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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-02-12

= MERE are in existence now but few original negatives Of DOR
traits Of Lincoln. Brady made a number. which he sold to the
government, and the portraits of Lincoln commonly seen are
copies Of nj o another Of these OF Of the well known Hesler
picture. wherein Lincoln is shown without a beard. The above portrait
Is from a photograph by McNuta. taken at Springfield, ILL.,, just pre-
vous o Lincolns departure for Washington in January. 1861. 1t Is C
counted ABOUT TIT ruest portrait Of Lincoln ever made His friends at
ONE esteemed 1t o highly that they chose it a s the model for a paint
ing made for the Illinois statehouse. The original negative, an old fash
aoned ct plate. Is very we'll preserved and is now in the historical col.
ectioh OF II: W Fay Esq, Dekab. ILL.,. by whose kind permission the
present production is made.
MI. Fay has a remarkable collection Of Lincoln pictures. consisting
o. Photographs made at over 200 different sittings. the total number Of
pictures In the collection being in excess Of 1000 Mr. FAY devised the
nem OF exchanging a copy Of this Lincoln photograph FOR the auto
graph pnotograph o any person OF state or national fame who would
communicate with him. Among those who have made the exchange are
Joaquin Miller Ms Helen Keller. Miss Jane Adams. Theodore P.
Shons. James Bryce, H. II. Kohlsaat, Brigadier General Charles King
and many other people Of note.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-10-31
NEGRO MUST HANG|
QUARTER BLOOD NEGRO MUST
HANG FOR MURDER ON PER-
kiNs COUNTY HOMESTEAD.
HAPPENINGS OVER THESTATE
What - Going On Here and There
That % Of Interest to the Read
ers Throughout South o.
kota and Vicinity.

Lemmon.-Judge r. L. Dillman OF
the Twelfth circuit imposed the death
sentence on Joseph Hickman, the
quarter blood negro who was arrest
ed after the murder of Mrs. Ellen Fox
and her 14-year-old daughter in their
homestead shack near Bixby, on sus-
picion of having committed the crime.
Hickman, who had been in Jail at
Bison, the county seat, ever since the
murders were discovered, confessed
soon after his arrest that he had kill
ed the woman and girl, but owing to
the excited state of public opinion at
the time. this fact was kept a secret.
He made a written confession Of the
murders, and Judge Dillman sentenced
him to be hanged on December 3.
Rickman's dreadful deed was COM
mitted because Mrs. Fox objected to
his attentions to her daughter, with
whom Hickman was greatly infatuated
and wanted to marry, though she was
but IA and he is a man 40 years OF
age and part negro.
Hickman received his sentence with
no display of emotion.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-10-31
Sewage Disposal Plant.

Aberdeen.-The big sewage dispos.
al plant at Aberdeen. for which the
city voted bonds in the sum of $780,
600, is nearing completion, and En-
gineer w. G. Potter. in charge of the
work, states he will be in a position
to turn the work over to the city,
complete. within a few weeks. Furth-
ermore. he a y that Of the 100000
which it was estimated the plant
would cost, about $780, 600 will be turn
back into the city treasury, the total
cost being not to exceed $1,000
The sewage disposal plant was almost
as important an item to Aberdeen as
the Panama canal is to the United
States. The growth Of the city had
reached such a point that the exist
ing sewage disposal plant was made
quate, and as the city is not located
on a flowing stream Of water, the prob
lem vas a somewhat difficult me.
Experts were consulted and a plan was
evolved which promises to work to
perfection. The preliminary estimates
for the work placed the total cost
at 5000, 900. and Aberdeen citizens
were %agreeably surprised when the
announcement was made that the
plant is actually being constructed for
$4,000 less.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-10-31
Fancy Price for Old Home Farm.

Winfred The Pond farm near Win
fred, consisting of 1872 acres, was sold
at public auction for 500 an acre.
Last spring Mr.. Pond, who then OWL
ed the farm. traded it to Joseph Hen
kin, OF Madison, for a farm in Rob-
erts county. but continued to reside
on the farm. Recently Mr.. Henkin
decided to sell the farm and adopted
the auction method as the most con
venient way of d%isposing Of it. Mean
time the Pond family, as the time
drew nea for them to leave the place
where they had lived for many years,
grew more and more reluctant to
leave it, and determined to bid it in
The bidding started at $15 an acre
and climbed upward until the place
was finally knocked down to Mr.. Pond
for 500 an acre.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-10-31
Old Mexican Coins Found.

