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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-05-24
Biz Different Kind Of Animal Circus
Coming. treat Show for
the Children

The new program Of the Yankee
Robinson Bring wild animal circus
this season consists of more thrill
ing acts Of merit than las ever
before been under canvass, all of
which the public will endorse when
the big show comes to Milbank,
Wednesday, June 5.
To Fred Buchanan, the owner of
this famous old show, is due the
gratitude Of Americas childhood.
1t was his creative mind that
glimpsed the value of clean instruc.
tive amusement for little folks
always arranging his program to
include many features which would
appeal to the children, at the same
time recognizing the fact that what
amuses and educates children has
an equal attraction for parents.
Special acts and features are se-
cured for the avowed purpose Of
delighting children Of all ages, and
the smallest child will be sure to
find some curious or entertaining
object within the big tents to am
ply repay the parents for the visit.
children numbers are arranged on
the program especially for this OBJ
ject and embrace sights and feats
easily comprehended ard under
stood by their youthful minds.
Little elephants. tiny ponies, baby
monkeys, big bears and other crea-
lures taught to execute tricks 81 M
iliar to those read about in story
books, and for the three hours they
may possibly remain in the show
the children are really reveling in
what their youthful fancies imag-
inc is veritable fairyland of won
ders. Such attractions as the men,
ageries afford them an excellent idea
of the beasts. birds and reptiles liv-
ing in the world.
The circus is the most innocent,
healthful and perfectly legitimate
form of amusement there is.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-05-24
Bad Storm Near Groton

A destructive storm Of cycl onic
character swept over eastern Brown
county last Saturday night. causing
losses estimated at 100000
Coming at the climax Of a day
of spotted showers and electrical
disturbances and originating at the
German Lutheran church 5 miles
northwest Of Ferney the twister
tore across the county in a north
eastery direction passing a half
mile east Of Groton.
Farmhouses we're lifted clear off
foundations, barns, hog houses and
chicken coops blown to bits and
pieces and telephone and telegraph
poles snapped off like twigs.
That only two persons were in
jured neither seriously is considered
remarkable. Many families sought
safety in their cellars. others barely
had time to rush in doors before
their dwellings were levelled.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-05-24
Decoration Day Program

Meet at the court house at 10 q.
m, form in line under the direc tion
OF the marshal of the day, and head
ed by the band, march to the ceme-
terry and form a square around the
urn. where the service for the un.
known dead will be read by the w.
R. C. The band and choruses will
have part in this, and the G. A.
r., will read the memorial service
and the address and the graves,
will be decorated.
Automobiles will be furnished
for the march to the cemetery.
Afternoon-2 o'clock. Meet at
the opera house, where the follow
ing program will be rendered:
Band music in front of the opera
house while the people assemble.
Singing by the chorus
Invocatation by Rev. Chas. A.
Wood
Address-Hon. 0. L. Bronson of
Mitchell
Song = America, after which
the G. A. r. and w. r. C. will ad-
journ to the bridge across the
MILESTONE near the ball ground ,
where the service for the Navy will
be read by the w. r. c.. and G.
A. r. A beautiful service.
Wednesday evening. May 20, the
soldiers monument on Main street
will be decorated and q service read
for the past and present soldiers.
The w. r. C. and G. A. r. are re-
quested to meet promptly at the
monument at Z o'clock p. m. on the
evening named.
Sunday. 26th, the memorial SER
mon will be preached by Rev. A.E !.
Buriff. 1t the N. E. church. Every
old soldier and member Of the w.
r. C. should be at hall and be ready
to march to the church ct five min
utes to IL o'clock. The boy scouts
are to have : place in all doings.
N. I. Lowthian, Com.
D. w. Stats, Adjt.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-05-24
Commencement Exercises,

