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BERALD VOL. XXXXII No 48 ROBOEHS STEAL CAR AN!) $6,069 CLOTHING STOCK CM REMVEREDIT FARGO TUESDAY Ml kLIJE OF THIEVES OK CLOTH ING Kill Ml $200 REWARD One of the'biggest robberies that has been pulled off in Milbank for some time occurred Monday nigh., when thieves entered the Plymouth Clothing store and took 1J2 suits and btween .30 and 75 silk shirts and also enteral the S. S. Lock hart garage and stole his Buick car, making a clean get-away with the stolen property. The Plymouth store robbery un doubtedly took place between three and three fifty-one o'clock. Ed Mur ray, night watchman, made his usual round at three o'clock, at which time he found the back doors locked and everything looking alright. After meeting the train he made another round, at which time he found the screen door unhooked ami the bar it door onen. Howard Manchester parsed tho Lock hart residence about mid-night, at which time he was sure that the gar age doors were closed. At about 2SH) John Martina passed and he saw the doors open and the car gone. Mr. Manchester, W. W. Wilson, county sheriff end Cha .. Sutcliffe, po Hfeenian. were immediately notified. They telephoned and telegraphed to all of the large towns, notifiying the counts sheviils and police departments of the robbery. As soon as the report became generally known clues began to come in. Mrs. E. li. Deus.-ipg, liv nig on Third Avenue heard and saw three cars at 3:30 o'clock driven at a terrific speed pass'the house goi-Jng .-•oath to the Ackei rrv.va comer, where they turned ami went east. The trail was picked up and followed to Re villo and east, people along tlje road having been awakened from a sound sleep by the roar of the engines. Mrs. Dcussing reports there were three cars, two large touring cars and one coupe, possibly a Ford. Pete Peschong, living about seven miles southeast of the city, was one of the many awakened, who says the noise made him jump out of bed. The cars were also tracked by the track of one of the tires on Judge Lockhart's car. The entrance was made thru a win dow on the balcony in the rear. One of the robbers was boosted to the shed which covers the back door, where he made short work of getting in by breaking the window pane and un bolting the window which is on hinges. He then down and unbolted and open ed the rear door and let hi# confed erates in. The actual time in the store could not ha^e been over ten minutes, as everything had been located, and they lost hj time in nicking o\t the goods The new fall stock of suits, which had just been received by the store, were hangintr to the west end of the suit rack. Only the dark patterns and blue serges were taken, all of the light patterns being left. They ranged from size 3/ to 4 1, being stouts, short stouts, slims and regulars. As near as can be checked the number was 162, altho that estimate may vary ten suits either way. Two shelves con taining silk shirts were taken, with the exception of a few dropped bv the robbers as they were being carried out These were found neai the cash reg ister behind the counter. In their hurry, or because the cash legister drawers were open, the thieves pass up about Sl^-O in silver which ua.i left in the register. Mr Manchester went up *n the aero plane about one o'clock, an endea vor to locate the cars, siiouJd they have .' topped in a. grove or cornfield to await night, so that they could tra-el without suspicion with their load. Vic Amdahl and Chas Sutcliffe spe~t five hours searching the aban doned barn. groves, gnlleys, culvert Jvr.d -cornfields south of Rcvillo and Marietta, where the trail was lost, but without ava'l. That the robbery is the handiwork of professionals is the general belief. Everything was planned perfectly, the timie of entry, the location of the goods spotted, the method of entrance, the stealing of the car and the get away. There is no doi^bt but that the gang bad been here for some time or several times and had the field well In hand. Judge Lockbart's Buick was dis covered parked in the park fn Fargo, N. D., iaso Tuesday afternoon by the sheriff of that county. He at once telephoned to rvii'b^nk and received a discription of the car from Judge Lock!iart, "o that the ident'tv of the car wa.i immediately established. The stolen clothing ^was not in th§ car, nor was there any trace of them. Mr. Manchester