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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-09
TO Forsake Mitchell.

Mitchell.-The state Corn and Grain
Growers association have decided to
not longer hold their annual meeting
in Mitchell. The reason for this was
that the idea Of holding the meeting
at the same time with the live stock,
growers has not worked cut as we'll as
it was originally supposed. Water
town or Redfield is likely to be chosen
as it seems to be the opinion of the d.
rectors hat a little farther north
should be made headquarters, for that
is the section where the real oduca-
ton is needed. Sam Carlson Of Elk
Point carried away the high honors
his year in being awarded the high
est per cen toward corn perfection
ever awarded in the northwest. His
sample of a dozen ears OF corn lacked
a little less than ? per cent OF being
perfect.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-09
No Relief From Flood,

Sioux Falls.--The delay in the trans
mission Of a letter will prevent the
present session of congress-, according
to a letter Just received in South Da-
kota from Senator Johnson, from TAX
ing action for the relief of land own
ers around Lake Andes, a fine body OF
water in Charles Mix county. whose
lands have been flooded by the over
flow of the lake. In some individual
cases farms valued at $1,000 and So
900 are rendered worthless because OF
their flooded condition. One man who
owns so acres, valued at $4,000, Is
among those who have been injured
by the overlooking OF the lake. Some
years ago the government sank sev-
eral monster artesian wells on the
shores of the lake for the purpose Of
raising the stage OF water in the lake,
which for several years had been
much below normal. The wells appear
to have done their work too we'll, for
now tho stage of water is SO high that
several thousand acres OF valuable
farm land adjoining the lake have
been flooded and rendered worthless.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-09
z HURT IN WRECK
WESTBOUND FLYER ON PACIFIC
COAST LINE DERAlLEO
NEAR ROSCOE.
HAPPENINGS OF THE STATE
What Is Going On Here and There
That Is Of lnteres. to the Read.
ers Throughout South pa.
kota anG Vicinity.

Western Newspaper Onion News Service.
when the Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul railroads Olympian passenger
train went into a ditch two miles west
Of this place received medical atten-
tien here.
Among the injured were:
Katherine Sieberobesse, aged 60,
Big Sandy, Mont, scalp wound and
bruises.
Mrs. L. Russell, Petersburg, Alaska,
bruised shoulder.
Robert Pierson, Mcintosh, S. D..
cuts on face, and bruises.
A. F. Whiting, Minneapolis, sprain-
ed back.
Henry Goebel Glenham, S. D.,
bruised.
Arthur Novels, Glenham, S. D.,
bruised hand and arm.
William S. Mcclure, Chicago, negro
porter, scalp wound.
r. B. Burton, Chicago, negro porter.
sprained back.
Latham F. Brady. Chicago, negro
waiter, sprained back.
George Schaefer, Chicago, negro
waiter, bruised back ard shoulder.
Margaret Glazer, Anoka, Mimi,
sprained shoulder.
OF the nine heavy coaches only one
remained on the track.
A special train of physicians and
nurses was hurried to the scene of the
wreck from Aberdeen.
The wreck occurred while one OF
the worst snow storms of the season
was raging.
Packed snow on the track caused
the derailment.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-09
Bank Robber CAUGHT.

Sioux Falls.-South Dakota authori-
ties have been advised that Frank
Lotus, who was convicted Of bank
robbery in Bookings county several
years ago, and who broke Jail the
night of his conviction. was recently
found guilty in the federal court at
Occur d'Alcne. idaho, Of postoffice rob-
berry and sentenced to a term OF five
years in the federal pe%nitentiary at
McNeill Island, Wash, and fined $500.
On completing his term on the coast
he will be brought back to South Da-
kota and made to serve out his term
in the Sioux Falls penitentiary for the
rObberios committed in this state.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-09
To Be

Fl. Pier-e-If thu plans of the Com
mercial club do not niisca.,y, a nunu-
ment, commemorative the heroic trip
OF the intrepid French explorer Veren-
drie through this country in the year
1743, will be erected upon the hill near
the hospital building where the his.
toric lead plate was placed by him and
laid buried until discovered by a party
Of school children about four years
ago. An effort is being made by the
Commercial club to secure title to this
piece of ground and then have an ap-
preparation made by the legislature for
the erection Of a suitable monument
10 mark this historic spot.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-09
Man Shot from Ambush.

