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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-05
VALUES INCREASED
HEARING BEFORE TAX comm,s.
SiOU RESULTS IN CHANGES
BEING MADE.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
from the Capitol City, the Various
state Institutions and From
Many Different Parts Of
the Sunshine State,

Pierre.-The tax commission nearly
aoubied the farm land valuations in
beadle county over the figures re-.
turned by the board of that county
Qalte decisive raises were made also.
IN the farm land valuations of Brook
lhss' Douglas and Lincoln. Mime.
mana, Moody and Lake drew fairly
strong reductions.
As finally equalized by the commits
SION, the Clay county farm valuations
average the highest of any county in
me state, $50. AZ an acre. Custer
county has the minimum showing
Win an average Of S6.01 an acre. Seven
o'her counties, besides Clay, show av-
erage valuations in excess of $50 an
acre. These are Bon Homme, Hutch
lhson, Lincoln, Minnehaha, Turner
and Union.
q values throughout the state are
about four times those Of last wear
me actual value system being in
vogue this year. In the following tab
ulatlOn the assessed value lis the
average returned by the county board.
Vhlle The "equalized value" is the av-
efage established by the commission
acting as a board of review.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-05
Tuberculin Tests in Diaries,

Plerre.-Tuberculin tests Of the
dairy herds of the state through ac-
ton under city ordinances is the plan
proposed by the state livestock com.
mission, as the best method of hand
lng that proposition. There is no
state law on the subject. but several
towns of the state have taken up the
matter as a health regulation and are
compelling dairyrnen selling milk in
these towns to have their herds
tested. To carry this as far as pos
slble thorough town action is planned,
and If the showing is sufficient ia
this ann there will be no trouble
IN securing general legislation COW
eflng this disease. It is held hal a
showing OF tuberculosis in an animal
does not mean that it is a loss to the
owner, as even with the disease show
if the milk is pa%stuerized. it is called
healthy and If the animal is slaught-
cred for beef. and the tubercular por.
removed. the rest is called
healthy meat for consumption, as the
is many times only slight
and affecting some of the organs of
the animal, and unless a post norton
examination discloses a general
spread Of the disease the meat is con-
sidered not to be affected.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-05
Free life Insurance.

A scheme OF free life insurance has
been inaugurated by a New York rail
road company for the purpose of in
creasing the interest of the employees
IN the affairs Of the company and to
encourage them to stay with the com
pany. instead OF making changes on
the slightest provocation. Without
any cost whatever to the employees. the
company has announced hat after
n years employment the next of
kin Of anyone in its payroll will, upon
death OF the employee, be entitled to an
amount equal to one-quarter Of the
wages paid to the deceased. After
two years the amount is doubled, and
so on. In case of suspension the
benefits of this new rule are not oper-
until n year after the date of
said suspension.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-05
Postoffice Examination Ordered.

Sioux Falls September - has
been selected as the time for an eX-
animation to be held at Valley Springs
near Sioux Falls. by the federal civil
service commission, which as the re
suit of the examination will pave the
way for selecting a postmaster to fill
a contemplated vacancy at Valley
Springs. 1t is expected there will be
a number of applicants for the place.
and keen rivalry will exist between
them as to who will make the best
showing at the examination and cap
ture the plum. The compensation Of
the postmaster during the past fiscal
year was 1928, the office being in the
fourth class.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-05
RAN THE FIRST LOCOMOTIVE
Engineer Now 90 Years Old, but sui
In Active Service, Gets Medal Of
Much Historic Interest.

George W. Scott, ninety-two years
old. the Oldest locomotive engineer.
who is now in the employ Of the Cam
den & Amboy railroad, has been pre-
sented with a medal. 1t bears a por-
trait Of the engine John Bull No. !,
the first locomotive on the road Of
that company, of which Mr.. Scott a
engineer and which is now on exhibit
ton in the Smithsonian institution
Dispatch in the New York Evening
Post.
An ancient man and an honorable
record The history of New York-Phil-
adelphia traffic is a stirring chapter
In the Of humiliation of dis
lance. In the early seventeenth CEN
fury the only road save Indian trails
In Jersey was that over which the
Dutch at New Amsterdam had con-
tact with the settlements on the Della
ware. 1t followed the New Brunswick
Trenton line and developed into what
came to be called the upper road
when a later route through Amboy,
Rordentown and Burlington was the
lower route. In the eighteenth CEN
tury Philadelphia moved up to with
in three days OF New York, and the
flying machines" of 1865 made it in
two days-in summer. The Camden
4 Amboy followed the lower route,
and it was a marvel to sit in one OF
the funny little coaches and be ratified
across the Jerseys in a few hours.
Mr.. Scott could spin some time-anni-
hilating yarns of pioneer days on the
road
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-05
Football Dates.

