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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-08-08
Marvin
Monitor:

Monitor:
K. II. Stohl, OF Webster was
transacting business in Marvin
Thursday.
Robert Cross is back at his
old place in the Barber Shop
again. We are all glad to see you
back Bob.
Miss Alma Anderson returned
home Saturday from Milbank
where she had been taking the
Teachers examination.
Bert Sannes. one of our pros
porous farmers, has demonstrat-
ed his faith in our good land by
buying a fractional piece of land,
14O acres, or that portion of the
Reitsch land which lies south OF
the new right-of way and joins
Mr.. Sannes' land on the east.
H. J. Poppelman, our local land
man, made the deal.
Andrew Anderson has bought
the Christ Anderson property in
Marvin. H. j. Poppelman nego-
tiating the sale of same.
One Of our townsman in travel
ing about the country last week
reports that the two best pieces
Of grain he had seen were, one, a
field of blue stem belonging to
John Konstant and the other blue
stem and belonging to Bert Laur-
itzen and that either field looked
to be good for % bushels per acre
These fields are a credit to the
Marvin territory as well as TO the
farmers who raised them. There
are several other tine fields OF
grain near town.
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MAKING 4 DWARF TREE.
= % 0sns ~ Nsst Pruning and Just
ksspinS ~ Plant Alive.

q q 0sns BY Nest Pruning and Just
ksspinS ~ Plant Alive.
How gardeners manage to grow
miniature pines, frs and oaks in
flower pots for half . century has
always been more or less Of q Sc
cret. It is the result chiefly Of skill
full, long continued root pruning.
They aim first and last ut the
seat Of vigorous growth, endeavor-
ing to weaken it just as far as pos
sible without destroying the life of
the tree.
They begin with the young plant,
say a Seeding of a cedar or hem
lock, when only two or three inches
high and cut off its tap roots as
soon as it has other %rootlcts enough
to live upon and replant it in a
shallow earthern pot or pan.
The end of the tap root is gen.
orally made to rest on the bottom
of the pan or on a fiat stone within
it. Alluvial clay is then put into
the pot, much of it in bits the size
Of beans and just enough in kind
and quantity to furnish a scanty
nourishment to the plant.
Just enough Of water, light and
heat is given to keep it alive, but
not enough to excite a vigorous
habit.
Thus by using very shallow pots
the development Of the tap roots il
impossible, and by using poor sol
and little Of it and little water
rapid growth is prevented.
Then, too, the top and side roots
which are within easy reach of The
gardener, are shortened by mean:
of a pruning knife or are scarce
with q hot iron. In this manner the
little tree is headed off on every
side and is allowed to grow JUS
enough to live and look healthy.
Accordingly, each ley set o
leaves becomes more and more
stunted, the buds and rootlets arr
diminished in proportion, and a
length q balance is diminished be
tween every part Of the tree, max
ing it a dwarf in. all rcspects.-Sci
entific American.
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Wilmot Republican: Mrs w f..
Peek and daughter Mrs. Goodyear,
and o Donald, left Wednesday
evening for Outlook, Montana, where
they will spend two weeks visiting
with relatives. From there they will
go to Spokane, Washington, for a
visit with friends and relatives and
then on to Seattle where they expect
to make their future home. and where
L. v. Peek lives. They will have the
best wishes Of their Wilmot friends
in their new home.
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Family Pride.

Luke, the butler, had an endear-
ing affection for long words. Also
he had q relative, Aunt Lindy, who
was ~eighty-six years Of age, and .
great-aunt, Sally, who claimed more
than ninety years. An octogenarian
and q nonagenarian Luke had heard
the folks Eat de big house, call
them. He was telling q visitor about
his family.
"Yas'm, ma'am; Aunt Lindy's
eighty-six years o."
saThat Is very old indeed, Luke"
tho visitor commented. "And Sal
lys"-
'16ally's mon dat, ma'am." Luke
interrupted. sShs'S : nonentity,
moshm.h-New York Post.
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~When women set out to say
mean things about each other they
Il sually succeed" said = we'll known
New York state senator the other
day. my wife had several guests
recently and ! overheard a bit OF
conyersation~that ! thought was q
prize" Then he told this story:
"A certain Mrs. Blank was under
discussion. Z see that she employs
colored help now remarked one OF
the ladies.
= Yea said another, she became
tired Of having people ask her if her
0Aids we're relatives Of the fam
ss-Dotroit Free Press.
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Worse Than He Felt

