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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-04-15
And speaking of repartee:
A SHUFFLING ANS,

- oIlOF i LIINNT <ANSW Elk.
Two Oxonians dining together, one OF
them noticed a grease SPOT on the neck
cloth OF his companion and said. ~ see
you are a Grecian."
"Poohl" said the other. THAT is far
fetched"
No. indeed" said the wit: "I made 1t
on the spot"
Right back at him. you observe.
or course there are some better ones.
but there are also some that are worse
Taken as whole. they don't add any
Iaurels to the English reputation for
humor nor detract any from the opin-
Ion OF Mark Twain kansas City
Times
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-04-15
Maryland, Delaware & Virginia
RAILWAY COMPANY.

Baltimore, Fred
kAE5kznk ericksburg, Nor.
az.ssssss folk and Kappa
hammock River Routes.
Schedule in effect March IL, 1909.
BALTIC. TAPPAHASNoCk 8 FRED.s.
Steamers leave baltimore. Pier Light s..
noon. Tuesday aud Thursday 4:y0 %. M for
ssWestland. North End, Mill Creek. White
Point. Ottoman, Moran. Durham T1rbsnnS
Monaskon. Water View. whealt,,n' sra,
Fort Fort, Sharps, Bowlers;; Wares. weilfords
Held. Carriers. Laytons sLeedstown Saunders
Wflmont Sreenaws. Port Royal. Port T,nn
way; Hay Mount, Hop Yard. Ratcliffes Fred
*Steamer leaving on'Sunday does not sron
son Mondays steamer will leave Leedstoyn
at 1880 n. m.
E-TAPPAHANNOCK.
=, steamer leaves Baltim Ore Wednesday and
FRIDAY $50 p. IN. for fNorth End, Mil Greek
w hite Stone. lrvington. Weems NilIenhecS
Burhans. ~BurtOns. Urbanna. Monaskon
,,' W hneaitons' water view, FSharps, "Tappahan-
Steamer leaving Baltimore on "Wednesday
VIII only stop at landings marked.
FRED'G, TAPPAHANNOCK g. BLTo.
- Steamers leave Fredericksburg Sunday.
u uueso2g ana nnuIsday p m. for Rstclifes,
Royal. Greenlaws, wilmont Saunders' Leeds
town 4 a.: M. Laytons Carriers, RianfeId.
Wellforus, Wares. BOWERS Shsrps g.SO n m
Bav Port, wheaton, Water View, Mopaskon
4 nrosnns is;3o .; m-' burhans, Millenbeok,
lrvington. weems. White stone. Mil CreeS
$50 p M. North End p. m. westland
Arrive in Baltimore Tuesday Thuraday .rd
Saturday mornings.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-01-14
Lawrence County, Too

Deadwood.-That Lawrence coun-
ty has more than kept pace with the
increase of population in other parts
Of the state during the past decade
Is shown by the result of a private
enterprise tina is about to be laun-
ched here by individuals who have
carefully compiled a mailing list Of
every adult person in the county who
it at present residing within it's limits
Old voting lists, assessors lists and
personal canvesses were carefully
gone over and Ven the large number
of Lea residents who have left since
the lockout by the Homestake last
month, have been excluded from the
mailing list which shows a total
number of 5000 persons. Using the
customary five to n percentage as a
basis for figuring the total population
in the county, this gives Lawrence
county a present population of 80
600 men. women and children or
practically ten thousand more than
the census of ten years ago a gain of
approximately one thousand per year.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-01-14
Snow lmpedes Wayfarrers

Plerre-On account of the deep
snow and dim prairie trails owe the
county west of the Missouri. nearly
every local paper tells of some n
in their vicinity who has lost the trail
in attempting night travel, and while
some of the wanderers have had a
hard time of it, no record has yet
been made of any of them losing
their lives. unless it be the case Of
Ned Fessenden a homsteader near
Knnebeck, Lyman county. who has
not been seen since the fifth Of De-
cember, when he was going to his
home. AS there Is no reason for his
slipping out of the country, his friends
fear that he has been lost on the
prairie and wandered until overcome
by fatigue and cold, and that his
body Is lying under a snow drift some
where on the prairie.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-01-14
Heirs Will Sue

