the dis
trict $500 evictions for non-payment
Of rent occur every year.
Mary Ellen is known locally as a
little mother,' because she takes care
Of her little brother. She is a bunch
back. Mary's mother is a widow. Her
father was killed in a big tunnel under
the East river by a disease called the
bends" This he contracted in a Gals
NJ Va LIN DNh vi IHc liver NY lfle
compressed air which forced all the
air from his body through the pores
Of the skin. Since his death Mary
Ellen has ministered to her little
brother Bobby while her mother
washed for her more prosperous neigh
bors. Mary is eight years old.
Their is a beneficent society in
Woes Square Mile called the Little
Mothers Aid society, which was Or
gained to aid little mothers who are
forced to carry their little brothers
and sisters around on their ~infantile
hips. The society is formed of tender
and compassionate ONE to whom
rate has given more money than they
actually need for personal adornment.
Every year this society gives a flower
festival 10 the little mothers, during
winch Towers are distributed and ice
cream is given away. Recently this
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-09
THE SPELL OF EASTER.
All the avenue aglow.

All the avenue aglow,
Chimes in every steeple.
Pretty girls in swarms to show
Bonnets to the people;
Bells above and bells below.
Music in their voices,
This is Easter morn, and so
All tho earth rejoices!
Once again H%ypathia's dress
Shows a bit of color.
And a careless golden tress
Makes the sunshine duller:
Forty days her loneliness
Has been halfway hidden:
When I begged a smile to bless
Met was forbidden.
Now the lenten season done
End the days of sadness:
Comes Hypathia with her fun
Touching all with gladness-
Papa's purse she does not shun-
Take my word upon it
Presto!-see the dollars run,
That's Hypathia's bonnet,
Felix Carmen in Life.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-09

festival was held in Webster hall. in
West Eleventh street. and 700 little
mothers attended the function. The
society offered a prize to every little
mother who would keep her festal
lily alive until the next Easter.
What a notable gathering that was!
Seven hundred babies, from foul to
twelve years old. gathered from the
tour of the earth! Little bios
SONS from Sicily, swart cherubs from
the Syrian quarter, dark-haired tod
dlers from Ireland, chubby babies from
Germany, and ~starry-eyed little Jew
esses. volatile and impulsive!
What larks!" as Tiny Tim once
said. The afternoon was literally
allied with music, and the cares that
infest the day were banished into the
East river. There was a chorus OF
fifty babies who sang in excellent time
a little tune called Ginning Bells"
and as they sang they rang tiny bells
like miniature echoes of a great SYM
phony. Then a small expatriate from
Syria sang a solo. a very small solo,
written by Mr.. Bliss, who was killed
In the Ashtabula disaster, called II
Should Like to Die The baby,
dressed in white. sang in her childish
treble like a seraph at heavens high
gate:
Il should like to die" said Willie,
eff my papa could die. too,
But | know he isn't ready,
Cause he has SO much to do,
And III have to tell the angel,
> When | meet him at the door,
That he must excuse my papa
Cause he couldn't leave the store.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-09
. New York Easter Story


Mamma told me, l remember,
Once, while sitting on her knee,
That the angels never weary,
Watching over her and me,
And that if we're good
And sister told me just the same be-
They will let us into heaven,
When they see US at the door,
And when the song was finished
Miss Amaryllis Hope, whose def fin
gers played the accompaniment, jump
ed up from the piano stool and seized
the small alien and kissed her rap
plauding as big children do at the op-
era. All except Mrs. Jonathan Will
Jams, an elderly woman whose hus-
band is the proprietor of a big dry
goods store. She sat with her elbows
on her knees, her tiny piece of en-
b~roidery called a handkerchief crush
ed into a wad in her hands, and one
big tear coursing down her cheek into
her mouth, and the taste of the tear
was very. very bitter. like aloes. Her
husband was a very busy man.
One little daughter of a Nihilist
from Russia, commenting on the kiss,
said:
Il thought that God was dead, but
he surely must be alive today"
Then came the distribution of the
cake and ice ear Great big, gener-
Gus slices Of cake, covered with frost
ing. were served by the members of
the society. Women from every grade
of society, women in silk and women
in Bingham, m whose husbands
are millionaires, and those who are
doubtful where their next meal Vas
coming from, women who are surfoit-
ed with cake and those whose mouths
Watered at the sight of it. And many
a slice of cake was hidden in a hand
kerchief by a little mother. who said:
I'm savin' mine SO N can
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-09
Rush forLands in Full Swing
Spring Brings Its Annual Offering of Thousands
of New Settlers for Fertile Land
of South Dakota.