Cutting \ suppose 1t did make yon
feel mean. DubbS-W Well. / should say!
Why. | felt like a plugged nickel.
Cutting-Ah. But what a blessing it
Is that We never feel quite as bad as
we look!-Philadelphia Press.
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FOR

1913 Model, Motor Cycles and Motor
Boats at bargain prices, all makes,
brand new machines, on monthly
payment plan, Get our proposition
before buying or you will regret it.
also bargains in used Motor Cycles.
for reply.
Address Lock box IL
Trenton, Mich.
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MIDWAY OF 1912 STATE FAIR. THE 1913 ATTRACTION WILL
BE FAR SUPERIOR IN EVERY RESPECT,

An important amusenen feature If the State Fair this ear will be KTnes
twenty eight al circus and carnival There will be twenty shows o more
usual merit. including California Franks Wild West Show, Inken's Com
bned Wild Domestic Trained Animal Circus. Billy Williams and His New
Show, Rounds Imperial Ladies' Band Orchestra. Turpin & Swartz in dare
devil ride n their otordrome, and fifteen other great carnival attractions.
n enormou concert organ and compressed air aliope with the Williams
warea always popular with the children (ad grownupst tool Dyoa, the
show. Trixy, the GOO pound damsel and other features are sure to
please This is the largest carnival and refined circus collection now making
the big airs of the country.
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For Sale

FURNITURE of five rooms
complete, Including kitchen
range, gasoline stove with oven.
Five room flat close in, can be
rented by the purchaser. Partly
modern, electric lights and CHS
tern. MARTENS BROS.
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FREE ATTRACTIONS At
SOUTH DAKOTA FAIR.

The finest list Of free attractions ever
presented has been secured for the 1913
State Fair In the personnel Of F. NJ.
Barnes European Hippodrome, com
prising the greatest hippodrome spe-
cialties In America. These free acts
will be presented. with daily changes.
before the grand stand between races.
Among the many features Will be the
famous original Florenz Troupe. famed
throughout Europe as the most won
derful society acrobats and somer-
saulters.
Slayman Ais Eleven Wild Moors
were brought to this country expressly
by i. NJ. Barnes, Inc. All of these per
formers are genuine Moors. Their feats
Of sensational whirlwind ground tum-
bling are most wonderful to behold.
Little Hip and Napoleon, the crown
ing triumph Of the hippodrome, the
smallest trained elephant in the world
and the man-monkey comedian. The
bowling scene In which Hip appears as
the bowler and Napoleon as the pin boy
Is a scream from the start to finish.
McPhee & Hill, England's greates.
grotesque comedy combination, triple
and aerial bar artists, perform sensa-
tional acrObatic feats on the triple
bars as well as eXcruciating side split
ting comicalities.
Lester Brothers, Americas famous
comedy acrobats. This duo Of comedy
acrobats are comedians Of high caliber.
Rollo the Limit, in his 'somersault
Of DEATH" the only man in the world
performing this hazardous and death
defying feat. This is truly a twentieth
century wonder. Rollo with perfect
nonchalance slowly walks up his in
cline, towering high in the air, straps
and adjusts his skates and from a
given signal below dashes down the
long and narrow incline at lightning
speed, turning a complete back somer
sault or loop the loop without a loop
on skates-practically an actual fir,
with death.
kitty's Counting.
"See how | can count, mamma" said
Kitty. There's my right foot. That's
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MACHINERY HALL At STATE FAIR GROUNDS.

The new Machinery Hail. which is under construction Q the State Fair
grounds AT Huron, is a model OF ito kind. II i built Of brick, concrete and
structural ion. 200 by 1856 feet The completion OF this building will enable
the fair management to take car Of many small exhibitors heretofore barred
because Of lack Of room, and give South Dakota facilities Tor putting on the
largest exhibit Of this character Of any western air.. barring n In adj
t0n . omceA check rooms, toilets, ETC.. tn building contains space for sev-
eakytwo exhibition booths. Il y vel ushted and ventilated and contains
ueo 1AvevayD through ID snnrs length beAdss aisea
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CLASSY RACE MEET At
SOUTH DAKOTA
STATE FAIR.
Harness and Running Contests
For the Week Of Sept. 81.

