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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-02-27
Rabbit Stoned Train.

An inquisitive rabbit held up the
fafic at Fraserburgh Railway station.
In Aberdeenshire. Scotland. for is
mjnutes the other day. When Signal
man Morrison pulled the lever to low
er the signal for an incoming train
the switch failed to act. Investigation
was made. and after Is minutes
search the rabbit ri discovered il
the detector box. It had been trapped
when the lever was pulled, and n
- vas firmly nxed between the gov.
aEning pointA
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-02-27
When the Rail was New.

Those were great days for II
wood cutters down In Virginia" said
a veteran, speaking Of the early days
Of ra%ilroading. THE pine we used
was landed by boat at the Pennsy's
wharf In Tacony, and enough was
stacked to last through a winter. 1t
was a regular mountain Of wood.
In those days the mechanic who
could get a job on a railroad was re-
garded as fixed for life. Conductors
got SOS a month and 30 did engt.
neers. Firemen and brakemen re.
ceived $40. Mechanics at their trades
were we'll paid II they earned Is
cents or 81 a day. But the wartime
prices affected wages, and by 1865
conductors and engineers were get
ting from SIS to $50 a month and
brakemen and iremen found their
pay up to $40.
There was a good deal OF drink
ing then among the trainmen; but the
really heavy drinking vas done by
the passengers. It used to seem to
me that no man could go to New
York without a bottle In his pocket.
But n rule they observed-they did
their drinking in the smoker. 1t was
a pretty tough citizen who would get
full In the coaches used by women,
and It was our custom when one OF
that breed did turn up to take him
back to the smoker"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-02-27
Looking Up the Plane From the Foot.

Looking UP the Plane From the Foot.
vation were to be surmounted by loco
motives running over a long-developed
line, the entire weight OF the train
would have to be lifted to the summit,
and, In addition to that, the weight OF
the heavy locomotives required to pull
the train up the hill.
Such steepgrade locomotive work
Is often very wasteful OF fuel, ae one
can realize who watches a heavy
freight train being slowly hauled up a
steep grade with the locomotives work
Ing at q long cutoff, discharging high
pressure steam out OF the smoke stack
and sending a large part OF the fuel
cast into the frebox out OF the stack
unconsumed. In running down such a
long. steep grade, moreover. there is a
very large wear and tear on the car
wheels and brake shoes. and accidents
due to runaways on such grades are by
no means infrequent.
"Of course, it may be said that the
handling Of trains on steep planes by
cables involves elements Of risk, but
the history OF the Mahanoy plane OBJ
Grafton through q long period Of years
has shown that with proper D
vision and management the accident
ratio can be reduced to almost IN In
significant amount."-From the Lit.
erary Digest.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-02-27
Mitchell Wins FIGHT.

Mitchell.-HoldiEg that the opera
ton Of a municipal telephone system
in South Dakota was a public purpose,
Judge Robert b. Trip Of Yankton dis
missed the injunction suit brought to
restrain the city Of Mitchell from
building a 100000 plant voted at a
special election last June. This is
the first ruling on the legislative act
of 1907, permitting cities to engage in
the telephone business. Judge Trip
also held that the majority OF votes
cast at the special election was snffi-
cient to carry a vote on bonds. The
case will be carried to the supreme
court. The decision Is the latest de.
velopment of a th%ree-year fight be.
tween the city and the Dakota Cen
trail Telephone company.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-02-27
Hurta 70 Ely Fast.

The winner in the international n.y.
ing contest held at the Bethany aero
drome at Rheims, France. few over
the course OF 124.7 miles in So min
utes 40 seconds, or at the average
speed Of over two miles q minute. says
Popular Mechanics. This record.
breaking flight was made at midday. .
time usually avoided by airmen, and
In a Deperdussin machine, in which
the wings had been cut down consider
ably to reduce the resistance Of the
air. The airman kept low throughout
the flight, passing over the stands It
q height OF about IS feet. After the
race was over the airman described
the flight 40 being painful work. owing
to the pressure OF the wind against ht
face.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-02-27
Mitchell Girls Limit Gowns.

Mitchell.-Dresses costing not more
than 81 each will be worn at the grad.
uatiOn exercises in June, according tC
action taken by the girls of the senior
class of the Mitchell high school. This
decision was reached after many pro
tests had been filed over the costly
and elaborate gowns which had been
worn on similar occasions in previous
years. Most of the girls in this class
have announced that they will make
their own dresses in the domestic sci
ence department of the high school
The dresses to be worn at the bacca
laureate services will also be simple
in design and of washable material.
There are 80 girls and Is boys in the
1914 class OF the Mitchell high school
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-02-27
Must Show Damages.

