The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1922-05-03

wife and wounding his two babies,
evaded a posse by hurting himself to
death in front Of the engine OF a Great
Northern train. His body was severed
at the hips.
South Range, Wis.-Georgin's Doro-
thy, No. 68387, born and raised on the
Douglas county work farm neal here,
has just completed a year record
which makes her the state champion
COW for milk production.
Fargo-North Dakota and North
western Minnesota is due for a 10 year
wet spell, if the theory advanced by r.
E. Spencer, observer at the Moorhead
station Of the U. S. observatory.
Brentwood, Wis.-Late now and
much moisture has prevented the far
mers Of this section of the state from
seeding. The wheat crop will be cur
tailed and more corn and other late
crops planted.
Detroit, Mich.-A free public library
Is to be taken to the home Of every
farmer in Wayne county, il the county
library commission decides to adopt
a plan 10Y under consideration. This
motortruck hat each fortnight will
call at every rural home in the oun
try, leave books desired by the farm
ers and their families, and collect
works left on the previous trip.
Bismarck-Steps to bring about
thorough investigation of the POSSIBLE
tiles OF developing small irrigation pro-
jects in North Dakota. Montana and
South Dakota were taken up by 40
business and professional men, called
into state irrigation congress by E. A.
Williams, president of the North Da-
kOta Irrigation association.
Fargo-Grasshopper control work is
nov needed principally in eastern
Montana, northern Wyoming, western
South Dakota. northwestern North Da-
kota and western Nebraska, Stewart
Lockwood, entymOlogist OF the United
States department of agriculture, an
nOunced on the V OF moving his
quarters from Fargo to Billings, Mont.
Sporting
Minneapolis-The University of
Minnesota Varsity" track team de-
feated the Minnesota Freshman 93a
to 56h in a handicap meet on North
rop Field.
Minneapolis-The first golf tourna-
ment OF the season will be called to or.
der on the course of the Twin City
golf course early next month, the
exact date depending upon the amount
Of cooperation between the weather
man and the g~reenskeeper. At pres
ent. however, it is planned to play the
tournament during the first week in
May.
Ann Arbor, Mich.-The University
of Michigan took the University Of H.
linois to a cleaning here in the first
baseball game of the season, 3 to l.
st. Paul-With 20 schools already
entered. and more expected before the
Hamline Interscholastic relay carni-
val May 6 is an assured success. More
than 200 high school athletes will take
part in the competition and some real
races are expected.
Paris-Jack Dempsey got a cold, not
to say frosty even clammy reception
in Paris. There was a small crowd at
the Care du Nord and when the con-
queror of Georges Carpenter stepped
from the train a voice said: "Hurrah."
Detroit-The state boxing commits
sion has placed a ban on open-air box
ing shows. Complaints we're made to
the commission as to the conduct of
some Outdoor bouts hid at night and
decided all bouts hreafter should be
held indoors.
Minneapolis-John Freberg of Chica-
go, heavyweight wrestling champion
Of Sweden, won from Jess Wester-
gard in two straight falls at the Gay
ETY. theater. The match was one OF
the most gruelling affairs of the sea-
son, 1t requiring Freberg over an hour
to gain the verdicts. Both falls we're
secured with a short-arm scissors
hold.
Denver, Colo.-Fred Fulton of Min
neapolis, Mimi, won from Bob Roper
Of Chicago in the fifth round Of a
scheduled 12-rtund bout here. Fulton
in the fourth landed two lefts. then a
short right to Roper's jaw and the lat
ter fell Through the rops. He was
counted out by the referee, Young
Corbett, before he could get up and re-
turn the ring.
Foreign
Lisbon-Parliament adopted a reso-
luton in favor of raising 500, 900 for
the use OF Captains Coutinho and SAGA
dura, the Portuguese aviators who re-
Gently few from Lisbon to the St. Paul
rocks of the coast OF Brazil.
Plymouth, Eng.-The United States
line steamship America which arrived
here went $50 miles out Of its course
to give medical aid to a gravely in
jured man on the u. s. shipping board
steamer New England, en- route to the
United States, and transferred him to
the America after a thrilling battle
with a mountainous sea.
Vienna--Leopold Woelfing. formerly
the Auatrian ~archduko I.cOnnld whn