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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-05-07
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ne two months drive for mem-
Aefs Tor The Btrch Post American
Legion started off with i bang
Saturday. May ut. Circular bull
letins were mailed to- all Of theI
members Of the Post with apple
cation blanks enclosed. The Post
hrs now d membership Of ITO
which will be doubled by the end
Of the drive.
The Womans Auxiliary of the
Post will start a drive next week
after the meeting Of the executive
committee at which time the final
plans Of the campaign will be
completed. The Auxiliary has a
membership of about SO and the
organization is going after a men,
bership Of practically 500, as there
should be at least two relatives
Of the Legion members eligible for
membership.
The drive is state wide and will
last two months, ending June Both.
The national drive will be held for
one week between May 18th and
22nd, at which time there will be
an intensive effort for a big en-
rollment of members.
A Rally Day is planned for the
second or third week in June at
which time the Post and the Auxil-
larry will combine for a great big
celebration, entertainment, ban
quet and dance. Special attract
tions and speakers will be secur-
"a. The Ortonville Post staged a
cleanup program on their Rally
Day, when the entire membership
Of the organization donned the
denim and cleaned up the city
park. They worked in conjunction
with the city officials and the
clubs who had the day in charge.
The Post has been divided into
two teams, with captains at the
head Of each team. The members
Il the small towns and the coun-
Try have been divided SO that there
= an equal representation in each
team. E. A. Anderson, post adju-
tsnt has been chosen rs the cap
tain Of the whites" and Frank
Van Asch, Of the executive COM
mittee was chosen to pilot the
Blues" to victory. Already q
gfeat deal Of rivalry has appeared
md . the losing team has to fur
nish the banquet for the winning
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-05-07
team, they are out working for the

tO1l1lD t4SSy OAS VOS WVAnA6 80 sssS
members.
Every member Of the Post
should get st least one member to
|be eligible to the banquet. Get
out and get your member right of
Ethe reel, and then work for an
other. Urge your sisters. your
mother. your wife, or your daugh-
ters to join the auxiliary. II you
are not a member, join,so that your
relatives will have the opportun-
ty, as there are a great many wo.
men who would join if they were
eligible.
A report of the standing OF the
teams will be published every week
so that the members can see where
they are standing. Get out and
get under, and make the member
ship Of the Post jump to ESQ the
first week. Attention, count Off.
front, and FORWARD MARCH.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-05-07
Busy Session Of Council

The final session Of the fiscal
year of the city council was held
last Monday evening with a
record length In addition to
he work Of closing the yearly !,
accounts, the reading of reports
and usual routine Of business the
council made several important
tsteps.
Three lots, to the south of and
adjoining the property which the
city now owns on Main street
were purchased at q cost Of
S $500. This gives the city a
peice Of very valuable property
on Main street, which it can use
in the future for a public build
ing or dispose Of at a profit for
the city. b
The new alderman, George
Jurgens and N F. Nelson were
installed. Alderman Goodman
was elected president Of the
conncil and Alderman Grams the
vice-president.
The ruling that cars shall be
backed up to the curling while
parked was reversed and cars
should now be headed into the
curb This change was made
because more cars can be parked
on q given area than by backing
them in.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-05-07

.haps. South Dakota is too small
i unit. Let's take the states OF
Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Da-
kota and South Dakota and Monta-,
ma combined. Then the results
are as follows:
No. Farms Land Value
1910 49,. 511,482. $780, 1913 ,472
1900 -. 435,788 S 1905, O64,31O
Increase i. 75,7O4 2,345, 734, 162
And our process Of division, us
ing these figures shows $3O,986
for each additional farmer.
Let US try again. We take the
entire United States. Here we
find an increase of 624,13O farm
ers, and $15,417,6 66, TIA increase
invalue of farm lands-S24, TOP
for each additional farmer.
Something wrong you say? Per-
haps so. Let us try to figure it a
different way.
If twenty farmers buy land
within five miles Of your own city
or village, how much would land
values be enhanced? Both within
five miles and within say ten miles
from your village?
Let us arbitrarily say $40 per
acre-that would be a c%onserva-
tive estimate for five miles in
each direction. Five miles in each
direction makes a territory ten
miles square-ane hundred sec
tions or $4,000 acres of land. If
those twenty new farmers add $40
per acre to $4,000 acres, that
makes a nice total Of $64O, 900
or $780, 600 for each new farmer.
Figure it any way you please,
the result surprises you. And yet
most communities cannot see the
wisdom Of pulling together to en-
courage the new immigrant to
come into the community, unless a
little commission of So or So per
acre is collected -Sunshine State.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-05-07

