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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-05-28
The Blight Of Red Tape

We recently had a short talk
with a government official who had
been in Uncle Sans service for
some time and asked him what was
his opinion as to government owner
ship of railroads and other in
dustries. He frankly stated that
he believed it would DE a bad thing
for the public in general as the
continual unfolding of red tape
made it almost impossible to &C.
complish anything with reasonable
celebrity. and stated that he himself
although only a minor official fire.
gently becomes disguised with the
cirumlocution necessary to bring
anything to pass. Here is some
thing from the Efficiency Margarine
that ~analizes and explains more
fully the reason for this. 1t touches
the root Of the matter and pretty
fully explains why the government
lis a failure in business affairs:
Speaking quietly, without rage and
prejudice, can anyone tell why it is
that all government departments,
in all countries. are slow, wasteful
and incompetent? There must be
some basic reason for this, as the
individuals in these departments
cannot all be inferior to the indi-
viduals in private firms.
Almost invariably an able man
becomes disabled when he is plac-
ed in q government department.
He becomes timid. procrastinat-
ing, noncommital. evasive and un-
profiabale. He becomes q mere
chattel Of routine?
Why js this?
The fact seems to be that a man
simply cannot be competent in q
government job. for the following
reasons:
First there is no payment by re-
suits. There is no piece work
there Is no profit sharing. A man
gets % much for doing badly % he
does for doing well.
Second-there il no fear Of dis.
charge. A man may be transferred,
but Is long Is his conduct 10 sat-
isfactory he cannot the discharged
for incompetence. Any sort Of .
fool can hold . job forever in the
civil service. Third-There are no
profits to be made. There - no
possibility Of bankruptcy. II the
department doesn't pay-very.
we'll. The treasury has plenty.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-05-28

WE have failed to appreciate
~ fnN measure Of our good for
tnnec Bp king located at the juno
Tan Of two national highways.
AE city in any Of the states thru
which tho trails are marked would
oan1ider themselves very lucky to
II m the route. We are on two,
- en1y city in the whole United
0n1ss - situated. Do you realize
w1nk capital we could gain out Of
1nnk BY ! systematic campaign Of
S1pextising? We could make Mil
- knOwn all over the country.
- mot modesty 70 hide outright
U1E = bushsl basket. No city
Gvsr grew out Of the corner store
s1am without reaching down and
6visn q little tug at It's own boot
aekwsl Take the new census re-
sEs1t mark the cities that have
uwed : record growth, and you
~ ffnd that those cities have
- wide-awake business men, q
~ commercial club and . com
Ekify that is pulling together to
me that city the metropolis Of
- atsta. We have q good start
- our Booster Club is accom-.
fhg tasks which were pro.
ked 70 be impossible. Get
IN ef the tongue and pull, gel
Ufnnd md push, or put your
70 the wheel and heave
&Eu4n roll the wagon" Milbank'
- III the front row where
Everyone will have to look as over
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-05-28

could not be worse off, and might
be better off, under a Soviet. Thus
the profiteers are not merely plum
dering the people. They r en-
gendering and fostering Bolshe-
vism, Communism, and all the NAL
ign forces Of discomfort and re-
~volution.-Harvey's Weekly.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-05-28
Il q W. LINfNE I
Clerk Of the county court.
May June IL
NOTICE OF REAL ESTATE MORT.
GAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

NOTICE OF REAL ESTATE MORT.
GAGE FORECLOSURE SALE
Default has been made in the con-
ditiOns o f a certain real estate mort
| gage dated the third day Of October,
1916, executed by Henry Rabine and
Katie A. Rabine, his wife, mortgage
Ors to the Chippewa County State
Bank, a corporation, of Montevideo.
Minnesota. MORTGAGE, mortgaging
the following described real estate
situated in the County of Grant and
State of South Dakota, to-wit:
The Southwest Quarter (SWA) and
the South east Quarter of Section
twenty, in Township one hundred and
eighteen (11S) Of Range Forty-nine
(49) West, containing three hundred
; twenty acres according to the Gov
eminent survey thereof.
Which mortgage was recorded i'm
the office of the Register Of Deeds of
| Grant County, South Dakota on the
10th day of October, 1916 at $3.50 O.
| clock A. M. in Book 70 of Mortgages
page IS.
That there is now claimed to be
due on said mortgage at the date of
this notice Twenty-Five Hundred Dol
iAlo piAhSIPuis dIlu GSL W LIC d
mount of $453.56. making a total of
Twenty-Five Hundred F%ifty-three
Dollars and Fifty-six cents.
Notice is hereby given that said
mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale
of the above described lands or so
much thereof as may be necessary to
satisfy and pay the aforesaid sum
with interest from the date of this
notice and the costs of the sale in
GLIDING Fifty Dollars attorneys fees
stipulated in said mortgage, which
sale will be made by the Sheriff Of
Grant County at the front door of the
Courthouse in the City of Milbank.
Grant County. South Dakota. on the
10Th day of June, Nineteen Hundred
and Twenty, at the hour OF two o.
clock P. M. of said day.
That no other proceedings have
been had for the foreclosure of this
mortgage or for the recovery of the
debt described therein.
Dated this 9Th day of May. 1920.
Chippewa County State Bank,
BY
LLOYD G.. MOYER, President
Thad L. Fuller,
Attorney for Mortgage.
Milbank, South Dakota.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-05-28