left Wednesday morning ('or Fargo, where he will identify the car and bring it back with hirr. He will also make a thoro search of the second hand shops and fences which are under the observa tion of the police and sheriff, in an effort to locate the stolen property. Since this development of wi. the af- NEW HUNTER'S LICENSE LAWS NOW IN EFFECT Now that all hunter?' licenses for 1920 have expired and it will soon be time to renew therrt, a new law with reference to the license for smail game is of special interest to hunters throughout the state, the legislature having Emended the old law -n several particulars. Under these amendments resident hunters of small game are given the option of taking out the tegular $1.00 license or a special li cense costing S3.C0 in Meu of the $1.00 license. These special licenses will peimit the holder to ship to any point within the state not to exceed fifty birds. Applications for them must be made direct to the state game war den and it is optional with him wheth er to issue a license or not in any par ticular case: the law gives him dis cretion in the matter. The applica tions must specify to what address the birds will be shipped. The licences will have ten coupons, each good for a shipment of five birds, and a coupon must cf course be attached to each shipment. The coupons are to auth orize any common cairier to receive and transport the game in accordance with th« term-. As generally known, the origin al law specifically prohibited ship ping game within or without the slate Another auv:'hi^nt 1 the li cense Saw i one that .provides that no person shall be'entitled- to a resi-1 dent hurter'^ license who has not lived within lie state ix months proceeding t' e time o" talcing ap plication for the license and he rr.u be fifteen years of a«re unless the i rense i applied for by n parent of a child urder that age. H-A from his sisters the firt of the week, Mrs. Julia Nelson of Lo Angeles and i Mrs. Carrie Lehman of Aberdeen, Wash., who .^topped off while on their way A to Wisconsin. 1*.. S-welV of Minneaoolis auto- ed out to Mi-bank Wednesday tor .» few da: .t visit ai the L. R. Fverson home. Mr. Sewell Mrs. Ever son. Mr. Lockhart was very fortunate in recovering the 4car, sThe the exception being niadrt where a checked the development of farming resident of the stale accompanied the inlet e: is Is nearly all m* this western shipment or carried it with bun. The count'y, but this mountain region has special license amendment was made [not nfl'ered neatly so much as has to enable a resident of the state toithe eastern pa send game home while on a hunting trip and is not intended in any man ner to permit promiscuous shipTsirg of gamp. i Postmaster Johnson received no tice of his re-appointment for another! doubt it. four years this week, which will take key Tied, effect «n August 4th. Mr. Johnson was appointed as acting postmaster on April 1, 1920, after C. W. Martens then postmaster, resigned. Mr. John son sewed until August 1920 when he received hi.- appointment after suc cessfully passing the postmaster e.\-i weather at animation. grow th than the fall sow n grain. Thi Fred Schneider enjoyed a vi«H unusually dry seasons of the past two or three years, have tMiipoiarily ience is| a brother of fair, it is the general c,pinion of the authorities, that while the goods mav the car was used only to take trie goods to some convenient place, where peot. and Judge Lock hart s ear driven on to Fargo where they look care to have it found quickly. The license plates had not been changed, nor as far as could be ascertained, nas there* any damage to the car. This elue might lead the* authorities to believe that the goods were nearby tnd thus throv them completely off the track. With this leducticn, it is thot that the good were take i on south to Sioux Falls, or Sioux City or east to the cities, in the the original direction uney. started. brother clue which developed later was the telephone call from a Mr. Leibe, of Corona, who said that a pa« ty driving a Buick touting stopped there in Corona abo 1:30 o'clock asking the road north, wfyo seemed to be in a great hurry and much agi tated. This may be- another decoy to lead the authorities off the track as this does not correspond with the time of the robbery, nor with the time the car is supposed to have been stol en. in good condi tion, which is another reason why it is believed that the car was stolerPto be used only as a decoy. This bold robbery biings us face to face with the fact that something should be done to insure greater pro tection for the business places. A nightwatchnian, or even two, cannot cover the whole busin^.