The herald-advance., June 16, 1911, Image 7

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R. R. STAIN
WORK ON $70,000 MILWAUKEE
STRUCTURE TO BEGIN
SOON.
HAPPENINGS OVER THE STATE
What it Going On Here and There
That is of Interest to the Read*
era Throughout South Da
kota and Vicinity.
Aberdeen.—Supt. J. T. Giilick, of the
Milwaukee road, has announced the
plans for the construction ot' the new
passenger station, freight depot and
engine house to replace the structures
destroyed by fire last winter. The
passenger station plans call for a
building r»0 bv :!00 feet in size, one por
tion, 5o by 100 feet, to be three stories
high and the remainder one story. The
upper stories will be used for offices
for the various divisions officers who
are stationed here, while the entire
ground floor will be taken up by the
passenger station. The structure will
cost $70,000, and work will begin with
in the next week The freight depot
will cost $r,0.000. and will be of a size
adequate to meet the demands of the
freight business of the road for many
years. The engine house will be large
enough to meet the increased demands
of the .service due to the Pacific coast
extension. The entire group of build
likgs will aggregate $200,000 in cost.
First Six Settlers.
Aberdeen—Thirty years ago six
ftien now numbered among the best
known citizens of Aberdeen drove to
the little spot on the prairie which has
since developed into the metropolis of
the Dakotas, and, with GO or 70 others,
made this the terminus of a long jour
ney.
Those in the party were Frank and
Henry Beard, John and David Culbert.
Murray W'iddis and John Wesley Col
lins. All of them started early in the
spring of 1881 from Bruce county, On
tario. and spent a couple of months
in Cass county. North Dakota Then
the first of June, that year, they form
ed a part of the long wagon train
which came south to this section, and
the six settled land in the vicinity of
Aberdeen and have been closely con
nected with the growth of this city
ever since. It was a drive of 160 miles
and was covered in six days. On ar
riving at Aberdeen, where the railroad
had not yet reached at that time, there
•were but two sod shanties to be seen,
and it required wonderful imagination
to picture what the next three decades
had in store for the little settlement
on the prairies.
To Reduce Saloons.
Aberdeen at present possesses over
40 salons, although the last federal
census gave the city a' population of
but. 10,7.".:!. The licenses of the saloon
men all expire July 1, and applicants
for renewal have been made by most
of them. At the last meeting of the
City commissioners the petitions of
five saloonkeepers—George Dietlein,
Louis Pouliot. George L. Cease, E. O.
Cooley and John P. Knight—were re
jected, and those of 28 others who ap
plied for licenses were laid over until
the next meeting of the commission.
The rejection of the five petitions is
taken to mean that the commissioners
have concluded to reduce the number
of saloons, but just how many will be
lopped off is not known.
Touching Hardships of Child.
Hot Springs.—The lO month old boy
Of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Harmon was ser
iously if not mortally wounded by his
17-year-old brother. He was brought
to the sister's hospital here for oper
ative treatment. The accident hap
pened at their home 10 miles from
l)eerefleld. Yhe your^g man was
handling a revolver in th^ same room
where the baby was sleeping, when it
exploded, the bullet striking the child
In the leg above the knee, The ball
crushed through the bone and up
through the hi. coming out at the
abdomen. Through a 10-mile drive, a
railroad trip from Hills City and a
wait over night for the return of the
surgeon of the city, the child stood
the pain without losing consciousness.
Damage by Lightning.
Armour. -During a recent thunder
Storm the home of George F. Smith, in
the southwest part of Armour, was
struck by lightning. The bolt passed
down the chimney, doing considerable
damage to the cook stove, passing on
through the bedroom and out at the
side of the house. A 2-year-old child
was sleeping in an iron bed in the
bedroom and was badly stunned, being
unconscious for some time. During the
same storm a large tree was struck in
Dr. Brown's yard in the southeast part
of town and several head of cattle
were killed in a nearby pasture.
Mitchell—At Spencer the roof was
torn from the Omaha depot, and at sev
eral stations west of there some dam
6ge is reported to have been done by
the wind Sunday night. A heavy
rain storm coming up from the west
visited this section and deposited over
half an inch of water in 30 minutes.
