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The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-02-20

sell only by the drink, going on the
basis that liquor In a mans system
could not be produced as evidence.
In the latter places the saloon keeper
usually kept a pitcher full of booze
under the bar handy to the sink. Sew
eral convictions were obtained In
such cases, however. The combine
ton of finding whisky glass, the
odor Of liquor and the presence Of a
drunk or two In the bar room being
sufficient to convince the Judge.
"The wiser ones would have two
pitchers, one on each side of the sink,
one full of ammonia and one full Of
whisky. One sweep Of the arm would
dump them both into the sink. The
odor of the ammonia would prevent
the odor of whisky to be noticeable
and the contents Of the sink could be
analysed only as spirits of ammonia.
"All the saloons In the state were
filled with ingenious hides, most OF
which defied detection. When hide
was discovered 1t was generally the
result of some disgruntled employee
giving the thing away. They range
In capacity from hides large enough
to hold q half-pint close to the bar
itself to false cellar walls behind
which ten barrels might be concealed.
Most of the saloons had large and
small hides the smaller ones being
filed up daily from the big one by
the boss himself.
"Some of the hides consist OF tanks
set inside of hewed-out Orders In the
floor above. These were connected
with a small pipe which generally
ended In a little office right Off the
bar. You would order a pint, the bar
tender would return to the office
close door, remove calendar from
the wall, behind which was a little
disguised gascock. from this he would
remove a cap and draw of the re-
qulred amount. Other stores Of booze
were kept in the tanks Of flush closets,
which could be flushed from behind
the bar In case the searchers got too
close and the evidence would go down
the sewer.
"Some had their main hides on
adjoining property that would not be
covered by the search warrant TO
which access was had by means OF
secret doors and subterranean pas
sages."
Beer Sold Openly.
awhat about 2.T5 per cent beerr'
was asked.
Ever since ATS per cent beer was
brewed," he replied. lit has been on
sale openly In Maine. Fruit stores
and small stands Of all kinds paid SIS
for a federal license and put In q
| ! stock of bottled beer. while the sa-
looms sold the bottled and draught
| goods both. II the saloons have Q
/ right TO sell II because II Is non-in-
toxIcating and II II Is non-lntoxicnt-
Inc I can't see the necessity Of carry
; ing an excessive tax. | can't see
: what Is there to prevent soda foun-
9 talns or anyone selling 2S5 beer az.
a Ter paying the federal tax Of SIS
hi prohibition in Maine for mans
= years was joke except for occasional
0 spasms Of enforcement Just before On
a election when the party In power
e figured that they needed votes or tn
r county treasury needed money. II /.
Il an interesting game to chase tn
I exaders and I anticipate Il VIII B.
e even more 50 In the event Of nafion
vide prohibition
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-02-20

dawned, and still no picture had ar
rived from the president. A telegram
was sent whistler: @Press arriving.
no picture" and the reply canes
The press we have always with rs
Be Of good cheer
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-02-20

II used to take the cld-time cob
biers a day and q half. working stead
Nv. to manufacture one pair Of coarse
boots; and the cost was "a. writes
Frank @. Carpenter. IN -How the
world i Clothed supbcse " 50
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-02-20
German Textbooks Bar
Kaiser's Whole Family

Berlin. = German textbooks
hereafter win be minus the for
merly inevitable pictures Of the
kaiser and his predecessors on
the Prussian throne. IS & result
of an order by the minister OF
education. who also rules out all
anecdotes Of the Hohenzollerns
(which might serve only to giori-
~ the dynasty and foster the
monarchistsc idea IN the minds
OF the pupils"
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-02-20

TIESE be parlous days for
the international mar
riage. Nearly every liner
from Europe brings
home women victims
American women who
bartered through mar
riage their citizenship
for a German, an Austri-
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-08-20

The senior editor accompanied F..
w. Thorndike. Of Big Stone City, on q
motor trip to Watertown last Monday.
going by way Of Summit. The coun-
try along the route presents fine
picture of prosperity. The wheat in
the hills country, although week or
two later in harvesting, appears to b
of better quality than that raised in
the fat land. On the road south Of
Summit and near to WD.tertown large
fields Of hax have been sown, and the
crop looked particularly fine, but the
corn was far behind the corn in the
Grant county valley. A portion of the
country between Watertown and
South Shore was badly devastated by
hail couple of weeks ago, just a.
bout the time the harvesters were pre-
pairing to enter the fields with binders,
but in all other quarters the prosper
ity was evident.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-08-20
tome from Columbia University,

