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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-11-12


Mrs. Bertha Shone, Of Velva,
N. D., is visiting friends at the
old home here IN Milbank this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bentley of
Big Stone, we're guests of Mrs.
Bentleys S parents, Mr.. aud Mrs.
Paddock last Sunday.
Mrs. Charles Williams and
little son went up to Marvin last
Saturday to spend Sunday with
Grandpa Williams.
Mrs. j. Chapman of North
Mejrose was a Milbank visitor
Monday and attended the Eastern
Star Chapter in the evening.
John Lilliskov, the P. O. lobby
man made a flying trip to Madi
son Saturday and returned on
Monday.
Miss Martha Meyers, who
had been making a visit to her
friends at Milbank returned to
Minneapolis Tuesday morning.
Miss Hazel Hocum, of Mime
apolis, who had been for several
weeks visiting friends IN this
vicinity and west OF here return
ed home last Monday.
Mrs. F. A. Carley left Tuesday
for California, where she intends
to spend the winter. She will
be joined by Mr.. Carley later in
the season.
A private letter from Mr.. and
Mrs. J. G. Reeve, who are now
living at Bellingham, Wash,
states that they intend to re.
turn to Milbank sometime be-
fore spring.
Arnold Jurgens of Big Stone
township returned last week
from a visit of several weeks to
the old home at Green Bay, Wis.
His son Henry was with him and
was operated upon for appendi.
citis, and expects to come home
next week.
The fine residence of Mr.. G..
A. Wood in the southeast part
of town was purchased by G.. w.
Martens this week. Mr.. Wood
goes to his home IN California in
a short time, and MIR. Martens
family will then move into their
new home.
Mrs. Howell and Mrs. B. D.
Gam BILE mother and sister OF
Mrs. T. L. Fuller returned to
their home at Frederick the first
of the week. They expect to go
to Chicago in q few weeks to re.
main for the winter, where they
have daughter and sister at.
tending the conservatory OF
music in that city,
Prof. Purdy returned last week
from the annual meeting of the
state educational association at
Lead, and reports an interesting
and profitable gathering, marred
only by the two fatal accidents
that happened to mem bers OF
the association, one of the visitors
to the Homestake mine, a mem.
ber of the staff of the South Oak.
ota Educator, having been acci.
IDENTIFY killed while inspecting
the mine. A young lady teacher,
Miss Edith Logan, was killed by
railroad accident while sight.
seeing in the mountains, beng
thrown from the baggage car in
which she was riding.
The famous Swedish dialect success,
''Ole Olson" which is under lined to
appear at the Opera House Nov. l7th
furnishes q quaint picture of the
developement of the awkward and
untutored immigrant lad into the
shrewd, honest and helpful Swedish
American of the northwest. The story
of this pleasing play is q combination
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-11-12
DIED..

Word was received Monday
evening of the death by con-
sumption of James Rourk at
his home at Nassau on the 9Th
inst.
The deceased was one of the
well-known family of Rourk
brothers, long residents Of this
vicinity. The deceased was
born at McGregor, Iowa, 48
years ago last March 21st.
He had been living with his
mother at Nassau for the past
five or six ears, having remov-
ed there from the farm in this
county. He had been in failing
health for some time. The de-
ceased leaves to mourn for him
an aged mother, and six broth.
ers, Matthew, Frank, Edward,
John, Daniel and William.
The funeral was held Wednes-
day at the Catholic church in
Nassau, Rev. FIR. Kasen officiat-
ing, aud the remains were
brought to the Catholic cemetery
in this city for interment, and
placed to rest by the side of
those of his father.
The deceased was q mem Der of
the Catholic Foresters, in which
he had 81, 900 insurance.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-11-12

Mrs. D. H. Evans died at her
home in this city on Wednesday
evening, Nov. 10. of paralysis.
The deceased, whose maiden
name was Mary Jane Jones, was
born in Wales aud was in the SD
year of her age. She came to
America when fourteen years of
age, and lived in Iowa county,
Iowa, and at Cherokee in the
same state. She was married to
her surviving husband in March
1877. at Williamsburg. Iowa. The
family moved to this county
about four years ago and lived
on farm q few miles west of
town until six weeks ago, when
they moved into Milbank. The
deceased received q paralytic
stroke about five years age, q
second stroke later. and had been
more or less of an invalid since.
Besides her husband she leaves
six children, three of whom are
married.
The funeral service will be
held at the house at 2:3O Sunday
afternoon.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-02-19
! INTERSTATE LIQUOR SHIPMENT
B

