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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-19
Auspicious Opening.

Yankton.-For the 32d time Yankton
college has again opened its doors to
students. marking the opening exer-
cises for this year. President War
rel was present, but leaves at once
for the east. DR.. Frank Fox, of Sioux
Falls. made the opening address be-
fore a large body of students. The
institution starts most favorably this
year, and with a number of new mem
bers in the faculty.
President Warren expects to leave
his teaching to other professors in the
college. He will continue in the en-
dowment campaign. He will delegate
his duties in the English department
to Prof. Altman.
Coach Kerr seems to have promise
of fine assistance and support from
the newer and younger group Of in
structors. The football squad has be-
gun work under the new coach In
preparation for the schedule of games,
which has been completed.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-19
YEAoER FOUND GUILTY.
jury Deiiberates ~ Hours Before
Finding Granddaughter Verdict.

Observation-Disclosures celebrating for
- hours, the jury brought in a YER
dict finding William Yeager guilty OF
manslaughter in the fourth degree. on
account of the recent killing Of Kid
Ross at the home of the murdered
mans wife in Lead.
Yeager formerly was a resident Of
Sioux City, la, and played baseball
there. He now has a brother con-
nected with the Sioux City fire de-
partment, and a sister residing there.
There had been no denial made OF
the fact that Yenger shot and killed
Ross. although the state had diff
Guilty in proving this. because of the
friendly disposition shown by most OF
the witnesses toward the defendant.
1t was the claim of the defense that
Yeager interviewed when Ross started
to abuse his wife, from whom he had
been estranged. 1t vas claimed that
Ross made a move AS IL to draw a gun
and that Yeager then shot and killed
him.
Ross was unarmed, as it developed,
and the state tried to show q frame
up between Mrs. Ross and Yeagsr t.
get rid of the husband.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-19
SAFETY DEVICES IN DEMAND
AZ a Matter Of Business, Railroads OF
the Country Seek Perfection In
Equipment.

At Altoona, Pa, Is a plant installed
at the shops Of the Pennsylvania rail
road for the purpose of heat-treating
steel for use In locomotives SO that 1t
may be of the highest quality. The
steel is put through a slow perfecting
process to give it a more enduring
quality and make 1t capable OF stand
ing a greater strain. 1T is q costly
process, but worth all 1t Costs says
the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times. More
and more it is coming to be the pol
icy OF all transportation lines to work
and strive for safety. Partly by
strengthening and ~perfecting equip
ment and partly by strengthening and
%perfecting the human element In
operation and management down to
the smallest detail is safety gained;
partly also by giving attention to i'm.
proyement of safety devices.
safety first is the motto of the
times with the railroads. In the first
intention it is a humane policy, and
in addition to that 1t is good business
policy. The railroad that has the few.
est accidents will make the most
money. other things being equal. for
accidents. wholly aside from their cost
In human lives, are expensive. De
struction Of life in railroad accidents
is usually accompanied by de~struction
of property, for it Is In the destruction
of costly equipment that lives are sac
riiced. Avoidance OF destruction OF
equipment avoids the killing and
manning of passengers and employees
The modern care for excellence and
the striving toward perfection in all
the working parts of a great transpor.
tation utility are good for the general
public and for the shareholders"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-19
Plan Agricultural Fair.

Sisseton.-AIl is now in readiness
for the fourth annual Indian agricul-
tural fair on the Sisseton reserva-
ton, at the agency south Of this city.
Thousands Of visitors attend this fair
annually. and fina much of interest at
the gathering. The dates for the fair
are September %. "a and rs. and the
attractions include . parade each day,
led by an Indian band; games of La
Crosse. in which the players are all
Indians; baseball games between In
dian and white cams horse races
foot races, etc. On September %,
there will be an address by Repre-
sentative Charles H. Burke; on Sep
TENDER "a. the commissioner OF In
dian affairs will speak. and on Sep
TENDER %, Judge Frank Mculty, OF
the state circuit court, will speak.
There will be agricultural exhibits. ex-
hibits of bead work and other articles
Of Indian manufacture at the fair,
which is expected to compare favor
ably in all respects with any county
fair in the state.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-19
Big Irrigation Enterprise.

