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The Ordway new era., 1914-02-20
Says Acre Yield
To Increase Here
Hilvert Believes 1,5OO Cars
Cantaloupes will Be the
Output this Year

Fred Hilvert, field manager for the
firm Of 5. A. Gerard s. Co., one OF
the largest cantaloupe buyers in the
Arkansas Valley, is very optimistic as
to the crop OF Crowley county pink
meat cantaloupes. He believes there
will be at least 1900 car loads of mel
ons this year, or almost double the
output Of 1919.
There are two or three reasons
why l believe that the output will
reach that fgure," stated Mr.. Hill
vert. First the ground is In excel
lent condition and there is enough
moisture to last until the plants are
up without bit of irrigation. Again
the water supply for the season
will be abundant. possibly the best
the county has ever experienced. And
too the growers are each year getting
larger yields from each acre.
I'm California where my company
buys the earlier melons. the growers
figure, on getting two carloads to each
three acres. In Arizona we get one
car load to each two acres. and the
Rocky Ford district grows car load
to two acres. Here we have been
getting an average of about one car
load to four acres. The land In Crow
ley county is just as fine, and as suita.
BILE for cantaloupes. a. IL the land in
these other districts and there is no
reason, when the growers becpme more
familiar with the raising OF canta-
loupes, why We can not get two car
loads from each three acres. The
pink meat melon IL Just as great a
producer as the other varieties as
that has been demonstrated. E. e.
Hosler, last year, raised 40 car loads
on IS acres. That proves big yields
can be made, and the quality too, was
as good As the very best"
M. Hiiveft states that the plants
10 tue California melon dfstiact are up
and that the outlook Is for big crop
there.
The Ordway new era., 1914-02-20
Haswen's Chance
Is Very Bright
Prospects for Milk Conden-
sery Encouraging to
that Vicinity

Haswell is going after milk con-
densery and II united efforts and per
severance will land it Haswell is
almost sure Of such an industry. The
farmers aud merchants are getting
contracts for as many cows In that
vicinity as possible, are soliciting OUT
side aid so far as boosting is concerned
and In fact they are carrying on one
OF the most systematic campaigns
being waged in the valley.
The Pueblo Star Journal OF Wednes-
day had the following to say:
J. r. Duckworth, J. II. jenkins and
a number OF other Puebloans left for
Haswell this afternoon to attend big
meeting in that city tonight for the
purpose of arranging for the location
OF mammoth condensed milk fac
tory.
The committee which recently WIS.,
tied eastern cities for the purpose Of
securing condensing plant will make
its report and submit proposition to
the citizens OF Haswell and the farm
ers of that vicinity.
J. L. Vest Of Haswell was in Pue-
bio today discussing the situation with
local business men. He was pledged
the hearty support Of Pueblo business
men in any movement for the up
building OF any portion of Colorado
and especially Of the dry farming sec
tions 10 the vicinity OF Haswell
The Chieftain OF the same date
contained the following items which
go To show that Haswell has gone out
and interested Others in their under
taking:
William Young and L G. Walker
went to Haswell this afternoon to at
tend the meeting In that city tonight
for the purpose Of arranging plans for
bringing condensing plant to Has
we'll. i,5si' ',s;;i1s ,z-~r-r,s -.5f--r-..
Boone Best OF Haswell. Colo. was a
visitor yesterday at the Commerce
club. He reports every Indication
that Haswell will secure the milk
condensery and that the meeting this
week promises to be one Of the largest
attended ever held In that vicinity.
The Ordway new era., 1914-02-20

The J. L. Murray home is the scene
OF a pleasant reunion this week. Mrs.
Murray's two sisters. Mrs. Nellie Laru
OF Huntley, Neb., and Mrs. Lucy Laro
Of Creas, Calf. having arrived to
make her Il visit. Mrs. Ira L Parker,
a niece, OF Chicago. and Harry Laro. a
grandson yof Mrs. Lucy Laro. are also
in the party. They contemplate max
ing an extended visit.
The Ordway new era., 1914-02-20
Cudahys Push Work