The- moisture came at just the oppor
tune time to help the crops, although
the situation was not alarming. The
wind over this section was quite
strong, but aside from knocking down
gome telephone and telegraph wires,
to damage was dine.
Plans New Highway.
High more.—Advocates of the good
roads movement in central South Da
kota between the Missouri and Jim
rivers are planning for a monstrous
river to river road convention at High
more, July 12.
llighmore is exectlv between Pierre,
on the Missouri river, and Huron, on
the Jim. and the Commercial club of
Highmore has. in the past two years,
moved the rocks and secured grades
on a large part of the roads running
into Highmore.
The road will be ran through Wol
sey, We8sington, Yaylaud, St. Law
rence, Miller, llighmore, llolabird and
Blunt. This road is the finest natural
highway in the state, there being
practically no grades, and it is pre
sumed that the boards of county com
missioners of Hughes. Hyde, Hand
and Beadle counties will lend their ef
forts in the securing of this model
highway connecting the cities of Hu
ron and Pierre. The road runs nearly
straight east and west from Huron to
Blunt, and can. without any great dif
ficulty, be placed in good condition.
Large delegations of automobile
owners, farmers and representatives
of the Commercial clubs, of the re
spective cities are coming, and it will
be a gala day at Highmore.
Commercial Clubs.
Sioux Falls.-—The meeting in this
city of the State Federation of Com
mercial Clubs has been concluded. The
most imoprtant action at the meeting
was the appointment of a committee
to perfect a reorganization of the state
federation. This committee will make
a report at another meeting which
will be held at Huron during the state
fair in September.
The object of the organization is
to place the state federation in a po
sition where it can effectively sup
plement the work of the state immigra
tion bureau and aid the bureau in at
tracting people to South Dakota.
Invalidates Appointment.
Bridgewater.—According to a recent
ruling by Judge Jones, of this judicial
district, a vacancy occurs in the of
fice of county commissioner in the
fourth commissioner district of this
(McCook) county, the ruling being
based upon the irregularity of the
manner of the appointment of J. H.
Anderson of this city, who has filled
the office during the past year, having
been appointed to fill the unexpired
term of Andrew Lindgren, resigned.
The case has been bitterly contested,
and is attracting considerable inter
est in this portion of the state.
Fake Merchants Convicted.
Dead wood. Out less than 20 min
utes a jury in the United States court
he.e returned a verdict of guilty
against Peter Welch, of Minneapolis,
charged with conspiracy to defraud
and concealing asseis in bankruptcy
proceedings. Judge Willard sentenced
Welch to two years at Leavenworth
and to pay a fine of $1,000.
John H. Conway, bankrupt, proprie
tor of the wholesale grocery house at
Belle Fourche. of which Welch was
manager, then pleaded guilty to a sim
ilar charge and was given one yea
and three months and $1,000 floe,
Sunday Baseball Attacked.
Aberdeen.—The first steps toward a
campaign to abolish Sunday baseball
in Aberdeen were taken when a dele
gation of Aberdeen ministers visited
Mayor E. M. Hall and asked him to eu
force the state law against Sunday
baseball games. Mayor Hall took the
matter under consideration. It is prob
able the movement will result iu do
iug away with Sunday baseball.
Undertakers to Huron.
Pierre.—The
Undertakers' associa­
tion had a wide range of choice as to
the place of their next meeting, the
different towns asking for their asso
ciation next year being Huron. Water
town, Sioux Falls, Parker, Mitchell and
Belle Fourche. The Huron represent
atives won.
Fishing Fine at Lake Andes.
Armour.—Bass fishing at Lake An
des is at its best now and the lake is
visited by large crowds of people anx
ious to shoyv their skill as fishermen.
This lake is fast becoming a summer
resort and it is conceded that it has no
equal west of the Mississippi for bass
fishing.
To Enter Law Business.
Lead.—Anson H. Bigelow, for some
years past superintendent of the Lead
schools, representative from here in
the last legislature, and recognized as
one of the foremost educators of the
state, has resigned his position, and on
September 1 will enter the law of
fices of Smyth, Smith & Schall, of
Omaha.
Proved His Right to Papers.