Sioux Talls.-As the result of a
shooting ARRAY in Lake City, Tom
King, a we'll known resident, vas
shot and wounded. Jealousy ove the
attentions paid a young m is said
to have been the cause Of the shoot
ing. Sheriff kenner and States At
torney Steven, of Marshall county.
were called to the scene, but they We're
unable to ascertain the identity Of the
person who fired the shot which
wounded King. The bullet, which vas
fired from ambush, wounded King in
the abdomen and then struck one Of
his hands, partially shattering it. Tho
injured man was rushed to a hospital.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-09
Col. Fitch Is Honored.

Sioux Falls.-A South Dakota yet-
eran. in the person of Col. H. D. Fitch.
OF Hudson, has beea honored by Com
mander in Chief Patterson, of the na-
ticnal Grand Army Of the Republic.
The national commander has appoint
ed Col. Fitch an aid de camp Oh his
staff, with the rank Of colonel. Col.
Fitch served throughout the rebellion
cavalry, and was in a number Ct big
battles and a number OF skirmishes.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-09
Cleared Of Murder Charge.

Aberdeen.-A jury in the state cir.
cult court at Webster, after eight
hours deliberations, returned a YER
dict of not guilty in the case Of
Charles Wetmore and J.. McNally,
charged with having murdered Dan
Passage, night Waterman at Andover,
on July % last. The murderers es-
capped, and afterwards Wetmore and
McNally we're arrested on Suspicion.
The state had nothing but circumstan-
tial evidence to 60 upon. and the de-
PENDANTS were acquitted. Wetmore and
McNally we're strangers In this part
of the state. Their attorneys intro.
dnced evidence to show they were at
Mellette, S. D., on the night of the
murder.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-09
FOREIGN.

An unsuccessful attempt to ~assassi.
nate King Alfonso of Spain was made
e Granada Andalusia.
Income taxes in Prussia in the year
1916. says the Overseas News Agency,
increased to 498, 900, 900 marks in com
parison with 3%54.OO0,0OO marks In
1915.
The British labor party adopted
resolutions at it's conference at Man
chester, England. approving President
Wilson's plan of an international
league to force peace at the conciu-
sion Of the war.
More than 100 Roumanians of high
rank lost their lives in a train wreck
near the Roumanian station of Tshura.
The locomotive of a train carrying the
Roumanians to Russia jumped the
track and the cars took fire.
William C. Anderson, labor mem
Der OF the British parliament, speak
ing at Leicester. said he vas giving
away no secret in stating that the
population Of the United Kingdom
would, at a very early date, be put
under a ration system.
Five hundred and fifty persons
were killed and more than a thou
sand homes destroyed in the earth
quake on the Island of Bali, IN the
Malay archipelago, according to an
official report received at The Hague.
Rail-, which has a population If about
700, 600, Is one of the Dutch posses
sions forming the Dutch East indies.
The island has an area Of about 2,10l
square miles.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-09
Takes Poison by Mistake.

Yankton.-Robert Montgomery, a
transient, is at a local hospital dying
from corrosive sublimate poisoning.
The man came to Yankton from Wa
konda and was noticed by several per-
son around town. He had been drink.
ing and went to his room at the Ger
mania hotel during the afternoon. He
stated when found that he had been
feeling i'll and arose for Some medi-
cine he had in his grip, but got hold
of the wrong bottle and took the poi
son, which he had bought for horse
medicine. He says he took a tea.
spoonful Of the corrosive sublimate.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-09
Quarrel Over Taxes.

DeSmet.-- Kingsbury and Hughes
counties have for some time been en-
gagged in a controversy as to whether
Hughes or Kingsbury county should
collect the 116 tax on a herd OF cattle
which George Petit moved from Kings
of last year. The Kingsbury county
tax officers listed 142 Of the cattle
for assessment, and the Hughes coun-
ty authorities had 225 listed. 1t now
mas been decided that taxes shall be
paid on 147 head in Kingsbury county
and on the balance o. the herd in
Hughes county.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-09
Pleads Guilty to Robbery.