Grams Of the former wars will not
be long with US, but the living
symbol of their endeavors is grow
ing bigger and greater year by
year, AMERICAN PATRIOTISM.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-05-28
Business TRAINING an Asset

A business training secured at
the Aberdeen Business College is
distinctly an asset. Enroll now.
Send for information.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-05-28
Peterson Peder
Johnson Harry
David
STOCKHOLM

Johneon Harry Peterson Peder
Lindahl David
STOCKHOLM
Arouson " Fornell David
AroneOn g Il johnson gilbert
AronsoD Ernest johnson Gottfrcd
Anderson Peter Lin0gren Hhug1
Benin Otto W Nelson Harold
Christensen Roy Rem Otto?
Eclov Vensaiy Troelson Chris
Ecloy David
Notice Of Time Appointed for Pro.
bate Of Nonresident Estate
on Foreign Court
Proceedings
State Of south Dakota Comfy OF Grant, az.
la County Court, Lefore 5. 5. Lockhart,
County Judge
In the matter of the estate of John D. Reeyerls,
nOn-reeidtnt, deceased
The State vi South Dakota eends greeting to
the creditors aud all persons Interested ia the
estate ofJohn u. keeverts, late OF Ugle Comfy,
State OF Illinois.
Pursuant to an order of said Corrt made on
the l3tn day of May. 1870, notice 10 he! coy gwen
that the goth day of May, 1920, at = o'clock y. m.
OF said DAY ut the Court Room, of said Court in
County Of Grant, State of South Dakota, has
been appointed ss the time and place for nearing
the petition Of T. E. <. Lee praying for the pro
pat 70 and admission to the records Of SAID court,
as a probate OF said estate certain papers, pur-'
porting to be certified and authenticated copies
OF the proceedings OF a foreign court, in the mat
ter of the probate an final distribution Of said
estate. when aud where any creditor Of said de-
ceased may appear and show cause why the pray
er of said petitioner should not be gran ed.
By the Court.
S. LOCKHARr
Judge OF County Court
" ,DI 7 ynrrTT,
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THE HERALD-ADVANCE
EkhonM1E, Pabiisher. A. L. NELSON. Editor

! IEBANK. 81 D., MAR. %, 1920
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-05-28

FOrnell David
Johnson Gilbert
johnson GottfrCd
Lindgren Hnug7
Nelson Harold
Rem Ottoy
Troelson Chris
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which to pay q o;liion or two dol
lars bonus to the soldiers Of the
war. Ia that w. are unable to
agree With him Bu: we ccnnot
see how any fair n.:nted lnan can
help agreeing with him most en-
phatically As to the iniquity Of
such profiteering and the desir-
ability-the necessity-of abating
il for the public good. It is SIM
ply infamous that rapacious cor
porations should be permitted thus
to opress and plumber the public
and to get away withsit."
It is an abominable thing thus
TO have the cost Of living to the
general public enormously increas-
ed. just for the sake Of Increasing
the dividends Of corporations from
= reasonable and ungrudyed eight,
ten. or fifteen per cent, to 300 per
cent or mora. Yet sven such loot
ing Of the public is not the worst
Of II. Far worse is the discredit
which It brings upon the Govern
ment and upon democracy itself.
People say-and we can scarcely
eensufe them for saying it-that
! Government which countenances
euth extortion fails IN its duty to
~ nation whose welfare Il is sup
An~-n - 1865 - 49,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-12-02
AN IMMIGRATION MENACE.