Bowdle-The Catholic church So
ciety of Bowdle is to be made the
defendant in an action to be institute
ed in the state circuit cour by the
heirs Of Albert Lucas, a wealthy resi-
cent of this vicinity, who died recent
ly, and who it was found had willed
his entire estate to the church AZ.
ciety. The heirs reside at SEMI.
Austria, and by cable have retained a
well known Bowdle attorney to con-
test the will for them. The contest
will commence when an effort Is
made to admit the will to probate 1t
Ipswich, the county seat.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-01-14
Treasurer's Statement

Pierre-The monthly statement OF
the state treasurer for January l
showed SCOPES in all funds. OF this
amount $1O3.964 was in the Irvine
plant fund; the capitol building funi
shows $13.134: the game fund has
$1O,732. The general fund showed
~$293,834 but with a call for 1921, 900
aaginst this amount. With an issue
Of revenue warrants amounting to q
half million dollars the first Of April
It is not likely there will be any call
for warrants again soon unless the
revenue warrant debt is increased at
that time, and the additional funds
used to call general fund warrants.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-01-14
Want to CoIonize

Sioux Falls-State Engineer Lea
has forwarded to a Colorado coloni-
zation company a plat of the section
of the state west of the river. which
they desire for securing a location
for a colony which they expect to To-
cate in the state. They have been
considering the divide between the
Rapid and Box Elder creeks in
eastern Pennington county, and de-
sire to know just what can be done
in thai section in the way of securing
water to irrigate, or carry out any
other plans which they may desire
for their colony.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-01-14

or m and one-half side slopes. and
has q grade Of approximately three
feet to the mile. This ditch ends in
an abrupt concrete lined ditch, eight
feet wide on bottom, rs feet across
top. carrying five feet depth of water.
The concrete portion measures about
900 feet horizontal to 81 feet vertical
and has an average grade of Il per
cent. The rise of the river this spring
from ice and melting SHOWS was re-
lieved by this ditch and no damage
done, certain low land being cultivat-
ed in the early spring for the first
time for many years. This ditch cost
$32, 900.
The drainage board is now advertis-
ing for work on ditch No 2, to be ap-
proximately liz miles long and con
Meeting % miles of ri err to be used
for flood waters similar to ditch No. 1.
GOOD FOR POWER.
Aside from the Investigations Of
Captain C%hittenden, the state engineer
of South Dakota, and also the Sioux
Falls Light & Power company, have
made Investigations regarding the
benefit to the water power interests
to be derived by damnipg Lake Poin-
sett. The Investigations by the Sioux
Falls Light & Power company show
that the area of Lake Poinsett is 1875
acres, and that of Dry Lake 1852
acres. or a total of 10,437 acres. The
dam is proposed to be just at the head
of the outlet. near Lake Poinsett. The
estimate for the additional flow is not
given, but with the use of Lake Poin-
EFT as a reservoir the total regulated
flow may be taken at $50 second-feet
owe the river from the vicinity Of
Flandreau to the mouth, say a dis
lance of 200 miles in a total of 500
feet. II this fall could be utilized In
effective water power, with an eff
cheney of Is per cent, the horsepower
would be approximately Is, 900.
The local demand for power is not
great and its value would depend
greatly on it's commercial use and
whether it could be combined from
the several dam sites and transmitted
to industrial centers. Aside from the
region near Sioux Falls, the average
head obtainable would be from s to
Is feet. 1t is needless to state that
these dams, unless made movable,
would increase river stages in moder-
ate floods.
DEMAND NOT SUFFICIENT.
AS already stated, the average saw
ing for 40 horsepower is $40 per day,
say $4,000 per annum or SIS per
horsepower per year. Until the de-
mand could be created it is not fair
to estimate a greater value than $40
per horsepower per year, o for 49,
900 horsepower, a total value Of about
$500, 900.
AS outlined in the foregoing para
graphs it may be briefly stated that
the Big Sioux river has numerous
dams and water powers from West
field upstream, and it is not n%avigable.
Below Westfeld it is navigable to the
mouth at moderate stages, a distance
of about 80 miles. There Is no water
commerce on any portion of the river,
nor any desire for same, nor would
the cost and construction of suitable
locks in the various dams or in future
dams be commensurate with any pres
ent or prospective demands of COM
merce. | am therefore of the opinion
that the river is not now worthy of
Improvement by the general govern
ment, and recommend that no furth-
er survey be made with a view to It's
improvement.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-01-14
SIOUX NO ARTERY
REPORT ADVERSE TO I'M
PROVEMENT
But IT CAN TURN WHEELS
THAT WILL WHIR IN MILLS AND
POWER PLANTS ALONG
ITS SiNUOUS WAY