Not since the early days Of settle
ment has the influx of new settlers to
South Dakota been so great as at
present and during the past few
weeks. Predictions that South Dakota
will this year add anywhere from 20
600 to 10000 new settlers to it's popu-
lation promise to be fully borne out.
The new settlers for several weeks
have been pouring into the state in
a steadily increasing stream. They
come from all the states of the west
and middle west. Several thousand
are arriving in the "south-central por-
ton Of the state alone, being those
who were fortunate enough to draw
homesteads in Trip county at the
gigantic movement land drawing last
fall, and who in the near future will
be permitted to make entries on the
land which they drew. With these
Trip county homesteaders are many
hundreds of other new settlers, who
are locating upon hat portion of
Gregory county which formerly was
embraced in the Rosebud Indian res
.ervation.
So great is the influx of new set
tiers to that end other portions of
the state that special trains are re.
CURED to carry the newcomers and
their effects. A newspaper at Alpena
reports that from eighty to one hun
dred carloads of emigrant goods have
passed through that place each day
for several weeks past, bound for diff
terent points in the Dakotas. Numer-
GUS towns in the older portion of the
state east Of the Missouri river report
that their localities are receiving their
full share Of the newcomers arrivals
or from five Or six to eight and ten
carloads per day being nothing un-
common. Extra freight trains made
up of the effects of the new settlers
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-09
LAND FOR HOMESTEADERs.
Three Million Acres to Be Thrown
open Next Fall West Of Mission
River

River.
Not since that day when the saga
cious William Penn bought Pennsyl-
van1a from his req friends has there
been a deal made which was quite
so satisfactory to the Indians a. that
whereby the white man will be given
possession Of the magnificent stretch
Of territory now included in the
Cheyenne River and Standing Rcck
reservations, which is to be opened to
settlement during the coming fall.
The Sioux who do tie froightins for
the cattlcmen to the west of lie Beau
are not only reconcilcd to the deal
they made with Maj. Mclaughlin for
ceding their land to the government,
but they feel assured that they have
laid the foundation for their fortunes.
A generation back they were fight
ing with scalping knives to keep the
whites out of their country. They
held to the reserve just across the
river from lie Beau with a tenacity
that demonstrated their love of the
soil. For a hundred years these Teton
Sioux had held this country as their
choicest hunting ground: the land of
their fathers and favorite pasture of
their buffalo, they chung to long after
they had left the way open into the
Black Hills and the great hunting
grounds on the Republican river in
the Big Horn country.
Now they are a tribe Of traders and
farmers; their young men do the
freighting for the cattlsmen and ride
the ranges for them. There are scores
Of men just past middle age who have
rich farms west OF the river who,
thirty odd years ago, were among
the dercest Of the followers of Sitting
Bull when he made his last stand On
the Little Big Horn md destroyed
Custer and bis They regard the
coming Of the white man to settle on
the 5000, 900 acres they have ceded as
the n thing necessary to give their
own holdings substantial value, and
they have held many pow-wows dur
ing the winter in which they discussed
means Of making the opening of the
reservation profitable to themselves.
This land to be opened next fall will
attract a greater %oncourse of people
has ever been seen at a like
event. The immense territory to be
opened, and its fertility, has already
prospective settlers to the
extent of bringing a lot Of people to
this point. OF course, no one will be
allowed on the reservation until 1t is
formally opened; but there has been
a good deal of spying on the promised
land this winter.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-09
VETERAN EDUCATOR DEAD.