81 On. February 2 Repre- NATIVE Land.
ley of Kentuck Ky, Introduced the inter.
state liquor shipme nts bill. prepared 81
the Anti loon League Of America to
oobViate the obje ction of unconst tuition.
aHty urged against the zLittIefeld bill.
The obje ction to the Littlefield biz
was that It made interstate shipments
.of liquor subject to state laws immed.
lately upon Ss crossing the g boundary,
which was claimed BY its 5opponent s3f ia
be an attempted al legation Of congres.
s q power and therefore nncongtitt.
tional 4,
ISL The new y me asure proYid es for ii.
Get exercise Of ongression power by
itself prohibiting the shipment 81 81
trans ion of liquor TO any state,
ferritory Or distri of the United
States Of part Of same i where such
shipment could not legally be made
within the same It sis designed I'd
protect both prohibition states and sI. 81
territory within local option states n n
Such q ma ional statute " would be Sof
great help to- officials III this state try-
Ing enforce our prohib ition ID. II
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dEic,erporate. whose ions haya


aad porate hosa pretens ions !haYe!
not been 30 amb tiols
Us But it, IS too Don ito % ass Jud gmentY
On the merits IS t the pro,osal. may
or may not be a sch eme ~ ruin the
Waters. Pierce 90. and strangt hen the
hold Of the great mon poly pn The oil
business IA Misso
The whole signifi canoe of the petis
.tion Tor present p,irp poses iss that y ~
an unqualified acknowle dgment OF the
right 81 the state % regulate ana con-
troll the corp Ion. This is 3 new
thing IN mono poly policy Not So long
ago the chief 81 the stand lard took
great pains Ito show his contempt for
the a,ltho GRITTY Eof the State of Iissouri
by vulgarly INSULTING Attorney General
Hadleys and refusing 81 answer qneHs
tions. Now II ~ another tune. The
yigor3o Of the state authority Is awaken;
ed and the insolence Of the monopoly
Il turned Into 4 paiintiVe prayer Tor
mercy. B
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.sRspreaentatiyse rhoreson 81 Barnses

tRaY.resaY, n iva Ra r;,xsa
a,unt y5 and mon heir rs rx,ferred tf "a
commit 80 N, III, i,iarq 81
81 81 M n rs
m f,n;f ~ r,osf m, VA s,,;1
.nort j, So bean ai,ant 81 nv tl,a bn,,sa
which kills the BIZ This actio n VAS
taken ~ the committee after having M,
held j meeting 81 Monday evening
the as,th at Wbici, ina IS altar WAS ala.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-02-19
: - 4
THE INITIATIVE AND REFEREN
DUM,.. ..t 81, ~. Il

The purpose of the ], initiative and
referendum is to compel the state
legislature to act quickly and without
evasion, and to circumvent the veto
Of such courts as are elective, and;
hence dependent upon popular majoris
ties, and Ito put whatever righteous2
ness there is in a definitely registered
expression of popular will before such
courts as; are not elective to stay them
in their vetoes. For the veto power
of the American courts over legisla-
tion-under the assumed right to de
| clare legislation Unconstitutional -
one Of the. most cruel, and ruthless
checks upon democracy permitted *by
any civilized people. -! K s .,,s I: II n.
= Under the Initiative and referen
dunn. while the Legislative authority III
still vested in the, state legislature
yet the people reserve to themselves
the power to propose laws and amend
ments to their state constitution an6
Ito enact or reject the same at The
polls, Independent of the state legisla
ture, and also reserve the power sa
their own option to approve OF rejec
at the polls any act of the state 1egis
1 lature. The first power reserved b,
the people is the initiative and thu
second is the referendum The VET
power Of the governor does not extend
to measures referred to the people. vi
/ Our last legislature passed an mi
tiative and referendum bill introduced
by Mr., Iceland, but this will not. be
come effective unless passed by Tiff
Legislature and is then afterwards ::ac
cepted by the people at the polls: Thu
matter has already come before thil
! legislature. Mr.. Iceland is not a mem
! her of the present egislature, but hii
bill was intro uced at this session d.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-02-19