CLASS 1918.
Gladys Marie Bingham
Margaret Loretta Bouck
Helen Olivia Bury
Letha Jane Brown
William r Bury
Viola E. Boerger
Joseph Putnam Cinclair
Martha b. Damerow
Eta Sophia Erickson
Earnest w. Greening
Allis Johnson
Leonard Marcus kaercher
Louise Caroline Liebe
Agnes Elizabeth Martens
Alva Winfield Mcgowan
William H. Ross
Lillian Jessie Sutcliffe
Theresa Beatrice Wilson
The annual iunior-senior banquet
will be given Saturday evening at
the high school domestic science
serving room at six o. olock.
Sunday evening at eight O'Clock
the baccalaureate sermon will be
given by the Rev. Mr.. Beddoes
at thd Congregational church.
Miss Helen Puuder will have
charge Of the music. A vocal so 0
will also be sung by Mrs. Robert
ID Jones.
On Monday evening, May q, the
operetta "A Nautical Knot will
be given by the members Of the sen
ior class, assisted by the high school
chorus.
The graduating exercises will be
held Wednesday evening, May 20,
at the opera house. The program
is as follows:
Selection-High School Orchestra
Opening Prayer-Rev. Chas. Wood
Sele ction-High School Orchestra
Quartette-Messrs. Schneider, Hen
dries, Heidner and Liggett
Address-Dr. Harry Gage. presi-
dent of Huron College
Solo-Miss Mary Partridge
Class Color Observation-Disclosures
Bouck
Presentation Of diplomas-Mr. S. S.
Lockhart, president Of the school
board
Benediction-Rev. Mr.. Buriff
The class voted that the honor Of
presenting its colors to the Fresh
men class should be given on the
merit of scholarship. According
to this decision Margaret Bouck
will present the senior colors, as
she has the highest average for the
four years of high school work.
The seniors hope this custom will
be followed by other graduating
classes.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-05-24
COMMUNICATED
To the tax payers:

To the tax payers:
An attempt has been made to
discredtt the candidacy Of Robert
D. Jones because Of the assist
ance be has had in the Court
House litigation. The facts are
that this litigation involves over
so, 900 90. That there are eleven
good attorneys opposed to Grant
county, q stated in another
column Of this issue, while the
county is represented by three.
The fact that Case & Case are
related to Mr. Jones means MOTH
ing, because they are recognized
as among the leading attorneys
in the state The attempt Of Mr.
Mani to circulate this story ID
an evident attempt to mislead
the voters by an utterly false
statement which is uncalled tor.
Heuef5 r. DoceIalle1 ~.
! am sblo 70 quote ths follow ing
prices for flowers Tor Memorial
Day: Carnations, e1.26 : dozen.
peoniae 91.1e ! doson, AaDoEtea
be1ss = 3l-00 eneA - sWooe panG
= % eools ~ o. e1nl \ -
., - - -
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-05-24
Delng 4 Fine Business

P. F Combiths Of the ]. H. White
& Co. commission firm of Chicago,
was here for = few days last week
attending to some businss matter q
in connection with the Milbank Pro
duce Co. with which firm he is
connected. Mr.. Combiths 10 we'll
pleased with the business which the
Milbank house is doing and is conf
dent this business will continue to
increase.
The company shipped : car Of
eggs last Saturday and another on
Thursday. Mr.. Combiths left here
the firse Of the week for . visit 70
friends - Winnipsg and attsnd "a
Soma bulinsa mattsfs. = the Chica-
- hosae ~ sonaselisos with CGn-
- beo1uGoh
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-05-24
State Sunday School Convention

Those who attended the ses.
sions Of the state Sunday school con
vention at Watertown last week
state that the gathering was the
largest as we'll as one Of the most
interesting and inspiring that has
ever been held by the association.
Resolutions were passed asking the
president to use every honorable
means to bring about legislation
for immediate national prohibition.
There were over q thousand dele
gates registered from outside the
city of Watertown and there were
that many Sunday school workers
in the parade on the last afternoon.
Gov. Norbeck gave a good common
sense talk on South Dakota's re-
sponse to our country's call. DR..
Ozora S., Davis one Of the leading
Congregational ministers Of Amer
ica also gave = patriotic address
In which be warned the people Z
against accepting peace until mill
tarism had been beaten in Germany.
DR.. Davis studied in Germany for
several years and drew upon this ex
prience to show that the German
ruling class 10 not to be trusted.
He said he looked for Germany
to offer Belgium, even Alsace-Lor-
raine and In fact nearly any terms
acceptable to the allies oD the west
ern front providing she could retain
the occupied eastern territory and
win the real purpose Of the war
to build up : stronger internal en-
pire - the foundation Of the pan
German plan Of conquest OF the
world. The convention was voted
to Sioux Falls next year.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-05-24
Wesleyan to Build New Gymnasium

Mitchell, 8. D. May l3. Dakota
Wesleyan's campaign for o4OO 900
took decided impetus the Saturday
preceding launching Sunday whom It
was made known that Mr.. !. T, Nor.
the money to be- used directly in the
construction Of the new gymnasium.
Other particularly noteworthy pledge.
announced are those OF II. D. Butter.
field for 90, 900 and OF the student
body for $4,000. The amount pledR-
ed BY the students 10 to be used IN the
furnishing Of the gymnasium and for
some re-inishing ID the ladies dorm.
itory. Reports from launching Sun.
day throughout the state sre very on
couraging, and Is 10 confidently ex-
pected that midnight June Is, will SEQ
the o4O0, 900 oversubscrlbed. Many
pledges are being made payable Ia
Liberty Bonds.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-05-24
Is Doing Good Work Why Chanqe7