-,c rict at once and a thief can easily plan his work to time with the rounds of the watchman. There should be some sys tem of a general alarm, whereby each and every business place would have its alarm, which, should be easily ac cessable and would notify all other places of business. This would be for day piotcction as well as night, a pro tection against hold-ups and killings. In this way the merchants would have a protective association thai could be used for fires, robberies, or hold'ups. ,m ^1e v*a"* ,n ... .. temptation t» slight the cultivation of eraj MILBANK, S. DAK, FRIDAY. AUGUST 12. 1921 Editor Dowtiie Tells Of Western Auto Travels Willow Creek, Mont., July 27, 1921. Editor "Herald-Advance: As there aue several Milbank and Grant county families located here 1 thought per haps ums of your readers might be interested in hearing of them. Among these are the E. D. Thorndike and Fred Nelson families. They conduct the bank and lumber business and as the little town is the marketing place for the Willow Creek Valley and for a wide stretch of the bench and wheat land- surrounding the valley, tney have established a very success fid business, and aic active agents in all the various public-enterprise* that go toward building un the community's interests—socially ami morally. Mr.. Nelson has recently erected and mov ed his family into a fine new resi dence, and is enjoying a visit from his mother from California. Another former citlxen who has hi* home here is Ralph Briggs, who in company with a Mr. Cooper, has the meat market, and giorrry business. "Hoxy"' al-o has quite a tract of land in wheat on the b1. nches, or dry farming lands. part of the state, because neatly all of the valleys have large tracts of iriigated land*. To this par ticular pai of the stale the loss of litre during the winter and spring of. 1929, and the low prices for n.'-.t year, was i-• fe!: .'an the- short crop,*. However, this year there s great improvement in crop conditions on the benches. 1 have been over a considerable portion o- the cotmtrv during the week and w .- en -ome of the fine -s fields of wheat one could wish to see, and they toil rne i'nw. these will thrsh out J'rom 30 to 10 bu-h«-!- to the acre—and I do not These fields were in "Tur n winter wheat van* tv. 0f' course these vickis arc. exceptional, for ti.-ere arc other -fields that would ha (II pay for the harvesting. The best .*ields are mostly of the winter wheat. The spripg wheat being la':er, seemed to have caught the dry hot a more critical stage of t'1e t'ierc 's a great grain oad for much of the difference in these fields—show ing that good farming has re^ult.- herc as elsewhere. Where the acreage is larpe for the individual farmer, the .r is always gre t. and in the bad .-easons the glowing grain shows where this has been done. However, some of this difference can well be at tiibuted to the spotted character of the soil and sub-soil, which shows up in the same field in many cases. As the crop last year wa a prettv gen- -^lure for lack of rain, the pros- lhis year are the \eie transferred to another cai, though a tiisouietiny feature ha« been or car.-, or put undr t'o\er t«»r a while, tiie apnea ranee in places of the grass- encouraging even hopp-: plague. However, the des tructor. has not been e.tensive from this Muse, and where the pests have made their appearance the farmers have been cuccessfully fighting them with a poisoned bran mush, furnished bv the county and state, the farmer only cing to the e: pen-e of putting1 it around his fields. Among otner Milbank- or Grant county people who are located here ire the (Jarnet bY*hers, Frank and d. ar.d thcii sis-ter Mary, who hrve y large ranch, though Mr. Ed. and hi wife live in town. Mr. v. rues !»Iurra*\ a former resident of Milbank and one of the P'ft I .1 M?.'or,p'i towi .p ',s ah o I'v'.i: e, ani iii-j frienfs \viil bo interested to know he i-s tiii batchelor and is likely to remain so vt least until next "leap wear. George ancl Will Bergren, sons of Nels Berg ren, caily. day residents of. Stockholm town.