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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-17
THEIR SKIRTS CLEAN
BaIlinger and bennett Court
Investigation.
DENIAL OF ACCUSATIONS
Records of Land Office Will Show,
Say Officials, No High-Sal-
aried Clerks.

The records OF the general land Office
will stand the closest scrutiny OF any
congressional Investigation, assert the Of
ficials of the Department of the Interior,
from Secretary Ballinger down.
While Mr.. Ballinger will not discuss
the criticism of the department made
yesterday on the floor Of the House by
Representative Hitchcock OF Nebraska. II
is understood he courts investigation OF
all Official acts of-his own. as well as
those of Commissioner bennett of the
land Office.
The million dollars appropriated last
year for the general land once expendi-
lures can be accounted for In detail by
Commissioner bennett to the satisfaction
of any member of Congress who will at
tempt to seek light on the subject, SO the
officials claim.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-17
Other Gift Suggestions
washington Belle. "

35 correct styles of Boots for Wom-
en-that really SAVE YOU A DOL
LAR. They look like $3.50 shoes and
wear better than any 49, en-
you can buy at $3 SZ.SU
elsewhere. All feathers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-17
WOmem's $3.50 Values.

Patent Colt Boots. with kid OF
cloth tops; Tan Russia Calf, Black
Gun Metal Calf or Vici Kid Button
or Laced Boots. Over
. different kinds. $3.50 or ne
values in style and ID .VS
quality, at.............
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-17

REAL WINNERS in Shoes for
BOYS and young men-the very lat
est styles-leathers and workman
ship-easily worth $3.50 and "a.
Patent Colt. Tan
Russia Calf. Reliable HD m
Patent Colt. Sizes OOsUV
to Observation-Disclosures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-17
Forerunner Of Compromise.

1t was at this point that Mr.. Foster
began the remarks that resulted In the
compromise.
For this current year" he said. 1.-The
citizens of Washington raised 5000 to
maintain and carry on these Fairgrounds.
Now. that 5000 does not include the re-
turns from the base ball games that were
lad for the benefit Of the grounds, but
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-08-13

July % Aug. q
NOTICE TO OWNER OF LAND BEFORE
~ TAX DEED SHALL ISSUE.
hereinafter described: the person in whose
name the said town lot is taxed; there being
no person in possession there Of:
You are hereby not fed that upon the 18th day
OF November, 1906, The following described piece
o. parcel of real estate. taxed in the name OF ".
c. Miner, and situate in the county Of Grant and
state of South Dakota. to-wit:
Lot fourteen ia Of Eaetman's first addition to
Milbank Junction. now City of Milbsnk] in said
county and state, wae cold for taxes then due and
delinquent thereon for the year 1905, At tax sale
by the then treasurer of said county to Grant
County. there being no other bids therefor,
which said certificate Of the county treasurer OF
tax sale for the year 1906, Number 271. was
thereafter and on the Goth day of July 1909,
son. the owner and holder thereof at the date
OF this notice: that the taxes due and delin-
quent at the date Of the sale were S5.91 and
that subsequent taxes to the amount Of 81. as
have been paid, with interest penalty and costs
accrued of S2.l3: tax Judgment held by the
county has been purchased for the years 1891
1892, 1893. 1894. 1895, 1895 and 1897, of which to-
tai $31. -. making a total amount necessary to
redeem S43.62 and in addition thereto the costs
of service OF this notice together with such in
terest as may accrue after this date. must be
paid and that the right of redemption will ex-
pire and a deed for said land be made within
eixty days from the completed service of this
notice.
Dated Milbank, South Dakota, July %, 1909.
GUsT SWANSON,
Owner and holder Of said certificate
FULLER a. FULLER, Attorneys.
Milbank, South Dakoea.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-08-13
Temperance Talks.

Miss Margaret Wintringer,
the national secretary Of the
Loyal Temperance Legion of the
W. &. T. u, will hold a meeting
for children and young people
at the Congregational church
Sunday afternoon OF 3 p. m.
Everybody is invited.
Miss Wintringer is an inter
esting speaker, and with crane
and blackboard illustrates the
facts presented in a telling man.
ner. 1t is probable that a union
temperance meeting will be held
in the Methodist church in the
evening.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-08-13
ADDITIONAL OCALS

A postal card from Rev. S. J.
Watson at Santa Cruz, Cal,
states that his health is improv'
ing very slowly.
Mrs. George Hocum, of Mime.
apOliS a former resident Of Mil
bank, is visiting friends at the
old home here.
Miss Blenda Nelson who hao
been visiting at the Mrs. G. A
E%rlandson home, and who was
a former school mate of Miss
Alma, at the St. Peter College
returned to her home at Hayer
Mimi, Wednesday of last week
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-08-13
HI SOLDIERS T H
A Story Of General Wheeler During the
War With Spain.