Pierre.-A find of old Mexican coins
was made by a homesteader a short
distance up the river from Fort Pierre.
He showed several Of the coins, some
OF them dating back to 1926, and adj
mitted that he had found several dol
lars in a pile where they had evident
~ lain for many years, and that an
old wagon trail crossed the spot. and
a part Of the coins were found scat
tered along this trail. He refused to
say where his find was located other
than that it was up river from Fort
Pierre, and that he intended to go to
the place prepared to work over the
ground to see what more he could
find. The place where the coins were
found showed long burial and the
hoard is no doubt one which was
either buried by some Of the early
trappers who came up the river, or by
some members Of an early exploring
expedit on, who was probably tighten
ing his burden when being chased by
hostile Indians.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-10-31
Three Hurt at Wentworth.

Madison.-While crossing the track
on the main street of Wentworth, 7.
l.. B~ergstresser, Mrs. klumpner and
daughter were run into by a freight
train and thrown from the automobile
in which they were riding. They We're
on their return from Madison and un-
dertook to cross the track going south
into Wentworth. Mr.. Bergstresser
failed to notice the freight train back
ing up on the sidetrack behind the
elevator and the steps OF the caboose
struck the real fender of the car as
it passed over the track. oyerturning
the auto and throwing out the Oceu-
pants. Mrs. Klumpner was severely
cut about The head and an operation
has been four necessary. Miss
klumpner was bruised about the head
and body and is confined to her bed.
Mr.. Bergstresser was not materially
injured. but his car was badly dam
aged.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-10-31
FASCINATED BY THE RAILS
Only Explanation for the Perslstsncy
With Which Animals stay IN
Front Of Moving Trains.

As the engineer in charge OF q
railroad track running through Inc
Megantic, Que, district, was running
PEELED by a gasoline engine, he saw
a fine deer on the track before him.
His bridge inspector. who accom-
panied him, being a keen sportsman.
at once sent the car along at full
speed after the swiftly flying animal.
These cars are supposed to be able
to run along at the rate Of thirty
miles an hour. SO that although the
deer had a good start it vas caught
up with after about a miles racing.
Fol- fear OF a smash-up resulting
from a rear-end collision, h fore
man Stacked up as the a came up
to the frightened creature. and both
men shouted vigorously to it to clear
the track. The only result was an
other squirt Of speed, which was kept
up until the nimble feet slipped
through a high ~trestle, and the help
less deer, a three-yearold male, was
made into venison.
The curious feature of this not un-
exciting hunting was the p~ersistency
with which the stag kept to the track
between the rails, instead of turning
aside to the safety which a bound
or two would have afforded in the
bush.
The engineer, in reporting the &C.
currence, says that three or four
times during the past summer he has
been obliged to stop his motor car
to get the deer to leave the track.
This, and the fact that the engine
drivers say that they have several
times run down moose and deer in,
hunting districts led to an enthusiast
tic sportsman doing a little invest
eating on his own account.
From personal experience, and
much information received a very In
genious explanation of the refusal Of
the deer to leave the track between
the metals has been deduced.
1t is a fact known to experiment
t~alists, that if q chickens bill ID held
to the floor to a chalk line drawn
straight before 1t, the bird becomes
fascinated and apparently unable to
withdraw itself from it. So 1t Ap-
| pears that when fear is driving from
behind. the two shining rails from the
right and left have a fascinating or
hypnotizing effect upon deer. and as
long Is they are kept moving swiftly
they are unable to turn to either side.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-10-31
FROWN ON ALL WASTE
RAIL ROADS ARE KEEN ON SAVING
TIE PENNIES.
Not the Slightest Scrap Allowed to Be
Thrown Away-Saving by This
Policy Amounts to Thousands
OF Dollars q Year.