forcing the mud up into mounds on
either side of the fill. So far from the
settling causing any concern to- the
engineers, it is exactly what they ex-
pected to take place; and the greater
the settlement, the more they will be
pleased. There Is nothing new in this,
and certainly nothing to warrant the
attempt to stir up public apprehension,
regarding the, stability of, the dam.
Railroad embankments are being made
every day by this very method. of, dis
placement; and when the rock-fill at
the toe of the Gatun dam has finally
reached the underlying solid material,
which h. it will do before the dam is
completed, the public need have no
anxiety as to further settlement !,
The Engineering News declares that
@the structure lat Gatun is asysound
and safe as any engineering work
could possibly be. Indeed, the ,criti-
cism of the design made to us person
ally by one we'll known engineer ex-
pert in earth-dam construction is that
at least half it's width is wholly use
less. The settling of the waste rock
dumped in the mud in the old French
canal channel along the south toe OF
the dam has been magnifled into a
disaster of ominous portent to the
whole work. Stories concerning ii
have been published in ten thousand
newspapers while hardly one has pub
lished the real truth-that the settle
ment. of the rock was expected to oc
cur and saved the needless expense
Of dredging out the layer Of soft mud
before dumping the rock" H.. : =. =. n
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-02-19
INCOME TAX BILL.

At the time of the present writing
there is an income tax bill In the.
hands of the officials. of the Treasury
Department, being perfected. Great
care Is being taken to draft the bill
Sc that it will stand the test in the
tlaited States Supreme Court, for 1t
is a foregones conslusion that any. In
come tax legislation if passed viii be
vigorously contested The bill pro
vides for "a tax on incomes above al,
az; amount 9 L, not vet agreed upon, and will
be "a graduated tax on the wealth 81
the country It is the intention that
the money derived from this source
} + shall b be et$aside for internal improve:
meilts. & s;zs 3si:
representa- live Fs:s: g G. Stevens ]; Of
st, Paul expects to Introduce the bill,
of which he said: q have been con.
ferring with Treasury officials and
with the President for some weeks HI
4 regard to the bill. It Is to be present
5ed and referred to- the Ways Z and
Means Committee and then pubic
sentiment will pass jul gment upon it.
We w. must have some measure of this
kind or else an Issue sof bonds. the
people, as a whole, desire to- stand
for and maintain the progressive poll
scies Of the Roosevelt administration,
but "a order to keep up the work IL HI
necessary To raise money. Hence, III.
stead S OF "a bond issue or imp posing q
tax upon the ecessaries Of life, We
propose to allow the people Of the
country who can really afford Iii to
pay for these advanced ideas i'll
federal admins STRAIT an with u graduss
ated inco lne tax the problem Of SUN
Gent 'sl funds s;ssolVed, 4 ana We can put
I ! u hides and iron On the free list,
and leave tea and coffee there. I,
The people on the couI TRY generally
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-02-19
FEBRUARY 10, 1909.
THE GATUN DAM,

The alarmist reports which charge
that the Gatun dam at Panama is pro-
wing a monumental failure, that the
foundation stone is proving unstable,
must not be taken seriously The
stories are set in circulation mostly
by those journals which are opposed
to President Roosevelt and who have
discovered that the canal is of par
ticular interest to him and it's criti-
cism most irritating. By a skillful
twisting of the facts they have been
enabled to cause many to wonder if
the engineering difficulties at Gatun
will not compel the abandonment of
the plans. 1t is interesting, then, to
learn the opinions of authorities un-
biased by politics or personal enmities.
Says the Scientific American:
THE Gatun dam, as completed, will
consist of an artificial mound of sand
and clay, :1S5 feet in height; about
= 800 feet in width, and extending for
5000 OR 5000 feet across the valley
of the Chagres river from hillside to
hillside. This huge mound is to- be
formed by means of suction dredges
which will pump sand and clay, mixed
with water, from. the bed of the
Chagres river below the dam, on the
site of the dam. Here, as the water
drains away the sand and clay will
settle into a&mass of very close con
-sistency, SO close as to be imperviods
+ to seepage. In order to confine TIE
deposited material within the proper
width of the 1890 feet, and prevent Il
flowing away with the water, two
= walls Of loose rock are being, bull
IL entirely across the valley, one at tn,
. foot of the slope on the upstream, side
OF lake side of the. dam, and thu
5othere on the downstre side
AS the rock-fill was being built GU
across the valley it crossed the oil,
French canal channel, 2 which rum
d through the site of, the dam. Durins
= the past twenty years this channel hal
3 become filled with silt and soft mud
. and. the engineers decided thai; lin
stead OF exeaVating this material anti
IN firm bottom was reached 1t would i,
more economical to dump the rocl
directly upon the mud and allow tn,
=$s$tlll,s%%as thus formed, to settle through
III the ground until it reached firm
ground As the fill was raised II
height its weight. at length becam
such that the expected displacement
occurred, the rock settling down an,
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-02-19
4 REFORM IN WISCONSIN. i.