The Cudahy Farm Co., which re-
Gently purchased the G. W. Lewis
tract OF land north of Olney Springs,
in this county, is asking for bids on
bulldogs which are to be erected on
theirfarm. The company is doing q
vast amount of development work
and during the past week took sew
eral teams OF work mules out to add
to the working force.
The Ordway new era., 1914-02-20
Thinks But One
Church Needed
D. c. Roberts Says United
Congregation is Success
In Claremont, Cal.
BY d. @. ROBERTS

Let me say word to our church
people of Ordway as to my observa-
tions 10 Claremont. ClVemont is a
little larger than Ordway; when the
400 college students are there they
claim 1900 Inhabitants, but there is
only one church. 1t is called Congre-
gationaf because that body started 1t.
1t has 700 members and about 1000
people in attendance regularly. There
are twenty.one different denomina-
lions represented, and yet there are
20 church squabbles. The church has
been in existence for twenty-five
years aud a more harmonious people
III have never seen. They are. not
a wealthy people but gen.
|erally we'll to do. They support pas.
1 tor and an assistant pastor, keep a
minister 10 China, a ward at the hos
|pital and are alive to all charities.
Ord way nigh. not be able to do all
this. but is 1t not lesson. Do we
need five separate church organiza-
tious In Ordway?
The recent rains stopped suddenly
after washing out several bridges and
/ we have now had two weeks OF unin-
kterrupted summer weather Acacias
and almonds are In full bloom. and
the peach and nectarine are about
|feady TO blossom. California has had
|one ofthe warmest winters In years.
81 On one of our rides we rested at
Riverside and during that little stay
we saw Marjorie Bigfnrd and Mr.. and
Mrs. II. l. Olmstead. They were
leach quite we'll.
The Ordway new era., 1914-02-20
Fluke-Schlunnepeer

Mr.. 7. E. Fluke OF Sugar City and
Miss Rosilla Francis Schlunnegger Of
Ordway were married last Saturday
afternoon at the pars6naRe Of the
Evangelical church. by Rev. P. 6.
Nuffer, the pastor. Mr.. p. E. Fluke
Of Sugar City was best man and Miss
Jennie Clapper OF Ordway was the
bridesmaid. Mr. and Mrs. Fluke will
make their home In Sugar City.
The Ordway new era., 1914-02-20
Many Visit Special

The special demonstration train
which Is being run over the Santa Fe
from Denver to Holly has been visited
by large numbers of farmers at each
town wheYet It. stops. Some of the
places report that farmers have gone
a distance 'of twenty miles to avail
themselves OF the demonstrations
and lectures that are being made on
the various subjects.
The Ordway new era., 1914-02-20

The Young Ladies' class OF the
Christian church entertained the
Young Mems class at the home OF
Miss Ethel Simmer last Saturday
night. The evening was delightfully."-
spent and refreshments we're served.
Aside from the members OF the class
several invited guests were present.
The Ordway new era., 1914-02-20
Fund is Growing

Pueblo is raising $50. 900 with which
to complete the Y. M. 9 A. building
and the amount raised to last night
had reached 1000.
The Ordway new era., 1914-02-20

A light snow fell early Thursday
morning but disappeared before the
day was over. The weather was
slightly colder and cloudy the even
ing before but the sunshine and usual
warm weather was resumed the next
day.
The Ordway new era., 1914-02-20

V. M. Jones who has been residing
here, sold his farming equipment and
household goods at public sale last
Saturday. He went to Rocky Ford
Tuesday where he took Mrs. Jones,
who went to California for visit.
Mr.. Jones will leave 10 few days for
Oklahoma where he will farm.
The Ordway new era., 1914-02-20