~ ~V~
A story told Of General Joseph
Wheeler by one who is described in
the New York Times as having seen
the incident illustrates again the
old saying that the great men are
the simplest and the k;ndliest.
ut was at Montauk during the
war with SPAIN" he began. "With
several other officers l was in Gen
eral Whec'er's tent. and we we're
busy with details of supplying the
hospitals.
"Outside there was a group Of CT
villains. They were waiting to get
passes to see friends IN the hospital.
Most of them carried baskets filed
with dainties which had to be in
spected so that the soldiers would
not be killed with kindness.
, "Among the civilians there was
one who was burdened by nothing
heavier than his stolid sadness.
They had all crowded close in their
eagerness to get the passes, when
one of the officers Of the medical
corps ordered the sergeant to shove
them back and with unnecessary
gruffness told them to 60 about their
business, as General Wheeler was
too busy to see them for some
hours.
"The big mamie looked to be a
German, and he was one-was in
slant in obedience, but the others
were moving back slowly When
Wheeler threw open the flap of his
tent and asked what the trouble
was.
"<Here are a lot of people, the
officer replied, who want hospital
passes. None of us has had any
thing to eat since breakfast, and so
I told them to 90 away
"|As l have had no luncheon in
three days. Wheeler replied, 4
think you might miss lunch just
once,' and then he turned to the
group.
"The big German drew himself
into as soldierly a position as his
age and robustness would permit
He saluted as they do in Europe
palm forward. General Wheeler ad.
vanced, answered the salute anc
asked what he could do for him.
"I know by telegraph mine boy
is dead,' said the German. MY frau
is too much mid sorrow to come
and, respectfully, general, I wan
his body to bury in the Lutheran
cemetery. You will that permit?
General Wheeler extended botl
hands to his visitor and said: M,
heart is with you, Sir, and I am a
your service. There are horrors an(
glories in war. You have been a sol
dierp
"sYes. I was hit three times a
Sedan
"'Then you are proud that you
boy died for his flag?
"<Yes, and God bless you, gen
eral.'
"Then General Wheeler said, 8
want you to see that this gentleman
is given the body of his son AM
that it is escorted to the train will
q guard Of honor"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-08-13
THE UNGAINLY GIRAFFE.
IN Flight This Harmless Animal 10
Anything but Graceful.

I never care to shoot a giraffe.
AS a specimen he is unnatural un-
less mounted as he stands, and stand
ing he would look uncouth unless
one found him some such place to
stand in as the rotunda of the capt.
toll at Washington.
The giraffe is too old to shoot; no
one can tell how old he is-much
older probably than the elephant.
And no n would dream of shoot
ing an elephant were he not prodi-
giously destructive to the farmer
and were his tusks not worth a great
deal Of money. But the giraffe is
perfectly harmless. He was eve
known to hurt any one, and he gets
his living off the upper boughs of
thorn trees, which no one can reach
but himself and nobody else would
eat if he could reach them.
To see the giraffe's beautifully
mottled skin towering up among
and over the fat green thorn trees
is surely one Of the strangest and
most beautiful sights the animal
world offers man. As he stands and
dips and bends and twists his nine
foot long neck in and out among the
armed branches of the tree he is
grace personified. I was watching
seven of these creatures, the king,
his harem and his children, all gath
Tered around n green topped tree.
From seven points of vantage they
dipped into it at once, STOPPING
under an unusually thin]y armed
bough bending on another. Their
necks seemed to twist two or three
ways at once. I had the good for
tune to be able to come very near
without alarming them-less than a
hundred yards-and with my glasses
I could see them as though they
were not more than ten yards away.
But when at last the treacherous
breeze betrayed us and they plunged
into fight-well, no one could call
their movements graceful. The i'm
mensely long fore legs are thrown
forward, as you see a very high step
ping horse sometimes throw his
fore legs forward till the hoof for
the fraction Of a second is pointed
straight out in front. The giraffe
makes this motion with a sort of
jerk at the end of it, as though he
intended in the first instance to
fling his hoof as far forward as he
could, and then with a sort of after
thought brings it to the ground. AS
it reaches earth he founders for
ward with his high shoulders and
Mfts both ungainly hind legs togeth-
er, lifting and planting them to-
gether or almost together. There
is o great antediluvian lizard known
to us hat had two brains, n to
move his body and another to move
his abnormally long tail. It looks
as though the giraffe, like the long
lizard, needed two brains also, one
to move his hind legs and another
to move his fore legs.-W. s. Rains
ford in Outlook.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-08-13
State Assessment.