Howard.-Howard De Long, OF
Sioux Falls. one OF the men arrested
some weeks ago for the robbery of
the Columbia Clothing store in How.
ard. from which goods valued at sew
eTal hundred dollars were taken, ap.
peared before Judge Taylor, Of the cir
cult court, and entered a plea OF guilty.
Judge Taylor sentenced him to a term
OF eleven months in the Sioux Falls
pe~nitentiary. Since his arrest and up
to the title of pleading guilty and be-
ing sentenced De Long had been kept
In the M~innehaha county jail.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-09
Millinery Store Consumed.

Sioux Falls.-Fire in a millinery
store in a downtown apartment build
ing here drove a dozen women and
children in their night clothes out into
the Is below temperature. Four wonl-
en- and two children were almost suf-
located. The store and tie apartments
overhead were ruined.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-09
DOMESTIC.

Tietjo Queen de Kol, the cow which
recently broke the record by givire
SAT- pounds Of milk in seven days
with . yield OF 1926 pounds OF butter,
VA sold at Utica, N. Y, for $1,000.
A butcher shop IN which horse
meat Is sold exclusively has been
opened in Harlem. New York. with
the sanction Of the board OF health. A
sign owe the shop reads: Horse
flesh for Sale here"
Civil proceedings against Harry
Thaw for his alleged detention ard
beating Of Frederick Gump will net be
instituted until the criminal side Of
the case has been completed. declared
Frank Walsh, attorney for the Gump
family, upon his return to Kansas
City from New York.
A bill legalizing boxing exhibitions
and providing for the creation OF a
commission to regulate and supervise
the conduct Of all boxing exhibitions
WAS presented in the lower house of
the Iowa legislature.
Tho twenty.seven day deadlock
over the Governorship which has par.
aIysed Arizona's ohicial business was
ended when the state supreme court
decided that Tom Campbell. republic
can. Is defacto governor Of the state,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-09

Governor Brough Of Arkansas plac
ed his official signature on the "bon'
dry" bill at the annual dinner OF TIT
Little Rock Board of Commerce.
The stock Judging team from TIT
University of Nebraska won the an
nual college students stock judgirt
contest at the Denver livestock show
An anti-saloon bill, proposing state.
wide prohibition in Illinois, was in
troduced in both houses Of the Illinois
general assembly.
TWenty-scven men arrested on In
dictmcnts returned by the fedora
grand jury which investigated alleg {
frauds at the last presidential cleo
ton, pleaded guilty to vote-selli Il
when arraigned in federal court al
Cincinnati.
Exclusive of the thousands of gal
Ions Of ice cream made in small
towns Of which no account was kept
the report of ice cream made only il
large cities, shows that in 1916 in tho
United States there were over 1872
100000 gallons used.
Increased standards of living, was.
age in the home, failure of agricul
tural development in the state to keel
pace with the growth Of populafio-
and absene Of whole European war tt
cause existing high prices Of food
stuffs, the commission on the cost OF
living reported to Governor Beck
man of Rhode Island.
Appropriations totalling s575,200 te
American schools and colleges were
announced at New York by the gen
eral education board. The money
from the John D. Rockefeller fund
includes 100000 to Cornell college
Iowa; $150,0O0 to the De PAW uni
versity, Indiana: and $125,CO0 te
Swarthmore college, Pennsylvania
For negro education $4,000 is ap
propriated.
Asserting that a sentence in prison
should teach a lesson to factory own
ers who fail to provide proper fir
exits, Supreme Justice kapper O
New York, sen Samuel Barkin te
Sing Sing for from two and a half tt
five and a half years. He IS a part
ner In a shirt-making company
nine m and four men operatives
lost their lives in a fire because the
trap door between their place Of
work and Barkin's floor was locked.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-09
Yankton Students Get Prizes

Yankton.-iankton college fresh
man prizes for scholarship have been
awarded by President Warren OF the
institution. The awards were made
to Miss Mildred Howyer of Center
vile, who won first place, and George
Moon of Yankton, second place.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-09
Indian PAPER.