Prof Souder arrived home during
the past week from New York city,
where he had been attending COlum-
bia university in the teachers school.
Prot. Souder says that the attendance
at Columbia is about 10000, made up
of persons from every stare in the
union and many from foreign coun-
+-'i"a. not ontv English speaking
lands, Great Britain and Canada hav-
ing large delegations, but the South
American countries being well repre-
sented-Peru having a number of rep
resentatives. He says the institution
is very democratic in character, at
least so far as the teaching school is
concerned, and remarked that the
student occupying the desk next to
him was the superintendent of the
Scranton, Pa, schools, who had SUI
pervision over some fifty or sixty
schools. who believed he could improve
his pedagogy by attendance at
Columbia, that institution being
the first of the great universi
tie, to put the teaching art on the
same basis as the professions of law,
medicine and divinity. Prof. Souder is
putting in the two weeks since get
ting home in preparation for the
opening Of the city schools.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-08-20
FOR A FAIR BUILDING.
Nave iOuJ Purchased Some Stock
In fatf Association?

An effort is being made by the
Booster association and the Fair COM
mittee TO sell enough stock this week
to Warrant the construction of a build
ing at the fair grounds for exhibition
purposes. The need for a new building
us urgent, as last year great many
entries were housed in a tent. The
new building will be large enough to
care for great many exhibits. The
estimated cost of the building will be
about $1,000 and it is the plan Of the
committee to sell stock to this amount
Inasintlch as the stock will draw diyi-
dends when the fair is on paying
basis. the investment would be an at
tractive one, and the investors will not
be called upon for donations as in the
pastTsFhe need for good fair in this
part OF the county is great, Milbank
being the county seat and the logical
place forsthe county fair. The fair
pays dividends in advertising the
county and increasing the value of the
property, and every progressive farm
er and business man should own a
block of this stock
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-08-20
s.s Cssple nelsrn 10 CIV.

A. l.. Nelson and bride returned
from their trip to northern Minneso-
ta Monday evening, Mr. Nelson inn
mediately resuming his chair at the
desk. He was absent two weeks.
We clip the following from the Ft.
Dodge Daily Messenger. Ft Dodge is
the former home of Mrs. Nelson.
The marriage Of Miss Pearl john
son, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. B. W..
johnson Of this city and Alferd Mel
son of Milbank, S. d., took place this
morning at 9:3O at the home Of the
brides parents, 1916 Fifth avenue
north. The bride who was unattended
looked very charming in a gown of
White oeofgette crepe with corsagc
bouquet of many colored flowers. Rev.
I. 3. Thorson performed the cere-
mony in the presence of about forty
relatives and friends A color scheme
of yellow and white was used in the
house decorations and also on the ta-
bles where breakfast was served fol-
lowing the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs.
Nelson left at noon for Minneapolis
and Lake Anne, Minnesota for short
stay after which they will be at home
in Milbank, S. D., where Mr.. Nelson is
editor Of the Herald Advance Mrs.
Nelson has been a teacher at Haw-
ley school for several years and she
leaves wide circle of friends in Ft.
Dodge. Mr.. Nelson was formerly on
the reDOrtial staff of the Fort Dodge
Chronicle which position he left to
serve in the navy during the war; As
going away suit Mrs. Nelson wore
dark blue tricotine With dark blue
hat. In serving the breakfast, Misses
Charlotte and Leila Johnson, Misses
Marian and Helen Reynolds and Irma
Christian assisted.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-08-20
L. y. v. AqitatOrS Active Again.

q because he refused 70 take a mem-
be.s ip in the |. w. w. organization,
Otto Hanson. of Minneapolis, a har-
vest sahorer working with the thresh-
ing outfit of Ckas. Mielke. of Groton.
was severely beaten by an organizer
Of the organization Yesterday after
noon. The crew was at work on farm
short distance west of Groton.
According to the story told byHan-.
son,who was in the city this morn
ing for the purpose of swearing out a
warrant against the organizer, he had
been bothered for some time by l. W..
W.'s in and around Groton. He refus-
ed to sjoin and has been successful in
avoiding being forced to until yester-
dsy afternoon when he was attacked.
local officials will make a thorough
attempt to take in custody the man
who accosted Hanson and any others
who are found doing organization
wcrk.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-08-20
Saw HOldup at WatertOwn.

