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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-07-28
RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS.
Or. Parkin Says No Change VIII Re
Made in Selection.

Vermillion.-President Gault, chair
man of the South Dakota committee
of award for the Rhodes scholarship,
has just received a letter from DR..
Parkin OF London, the executive Off
Ger of the Rhodes scholarship trust,
with reference to the continuation of
these scholarships in states where but
little interest has been SHOWN. DR..
Parkin visited President GaNlt last No
vember at the time the state educa-
tional association was in session at
Huron. At an informal gathering Of
intimated very strongly that unless
South Dakota showed more interest in
these scholarships the basis of the
award would be changed. DR.. Parkin
says:
Since my return to England this
question has been very carefully con
sidered by the trustees. They feel
that in several states of the Union
these valuable scholarships have fail
ed to attract the attention among stu
dents that they deserve and that more
satisfactory results would probably be
obtained and a stronger representa-
ton of the United States at oxford be
secured by some change in the system
of selection or distribution which
would throw the scholarships more
fully open to competition among the
students of the whole Union"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-07-28
Timber Lake Will Have Celebration

Timber Neutrality-suspicious. are
completed for a grand celebration at
Timber Lake on August u and Is,
this being the first anniversary of the
county seat of Dewey county. The
lot sale conducted by the department
of the interior was held on these days
last year. The Commercial club have
decided to properly celebrate the oc-
casion and some of the features of the
birthday Party" will be an address
by Governor Wesley and Judge Witten
may also be here.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-07-28
MARKS MISSOURI SEA LEVELS
The United States Geological Survey
Has Recently Completed Work
In the State.

Jefferson City. Mo.-The United
States geological survey, working in
conjunction with the surveyors of the
state of Missouri. have been establish
ing the levels in this state and plac-
ing tablets or bench marks" in many
places. These markers show the
height Of hal point above the sea
level.
These bench marks are of two
forms. One is a circular bronze or
aluminium table three and one-half
inches in diameter and o~ne-fourth
inch thick, having a 3-inch stem which
is cemented in a drill hole in solid
rock in the wall of some public build
ing, bridge abutment or other. sub
~stantial masonry structure or in the
solid rock.
The second form to be set In the
ground where there is no rock or ma
sorry, consists Of a hollow wrought
iron post four feet long. A bronze or
aluminium table is riveted over the top
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-07-28
DiCTOGRAPH AS A DETECTIVE
Recently Invented instrument Plays
an Important Part in the Ohio
Bribery Trial.

Columbus, ON the trial of Rodney
j. Diegle, sergeant-at-arms of the Ohio
state senate, convicted of aiding and
abetting the alleged bribing of a state
senator, the state relied on a me-
chanical device, the photograph, a high.
ly sensitized telephone, for it's strong
est evidence.
The photograph transmitter was Sc
created in a detectives room in a ho-
tel and a court stenographer in anoth-
er room, reported the conversation in
which 1t was alleged brides were o..
fered and accepted.
For the first time in the history OF
detective work this curious machine
was used.
A photograph consists of a series OF
sensitive metal plates set In a hard
rubber cylinder. In its elements 1t is
a telephone transmitter magni1ed.
Used in a business way it enables a
man to sit at his desk in his private
office alone and talk OF his correspond.
ence without the s~tenographer being
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-07-28
To Meet in Black Hills.

Huron.-Beginning August 90 at
Lead and closing on the 26th at Belle
Fourche, will be held the first annual
gathering of the South Dakota Engin-
eering society, Of which S. ii. Lee is
president. A number of interesting
topics will be considered. among them
The Value of Public U<ilities,' by
c. +. Norbeck. and Improvement of
Public instruction Grounds will be
considered by State Engineer Lee and
Prof. Mcdaniel will talk Of "A Re
nance in Tunnel Building" Other
interesting topics will be discussed.
The society will spend a day at Dead
wood and Lead, and at Belle Fourche
will visit the government irrigation
works.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-07-28
Dynamiter Pays For His Fun.

misunderstanding fish in the
streams of South Dakota zones high.
as was discovered by a resident OF
Hanson county whose name has been
withheld by the authorities owing to
his prominence, who with three com
panions were arrested on this charge
by County Game Warden Martin.
The principal offender entered a plea
of guilty and was fined 500 and costs,
or about $125 in all, and this amount
he paid and was released from custo-
dy. The other three defendants were
able to prove that they were only spec
tators of the dynamiting, and had had
no hand in setting off the dynamite
themselves, so they wee released with
a warning.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-07-28
To Build City Hall.