SissetOn Indian Agency.-Agent
Mossman, in charge of the Indians he.
longing at this agency, has COM
menced the publication Of a monthly
paper, named the Indian Farmer,
which will be devoted to the inter
ests of the Indians under his charge.
The publication is designed to en-
courage the Indians in agricultural
pursuits and should prove very helpful
to them.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-09
Laundries Boost Prices.

Observation-Disclosures people are in
a mood to sympathiZe with the Mexi-
cans who started a riot because they
had to be washed, but for a differen.
reason. Aberdeen laundries have
served notice of a 10 per cent in
crease in laundry prices, ION account
of the war"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-09
Hoo Weighs SIS Pounds.

Highmore.-John w. Johnson. a
farmer living southwest of Highmore,
marketed here what is believed to be
the largest hog ever raised in Hyde
county. The animal weighed SIS
pounds and was sold by ohnson for a
little more than s53. This is the high
est price ever paid here for a single
hog.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-09
WAR NEWS.

The presidents of the p%arliaments
of the central powers have issued a
manifesto, declaring that the nations
they represent are resolved on any
sacrifice necessary for victory, &C.
cording to a Berlin dispatch.
Vienna reports that heavy SHOWS
and intense cold have resulted in a
s%lackcning and at various points a to-
tai cessation of military operations
On all the war fronts where Austro-
Hungarian troops are engaged.
Estimating the total German losses
in the war at about 10000 the Ma
tional Zeitung Of Berlin says that
there are available sufficient forces to
carry on the war for several years
more.
In what appears to have been the
most important offensive movement
undertaken on the Franco-Bclgiaa
front In several weeks, French
trenches on q front OF approximately
q mile in the region of Hill BOA, north
west Of Verdun, were stormed by
German troops, the Berlin val Office
announces.
A petrograd newspaper states that
nearly sixty different nationalities
and races have been modified by the
allies and are fighting against the
central powers.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-09
FROM MANY POINTS
EVENTS o: THE DAY HELD TO A
FEW LINES.
LATE EVENTS BOILED DOWN
Personal, Political, Foreign and Other
intelligence Interesting to the
General Readers.
sHINGT

The annual rivers and harbors ap-
preparation bill, carrying $4,000, Geo,
including $40, 600, 900 for new pro-
jects, was passed by the house by a
vote of 221 to 131. 1t now goes to
the senate.
President Wilson signed the bill
recently passed by congress opening
to settlement and sale 40, 900 acres in
Arizona comprising an auxiliary re-
clamation project in connection with
the Yuma project.
Congressman Lobeck Of Nebraska
has introduced a bill for an army and
navy military academy. to be located
neal Omaha, and asks for an appro-
rriation Of $4,000, 600 to start the
school.
Warning Of q considerable extern
sion of the North Sea zone designated
as dangerous to shipping was re
ceived at the State department from
the American embassy at London.
There are about 2,452, 900 miles of
public roads in the United States
towns and cities the department of
agriculture estimates. Only PIT 900
miles are improved with some form of
surfacing.
Wage raises ranging from 5 to 10
per cent were given to 1,11S,0o0 work
ers in the United States during No
vember and December, Secretary Will
o Of the labor department est
mated In a compilation of figures GOV
ering ~thirty-eight states.
Food exports generally from the
United States fell off $43. 900, 900 last
year. Department Of commerce sta
tistics show their value to have been
$745. 900. 900, compared with $78S, O0O.-
coo in 1915. Meat and dairy products
showed increases but breadstuffs fell
CT sharply.
President Wilson vetoed the immi-
grafton bill passed recently by con-
gress because of its literacy test pro-
vision. It was the second time that
President Wilson had vetoed an i'm
migration bill because Of the literacy
test, and for the same reason similar
measures were given vetoes by Pres
idents Cleveland and Taft.
Consumption of cigarets in 1916
reached the highest mark ever re.
corded, according to a treasury de-
partment report. The tremendous IN
crease, more than 40 per cent over
!. 1915, is attributed to increased pros
perity and growth OF the cigaret hab-
It among women The total number
Of ready made" cigarets consumed
was placed at 2~5,232.9GO.9 2S.
Apportionment of 10000, 900 to aid
the states in the construction Of rural
post roads, the second annual distribu-
ton in accordance with the federal
aid road law, was announced by the
Department OF Agriculture. Nebraska
gets $292,351; Iowa, $2S6.414; Colora-
do, $167 $50; South Dakota, $161, 1872;
and Wyoming. $122.393 Of the fund.
which Is divided among forty-eight
states.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-09
~lnvents Metallic RE.

