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The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-12-22
School Funds Are
Being AppoItioned

Pierre, Dec. l6. The depart.
ment of school and public lands
is sending out the December ap-
portionment OF the interest and
income fund. The amount an.
portioned is $218, O87.lO on q
school census Of Sl73 ,OS5. being
81. 26 per pupil.
The amount apportioned is
1881. 81 oyer the December ap-
porto lment for 1914.
Approximately IS, of the
amount was collected under the
head of trespass on state land.
A large amount of interest de.
llnqueht on school land contracts
for years prior to 1915 has been
collected this fall through an ef-
fort of the department to collect
all of it.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-12-22
Northwest News Notes

Pierre, S. d.. Dee. Is. The
supreme court Saturday, in an
opinion by Justice Gates, rever-
sed the lower court Of Mlnneha-
ha county in the case Of TheO-
dore Kickland VS.. George W. Egg
an, holding against the conten-
tons Of Egan. kickland filed
the original complaint in the
present disbarment Proceedings
against Egan.
Watertown was chosen for the
1916 vention of the South
Dakota Assertion Of County
Commissioners that held it's first
annual session in Mitchell last
week. Invitations also were
presented by Mitchell and
Sioux Falls The officers of the
assocition were re elected. VIM.
+. BrazzilI of Charles Mix coun-
ty, president; N. l.. Clark. of
Lawrence county. vice pres
dent; C.. T. Cearnock, of Mime
haha county, secretary-treasurer.
Good roads was the chief sub
iect of dission.
Wallace, S. D., Dec. 18-Be-
cause the business men of Wal
lace and the farmers in this com
munity could not raise the bon
us required by the promoters OF
the Duluth, Huron & Southern
railroad. the fficials Of that pro-
posed lire have stated their in
tention of running their right OF
way two miles east of this place,
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-12-22
1915 Crop Value
Is Six Bilhons

This years principal farm
crops were worth Sc, 270, i65, 600
at December | farm prices. the
department Of agriculture an
nounced IN its final estimate and
review of crop production and
values, That compares with
&, 973, 537, 900 last year, $4, 966,
497, 900 in 1913 and S4.757,458,- :
900 in 1912.
With the wheat crop passing
the 1000, 100000 bushel mark
for the first time in the nation S
history, corn reaching a 5000. =
100000 bushel mark for the sec .
ond time, and a record crop Of
oats, barley, rye, sweet potatoes,
hay and rice, the year has been
an extraordinary one for farm,
ing. Prices paid farmers for
some crops have been higher
than in other wears because of
the European war, and as a re
suit, the value of some of the
crops is the largest ever recorded.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-12-22
S. D. Senators
Well Placed

In the reorganization of the
senate committees announced
last Monday, the South Dakota
members have been well taken
care Of.
Senator +. S. Johnson. the new
Democratic senator, is chairman
|of the commission of revolutions
arv claims He is also assigned
to the committee on Indian atf-
airs. agriculture, immigration,
woman sufferage, Pacific rail.
roads, pensions, claims, Univer
sity of United States, Industrial
expositions and conservation OF
national resources.
Senator Thomas Sterling con-
tinues as a member OF the com.
mites on public lands, post Of
fees and post roads, civil service
and retrenchlnent, coast and in
sular survey. conservation of na
tural reserves, pensions. Miss
|issippi river and mines and min
ing. His neW assignments are
to the committees on immigra-
tion and District Of Columbia.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-12-22
Cheer Road
With Smiles

The Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul railway has launched a
yuletide 'cheerfulness' and "be
courteous" campaign among its
$500 employees. Cheerful
ness" cards will be handed to
the employees before the new
year, and every station will dis
play at least one of the Christ
mas cards.
Here are some of the sngges-
tions for cheerfulness.
Learn to laugh. Learn how
to tell a story. Learn to keep
your own troubles to yourself.
Be courteous. Courtesy first
means safety first.
Learn to stop croaking
Learn to hide your pains and
aches under pleasant smiles.
Don't cry. Tears do well
enough in novels, but are out of
place in real life.
Above all, give pleasure.
Any good thing that you can do
or any kindness that you can
show to any human being you
had better do now, for you will
not pass this way again.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-12-22
.atauga Bannk
will Pay All

