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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-04-09

in the ballot box on the last night
and which will be added together
with the votes for the money she
turns in to the total published in
this issue. Otherwise the final
count will be made and the win
ners decided according to the
vote totals published in this
iSSuo
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-04-09
O O CITIZENSHIP DAY
will be observed in most
of the churches of the city

will be observed in most
of the churches of the city
APRIL Is
The citizens of Milbank and commun-
ity are requested to attend some
church on the above date. Subjects
of special interest to the community
will be discussed.
SUNDAY EVENING. APRIL Is
there will be q
MEMS MASS MEETING
in the opera house, to be addressed
by
REV. FATHER MURPHY.
Seats free. No Collection.
Good Music
All Men of Milbank and Community
Invited.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-04-09
SENATOR THOMAS STER'
LING SENDS MESSAGE TO
CIVIC LEAGUE.
THOMAS STERLING

Pierre, So. Oak.
have your letter Of recent date,
and assure GU | am interested in the
campaign for a ''dry" Milbank.
I have never voted to license the
sale of Intoxicating liquors, but have
always voted against it when oppor-
tunity offered, for the reason that
believe the saloon is never a benefit,
but always a harm, to the community
it exists in.
There are few disinterested people
today who will contend that the h bit
ual use OF intoxicating liquor is not
harmful, while wen moderate drink
ing seriously reduces the efficiency of
the indi vidual, lessons his chances Of
success. and is a menace to society.
No man can afford to take chances
with drink. It is too great a risk to
run. No good ear possibly come
from it. Much harm is likely to come
from it, and always, it will reduce the
efficiency and usefulness of life and
lessen the chance of success.
The clear recognition of these facts
accounts for the advance of sentiment
| adverse to the saloon, which is put
ting an increasing number OF towns,
cities and states on the sdry" side Of
the line.
If the use of liquor is always harm
full and never beneficial, is it wise
then to nurture and encourage traffic in
it by granting license for its sale?
can see no reason or logic in SO do
ing.
l hope to see an increased number
of towns and cities in the state refuse
70 license saloons at the spring cleo
ton, l should be glad, indeed, il Mil
bank we're 20 be included in the list OF
dry towns.
Yours sincerely,
FRAK NJ. BYRNE,
A large number of Minnesota
Michigan, Illinois and Wiscon'
sin towns have voted out the
saloons during the past two
weeks. Vote mo" and help us
put Milbank dry.
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Senator and Governor
Speak Out for q Temperate COnstit-
uonCy

The following letter has been
received by the Civic League
of Milbank from Hon Frank NJ.
Byrne, Governor of South Da-
kota:
Washington, d. c..
have your favor relative to your
election and the effort you are making
to defeat the saloon forces in Mil
bank. I sincerely hope you will sue
coed in this most worthy effort.
l regard the saloon as an evil from
every standpoint from which it can be
considered. From the economic
standpoint because the moneyspentfor
intoxicants is pure waste and serves
no useful and productive purpose,
and for the reason that the drink
habit tends to render those addicted
to it less efficient and less capable
both physically and mentally. Legiti
mate trade or business often suffers
because Of money spent in the saloon
and of course when it comes out OF
the business or earnings of the poor
man it often means injury to the family
who are thus deprived of the material
comforts or necessities OF life.
1t is an evil, of course, from the
moral standpoint, for as the result OF
the use of intoxicants the moral sense
is more or less blunted, passions are
aroused, and drink thus becomes the
source Of a large per cent OF the
crimes committed.
1t is impossible to point to any reaI
good that can ever come from the sa
loon. On the other hand, the evils
and the possibilities of evil that flow
therefrom are incalculable.
hope your good city of Milbanl
will become a better city by abolish
ir the SALOON.
Yours very truly,
THOMAS STERLING
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-04-09
A Miss Is as Good as a Mile

Candidates! One last word of
advise If you want to win the
automobile or piano, work hard
every minute from now until the
end and collect every dollar you
possibly can to turn in on the
last night. And get some OF
those ten year ones.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-04-09