The finest bunch OF horsef1esh ever
bled in Huron during the week Of the
big State Fair and Exposition. The
early closing races closed May ID
with 1871 entries. These horses repre-
sent the nine states Of South Dakota,
North Dakota, Nebraska. Iowa. Mis-
souri,. Texas. Wisconsin, Kansas and
Colorado, and Saskatchewan, Canada.
Nineteen towns in South Dakota have
horses entered. The list includes the
following races:
Purse.
Two-year-oid trot, 10 entries......... 5000
Three-year-old trot. II entries........ 500
2:3O trOt. Al entries. 600
2:2O trot. 81 entries. 1000
2:3 pace, 30 entries. 1000
2:14 pace. q entries. loo
Entries for the following class races
will close Aug. Is. Records made this
late no bar:
Trotting.
Purse.
2:E class, Sept. $500
$50 class. Sept. 500
2:17 class. Sept. 600
2:14 class, Sept 500
Pacing.
Purse.
$50 class, topples barred. Sept s...... $500
2:4o class, Sept. 800
2:20 class. Sept. $40
I'll class, Sept 600
Free for all. Sept. 500
Gentlemen's road race, Sept. 3 toouth
Dakotal, silver cup.
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To Our Customers.

AL fuel accounts outstanding
must be paid or satisfactory set
Element arranged before any fur
Their consideration will be extend
ed. Cash with order on dellv-
cry will therefore be the univer-
sal rule.
j. D. Burkhardt,
H. A. Riley.
Dated July 20, 1913.
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Kitty's Countinq.

"See how | a count. mamma" said
Kitty. There's my right foot. That's
one. There's my left foot. That's two.
Two and one make three. Three feet
make a yard, and ! want to go out and
play in it.'-Chicago Tribune.
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Trotting.
Pacing.
Running Races.

Entries close night before ace:
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Entries for the following class
will close Aug. Is. Records made this
date no bar:
The Washington times., 1913-05-11
CLIMBERS EXPECT
TO JUMP NTOLEAC
Senator Says Grfhs Team Should Swing Through the West
in Victorious Rush-Naps Are Well Thought
Of in hicago.
By SENATOR"

CHICAGO, May l1.-Despite the fact
that the Climbers failed to win the
series with the White S0x, merely
breaking even, the Grinmen- believe
they will grab first place in no time il
they can get out Of the batting slump
which seems to have settled down
upon them
Furthermore. once leading the pa
rade. the kids under Clark Griffth's .
shaken from their proud position. The
teams ont here in the West, barring
Cleveland, do not shape UP as fast
as the teams In the East, and. while
the White Sox managed to grab two
Of the series, Grin believes he will
Judging from the excellent work Of the
Grinmen In the East, the writer looks
for them to swing through the West
in one vicious rush. True. they may
drop game here and there. but they
tests cut here. Careful judges Of the
game. like George Mcbride and Herman
Schaefer. believe twelve victories will
be recorded for the Climbers against
writer Is not SO confident. though he
admits that the team is playing ex-
cellent ball about all the time. How
ever. ten victories against six defeats
viii give the Griffmen a majority of
their contests here and will be an ex-
cellent record on the road.
Here in Chicago the experts think
mighty we'll Of the Maps. They say
that Joe Birmingham has succeeded in
instilling his players with the right kind
Of pep" the kind that wins games
through sheer sticking to it down to the
end. They claim that the Maps infield
quartet Is playing tiptop baseball and
that the addition OF Freddy Falkenberg,
the former Washington toothpick tvirl-
er. has steadied the pitching staff woii-
derfplly.
The writer believes that the good
work of Doc Johnston and Ray Chap
mar has done more to hearten the
Maps than anything else. These lads
The Washington times., 1913-05-11
St. Louis Fans Want {
StovaII Reinstated

ST. LOUIS, May" 11.-Petitions re-
auesting President Johnson, OF the
American League, to reinstate George
Stovail as T,fnnagar and first baseman
of the st. Louis team are being eircu-
lated here today. Several thousand per-
sons, it is claimed, already have signed
the petition. The petition states:
"If extreme punishment should Dc
visited on Stovall for an impulsive act,
which he himself sincerely depiores,
the team that he has built UP would
be left without a leader and the favor
able sentiment created by his efforts
would go for naught His suspension
alone has been a heavy punishment,
both to him and the st. Louis team
The Washington times., 1913-05-11
Zig League Bifers Of .
Day.
By SENATOR"