Sioux Falls.-Two big football
games, with the possibility of a third
being scheduled. will be played in
Sioux Falls during the month of Oc-
tober, according to arrangements just
made by the commercial club. The
first of the big contests is set for
October Is. between the South Da-
kota Agricultural college at Bookings
and the North Dakota Agricultural
college at Fargo. The next week in
the same month the state university
at Nermillion will come to Sioux Falls
to play the gridiron warriors from
Denver. The possibility of a third
game is that between the Dakota Wes-
leyan, of Mitchell. and Morning Side
college, of Sioux City. which may be
played in Sioux Falls II dates can be
arranged.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-05
Railroad Ball BEARINGS.

Nearly two years ago the Karlstad-
Munkfors railroad Of Sweden began
testing ball bearings on q bogie-truck
passenger car, which has since been In
regular use, and the management now
that the test has given en-
tire satisfaction. It is estimated that
operating cost has been reduced at
least Z per cent, there being also q
considerable saving in fabrication and
working cost. Other cars are to be-
similarly equipped by the company ;
and the Swedish State railroads have,
recently fitted out a passenger car
with these bearings, which will be put
into regular use. drawn by an electric.
motor, with the purpose of making q
thorough and systematic test.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-05

Miller.-It is not often that a man
has TO be driven from jail. but such a
case has just come within the activ-
tiles OF Chief of Police Corcoran. of
this city. He reports that a prisoner
placed by him III Jail in the evening
refused to leave when ordered to do
SO the mex morning. The prisoner
apparently was so we'll satisfied with
the rest cure in the Jail that he
would not voluntarily leave and in
order to get him out of Jail it was
necessary for the chief of police to
take him by the collar of his coat and
forcibly eject him. The eiectment of
the man was materially aided by sew
eral prods from the toe of the Of.
ficials shoe.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-05
Goes to Honolulu Mission School.

Clear Lake Maurice G. Greenly,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. II. B. Greenly,
prominent resident of Clear Lake, has
departed for Honolulu, where he has
been assigned a place as teacher in
the high school department Of the
Mills school. This is the boys di-
vision Of the Mid-Paeific institute, a
mathematician. nonracial mission
school, with a student body made up
chiefly OF Chinese, Japanese and
Koreans, with a few F%ilipinos and Ha-
waiians. Mr.. Greenly goes for two
years work. He was a member of
the last class of graduates from the
State college of South Dakota. He
will sail from Vancouver September 3
for his new field of labor.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-05
Severe Storm Does pam.o.

Trail City.-This vicinity was over
taken by n of the most severe
storms of the season. which did much
damage to properly. The telephone
system in nearly every town in this
section Of the state was demoralized.
at Eagle Butte several houses were
damaged greatly and the Milwaukee
1epOt was unroOfed. At Timber Lake
several buildings were damaged. Ten
head Of live stock were killed in the
vicinity Of Dupree. and a pony be.
ongsng to Charles DuCharme, near
here, was killed by lightning.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-05

This track w~heelbarrow. designed.
particularly for railroads and mani
featuring plants having spur tracks
in their yards or buildings, is equip.
ped with two wheels. one in front and
the other at the rear. There wheels
carry all the load, which relieves the
user of the necessity of lifting, and
allows him to walk either inside or
outside the rail instead of having to
straddle it when pushing the wheel.
barrow along.-Popular Mechanics.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-05
MANY Land Contests Involved.