Brookings.-The city has awarded
the contract for the new city hall to
a local firm. there being three other
bidders. The heating and plumbing
company, there being n other bid
der. Work will be commenced at once,
the specifications calling for the com
pletion of the structure by January
l.. 1t will be a two-story brick and
stone structure, so by 100 feet, with
offices for the city officials, council
and assembly rooms, fire department
commercial club. 1t VA provided for
by $40, 900 bonds on which the people
voted at the coty election in April.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-07-28
TO PUBLISH A WORLD PAPER

Another movement is now under
way to bring the NATIONS OF the world
into closer and more friendly rela-
lions. The International Journal.
soon to be published in Paris n
which will essentially be an interna-
tiopal organ, and it Is thought VIII
be a long step in promoting
end friendship among nations.
The promoter Of this new step In
Journalism is Theodore Stanton, son
OF the late Elizabeth Cady Stanton,
one of the noted women Of her time
and a pioneer in the cause OF woman
suffrage. He has sounded the senti-
ment in the various capitals of Eu-
cope relative to the project and has
found it favorable.
While French will be the language
mainly used In the publication, other
languages will be employed. The pa
per will have no policy, in the re-
Stricted sense Of the term. but will
aim to publish truthfully and accu-
rately both sides Of all questions Of
worldwide interest. A large corps O
matters will not be dealt with, but {
standpoint of international Importance
Much Of the MISUNDERSTANDING
incomplete Information on subjects W
est. When both sides Of great Ques
un~AarnA unoro Ia orcrrdonno NTH
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-07-28
Old Church as GARAGE.

Long Hill, Conn.-The old white
First Methodist church building,
steeple and all, for many years used
as a place Of worship and the first
church built In the town Of Trumbull,
has given away to the progress of the
times and garage. The edifice. which
stands almost in the center OF the vii
lage, has long been a landmark. The
steeple will be retained, the galleries
will be made into waiting rooms for
women and the pulpit and platform .
show place for accessories.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-07-28
New Road Law Held Up,

Vermillion.-The operation OF the
new road law passed by the last leg
islature of South Dakota will be held
up in Clay county for a year at least.
Under the provisions Of the law in
any county where 10 per cent of the
freeholders petition for a vote on the
proposition the law shall not become
operative until a vote has been taken,
and this at a general election. Such
a petition has been filed with Auditor
Anker, OF Clay county, signed by 400
'reeholders, living in nine OF the
twelve townships Of the county.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-07-28
Prisoners Must Work.

Aberdeen.-Seth Richmond, the new
~ appointed chief of police, has estab-
lished a new departure in the conduct
of his office by requiring all city pris-
oners to work out their fines. Every
day a squad of prisoners is put to work
cutting weeds on vacant lots or city
property, or performing some similar
duty, and as a consequence the num-
Der of Migrants in town is rapidly de-
creasing.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-07-28

Volin.-A fire which broke out in the
ware house of J. T. Dougherty, dealer
in general merchandise, for a time
threatened to wipe out the town, but
hard work Of volunteer fire fighters,
assisted by a favorable wind, saved
the town. Dougherty's loss is $4,000,
with $1,000 insurance. His warehouse,
barn and icehouse were destroyed. T.
]. Donhitt lost a barn, with no insur.
ance.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-07-28
FOSTER AND HIS MODEST FEE

John W. Foster. eX-secretary Of
state and known the world over
through his connection with the dip
lomatic corps of the United States,
has come into the limelight through
the publication of alleged facts con-
corning the collection of a claim
against the Chinese government. 1t
was the claim Of the heirs of Freder-
lex T. Ward. an American soldier OF
fortune. who vas killed in 1862 while
in the military service of China. China
paid to the United States more than
s24, 100000 indemnity for outrages
during the Boxer outbreak. OF this
less than 1000, 600 was awarded to
claimants by this government and the
remainder was returned to China
with the exception of $4,000, 900 re
served for belated claims.
Mr.. Foster received for this work
a fee of $3.50, 000. The matter Is now
in the hands OF a congressional com
mittee for investigation. The amount
paid the claimants was $36S,237.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-07-28
Rates For Homesteaders.