-hjp each have ranches a ,ov. miles irom/town, and have gooii crops this ye^r. Their father has removed to Washington state ami is living in the Yakinta valley. Our old friend'Bert'Archer, one of the early day 'residents of v eastern Grant county, and Mr. and Mrs. Al- bert Hawe-\ former re iefcnts of Mil- Saskatchewan, where the Thorndike bank also have.thejp home here nnd i s.ve another daughter living, are prospering and happy. Arnold Dehlings,' son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. "eliding north '.ve?t of totvn. came near being «cr- :ousl fnjurec! in a runaway accident 'ast F"it!ay while making hay. The team became frightened and Arnold v.'as thrown forward to the ground. the rake with tines down passing over uo for the scribes and you will hear him. He escaped with .a cut above more of them after his return, the right eve. This excitement fright-j Fzauk McKernnan left Thursday ened another team hitched onto a hay backer into a runaway also. Both ma chines were juite badly damaged— Reviilo Itepi. The L. P. Ranous family, early day residents of Milbank also live some .ifteen miles from here. Mrs. Ranous leave- for Rochester, Minn., for ntedi 'a! treatment this week. Mr. Ranous accompanies her, and their son Lloyd will have charge of the ranch while they are absent. Your correspondent and his party greatly enjoyed the motor trip to this pla-ie. having been vouchsafed fine weather during all the six days on the road—the more than a thousand miles by trail being made by easy stages and camping before sunset each day. The trail is very carefully marked and easily followed and there is little of on#'s getting off the cute at any point The road conditions were e\celler.t, considering tiie .lilferent country tlii- rh w! i.-'i the ail has to go ,'.e region p&rtio'ihuly, an I th'M*e wet only a lew places where the conditions were really bad, and these were places where road work was under way. One of the interesting features of the trip was the meeting with the other tourists when camped for the nifht. T!icy were fion all sections of the country! and were bound for all sections, Some were out for a «hort trin like ourselves, others were making a coast to coast journey, a 'a e tmniber were bound for the national parks—Yellowstone and Gla cier—on» returning from a trip to Cn^fovnia made las ', year after-spend- inif vmt'-r in that state, and one we globe tv Lter who had teen to iS:'ieria and took -his way of crossing the American continent. The variety of convevance^ was no't°me less li. -i r.i :tt peo? or. f. ,n this trek particular outfit wa. witfi a three month- -M bobv ruling a motorcvele with attachment i £oct' young man onerated the motorcvle. I l»aby seemed to be perfectly happv, enjoyir.g the outing just as much as I w°n' y we had lo make a day or so later. Another contrivance consisted of gorwi sized house on a Ford cha.^is. We id this niece of arcliii .'1 ure on one of the hills I have- h.i. referred to and Henry wa rloing hi level best o mediate the steep incline with the claim shantv on his shoulder.-:. Mio |.*rtv accompanying the outfit the man ami wife little ihin-i^itei' and Mr. and Mrs. F. W .Thorndike, of Stone, who with the writer and wife compose our party, v:ll leave fr Great Falls this week to visit their n and daughter, and the Downies vdl join them there next week for the return trip ,after arun up into w. i I{ra„.lm..:hW. 'attc'- ],a.l riimlH.I the I,ill an,! were fj mL pickln* w'lrl flowers, father was ni,!TeX"- A1«U. the front veranda, sweating (and pos sihlv swearing) and in every known way y.\citing Henry to his utmost en d* avor to make a record and carry the barracks to the summit, while friend wife Has out behind blocking up the wheels every five or six inches that was gained. Among tourist-: there is a rvmpathetic interest and spirit of helpfulness and of course we felt wr had to dismount and as sist the travelers, who stated that they had come from Arkansas. After a few stiuggles and when the whole party had gotten in u good push or two. Henry got the death grip on the hill and nothing could stop him. His chi'g, chu«\ chug, as he sailed away, sounded like the triumphant crow of a proud rooster when one of his hens i has iuid an egg. past eight years, with the exception All c-f the towns along the trail have th? period he served in the army n-Mvided good camping grounds, some been in the