The official board of the Swedish
Lutheran church will meet at the
church in Milbank on Wednesday,
April Ia, at 1:3O p. M, with Rev.
Shaleen, of Langford. All members
are earnestly requested to be present
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-04-09
Telnis nastiag

The Milbank tennis associations
will meet In the FIRST National
bank NEXT Monday evening. AL
members and those desiring to-
Join are requested 70 Do present :
81. g. 6ouder, Pres.
r. L Nelson, Sec
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-04-09
NORWEGIAN

The members of the Norwegian
Lutheran church will hold their annual
business meeting at the church Sunday
afternoon, April IL, at 4 o'clock.
Services ia Norwegian language at
1880 in the evening.
Rev. Strome
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Contest Closes Saturday
April 18th at 8 p. m. Sharp
The Automobile, Piano, and other valuable prizes
will be awarded to the winners at that time
Only one more week to work

And Candidates! There are still hundreds of dollars on the
list to be collected and many people not now taking
the H~erald-Advance who can be induced to
subscribe
Subscribers! YOU can pay for back and advance subscription or
both for as many years ahead as you wish at the regular rate of
81 90 a year and vote for your favorite candidate according to the
vote schedule below
Votes will be issued for all cash subscriptions, whether old,
new or renewal according to the following schedule.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-04-09
EPISCOPAL

No service on Sunday, April. 18th.
Rev. T.. +. Siegfriedt
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-04-09

Ssrstand this closing method
thoroughly. The list of the sub
scribers you turn in on the last
night should be made out on an
ordinary foolscap paper, ruled
for the purpose so you can show
the name, address, whether old
or new, amount paid and number
of votes for cash payment. The
sheets should be numbered and
the candidates name written at
the top of each sheet. The
amount Of money should be add
ed on each page and the t tails
carried forward to the next page
so that the last page Of the list of
subscribers will show the total
of money the candidate turns in
The list and money should be
placed in An envelope, which
must be sealed, the candidates
name written upon it, and cast
into the ballot box any time up
to 500 p. m. on Saturday April
18th.
Fair Square and lmpartial.
Everyone who reads our clos
ing rules must realize that our
closing method could not be more
fair. Sealed envelopes will be
cast into q sealed ballot box up
to the closing hour. Then three
business men of Milbank, whom
we will ask to act as judges will
take the ballot box to one of the
local banks, where they will
break it open, count the votes
and decide the winners. The
Judges will then return to the
Herald-Advance office, where
they will announce the winners
to the candidates and any of
their friends who wish to be in
attendance when the winners are
announced.
Last 0ance 8 p n April 18th
As the Office clock ticks OF the
hour Of eight on the eventful
evening of Saturday, April 18th,
our big contest will come to q
close; no more votes will be
accepted, and the judges will take
the ballot box, make the count,
and decide the winners. So we
advise every candidate to be sure
Of casting her envelope in the
ballot box before the closing
hour.
The respective standing Of the
candidates published In this
issue shows which candidate Il
highest now, which is second
highest and % on. Any candi
date who doesn't believe that tht
published total 10 her corr &c
total can come TO the Office before
Friday April 10th. for acomplet'
check Of I'll her votes. II there
Il Z delcieney the contest mana
iqst WIN givshs voes halioes 81
the dtGsfsncA wtaoh1he cah Go
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go to those people who promised
to help you at the end providing
you had a good chance of winning.
Show them that you do stand a
good chance of winning the auto
mobile or piano and ask them to-
pay for more than one year.
Show them the vote schedule
and point out the ten year sub.
scription for 10000 votes.
rs Better to be Sure Than Sorry
It is better to win the automo-
bile by q hundred thousand votes,
than to lose it by q single SUBJ
scription. Almost all the people
of the United States expected
johnson to whip Willard, but he
failed. Our contest is to close
for any candidate to feel certain
of winning. It is especially close
when you realize that ten, ten
year subscriptions, count SOC, 600
votes. and that twenty of them
count 600, 600 votes. Every can.
didate should try hard to get .
bunch Of these ten year SUBJ
scriptions. Remember candi.
dates, the man who pays you for
ten years is paying nothing ex'
tra-he gets the Herald-Advance
at the regular rate Of 4 .W year
for that number Of years-and
you can induce many Of your
friends aud relatives to pay ten
years in advance because it costs
them nothing extra-in reality
saves them ten trips to the Office,
Closing Rules
From now until the end Of thu
contest no more ballots need bt
written. The candidates car
keep the money they collect, Of
have collected and not turned in
until the last day Of the contest
Then they can put the money to
gether with Z list Of the subscri
ber3 they are turning in, In u
envelope, which they must seal
and cast into . sealed ballot Dol
that No viii have q orr ONCE 20
that purpose. sometime be1oe,
6:O0p N. Saturday April 18th
We want tho candidates. - m
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Into the HOmestretch