1t probably would surprise most per.
sons to know that every little sheet
OF paper and every piece Of iron or
steel and every piece OF old oily waste
used in railroad work is saved and
sold after its usefulness to the rail
road company is ended. 1t also Is sur.
prising to know that the wastes Of q
big railroad corporation have a lot
to do with the dividends on the stock,
for whatever waste is saved and sold
is just that much profit for the COM
pany and its owners.
Even the sawdust and shavings Of
the railroad shop are saved and Used
either for packing ice or for heating
the furnaces. The cloths and cotton
waste that are used In wiping the ma
chinery and keeping 1t bright and
shiny are never thrown away, but are
carefully saved and used for starting
the fires in locomotive furnaces, in
stead OF soaking wood kindling in
kerosene. Tons and tons of waste pa
per are collected in all the little rail
way stations, and when there is a big
pile it is put into sacks and shipped
to a division point and baled and then
sold to paper houses that use this
waste paper for a base for new paper.
we don't know just how much Of q
saving is made every year by these
little waste accumulations, but 1t
amounts to thousands of dollars ana
tons every year. said the general
of a western road. This
All Of the broken pieces OF rail, old
spikes, bolts. nuts, broken switch
frogs and everything else of an iron
or steel nature Is gathered up by each
section foreman. and whenever there
is enough of this scrap to make a car
load on any division a car is sent out
on a local train, the scrap ron and
steel loaded into the car and It goes
into the general scrap yards.
The company employs many spe-
cially trained men at the yards. They
sort over the piles OF scrap and pick
out what can be made useful to the
company. Whatever cannot be used
Is sold for old iron or old steel. The
accumulations Of ordinary iron and
steel scrap on the system xceed ffty
thousand tons a year. b half OF
it is available for use after being
worked over and the other half Is sold
to steel mills.
I'VE do not try to clean and use
again the waste that is used for rub
bling machinery, because it is full OF
grit, fine particles of steel and sane
| which would damage the bearings. But
we use it for starting fires in the fur
naces. The waste hat is used in the
journal boxes Of all cars Is saved and
it is run through machines when too
dirty and Thoroughly cleaned. Thu
waste is dry and almost as clean and
white as the day it was purchased and
it is used over again. The oil is
strained and ready for use a second
time, instead Of being thrown away
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-10-31
IMPROVEMENTS At HURON.
Northwestern Road Making Many
improvements In That CITY,

Improvements In That City
Huron.--The improvements being
made in this city by the Northwest
ern company are rapidly nearing ON
pietion. The new freight depot has
been occupied and is practically fin
lshed with the exception of a few
nnlshlng strokes. The old freight de-
pot has been moved away from its
OLD location to a place on the south
part OF the right of way. in order to
make room for the trackage that will
run to the new passenger depot.
Whether it will remain in this loca-
ton or be moved to the roundhouse
yards is o known at this time.
The passenger depot is being rush
ed to completion as fast as a full force
a work, the BRICK work being COM
pleted, with the carpenters rushing
things from their end. With another
two weeks of good weather the out
side work will be completed when the
inside finishing can be pushed and
the building turned over to the com
pany at an early date.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-10-31
Enrolment Of Voters.

Aberdeen.-J. w. Parmley, chair.
mar OF the state enrolment commit.
tee, reports fully 60 per cent Of the
electors of the state have enrolled as
provided under the new Richards pri-
mary law. October 16 was enroll
ment day in the state, and the reports
that have been forwarded TO Mr..
Parmley up to date show the follow.
ing:
Mitchell-442 enrolled, practically
25 per cent of the total vote. Esti-
mated that not over 30 to IS per cent
will enroll.
Salem Township, Turner county
% out Of 14O.
Highmore-129, or so per cent.
Perkins county-Enrollment very
meager. Many will not either enroll
or vote.
Brookings 200. or 33 per cent.
Dupree-19 out Of LA. Estimated
400 out Of S31 in Ziebach county.
Estelline-S0. or so per cent.
WATERFOWL i 100.
Wataugu-49 out of 81.
GrOton-S2 out OF 212.
Clear Lake Practically all enrolled.
Stickney-22 out Of 1O5.
W%oonsocket and Sanborn counties
so per cent.
Redfield $50 out Of ATS.
Huron-7OS out Of 1.4O0.
Springfield ia.
FairfaX-126.
Avon 63.
Ipswich-13S out Of 20S.
Aberdeen-S55 out OF $50. or 50
per cent.
Lawrence county-3,140 out of a..
600. Lead has enrolled as Republic
ans 1890; Deadwood. 343. Spearfish,
1875, and it is expected that a total OF
$500 Republican votes will be enroll.
ed in Lawrence county alone.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-10-31
Testimony in Telephone Case.