DR.. ]. NJ. Simpson, government vet,
erinary In charge of southern and
and eastern Colorado, came down from
Pueblo yesterday on inspection bust
ness. DR.. Dixon, also in the govern
ment service, has been here for the
past several days.
The Ordway new era., 1914-02-20

Mrs. Lewis Worker and daughter
returned yesterday from Illinois,
where Mrs. Worker was called some
weeks ago by the serious illness OF her
father. who she reports much i'm
proved in health.
The Ordway new era., 1914-02-20

Marshal Worker has given the town
another cleaning of tin cans and rub
bish and the appearance is noticeably
better. There were six loads OF this
rubbish taken out, the accumulation
of about four months. Marshal Work
er stated that the next cleaning will
be about Mayl.
The Ordway new era., 1914-02-20

]. W. Butler has recently moved to
this county from Leedy, Okla. He is
dow 10 the employ OF the National
Sugar company, doing spring plow-
ing. He hopes to rent a farm here,
and intends to buy later.
The Ordway new era., 1914-02-20

o. H. Griffith of King Center re.
turned yesterday from Terre Haute,
Ind, where he has been visiting for
the past two months. When he left
there the thermometer registered
about twenty below zero, which was
In strong contrast to the variety Of
weather he found on tap here.
The Ordway new era., 1914-02-20
Feeders Doing Fine

The cattle which the BeRgs Live
stock Co. Is feeding at the feeding
pens OF the National Manufacturing
Co.. are doing we'll. The pens are all
full
The Ordway new era., 1914-02-20

During the past week. since the
weather has been so spring-like much
work is being done. For the past
several days rubbish fires were to be
seen in various parts OF the county.
The Ordway new era., 1914-02-20

Assessor Z. r. McCabe drove to his
ranch seventeen miles north OF here
Sunday in his automobile. IT. was the
first trip he has been able to make by
auto for several weeks.
The Ordway new era., 1914-02-20

Haswell has Commerce club with
membership of seventy.nine, The
club Is made up mainly by the pro-
gressive farmers there and 1t is one Of
the liveliest clubs in eastern Colorado.
The Ordway new era., 1914-02-20

Ernest F Greene has acquired the
V. M. Jones residence property on
Otero avenue. 1t will be occupied by
Fred W. Rohl.
The Ordway new era., 1914-02-20

NJ. E Bashor Is moving this week
on his farm south OF town and is now
full fiegged tiller OF the soil.
The Ordway new era., 1914-02-20

The district court OF this county
will convene In Ordway on March 9.
two weeks from next Monday.
The Ordway new era., 1914-02-20

Miss Elnora Mitchell, a teacher in
the Sugar City schools, was here We'd
nesday afternoon.
The Ordway new era., 1914-02-20

Mrs. B. NJ. Meyer returned Satur'
day from Omaha after visit Of sew
eral weeks.
The Ordway new era., 1914-02-20

W. F. Littell of Pueblo was her
yesterday.
The Ordway new era., 1914-02-20

@. N. McNulLy was In Rocky Ford
the first OF the week on business.
The Ordway new era., 1914-02-20

There is very little sickness In the
county according to the physicians.
The Ordway new era., 1914-02-20

Ernest F. Greene and family spen
Sunday In the II. G. Tiedemann home
The Ordway new era., 1914-02-20

]. II. Galbreatb of La Junta was ir
town Wednesday,.
The Ordway new era., 1914-02-20

Mrs A. p. Beer Of. Arlington wa
here Tuesday.
The Ordway new era., 1914-02-20

Bryce Weldon has returned from
Fort Collins, where he has been at
tending the agricultural college.
The Ordway new era., 1914-02-20

Superintendent E. N. Freeman was
here Wednesday.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-03-13
MUNICIPAL SALOON"
Let Mi!bank Try Out the Municipal
Saloon During Coming Year