\: Tie Minneapolis Journal comments
upon the senatorial election III Wiscon-
sin under the state7wlde primary cleo
ton law, as follows: s3 h:
1T must give reformers distinct
Jolt to- read the expense account 81
Isaac Stephenson il his campaign for
the nomina alton as senator. The Wis
consin; statesman admits having spent
$40 ., 900 or almost two and one-half
times the salary the office will pay
during his entire termof six years, :S
+ This is ample evidence that Steph-
Eenson did not run for the senate son
accounts Of the profits of the: Office.
He cou4d not be accused of That. Kind
of graft. Whether he expected to get
1t back in any others.Way, there issno
means Of knowing. & Perhaps he feels
that he gets his moneys worth from
mere membe rship in: the senate, and
the cicusness that he can every
day associate with such men Jas Sen
ators Lodge and Hale, and may even
Eget a good mornin g., out Of Senator
Aldrich. ! s5
but the Jolt given reformers and
reform! There never has been. pub
llished a statement: Of expenses In con.
3nection with senatorial contest that
compares with this, except some of
1.-the western corruption funds: OF
course, Senator Stephenson does moi
l want to be classed with senators Clark
LOT Montana, He mig as well give
]up the contest. He wants tpHhe class
Led with the decent men who have
spent money ii ultimately and for nee
Eessary expenses. * al; Il 33s.s s, &:
\ $.'If this is true, what does the Ste
4 phenson expense account signify? I
Esays, as plainly as words car, that il
order to make a statewide campaign
Esuch as the Wisconsin primary de
| mands, the candidates for the senat,
must spend money like waiter.
means that under this boasted reform
4 system, the: poor man Is outs Of th
3 running for senator Unless he sha
q exceptional gifts ofleadership, orSride
81 on wave of enthusiasm, the poo
T. man is not in It. Waves are only ot
= casional. The Wisconsin law means
I then, that, nine times out. of ten, th
9 man with the longest purse Will IS
81 senator from Wisconsin. Surely thi
8 is not what reform promised. II
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-02-19
! CRAZE FOR DREAD )

When Great Britain put million
or. two of pounds into the Dreadnought
she did not SreaH ze what III great IN
yestment she Was making for. the home.
Ishipy yards. The DREAD nought was: So
daringly modern, SO imposing to the:
eye and SO threatening Of u .mien that;
she impressed the whole world Now
every nation, from America and Ger.
many to the #fonrth -rate33 countries feel
that they cannot get along without a
Dreadn ught hey must have one "a Of
two or cease to hold up heirs heads III
well regulated internati nalpeace ar:
arrangement ssss si
Brazil Dc cided after many years
without a navy, that a Dreadnought
was 5indispe nsible to her dignity as a
igreat country large unexplore
This broke an agreement between the
South: American republics, and Argen.
tina, being a sneighbor: OF Brazil; was
forced to follow suit, though / much
/ against her will She ordered two and
will probably send for another SO as $tc
be on equal terms with Brazil, In turn
/ Chile retreated from the compact and
! has opened *nego tiations for three ~
these naval elephants. Peru has mol
4 vet been heard from, but it is "a. poini
|5of# honor with that country not to Is,
i Chile groWl any louder than herself
i All Of these great vessels are to come
from British yards.
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time CENSUS, !;

- ~ daced
s. $50 10 indi g when !;
$50 {. s, 81 eonE ress mas been Yesoed
l. ! !, $50 i, isposs seies ior ne reason
~. - - pio sldea enat the adsIi-s
! !, s., = apout 0oe tn
- ~ au .pe onossn py ne members 81
S sss' III lfien ease those aps
I, $3.50 aouta o0es Stne1r plae and
u I Z, u y " nan Ior " hof they
sto Il - 800; One census b sltss
~ nps,s y eon gress: gnders
I, /, 81 ls tahsss ansteadH Sc per
81 $50 we M ~
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NEGLECTED 1: HEROES. I.