employ of the Thirsk of them nice groves and on river banks, with fire places., tables and oilier conveniences. At one of these a register is kept and among other thing:-- the camper is requested to 'k in the register the amount of "bases his party made while in I n. and the total will he no small ount as the number of tourists is 'iost beond behef, ar.d as the roads being made better each year will continue to inciease. W. Downie. Tlr1 editor, A. L. Nelson, abandond I "the of the Herald-Advance tfice ^r a few days an-i left Thursday morning to attend the State Editorial convention which is held in Brookings Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week. A fine program is lined MrS. McKernnan has been visiting tkere £ak a few ..»^Vj*alcW- fA- moiriing tor Mitchell where he wiil ship i- that the wheat went 14 bushels neet his wife and return Saturday. te the acre and the oats 52 bushels 752 TOURISTS REGISTERED AT PARK IN NINE WEEKS Since June sixth when the tourists register was completed and placed in the camp there have been 752 tourists registered. This is an amazing num ber, an average of 85 each week dur ing the nine weeks the tourut park has been open. It is estimated that fully three times that number have passed thru th city without stopping t'. register, making an estimated num ber of people- who have passed thru more than 2,000. The register showa that many of the people who went thru here early in the season are striking back home. The comments of these people are vhat Milbank has the finest little park they have stopped in all a'ong the way, some having made trips of more than 5,090 miles. Notice has been given that the Ab erdeen Yellowstone Trail Information bureau will close Spptc mbei 3. It will also be announced for the conven ience of ouvist.s that the following bureaus would close Sept. 3 al«o* Ft. Wayne, Cleveland. St. Paul, Chicago. Those closing Sept. 10 are: Minne apolis, Miles City. Milwaukee and Butte. The bureau at Missoula will close Aug. 27, as the manager of that Inveau is going to Lo\ intr.- n The following is the list of tourists who have registered iiere E. Turner and wife, Portland, Ore.. tfce varietv of Kenosha, Wis., to Los Angeles: A. H. ).5e 11'It'-u^n an" young couple i 1to more .onnp!1 4°" Aberdeen John Kelleher and party of kn'w ceived during the week of August 5 to 10: Mrs. E. H. Mentz, Wahpeton, N. D. to Orionville: Myrtle Tapper, Cash mere, Wash., to Blue Earth, Minn. Clarabel Hoag, Adrian, Mich., to Wash. A. N. Ploul' and r»artv of two, Minneapolis, to Haitford Reach Frank Wetz and party of three, Madison, Wis., to Wat-onville. Calif. Fred Schu,er ^t. James, Minn., to WatcrtQwn DonaJd Ross and party of three, Portland Ore., home: John to the ta^.nv.t ^ng enclosed, and M'n^apolis to Los cont .ininv vj.e and baby while the An^cle':" paade^a Mr. anl Mi.dred (.allegher, Indian- of two: El- 5i,nd pa,rt-v^ ?f thlee- Cam" t,J5ark' Mr- Mrs. A. R. Huebsc !. St. ChnrU»«. nnea&o- lis. to Los Angeles Earle Blakaler and wife, Medina, O., to home M. H. Lepper and family, Menominee Falls, Wis., to I.os Angeles: 11. T. Apple fate and wife. home. Ore. I. L. Keo pke and family. Elmore, Minn., to V Th,- tw(-i n'"' 1 Da"ns Anderson-Hebert Miss Grace Anderson, who lias mad,' her home in Milbank for the past two years as a st nographev for the Mc Gowan Lunder company, and A'lison Hcbert, son of Mrs. L. Hebert, were iuietly married at the Congregation al pnror.age by Rev. Carl Bast Tues day e'enintr. The marriage will come as a sur prise to the many friends of the young couple. Mi-:s Anderson has made many friends during the tw years she has been in the employ of th§ luirber company by her personality. Mr. .Hebert is a Milbank man, be*' ing born and raise:! h*"" went to school in the Milbank schools and the groccy. Therp he has made many friends who have come to know him as a .-teadv and trustworthy man. They were attended by Mr. and Mrs. George A. Schmidt. Mrs. Schmidt being a sister of the groom and re cently married. The bride wore a dress of pink crepe de hine and the hriclegroom wore a dark blue serge suit. They left Wednesday morning for Minneapolis by automobile, where" they will visit. They will also visit other places in Minnesota before re turning, whiclj will he the last of the week. They will mafce theiV home ip this city. The flferald-Advance ioin Mr. ansl Mrs. Hebert's many friends in ex pending hearty congratulations. H-A MASQt ERADF BALL The Sisseton Post of the American Legion will give a Carnival Masquer ade Ball at Hartford Reach, Tuesday evening, Aug. !