Congress can not too quickly give
attention to Immigration regulation.
Ii. as~the press reports indicate 10
millions contemplate shifting from
Europe to this country immediately
the condition becomes menace.
It means greater congestion of
population and foreign population at
That In our cities, the injection of
MODS OF various nationalities and
languages for assimila t.en into citi-
lzensl1ip. It means not only direct
competition with American labor bat
an Increase OF labor troubles. It
menus that Europe will so far as
possible dump undesirables at our
.portst And it means in the time. that
this influx may be lined up to vote
another determined assault by the
liquor interests in the effort to- re-
establish the traffic.
Immigration should not be denied !;
1t should be checked and regulated
against an invasion such as we are
warned is contemplated. II we are to
receive a large immigration it should
be selective and we should selet it
with care and caution.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-12-02
TIMES REPUBLICAN, MARsHALLToWN IOWA DECEMBER q 1920

the barnyard when the a. p. /. .. tried
to sell him membership at SIC sees
tho confirmation OF his Judgment in
the way the states and districts in
tectcd with tho league virus handed
Tewnleyisn its walking papers. He
can also congratulate himself and his
neighbors on having the sic and q
cafe bank wherein to put 1t.
Women are breaking into the
building trades in England and bid
ding on the erection OF houses. Trou-
BILE 10 that they'll want to make the
whole thing Into closets.
Those mail robbers might az well
have burned all the loot Where
they're going they will not have use
for money and they'll be gone tor a
long, long time,
AZ we begin to dig in against de-
preston perhaps you notice that we
aren't talking ~ much as we were
about naturalization of almost ev-
erything on earth.
Costly thy presents as thy purse
may buy and bought early. That's
the system.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-12-02
r ILIyWIIr. (T1ER 80
0A... Il FRANCES TREdo MONTGOMERY 60

Affairs at CloYerleaf farm had been
running very smoothly for month
or more School had begun, the boys
were occupied with studies and 80
well out OF mischiefs way for five
nours each day. Summer crops had
been harvested, the barn was burst
Ing with the sweet scented hay, the
well-hlled silo promised many a juicy
meal for the farm yard inhabitants
during the approaching winter
months, and in the fields the pump
kins lay like huge nuggets of pure
gold, with the shocks Of corn stand
ing guard over their richness.
Billy WHISPERS. as you remember.
had returned from his long travels
with the circus, the troupe of mon
Keys had come and gone, and the
farm was left in comparative quiet.
Yet under the outward calm there
was a vague uneasiness, and a
strange restlessness was apparent
among the boys which at times in
tected even the older members of the
Treat household. All this was. proved
conclusively because Billy Whiskers
and his gaily painted cart were me-
elected. and ca talogs had held much
moro interest than outdoor sports for
the last week or more.
But such a condition Of things could
not last very long. One fine afternoon
when the sun was casting long, slant
Ing rays across the fields, and there
Was the soft haziness of first October
days in the air. Tom, Dick and Harry
were passing the Corners on theirf
uny home from school when the most
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-12-02
THE lABoRlNG MAN IN ENGLAND.

In this country where so many la
boring men own their own homes,
drive their own automobiles, send
their children to college. and prosper,
il they will, as no laboring men do
elsewhere in the world, it is interest
ing to compare the conditions here
with those that confront the laborers
Of Great Britain.
Ex-Mayor Ole Hanson, of Seattle
has returned very recently from
trip to England, where he went to
study the conditions of the laboring
people. Writing in the Minneapolis
Journal Mr.. Hanson describes ,situa-
tons in England as bad, and declares
that 1t is a mystery that workers
are able to get by at all.'' Children
are underfed, in order that the work.
ers of the family may have enough to
eat to enable them to carry on
Conditions Of living in England
now are about the same as in 1919
II, Nlr. Hanson finds, but the people
ARE so accustomed to Unemployment
and suffering that few fail to con-
slider conditions SO very, very bad"
Only one general worker in three
thousand owns his own home, and he
usually is an official Of a trades UNI
ion. Among the classes of laborers
the railroad workers appear to be
better off, yet not one in five hun
dred of them owns his own home
Most Of them are paying from Is to
Is per cent of their wages for rent.
With the cost Of living in England
fully equal to that in the United
States, it is no wonder that Mr.. Han
son says it is a mystery how labor
ing people get along.
There are 100000 members Of the
railway mems union, and it was
among this class that the investiga-
tor expected TO find the men getting
| big money" Yet he found that loco
motive engineers were drawing 1901
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-12-02

