The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1922-05-10
Northwest


superintendent the maintenance of
both state and county highways. Thir.
ty-five state and county patrolmen will
work under his supervision
Faulton, S. D.-The experiment OF
operating a county hospital in Faulk
county has not proven a financial sue
cess. At the end Of the first year there
was a deficit Of nearly $500. The hos
pital has been Of great benefit to the
sick, however, and it is expected ii
will be continued Notwithstanding thai
thus far it has not proven a financial
success.
Great Falls, Mont.-Black foxes are
valued at $1,000 a pair by County AS.
SCISSOR Harold M. Mady. The foxes are
very rare and the skins are readily
sold at high prices.
Fargo, N D.-Fargo's baseball pros.
poets began to take shape when "a
players reported for the first of the
seasons tryouts for the local club in
the Dakota league. Manager E. c..
Whiting announced he had nine pit.
cheers signed and a hard hitting collec-
ton Of inield and outfield candidates.
Eau Claire, Wis.-Edward Close
Lacey Dickey Of Glenwood, reelected
secretary treasurer at the annual con-
vention of the Northwestern Wiscon-
sin Buttermakers association. More
than so buttermakers from all over
the northwestern section of the state
were present.
Milwaukee, Wis.-Charlet Molina,
whose efforts to hold a bull fight in
the Milwaukee auditorium were upset.
when the Humane society had one of
their agents appointed as referee, and
refused to let the bulls be excited by
the ~toreadors, obtained a state license
to hold another fight here and defied
the society to prevent MIN doing so.
Court action will be taken to stop
him, according to humane officials.
Ianesville. Wis.-The wind blew the
silo of Henry Wieland, legless farmer,
about three feet off it's foundation. 1t
teetered precariously on the insecure
base. Wieland was wondering whether
he should push the silo over or try to
skid it back. Then along came an
other high wind-a gale swept over
the town Of Newark, and the silo
swung half about II went squarely
on its W platform.
Sporting
Fargo. N. D.-Chuck Lambert, Of
st. Paul. who is on the next card in
Minneapolis. is also billed to battle
| with Leo Stokes, Of Fargo, on one Of
two cards billed for this city.
Chicago-Charles Robertson, brilli-
Miller hurler Of the past three seasons,
has leaped into fame over night by
| pitching a no hit, no run. nobody reach
first baseball game. He turned in a
brilliant 2 to Q shutout for the White
Sox against Detroit.
Chicago--Rocky Kansas, the Bnf-
falo. N. Y, lightweight. probably will
be Benny Leonard's opponent in the
lightweight championship 1O-round
contest, to be staged at Michigan City,
Ind, July 4. under the auspices OF the
American Legion.
Ladysmith, Wis.-E. L. Jay, Univer-
| sitv OF Wisconsin alumus and formerly
professor in an Illinois normal school,
has been chosen by the Ladysmith
board of education as athletic director
for the coming year. He will also
teach in the local high school.
Kansas City, Mod "Strangler"
Lewis successfully defended his heavy
weight wrestling championship title
last night against Stanislaus Zbyszko,
taking the first and third falls Of a
three-fall match.
Crookston. Minn-In Jules Filing
Doe alone lies Crookston's hope for
the attainment Of a national or inter-
national championship. Jules. only
% years old, was winner OF third
place in a field OF 30 at the 500-mile in
ternational auto race at Indianapolis
last year n is entered in the same
event for Decoration day this year.
Now in Crookston, he will leave soon
for the scene of the classic OF the
auto racing world. Last season Filing
Doe drove a Frontenac. but this year
he drives d Dusenberg special, a 155-
horsepower racer that he counts on
to carry him to victory. The car is
valued at $4,000.
Foreign
Hamilton, Ont.-Magistrate Jelfs
sent Charles Smith. Negro, to Jail for
six months for selling a bottle OF clear
water as gin. The magistrate said it
was one of the meanest tricks he had
yer heard of.
Bucharest-Upward, OF 100 persons
were killed in a mine explosion in the
Lupeni district of Pennsylvania. The
bodies OF SO OF the victims were com
pletely %carbonized while those OF the
others we're blown to pieces.
London-The death at Genoa, Italy,
of Agnes Castle. author, is announced.
Agnes Castle was the daughter of
Michael Sweetman OF Queens county.
Ireland, and the widow OF the late Egg
erton Castle. She was the author OF
numerous publications written in col.
loboration with Mr. Castle.
Paris-Fourteen razOrs, two revol.