The municipal saloon question
is being quite generally discuss
ed just now. The friends Of the
movement claim that if the saloon
is to furnish profit to the city in
the form of license in payment
for the evil it works in the com
munity, then there is no reason
why all the profit should not 90
into the city treasury instead of
just a meager scraping that now
comes in as a license money.
The business in the hands of one
man under municipal authority
the seller getting a stated salary
and having no incentive to in
crea Sc his sales, would certainly
be more likely to be conducted
legltimately and without disor
der than it now is with three
places striving to sell as much as
possible for personal profit to
the proprietors
Those who are in a position to
know state that the one saloon
in Sisseton, run by salaried
agent, all of the profits of the
saloon going into the public
treasury, will yield the pu blic at
least $4,000 revenue this year
and this will be divided between
the city and the local good roads
association. A similar arrange
ment in Milbank would yield at
least $4,000 or $4,000.
To many temperance people
the thought Of a municipal
saloon " may be as distasteful as
a private saloon, but it is con
dition and not theory we are
now facing, and if we are to have
the saloon forced upon us. then
let US have it in its least object
ionable form, and make it stand
its full share of the financial bur-
den which it entails upon the
community at least so far as this
is possible, and give the tax-pay
ers. who in the end have 10 bear
the expenses Of the saloons ex-
istence, let the taxpayers. we
say, receive the whole benefit of
any financial profit the saloon
may secure.
Why private individuals and
not The community at large
should receive the profits Of the
liquor business in Milbank is a
very pertinent question just now.
Look it up.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-03-13
Taxes Oppressive

The total taxes on farm lands
east Of Missouri river, in South
Dakota, in 1906 was -, 24o. of9. 10;
in 1912 81, ,oOo, go - and in 1913
S4,72O, 1860. Over 200 per cent
increase in six years.
The total state tax, in the state
in 1906 was S442, ,oO3.7s in 1912
81 Ais. .O15.3l; and in 1913 81, 1885,
455.22. An increase ofabout 300
per cent in six years, while the
population has increased less
than 80 per cent and the 1913
state tax will not pay the state
expense within $427 900 accord
ing to the state auditor S figures.
For the present state regime to
compare the state tax of 1918
with 1912, when the 1913 tax is
short of paying state expenses,
and the 1912 tax is it's own high
water mark Of expenditures, is
Juggling. How about the increase
Of 362 new state jobs: Don 'tyou
want to clean up the spoils sys-
TEN and hold down taxes by vot-
ing for r @ Richards for COVER
ner at the primary election
March oath. adv . wks.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-03-13
FOR CITY WATER
Well BOrers at Work Sinking Well on
North End Of Main Street

The city has engaged the l.. f.
Morley & Son well boring outfit
to sink a We'll at the north end Of
main street adjacent to the
creamery, and work was com
menced last week. A fine flow
Of water has been secured at a
depth of 20 feet, which as near
as can be judged will yield about
so gallons minute. This is
about half the supply that will
be required, but as the water is
from a fine bed of sand and gra
vel 1t is Of excellent quality. A
new bucket has been sent for
and the capacity of the well will
be tested and possibly an adj
ditional well will have to be dug
or other arrangements made to
increase the supply, but the city
authorities are going after the
water question with a determine.
tion to get something that will
be of permanent value.
When they have the matter OF
adequate supply settled a compe-
tent engineer will be employed
to plan for power and distribu-
ton.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-03-13
Minnesota Going Dry
lib Towns and CitieS in the North
Star State Declare Against the
Saloon. A big Gain Of
Dry Territory.

In a review of the city aud vii
lage elections Of Minnesota last
Tuesday. the Minneapolis Jour
nal gives the following summary
showing big gain of dry terri
tor throughout the state, and in
dicating that the business men
of the larger towns are waking
up to the fact that the saloon is
detriment to their business and
the prosperity Of their towns
The anti saloon forces OF Minneso-
ia agOin made notable gains in the
city and, village elections OF Tuesday.
Municipa lties voting on the license
question yesterday were carried for
most part 10y the dry element,
which captured ll3 Of the places re-
ported, to % which voted for cense.
OF the ll3 dry towns ~ now have sa-
looms and will close up their bars as
a result Of yesterdays vote The
most notable change is Owatonna.
which has 5.65S people by the last
census: but now. by its first vote on
the question joins the list of saloon
les, cities. Princeton and Slayton
are other county seat cities which
swung from the wet to the dry column.
The vets regained only eight places
so far as reported. the most import
ant being Wells. a place OF l, 155.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-03-13
A sBarberOns" Change.