Aberdeen.-The state railroad COM
m~issioners, before adjourning their
sessions here last week, Joined other
organizations in the state in petition
on commodities to points in South Da-
kota west of the Missouri river, and
pledged themselves, If such rates were
granted, not to S the special rates
in estimating tariffs on South Dakota
haulS.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-07-28
seventy-one Years in a shoe Shop.

Charles II. Wilson of Troy. N. "
occupies the unique position Of having
been in business in one building for u
years: at least he will have completed
II years In the shoe business at 242
244 River street August IL next. This
record, 1t is believed, can be equale&
by few II any shoe retailers in this
country. Mr.. Wilson has also been In
business for himself for more than 50
years. Mr.. Wilson is today Just a.
much in active business as he was al.
most three-quarters of a century ago.
when as a thirteen-year-old lad he en-.
tered the employ Of John Leonard
Williams OF Troy. To be exact. that
was August IL, 1916. Mr.. Williams
kept a shoe store at 242-244 River
street in a building which had been
erected In 1903, and 80 the building
now occupied by Mr.. Wilson for his
retail shoe business is one Of the old.
est buildings in Troy.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-07-28
Thinnest Man Weds.

The thinnest man in the world waA
married recently by Municipal Judge
John r. Newcomer at the city hall.
II had to look three times to see
him." said the judge.
The man Is Arthur Atherton, twenty
four years old. Though five feet high,
he weighs only thirty-eight pounds.
He married Blanche Buckley, nineteen
years old, who weighs 1876 pounds
Chicago Daily News.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-07-28

General Bixby, chief OF the army en-
gineers, who has had charge Of the un-
watering Of the Maine, recently ex-
pressed the opinion that the destruc-
ton Of the battleship was caused by
the explosion Of her magazines. No
external explosion, in his judgment.
could have caused the conditions OBJ
served IN the remains OF the vessel.
But General B,xby added that the pri-
mary cause of the explosion woul
likely never be known, SO the mys-
terry OF the Maine, unlike the hull It
self. may never be revealed. General
Bixby said that unless the fragment
Of a torpedo could be found there is
no way of connecting an outside
agency with the blowing up OF the
vessel.
The destruction to the vessel was
such, says General Bixby, and the de-
terioration has been so great that it
is impossible to tell whether the ship
was blown up from a force within or
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-07-28
Violate Game Law.

Kimball.-Charles Sobek and James
Rozum, saloon g were arrested by
Game Warden Stewart upon a com.
plant from a farmer. for shooting
prairie chickens northwest OF town
and we're fined $3.50, after pleading
guilty. Joe Burnett, the owner OF the
hired auto with which the party were
hunting, was arrested, but stands trial.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-07-28
Caller-I thought you said your babr
could talk.
Young Mother-So he can, but I'm
the only one who can understand him.
DISFIGURED WITH CRUSTS

Some time ago l was taken with
eczema from the top of my head to
my waist. 1t began with scales on my
body. l suffered untold itching and
burning, and could not sleep. was
greatly disfigured with scales and
crusts. My ears looked as IL they had
been most cut off with a razor, and
my neck was perfectly raw. l suffered
untold agony and pain. I tried two
doctors who said l had eczema In its
fullest stage. and that 1t could not
be cured. then tried other rem
edies to no avail. At last, l tried a set
OF the genuine Cuticura Remedies.
which cured me Of eczema when all
else had failed, therefore l cannot
praise them too highly.
Il suffered with e about ten
months, but am now entirely cured.
and l believe Cuticura Remedies are
the best skin cure there Is" tSigned)
Miss Matte J. Shaffer, r. +. D. 1, Box
s, Dancy, Miss, Oct. ~, 1910.
Il had suffered from eczema about
four years when boils began to break
out on different parts OF my body. II
started with a fine red rash. MY
back was affected first, when it also
spread over my face. The itching was
almost unbearable at times. l tried
different soaps and salves, but nothing
seemed to help me until I began to
use the Cuticura Soap and Ointment
One box Of them cured me entirely. !
recommended them to my sister for
her baby who was troubled with tooth
eczema, and they completely cured her
baby" (Signed) Mrs. F. l.. Marber
ger, Drehersville. Pa, Sept. 6, 1910.
Although C%uticura Soap and Oint
ment are sold everywhere, a sample
Of each, with 32-page book, will Be
mailed free on application to CUT
cura," Dept. 1 L. Boston.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-07-28
Ieota WaterWorks.