Lesterville.-At a hearing held here
by the state board of railroad COM
missioners, testimony was taken in the
case OF the Central Farmers Tele-
phone company Of Utica, and Lester
Vile. VS.. the Independent and North.
western Telephone companies. The
Farmers line was refused connection
with the lines Of the other two COM
panies upon the basis submitted by
the farmers company, when an appeal
was taken to the state board of rail-
road commissioners, which by author.
it, Of a state law can. if the merits
Of the cast warrant it, issue an order
compelling such connections to be
made. The testimony taken at the
hearing will be considered by the full
board at an early meeting, and a deci.
sion is expected to speedily follow.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-10-31
Litigation Ends at Last.

Deadwood.-It took 30 years for the
courts and lawyers to gradually ab
sorb the estate Of Patrick German,
one Of the old time mining men who
died here pecember, 1882. And then
because there was nothing turtle" left
in the estate. it was decided to Wind
it up and the order has just been is-
sued. When German died the estate
was valued at $4,000, part OF which
was in mining claims il the Galeaa
district neal here. Years ago the orig
inal administrators disappeared and
others have been from time to time
appointed, drawing down their COM
missions and the estate dwindled I'M
til nothing was left.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-10-31
Honeymoon in Auto.

Aberdeen.-E. +. Spaulding and
2,OO0-mile honeymoon by automobile
through the states Of South Dakota.
Iowa, Nebraska. Kansas, and Mime.
sofa. They made the journey without
serious mishap, reporting a splendid
time. Mr.. Spaulding is one Of the
members of the Spaulding Automobile
company, while the bride is the dansh-
ter Of City Commissioner OF Finance
and Revenue f. A. Brown.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-10-31
MUCH DEPENDS ON OFFICIALS
Railroad Workers Welcome Discipline
Of the Right Sort Under the
Right Man.

In a communication to the e
York Sun a veteran railroader re-
marks:
Whenever a railroad accident oc-
ours there is usually much talk about
regulation of speed, a closer super
vision by state and federal boards,
the installation OF various mechanical
and signal devices, etc, all of which.
while being we'll enough in their way,
founded upon little or nc knowledge
Of the business. Such suggestions
fail to touch the most important ele-
ment in the whole safety proposition:
namely, that improved devices and the
best form of construction are value
less without the enforcement Of a
strict observance Of operating rules,
simple discipline.
The maintenance OF discipline does
not involve. as Is often popularity sup
posed, arbitrary methods or harsh
ness. A discipline founded upon such
methods is but little better than no
discipline at all.
lit right kluU III ulSCIplIuc Is Sc
we're but just, and 1t must have in it
an element of kindness and decent
treatment. The right kind of discip-
line is generally desired by the rank
and file Of railroad employees. because
they appreciate the fact that it is
essential for their own safety, not to
speak of the. lives of passengers com
mitted to their care.
A discipline SO administered does
not create antagonism and ~disloyalty,
but on the other hand carries with it
the confidence and respect of railroad
employees for the management. It is
not possible to say precisely how all
Of this is accomplished and main
tanned, but it is all summed up in the
art OF handling men. One of the es-
sential qualifications Of a railroad Off
Ger Is that he shall SO lead his men
as to cur their obedience to the
rules, and also their confidence, es-
TEEN and support.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-10-31
Want Aaent Retained

Mhite.-White citizens are endeay-
oring to induce the railroad company
&c rescind its action III removing VI
]. Burns, the local station agent.
Burns was removed on complaint Of
the Davenport Elevator company. who
charge him with showing partially III
getting cars for grain shipments. Other
business men claim Burns has been
strictly impartial. and a petition has
been forwarded the company asking
for the retention of Burns as agent.
The petition was signed by enc hun
dred business men and residents Of
White. The company has offered
Burns another station. but he doesn't
want to leave White.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-10-31
Stopped Train to Pick Up Dog.

A dog stopped a train at Lauder
dale. Berwickshire, Scotland, under
remarkable circumstances, a few days
ago. The shepherd lost the dog in
Lauder, and left without her, but Nell,
as she was called, raced after the
train in which her master was for
four miles, drawing level on a stiff
gradient. and then running alongside
for some distance. She kept SO close
that the occupants Of a compartment,
who noticed her, We're afraid she
would be run eel One of them
pulled the communication cord and
stopped the train, the faithful dog
thus getting in safely.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-10-31
MAY TALK.
Warden Grants Convicts Permission
to Talk at Meal Times for Week.