In last weeks issue Of the Grant
County Tribune under various IL
ties an apparent attempt was made
to discredit the character of the
candidacy of Robert d. Jones, the
candidate for reelection as states
attorney.
Editorially. the same author
states that Robert d. Jones is cap
tain of the Revillo Home Guard
Company, which is not fact. The
fact is that A. r. Ahlquist is the
Captain Of the Revillo Home Guard
Company, and Mr.. Jones is Major
of a battalion Of Home Guards. He
has taken an active interest in the
Home Guards of the state, and es-
pecially the Revillo Company. and
we know Of no reason why he should
be ashamed OF it..
In this connection we desire to
state that there gan be no question
as to the loyalty Of Mr.. Jones,
which is born out by the fact that
he is vice-chairman Of the Grant
County Chapter of the American
Red Cross, chairman of the Junior
Red Cross. having enrolled n
schools in Grant county in this
work. He was secretary Of the
third liberty loan, government ap-
peal agent for Grant county, coun-
ty chairman of chief U. S. training
camps association. Of the Milbank
branch O. the American protective
league. He has assisted the de-
partment of justice in making in
vestigations, and when he is desir-
ed for army service, it will not be
necessary to draft him although he
has wife and two children.
In another statement by the same
author it is intimated that Mr..
jones should be defeated because he
had help in handling the court
house litigation. tits true that he
has had help. and we believe he has
been entitled to the help which was
employed by the county commits
sioners and not by Mr.. Jones. for
the reason that this litigation 10
large enough and sufficiently inn
portant to require the services Of
more than one attorney, which is
proven by the fact that the lien
claimants and bonding company are
represented by Thad L. Fuller.
Frank McNulty. E. L. Grantham,
Howard G. Fuller, 8. s. Lockhaft,
Bailey & Voorhees,. L. N. Saunders,
D. H. Robertson. firm Of attornys
in Iowa and man in Chicago, all
good attorneys, and with all these
attorneys opposing, it is not sur
prising that the county commissions
es saw fit to give Mr.. Jones some
assistance and to which he was
rightfully entitled.
Mr.. Jones has made good in his
first term as states attorney, and
therefore, his friends believe that
he is entitled to second term.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-05-24
]. {. Cahill for County Auditor.

Revillo Item: At the time Mr.. Ca
hill announced himself as candidate
for County Auditor we commented as
follows: John Cahill of Albee has
thrown his hat in the ring as candi-
date for County Auditor. Mr.. Cahill
is one of the old time residents of the
County, and we all know him as a
thoroughly reliable man SO there is
no excuse for not giving him q solid
vote" We believe that aside from
the fact that the eastern and south
ern part of the county is entitled to
an official in the court house, that
Mr.. Cahill is eminently fitted to ill
the Office he seeks. And the fact
that every business he has engaged
in has been . success speaks vOlume-
for his business ability. He gained
no little prestige in educational circles
as he was actively engaged in teach
ing from 1890 to 1896. In politics he
10 and always was q staunch advocate
of the principles of the Repu blican
party. and 1t has been to q great ex-
tent thru his efforts and influence that
the local precincts have always gone
"Over, the top" for successful candi-
dates. We pledge MIR. Cahill our
support and to the people OF Grant
county we pledge that he is Q good
fellow and entirely capable.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-05-24
Old Settler Passes AWAY.

William Schuler, one Of the first
settlers in Kilborn township, but
who has been . resident Of Milbank
for the past ten years, died at his
home in this city on Wednesday
evening. May %. The deceased
man was born in Germany. and
was in his 69th year. His parents
brought him to America when m
infant, and he, lived in Wisconsin,
in Dodge county. during his early
years. He was married to Miss
Catherine Voight 1t Lomira, Wis,
IS years ago. He later moved to
Minnesota, where he lived for four
years, and came to Grant county
in 1879 and took up . homestead
and tree claim In Kilborn township.
He lived on the farm until about
ten years ago. when he moved to
this city. For the past four years
he had been Q sufferer from
shrinkage Of the liver and q can.
cerous trouble. He leaves q
wife and seven children to mourn
him. The children are: Mrs.
Herman Buttke, who lives near
Corona; Louis Schuler, who lives
on the farm in Kilborn; Mrs.
John Bierschbach, and Mrs.
Mahlon Seefeld, Of Bristol, and
Henrietta, Willie and Elizabeth,
who are still In the home here.
The funeral service will be on
Saturday at 2 p. N. at the house.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-05-24