(. Prizes, cash. Boats to Foster until dance is over. Concert at 8 p. m. by Sisseton Municipal band Carnival Masks, Confetti, Streamers. H-A A threshing report from the J. H. Neuenberg farm seven miles south west of the city in Grant Center tovvn- Both are good yields. ia the renter. A. F. Tassler Consolidated April 1890 LIBRARIAN GIVES REPORT OF SUMMER ACTIVITIES LIST 3f NEW ROOKS DONATED BV MILBANK PEOPLE LIBRARY TO REMAIN OPEN UNTIL 9.30 The Library will be open only on Saturday afternoons and evenings during the month of August. In the afternoon it will be open at the usual time but in the evening it will close at ::30 instead of 9 o'clock, for the benefit of the country patrons. During the month of July when the library was open four Saturdays, the circulation was 44N. The readers num bered 120 and the reference workers 8. Oh the I'st o* pupils names who re library diploma-". Ruth Holmes deserves honorable mention for receiv ing a diploma and for having read all the books on th£ sixth graele list. Since school closed, Katheiine Jur gens has done the required reading for the fifth gradt and her name has been placed on the honor roll. Lorette Blake has finished the fourth grade reading and is now read ing the fifth grade books. F»om Mr. and Mr"-. 11. P. DeNeui, who have beer worthy patrons of tho library, and who are now in Manitow, Colorado, we, have received a souve nir folder of the beautiful Garden of the Gods and of Cripple Creek Canon. These scenes will be greatly enjoyed by picture levers and they will also be issued as reference material. Many donations have been received this month and are being greatly ap preciated. Mrs. N. J. Bleser present ed ei«rht volumes Mrs. Bouck, eight, Mrs. Albert Patridge, eight Mayor N. F. Nelson, ten Evangeline Coon.s, two Lester Allen, one and Mr. G. L. Woo'!, ten. All books were leased a. *oon as accessioned and are continual ly in circulation. A. new traveling librarv has been recevied, which contains the frflawiny books.: Children's Books Aleott—Jos Boys. Camp—Danny's Fists. Cha pin—Story of the Rlnegold* Crump—Boys Book of Fireme|fcp* Duncan—Billy. Topsail M. ft. Fitzhugh-«-i i^iun'a Outdoor Magic. Gordon— -Logan fhe Mingo. Goulds—Worthwhile People. Horntrook—Drake of Troop One. Piper—Princess of the Cliib Spgei—The Rose Child. Non-Fiction Beith—Worthwhile ChiIdMM|t Collins—Camera Man. Fisher—Self-Reliance. Mote—Learning lo Earn. McKeever—How to Become an Effi cient Sunday School Teacher. Phillip—-Poland Service—Rhymes of the Red Crop* Man. A Warwick—Women am! the War. Fiction Wells—What is Coming? Aldrich—Told in a French Garden. Brown—Country Neighbors. Cooledge—Desert Trail. Crockett's Autobiography. Day—Blow the Man Down. Di\—Blvthe McBride. Hallet—Trial by Fire. rfutton—The Mag-Pie. Mundy—King of the Khyber Rifles. McCall—Stirrup Latch. Parker—Northern Lights. Rowland—Killing His Own Shoes. Ruck—»Boy with Wings. Tracy—Dav of Wrath. Webster—The Thoroughbred. Weston—Oh Mary be Careful! French—Suzan Cle^jg and her Lowe Affairs. H-A 1 HOLD YOni ORDER $ur Mr. C. C. Shipley will call on .)'ou* shortly to introduce our exten sive lines of hardy, Dakota-grown nursery stock, consisting of fruit ifrees, ornamental trees and shrubs. wind break stock, strawberries ami e\'ery other kind of nursery stock. trees and other stock are grov/n £ight here where we know it is hardy and proof against winter killing. Mr. Shipley is an ok! and experienced nur seryman and will gladly assist you in pruning your trees, prescribing rem edies «.nd giving any information *»$.• Biay wish in the nurserv line. MILBANK NURSERIES, Milbank, S. t), By Dr. J. W. Ross, Secretary. The out-dde nursery salesman wtlli" this .-liding scale of prices will he here shortly. Ae a§k you to hold your order unti! v.c can see you. Wo* not only can save you money but we guar- v.** antee our stock to be hardy in Grant count\ Beware of the sellers of southern grown stock. -*2' •, -H-A Mrs. "Doc" Lipse entertained a jol-. lv crowd of old time friends at her home last week, the company be ing Mrs. Ralph Briggs, of Wil low Creek, MonL, Mrs. Eric Thorburg»^ of Bismark, N. D., Mrs. Chas. Wil liams and Mrs. Lee Gold of B:g Stones^ 1 V .4'