ST. LOUIS, May 1.-THE Climbers
have fallen on dreadfully in their hit
ting and b@ee running. Manager Grif-
nth shook up his batting order yestsr-
day and, II the needed results fail to
appear. he may shake it up again. In
deed. he II likely to put in some new
blood as soon as opportunity shows
itself. He is far from satisfied at the
poor work of his lads. but is hopeful
that the present slump will soon pass
away and that the boys win begin hit
ting the ball again.
Chick Gandii. the Climbers star first
smoker. is believed to have a broken
bono in the big toe of his left foot ana,
following an examination by the club
physician OF the White Sox yesterday,
he vtll today have the injured member
x-Jayed.
II break Is found he may be out
o. TIE gaiae for two weeks longer. He
has retarded his recovery by Dressing
an uniform every day and fHSisting on
eoing in ~ pinch hitter. From now
on he WIN give his foot all the rest
possible IN the hopes of getting back
into the game within two weeks.
Dutch to Substitute.
Until Gandil IL in playing condition
again Dutch" Schaefer wili hold down
the initial sack. Williams, like most Of
the others. 10 in y batting slump and
the comedian, who has been hitting
well in the pinches, IL expected to
strengthen the team's Offensive play.
His fielding yesterday was briniaat and,
as the fans at home well know. he
added considerable ginger to lie gen.
eral work Of. the team. As Scaaefer
has always been q terror against
southpaws. he should get many hits
herr against the Browne LaiI. Hamil-
ton and Carl Weilmann-
As soon as yesterdays game was
over. Walter johnson hustled fJf the
railroad station. catching the O'Clock
train for his home in Coffey-iils. Kan.
He 10 not expected to rejoin the teain
here until TUESDAY. Tom Hugh or
Bob Groom u the pitching selection to-
day against the Browns,
The Climbers were almost hours late
in getting into this city today, bat the
warmer temperature here was pleasing
to the athletes- Chicago's win,ly blasts
had been almost tco much for them to
endure and they are pulling for some
real warm weather.
The Washington times., 1913-05-11
Walter Iohnson's Record for 1918

April 10Beat New York, 2; allowed hits famed passed
in first innings pitched innings.
April sOBea New York. SO; allowed hits famed walked
innings.
April s4-Beat Boston, 60; allowed hits famed walked g
innings.
April against Boston-Aowed famed walked
inning
1; innings.
May (against Boston-Aowed hits Il
in ss-3 innings.
May against Boson)-Aowed famed passed
innings. ~ -
1O-Be Chicago 10; allowed hits famed passed Il;
runs in innings. tsg-
Ssmmar-Won Il famed A. walked in ss s3 innings.
The Washington times., 1913-05-11
Other Results.
Q; Catholic University. s

Army. Q: Catholic University. s.
Gallaudet. 3: Baltimore City. ..
Yale. 4; Pennsylvania. = fourteen IN.
ningsI.
Princeton. !; Cornell, l.
Lehigh. II; Bucknell, ..
Dickinson. 3: Vilianova, s.
Tufts. Q: Amherst, Z.
Norwich. 3; Middlebury, teIeven in
nings).
Bowdoin, 4: Maine, ..
Trinity. 10: Wesleyan. -
Lafayette, II; FordGam. 6.
Brown. :: Manhattan. -
Princeton 6reshmem. IS: Ph.r-ps-
Andover, 6.
Michigan. II: Syracuse. !.
Yale Reserves, 6; Princeton Reseryes. L
The Washington times., 1913-05-11
Johnson NEARING
WHITES RECORD
Wonderful Performance at Chicago in Last Came Won by the
Score Of / to O. Puts Him Close to Doc
Whites Worlds Mark
By SENATOR"

rudely to center. and was also caught
mapping.
With one gone in the third Moelier
ripped a two-base knock to left, out
an ulster. Scheefer walked. but the
we'll
Morgan existed in the fourth on
Lords boot. but was forced by Aim
stole by. the DELAYED method. McBrIde's 8
sizzler was too torrid for Lord and went
as hit. Fournier seized johnson 8
drive and retired the side.
Benz Starts Well.
But Benz couldn't -stave off those
Griffmen forever. He started the fifth
well enough by breezing Moeller. but
Schaefer strolled. Milan plunked a
solid single TO. right, almost knocking
Fourner off his feet and sending Schae-
fer to third. Laporte drove long fly
to left. Schaefer could easily have tai
lied even IL Schaller had held the bail,
which he didn't.
Schaller did manage to squeeze Nor
gan's hoist, and when Ainsmith's roller
to Weaver forced Laporte, the scorIng
was done for the day. Thereafter but
one Climber reached first. Shanks stroll
ling in the ninth and stealing. only to
see those behind him perish speedily
ard painlessly.
The spectacular performances of the
White Sox occurred only in the eighth.
True, Lord had singled in the first xnd
reached second on a passed ball Ioa
Benz, the butcher boy, had smashed Il
clean single to right in the sixth. But
the fireworks sputtered only in Inc
eighth. and 5000 fans roared for hit
that would mar Johnson's wonderful
record on the mound.
? Mattick started the excitement and
the inning by walking. Schaefer. like
a rabbit. hoped upon Weaver's sacri-
flee. and planted II in that lads ribs
with a resounding thwack. Ainsmith
let a low one get by, and Mattick rat
tied along to third.
Used All His Strength.
The infield was In and johnson using
every atom of his tremendous strength.
schalk raised a high foul just back Of
first. Dan Moeller. sprinting like a
champion, raced in and grabbed that
ball almost as IL was hitting the
ground. The crowd sighed and settled
hack to see what Ted Easterly would
do.
He raised one back of short.
Shanks was after that ball like a
deamon. waving his captain out of his
way By wonderful running, he got
under that swift, descending ball, and
the one hope of the White SoX to score
had vanished.
The ScoYe
The Washington times., 1913-05-11
Brown Wins,