A close race is always won or
lost in the homestretch, and SO
it will be in our contest, the
young ladies who work hard
every minute of every day unit.
the end will have the best chance
of winning the automobile
Every candidate should put forth
her greatest effort now and fur
nish all her friends and relatives
with receipt books SO they car
help her in her work.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-04-09

The following is a list of the
candidates and their respective
standing up to and including
Wednesday, April 7th.
MILBANK
Mrs. Richard Lewis 7226OO
Milbank Rural Routes
Calista Cunningham 10000
Mrs. Ina WhitlOw 41O1OO
Twin Brooks
Mrs. John Keller (R. F D)2O40OO
Stockholm
Agnes Hedman 6996OO
Corona
Henrietta Schmidt 25160O
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-28
PsyehoIonv of pnetlos

The question of short versus long
periods of practice in training the hui.
man muscles for any particular kind
of work is obviously one having far
reaching application. Some interest
ing experiments on this subject have
been carried out by DR.. X. s. Lashley
Of Johns Hopkins university. AcQuisi-
ton of skill in archery was selected
as the subject of observation. Twenty
unframed persons were divided into
three groups. One group shot five
arrows with the English longbow per
day; another, twenty shots per day;
and the third, forty shots. The re-
suits showed conclusively that the
group shooting only five times day
improved in accuracy with less ex-
pendlture Of time In practice than was
required by either of the other groups
for the same amount of Improvement.
A report on the experiments says:
"The relatively greater efficiency Of
short periods of practice continuing
for many days Is in accordance with
the results of the study OF animals
and Of speech habits In man, and in.
dicates that in training to muscular
feats, In both animals and man, the
length of practice periods required Is
usually too great for maximum ef
ficiency. American.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-28
The HeroInes of Novels.

If were his satanic majesty, and a
novelist came to me for judgment
should beetle my brows in horrible
manner and quiz him thus:
did you ever make your heroine
eighteen years old? Did you ever en-
dow a maiden with the repartee of
Pinero, the intuition of Blavatsky, the
carriage of CARD n, the hauteur of
the Medici, the i'eauty of Aphrodite
and the wisdom of Athene-all at the
age of eighteen years?"
If the novelist answered me Ger
tainly mott" l should say: ITO heaven
with you!" But If he answered: Sure
did" l would blast him where he
stood.
For, of all the Ubiquitous, fallacious,
unfair and dangerous doctrines, this
takes the icing of the cake-that the
female species reaches her apogee at
the immature age of eighteen.-From
balm for Lovers" by George Weston
in the Saturday Evening Post.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-28
"INTERvIEW" WITH THE HERO
Happening When Man From the Front
Explains Things to His
Fair Charmer.


oh, Mr.. Hero, I'm so glad to see
you safely back from the war. Sit
right down and tell me all about It..
I'm awfully interested. Wasn't it sim
ply terrible over there? And did you
really live in the trenches for weeks
at time with shot and shell scream
ing all around you? ] don't see how
you could stand 1t. Were you ever hit
by one of those forty.two centimeter
guns? mean by the bullet, of course;
not by the gun. But then, OF course,
you weren't, or you'd have your arm
In sling or something. Who do you
think is going to win? l suppose
shouldn't ask you that, though. You
soldiers are not allowed to tell mill
tary secrets, are you? Did you ever
really kill man yourself, or don't you
know? My uncle, who was in the
Spanish war, says you never can tell
whether it's your bullet or somebody
else's that hits the enemy. l should
think that would be awfully annoying.
Not that you want to know that you'd
killed a man, but still you'd like to
know whether you're wasting your am
munition Or not. Oh, must you go so
soon? wish you would stay longer.
I've been so interested in hearing your
adventures. Call again soon, won't
you? Good-by."
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-28
schOO! Heads To standard!ze Work.