Henry Mitchell this week sold
his barber business to A. E.
Seitz, and the latter will take
possession Of the shop next Mon.
day. Mr.. Mitchell is one of the
old time business men of the
city, having been engaged in
lathering our faces and curling
our hair for the past twenty
eight years, but having caught
the "back to the land" fever, he
has determined to call quits and
go into intensive farming on his
"Haderway' farm, and thus be-
come a producer instead Of a
shaver.
Mr.. Seitz has been engaged
for several years with a shop in
the Smith billiard hall, which he
will discontinue and will put in
four chairs at his new shop, and
will fit up the bath room in first
class shape.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-03-13
RURAL SCHOOL SECTION
Assembly Room

RURAL SCHOOL SECTION
Assembly Room
1880 to 1910 ........ Enrolment
Work OF the morning based upon
Dinsmore ''Trainl,tg of Children =
lO:4O to 1896
Pages ls6 2l3 Miss Florence Tay lor
Questions and Discussion - Miss
Ruby Riley
1850 to Hoo
Pages ol4-236 Miss Edna Martinson
Questions and Discussion Miss
Mary kos,e
ll.lO to 1l:25
Pages 231 26D Miss elizabeth Ingli
Questions and Discussion - Miss
Olga christensen
ll:25 to ll4O
Pages o7o-2os-Mss Ella Ohlsen
Questions and Disc cussion ~ Miss
Selma Shauf
LAO to il 80
Pages ooo -,3o Miss Margaret Alli-
son
Questions and Discussion Miss
Lillian Egermayer
Announcements and Dismissal
AFTERNOON PROGRAM
l:3Oto 80 Music
% to l:45
The Industrial Contests at Milbank
February ll-l2. 1914
l:4o to %
The Problem Of Providing work for
Every Child III the large school -
Miss Nina { hristina Anderson
30 to 2:05
Spelling and Number Device, in the
Lower Grades - Miss Hilda McClos-
key
o:Oo to 2.l5
The Problem of Discipline in the
Intermediate Grades Miss Mercy
Chapman
2:l5 to 2:25
Music in the Rural School - Miss
Mary belle Donaldson
2:225 to 2:4O
Some School Songs
2:4O 70 2:oO
Some Good Teachers Publications
How they have helped me - Miss
Fern Nicholas
$50 to 500
The March of Events, State and
National = Mr.. Stewart Hubbard
500 to $40
The March OF Events. Educational
Mr.. A. +. GOkey
3:lO TO 800
How prepare 7th and Sth Grade
Pupils for the Final Examinations
Mr.. Sidney Barricklow
:}.2O to $3.50
Discussion - Miss Ellen Walstad
Dismissal
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-03-13

Il regret very much to find on
my return to Aberdeen that Mr..
Glenn is going to leave u.s." said
Superintendent Johnson of the
city schools to a News reporter
today.
II feel that he has been one of
the strongest principals Aber-
deem has ever had, and he is now
SO thoroughly acquainted with
our high school work that his
going will be an irreparable loss
to Aberdeen. Mr.. Glenn has be-
come very strong in the work
through hard study and careful
management and Milbank gains
good man in him.
mo principal Of Aberdeen
high school has ever had better
feeling on the part of his teach
ing staff than has Mr.. Glenn, and
speaking in behalf of the high
school teachers | wish him all
possible success. All Of us re-
alize the loss which the Aber-
deem high school suffers.
"With his broad experience
in secondary work and his
splendid scholastic training, I
|, ok for him to be an exception
ally strong superintendent and
confidently look forward to the
Milbank school system becoming
one Of the finest in the state un.
der his supervision. Aberdeen
News.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-03-13
Chinese Eggs Cheap.