Pierre.-The Spencer irrigation
plant at the site of old Fairbank, in
Sully county, Is n of the biggest in
dividual attempts in that line in this
part of the state. The plan is to
pump water from the river into two
reservoirs back in the hills, and these
reservoirs have been completed.
When filled they will cover fifty
acres with stored water. The water
is pumped by a large gas engine
through an eight-inch iron main from
the river to the reservoir sites. The
reservoirs were only recently com
pleted, but Mr.. Spencer has irri.
gated twenty acres by flooding with
his pump. and on this he has an ex-
ample OF what can be expected from
the whole tract when he gets his res
ervoirs filled and ready for emerg-
ency use in case OF drouth. The corn
on the flooded land will give a large
yield and the vegetables are reported
to be immense as compared with those
grown without irrigation.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-19
LAW NOT ADEQUATE
QUESTION whether SOUTH "a.
kOTA LAW Is ADEQUATE
FOR NEW PROVISION.
HAPPENINGS OVER THESTATE
What 10 Going on Here and There
That 10 OF Interest to the Read.
ers Throughout South d.
kota and Vicinity.

Pierre.-There Is an open and
growing question whether the exist
ing South Dakota statutes are ade-
quate to formation OF a legal ballot
for direct election Of United States
senator's. If it develops that h reg
ulations are lame in that respect Gov.
Bryne will call an extra session OF
the legislature to remedy the defect.
The federal legislation for direct
election Of United States senators was
not ratified by the requisite number
of states until after the South Da-
kota legislature had adjourned, there
fore the adjustment was not legiti-
mately before the last legislature.
There has been some suggestion
that a former enactment may be
classed as good law for the present
emergency, but that is not in n
way definite. The statute In question
was classed as unconstitutional, but
its provisions would now be constr
tutional since the change in federal
laws.
The point at issue seems to be
about this. Can a law that has been
passed upon as unconstitutional be re-
stored to a constitutional standing by
subsequent legislation removing the
restrictions?
Gov. Bryne and Attorney General
Johnson will go over the legal situa-
ton carefully in a short time, as to
regulations affecting the new system
of electing United States senators,
and the decision will then be made as
to the necessity for an extra session.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-19
Gas Engine Exploded.

Clark.-A threshing engine owned
and operated by one Hendrickson Of
Doland exploded on the C. A. Munson
farm, ten miles southwest OF Clark.
The engineer, a young man by the
name Of Lee, allowed the water to
get low in the boiler. the heat causing
the crown sheet to melt out and drop
into the firebox, thus permitting the
steam t strike the fire.
A terrific explosion followed, result
ing the fatal injury Of Lee, burning Of
of the separator, five loads Of bun
dies. and m of the teams standing
neA Several other teams were also
injured. The young engineer was
scalded by escaping steam.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-19
TO LACK OF THOUGHT
FATAL ACCIDENTS ON RAIL.
ROADS THUS AScRiBED.
LARGE Per Cent Of Fatalities MIGHT
Be Avoided by the Exercise Of .
Little Care on the Part of
the Employees.

A car-tink in Pittsburg, Kansas,
craWled under a string of cars to fix
the draw-gear of a number Of them.
1t Is a rule OF every company--dic-
tated by common sense-that the car
repairer must put out a blue flag on
the car on which he Is working. II
he does not he is apt to be killed
under the wheels OF his car when a
switch engine bumps into 1t. as 1t is
likely to do any moment. The car
tink" at Pittsburg failed to put up a
blue flag and had both legs cut off in
less han ten minutes after he went
under the car.
A Frisco conductor gave his head
brakeman a switch list. One cal "a
kicked onto a passenger track and
the brakeman in question threw the
switch for the adjoining track and
turned the "derail." The car was cut
off and the go ahead" signal was
given. The next car was to be kick
ed back down the main line to the
caboose. The brakeman walked along
opposite the space between the last
two ears as the engine and eleven
cars moved out Of the siding.
While the train was moving at the
ate Of about four miles an he step
ped In between the last two cars and
gave the go ahead signal with his
left hand to the fireman. AS the fire.
man looked back he saw the brake
man fall out from between the cars
An emergency stop was made and the
crew ran back to 1nd that both his
legs had been cut of above the knee.
between the cars to close an angle
cock, so that when the cars were
kicked down the main line they would
no stop when the air hose connec-
ton was broken. As he stepped be-
tween the moving cars he tumbled
over the "derailer" that he himself
had turned only a moment before.
Being given the switch list shows
that he was considered a capable
man. but he vas probably in a hurry
and tool a chance, and practically
committed suicide.
At Newburg. Mo-, a brakeman was
killed In much the same way. He
thoughtlessly walked between two
cars to adjust the couplers at the ex-
act moment the engineer decided to
back up half a car length. AS a re-
suit the brakeman was caught
squarely between the two drawheads
and was quite dead when they took
him out.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-19
100000 Tons Of Rails.