Sioux Falls.-George f. Adams. who
sued the Sioux Falls Journal, a weekly
paper, for $4,000 damages In a libel
action started over a year ago, lost 10
his appeal to the supreme court, and
he must furnish q bill Of particulars.
as specified in the order of the circuit
court. Adams brought his action FOL.
lowing the publication Of q certain ar.
ticle in regard to his candidacy Tor
street commissioner at a recall cleo
ton in the fall Of 1912. He claimed TO
have been damaged by the loss OF BUS
mess. by damage to his lease and be-
cause OF mental suffering. The de.
tense secured an order from the CIR.
cult court ordering him to specify In =
bill OF particulars who his patrons
were and where they lived, who had 70
fused to ~patronize him after the publ.
cation Of the article, and also to give
other particulars such as to wha
friends he lost, etc.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-02-27
OVER INCLINED PLANES
AoMETHiN0 OF A NOVELTY IN
THE HAULING OF TRAINS.
Eastern Line Has Decided to Rebuild
and increase Capacity Of One at
Mahanoy, Pa.-Few Are
In Use.

Inclined planes. oyer which trains
we're hauled by cables. were a familiar
feature in the earlier railroads, but
they have been generally discontinued.
and are commonly looked upon as old
fashioned. This being the case. It Is
an interesting fact that the Philadel-
phia & Reading railroad. after a care
full engineering Investigation, has
chosen to rebuild it's plane at Mahanoy,
Pa, with increased capacity. rather
than to abandon 1t. In commenting
on this, Engineering News New York,
December 49,, which calls 1t "a re-
markable survival" notes that the old
planes we're given up, not so much be-
u they were inefficient from an en-
cheering standpoint as because they
had been built on q small scale and
could not handle the increased volume
Of traf1c. The fact that there is still
q place in railway operation where the
advantage over the locomotive. the
writer thinks, Is = fact well worth re-
cording. He writes:
we recall only two instances In
MISREPRESENTATION work during the
past 20 years where the inclined plane
has been Introduced. One OF these
Is the railway line, which was built a
number Of years ago under the au-
spices OF the British government. ex-
tending from the east coast Of Africa
inland to the central African lakes.
Across the course OF this railway
there runs a precipitous escarpment.
1000 feet or more in height, as we re-
call, the result probably Of some an
cient geologic fault. The escarpment
extends SO far north and south and is
SO steep that 1t was found impractic-
able to make q detour around 1t or to
pursue q zigzag course up It's face, at
least In the original construction. An
inclined plane was, therefore, intro
duced to haul trains by cable up the
escarpment; and this, 80 far as we are
aware, Is still in use.
THE other plane Is Of more recent
construction and is located in the Gu
ban ore fields. It's use in connection
with ore traffic is much more similar
to the conditions existing at Mahanoy
than is the case with the African line"
1t would be interesting. the News
thinks, to inquire whether at other
places in the United States an inclined
plane might be used instead OF the To-
comotive as a regular system Of op-
AratiOn From the noint Of view ri the
operating department the advantages
Of the locomotive are obvious, but
there are numerous offsetting disad.
vantages which are perhaps not fully
realized. To quote the conclusion:
Taking the Mahanoy plane, for ex-
ample, 1t will be noted that the weight
Of the descending train Is utilized to
help haul up the trains which are
pulled up the plane. II the same ele-
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-02-27
eRooklNGs ELECTRIC LINE.
Promoters Arc Successful In Dispos.
ina Of Stock.

Promoters Arc SUCCESSFUL In O1opoo-
ing Of Stock.
Brookings.-The committee from
the Commercial club, having in charge
the sale OF the required amount OF
stock to cur the extension of Luce
electric line from Minneapolis to
Brookings, announce that they have
succeeded in selling the balance oil
the amount for the Canby-Toronto
branch, and have about enough
pledged for the Observation-Disclosures
branch to this city Is a terminus. The
money for the north line has been
turned in and accepted, and it is ex.
pected that the balance for the other
line will be in soon.
The prospect of having another line
into this city is stimulating building
operations. Within the last week sew.
eral lots on Main street have changed
hands. and three new brick store
buildings are to be erected in the
early summer.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-02-27
Dairy Industry Grows in West.