Our democratic friends have
always held up to ridicule the as.
sertion that the farmer received
any protection from tariff laws,
but the fact that eggs have re-
Gently been shipped from fara.
way China to this country in
commercial quantities sufficient
to affect the egg market is a fact
that cannot be disguised. A ST.
Louis dispatch of the I'd inst.
says:
One hundred cases containing 36, 600
eggs arrived in St. Louis from China
today. They were imported 10y To-
cal commission dealer who said he
could sell the eggs to retailers at 20
cents dozen Eggs for the past
week have been quoted here around
26 cents. A member OF the firm said
he bought the eggs at 10 cents a doz-
en-, and that they were part OF ship
ment Of 800, 900 consigned to American
dealers.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-03-13
TAX ORDERS
The Tax Commission Sending Orders
to County Auditors to Drum
tU the Last Drop

The laundering state tax com.
mission which is responsible un-
der Governor Byrne for the un-
warranted hardships that are
being forced upon our people,
are again sending out TO the
county auditors Of the state or
ders to enforce to the letter the
rules which they have adopted
for assessing property. In a
pamphlet entitled constructions
to Tax Officials for 1914, the
paragraphs in relation to moneys
and credits says:
We are especially calling your
attention to items - and 30,
moneys and credits You may
be asked by some persons re-
quired to list property, what
moneys and credits mean.
money or "moneys means
gold and silver coin, treasury
notes, bank notes and every de
posit which any person owning
the same or holding ia trust and
residing in this state is entitled
to withdraw in money on demand
s'Credit' means every claim and
demand for money or other valu-
able thing, and every annuity or
sum of money receivable at
stated periods, due or to become
due, and all G aims and demands
secured by mortgages, due or to
become due.
You must not deduct any debts
or liabilities of the person listing
his property. You are to assess
person $ property, as the law
requires, at it's full and true
value in money, and then if any
portion of it is mortgaged, you
are also to assess tie mortgage
debt il held and controlled within
your taxing district. All pro
perty is assessed at its full value
in money regardless OF any
mortgage debt thereon: the
mortgage debt is assessed to the
owner aud holder Of the mort
gage. if held within this state.
The land is listed as real estate;
the mortgage debt listed as per
>onal property.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-03-13
Some Comparisons

The 1906 tax rolls of the
several counties Of the state,
shows that in the year 1906, the
year before the eaters broke
into Pierre the total taxes state
and local were -, 242, $40. As.
These same taxes in 1912 were
$4,OOS, 629. 26, and in 1913 these
same taxes were 81, 720, 436. 55.
In the past seven years the taxes
of the state have been more than
doubled on the people of the
state. Is it not time to cry a
halt,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-03-13
Death OF Big Stone Resident

Rev. F. +. Siegfriedt was
called to Big Stone Tuesday to
conduct the funeral of Mr. Elihu
Briddell who died at the age Of
Is Saturday evening, of heart
failure. Mr.. Briddell came from
North Dakota last fall and built
a little house in Big Stone,
being a former resident Of
that place. to spend his last
days. The service was held in
the Congregational church at
Ortonville, in which city the
burial was made.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-03-13
Mems Banquet

Tie men Of the Methodist
church met Monday evening and
started arrangements to give a
public supper or banquet at the
church parlors on Friday even
ing, Goth inst. the banquet to be
followed by musical and liter
ary program. 1t is said the
men have something up the IL
sleeve that will surprise the
natives-Or at least the women.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-03-13

Every Friday evening during
Lent evening prayer and Litany
at 80 followed by ladies bible
class. Sunday March Is, holy
com muniOn at $50 and 1O:45
Sunday school at II.
REV. EDGAR f. SIEGFRIEDT