The state assessment board has
completed it's work of assessing cor
porate property for this year, and has
increased the total assessment value
of that class of property in the state
s32, 120, s29 for all property Of that
class. The figures of different classes
are:
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-08-13
Till Tapped for S25.

Yesterday morning about 2:3O
O'Clock the cash register at
Frank Meehegan's restaurant,
was robbad of S25.
1t is thought, a harvest hand
who had been washing dishes,
and who was left alone a short
time at the restaurant took adj
vantage of the chance and helped
himself to the contents of the
register.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-08-13
NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION FOR
ETTRRS OF AnMINlS1,R ATIOk

NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION FOR
IN LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATIONS.
state of South Dakota, County Of Grant. In
County Court within and for said county.
In the matter of the Estate of David Bergen,
deceased
The State of South Dakota sends greeting to
the heirs at law of David Bergren, deceased.
You are hereby notified that Nele Bergren has
filed in the county court OF Grant county, state
Of South Dakota, q petition asking that he be
appointed administrator OF the estate of David
Bergen. deceased, and that said petition has
been Get for hearing at a regular term Of said
court to be held at the county court to be held
at the county court room in the city OF Milbank.
in sald county. on the 2sth day Of August, A.. D.
1903, 1t the hour of one Q, o'clock p. m.
Dated August II, 1909.
5. s. LOCKHART,
County Judge.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-08-13
Not Gratifying.

TNOS w
Some one sent the manuscript of
q story to a literary friend, with the
request that he would criticise it.
The friend returned it with the fol-
lowing note:
my Dear Blank-Your book con-
tains much that is both new and
good, but what is new is not good
and what is good is not new
Judge.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-08-13
LOCALS q

Miss Alma Erlandson return
ed from Montevideo Friday
morning, where she had been
visiting friends a few days.
Mrs. F. J. Nav and children
arrived from Owatonna, Mimi,
the first of the week. where they
had been visiting relatives the
past month.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Grove re.
turned from Mortified. Mimi,
Sunday morning, where they
had been to attend the funeral
of MIR. Growers brother, who
was killed at Seattle. The young
man was driving a heavy trans
fer wagon, and was going over
a part of a street that had been
graded. The front wheels OF
the wagon struck a plank that
was covered with earth. and the
sudden lurch caused the driver
to fall forward, the front wheels
passing over his body. He died
almost instantly from his in
juries.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-08-13
No Need TO Run,

II dreamed of you last night"
said Doodle to his wife over the
breakfast table.
"What did you dream, dear? ?" in
quired his wife.
II dreamed q dream" answered
Doodle.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-08-13
Possible Complication.

"Paw!"
well, Tommy"
~Do you believe there's people
living on Mars?"
II see no reason to doubt it."
"Well, wouldn't it be a good joke
on 'em if they should find out after
we get to talking to 'em that they
don't know that's the name Of their
planet ?"-Chicago Tribune.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-08-13

Mrs. E. J. Anderson. who had
been visiting the j. P. CrOal fam
lily, returned to her home in Min
neapolis yesterday.
Grandpa MCGOWAN, who has
made his home with his son,
c.. E. MCGOWAN, for years past,
left yesterday for a trip to his
old home at Franklin County, n.
Y. Charles MCGOWAN accomp'
anied him as far as the cities.
A wreck of half a dozen gravel
cars on the line between COrrel]
and Odessa, delayed the west
bound passenger about five hours
Wednesday afternoon.
Sisseton Courant: Miss ANN
Mitchell of Milbahk was ar
arrival the first of the week tC
take a position as stenOgraphel
with the States Attorney j. J
BattertOn.
Mrs. NJ. E, Raberge, of Aber
deem was in town for a couple O:
days during the week
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-08-13
GIadstone's Handmade.