Pierre.-School teachers over the
northwest will watch with interest
progress OF the amendment to the
land laws of the country which seeks
to allow time spent In teaching school
on the part of a homesteader, as a
part of the time c. residence IN the
tract. so long as improvements are
kept up. Many contests have been
commenced in the northwest on the
basis that the claimant was absent
from the land teaching school. and in
many such cases this has been taken
as good grounds for canceling the
entry. The contention for the new
act is that the homesteader who de-
votes time to teaching school is do
ing more to help develop and build
up the country than the one who
merely stays on the claim to comply
with the strict letter Of the law In
regard to residence.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-05
ELoPERs CAUGHT.
Man Likely to Face Prosecution Under
White Slave Act,

#* 80 S1oVV ~<1
Menno.- Sheriff F.. w. Koch, OF
Hutchinson county, has returned here,
having in custody Alvin B~randenburg.
25 years Of age. and Lila Dean. l6
years OF age, The girl will be turned
over to her parents and Brandenburg
will be held pending the outcome of
charges that he has violated the Mann
white slave law.
Lila Dean is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Jacob Dean, Of Memo. On
August II Mr.. and Mrs. Dean and an
older son Went to Jacob Deans broth
er's farm to assist in %thrashing, leav-
ing Lila and the two younger chill.
dren at home. That night. in the alb
sence OF her parents, Lila attended a
dance at Memo in company with
Brandenburg, who was employed as a
farm hand III the vicinity. The girl
did not return home. and the follow
ing day her parents discovered she
was gone and that Bra4ylenburg was
also missing.
The authorities were notified and
the couple were traced to Aberdeen,
where they stayed a day or two. and
were finally located at New Rockford,
n. D.. whore the Hutchinson county
sheriff found them. They had beer
living at New Rockford as husband
and wife for ten days before their
arrest.
1t is claimed Brandenbure has a
wife and two children residing in In
diana. The father Of the Dean girl
accompanied the officers to New
Rockford.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-05
Boy Loses Both Arma.

Wetonka.- Leonard, the S-year-old
son of Emil Won Eschen. who resides
four miles north of Wetonka. lost both
arms and had his right reg fractured
a peculiar accident. The father
was moving hay on their farm and
Leonard and an older brother were
riding on the hay rake. The HORSES
attached to the rake became frightened
and ran away. This excited the team
on the mower and it too. started off.
The boy was thrown from the rake in
front Of the
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-05
seeks Hat; Loses Hand.

Aberdeen.-Ed G. Anderson prop
rietor of the Anderson Elevator COM
pany of this city. lost his left hand
while attempting to rescue his hat
while riding on a Milwaukee train at
Ortonville. Mr.. Anderson's hat blew
off, Mr.. Anderson stepping from the
train to rescue it just as a sleeping
car was being coupled on. In the dark-
ness Of the early morning he slipped
and fell. his hand striking on the rail
Just as the train started.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-05
New Bureau Is SOUGHT.

Pierre.-The register of deeds. as an
information bureau under the law OF
the last legislature, has had a couple
OF remarkable letters recently. One is
from an eastern girl. who wants to
work on a Dakota ranch, and says that
she is from the east. but can furnish
good references" The other is from
an Iowa German farmer, whose wife
took the three children and ran away
last June. He wants Information as
to their location.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-05
Large Rather for COMPANION.

Capa.-To ride sevral miles on !
load Of hay with a huge rattlesnake
as a close companion was the expert
ence of the konst brothers, who are
haymaking in this vicinity. Just be-
fore leaving the field they espied a
rattlesnake and killed it. When they
reached the barn and unloaded their
load OF hay they discovered another
.rattlesnake in the hay on which they
had been riding.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-05
OPPOSITION TO NEW LAW.
MANY Do Not Favor State constitu.
tional Convention.