According to a writer in the Engi-
neering and Mining Journal there is q
total OF Sc. 700, 900 tons OF steel rails
at present in 3 in this country. OF
this between 500, 900 and 600, 900 tons
are taken up every year and re-rolled
into lighter rails. The capacity OF
the re-rolling mills OF the country is
about 10000 tons per year About
1000. 900 tons Of steel scrap are used
every ear In steel manufacture, this
scrap taking the place Of about 4,0OO,-
900 tons Of iron ore, which would be
consumed were scrap not used in
steelmaking. Scrap is selling at pres
ent for $12 per ton. compared with
vi per ton for steel billets. The
price OF steel scrap and that OF pig
iron follow each other closely.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-19
increase in Value.

Milbank.-A remarkable increase in
the market price Of dairy cows was
furnished at al auction sale In Mil
bank. when good dairy cows sold for
s88. A little over a year ago., dairy
COWS in Grant county went up to
$40. Earlier this year they had
amounted to as high as So. and last
weeks sale showed the price had
climbed to $88. IN practically every
section Of South Dakota farmers are
going into dairying more or less ex-
tensiyely. as a side line to their other
farming, and as a consequence there
is a marked increase in the demand for
good dairy cattle.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-19
United States Handicapped.

Railroad development in the oldet
countries of Europe has been along
lines decidedly different from those
in the United States, and distinct
types OF rolling stock have conse-
quently been evolved. American loco.
motives have been tried in a few OF
these countries, but it is claimed that
they have not proved satisfactory. In
countries where railroads are a more
recent development the capital has to
a large extent been furnished by a few
of the more important European coun-
tries, with the natural result that or
ders for equipment are given to the
countries furnishing the capital.
Where the roads are owned by the
government. the home manufacturers
are invariably favored In buying equip
ment.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-19
REGISTRATION SLOW
FEATURE OF RICHARDS PRIMARY
LAW is GIVING MORE
TROUBLE.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
From the Capitol City, the Various
State Institutions and From
Many Different Parts Of
the Sunshine State.

Pierre.-The registration features of
the Richards primary law appear to be
yet a source Of contention in many
places. 1t is practically certain that
under this provision the party vote
will be reduced at the next March pri-
mary election as a certain per cent of
the voters will fail either from neglect
or from some other reason to sign the
rolls, and under the law there is no
such thing as swearing in" such
votes for the primary.
In some instances where there has
been the right kind of agitation, it is
stated that every voter in the special
townships properly looked after is
already upon the enrolment list. In
others the town clerks decline to in
any way attempt to secure registra-
ton unless they can be paid for the
work, and in these cases there are
few if any registrations.
In Beadie county the county com
mlsslOners sought to remedy the sit
nation by the adontion of q resolution
horizing township clerks to be paid
" S'SdiiiS lChiSLI dlloilS, DIT Tie IdLe
OF $3.50 per day, but certain taxpayers
OF that county have begun suit to pre-
vent such action. and the term OF
court in which their complaint can
be heard does not come up until De-
tober, leaving scant time for action in
case the court holds that such pay.
ments a be made. With the attor.
neS general ruling that there is no law
Tor compensation of clerks for secur.
ing signatures. it is up to the voter to
9et his name on the list or stand
aronnd and watch those who do sign
make the primary selections.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-19
Young Man Has Made Good.