Sioux Falls.-Whel the 21O inmates
Of the penitentiary sat down Sunday
for their MONDAY meal, Warden
Swenson entered the dining hall and
announced that he was going to try
an experiment. Il have decided to
permit you men to with each
other during your meal time when
seated at the tables. You may talk
to those at your tables, but not to
those at other tables. This privilege
will be granted for one week"
Mr.. Swenson states that strict ST.
lence has always been enforced at the
penitentiary in this state as it is in
most prisons. THE only exceptions
to the rule l have ever made" he
said, ARE " times a year, On Christ
mas and on the Fourth Of July, when
| have always given the prisoners the
privilege to talk with each other.
In some state prisons the silence
rule is not closely followed. Some
wardens permit men when out in
groups carrying on certain work. to
talk just the sane as outsiders. e K
cept that their conversation shall not
interfere with their work, nor shall
they become boistercus. | believe that
we car we'll afford to make a test OF
this privilege and ] am doing so with
caution. If l find that it is a privilege
that is not abused | see no reason why
more liberality and more privilege
should not be given. I shall make no
promises beyond tie II week. can
best tell after one weeks trial what
the effect is on the men and our rules
Of discipline"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-10-31
Explosion in a GARAGE.

Mitchell. The explosion of an acct.
ylene gas tank in the motor garage Of
Terry w. Niece here nearly cost the
life Of the owner and his brother, ID.
McGee, who was assisting him in
Welding with a gas torch. Both men
were hurled away. d hole blown
through the roof Of the shop and its
windows broken. The injuries OF the
two men are believed 10 be internal.
Three other men in the garage es-
capped uninjured.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-10-31
WILL NAME JUDGES
PLACES WHERE NOMINATING
MEE IiNGS MUST BE HELD
UNDER RICHARDS BILL.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
from IN: Capitol City. the Various
State Institutions and From
Many Different Parts Of
the Sunshine State.

Pierre.-By the new primary act
me Jualclal proposal committee meet.
ihgs Tor the selection OF candidates
ior circuit judges shall meet in the
court house at the county seat of the
county IN the circuit which cast the
largest number of votes for governor
az me last preceding election. The
proposal delegates attending such
meetings. are entitled to 10 cents per
hllie Tor each mile both going and
returning from such meeting, the
same to be paid out OF the county gen.
efal funds of the county which sends
the delegations. While this inner
OF location of the place OF the propos.
al committee meetings will not be OBJ
J~ectlonable, in the first judicial circuit.
composed OF the counties OF Yankton,
clay, Turner, Hutchinson. Douglas,
ION Homme and Charles Mix, the
meeting must be at Wheeler, Charles
MIX county, about ten miles from a
railroad, and on the first Saturday In
January. For the other circuits. the
meeting for the second circuit will be
at Sioux Falls; for the third circuit at
WatertOWn; for the fourth circuit at
Mitchell; for the fifth circuit at Aber-
deem; for the sixth circuit at Fort
pierre; for the seventh circuit, at Rap
id City; for the eighth circuit, at
DeadWood, for the ninth circuit, at
Huron. for the tenth circuit. at lps-
wich for the eleventh circuit, at Fair
fax, and for the twelfth circuit, at b.
son. In any Of the circuits the coun-
ties can easily reach the place OF
meeting by rail except in the first
with a short drive. the eleventh with
the counties Of Gregory. Trip, Mel
lette, Bennett and Lyman SO situated
that long drives will be unavoidable,
as will be the case in the twelfth cir
cult with the counties OF Harding.
Perkins, Corson. Dewey and Ziebach.
incidentally all precinct delegates
10 the county meetings and delegates
10 the district senatorial meetings
will receive 10 cents a mile each way
for such attendance to be paid by the
counties, While those attending the
state meetings at Pierre Will be tn
titled to but five cents per mile each
way for such attendance to be paid
IN the state.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-10-31
Poetry Of RaHroadino.

The oft-quoted Finnigan has 4 rival
in Pat Donohue, an Ohio freight con
ductor whose train had a breakdown
recently. After the accident he sent
this message to Train Dispatcher
Straight:
"Two-tVenty-two has a busted fine.
What will l do? Donohue.'
This awakened the slumbering muse
in the telegraph Office. and the reply
ran:
Wait. Two-twenty-eight Will take
your freight. Dispatcher Straight.