Presidents of UNCONVENTIONAL schools
of the state conferred with officials
of the state board of education and
Dr. Stratton d. Brooks, president of
the state university, for the purpose
of learning what alterations were nee
essary to make their courses of study
conform with college requirements.
This was done in order that graduates
of the schools and colleges may, upon
completion of their work, be eligible to
receive like state teachers certificates.
DR.. Edward Hyslop of the Oklahoma
Methodist University. Guthrie; DR..
Frederick w. Hawley, president of
Henry Kendall college, Tulsa; o. N.
Roth of Phillips university, Enid, and
DR.. w. w. Phelan of the state univer-
sity were among those at the confer
ence. The board of education was
represented by E. A. Duke, assistant
state superintendent and Leslie T.
Huffman, secretary.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-28
New Association of Breeders.

Growing out of the Oklahoma Breed
ers' Sale and Show, which has con-
Quoted two successful programs at the
National stockyards since its organiza-
ton, the Southwest American Live
stock Show association was formed
last week at a meeting of the directors
and others Of the old organization. An
election was held in which Sidney l..
Brock of Oklahoma City was elected
president; w. A. Williams of NARROW,
vice president; ]. w. S. Hutchings of
Oklahoma City, treasurer; w. l.. Car
lyle of Saltwater, general manager;
w. r. Martineau of Oklahoma City,
secretary, and F. NJ. Gault of Oklahoma
bona City, A. B. Campbell of Geary,
and II. c. Lookabaugh of Watonga,
three members of the executive COM
mlttee. The president and general
manager compose the rest of this COM
mittee.
The board of directors consists of
T. E. Smith of Norman, W. L. Carlyle
Of saltwater, w. A. Williams Of Mar
low, H. c. Lookabaugh of Watonga, L.
r. Kershaw of Muskogee, A. B. Camp
bell of Geary, N. d. Pike Of Weather
ford, L. r. Patterson of FL Reno, Frank
NJ. Gault, E. X. Gaylord, Sidney l..
Brock, Anton H. Classen, |. S. Mahan,
T. p Martin jr., and j. w. s. Hutch
ings of Oklahoma City.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-28
A Ouibble.

John B, Stanchfield, the lawyer, was
discussing in an interview in New
York the case of his client, Harry
Thaw.
But objections like that" said Mr..
Stanchfield 1are mere bubbles. They
have no real bearing on the case Like
the farmers wife, they only confuse
and embroil matters.
"A sickly farmer said to his husky
wife one spring morning:
81 see by the papers that woman
down Paint Rock way goes out every
morning and hoes with her husband
"'Well, what of it?' the wife an
swered. She could do it easily enough
If he's as thin as you are. I've often
thought of using you to peel potatoes
with"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-28
April Fire Loss Was s2o7,s4,.2s.


Fire loss in Oklahoma during the
month OF April, aggregating $2O7,-
641.2S, was the largest for the month
of April that has been reported since
the creation of the Office of the state
fire marshal, according to report filed
with State Insurance Commissioner A.
L. WEIGH by State Fire Marshal c. C.
Hammonds.
This loss resulted from q total of 129
fires, of which S116,352.19 was lost on
buildings, and $91, 2S909 los. on con-
tents, which we're destroyed or dam
aged. Eight fires resulting from light
ming caused loss Of $6.140.9O. Eight
others believed to have been of incen-
diary origin caused loss of $39, 959. 90.
Although the loss is the greatest on
record in Oklahoma for the month of
April, it is $72,O19.72 less than the loss
sustained by the state of Kansas for
the same month.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-28
Too Much for Them,

Corpulent Individual-But you can't
give me any reason why should not
enlist.
Spouse-Well, l should miss you.
dear, but the Germans couldn't-Lon-
don Mail.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-28
Comnarisons.