BroOkings,-Russell Jensen. who
graduated from the dairy %husbandry
department OF the South Dakota state
college In 1912, has accepted the posi-.
ton of assistant professor of dairy
h~usbandry in the college of agricul.
ture Of the University of Nebraska.
It will be remembered that Mr.. Jensen
won first prize in the 1911 dairy show
for the best work in Judging all
breeds of dairy cattle in competition
with students from all the leading az
ricultural colleges in the country. On
August IS he was married to Miss
Anna Gamble, a popular young lady
Of Brookings.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-19
Railroad EARNINGS.

During May. the railways Of the
United States received for their serv
Ice to the public an average OF S..
100000 : day: 1t cost to run their
trains and for other expenses of opera,
ton $500. 900 a day; their taxes were
$341,5 SOC q day: their operating income
$1.972,322 a day for the 220,Ss7 miles
OF line reporting, or at the rate Of
1898 for each mile of kne for each
day. Thus for every six dollars OF
their earnings which remained avail
able for rentals. interest on bonds. ap
preparations for betterments, improve
ments and new construction. and for
dividends. the railways had % pa1
mora than n dollar Ii taxes
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-19
Claim Chicago Is Being Favored.

Pierre.-The South Dakota state
railway commission has been asked by
the Minneapolis civic and commercial
league to intervene in their applica.
ton to the interstate COM
mission for an adjudication of jobbers
rates to South Dakota points, the
Minneapolis people claiming that the
rates are such as to give Chicago job
bers an advantage over Minneapolis.
The probabilities are that the South
Dakota department will take a part in
the proceedings to see that this state
does not get the worst OF it In any ad-
justment of rates which may be made.
and which might be an increase in
stead Of decrease.
Complaint has been made to the
commission in regard to the passenger
service on the line between Sioux CITY
and fankton, but as this is an inter.
state matter there will be no action
by the state direct.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-19
Auto Maps to BE Distributed.

Pierre.-The immigration depart.
ment has just received 20 0O print.
ed maps of the state. showing in
red lines, and with prominent print.
ing, the various automobile highways
across the state. as we'll as railroad
ana other usual features of the South
Dakota maps. On the reverse side a
considerable amount of statistical ma
teflal is printed; directories of state
institutions, etc. These maps may be
obtained free by application to the
immigration department at Pierre.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-19
Farmer euoceede AZ Own suroaor

Colton.-G. L. Wood, q t~hresherman
who makes his home In Cotton, on sew
eral occasions has proven he possesses
surgical ability Of a high order by set
ting his own broken bones. He caught
his arm in a pulley o. his machine and
the bones were cru3hed and frac-
tureG. He walked ak miles to Chester.
where he set his own arm with a ply
stefan looking or. Some time ago he
sustained a broken leg and a broken
collar bone. which he set himself with
such skill that they never bothered
Nm since.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-19
Complaints About Wells FARGO C.

Pierre Complaints have been fled
with the state railway commission in
regard to the pick up and delivery
Of express business by the Wells Far.
60 company at Aberdeen, the com
plants coming from the Aberdeen
Fruit Commission company and tbs
Gamble-RobinsOn Fruit company, with
a further complaint on the part OF
Ward-Owsley company, that the Wells
Fargo Express has given notice OF
di~scontinuance of all pick up and de-
livery business in Aberdeen after Sep.
TENDER l.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-19
Passenger Rate Hearings.

Pierre. S. D.-On September 25
Judge Willard. of the United States
court, at Sioux Falls. win hear the
application of Attorney General John
son to dissolve the temporary %injunc-
ton secured by the railways OF the
state to stop the action of the 2h.
cent passenger rate law OF 1907. Tn
Ger the findings OF the referee in the
case, Judge Gates. the granting OF
the application would put that rate
into effect in this state but the state
will contend for the 2-cent rate of the
law Of 1908 on the ground that the
roads have failed to make a showing
that they ann work under that rate
In this state.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-19

cities on the island and in doing this
crosses over the rugged interior.
A trip over this electric railway
line furnishes the traveller with some
of the most spectacular scenery In
the world; while the mountains are
not high, the cliffs and gorges are in
places almost appalling; many diff
cult engineering problems had to be
solved in building this railroad.
The illustration shows a bridge
with q car on it, the photograph be-
ing taken from a point on the east
coast Of the Popular Electri-
eity.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-19
Four Indictments Returned.