There will be very lille if any
loss to depositors of the Watagua
State Bank, which was recently
taken over by the state banking
department. This information
comes from we'll authenticated
sources and seems to be reliable.
r. +. Pope. the present re-
eiver, of the First State Bank of
Mcintosh, which was closed over
a year ago, has been appointed
examiner i'm the local institution.
He has just sent out letters to
creditors of the bank. and re.
ports that collections are excel.
ent.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-12-22
Smallpox Epidemic
At Waubay

1t is reported at Webster that
there are over a hundred cases
of smallpox in Waubay and vi
cinity, in the eastern end of Day
county. 1t is charged that per.
sons afflicted with the disease
have not been quarantined, and
have been permitted to frequent
public places while suffering
frola this disease in all it's sta.
ges. DR.. Park B. Jenkins of
Waubay, superintendent of the
state board of health, in the last
number of the bulletin issued by
the board Of health, opposes
quarantining smallpox cases, on
the theory that the quarantine
encourages the people to refrain
from vaccination, which DR.. Jen.
kins pronounced "a certain pre-.
ventIye" of the disease.
On account of DR.. Jenkins
pronouncement, there is a tend
ency here to blame the state
board of health for the outbreak
of the contagion in Waubay.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-12-22
South Dakota To
Advance Primary

South Dakota must hold a
special primary election on April
a, 1916, if the republicans Of the
state are to be represented by
delegates in the national con
vention, the date for which was
fixed by the national committee
for June Z.
Under the new primary stat.
ute substituted for the Richards
measure by the last legislature
the first Tuesday of June, 1916,
which is June 6, was fixed as
the date for holding the regular
election. As national political
convention delegates e noml
mated at this primary by law, as
we'll as party, county and state
candidates, it is obviously I'M
possible for republican electors
to designate their party dele
gates, have the vote officially
canvassed and certified and have
such delegates present at the
convention the next day.
The primary law further pro-
vides that a special primary cleo
ton shall be called on the first
Tuesday in April, which would
be April A, in cases where nation
al political conventions are call
ed to meet at a date too early to
allow delegates to be CHOSEN.
This provision is contained IN ar
ticle 81 of the new statute. In
asmuch as the republican elect
ors would vote only for national
convention delegates in the spec
ial primary. it is probable that
the other political parties will
hold their elections slmultane-
continued on page 81
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-12-22
Delinquent Taxes
Sold urder Hammer

The sale of delinquent taxes
for the Year 1914 was held at
the court room Monday of this
week. Fewer buyers than US
ual attended this sale but all of
the tracts OF farm lands were
sold. Early in the day a dis
pute arose over an agreement to
take turn about in bidding for
certificates that led to a number
of tracts being bought on a bid
Of eleven and one half per cent
interest but the bulk of the GER
titicatos were taken at the max
imum interest rate ,f twelve
per cent. 4. +. Jones of Serum.
A. l.. Blakelv of Chance, John
Foster Of Coal Springs and w.
ID. Longwood of Cole were among
the QUO of town buyers although
several concerns that have been
handling Perkins county certifi-
Gates were represented by local
parties. The sale continued un-
til ten O'Clock in the evening be.
fore all the tracts were sold.
The ma jority Of the town lots
in Lennon were not bought and
were bid in by the county as has
been done for the past two or
three years. Bison Courier.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-12-22
Sewers Connections
with First State Bank

{. W. Hose who has been con-
nected with the First State Bank
for several years, as Cashier.
has presented his resignation to
take effect on January lst.
Mr.. Hose has not definitely
decided as yet as to what his fu-
ture business will be but un.
doubtedly he will remain in Lem.
mon and deal in real estate and
insurance,
No one has been appointed to
fill the vacancy caused by his
resignation, up to the present
time.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-12-22
Good Many Delay
Securing License