Dr. Lewis McLouth, former presi.
dent OF the state college of Brookinee
died at his home at New Britain.
Conn., last week, aged s~eventy-three
years. DR.. McLouth had been in faeh,A
health Tor several years, due to "A.
vancing years, aud the end was nat
unexpected. He was in Brookinss
last June, accompanied by Mrs. ~.
Loutn, to attend the twenty.nfth ~.
niversary celebration Of the founAs~-,
of the State college. -
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-09

E. j. Ellis of Clark has just market
ed the crop of barley which he raised
last season, and finds that it gave him
an average Of $3.50 an acre, consider
ably more than double what he paid
for his land only a few years ago.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-09

Col. William F. Cody, otherwise
known to fame as Buffalo Ri,l has
PAID MS annual visit to Deadwood.
TINS time the veteran plainsman i'm
parted a genuine surprise when it was
learned that he has joined the ranks
Of the teetotalers.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-09

Thirty-six of the county auditors
of the state are at Pierre in attend
ance at the state meeting. Real es-
tate valuations were considered and a
committee Of seven was appointed to
fix a list Of valuations for the differ.
ent counties, with indications Of a
general increase.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-09
His Argument.

The college man wrote home to
father.
Dad" he said, II can't get along
with that two-passenger runabout n
longer ] must have a touring car.
You see. dad, every time take one of
the professors for a ride at least five
other professors are as mac as blazes
over it. You never saw such a zeal.
Gus lot of fellows. want a ~six-seated
Whooper OF the 1909 model, dad"
He got it.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-09
WATERWoRks AND SCHOOLS.

New Town Of kadoka, Near the Hills,
Plans for Utilities.
The opening Of spring finds many
plans for improvement we'll under
way at Kadoka. The question of the
issuance Of waterworks bonds having
been carried at the recent election.
the town council is having plans and
specifications prepared for a complete
municipal waterworks system. The
contract for the erection Of a two
story four.room steam-heated school
house will be let on April IA.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-09

While taking straw from a stack in
a field on the F. II. Manard farm
near Burbank, r. j. Washington, a
hired man, uncovered the body of a
man about thirty years old. No clue
to his identity has been secured.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-09
A Scheme.

But, DOCTOR" asked the young prac-
i'loner, why do you always order
champagne for every new patient that
70 you?"
my boy" replied the wise
oid medica man, Il can judge by
what he says whether or not he can
al1ord 1t. That helps when | come to
make GU my bill"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-09

Inc increase Is accounted for by
two reasons, one the increase in pop
ulation and the other that the law il
being better observed in reporting
deaths to the department. The ne.
ures do not show any material IN.
crease In the spread Of tuberculosis.
but they do not contain figures from
the Indian reservations, only the
deaths in organized counties
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-09
Cost Him a PENNY.
Eva-And YOU refused him. w

Eva-And you refused him? Why?
Edna-He was too economical.
Eva But l though O said the
young man you accepted would have
to be economical?
Edna-But he was too much SO. He
actually proposed ON a postal card.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-09
In the Wee Sma' Hours.

hrlcker-What do you think OF the
night riders?
stella-I prefer them to night sit.
tiers.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-09

Many a man forgets what he ought
TO kho" and knows what he ought
10 forget.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-09
SOUTH DAKOTA DEATH RATE.

10 Given Out by the state Census o.
vision for the Year 1908.
The state census division has 1ust
issued a bulletin Of death statistics
for the state for the year Of 1908, with
comparisons for the two previous
years. The following table gives some
of the data of the bulletin.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-08-28

Mr.. j. A. Wixom, editer and
manager of the Garland Globe
made JUS a short friendly call
last Saturday. Mr.. Wixom takes
life easier since he moved into
his large new office, and has his
new Campbell press in running
order. He now contemplates
purchasing a Linotype and GER
tain other essentials of a first
class country newspaper office.
We understand that MI Wixom's
industrious and never quite son
will operate this machine-Utah
Independent.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-08-28
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