master. a genial old fellow. hailed
them from his seat on n cracker bar
rel III front of the store.
Here, boys, wait minute. There's
a postal for your father and the new
automobile is a~Comin,' all right, all
right"
"Horray!" shouted Tom. as he leap
ed up the steps.
"Hur-rah!' exulted Harry. q close
second.
"Hur- rah!" echoed Dick, as he was
dragged along, for the smallest of
| the Treat boys tugged at Harry's
hand, determined to he on the scene
| with his cider brothers.
Three pairs of eager hands reach
| cd thru the narrow little window of
the board partition which served to
divide the postoffice from the general
store. but agile Tome secured the GOV
eted prize and was away, out OF the
store and ,jff up the dusty road like q
| flash.
Father. fnther, look here!" breath
lessly shouted the trio, as they turned
into the yard and drew up at the
front porch steps.
Father and Mother Treat hurried TO
the VerarGa to learn the cause Of all
this wild commotion, and their faSes
wreathed in smiles at the welcome
news that the auto was on its way
when tlo you think it'll get here r.
WIFI you let mo drive herr
Il may. maYn't I papa7'
| 1Soull have to wait till tomorrow
! to fird out what Mr. Treat promised
the boys.)
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-12-02

per day excepting whore they were
on a mileage basis, and these have a
minimum wage Of $2.ea per day.
Brakemen get $1,000 per week.
Street car workers are better paid
than railroad brakemen, conductors
getting $i4.so and motormen tt4So
per week in London. They must have
been In tho service three years. how
ever, to command that wage. Walters
In chain Of restaurants are receav-
Ing 81 per week and no tips; BARRIERS
get $3.50 per week: miIkmen 81: po-
licemen $13.25 to $16.75 in Manches-
| ter to $3.50 in London: and stenog-
raphers $3.50 to SIC per week. The
St2-typists. however. were found in
the United States shipping board Of
tice In Liverpool.
Among tho garment workers and
the boot and shoe workers. which are
among the more strongly organized
OF the crafts In England. the wages
are higher than before the war, yet
not so high as during the war Male
garment workers receive from 2s to
S6 cents per hour. or about twice the
wages Of pre-war times, and women
workers, OF whom there are many
employed. get half that amount un-
less they are on piece work, when the
wages are the same as paid the men.
With the boot and shoe workers
men are receiving a SIS maximum
per week, and women SIT. yet most
Of the women workers get from 81 to
1878. With 100000 boot and shoe
workers organized. it was found
that they are now averaging about
sl2 per week, and that Is per cent OF
the entire number are, at the present
time. either out OF work entirely or
working Oh part time. Incidentally
shoes cost as much In England today
lis in the United States.
In England government butter may
be bought for 5SN cents pound. but
only one ounce per person per day
may be purchased. Good butter COM
mands 70 cents per pound. and eggs
from sA ossA cents each.
These are interesting facts that Mr.
Hanson has secured In England. and
they the more interesting by way Of
comparison with this country. The
laboring man OF the United States
who may think he has . hard time,
and who may be inclined to be dis.
satisfied over conditions. would do
well to compare his lot with that OF
his English brother. His deductions
should cause him to swell out his
chest and feel rich in comparison.
And rich he is. too.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-12-02
NOT A THEORY BUT 4 CONDITION.

Abba miners are dissatisfied with
their wage and are demanding high
or p{ly This when ton Of Iowa coal
Is costing the consumer somewhere
between $40 and Ola dependent upon
how far 1t must be hauled under the
high rates.
In Minneapolis the phone compa-
nies are seeking a forty per cent
raise in rates.
1t is the wrong time to seek adj
vance in wages or in rates. 1t is to be
noted that only those who have or
seem to think they have a lead, pipe
cineh on necessities Of life ana bust.
ness are making the demand. Coal is
necessity and telephone service a
vital need. We are paying somebody
too much for coal because we must
have 1t. We buy telephone service
because OF the exigencies OF business
or for the luxury OF being able to talk
with heighbors and friends without
more trouble than the pressure Of a
button or rhe lift of a receiver.
Somewhere along the line are costs
that should and must come out IL the
square deal is to obtain between the
demand and the supply. The Abba
miners may not be getting their full
share Of the big rakeoff that the
mines are taking from the consumer,
but they see how easily the operators
take it and want their share OF the
loot.
Instead Of rising, labor costs must
come down. That much is recognized
by the average worker None Of us
wishes to see his income diminished
The farmer groans over the prices Of
his products compared to those Of re-
cent seasons. It hurts. 1t is bitter
medicine but we shall all have to
take it for our indigestion developed
by several years OF over feeding.
Most Of us have to work for q, living.
We can't quit. We must keep going
and IL the road is rough and uphill
for q while Wen have to pick our
way and climb just the same.
It is poor time to despise a job
or demand more. It's a mighty good
time to sit steady in the boat.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-12-02
sI;oht misunderstanding.