Several applications ha We
been made at The county treas
urer's office for automobiI licen
ses but when the number of au-
tomobilcs in the county is C n
81 cred Il is evident that a large
number of owners contemplate
storing their machines after the
! first of the year Or e Sc being put
t. The rlrpble Of producing a re
ceipt ior d license application
whenever they meet AN officer of
the law.
There are no doubt many yet
who are not familiar witt al the
provisions of the automobile law.
The principal features regard
ing license ar as follows. in sub
stance:
On the first day -: January,
1916, all operators Of motor ve-
hicles will be required to display
the new numbers thereon or pro-
duce for the inspection Of offic-
ers, promptly upon demand, a
receipt showing that an appllca.
tio.. has been made 10 the cOun
Ity treasurer for new number.
. These numbers cost $3 90 for the
, automobiles and $500 for motor
vehicles. Dealers numbers cost
$500.
All dealers will be req Iired to
have. not only dealers original
number, but vii! b. require to
dis play q dupii' ate fGmser on
each additional vel icie operated
by such dnsl,r; the cul licate
numi els TO lie { tan Ell r.n the
county treasu G. u.ai ia.ment
of fee oi fifty cents ~ set Of
lconsinus d on page 81
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-12-22
Local Boxers In
-Four Round Mill

Saturday night ~Scrappy'
Kirkland, bantam weight,
fought William Thompson, a
middleweight. four rounds in a
no-decision sparring exhibition
qt the skating rink in one of the
cIavcrest mills that has been
u9ned off in Lennon in recent
years,
kirkland is a classy scrapper,
ba marvellous speed and a dan.
gerOus upper-cut that undoubt-
edIN would have floored his op-
Donent in a finish fight.
Thompson, as an amateur,
has considerable ability as a
scrapper but he was unable to
keen covered and Kirkland
landed large number of short
arm jabs to the head and solar
pleXus Out of the four rounds,
Thompson took the first, Kirk.
land the second. the third was a
draw, and Kirkland took the
fourth, driving Thompson to the
ropes and forcing him into clin.
ches during the entire round.
4 large crowd of fans were
present, snd they were so well
pleased with the exhibition that
it is planned to stage some more
matches in the near future.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-12-22
Sees Great
Future Ahead

Mo. ridge, Dec. 20. With the
announcement that the Milwau-
kee has actually put into service
elec trlcally driven engines on
the moul ain division in Mon.
tana, ldah and Washington,
and piah 10 rKt, nd The electrifi
cation oi the rod as far east as
A berdeen. ) ID. should the pro-
], Ct plog, ffasab'e, Mobridge
iinDs .t"eti pl.ced i'm position
OF gr, a. Ir5pui tancc on the Mil.
waukee ~ TEN.
Should tie Trans Missouri and
Has inps d Dakota divisions of
the ROAD b. eie t, Ihtd, MObridge
Will b. the port v here the pow
er All be generated. With NAL
sbttlI ~ >, tii AliIJl1lS ia We u6IIl>
ned the NJ ri river at this
point on many occasions. but
should they decide To run their
mammoth engif es by means of
electricity IN this section, the
Old MUDDY would be damned at
this point with steel and con-
|crets, and an enormous power
generated which would mean un-
told beneti's to this city, as it
wOulG an easy matter to &C.
cure tn coz psny's surplus pow
Ter o. Inducing manufacturing
establishments to kcate here
! where lower would b. cheap.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-12-22
GraIanOla Presented
Friday Evening

friday noon of this week, the
Herald Trade at Home" con.
test closes and the ballots will
be counted and the machine Civ
en- away Friday afternoon or
evening, depending on t h e
length of time necessary to
cunt the large number of bal
iJts.
Oscar N. Sampson, Ira H. Van
Ct5aEe and Henry Finbraaten
nave been requested to act as
JudGeS In the contest and the
votes will be counted in the Red
N'osS Pharmacy positively COM
l1eAGng at one o'clock on Friday
afternoon.
AS lar as the Herald has been
concerned the contest has been a
success IN every way and we are
We" pleased with the results.
A large amount of enthusiasm
mas been shown throughout and
,h+ number of votes that have
DeeA issued is in the neighbor-
mood Of 2O,0oO,0Oo.
Inc Herald management has
no 'dea whatsoever as to the
number of contestants and has
~ means of knowing who will
oe IN the lead. but whoever wins
'ae 0rafanola, we give tito them
WIN the best wishes Of the sea-
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-12-22