"Did the peanut man et his natur
alization papers?" 'Yes: he proved
to the judge right away that he was a
good American at heart. "How did
he prove it?" "In answer to a ques
tion he told the difference between a
double paly and a double header.
Now is the Time.
Never, never, wait for post-mortem
praise. Speak the kind words which
love prompts, and remember that
words of loving kindness are the best
possible tonic which can be given
even to the happiest of mortals.—Kate
Taunant Woods.
Milk Flows Into New York.
If the residents of New York City
drank all of the milk that comes into
the city each inhabitant would drink
in average of seven barrels a year.
I
STATE TO REAP ADDITIONAL REV'
ENUE FROM A MILLION
ACRES.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
From the Capital CPy, the .Varlouf
S'-rte Institutions and Dif
ferent Parts of the
State.
Pierre. Aprroximately 1,000,000
acres of land will come under taxation
for the first time in this state this year
by having the government or Indian
title transferred to private owners,
either through final proofs or through
sale. All the government land offices
in the state have sent their reports of
new lands to the state auditor's depart
ment, the Gregory district being the
last to come in. Tne Rapid City dis
trict leads the list with 2,863 new
tracts for taxation, and Timber Lake is
the lowest with 22'J.
The State Funds.
Pierre.—The total balance in all
funds of the state treasury, as shown
by the statement of that department
for the month of May, is $834,388.16,
a decrease of about $70,000 from the
balance for the preceding month. The
general fund shows
a
619.92, which will
balance of $197,-
be
increased during
June by the tax collections for the sec
ond quarter, which should amount to
about $200,000. The most of the mis
cellaneous funds in the treasury are
very low, with the exception of the in
terest and income fund of the common
schools, which have not yet been ap
portioned. The permanent school fund
is nearly all loaned out. the
balance
at the present time being only a trifle
over $14,000. The balance in the game
fund is $19,126.05, after paying for the
consignment of Chinese pheasants
which are being distributed by the
game department.
Seeks an Inquiry.
Washington.—In a communication
received by Representative Burke. T.
C. Burns, register cf the land office at
Gregory. S. D., asks that an investiga
tion be made of the charges of George
Silsbee. the Minnesota soldier, who in
a letter recently forwarded to Repre
sentative Davis made statements re
flecting on the administration of Reg
ister Burns and Land Commissioner
Dennett. Silsbee charged in substance
that he had been defrauded out of a
claim on Tripp county land in South
Dakota.
Register Burns comes back with a
charge that Silsbep was used as a
"cat's paw" by land vultures, and he
asks that the case be placed in the
hands of an inspector with instructions
to make a thorough investigation.
Representative Burke has called the
matter to the attention of Commis
sioner Dennett, and an inquiry will
doubtless be made as demanded by the
Gregory register.
Many Applicants Fail.
Pierre.—The applicants for certifi
cate in the last teachers' examination
for second and third grades made a
poor showing, only about 40 per cent
securing certificates which they
sought, and the majority of them will
have to try again if they get into the
list of teachers in this state. There
was a total of 979 sets of papers sent
in for marking, 17 of these being for
primary certificates 819 for second
grades and 143 for third grades. Out
of this list ten yvere granted primary
certificates, 228 second grades and 161
third grades, some of the second grade
applicants being given third grade
certificates on the showing of their
papers in trying for the higher grade
The failures numbered 580.
Ceunty Buys Land.
Pierre.—Hughes is one of the first,
or first, county of the state to take ad
vantage of the provisions of chapter
246 of the laws of the last session.
That act authorizes couuties to take
tax deeds on tracts bid in by the coun
ty on tax sales, and to transfer the
same in the same manner in which an
individual may make a transfer of
land secured on tax title. The county
is advertising a number of tracts held
by them on which thev will take title,
and by the sale of these tracts will
bring a nice return to the county
treasury and help reduce the county
indebtedness.
Former Waste is Agricultural Paradise.
Centerville—Hundreds of acres of
reclaimed bottom lands between this
city and Vermillion are now verdant
with growing crops. Al Newton, a
feyv miles south, will harvest a mon
ster grain crop from these lands as
follows: Wheat, 170 acres oats. 115
acres corn, 135 acres flax. 65 acres.