Leola.- The waterworks system Of
Leola, the county seat Of Mcpherson
county, has been completed and is in
working order. A movement is now
under way to organize a volunteer fire
department.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-07-28
Tablet or Marker.

of the post and it is sunk into the
ground SO that the top p%rotrudes
about six inches.
The tablets are stamped with the
words: u. S. Geological Survey.
Missouri" The elevation in feet above
sea level is marked on the tablet and
the words: 1.-TWO hundred and fifty
dollars fine for disturbing this mark"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-07-28
MAN AT THE CUSTOMS GATE

William Loeb, Jr., Is the collector
of the Port of New York. He Is the
Man at the Gate. Against him come
yearly 100000 tourists and a million
immigrants in the fleet of 5000 ships.
All manner OF merchandise goes
through his gate-more than a thou
sand million dollars worth in a year.
This man has to sort it and appraise
tt and tax it II 1t Is taxable. OF all
the people and the merchandise that
enter the United States seven-tenths
come through the port of New York
and Loeb stands there with a staff
TO take the toll for the government
on all that ~stupendous amount of traf-
tfc.
Although he has been no more
than 81 months in office he has in
creased the gettings of the govern
ment by more than $4,000, 900. He
has enforced the commandment.
Thou shalt not smuggle' as fully
ON the rich as upon the poor. He has
locked up nearly a dozen persistent
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-07-28

P%ostoffice Closed Up.

Pierre.-The p~ostoffice at Lance
Creek, Stanley county, has been di,
continued and mail ordered to SaI
sarc. This is the result of settler
moving out and other offices will NJ
doubt be discontinued in the near Il
ture.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-07-28

without The greatest force, however, was from the inside, hdta1ns laI
The forward magazine had exploded. Whether this a ron a sympathetic
explosion caused by a torpedo from the outside may forever remalna mystery.
Many vii persist in believing tina. the Americana our of inquiry vas right
tn attributing the awful result to W distinct explosions the first c. which
Is Il O inconsistency between the courts findings Thu view O General ~
by. and that the Sampson board, which decided twelve years ago that te
batleship Maine IA sunk by a torpedo or mine, will be indicated in M
final findings Of naval officers is the opinion expressed generally at the ANY
UpDartment
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-07-28

Through his influence with the state department n our minister to
China as vel as with Chinese officials whom he had known when O a dip
iomatc mission to China n connection with the settlement of the var be-
tween China and Japan, Mr.. Foster persuaded the Chinese government to
consent to the payment of this claimo ut of thu 100000 reserve, though the
case ws nt associated with the Boxer claims.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-07-28

The worst thing about the silver
lining theory Is that o have to turn
the cloud inside out to find it.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-07-28

smugglers in Federal prisons nc las tumbled the pride of a hundred defiant
tourists by having them arrested nd heavily fined.
Mr. Loeb says smuggling, ven by nice people is a crime just IS much
s crime a. countereitng or passing bad checks. The law that declares it
10 be a crime is as plain as daylight
1t is this law THAT was turned over in 1909, n a somewhat dusty nd cob
webbed condition., to William loeb, who had been for EN- years secretary and
general handy man to Theodore Roosevelt Loeb vas to enforce this, and he
was to receive a salary of s12 1000 a year for enforcing it.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-08-25
ARIZONA HEN GIVES
 TIE LIARS 4 CHANCE
Flock Trained to Come Out Late al Night and
 Eat Bugs