Mrs. Geo. Lee, who is in Watertown
with Mr.. Lees family writes that she
was one of those who was near wit
ness to the holdup that occurred one
night this week in that city, when
travelling man, J. r. Bryant, who
failed to throw up his hands when
ordered to do so by the highu ayman
was shot through one of his lungs,
the man who did the shooting escap-
ing in nearby auto that was watt
ing for them. The victim was at first
not expected to live, but later devel-
opments state that there is possi-
bility of MIN pulling through. Mrs.
Lee happened to be on the porch of
the house at the time, and though it
was night time heard the shot and
saw the getaway.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-08-20
Change In Bank Personnel.

Last week change in the person
mel of the force of the First National
bank took place when Messrs. F.. B.
Roberts and Lee Bannister disposed
of their interests in the bank to
Messrs. Frank Boerger and Wesley
SWenson. Mr.. C. C. Middlebrook, who
was one of the founders of the bank.
and Mr.. Boerger. who has grown up
with the business of the bank for the
past ten years, will continue in direct
management Of the affairs Of the bank
and Mr.. Swenson will assume man
agement Of the First National Securi-
ties Co.. and will probably in the near
future make his headquarters in Mil
bank
Mr. Roberts has recently made ar
rangements to remove to California to
make his home. He left for Los
Angeles this week, and will later re-
turn for Mrs. Roberts, who will in the
meantime make visit to friends in
Minnesota.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-08-20
From Our EXCHANGES.

The canning factory started up
Monday for the seasons run. The out
look is for the largest output the fac
tory has had for some time.-Big
Stone Headlight.
Christ Gertje returned from st.
Paul Sunday morning, whittier he Rad
accompanied a post Office inspector,
for the purpose of Strengthening out
an alleged shortage in his accounts of
Sl,7O, all Of which was explained sat
isfactorily to the officials, and ,Gertje
given aclean slate. He acted as sub
stitute mail carrier out of Graceville
Tor time last spring. and supposed
he had turned over the same amount
of stamps when he quit as he had re :
ceived when he began. He had no no
tice otherwise from the postmaster at
Graceville or anyone else until the in
spector arrived last week. 1t was mere
ly a laxity in bookkeeping.-Big Stone
Headlight.
Threshing is getting under way
in this section Of the country. The
first new grain of the season was sold
at the Farmers Elevator Tuesday.
This was threshed on the Charlie
Shauif farm and varied in quality
from different fields, some going No.
and some grading down to 53ib be-
inc badly shtunken by ruSt.-Marvin
Monitor.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-08-20
n the Grain Fields.

The threshing machines are busy
these days in every direction, and the
tale they are telling is varied one,
but in most cases disappointing one
as TO wheat, while Messrs. Oats, Bar
ley ct al are holding their heads
up high and claiming in most cases
to have beaten the record. The wheat
shows up differently in different Sec
tions, some of it is of very poor
quality, while in other localities it
will grade No. and No. 2, with a
yield of IL to IS bushels. Some lots
that are being brought in, however
have been in the and 10 bushel class
Should good harvesting weather con.
tinue for another week the shock
threshing will have been about all
finished up.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-08-20