There is al corps OF rs men employ
ed by the Unitetd states Government
TO wage ceaseless warfare against
5contagi ous and infectio diseases.
Although this work Is 30 dangerous
that insurance & comp anies viii not
Issue policies on the lives Of men en-
gagged Ia It, the salaries are very low,
DE- Blue. who rid San Francisco Of
the bubonic plague. III receiving but
81, 600 al year. s3sl s.}
Last year Congress raised the pay
|of the medical corps Of the army, navy
and revenue cutter; service, but. re-
fused ITO appropriate the modest: sum
[ot $50, 900; to distribute, among those
.12S members Of the public health
service. 4s. .:!; !.
but, for the support Of the life
taking services Congress Is liberal to
|prodigality For 1909, the appropri-
atoms for the support OF the army
were $e5,382,247, for the navy $1222,-
[t662;4s5.. Pensions and forts and forti-
vcations are not included IN these
figures. # i: S Be-: = s y s$&.
OF these quiet heroes who are: never
celebrated BY brass bands OF certified
as prodigies of courage BY the Presi-
dent of the United States, 40 have
been: stricken down at their posts BY
the diseases which they were lighting
Yellow fever. has been practically ex-
(tinguished, but 10 members Of the
corps fell victims OF the plague and
seven Of them died, tuberculosis has
claimed II and three of b these are
dead Smallpox marks twoSof them. :.
Thus the great, constructive work of
humanity, the work which is most i'm
portant. to preserve: the national vigor,
heroes receiving salaries not greater
than. those paid to bookkeepers and
ountants. What lingo can Justify
this insane preference for the pictur-
esque destructive heroes over the sill
ent constructive heroes, for. the, men
who are employed to destroy the ma
tional Yigor by throwing their own
lives away on the battlefield over the
more inconspicuous heroes who 7 are
working to save the: strength Of the
fpeople 2: s i: s.$ {: "
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sMERic ,A Il 81 GAL OH

through the Amer lean aed Cross
900 has been ctes5d for ala ,,f:
The Victims Of the All armour 81
The United States SOW rn III gavas
the sum ss00, 900 sollt ght ana ii.
sgreat nun ber off lizations con-.
9trIbnted recorded fund 81 which nrt,.
badly reached total ofs q ii MN ~ I
dollars The Sill u Inora sthan IVA
mil mill Lions to charit "a not consi deralSy
rem ~ this bit it l,as
astonished all
Comment III the irnpeallS prass II
exceeding euIog CYSTIC ofs Impulses
which moved Amer icanss to ta five viii i1El
such liberality though separated ;bv ,,
an ocean and a sea rom he scene 81
the disaster One I,ondon newspapers
.dteclares that an Example has been set
which No Yernment and no veal ttl,y
family abroad can avoid ollowine
without dang soff dis Another
takes occasion stto remark that atlle NO.
torIous pursuit off dol mar in Anleri-
81 does not I've the charge t ii tI,es
dollar5s is retained after til apture.
fIt does, NOV itl1 greater;
speed than IS enj Dyed money Won
by finranc iers or INVESTORS fnE Europe 81
It was the time Of the Spanish;
war that the reignera reached sss fha
climax their descrip ion 81 Am1eris{
cans and American ways. sFhass Span ban;
iards We're not alone IL cartooning
The Yankee & as hogs nglish, French.
talilaaln9andl ters ana artists.
WED one anot hers plotting III
a AZ al peop1e with snodt the. trough.
IConsid ering that an imp tants part ofs
the population 81 Euro Has 1ss fatfen.s
LED Upon the Anne ricarl onrists. ana sinSs
years Of depre ssion q his side hass
5howled that lit faced bank ruptcy, the
smiles were not only ffensiye ana ,ii.I
just, but betrayed measure ofs
Iingratitude also.
Italy, for one country not Sbes
tempted here after, to compare us with
swine The temptat win bes to & NH
upon 81 Z erica s an inf iling pork
barrel
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regretted the decision Of the supreme
Court declaring the forIner income
law nnconst ituti onal and II ID new law
can be5 enacted which Will stand the
test We are sure II meet with
the approx alton of the people al large.
We have no doubt that the public sen.
55timent win favor the bill.
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The sTANDAfsp 81. 81. GO. t1Ij MRLEp

he petition of the Standard on 20.
presented 20 the uprem,e court Of MI IS.
5sonri NJ be Wed go con inue busi,
ness In that state Is a humble confes-
sion that " fl not above the law and
that II submits I'd the law Jast IKE
other less powerful persons, Il tural