An Aberdeen paper tells a Glad.
stone story of the memorable Mid.
lothian tour. On one occasion
there was a great handshaking or
deal at the window of the old gen.
tleman's railway carriage, and he
was rapidly getting the worst OF it.
A stalwart young policeman who
accompanied Mr.. Gladstone proved
equal to the occasion. Crouching
behind the great mar and thrusting
his hand under Mr.. Gladstone's In
vezness cape, the muscular "peeler'
gave each conner in turn a grip that
had no lack Of cordially.
"The auld mans uncommon
veegorous at his time O life," OBJ
served one unsuspecting Scot as he
stroked his fingers.
Gle is that" concurred another
Of the policeman's victims, ~but did
ye notice his dirty nails?"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-08-13

Totals. 1872, l2O, 249. ....s 50, 324. 929
The increase on railway valuations
was the heaviest on the Milwaukee
and the Northwestern systems, the
former getting an increase Of 1902. 600
and the latter being boosted 1914. 600.
The average increase in these sys-
tens was over $500 q mile.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-26
LETTER STARTS
FATAL BULLET

A crumpled blood stained letter
from Mamie" his sweetheart, III
which she refused to become his
bride, tells the friends of Nat
Smith, a cook, why he ended his
life.
While friends whom he had just
treated to the drinks at the Teddy
bar, PA Washington street, still!
stood at the bar Smith fired a re-
volver bullet into his head and fel!
dead on the cement floor of the
lavatory, few feet away. In his
pocket. all soaked in the blood that
ran from the fatal wound, letter
from a girl who signed her name
simply Mamie" was found by the
coroner.
The woman wrote the letter from
Meridian. Evidently, from the tone,
it was the delayed answer to his
proposal.
Think | will break up the en-
gagement for while; getting
tired for some reason, and will let
you know when you come home,
the letter said in part.
Smith was about 40 years old. 1t
is believed his love affair tenn
porarily unbalanced his mind, IA
he had made preparations to leave
for California to take a cooking
job in a camp. Smiths home was
in Meridian, on McNeils island. He
has several relatives there and in
tended to return for visit in the
near future. The body is at, the
Gilman morgue awaiting funeral
arrangements.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-26
SHOW CAUSE ORDER
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
the State of Washington, in and
for the County of Spokane
In the Matter of the Estate off
Rosa RpnOv Daceaced

In the Matter of the Estate of |
Rosa Benoy, Deceased. r,.t
Emma Mary Stuck, the aAminis-
tratrix of the estate of Rosa Be
noy, deceased, having filed with the
clerk of this court and having pre-
sented to this court her petition
praying for an order directing and
empowering her to sell the follow
ing described real estate belopgisg
to said estate, to-wit: Lot JsB1ofk
2, Carlin's addition to Spokane,
Washington, at private sale. M.
........ for the purpose of paying
the debts of and the expenses of
the administration of said Aestate.
and Felix M. Pugh, having been
appointed by the court as guardian
to represent Felix Charles Benoy,
a minor heir of said estate, I'M all
matters pertaining to the sale OF
said estate.
Now therefore, it is hereby order
ed that Friday, the 25th day OF
June, A. D. 1909, at $50 o'clock a.
M, is hereby fixed for hearing said
petition; that all persons interest
ed in said estate be and appear
before said court at said time and
place and show cause, If any they
have, why said petition shall not
be granted; that due notice of said
hearing be given by publishing a
copy of this order for four con
secutive weeks prior to said date
in the Spokane Press, a newspaper
of general circulation published at
Spokane, said county and state,
and that such publication of this
order is deemed a good and SUI.
ficient notice of the hearing upon
said petition.
Done in open court this oath day
of May, 1909.
J. d. HINKLE,
Judge.
Samuel 7. Crane,
Attorney for the Administrative.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-26
COLORED CITIZENS
HOLD MEMORIAL

Colored citizens will hold mem
orial services in honor TO the ma
tons heroic dead on Sunday even
ing at Calvary Baptist church
Third near Stevens. The church
will be appropriately decorated
with national colors, cut flowers
and evergreens. The program will
commence at 7:30 o'clock with pa
triotic songs. Short addresses will
be delivered by Robert E. Crump
and c. N.~Clark; solo, Mrs. William
Gildon; poem, Mrs. J. Gordon Nc
Pherson; reading of Lincoln's Get
tysburg address, Attorney J. Harry
Harris; memorial address, Rev. j.
Gordon Mcpherson, past depart
ment chaplain. Spanish War veter-
ans, subject, Lest We Forget
A special invitation is extended
to the members of the Grand
Army of Republic, the Spanish
War veterans and Woman's Relief
corps, and all patriotic citizens.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-26
ABOUT SAME
OLD BOARD