Deadwood.-Four indictments were
returned by the federal grand jury In
the United States district court here.
Michael Andre, of Codington county,
for selling liquor without a license:
John Haden, for selling liquor to an
Indian: Silas Wright. for larceny OF
horses OF the Rosebud reservation;
James Agard. for introducing liquor on
the Standing Rock reservation, all had
true bill returning against them. Ben
Simpson pleaded guilty to selling
liquor to Indians. and John Lee to In.
PRODUCING liquor on a reservation.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-19
Use 40 Auto Tags Daily.

Pierre. Auto licenses and tags
are still being issued by the secretary
Of states office at the rate Of 40 daily.
Probably a number of these are for
rev machines. however, though not all
the old machines have yet beer H.
censed under the new law. The total
will reach $4,000 before December. be-
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-19
Demand Good Roads.

Redfield MANY people OF SPHINX
county are indignant over the action
OF the board Of county commissioners
for not passing a levy for a fund for
the good roads for the coming year.
Some Of the county's influential citi-
sens appeared before the county CON-
m%issioners in behalf of the good roads
and requested the commissioners to
provide a fund for the same. The out.
come OF the matter was that the com.
missioners voted $4,000 for bridges
and lot a cent for good roads.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-19
Four Men

Vermillion.-The explosion OF 4
threshing machine boiler at a farm
north OF town resulted in the injury
OF four men. They were severely
scalded and n man is suffering from
q broken collar bone and ribs. None
Of the injuries are expected to prove
serious.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-19
Power PLANT Proposition.

Pierre.-A preliminary meeting was
held here and a committee OF prom.
inent business men appointed to in
yestigate the proposition of developing
a hydroelectric power plant at Little
Bend, which it is claimed can be made
to develop power equal to that OF the
keokuk dam and q be put in at
half the cost Of that project. The
claim is that English capital is back
OF the move.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-19
Books Sent out.

Pierre.-The first shipment OF
books for the new state circulating
library was sent out. shipments OF
eight boxes being started. These are
scattered at many different points
over the state. and now that the work
has been started all applicants will
soon be supplied.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-19
ACROSS THE ISLE OF MAN
Electric Road That Called for Much
Skill From the Engineers
That Built Il.

The isle of Man, although a small
and somewhat out-of-the-way island in
the Irish lea possesses a very well
equipped and interesting electric rail-
way. The railway connects the cap
ital, Douglas, with the several small
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-19
New inheritance Record.

Pierre.-The largest inheritance tax
Yer paid into the South Dakota treas.
ury Will shortly be received from the
estate of Charles +. Floete, being So
o35.35, which has been turned in at
Armour. Douglas county. place of the
estate, and will be forwarded to the
~treasurers' department at once.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-19
Boys Start Fire.

White Lake.-Boys trying to smoke
out a gopher" started a prairie fire
between White Lake and Kimball that
destroyed about $50 tons of hay in
stack. besides burning over several
hundred acres of uncut hay land.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-19
Supplies Needed By Railroad.

Vp VSSUSV " UdTTF0dO.
The Chinese Eastern railway an
nually requires about one hundred and
seventy thousand feet of flrewood. sew
en- hundred and fifty thousand round
logs and fifty thousand square logs
and boards.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-19
Hotel Is Incorporated.

Pierre.-The secretary of state has
chartered the Adams Brothers incor-
poration. of Sioux Falls, with capita.
stock OF $4,000. The incorporators,
George r. John w. and Even M.
Adams. will operate the New Teton
hotel, of Sioux Falls. having in It a
restaurant, buffet. etc.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-19
Reouisitlon Granted.

Pierre.-Gov. Bryne has granted a
requisition on the governor Of North
Dakota for the custody OF Rufus T.
Hanks, wanted in Meade county on I
charge OF disposing Of mortgaged
property and being held for the South
Dakota officers.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-19
Killed by Train.

Vermillion.-Fureral services for A.
M. Morse, who was struck by 4 train
on the Milwaukee road and instantly
killed. was held here. The accident
occurred at a crossing near Burbank.
Mr.. Mor1e was driving a medicine
wagon which was completely demol-
ished. though the horses were unhurt.
He leaves a wife and four children.