One of the largest meetings OF
the local Legion post was held
Tuesday evening at the court
house, where plans and the pro-
gram for the activities were dis
cussed.
The membership drive which
opened last Saturday, May LIST
was discussed and the post Com
mander urged that ever one get
busy and turn in at least one
member. The post now has a
membership of ITO which should
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-05-07
Island Resembles pouehnut.

Maiden island, In the southern Pa.
:i6c ocean, ID built like an elongated
1~oughnut. Naturally, It u surrounded
~ the waters Of tho Pacific. but IN
The center Of the island II . lake, the
water = which r.ses and falls with
- 49, Il II
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be doubled before the drive is
over. A. e. Anderson. was elect
ed captain of the Whites and
Frank Van Asch as captain Of
the "Blues." Both teams have
turned in q number of new mem.
bers already and q lively contest
is expected before the drive is
over. The losing team will tend
er a banquet for the winners and
the new members.
The program for Memorial
Day services has not been COM
pleted, and the committee was
instructed to report to the ex-
ecutive committee as soon as pos
sible. Tentative plans are for
the usual morning parade, with
the city band, the old veterans, a
detachment of ex service men in
uniform, high and grade schools
and other organizations march
ing 10 a body. During the after.
noon a program with appropriate
music will be arranged
Some rumor Of a proposed
monument to be erected for the
veterans of the World War was
reported and quick action taken
by the post. 1t was unanimous
ly voted to publish a resolution
Directing to such an expenditure
of money at this time, and to
voice it's approval OF a proposed
"Memorial Hail. or "Commnni
ty Building" as the monument.
A monument such as the old
soldiers monument would now
cost $4,000 and be of no service
to either the veterans or tho
community at large.
>Vice-commander Peterson OF
Albee was present at the meet
ing. He was authorized to give
a dance under the auspices OF
the Birch Post for the members
of that county. The post has a
good representation from there
and a dance will be a great sue
cess. It will take place within
the next two weeks.
Regarding the Soldier Bonus
legislstion which is now before
them, Post commander Sullivan
urged that every man of the post
make it his duty to write to the
senator aud representatives ask
ing for their support. Only
united. action of the American
Legion at this time will save the
proposition as it is doomed to be
killed or shelved Every service
man should write them, giving
his views, needs and wishes,
which will give the representa-
tiyes something concrete to work
upon and aid the cause.
Plans for a Legion Day were
placed in the hands Of the ex.
ecutive committee for a program
This day will be during June
and will be a climax to the mem
bershlp drive. The Womans
Auxiliary have a similar drive
on and will work in connection
with the Legion The tentative
plans are for a Legion ball-9ame
in the afternoon, a banquet for
the Legion men at clock, a
program Immediately after, with
a dance following. All the en-
tertainments will be free to men
wearing the Legion button. An
effort will be made to secure
Royal Johnson as the speaker Of
the evening. Miss Halliday,
community song leader of
Minneapolis has been secured to
rouse ''pep" ard lead the com.
munity singing which is taking
a great hold on the American
people. She oficiated at the
Ortonyille program and was a
hugh success.
"Get a Member" is the slogan
of the American Lagion post for
the next two months.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-16
LABOR LEADERS DENY
HOOVER IS TO MEDIATE
A. F. of L. Council Continues
Its Secret Session.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.-The executive
council Of the American Federation or
Labor continued here to-day its discus
sion, understood to be largely devoted TO
seeking methods by which differences
between labor and capital may be ADJUST
ed peacefully There was no indication
OF what progress was being made, how
ever. except that 1t was stated officially
the meeting would continue several days.
All sessions are secret and no statement
of the matters under consideration has
been given out.
Suggestions that the federation planned
TO select some widely known man to
act as it's intermediary with capital in
future labor controversies were charfc-
terized by officials as absurd" Those
who would discuss the suggestions, which
named Herbert Hoover. former Federal
Food Administrator. as the man likely to
be selected. declared the report baseless
Neither Mr.. Hoover nor any other
man outside OF the President OF the
United States" was in a position to
render beneficial services in such capac-
ity. one official OF the federation as
serted. 1t was recalled, however, that it
was stated at federation headquarters
last week that Mr.. Hoover was expected
to confer with the executive council dur
ing its session regarding steps to in
crease production and improve working
conditions in various industries through
cooperation of labor officials and scien-
lists.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-16
TELLS OF BRUTALITY
IN CITY REFORMATORY
Ryan Says Men Were Beaten
Almost to Death.