Other farmers abng the line of this
former waste territory will reap large
returns this year from various crops.
Beautirying Capitol.
Pierre —The engineering work on
the improvements on the state ground
is being pushed along, and the first of
the grading for the main driveway
along the front of the building has
been commenced. As the amount of
money appropriated for the work for
this year was limited by the legisla
ture, only a small portion can be done
this year, and most of the work which
will show, will have to go over to next
year, when ft larger fund will be avail
ible.
**hey Want to Know.
Pierre.—Representatives of the Da
tota Central Telephone company, and
he Nebrp.ska-Bell company, accompa
lied by their attorneys were here in
conference with State Auditor Ander
son in regard to their reports for this
year under the new law of last win
ter. The new report blanks framed
under the provisions of the law are
such thai they are likely to be made
3ut in different manners by different
companies, and what is desired was a
general ruling as to just what was be
ing demanded. A general understand
ing was reached, and the work will be
done under the provisions of this un
derstanding.
Quarantine District Extended.
Pierre.—Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson of Washington, D. C.. has giv
en notice that the live stock quaran
tine has been extended for the con*
tagious disease known as scabies to
the following districts. The counties
of Harding. Corson, Perkins. Schnasse,
Dewey, Armstrong, Meade, Butte, Law
rence. Pennington, Stanley, Lyman,
Mellette. Washabaugh, Washington.
Custer, Fall River, Shannon, Bennett
and Todd.
Indian Worker Honored.
Vermillion.—In recognition of many
years of religious and educational
work among the Sioux Indians, the
honorary degree of doctor of laws has
been conferred on Rev. Edward Ash
ley, of the Cheyenne agency, by the
University of South Dakota.
Rev. Mr. Ashley came to America
from England in 187:! and immediately
took up his work. He has written many
books in the Sioux language and a cor
rect translation of the bible.
Will Divide Up Even.
Pierre.—Insurance Commissioner
Basford is busy lining up the list of
papers over the state for the purpose
of giving each its share of insurance
statements this year. There is no
longer any question of patronage in
the distribution, that part being set
tled by law.
New School BuildlftfS.
Pierre.—The state educational de
partment has in the past few days
approved plans for a new brick high
school building at Vermillion a brick
building at Wolsey and wooden
buildings at Nowlin, Stanley county,
and Ravinia, Charles Mix county.
Not Dead Yet.
T.ittle Clara, aged three, was always
asking for dried apples. Her mother,
fearing this diet might lead to harm,
told her of a boy who had eaten dried
applies which swel%?d in his stomach
and caused his death. Clara was much
impressed, but the temptation was
strong, and one day, when she had
been absent for a time, the piping
voice came triumphantly from the
room where the strings of apples
hung: "Muvver, I ain't dead yet."
Number "30" Under Ban.
A curious reminiscence of the trea
son of Judas survives in Belgium.
Among the fisher folk of Blanken
berghe and other ports the number of
30 is banned. When bringing down
the price of their wares in order to
tempt purchasers, they always pass
from 31 to 29 sous, and in the same
way they refuse to give 30 sous for
any purchase, preferring to pay an
extra sou. if they cannot succeed in
abating the price asked.
Would Pay Debt to Women.
Henry Muirhead, of Glasgow, Scot
land, who died recently, left part of
his fortune to fund and maintain an
institution of instruction for women
in physical and biological courses, so
they could become dentists, electri
cians. chemists, and so on. He said
in explanation that he had always
been indebted to women, to his mother,
his wife and his eldest sister.
Anticosti.
Anticosti. an island in the Gulf of
St. Lawrence, is about 140 miles long,
by 35 miles wide. Its soil is not con
sidered to be productive, and the few
settlers there subsist upon the fisher
ies. In 1886 M. Meunier, the French
chocolate manufacturer, bought the
island and is making a game preserve
of it. He is especially interested in
breeding black and other valuable
suits of foxcv
Oi§ Beliefs Rudely Disturbed.
The old teachings of China and In
dia established the belief in Japan
that it was best that women be not no
ticed by others, that their duties were
wholly domestic, and that appearing
out of doors was unbecoming a faith
ful wife or dutiful daughter. Garden
parties, dinner parties, balls and so
cial calls are new importations from
the west.