last week another of the early day
settlers of Grant county passed a
way, in the person Of Mr.. George C.
Nixon, former resident of Osceola
township, who was well known to
manv of our Milbank and Grant coun-
ty people, and was greatly esteemed
BY all, as man ct upright character
andgenerous disposition.
George C. Nixon was born in But
Ter county, Ohio, Jan. Is, l84S. where
he grewstc manhood Removing from
there to Iowa in 1872. where in 1919
ne was united in marriage to Anna
Carney. In 1883 he removed to Osceo-
Ia township, in Grant County, where
he lived on q farm until the. great
summons came, death occurring on Au-
gust 18th, 1920.
The funeral was held in Wilmot Au-
gust 10th, and interment made in the
Wilmot cemetery. Deceased leaves
a wife and daughter, two brothers and
four sisters to mourn his loss.
Relatives who attended the funeral
were w. S. Nixon and A. NJ. Nixon
Of Milhank, S. Oak, brothers, Lydia
j. Nixon, a sister, from Ohio, Mrs.
Mary Spinner, a sister and her hus-
band from Ohio, and Jefferson Carney
and wife. from, Iowa, the latter a
brother of Mrs. Nixon.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-08-20
INSTALLATION OF
WHITE WAY STARTED
LIGHTING SYSTEM FOR MAIN STREET TO BE
COMPLETED WITHIN SHORT TIME;
EQUAL TO BEST IN THE STATE

Work Of installing the new "White
Way" on Main street was started this
week and will be completed within
the coming two weeks.
The concrete bases with the pipes
for the cable lines; to be put in later
have been made and start TO erect
the posts. The ditch for the cable will
be completed next and the cable laid.
All the material is here and the work
should be uninterrupted.
The cable will be laid in ditch IL
inches deep along the curbing. When
this work is completed the property
owners will widen the sidewalk to the
curbing, making q sidewalk ten feet
wide.
The posts are massive cast iron
peice, hollow with small door at
the bottom to allow inside work. The
globes are about Is inches high and Is
inches in diameter. inside of which
will be 400 watt lamp. This will
give q splendid light, as we'll as being
ornamental.
The control system will be such that
alternate lights can be switched off,
leaving alternate lights burning,
which vii! be done after m idnight of
each night. The additional cost Of
lighting will be little more than the
present cost. The old light posts will
be used in other parts Of the city.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-08-20
COURT HOUSE CASE
JUDGMENT FOR CO
ANDERSON RULES
RECEIVE $4O,OOO.OO:
SUPREME COURT
COUNTY SHOULD
APPEAL TO
LIKELY

Word has been received BY Attorney
Robert Jones from. Judge Frank An
derson that the findings and iudp-
ment in the case of Grant County vs..
the MARYLAND Casualty Co. ct al. are
given 10 the county.
The ease is the outcome of the cost
to the county when it was forced t,y
complete the work of building the
court house after the Evans Construc-
tlon company who were awarded the
contract, defaulted. The cost of
Judgments which were fled in the
district court and collected from the
county amounted to more than s18.-
600, which in addition to the cost of
material and labor which the county,
incurred when it completed the struc-
ture which also amount to $4,000 is
the amount which the county is suing
the bonding company for.
The Maryland Casualty Co. bonded
the Evans Construction company for
sum sufficient to cover the amount
involved in the construction of the
building, which guaranteed TO the
county that the construction OF the
building was assured. They are now
fighting the effort of the county to COL
lect the amounts which the county was
forced to spend over and above the
contract price of the building.
The case has been ably handled by
Robert D. Jones, who prepared and
started the litigation. Case ard Case
OF Watertown and Bailey and Voor-
hecs of Sioux Falls were also retain
ed as attorneys for the county.
inasnuch as the Judgment involv-
ed a sum of practically $4,000 it is
probable that the attorneys for the
Casualty company will carry the case
to the supreme court in their effort
to obtain reverse Judgment. The
case was first brought to trial at the
January term Of court during the past
winter. It was continued until April
when further testimony and arxu-
uents were taken. 1At4r each of Slia
attorneys submitted briefs and arRu-
ments and the case was taken under
advisement by Judge Anderson. His
verdict was given out this week.
The outcornesof the case will be of
vital interest to all of the citizens of
the county as the amount will have to
be paid by them should the judgment
be reversed. The total cost of the con-
struction of the court house was
$150,OOO and the building is said to
be one of the best in the state.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-08-20

Charley BOrk, who grew up in
Grant county some years ago, called
into the Herald Office to say hello one
day last week. Charley has turned
from a Dutchman into an Irishman
since he was here last and now writes
his name Burke. He has been work
ing at Winona in the oil region Of
Oklahoma, but says it got too hot for
him down there and he came up to
get cooled off in the harvest fields of
South Dakota. He has horse and wa
gon at his southern home and is MAX
ing money gathering up the old rope
from the oil wells, and has bought two
lots in Winona. and expects to bore
for oil sometime in the future, He
says that Winona has grown from a
place Of two small buildings to a
town of 1000 since last September.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-08-20
New General Store at Albee.