Belle Fourche.-The officers of the
belle Fourche creamery held their an
hual meeting last week and the follow
ing officers we're elected for 1914:
President. s. G. Mortimer: vice presi-
dent. r. 8. Harris; secretary-treasurer
and manager; O. II. Barnett. The
t~reasurer's report shows that s48.-
871.59 has been paid to the farmers
of this section during 1913 for cream.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-02-27
Damage Suits Run High.

A railroad with a high record for 40.
cidents must suffer not only in damage
suits, but In business. and II extra
fast schedules increase the risk OF &C.
cident, either because Of the condition
of the track or OF the cars, they
should be abandoned. It has been
found possible abroad, especially In
England, to reduce the number OF &C.
cidents and the loss OF life in them.
while maintaining fast, or at least sui.
ficiently fast, travel. It will not do to
sacrifice human life to the desire or
within Of a few men who want to make
a thousand miles distance In 20 hours.
Safety must come first, and we are
glad to see that this doctrine is being
preached and practioed or southern
roads.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-02-27
Are in Need Of More Workers.

Webster.-Deciding upon making 4
jcouting expedition for the purpose
OF attempting to secure men to aid
him in his work in tbs part of the
state, Rev. E. F.. Siegfreidt. who has
charge Of the Episcopal missions in
the northeastern section OF South Da-
kota, has departed for Racine. Wis,
Milwaukee, Chicago and other eastern
points for the purpose of ~endeavoring
to secure the men he wants. Rt. Rev.
George Biller Of Sioux Falls, Episco-
pal bishop of South Dakota, during a
recent visit here, was very much i'm
pressed with the growth and pro-
gress Of the churches in charge Of
Rev. Mr.. Seigfreidt. The field assign
ed to him is too large for one man to
cover, and the bishop realized the ne
cessity Of his being given assistance.
If the quest for suitable assistants is
successful it is probable a regular rec
tor will take up his residence in Web
ster.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-02-27
JUDGMENT for 600 Granted.

Sioux Falls jury In the state cir
cult court for Deuel. county granted
Fred Schultz a judgment for 5000
against G. s. Kjenstad, a well known
resident OF the county, for injuries
sustained In an unusual manner
Schultz. who is q painter. was engaged
IN painting q barn on the Kjenstad
farm, and was standing on a steplad-
der when a horse belonging to the
owner Of the farm. while playfully
running about the yard, collided with
the ladder. throwing Schultz violently
n the groun0.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-02-27
Found Dying in House.

Sioux. Falls.41Alarmed because they
had, not seen the owner about for
some time. neighbors forced their way
into the home of Mrs. Peter Warness,
an aged Roberts. county pioneer who
lived alone, and found the aged WON.
an In q semi-c2r scious condition. She
died a short tire later. Her husband
died about fopr years ago. They took
up their residence in Roberts county
about twenty years ago. She is sur.
vived by two sons and two daughters
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-02-27
Honors Mitchell Man.

Honors Mitchell Man.
Mitchell.-Prof. H. I. Jones OF Dako.
"a Wesleyan university. OF this place.
has Just received announcement Of his
election to q fellowship in the Ameri.
can Association for the Advancement
OF Science at their December meeting
at Atlanta, Ga. This is a significant
honor that has come to Prof. Jones a.
only two other lei OF the ~seventy-five
members Of the association in South
Dakota have received equal recognt
tion.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-02-27
Rails on Famous AppIan Way.

Rome's venerable Appian way. Will
It's countless associations Of ! mas
nificent past. will now be disflgured 81
the desecrating rails Of . modern tran
way. In the interior OF the city stree1
are being torn up and ancient SQUARE
sacrificed to projected enlargement
This road. the oldest and most fauaoq
Of Roman roads. was begun IL
B. C., and u from fourteen 10 oiehto3
test Wide. pave1 with lares : I
blockA
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-02-27
MAKING War on oraanlxed RustIers.

Morristown.-1n the arrest in Mon
tana Of Ed. Duncan, the authorities
here believe they have n of the
leading spirits Of what appears to be
a regularly organized band Of cattle
rustlers, which for some weeks has
been operating in the region surround
ing the village OF Keldron. The au-
thorities recently secured INFORMATION
which seemed to warrant arrests be-
ing made. Duncan ied from tho state
before he could be apprehended and
Sheriff Hayward traced him to q RAIN
AhAnk four miles from Terry. Mon.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-02-27
Fall Proves Fatal.