Kansas City. Mo, Jan. 10.-Major e.
H. Schulz, engineer in charge Of the
Missouri river. has reported unfavor-
ably on the proposition for govern
ment expenditures for the improve
ment of the Big Sioux river. The pur-
pose of the people living along the
Big Sioux in asking for the govern
ment Improvement of the river was
the creation of reservoirs for the con-
troll of floods and in aid of water pow
er at various points or the river as
well as the better drainage Of farm
lands. Major Schulz says that no
freight i. carried on the river and the
only navigation is by light draught
pleasure launches. AS it does not ap-
Gear hat there is any probability of
creating a water-borne commerce., he
recommends that no further action be
taken.
Major Schulz found that the chief
value OF the river was in the water
power which could be developed. He
estimated that, under present condi-
ton, power worth approximately
$500, 900 a year can be developed, but
that the work necessary fer its devel-
opment could not be so cO~-Ordinated
with the Improvement Of the stream
for navigation as to produce reSult-
ing benefits commensurate with it's
cOSt
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-01-14
- chiId's Development.

The development Of a child's char
acter should not be left to the mother
alone. It needs the directing influence
OF the mother, the strengthening In
huence Of the father. Often a child's
nature, possibilities and growth are
unknown and unmatched by his father.
II is something he does not under
stand, because he does not study 1t.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-01-14
Truth rs a Prisoner of War.

Macaulay seeks truth, not as she
should be sought, devoutly, tentative.
ly, with the air Of one touching the
hem of a sacred garment, but clutch.
ing her by the hair of the head and
dragging her after him in a kind of
boisterous triumph, a prisoner of war,
and not a goddess.-John Morley
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-01-14
Diplomacy.

Fanny, your father has been walk
ing around out there for two hours. Is
he opposed to my being in here with
your" asked the young sutton. "Tee,
hee," giggled the maiden, "of course
not. This is the night l bet him you
would propose and he's waiting to see
whether he wins or loses"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-01-14

Sloan's Liniment
will kill . SPAWN,
curb or splint, re-
duce wind puffs and
swollen joints, and
is a sure and speedy
remedy for 6stula,
sweeney, founder
and thrush.
Price 6Oe. and 20
10onA. Aook -
h0aUoGV eAteoev .
00A poMltR2 0DA1
: A61eod
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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-01-14

Norway to Have Exposition.
Early historic times in Norway are
70 be illustrated at an exposition to be
neld at Bergen next summer.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-01-14
VIEWS.

The report further says that Cap
tain H.. M. Chittenden made a report
in 1901 which dealt with the POSSIBLE
tiles of using Lake Poinsett, the head
waters of the river, as a reservoir.
The report continues:
Captain Chittenden stated hat Lake
Poinsett. with an area Of $3.50 acres
and a f]luctuation of six feet. would
store so, 900 acre-feet, or 2,11S,0O co..
cubic feet. The area of the water shed
tributary to the lake is approximately
2,122 square miles, but owing to the
numerous lakes which flow into the
main river only internationally. the
effective rainfall Of IS inches and a
runoff of two inches, the yearly vol
ume of water would be 5,646,6 600 900
cubic feet. equivalent to a uniform
flow of $50 second-feet. The plan 1T
lined by Captain Chittenden consist
ed of a dam, built just below the juno
ton of the outlet with the river, the
permanent crest to be one foot below
the banks and the top of discharge
sluices eight feet below the crest: a
strong waste weir to be provided over
the width of river bed and to have
f~ashboards, to be raised three feet
higher, or two feet above the banks,
to assist in causing floods to enter the
lake. Estimate of cost of project not
given
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-01-14
woman and Time.

A woman thinks clocks were made
for the purpose of enabling her to
tell Just how much she is going t o be
| late.-Chicago Record-H Herald
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-01-14
WITH THE BoHEMIANs.

The Poet-Just avoided a serious &C
cident, old chap. While the wind storm
was raging the fence blew down and I
had to dodge a billboard.
The Artist-You are lucky, M
friend. In a few hours I'll have to
dodge a boardbill.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-01-14
Sloan's


MI. H. M. Gibbs, Of Lawrence, Rams,
RID. No. 3, writes 80" Your Lini-
ment 10 the best that l have ever used.
had = mare with an abscess on her neck
and mi soc. bottle Of Sloan's Linimene
entirely cured her. l keep it around all
the time for gals and small swellings
md for everything about the stock"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-01-14
Here's the Proof.