Leon c. Weinstock Of the State Prison
Commission began an investigation yes
terday into the conduct OF the New
York City Reformatory at New Hamp-
ton, \. Y. particularly concerning
charges that inmates have been mis-
treated. Several officials and employees
of the institution We're questioned during
the session by Robert Boyer Deputy
AttNney General
The principal witnesses were Sidney
W. Brewster. superintendent of the re-
formatory. and John Ryan. former dis
ciplinarian. who was recently reduced
to keeper. Ryan told of several In
stances Of brutality which he declared
he had seen. among them men beaten
almost to death and inmates handcuffed
with their hands above their heads. He
also told OF men having been kept in
solitary confinement until their health
had been impaired.
superintendent Brewster who took
charge of the reformatory when Lewis
+. Lawcs left last January 20 become
warden e Sing Sing, admitted that sol
itary confinement was one OF the nun
shments He said the men, locked alone
in cells. got nothing but bread and water
for three days. They We're not allowed
TO smoke and could read nothing but the
Bible.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-16
INDIAN DOCTOR GETS
30 DAYS FOR FAKE CURE
Said He Had Better Cure for
Gamer Then Radiun7.

specia! Despatch 70 THE NEW YORK IIraArp.
BUFFALO, n Y, Nov 15.--I. b. Thun-
dercloud, II years old. indian herb
doctor" ran afoul Of the state medica.
laws to-day and was sentenced to TIE
Erie County Penitentiary for thirty
days. Dr. John H. Bonner, chairman OF
tie board of censors Of the Erie County
Medical Society, accused the Indian ~
telling 200 cancer patients he had a
&c Indian cure FOR cancer that was
superior to radlum. The specific cha &c
was that he competed with the state
hospital for the treatment of malignant
Diseases.
Thundercloud, who, Dr. bonner said.
also is known as William J. Mccarthy,
l. said 70 have represented himself %
be a physician and 10 have made n spe-
cialty Of cancer and dropsy cases Othe
than TO ask the witnesses if the herbs
lad not helped them. Thundercloud pu:
IN no defence and accepted the sentence
stoically.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-16
RULING ON INVESTED
CAPITAL IS SOUGHT
Supreme Court. Asked to Set
Early Hearing on Tax
Appeal.
MANY FIRMS INVOLVED
Demands for Refund Made
Under Wording of 1917
Revenue Act.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 15.--The Supreme
Court was asked to-day by the Govern
ment to set next January as the date
for hearing appeals from lower court
decress in a suit which is expected to
result in final ruling as 10 what shall
be considered invested capital" within
the meaning of section 203 of the 1917
revenue act
The suit was brought by the Labelte
Iron Works Company 10 recover more
than 81 100000 in taxes alleged to have
been illegally collected by the Federal
Government. The section of the rev.
enue act. the meaning OF which the
court is asked to determine. permits for
taxation purposes a deduction from the
gross income of corporation OF an
amount equal to the same percentage of
the invested capital for the taxable year.
which the average amount of the annual
net income of the trade or business dur
ing the pre-war period was of the In
vested capital for the pre-war period.
The iron works purchased certain ore
lands in 1904 for 100000 and 1t
claimed that by 1912 the value had in
creased to more than S10.OOO,OOe. IL
claimed the right to increase its IN
vested capital to the amount of the IN
creased value OF the lands. but the IN
ternal Revenue Bureau insisted that the
increase was in reality income ana
levied the tax on that basis.
The lower court sustained the
Revenue Bureaus ruling. solicitor
General F'rierson said to-day many
corporations had raised the same
question, and had filed demands Tor re-
fund on the Commissioner OF Internal
Revenue.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-16
NO MORE BEFORE WAR
PRICES, SAYS CALDER
And Big Declines viii Be a
Long Time Coming.