Mitchell.-After lying in a state OF
coma In st. JoseDh's hospital for a
period Of eight days, Leonard Bayley,
the lad who was injured when he fell
from his pony while racing, died. Dur.
ing the time that the boy, who was
only IA years old, was in the hospital
he did not once regain consciousness.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-02-27

Pierre.-A large number OF county
auditors from over the state were In
Pierre to attend the meeting called by
the tax commission for the discussion
OF tax matters in the various counties.
The purpose was to give the auditors
a better understanding of the present
plan Of assessing all property at full
valuation, SO that the auditors. ir
turn, can instruct the assessors. Some
confusion occurred last year on &C.
count of the notion of some officials
that a schedule should be adopted for
the various classes, as under the old
system. The new taxation plan is sim
ply this: Full valuation for all prop.
erty. II the spirit Of this idea is car
ried out in the assessment work some
thing close to taxation justice could be
realized.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-02-27
Hutchinson Fair Association.

Trip At "a meeting held here by
the stockholders of the Hutchinson
County Fair association the following
officers were elected for the coming
year: President, Henry Klatt; vice
president, Henry Fency; secretary,
John H. Craig; treasurer, H. w. Nc
Claim.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-02-27
Eqan Libel Suit.

Deadwood.-E. l.. Sem, editor OF the
)eadwood Daily Telegram. who is
defendant in the $4,000 libel suit
brought by Attorney George w. Egan,
Of Sioux Falls, for alleged defamation
Of character, has asked for a change
of venue to another county. Egan, in
his suit, alleged that Sem in a series
Of articles in his newspaper in MAY,
1912, injured him to such an extent
that it cost him the nomination for
governor on the Republican ticket.
Sem, in answer, filed affidavits Of
prejudice and by stipulation the case
has gone over until April, when argu-
ments on the change of venue will be
heard by Judge McNenny in the cir
cult court here. Sem has engaged At
torney J. G. Bartine of Oacoma to de-
fend him. The case has so far at
tracted little interest here.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-02-27
New Officers Elected.

Pierre.-At the concluding session
OF the County Auditors association,
which met here for discussion Of taxa
ton matters. the following officers
were elected: President, H. T. Howe.
OF Minnehaha; secretary-treasurer. r.
II. Ripley, Of Dawson; M. D. McGilli-
vray, Of Lake; executive committee.
f. ]. Cummings, Of Mellette; E. B.
Toomey. of Potter. and E. ". Elsen.
brey, Of Hutchinson.
Pierre.-Land Commissioner Hep
perle, after determining to make the
survey Of the island ear Antelope
creek, eight miles below Pierre. under
the act Of 1911, permitting such sur
veys to be made and land claimed as
state land, has sent out men to make
the survey. The island has quite q con-
siderable amount Of timber upon It,
and q large acreage which can be put
into alfalfa profitably. All such new
islands, formed since the government
survey was made, under the 1911 act
concerning Fort Island, may be claim.
Cd for the state.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-02-27
New Law Held Unconstitutional

Pierre.-The county sea law passed
by the 1911 legislature, intended to
bring about a settlement Of county
seat contests by elimination, has been.
declared unconstitutional by the su.
preme court. The case came up on a
test from Gregory county for the bene-
fit of which the law was especially
designed. The court holds that any
town may enter the lists as a candi-
date for county seat, which would in
validate the settlement scheme OF hav-
ing only the two towns getting he
largest vote at the primary put on the
ballot as candidate at the fall election.
The difficulty Is that the legislature
sought to establish a new rule by mere
enactment, overturning a provision in
the state constitution. With a re-
.luirement for the winning town to get
a majority of al! votes cast and the
right upheld Of any town to enter, It
is practically impossible to relocate
even a temporary county seat.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-02-27
CONVENTION IS OVER|
CORN AND ALFALFA CONVEX N.
TON HELD At ABERDEEN
WAS A SUCCESS. =,
OTHER ITEMS or INTEREST
From the Capital City, the Various
State Institutions and From
Many Different Parts Of
the Sunshine State.