tlona Convention.
Plerre.-1t has developed that there
IS a quiet ~undercurrent of opposition
70 the proposition authorized by the
last legislature for calling a state
constitutional convention. Opposition
VIII come from those who oppose any
increase in salaries of state officials,
The salaries were fixed at the con.
Ventlon OF 1886, over a quarter OF a
century ago. While the salaries of
state officials have stood still all that
time on account Of the constitutional
restriction, the salaries Of county
officers have been changed to meet
Changed conditions, until now county
officers in many counties get greater
salaries than do state officers.
On the other hand the good roads
people, who are somewhat Of a force
IN the state, are desiring the conven.
tlon 10 allow some change which will
give the state power to take a part in
The building OF roads, and Incidentally
into line for securing a part OF the ap.
preparation of the national govern.
ment for roads which will only be paid
after the state has done a share TO-
ward chat end, which is impossible un-
der the present constitution.
lax revision will also be an element
IN the question Of a new constitution.
and the action Of the present tax col,
mission in insisting on as nearly rs
possible actual valuations On property
Viii bring that issue more forcibly 20
the people thsG all the discussions
along academic lines could do in a de-
Co de-.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-05
Reports on New Road Bui!dinu.

Pierre.-N. M. Hanson, of the state
land department, has returned from a
trip to Marshall and Roberts counties
TO look into the matter of use Of state
lands. He finds that a great deal OF
work is being done on the cross state
highway through Marshall county.
and a great deal more on the "Meri-
dian Highway" across Roberts county.
Several thousand dollars have been
to make a good road through
the coteaus, and the work has been
we'll done. He reports the munich
pal saloon at Sisseton doing a thrIv-
ing business. and the plan not finding
any opposition except from brewers.
That it is bringing a good revenue and
the surplus is being used principally
for road improvement.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-05
Cat Rides Forty Miles Under Enoine

When the crew of a morning pas
senger train from Wilkes-Barre was
making an examination of the train at
Nescopeck (Pa.) station they found
sitting on the engine truck a cat, the
pet of the Wilkes-Bar train master.
The cat did not seem at all pleased
at being taken on the truck after en-
joying a fast 40-mile ride. It was boxed
up by Station Agent Hoag and sent
back to Wilkes-Barre.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-05
One case in instance in this part OF

One case in instance in this part OF
the state a teacher made filing, and
put in all her time on the claim when
not engaged in teaching, and put sub
stantial improvements on the tract,
but after a long and expensive legal
contest, was finally ruled out by the
department solely on lack of resi-.
dence' as construed under the law.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-05
Militia Company Formed.

Lead.-A militia company to form
part of the Fourth regiment, South
Dakota national guard, is being
formed here by Andrew Bray. Span.
ish war veteran, who also expects to
organize a company in Deadwood
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-05
Editor Scott Sued.

Sioux Falls.-Mark d. Scott. editor
Of the Weekly Journal, has zen
made defendant in a libel suit which
was started by Oliver 8. Pender,
clerk of the United States court for
South Dakota.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-05
Quick Chance Of remner.+,,-.

N'0'sSC " Temperature.
II an English engineers plan to run
an electric railroad up the side Of
Mount Popocatepetl. in Mexico, be-
carried out. passengers will experience,
2 change in temperature from 70 de-
grees above zero to 10 below Within
two hours.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-05
Car Taxes for Counties.

Pierre.-The apportionment OF ex-
press company taxes TO the dlf1erent
counties Of the state this year amounts
to only s1,838.96. as the large COM
panies are contesting payment in the
courts, and only the smaller cOmpan-
les raying their taxes. The sleeping
car tax is s1.44O; and the telegraph
lax 1913. these amounts being dis
tributed to the different counties IN
witch the property Of these corpora
lions are located. mostly going n
sluall INT
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-05
$45 a Week in Cream Check.

Draper.-Herb Hill, a prominent
ranchman of this place. tops the rec
ord for the value of cream sold each
week. From the proceeds of his
cream he has averaged $45 per week
for the past three months. He milks
SO COWS. He owns an automobile.
with which he brings the cream to
town several times during the week.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-05
Dean Perisho Declines ENGAGEMENT.

Vermillion.-Dean e. c. Perisho re.
fused a call to give a series OF lee.
lures in Seattle. Wash. recently in
order that he might fulfill an en-.
gagement to conduct the teachers In.
stitute Of Minnehaha county. This is
the seventh consecutive year which
he has acted as conductor there.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-05
Swarm o. Bees ston Train.