PROVIDENCE. r. l., May Thrown
easily outpointed Wesleyan in heir
annual dual track meet. winning by
score of 6S to 81. Most of the import
ant events were won with little diff
Guilty by Bartlett and Taber. of Brown.
and Wendell and Deetjen. of WESLEYAN
Wesleyan won the lO0-yard dash m
heats. no Brown runner qualifying for
the final.
The Washington times., 1913-05-11
Tied in Twelve Innings.

BOSTON, May 1.-THE Boston Braves
and the St. Louis Cardinals were I'M
able TO reach 4 conclusion In twelve
Innings. after which the game was
called with the score TO |. on account
OF wintery bs,sts which made playing
almost impossible. Tyler and Perritt
were opposed and the game WAS pitch-
ers' battle throughout.
Score by innings: Il. II. l..
Eoston. ..... GO0Ol 0OOO-l
81. Louis. 10000 O0O0O0-l :
B&tteries-Tyler. Rariden and Nhai-
uiS' salee, Perritt and Wingo, Mclean
The Washington times., 1913-05-11
Yankees Take Game
That Goes Ten Innings

DETROIT. Nav 1l.-Errors and thrill
ing situations featured the ten-inning
game which New York pocketed from
Detroit. Score 10 to 2. Cobb's sacri-
flee flv in the ninth, scoring Witt, even
ed the honors In the ninth session.
Daniels went across the pan for the
winning run after HartZell had sent
a swift single TO center.
Score by innings: r. II. L:
New York.. 0O2O24 4lOOl-l0 Il s
Detroit ...... ) OIL 02l020 % I
Batteries - Mcconnell. Fischer and
sweeney; Hall Klawitter, Dauss and
Rondeau.
The Washington times., 1913-05-11
Pirates Drop Fifth.

rthi''ADELPHIA. May u. hs
5l[ates were handed their NTH s:rliE"t
Geieat Yesterday. the PhiIlics "!NihT
,hem SiN-run white washinG. RiNc!,
III, no ny tn" MS seasons bow. WIS ~, H.
heavily in the sixth. seventh ana "i"hth.
but the visitors couId not negotiate
pS.ter Tor the entire circuit.
Score b. innings: T. il.t;
PtisbuTr .........0OO OOONnG0-p J.
hlldheiphia ..-...2 i O0000 3N-6
satleries: Ferry. .O'Toolc. II"n"i X
Kii,,,si simon Kelly; Seston. RiHey '''
The Washington times., 1913-05-11
Philadelphia Wins
In the Tenth Inning

ST. LOUIS, May ll.-Scoring two runs
in the tenth inning. Philadelphia won
out over the Browns by to 6. Plank 8
wildness In the ninth inning almost al
lowed st. Louis to score a winning run.
Score by innings: r. II. h.
Philadelphia. OOOO3 3lO112S l. :
81. Louis....... 200 0O003 0-6 ii
Batterics-Plank and Lapp: Hamilton,
Levc-inZ, Stone and Agnew.
The Washington times., 1913-05-11
Turner Will Meet
Albright on Wednesday

Joe Turner has accepted the challenge
OF Con Albright for another match TO
decide the Police Gazette championship.
Manager Peck has agreed TO stage the
bout next Wednesday night
The Washington times., 1913-05-11
The Score.

Run-Schaefer. Hits-On Benz. in in
nings Two-base hit-Moeller. Sacrifice hit
Weaver. Stolen bases -Moelier. Mcbride and
Sbsnks I2C Left on bases-waxhIngton. ;:
Chicago g. First base on balls-On Benz. {:
of johnson, /; of Lange ]. Struck out-By
Benz 8: by johnson, e. Passed balls-Ain
smith > IImpires-Messrs Evans and Hill
debrand Time OF game-l hour and 30 min