c. w. Tuerke simply stepped into
ex-City Commissioner Wither
spoons shoes this afternoon by the
organization of the new board of
public works, and without further
change the board went on as 1t had
before. MIR. Wetzel was chosen
president of the board and water
commissioner. Mr.. Tuerke was
chosen street commissioner and
president of the board of police
commissioners. Jack O'Brien re.
tains his job as secretary of the
board and president of the board of
fire commissioners. He was also
named as building inspector, com
missioner in charge of the crema
tory department. weight and meas
ure department and of the cleo
trical and gas inspecting depart
ment.
Mr.. Tuerke was presented with a
beautiful horseshoe of red roses
and pink carnations by the i'm
provement association of Aitamonl
Heights.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-26
To CLEAN Up
CITY HOSPITAL

TO CLEAN
Vigorous complaint against un-
sanitary conditions at the isolation
hospital and the use of Fourth ward
areas for public dumping grounds,
made by residents of that part OF
the city last night to the city coun-
Gil, got action today when Superin-
tendent Harris was instructed tic
have a new cesspool built at the
hospital.
On advice of Councilman Schill-
er the protests against dumping
will be taken up with Mayor Pratt.
The inquiry last night developed
the fact that illegal dumping had
been going on for n long time.
Mohr laid himself liable to prose
cution by the crematory depart
ment in an admission that he had
advised a complaining resident to
hire a private seayenger, since a
crematory team could not be OBJ
tanned.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-26
INSANE MAN TRIES
FLYING LEAP ESCAPE

"Come and save Ryan-help!
help!' was the cry that rang
through the courthouse this after
noon and brought everybody within
hearing running to the county jail.
They found Deputy Sheriff Ryan
clinging desperately to the coattails
of H. B. Willard, who was dangling
from the platform leading into the
jail Willard had just been adjudged
insane and Ryan was taking him
back to Jail when he tried to escape
by leaping. Ryan got him by the
coat. and Mrs. Rihard, probation
matron, saw enough Of the scuffle
to indicate that something horrible
was happening to Ryan. She men
toned it somewhat above a whisper
and Ryan was rescued.
Deputy Prosecutor Cromwell
seized Willard by his disordered
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-26
FUNK AND M0HR
DEFEND CITY

Councilmen Funk and Mohr
made vigorous protest last night
against the amount of publicity
given sickness in this city. 1t was
stated that the scare was being
used by Seattle boomers to keep
people away from Spokane, Mohr
claiming that of a carload of 70
people destined for Spokane, but
two or there got off here, and they
were shivering with dread
Funk criticized the health de-
partment, saying that it had been
given money when 1t asked for it,
and that If the board would quit
chewing the rag and get down to
work, great deal more would be
accomplished. He refuted the state
ment that Spokane was any more
sickly than any other city of its
size in the country.
If Spokane was in such straits.
he sad, it would be better to take
the $4,000 given the chamber of
commerce to decorate with and use
1t to clean up with. Both speak
crs were applauded
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-26
EVERY KITCHEN CAN BE IT'S
OWN CREMATORY

Here's pointer on the disposal
of garbage that will save the
housekeeper money, the health de-
partment worry and aid immensely
in the cleanup movement.
Drain the water off all peelings
and other kitchen refuse and dump
the refuse into the range, or the
heater if you cook with gas.
Do the same thing with crumbs
scraps, waste meat. cleanings
bones-in fact, everything common
ly dumped into the garbage will
burn readily unless soaking wet
Green vegetable tops and sprouts
are no exception.
The idea is so simple and handy
that you probably never thought Of
it before. but. it is the speediest
most effective way of keeping clear
of garbage that can be devised.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-26
HILL AND
HARTMAN
AT PEACE
(By United Press)

NEW YORK, May 26.-J. Krutt-
schnitt, director of operations for
Hartman lines, today officially an
bounced that arrangements had
been completed whereby the Union
Pacific, Northern Pacific and Great
Northern roads had agreed to bury
the Ratchet in the northwest and
jointly use the bridge at the Column
bia river; also the Northern Pacific
tracks between Vancouver, Wash.
and South Tacoma.
The Northern Pacific will begin
Immediately to double track the
road so it can handle the business
of the three companies. The agree
ment is believed in Wall street to
end the legal battle between the
Union Pacific and Northern Paci
fic over rate questions affecting the
Portland gateway.