and then start a new town
where their line crosses the Min
neapolis & St. Louis.
The returns show that 200
deer were killed in South Dakota
his year.
w. B. Herrick of Flint Rock
has leased the Bison hotel from
Mr.. and Mrs George Williams,
and will devote their time to
their large farm near here.
Gus Smith and Joe Schmick.
rath of Mobridge are in Min.
neapolis purchasing an electric
llgh ing power plant which will
furnish power at Hettinger, N.
D., sh rtly after the first Of the
year.
Arthur Steenerson. instructor
in manual training and director
of athle tics in the local schools.
was taken by Marshall Kairnes
Friday evening to his home at
Menomonie. Wisconsin. I h e
young man had been acting
queerly for some time and it was
thought advisable that some
thing lie done for him. His
mental condition grew worse on
the way home ard we under
stard that since srYiv rg It Ills
home bis condition kas grown
even more serious. Mr.. Steen
erson made many friends while
at Hettinasr Who sincerely hope
that he n1ay ~ restored to
health ,ps County Reccrd.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-07-15
enm0yer
and Philip
Plans

Senator Staudenmayer's substitute
for the administration central educa-
tional board bill provides for board OF
five members to control and correlate
finances of Wisconsin educational instl-
tutions. One member would be appoint
ed by the university regents, one by the
normal regents, and the governor, Sec
retary of state and superintendent of
public instruction would be ex-officio
members. The individual boards of re-
gents continue to govern the institu-
tions.
Gov. E. L. Philips central board
plan provided for abolishing the board
of regents Of the normal schools and
university, and for creating q new board
of fifteen members to!have jurisdiction
over the university, the normal schools,
the school of mines and the Stout Train
ing school. The boar would be ap-
pointed by the governor. ~
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-07-15
STEWART
WEDDING ANNOUNCED
Baraboo Young People Are
Married in Poynette
By Rev. Gallo
way.

Miss Anna Louise Stewart, daughter
of Engineer and Mrs. Charles FL. Stew
art, GA Ash street, and DR.. Dean Luce,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Sherm Luce, 627
Eighth avenue, were married at Poy-
nette on Tuesday evening by the Rev
Galloway of that city. The bride wore
travelling gown and the couple was
unattended. DIR. and Mrs. Luce have
both resided in Baraboo for many years
and have many friends in the communi-
ty who wish them happiness and pros
perity. Mrs. Luce has been connected
with the E. T. Ross flower store for the
past three years and DR.. Luce has es-
tablished successful practice in vet
erinary surgery in Poynette. The cou-
ple will reside in that city.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-07-15
GIANT TARANTULA
FOUND IN BANANAS

An interesting natural phenomenon
may be seen at the Rodems Fruit
Store, in the form of a tarantula or
spider about twice the usual size. The
insect was found by Mr.. Rodems on q
bunch of bananas and he says that in
all his fruit store experience, extending
over sixteen years, he has seen only
three or four. It is said the bite of
these spiders is extremely poisonous
and the victim usually dies within ten
minutes after the bite is inflicted. The
speciman at Rodems is about four inches
each way and has head as large as a
hickory nut A popularity of the tar
antula is that it will not bite negro,
the color evidently rendering them i'm
mune.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-07-15
ENGINEERS HAVE
BANQUET At LAKE
"a
Have Done Some Practical
Surveying During
Their Working
Hours.

The University of Wisconsin engi-
neers have indulged in their seventh
annual banquet at Devils Lake and the
feature this year was highly entertain
ing Besides an extended menu there
we're toasts from instructors and stu
dents, the POSTMASTER being Professor
Leonard S. Smith. The subjects and
speakers ere as follows:
Holding the Ropes, Prof ken" Bragg
Universities, East and West, Shuttle
barger
Some Riverman and Champion Paa-
cake Eater, Schad
Our New Sister Republic, Su
Our 1915 Summer Camp, Ray Phelps
The Baraboo High school 0estreich
Advantages of Speaking Rod VS..
Those of a Silent Partner, Howson
"Gaging Men and Streams, Prof.
mike" Cornish
Reedsburg, Weaver
Besides che usual work this year, the
class performed large amount of
highway work. Scenic routes were
laid out in the state park and an esti-
mate of the cost of the grading, gravel
and hauling computed. These could
easily be utilized in case the state built
roads at the resort. Besides Professor
Smith, the camp consisted of four in
structors and thirty-two students. The
instructors were Messrs Kenneth Bragg,
Myron Cornish, A. w. Crump and Hem
ming. The work for this year has been
completed. Another class will come
next year.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-07-15
HORSE WAS
STRUCK At NIGHT