"My income" said the boastful the
atrical star, els much larger than that
of the president of the United States"
YES" replied the conservative per
son. "But you can't judge by incomes.
Jack Johnson's income used to be
larger than yours"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-28
Federal Liquor License Diminishing.

An alarming decrease in the num-
Der of bootleggers' and liquor dealers
licenses is reported by Hubert L. Boil
en-, collector of internal revenue. The
government license book is beginning
to present a dusty appearance, as sew.
eral of the old-timers- have failed to
show up with their SIS annual fee. 1t
is supposed that the general business
depression of the past year is respon-
sible for the slump in wet goods TO
ceipts.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-28
Honors Redulaltlon.

Governor R. L. Williams has hon
ored requisition from the governor
of Texas, asking for the return of one
Marshall Clements, who is wanted in
Texas to answer to charge of burg
larry.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-28
StltchI StltchI

'T have just read an interesting
article about the sewers of Paris"
said hubby, closing the book on his
thumb.
Eyes," replied wife, they're busy
night and day making shirts for sol
liers."
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-28
Or. ThreadaIu Dead.

DR., John Threadgill, 81 years old,
fnancier, statesman and promi
nent physician, died suddenly Friday
afternoon at his home in Oklahoma
City.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-28
But Not ona Of Them.

Does he belong to the moneyed
class?"
Heart and soul. There's nothing he
wouldn't do for them"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-28
OKLAHOMA NEWS NOTES

May s1-24-su,e lirsmsn's meeting.
Sapulpa.
Aug. 31-Sept. Eighth annual reunion,
Southwestern Blue and Gray Association
bridgeport.
Sept. 22-25-Kiamicni Valley Fair. Tall
hina.
Sept. 25-oct z-srate Fair. Oklahoma
city.
octo go. Caddo County fair. Anadarko.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-28

Only q thirty-third degree artist can
make a soft drink Of hard water.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-28
NEWS Of THE
STATE CAPITAL
GOVERNOR WILLIAMS ISSUES
SEVERAL PARDoNs AND
COMPUTATIONS.
OKLAHOMA CITY NEWS EVENTS
What the State Officials and Depart.
ments Are Doing.-ltems Of In
terest About the State
GoVernmest.
Oklahoma City

OhldnOnna ClLy.-
Gov. Williams recognized the soe
called "unwritten law" when he COM
muted to twenty years in prison the
life sentence of Jim Leusby, white,
convicted of murder by a jury in the
district court of Canadian county in
1909 for killing his wife and her para
mour when he found them together, in
a compromising position, in his home.
Arraigned and tried a short time
after the tragedy, while public feeling
still was high, Leusby was found gull
ty of a double murder after a brief
hearing and the jury affixed his pun
lshment at life at hard labor in the
penitentiary. Since then hundreds of
citizens of El Reno have signed petit
tons asking that he be pardoned or
paroled. The action of Governor VIII
llams in committing his sentence to
twenty years is the first recognition
the petitioners have received.
AS Leusby has been a model prison
er during the six years he has served
in the prison already, according to
statements from the penitentiary Of
fcials, he is being given credit for al
most two years for every one in con-
fnement. BY working regularly and
keeping up his good behavior he will
be eligible for an expiration pardon
now in less than five years, or after
remaining in the penitentiary for a
little more than ten years.
Because she is old and burden on
the county, Rhoda Blllingsly, an aged
white woman, recently convicted Of
manslaughter and ordered to serve a
year in the county Jail, by jury in the
district court Of Carter county, was
paroled by Governor R. L. Williams.
County officials had Joined in the petit.
ton asking that she be liberated.
The governor also issued a parole to
Ray Goodhall, convicted of a minor
offense by Grady county jury and
given a short Jail sentence.
A pardon was issued to Ernest Keys,
young man convicted in Carter coun-
ty in 1911 of an assault. Keys was
paroled in 1918 by Governor Lee Cruce
and since then, according to the sign.
ers of his application for pardon.
has been a good citizen. The pardon
granted Keys was unconditional and
his citizenship rights were restored.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-28
PREcIPIrATloN CHART. APRIL, ZEE.

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