Farmers in the southern part of the
county in the vicinity of Albee have
Cooperative General store The COM
pany is capitalized at $25, 900 and will
be under the charge of w. c. Peter
son, formerly of Russell, Minn., where
he operated mercantile store.
The store will be located in the old
Cahill property, ami will be opened by
October first if the present plans are
carried out. They will carry all the
staple goods Of the general store.
The officers of the company are Ed.
Bunting Sr., president: Reinholt
Schultz, vice-president; J. r. Birch,
secretary and treasurer; H. A. ia
cobson and Henry Jurgens, directors.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-08-20
What a Library Does Tor a Town.
From Public Libraries

uOttA
1. Completes it's educational equip
ment, carrying on and giving per-
manent value to the work of the
schools.
e Gives the children of all classes
chance to know and love the best
in literature. Without the public IL
brary such q chance is limited to the
very few.
g. Minimizes the sale and reading
of vicious literature in the commun-
ity, thus promoting mental and moral
health.
A. Effects a saving in money to
every reader in the community. The
library is an application Of common
sense to the problem OF supply and
<iemand. Thru it every reader in the
town can secure at q given cost from
100 to 1000 times the materials for
reading or study that he could Sc
cure bv acting individually.
). Adds to the material value Of
property. Real estate agents in the
suburbs Of large cities never. fail to
advertise the presence of library if
there il one, rs giving value to the
lots or houses they have for sale.
6. Appealing to all clasesr sects and
degrees of intelligence, it is a strong
unifying factor in the life Of a town!
Z. The library is the one thing in
which every town, however poor or
isolated, can have something as good
and inspiring as the greatest city can
offer. Neither Boston nor New York
can provide better books to its read
ers than the humblest town can cas-
lily own and supply.
8. Slowly but inevitably raises the
intellectual tone of q place.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-08-20

Howard Gill, who has been work
ing on the mound for the Milbank ball
team since the start of the season, left
this week for Aberdeen where he will
work for the rest of the season.
The ball team found the expense Of
hired players too heavy and were COM
PEELED to retrench to be able to play
for the balance of the season. The
team will now be all local talent, ex-
cept on occasions where the hiring Of
players will be advisable.
Gill has made a good record with
the local team and his loss will be felt
in the future games where the good
right arm will be missin.-. His absiit.
to pull out of ahOle and tight places,
won many games fos him and his
strikeouts ami number of hits allowed
the visitors always compared favorah-
" with those OF the opposing pitcher.
His hitting was good and it was ar,
even chance that he would bring in
a man from second or third when he
came up to bat
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-08-20
New County Farm Manager.

Upon the opening and examination
of the bids for management of the
poor farm last Saturday the county
board awarded the position to Mr.. Al
vim Riley, son of Mr. Ed. Riley, Of
Summit. The new manager of the
poor farm was born and raised in
Grant county, and is said tobe very
competent and capable man for the
position.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-08-20
special lrice On CEW Tea.

We are going to sell our tea at a
special price of so cents when bought
in lots of five pounds or more. This
is our regular CEW tea, the best on
the market. II YOU are not a regular
user of this kind, come in and get 5
pounds at this price. This offer will
last only as long as our present sup
ply lasts, as our next shipment will
have to be sold at 81 90 pound.
Erlandson & Johnson Co.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-08-20
4 Barqala.

FOR QUICK SALE WE OFFER
OUR GRAY GASOLINE. ENGINE
IN GOOD CONDITION. BEING US
ED EVERY WEEK. GOOD RlJY
FOR FARMER WISHING ENGINE
FOR FARM WORK. CALL RIGHT
AWAY BEFORE SOMEONE. ELSE
GETS TT. ss&s'S
MILBANK AID-ADvANCE.