GLOBE. Ariz., Aug. 24.-According to the Phoenix papers. J. B. Nelson, well known attorney. has trained his chickens to come out every night at 11:45 and eat the various bugs and insects that congregate around an arc light in that neighborhood. It was claimed for Mir. Nelson that he had at first poked the chickens out of the coop al night with a fountain pen and then led them to the light and showed them the bugs It is not known Nwheth- CT Mir. Nelson ate a few of them to illustrate to the chickens how good they were before they took hold Of the fad. However, L Watt Hogue. after reading ar account of NelsUn's stunts, which to Phoenicians seem wonderful, said there was nothing new in that statement and that chickens did not have to be taught anything in that line if a man keeps the right breed. Air. HogIe claims there are breeds Of chickens whose eerebrum and cer- ebellum are grown together. that they are sufferers from hydrocephalism and that they might have to be taught to eat, but with the kind he raises, white Leghorns, no teaching whatever is required. Mir Tlogue said that when the moon wes last full he was awai.- ened one night by the choking Of his chickens and looking out of the win cow he saw them all in the yard eat ing cockrOaches. He said the sa1e thing occurred nightly until the moon waned He said that for about two eeks the chickens did not come out Of their cocps, and that, missing their usual nightly luncheon. they began to grow thin and nervous, several dy- ing. which fact caused him a great deal of worry for fear he would lose them all. MT Hogue read booklets of all kinds on the diseases of chickens and tried all sorts Of medicines which they recommended. All his inyestiga- ton and experimentation was b no purpose; they continued to grow thin and die. and, in fact, became so highly nervous that they could not pick up c0bblesuones without dropping them from their pills. Mir. Hogue. after spending much time and money on various treatments, hit upon Q scheme which has proven highly sue eessfui and no more chicken invalids are to be found in the Hogue hennery. sfr HOgue each night at the silent hour of midnight, softly steals from
 his downy couch, makes a noise like the moon coming up lights his Ian
 tern. hangs it on a clothesline. All the chickens begin to chuck. come out and gather under the light Of the lantern and partake of the succulent grasshoppef. cricket and cock-roach drawn by the rays of the light
Bisbee daily review., 1911-08-25
NOT UP TO EXPECTATIONS
Mankind ard the World Frequently Disappointing to Hopeful Youth,
 Says Tasodore Parker.

l suppose many of us are a little disappointed with mankind. The world of the girls dream is not the world of the young woman's actual sight and to=Sa. and still less is 1t so of tho woman no longer young. In the moonlight of dreamy youth, as ws look out of the windows and re ioIcs fn the blooming apple trees. how different does the world seem from what VIC find 1t the next day. when in the heat os a May sun. we go about and remove the caterpiIlars from the scrubhy trees 4 boy bred in a wealthy family in little village. SC cluded from the eyes of men. filling his consciousness with nature and tho reflection of human life which deep poems and this great magnificent Bible and other religious books mir TOT down into his own soul. gees out into the world, and finds things ver5 different from what they appeared when seen through the windows Of the home which his fathers and moth CTS affection colored with the rose and violet Of their own nsture.-The odore Parker
Bisbee daily review., 1911-08-25

leader for the presidency, who plan to seek delegates to the republican na- tional convention on anti reciprocity platforms
 The president is expected toasay great deal about the Trusts. a oues- ton congress will take up at the com. ing long session. The democrats and the insurgents, if they shah act in harmony in dealing with this ques ticn, will have the votes to put legis- lation through congress.
 Public men very generally realize that since the Supreme Court has de cided the Standard oil and the Amer ican nobacco cases the subject is ripe for congressional consideration. In a broad way the question presented is whether the United States shall aa- here o the policy of encouraging com petition or whether it shall tend to- ward the policy of government con trol, which in the end would mean the fixing of prices The president has said repeatedly that he favors a na tional incorporation law. and public men look for him to express his views as to what, if anything, shall be done about the Sherman Antitrust law.
 As to currency reform, the president undoubtedly would like to see banking and currency legislation euacted dur ing the coming long session of con gress. Up to this time he has not had very much to say on the subject. although he has mildly approved the general idea of national reserve asso- ctation. Congressmen rather look for him to state his views on this subject al some length during the fall round up. The subject of economy in public expenditure is a favorite one with the president. He expects to tell the peo- pie just what he has accomplished through his economy ana efficiency board. and to explain his alans for the future
Bisbee daily review., 1911-08-25

Human Bones and Muscles.
 The 2oC bones of the human body are worked by 522 voluntary muscles.