A
Few Poultry Farms in India.
Poultry farming has not yet become
scientific industry in India. In most
Indian towns it is difficult to obtain
table fowls. To the Hindoo poultry
ra sing is objectionable on religious
gi ouuds. The governnaefikt has now
taken up the matter.
Church Barrel Organ.
Speaking at a Llangollen meeting,
rtie bishop of St. Asaph recalled that
he held his first church appointment
at Llangollen. The music to accom
pany the choir was then supplied by
a barrel organ. As a boy he churned
it our regularly turning the handle.—
Westminster Gazette.
He Never Puts It Off.
When a young man has wild oats
that be wishes to sow he doesn't wait
for favorable weather.
MEXICO'S BIG ill
Francisco I. Madero, Leader ol
the Late Revolution.
Small in Stature, But Large in Ao
complishment and With Will and
Personality That Domin
ates Others.
Mexico City, Mex.—Mexico's big lit
tle man today seems to be Franciscc
I. Madero, the leader of the revolution
fats. A year ago bis name was band
led in jest in the official circles ol
Mexico Ciiy. The partisans of Dlaj
called him a dreamer, a prattler ol
nonsense, a player to the galleries, a
misguided and harmless propagandist
who, comet-like, would flare, swish
briefly, and die.
Recent events have stultified this
comment, and his prophecy. The re
forms for which Madero gave his time,
raised his voice and lost most of his
private fortune are in the making.
Some of his dreams have been trans
muted into Mexican organic law. The
alchemy of public opinion is working
a like process with others.
It was Madero's book on "The Pres
idential Succession of 1910" that first
brought him within the range of pub
lie vision. In that work he praised
Diaz for accomplishing much that was
good in his long reign and pointed out
the weaknesses of the administration
as he saw them. He expressly re
clared that the "sage of Mexico" had
outlived his usefulnes and that a
change was imperative for the wel
fare of the republic and the rights oi
the people.
In daring to publish this arraign
ment of Diaz and his policies, Maderc
showed his nerve. Others had thought
as he and bad said
BO
Francisco I. Madero.
tlons were the chief argument#.
It is recent history how the presi
dential candidate was arrested for se
ditious utterances and thrown into the
state penitentiary at Monterey how
he was eventually released on his own
bond, and, goaded by persecutions,
fled to the United States how he was
indicted In the district court of San
Luis Potosi on charges of inciting tc
rebellion and of libeling the president
how he formulated h's plans on this
side of the border, re-entered Mexico
and gave the insurrection an actual
start on November 20.
Madero is one of thirteen children
—nine sons and four daughters—of
Francisco Madero, Sr. He is 39
years old. Three of his brothers, Gus
tave, Raoul and Alfonso have been
with him actively in his fight.
The Madero family is one of the
wealthiest in Mexico, with Evaristo
Madero, an octogenarian and an ex
governor, the head of the clan. He is
the grandfather of the revolutionist.
His grandfather before him emigrated
to Mexico from Portugal. Evaristo
Madero's sons and daughters, a good
ly company, were all educated in the
United States and Europe.
Simple in dress, democratic in man
ner and unostentatious In spite of
their great wealth, members of the
Madero family are popular with the
poorer classes. Francisco is said to
be just a plain citizen of the hills who
eschews diamonds and formal dress ex
cept on state occasions, but be has
the culture that enables him to hold
his own in the graces of the social
life.
The Madero family estates are
among the largest in the republic.
There is one big ranch in western Chi
huahua called Bustillos, another at
Parras, Coahulla, midway between Sal
tillo and Torreon. and still another in
northern Coahuila and southern Chi
muahua. Altogether the Madero land
holdings embrace from 3,000,000 to
5,000,000 acres.
Madero is married and has children.