Western Newspape" Union News Service.
Aberdeen.-The corn and alfalfa
convention conducted under the aus
pieces of the Better Farming ~associa.
ton, was one OF the most largely at
tended anc enthusiastic farmers
meetings yer held in the state OF
South Dakota. The attendance at
times reached 1000, and at all times
the standing room only" sign could
have been displayed at the hall in
which the sessions were held. An
Interesting and impressive feature of
the meetings was the fact that the
speakers on all the subjects were fire.
quently interrupted by Questions: that
many farmers attending had their
note books with them and had fire.
quent resort to them in the course Of
the meetings.
The program included addresses on
alfalfa by experts on the subject, in
Guiding men who had been pioneers
In the alfalfa movement In the United
States for many years; others who
had grown alfalfa successfully for 20
years Ill 0OulH DdkUld, LIN WIZ lOlO
Of the discouragements that accnmpa-
hied inexperience and the success
o by experience and persistence.
There were corn experts who told
Of the manner in which the north
western states had gradually proved
themselves to be, through the course
of the years, to be really and truly In
the corn belt poultry experts who
told of how chickens could be made a
profitable 'side ISSUE" on South Ia
ia farms, and swine experts, who told
of methods of preventing hog chilera.
methods Of feeding to produce the
best pork ut a minimum Of expense
and time.
An interesting feature Of the prize
awards, confined solely to farmers OF
Brown county, was that Wenz brothers
Of Bath. progressive farmers Of that
section CT the county. won first or
seconG in every exhibit of grain they
made, while most of the other prizes
were taken by other farmers OF the
Bath neighborhood. n%eighbors OF the
Wenz brothers. The Wenz family,
for many years. long before better
farming associations were fashionable,
have been practicing and preaching
better farming, and the result OF their
efforts was shown by the prizes taken
by them or by their %neighbors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-04
GIVES Three ESSENTIALS
TO SALESMAN'S SUCCESS
T. Lincoln Townsend Lectures on
Success in Selling Before
Y. M. C. A. Club.

T. Lincoln Townsend addressed the
Salesmanship Club Of the Y. NJ. c. A. In
stitute last night on Some Conditions OF
Success in Selling Based on an ex-
perience of eighteen years as a travel
ing salesman, Mr.. Townsend declared his
conviction that in craftsmanship every
thing depends on the Introductory inn
preston with the prospective purchaser.
He said. in part:
AT least three essentials contribute
to establish your relations with the pur-
chaser. The first is definite knowledge
of the amount Of business he is doing
in your line; second, possession by the
salesman of such personal qualities as
will command favorable attention; third,
ability to say the right thing at the right
time
These qualities are the natural out
come and expression of something be-
longing to the man who possesses them.
If you have common sense, self-trust and
tact, confidence will be as natural and
easy to you as fragrance to a rose. II
a salesman knows his business well and
is posted on what the buyer has Of an
other make and shows how much bet
ter off he would be if he used the sup
plies handled by the salesman, the buyer
will soon feel his power and listen to
self and calling, and believe in both If
you wish others to have a like regard
for YOU.
Next week D. H. Carnagey of New
York will speak on Suggestion in Sales
manShip.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-04
EDUCATORS INTERESTED
IN SCHOOLS OF CAPITAL
Instructors From Pittsburgh Among
Those Making Tour of Sew
eral Buildings.

Much interest in the public schools
OF Washington was expressed by the
large number of educators who visited
the Institutions yesterday and Monday
on their way to their homes from the
recent convention Of the department of
superintendent of the National Educa-
ton Association. A large number of the
visitors were from Pittsburgh. where
Washington's former superintendent
DR.. William NJ Davidson, is now at the
head of the schools. They left last night
for their homes
The visitors made tour of largo
number of the schools here under the
leadership Of Miss Elizabeth V. Brown.
director Of primary instruction. In
cluded IN the places visited were the
Franklin. Thomson, James Ormond Will
son Normal, Force. Ludlow, Henry.
Polk and Garnet buildings.
Among the educators who visited
were Misses Ada Van Stone Harris and
Harriet Carter of the Teacher Training
College Of Pittsburgh; Misses Emma
Craig. Belle N. hurry, Mary 2. Ander-
son, Grace G. Swan, katherine Reed,
Louise Blessing. Williamson. Mann and
Koehne and Mrs. E. V. Bennett, all
principals of Pittsburgh schools; Miss
Jean Bernard primary supervisor of
Evanston, Ind. and Supt. Nichols OF
the schools of Calumet. Mich.