A swarm Of bees stopped q freight
train near Bridgend. England, whom
they gathered about the engine cab
and stung the engineer and 0re1pen
until they we're forced to a1ut OF
steam. leap from their places - -
into the car.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-05
Motion Pictures HANDY

Statesmen OF machinery too large to
be carried around are finding motion
picture films useful. in showing pros
pective customers the operation OF the
machines they have to sell.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-05
How vlndic&ive

The pastor will be glad to know
OF sickness in the homes Of members
Of the church.-Worthing and Dis
trict Baptist Herald.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-11-07
WHAT WOULD % THE RESULT
o. RoosEvELTlsM IN MEXICO

some well informed writer in the
Pulitzer Magazine says that ii the
American army interviewed in Next
CO what would happen II they
walked upon Mexico City and took
possession OF the government il is
quite likely there would be no oppo-
sition to their march; not a soldier
would they meet on their way. But
once In Mexico City they would find
themselves In the same predicament
exactly as Huerta now Is. and as
Madero was before him. There would
be no open nghting. but there would
% daily slaughter of American sol
dlers: the Mexican guerilla has every
thing 10 gain and nothing to lose: he
can live on the country: he knows
MS hills. mountains and valleys: he
i Indian enough to be able to hide
himself In the brush and forest: he
cannot he followed into his retreats;
every turn In the road Is an ambush:
every irregularity in the ground af-
gords him shelter. How long would
the people Of the United States per-
nit the killing of American soldiers
and the spending OF American dollars
IN such q thankless struggled Even
taally our American army would be
compelled TO retire In humiliation:
such a blow 70 our national prestige
viii not De readily invited By the
American people. Il Is we'll to bear
this fact in mind in considering the
question OF our physical intervention
In Mexico.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-11-07
rAg rglgpaoss coMpANys RE.
cEprIoN

TIE ocala Telephone Company
Kept open house all day Friday 70
The ladies eof ocala Cor the purpose
Of givlag them a chaace 70 visit the
eompany's splendid plant Ia their fne
aeE aome. Whlca they have occupied
Cor several months.
For each LADY visiting the Office
duriag the day Who registered and ~
NAMED IN TIE operating room FOR one
minute or more tAe telephone com.
paay ain donate ten eeats Ia. the
fund far books. etc. FOR the new Car.
negle library When tae reporter for
'hls pager registered. ~aica vas
shortly after aooa. forty ladies' had
ALREADY registered. AID darlng the
aitern0on many more ladies visited
the oaice. % besides tie ladies Of
oeaa haylaE a pleasant opportunity
70 he saoEn through the oaice they
acre also helpiax the company.
shica i composed OF Mr. J. ?. Phil
lips ana Mr., ". r. Cars. tao Of our
nnbll esplrlted clsi.eas. 0ith their
generous donation o tie library. The
generosity o. these tao gentlemen l.
most commendable.
The visitors were shoNn through
tae operating room On The second aoor
b. Miss susie Morris. aho has been
uitA the 0calA Telephone Company
Tor several Years. AID = thoroughly
familiar viih the new system that
has been put IN b. this company. OF
course to an outsider the greater part
of the explanations IN the operating
rooms aud the mechanical depart.
meat on The nrsg ioor vas almost the
same a. Greek. bar Ke 20 knoW that
The system T. splendid. compact and
simple. some monfhs axo Secretary
Rooney o. the board OF trade wrote
tor TIE Banner a VERY nne aud com.
prehenslye description Of our local
telephone system In The company's
tea quarters. which report the local
editor tuiiy endorses
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-11-07

Talk abort the slit skirt. the harem
skirt. the dlrectorse gown and dress
e~ made By Worth of Paris None
of them can equal In surprising love-
illness fhe dresses worn BY kev West
girls They are perfectly bewitching.
and the girls are even prettier than
their dresses. To see these visions or
beauty. makes an old fellow wish he
we're back IN his twenties.-Punta
Cords Herald.
n the editor % the Herald will
come 20 Ocala during the session OF
the cost congress. We win show him
what true vomanly loveliness Is.
Bring the bachelor ex-governor along
with you and We will promise that
b. shall no longer remain impression
less. We've got the goods and the
beauty in them. but only TO be deiiv-
cred BY proper wooing.