OF the New Perfection Burners
are the latest and most approved
type Of oil cooking burners. They
are scientifically constructed and
have proved themselves superior to
ell other type Of oil stoves. And
there's : reason-the long chimney
creates draft and furnishes the
hame with enough cir for perfect,
cIsen combustion. All the oil 10
turned into the hsat. Al - - IL
NV peg1oetaegse ~ Y. Hjs1k.s
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-05-24
Let Us Be Fair.

desire to say that have read the
statement signed by Commissioner c..
A. Berg and also by Geo. Mitchell
and Frank Fransen, the other COM
missioners. and by E. NJ. Harper, the
county auditor. and that | believe
every statement to be correct and
true. I happened to be present at
some OF the meetings when this ap-
priatiOn matter was being talked
over. know that we had to furnish
diagrams and plats of the King of
Trails road as it runs through this
county to the road association, to be
used by the government when they
were planning to place . good road
along the eastern part Of the state,
running north and south. Under the
federal Law the government cannot
use the funds except where so per
cent or more OF the road proposed to
be graded 10 on . rural noute.
This Is the reason why the govern
mest made tho appropriation. The
government and the state highway
commission determine the place, un-
der the law, where any road work
shall be done or any money sppro.
priated. The road has TO be inspect-
ed and comply with I'll tho conditions
before the government makes any %.
preparation. The road from Mifbsnk
east to the state line seemed to be the
only road Ia this county that com.
piled with the federal road law and
vas entitled 70 the appropriation. II
We had no road In tho county comply.
ing with federal conditions We could
not have received any appropriation
from the government. Neither Mr..
Berg nor any Of the other commits.
sioners had any authority Ia this mat
tor % to the location OF the road, and
were bound 70 follow the Federal
Agents selection.
In my judgment il would be abso.
lutely unfair for any person to charge
Hr. Berg with unfairness or lack Of
diligence or interest In his own
district. Personally know that
Mr.. Berg has always tried 10 receive
fair treatment for his own district and
| think that he has always protected
and looked out for his Commissioners
district. and done everything that he
could In his power or in any mana
power 70 procure what was right for
his district.
GEO. s. RIx.
Vico President OF K. T. Association.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-05-24
TO the Voters Of the Second Com.
missioner Dist. Grant County 5. D.

1t has been called to my attention
that there is a Misunderstanding re-
garding the reason for giving the
Federal Road Appropriation to the
First Commissioner district, and this
understanding is being used as
an argument against me in this elec-
ton
| wish to make little explanation.
Space will not permit me to make a
complete history Of what we had to
take into consideration. but when the
county Auditor called meeting tor
the purpose OF deciding on this road,
government representative was at
hand to explain the conditions on
which we could secure this appropri.
alton.
viii mention few points that both
cred Us The road would have to be
a continuous road from one definite
point to another on specifications
made by the state highway commits
sion. and would cost Approximately
$1,000 per mile. Eighty per cent Of
this would have to be mail route.
Gravel must be available SO that the
haul would not be more than two or
three miles. These conditions made
it impossible to use this appropria-
tion in our district. and this road that
we decided on was the only place that
we could find that had the mail route.
the gravel and the travel So Mr..
Franson and | asked MIR. Mitchell if
he would take this appropriation for
his district on the condition that we
continue to make road levies until the
second and third districts should have
gotten appropriations equal to what
the first gets now. This was agreed
to. When we get this money for our
district we can use 1t to our best adj
vantage as we see lit.
Some people seem to think that the
government would have modified its
rules to suit our conditions it we had
insisted The commissioners Of Rob-
erts county tried that, but failed to
get the appropriation
You may enquire Of Mr.. Harper,
the county auditor. or any of the COM
missiOners, as to the correctness of
this statement, and | am ready and
willing to give any further informa-
tion on this or any other issue you
may wish to know about; or if there
is any matter that it is my duty as
commissioner to take care OF, IT you
will call it to my attention l will be
as prompt as can, and give as con-
scientious and fair consideration as
I know how. Feeling have done
this during my first term. do not
feel ashamed to ask for your support
for q second term, and it will be ap-
preciated.
I thank you for fair consideration
I have been and will he fair with you.
Respectfully yours,
G.. A. BERG.
We the undersigned fully concur in
the above statements, and know that
they are absolutely correct.
GEORGE MITCHELL,
FRANK FRANSEN,
Commi ssioners.
E. NJ. HARPER.
County Auditor
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-05-24
|. 0. Q. E. Grand olncefs

Following are the officers elected
by the grand lodge Of Odd Fellows
at Pierre last week:
Grand master-W. A. Heron,
Custer
Deputy grgand MASTER. W.
Sieberson, Salem
Grand marshall-C. E. Palmer,
Brookings
Grand repersentative-H e n r y
Roberts, Dell Rapids
Grand secretary Harvey j. Rice,
Huron
Grand treasurer-Geo. w. Snow,
Springfield
The next grand lodge will be held
at Sioux Falls.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-05-24
nsihodIst Episcopal Church.