DENVER. Nov. 15.-Doubt that any big
price declines viii come soon, and that
prices ever will reach pre-war levels,
was expressed by Senator w. NJ Calder
Of New York. chairman Of the Senate
Committee on Reconstruction and Pro-
duction, which met here to-day to in
vestigate housing conditions in Colorado
and nearby States.
Senator Calder based his opinion on
information gathered by the committee.
Wherever we have gone" he said.
there seems to be a fairly general
opinion that prices on building materials
eventually must decline. The committee
so far has found a decline in only one
building material-lUmber which sold
for $50 a thousand. and then advanced
to $50, has declined To $50
AS long as the Governments great
loans are out, labor Is opposed TO re-
auctions in wages. and the employer is
opposed to reductions of his prices. l
don't see much hope for heavy declines
Immediately. and it is doubtful if prices
ever will attain their pre-war basis"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-16
MILLERS TRIED FOR
CURTAILING OUTPUT
First Case Under Kansas Law
Forbidding Stoppage of In
dustrial Production.
LOST MARKET FOR FLOUR
Eastern States Get Cheaper
Article From Canada and
Crops Are Big.

TOPEKA, Nov. 15.-Kansas millers
probably will be called into conference
by the Kansas Court of Industrial Re
lations to devise n plan for keeping the
court informed as TO market conditions
IN the business, w. l.. Higgins, presto
ing Judge announced to-day at the end
of a hearing IN which Topeka millers
We're called upon to explain whether they
had restricted operation of their miiIs
In violation of the Industrial Court act
which forbids curtailment or manuiac-
ture of essentials of life.
so far as I know this is the first case
Of the kind which has been tried In the
whole who'll" said Judge Higgins In
opening the hearing.
The court has not decided whether to
push the inquiry further, he announced.
There was no decision.
Managers of seven Topeka flour mills,
unaccompanied by attorneys, testified
IN response TO questions by members of
the court and attorneys. None of the
workmen whose informal complaint
caused the hearing 10 be held responded
to the invitation of the court to testify
although number of workmen at
tended.
All OF the millers admitted that their
output was curtailed. several having
stopped entirely. Large contracts for
flour exist. they testified. but the con-
signees refuse to accept the shipments.
buying flour elsewhere at lower con-
tract prices based on the present price
Of wheat
!. 3. Nicholson. manager of the kaw
Milling Company and of the FORBES
Milling Company, testified that Aineri-
can millers within 131 days of con-
tinuous production could manufacture
States. AS a result he testified. any
limitation of export trade Is certain TO
cause ideness.
1t was disclosed that the total guam
tity OF flour manufactured In Kansas Is
about ten times the amount consumed in
the State and that the millers depend
largely on the Eastern market TO take
their surplus production.
Theodore Ismert of Kansas City. Kan,
testified that the States east OF Penn
sylvania. including one-third of the
population Of the United States, had
been lost to the Southwestern milling
trade through the importation Of Cana
dian flour selling for from S 70 Sl.50
a barrel lower than it could be manu-
featured here
II. II. Yoder of the Topeka Flour
Mills Company testified that at the
recent convention of the American bak-
ing industry in Atlantic city. where
millers from all over the country went
to make contracts, five times as much
Canadian flour as United States flour
was purchased.
All Of the millers on the stand Joined
in declaring the failure of demand was
due to the condition of the world mar
ket, glutted by the bumper crops Of
the United States and Canada and de-
pressed further by prospects of big
crops in Australia, Argentina and India.
The millers denounced free importa-
ton of wheat from Canada. Wheat can
be grown cheaper in Canada than in
the United States, they testified,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-16
CANCELLATION BOARD
O. KS MINERS CLAIM

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 15.-'The Anthra-
cite Cancellation Board. at "A meeting
here to-day. referred the dispute con-
corning miners and laborers Of District
No !. covering increases In wages. to
the representative of the operators and
mon in the district TO worl; out m adj
justment.
The back pay contention of the lamp
men of Tn. Pine Hill Coll!cry was sus-
tanned. Under the old agreement these
men were paid SIS n month. but under
the new scale their wages were increased
to S10950. President Golden Of Dis
trict No. Q. claimed they were entitled
to II per cent back pay on the higher
rate from April l to September l, in
stead OF on the basis OF SIS a month
The board sustained Golden. and di-
rected the company to pay the increase
on the larger amount.
About n dozen cases We're heard, but
There were the only two decided. All
the others are from District No. 9. The
board will meet again fo-morrow to con
tinuc the hearings in these disputes
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-16
$4,000 IN JEWELRY SOUGHT.