A previous issue of this paper told of
the killing of horse by an automobile
near Loganville and the Reedsburg
Free Press throws more light on the
tradegy as follows:
An auto from Bear Creek ran into a
single horse belonging to H. Hamburg
at turn in the road this side of Logan
vile Tuesday morning before three
o'clock, scooped the horse onto the au-
to and cut its windpipe on the glass of
the wind shield so that it died, also in
iured the people in the auto. The young
man acknowledged that he was run
ming too fast and will pay the damages
which is said to be nearly $4OO.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-07-15
People Are Starving.

The government is almost bankrupt.
There is not a public building owned by
the government in this city, which is
the fourth city in size in the republic,
and the capital of state (departamento)
half as large as France. All the build
ings used by this capital city are priv
ate mud houses which the government
rents from the owners.
But there is no money to pay the
rents, nor the salaries of the officers,
nor the teachers of the public schools.
All who receive pay from the state,
or the republic, either, for that matter,
receive it in promissory notes, which
have no value at present, but will be
paid when the government happens to
secure the money. Can you see how
very demoralizing such an arrangement
is in this city. where every third
family has something to do with the
government, either directly or indirect
"? Every store has "run accounts
with these government employees, anC
school teachers, until many stores have
failed outright. The financial condition
of all classes is most pitiable. / wish
often that l might send some OF the
house servants who present themselves
at nv door, offering to work even fol
their board, to some tired housewife il
the United States. There is no day il
which less than five women beg posi-
tions as servants in the house, an'
manv days ten or twelve present them
selves. This afternoon one knelt Of
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-07-15
','r", nr,n uLuIutS
TIE AT MADISON
Kills Plan to Admit -Gradu-
ates of all Four-year
High Schools to
u. of w.

Lieutenant Governor Dithmar decid-
ed the fate of the Cretney bill which.
had it become law, would have en-
abled graduates from any four-year
course high school in the state to gain
admission to the university without
being forced to pass an entrance ex-
animation
The vote stood Is to Is, Lieutenant
Governor Dithmar deciding the ques-
ton when he voted for indefinite post
ponement.
Sharp charges were made that Presi-
dent Charles r. Van Hise desired the
defeat of the bill. Senator Otto Boss
hard denied that Mr.. Van Hise was
fighting the measure, and said that the
university is now following the policy
laid down in the Cretney measure,
therefore, the senate would appear
foolish if it concurred in the bill.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-07-15
FORMER RESIDENT
DIES IN WEST

Poor Commissioner H. E. Stone has
received a message from Desmet
South Dakota, announcing the death of
his brother, A. w. Stone. Mr.. Stone
had been i'll since last fall and spent
the winter and early summer in Florida
with the hope of regaining his health.
He returned from the south.only week
before he died Mr. Stone was born In
the town of Sumpter in 1864 and had
resided in South Dakota for thirty-five
wears. He lleaves a wife and three
children.
Deceased also leaves the following
brothers and sisters:
H. E. Stone, BaraboO.
O. E. Stone, Prairie du Sac.
Orin Stone, Hemet, California.
Mrs. Martha Knapp, Hemet, Cali
fornia.
Miss Florence Stone, Hemet, Cali
fornia.
Mrs. Belle Crawford, Idaho.
This is the first death in the family.
The parents of the deceased were Mr..
and Mrs. Ransome E. Stone, pioneers
of Sauk county.
Mr.. Stone had visited Rochester and
Chicago hospitals but was never able
to obtain a satisfactory diagnosis. On
his way home from Florida he stopped
in Chicago and went through Baraboo.