Morning service at Hoo .. d.
Evening service o 500 b. n.
Sunday school et 1000 (. n.
Junior League q 500 D. 10.
Union memorial service. sThe
9. A. Is. and W. r. 9. will attend @
or1sntsaaone. u the evening this
c0ngreGattoo viii .o1ito II ~ hiRh
eeneol oomme9p1leo1 0oev1oo - -
cseUsgs ssiesalI !
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-05-24
Twin Brooks Red Cross Auction.

Following is the report Of the
secretary Of Twin Brooks red cross
auction:
Total received from sales $9O4.4O
Tickets sold on calf, 1880
Total in cash 55.25
Received from lunch room 67.SO
Total received $1.225.45
Total expense $3.50
Amount netted 81, ,182. O6
The committee wishes to thank oil
who kindly helped to make our
sale success: to Mr.. Irwin Krue-
ger. who started us out By donating
. fine Holstein sire. and also Mr..
A. ]. Egrmaysr, who was the lucky
winner. we wish TO extend our
heartiest thanks: Mr.. Egrmayer
redonated the sire and Mr.. Irwin
Kruger bought it back.
To Mr.. Amsden and Mr.. Cermain
who 90 kindly donated their ser-
vices and finished the aale before
the big rain
To the Corona band. which fur
nished us with splendid music.
To Rev. Bingaman. who made Z
very fine address.
To the teachers with their pupils
who helped ont the program with
patriotic songs. and finally the
finance committee who - willingly
gave their time and efforts.
G. Il. Smith. SEC.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-05-24
Recruits for Camp Lewis.

On account of receiving cor.
rected instructions from the
state board, the local draft board
was compelled to drop three Of
those who had been selected for
service last week and put on
three additional names. The
corrected instructions were to
reject all cases Of hernia or fiat
foot, and Messrs Robt. Bear,
John Buschentield and Raymond
j Besch were dropped from the
list. which now reads:
Herman Krause. Watertewn
~rthur Il. MADEIRA. Miibank
John A Scnatier Big Stone City
David Hoisten, strandhuig
Anders Johnson, StraDdbUrg
Harvey r., GreeuiHg, Big stone
Harry Tahert, Revllo
Herman w MieIitz Big Stone City
Frjtchutf A. Engund. Strandhurg
VIM. A Bnndtzen Bic Stone
Clarence Dnrnbnach VI thank
Herman Seabianae. Twin Brooks
Chria Nels Tro ,lsen, Stockholm
August Peterson, Bcyiilo
OVID Oyarvig Marietta Minn
Herbert G. Mielitz, Big Stone City
silver, Anderson MInnd Everett Washington
John Alfred Dornbuacn. Jr.. Milbank
Archibald Fiaz-r. Marvin
Herman Robert ktttelhut Summit
Oscar q. Ltndahl. StIandbarg
Carl Gottfred Neison, Strandburg
John A. Sullivan, MIibAlik
George Il. Van Erem, Big stone
Albert Jos. Holman. Elkton. :, ID.
Elyie j. Eckberg, Strandberg
Carl Theodore Anderson. Strandburg
Virgil Jacobs, Otttey
Andrew Sortum. Albee
Ernest r Hener. Summit
August b. Gahr. Mllbank
Henry Dittes, Corona
Jerry Foes, Milbank
Vincent j. Heffernon, Milbank
George NJ. Strume. Summit
JohE Ed Nelson. Ortley
Syyert X. Wesley, Marvin.
Alternates.
Clyde Frazer, Twin Brooks
Bert HedmAn, Strandbeig
Lloyd Meyers Milbank
We understand a special train
is to be made up from this sta
tion on which the Roberts coun-
ty and Grant county men will
embark, and those from other
counties will be taken aboard on
the way to Aberdeen. The
train is scheduled to leave here
at $40 p. m, tomorrow, Saturday,
May 25, and from Aberdeen will
continue on west to Camp Lew
is, Wash.