He is rather under average stature,
with heavy but not coarse features,
a determined chin, and sturdy phy
sique. His courage is of the sort
that reckons with discretion. He la
a vigorous speaker and virile writer
STONE IN BUDDER REMOVED
IN REMARKABLE WAY
A year and & half ago I was taken with
a severe attack of kidney trouble that
'ned me to such an extent that mor
phine had to be given me. Was attended
by a doctor who pronounced it aa stone
in the bladder and prescribed Li
this
Water. I took Lithia Water and tablets
for some time and received no relief from
them. 1 stopped taking medicines for some
time and having some Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp-Itoot in the house, I decided io
try it and felt much relieved while taking
the second bottle commenced to p)ue
gravel in urine until 1 had passed in all
at least a half a dozen or more and hare
not suffered the slightest since and in *31
have taken one bottle and a half and feel
very grateful to Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root.
Yours very truly,
II. W. SPINK8.
Camp Hill, Ala.
Personally appeared before ma this
16th of August, 1909, H. W. Spinks, who
subscribed the above statement and made
oath that same is true in substance and
in fact.
Dr. Kilai.r A C*.
BlnffciitM, H. T. I
privately, but
none had had the audacity to express
his conviction in cold type. Mexicans
were astounded at this frank dis
cussion of their national affairs and
predicted that Madero would lose his
head or his liberty. Having prepared
the way with his book, Madero an
nounced himself a candidate of the
anti re-election, or liberal, party fot
the presidency early last year. Ht
was formally nominated by a conven
tion of that party on April 15, 1910
Then he started upon a whirlwind
campaign that made Americans resi
dent in Mexico think of the stirring
rallies in this country 25 years age
when fireworks, transparencies, torch
light processions and noisy demonstra
A. B. LEE,
Notary Pubt*.
Letter I
Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do for Yoe
Send to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Bingham
ton, N. Y., for a sample bottle. It will
convince anyone. You will also receive
a booklet of valuable information, telling
all about the kidneys and bladder. When
writing, be sure and mention this paper.
For sale at all drug atores. Price h£ty«
cents and one-dollar.
CREATING ENVY.
Bronson—What do you And Is ths
greatest pleasure in living in the
country?
Woodson—Getting In town and tell
ing people about the cool bresses^
whether there are any or not.
Getting Acquainted.
When a new family moves In next
door the old boy and the new boy
climb upon the fence to get acquaint
ed, and it is done as follows:
"What's you name?"
"None of your business—what's
yours?"
"Now of your fcnsinesa. Till art
sassy."
"So are you.**
"Don't you talk back to me!"*
"And don't you to me!"
"I'm an awful fighter when I'm
mad!"
"And I'm awfuller than you are!"
"I've got a dog."
"And I've got a goat."
And five minutes later they
good friends.
Musical Note.
A music teacher in a New England
school was trying to make the chil
dren in the fourth grade understand
the value of a triplet—to get them to
know that three-quarter notes under
a braca were equal to two quarter
notes.
She couldn't make them unde
stand and finally, in despair, she
asked: "What are three little babies
born all at the same time called?"
"Accidentals!" shouted a small boy,
with a vague remembrance of the les
son of a week before.
Hadn't the Material.
"I really never saw such an Impu
dent man as that Mr. De Borrowe,"
said Miss Wrathy. "He actually had
the nerve to ask me the other night
how I managed to get that lovely
tinge of auburn to my hair!"
"Really? Well, why didn't you fees
his ears?" asked Miss Slimm.
"Why, I only had my Easter hat
box handy, and that wasn't big
enough," said Miss Wrathy.—Harper's
Weekly.
COMES A TIME
When Coffee Shows What It Has Been
Doing.
"Of late years coffee has disagreed
with me," writes a matron from Rome,
N. Y.
"Its lightest punishment being to
make me 'logy' and dizzy, and it seem
ed to thicken up my blood.
"The heaviest was when it upset my
Ftomach completely, destroying my ap
petite and making me nervous and ir
ritable, and sent me to my bed. After
one of these attacks, in which 1 nearly
lost my life, I concluded to quit ths
coffee and try Postum.
"It went right to the spot! I found
it not only a most palatable and re
freshing beverage, but a food as well.
"All my ailments, the 'loginess' and
dizziness, the unsatisfactory condition
of my blood, my nervousness and irri
tability disappeared in short order
and my sorely afflicted stomach began
quickly to recover. I began to rebuild
and have steadily continued until now.
Have a good appetite and am rejoicing
in sound health which I owe to the use
of Postum." Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Read the little Book "The Road to
WellTille," In pkgs. "There's a reason."
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