Leroy NJ. Young. District Attorney Of
Suffolk county, made public yesterday
list of the jewelry stolen from Miss
Adele Colgate's home at st. James,
L. l., for which theft Mr.. and Mrs
George Chapman. negroes, are under ar
rest at Newport News, Va The tewelry.
which was valued at $4,000, consisted
Of n platinum wrist watch, gold mesh
bag. diamond monogram pin, diamond
collar on black velvet. pearl and dia-
mond cuff links. gold scarf pin and
diamond ring. Sheriff Kelly has
started for the South to begin eXtradi-
ton proceedings. II the negro and his
wife are extradited they will be tried
In Riverhead. the county seat
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-16
MUST PAY INSURANCE
ON LIFE OF A SUICIDE

WASHINGTON, Nov. f5.-An insurance
policy on the life of person who com
mits suicide Is payable if all conditions
of the policy arc complied with, the
Supreme Court ruled to-day in sustain
ing lower court decres in suit brought
against the Northwestern Mutual Life
Insurance Company by Isabel II. John
son. beneficiary under a policy obtained
by her husband
The company withheld payment on the
ground that il was contrary TO public
policy to pay indemnity on the life of a
suicide.
Counsel for the company contended
that the courts had held repeatedly that
neither the insured nor the beneficiary
should do anything to "wrongfully ac-
celerate the maturity Of the policy
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-16
LAD SETS FIRE BECAUSE
HE DIDN'T LIKE TEACHER
Held by ChiLdren's Society on
Delinquency Charge.

Il didn't like my teacher" explained
Henry Genaro. 9 years old of 356
Graham avenue. last night, after he lad
been locked up in the rooms of the
Brooklyn Children's Society on a juve
nile charge, accused of starting fire
in wardrobe in the annex of Public
School No. %. Skillman and Humboldt
streets, earlier in the day.
The fire was discovered by William
Paulson. janitor before the children had
assembled for the morning session. An
alarm was sounded. but Paulson had
put The fire out before the apparatus ar
rived. A large number of youngsters
who had been playing in the courtyard
were led to the street in orderly fashion.
DR., Everitt Barnes is principal Of the
school.
A similar fire was discovered in the
school several weeks ago. Three boys
arrested at that time. are awaiting trial
in the Children's Court.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-16
PENNSYLVANIA X. r.
TO LAY OFF $500 MORE
Total Reduction of 10000
Employees in TlDo Weeks.

PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 1.-THE Pennsyl-
vania Railroad will lay off $500 more
men, 1000 OF them on the Philadelphia
division. within the next five days. ac-
cording to announcement to-day by the
company The Philadelphia division ex-
tends from outside this city TO Harris
burg.
Fifteen hundred of the employees will
be laid off in the central Pennsylvania
division, which comprises the Williams
port. Sunbury, Elmira and the Schuylkill
division. AT Williamsport, where it is
announced sos will go. the majority will
be car shop employees.
Since the end of October there has
been a total net reduction of over 10000
employees OF the Pennsylvania system,
most of them east of Pittsburg.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-16

One of the interesting places In
Lowell, Mass, is the old apotheeary
shop on Merrimack Street, established
in 1927. This location Is still drug
store. The old prescription books
have been preserved and form an In
teresting record covering nearly a
century.
Perhaps one OF the most interest
ing books is that Of the tear 1855.
On one Of the pages of this book, that
dated June 9th, 1855, is written tho
original prescription for Father Johns
Medicine. This prescription was COM
pounded for the Reverend Father
John o'6rien at the old drug store on
that date, and was so successful In
treating Father Johns ailment, which
was severe cold and cough, that