Mr.. G.. T. Roberts Of Resaca, Ga.
RID. No. I, Box q, writes: -" have
used your Liniment on . horse for swee-
ney and effected . thorough cure. al
% removed = SPAWN on = mule. This
SPAWN was ~ large as . guinea egg. In
my estimation the best remedy for lama
ness and soreness u
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-01-14
PHILOSOPHERS Pessimjsm

Philosophers Pessimism.
A woman is the most inconsistent
compound Of obstinacy and s~elf-sacri.
flee that l am acquainted with.-Rich.
tar 1922 $1,000
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-01-14
Household Remedies.

FTOUoSTOT0 "STUS0ISSs
A little fellow rushed breathlessly
into a drug store.
please, sir, some linament and some
cement"
"What?" asked the puzzled clerk.
whats the trouble?"
Nam hit pop on the head with .
plate."-Everybody's Magazine.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-01-14
Free to Our Readers.

Write Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chica-
go, for 4S-page illustrated Eye Book Free.
Write all about Your Eye Trouble and
they will advise as to the Proper Appli-
cation Of the Murine Eye Remedies in
Your Special Case. Your Druggist will
tell you that Murine Relieves Sore Eyes,
Strengthens Weak Eyes, Doesn't Smart,
Soothes Eye Pain. and sells for Soc. Try
1t in Your Eyes and in Baby's Eyes for
Scaly EvelidS and Ora mutation.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-01-14
Stops Lameness

Much of the chronic lameness
in horses is due to neglect.
See that your horse is not al.
lowed to 60 lame. Keep Sloan's
Liniment on hand and apply at
the first sign of stiffness. It's
wonderfully penetrating = goes
right to the spot relieves the
soreness - limbers up the joints
and makes the muscles elastic
and plant.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-01-14
COMMERCE Law
AND THE TRUSTS
\ TREATED BY TAFT
PRESIDENT HANDLES TWO I'M.
PORTANT TOPICS IN HIS SPE-
CIAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS,
WANTS NEW COURT CREATED

U Would Hear Cases Arising
Under h Interstate Law-Chief
Executive Also Urges Federal In
corporation Statute to Suppress
Abuses and Not to Destroy Legiti-
mate Combinations of Capital.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-01-14

1t is harder TOR a woman to pray her
husband into heaven than 1t is to nag
him into the other place.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-01-14

A THRILLING COUGH will become q perma.
nent one unless stopped. Aliens Lung Balsam win
surely stop it. A 25c bottle Is large enough for thAA
Sold by all druggists, 25c, SOC and $l.0O bottles.
A small boy never looks comfortable
in his Sunday clothes.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-01-14
NAVIGATION IMPOSSIBLE.

A personal inspection of the river
was made May u to Is, 1909, from Wa
tertoWn, S. d., to Sioux City, Ia. This
inspection was made by frequent haIts
along the river, travel being entirely
by boat and rail. Any travel by water
was impossible except in tie reach he
low Westfield and this latter portion
was gone owe in a launch during
June, 1908.
The on the Big Sioux is
insignificant. Navigation above the
Westfeld dam is practically imHCs
sible, and below the dam it is limited
to pleasure launches in the vicinity Of
Sioux City. The low water depth %
the portion below Westfield is four to
six feet, with a width Of $50 to geo
feet. or an average Of 200 feet. The
food stage is 10 to Is feet. There are
some overhanging trees and a few
snags which could readily be removed.
The products are corn, alfalfa, wheat
and live stock, but practically nothing
is moved on the river. There ha5
been some desire to eXcavate sand
and move it to Sioux City, but the
plans have never materialized. On this
portion m may in time de-
velop, but at present it is Of nc i'm
portance.
The bottom lands along this river
are badly inundated nearly every
spring. This is especially true of the
lands from Dell Rapids to Sioux Falls,
and along portions of the river above
Flandreau and from South Siogx Falls
to the mouth. At Flandreau the foods
rise is eight to 10 feet, at Dell Rapids
10 to 10 feet, at Calliope 10 feet and
at Sioux City 10 feet.
FLOOD SITUATION SERIOUS.
The food situation between Baltic
and Sioux Falls became so severe that
a drainage board has been organized
in the county Of Minnehaha, which in
cludes the river between Sioux Falls
and Baltic, for the particular purpose
Of constructing two drainage bitches
Drainage ditch No. l has been on
structed. connecting a 23-mile loop OF
the river by a three-mile crt-off,
which takes the surplus food water.
This ditch Is 80 to 40 feet wide at
bottom about 8 feet deep. with one
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-05-05
PRAISES BIG PHILANTHROPY
President sehurman Of Cornell Thinks
Well OF Rockefeller Foun-
dalton.