With view of letting nothing
escape her vigilance, Mrs. iMuggins
cross-examined the prospective
housemaid. cook and general help all
In one.
".'You are quite certain you know
your duties thoroughly? she said
after deciding to engage her. you
will answer the door to visitors and
walt at table. and
"Oh, yes, num-" said Mary Jane,
'.I'm quite sure I will know how to go
about them"
Mrs Muggins was on the point of
turning away when thought struck
her and she suddenly swung around
to the girl.
ooh, by the way, do you know your
way to announcer"
'sWell, num- replied Mary Jane,
dnnocently, "Im not sure about that,
but I think I know my weight to a
pound or so.'-Beethoven Herald.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-12-02
Answers to Yesterdays Question

Answers to Yesterdays Questions.
|. Will rattlesnake strike after
its head has been cut OFF,
Dan Beard, in his delightful Ami
NAL Book says that a rattlesnake
which had just had IT'S head cut off.
coiled and struck him with the bloody
stump when he touched it as prompt
~ as 1t would have done with its
head on. So it is doubtless true that
all creatures do many reasonable and
natural things without possessing the
faculty OF roagon-
2. Does a parrot know the mean
ing of the words 1t uses?
The parrot. Of course, does not
know the meaning Of the words it re-
paats SO glihly; it only associates
certain sounds with certain acts or
occa sions, and says Good by" or
"etome in,' at the right time because
1t has been taught to connect these
sounds with certain sense impress
sions thru the eye and ear
3. On what does the young ich-
neufnon-fly feed?
The ichneumon fly lays it's eggs on
or near some caterpillar or beetle
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-12-02
Topics Of the Times

If Obregon shall be able to bring
order out Of that Mexican chaos and
make a real country out OF the ma
terial he has to work with Luther
Burbank will not rave anything on
him.
81 49,, .yys. Z. s.y-.-,ss,s-ss4 xssr.a
The excitement created when the
Cedar Rapids Gazette dared Dairy
Commissioner Barney to sue for Ii :
bel Is dying down. He hasn't.
OF course an Iowa farm in the best
sections. of the state should produce
100 bushels OF corn to the acre. But
then, how'd we get it husked?
With corn at 45 cents busheI
seems like moonshine is held at ex-
orbitant prices. Profiteering again
profiteering.
Money may be tight at, the banks
all right but one Of the Wise guys
mentioned that grain alcohol 4 was
moving lively at $6.eS . half pint,
which would be $1oo afgallon. Funny
about this close monty isn't it when
man will not bid ION q mich COW
and another pays 1925 for a half
pint?
The Iowa farmer who kicked the
non partisan league solicitor out OF
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-12-02
Ripping Rhymes
p VnIrF AhCC,Nf
BY WALT MASON
TO TAckS AGAIN.

0 Z y
well
hoped elected
while
planting fall nutegs in the soil Now argument
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-12-02
Hh Asked First

+.
Elsie. about TO be. married, decided
at tho last moment TO tegt her eWeet-
heart: so, going to her friend Maude.
the Iretttest girI she knew, she said
TO her, aitfIo she knew it was a great
risk: :.
'I'il arrange for Fred to take you
out tonight---a walk on the beach in
the moonlight supper, and all that
sort OF thing-and | want you, in
order to put his fidelity to the proof,
to ask HIM for q kiss.
Maude laughed, blushed and as
scented, Th2 plot was carried out. The
next day Elsie visited her friend and
said. An&tously:
WeIl. Maude did you ask him7'
No. Else. dear"
Mo- Why, not2'
i didn't get chance; he asked
me first" Portland Oregonian-