Clear Lake.-Paul v Troupe. a
farmer living in this vicinity, recently
invented a metallic railroad tie which
ne expects will bring him a fortune.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-09
Work of the Senate.

Bills passed:
S. B. 65. to provide personal liabiii'
" for careless handling and setting OF
fire.
S. B. II, providing for use Of Uni
form blanks in real estate transfers.
S. B. ga. giving insurance companies
power to increase limit Of investment
Of surplus in county bonds and war
rants and certificates Of deposit.
II. B. 81, regulating the selection OF
judges at school bond elections.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-09
Work OF the House.

Bills passed: y
H. j. i45, regulating fees Of towr
~treasurcrs.
H. B. 1876, increasing salary of the
superintendent of the state insane hos
pital to $4,000 after ten years Of
service.
II. b. so, allowing insurance compa
MES to write automobile insurance.
s. B. %, making bond on appeal dis
cretionary with the Judge.
II. B. 156, requiring the American
flag to be displayed at all polling places
3n election day.
H. B. II, giving county boards @
equalization power to %equalize and as
sess real and personal property, i
l~ecessary.
H. B. IS, providing for the cancella
ion of all live stock brands.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-09

Governor Brough of Arkansas plac
ed his official signature on the bone
dry" bill it the annual dinner OF the
Little Rock Board of Commerce.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-09
Easier Terms Wanted.

A constitutional amendment for
longer time and smaller annual pay
ments on sales of state lands is be
ing prepared by State Land Commis-
sioner N. E. knight. who is working
on the theory that the state Could
make more advantageous sales If the
terms were made more liberal and
the purchaser given longer time in
making his payments. or, in other
words. place the sales Of state lands or
terms near those under a rural cred
its plan of operation.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-09

The stock Judging team from the
University of Nebraska won the an
nual college students stock judging
contest at the Denver livestock show.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-09

Plead for Light" Beer Rights.
At the hearing before the Joint tenn
perance committees Of the two houses
the brewing companies Of Sioux Falls
aud Yankton we're represented. and II.
B. Schlitchting Of Deadwood as spokes-
man for the companies. asked that
they be allowed TO manufacture q light
beer. which they would be willing to
handle under any regulations which
might be demanded Of them. The
brewers objected seriously TO having
their property wiped out after SO many
years Of legal and honest effort to
build It up.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-09

House Passes Interest Bill.
The house passed the bill to reduce
the legal rate OF interest to 10 peI
cent in the state, after considerable
opposition by a bare majority.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-09
Telephones for School Houses.

State college has been given q place
on the football schedule Of Minnesota
university for next fall. Although
State was defeated by Minnesota Al
to Z last year the agriculturists made
a good showing in comparison with
other teams.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-09

An anti-saloon bill, proposing state
wide prohibition in Illinois, was in
troduced in both houses of the Illinois
general assembly.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-09
Wants Hail Insurance.

Representative Evander has pre.
pared for introduction another reso.
luton for a constitutional amendmen,
opening the way in the constitution to
provide for state hail insurance. such
n of protection OF crops being
prohibited by the constitution as II
stands.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-14

opinion of Major General Leonard
Wood. These views were contained in
letter expressing regret at the de-
struction by fire of the buildings at
Belmont park, made public tonight by
August Belmont.
In his letter General Wood said he
feared the fire might tend to interfere
still further with the development of
thoroughbred horses of the right type
IF you had seen the horses VIC
bought last summer" he said, "you
would have realized that breeding was
a lost art among the general run OF
our farmers and stockraisers, or at
least that they have To- .ouch with
the galloping blood and gone daft on
draft strains. The horses which we
got for the cavalry and field artillery
were most of them mongrels and would
have given poor service in war;
Mr.. Belmont in his reply asserted
that it is a public duty. in face Of war
to continue racing mot only to give
more attention than ever to our ac-
tivities as breeders. but to keep u1
public interest in the horse"