Ithaca.-John n. Rockefeller's phi.
lanthropic scheme. which the Rookie
Teller foundation bill, now pending In
congress, proposes to incorporate was
commended by President Jacob @
Schurman IN an address before the Cor
nell congress Friday night. In sum
ming up an exhaustive discussion OF
the measure, President Schurman
said:
II recognize that section No Of the
blu, which defines the object Of tho
Rockefeller foundation, authorizes and
empowers that foundation to do any
thing and everything which may pro-
mote and advance human civilization.
that is to say, morals and religion, art
and science manners and social inter
course, and all that concerns the po-
litical, economic, and material well
being OF individuals and communities,
This is vast field for tho exercise Of
philanthropy
But Mr. Rockefeller has conceived
vast scheme Of philanthropy, for the
benefit of his fellow citizens and man
kind His character, ability and or.
ganizIng skill are adequate guarantees
that he will carry out his scheme
wisely and successfully, with meal
culable benefit and blessing to man.
kind. It is in the interest OF the ma
ton that he be given free hand in
the exercise OF his colossal beneil'
cence. So long as he Is active or his
influence remains IL would be wise
and safe to give the foundation the
sort of organization he desires. Meth
or now nor hereafter does It seem nee
cssary to limit the scope of his beneil-
cenCe, which IS CoeXtcnsiye with the
efforts Of mankind to attain higher
civilization.
"The only change | would desire L.
see in the proposed bill is the total or
partial elimination Of the method Of
selecting trustees by cooperation. Tho
organization might well be left a close
corporation, II Mr. Rockefeller so de-
s!ros, for n generation But after that
time | am confident that II would inure
both to the efficiency Of the foundation
and to the public welfare-to say moth
ing Of the satisfaction Of the sentiment
OF democracy-if the majority of the
trustees were appointed by the presI-
dent of the United States. with the
advice and consent Of the senate, or
selected by some other high abiding,
governmental agencies that may fairly
be regarded as representing the pco-
pie Of the United States, whose wei.
fare is the primary object Of the i'm
mensc and glorious bonofaction"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-05-05
THE ANNUAL EXODUS TO EUROPE
How Great Steamship Companies Handle the
Tightly rligration.

to a third more business than was recorded In
1903. In fact, we look for q banner year"
But II is with the North Atlantic trade that
the prognosticators mostly concern themselves
SO vast is the community drawn on by the
cruising steamships that they would be as
sured Of goodly lists in almost any case But
where would the passengers come from to fill
the great express ships bound for northern Eu.
rope If America were in the doldrums? The
sad sea waves answer "Where?" Considering
that the minimum saloon rate Just now by
such vessels as the Lustania and Mauretana
is s125. by the Kronprinzessn Cecelie Sill so,
by the AdriatIc and Kaiserin Sl12.j0 and by
the Provence slO5, It is not difficult to realize
that great deal of money is spent In ocean
fares alone.
According TO the steamship men 'Ie opti-
mists are TO have their wish this year and their
cheerful yammerings will not be without foun
dation From present indications the big
ships will be going out well filed some weeks
before midMay, when the huge hegira begins
to reach an acute stage. April, the ''intermedi-
ate season." usually a time to indicate how
later travel will be, bids fair this year to be an
unusually brisk month Tor outward bounders,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-05-05
BIG DAM SLOWLY BURNING
Lowlands OF Mississippi Below Brain.
erd, Mimi, Are Imperied by
Fire-People Desert Homes.

Duluth, Mimi, April 2j.-The low.
lands on the upper Mississippi river
for fifty miles below Brainerd. Mimi,
are imperlled. The big Weyerbauser
dam. holding back immense head
water in the height Of the manufac.
turing season, is slowly burning. Its
center piers were aflre when the last
word was received from there
The city water plant was destroyed
by fire of unknown origin. The city
is dark, water service paralyzed and
the citizens reported panic.strlcken.
Residents OF the lower quarter have
deserted their homes, couriors report,
and women ana children line lame.lit
banks, while the men fight the fire
hopelessly with buckets.
The Northwest Paper company's
pulp plant was catching afire when
the last mounted courier left Brainerd
downstream to warn settlers to fee
to the surrounding hills.