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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-02-16
MELLETTE COUNTY CONDITIONS
Brief History Of The Rosebud With
Timely Advice to Homestccders
Locating in this Section
OF Country.

Ten years ago the Rosebud reser'
walton in South Dakota. which com'
prised mt that time. all of Gregory
county laying west of Bonestesl. all
of Trip and all Of Meyer (now subdc
vided into Mellette and Todd counties }
was little known country to the out
side world. There were three Indian
trading posts in territory extending
from the Pine Ridge line to the
Missouri river
About this time the bill WIS pre-
scented in congress for the opening ,ei
Gregory county, aud in July 1904, the
registration for this opening took
place. Since then the Rosebud
county has been very much in the
public eye. it has been advertised and
talked about from coast to coast.
Some well meaning enthusiasts
may mt times have given the prospec'
tive settler the wrong impression ol
the country by presenting only the
pleasant and easy side of the home
steaders life. thereby leaving him un'
prepared to meet the contingencies
that arise in any new country, and D
>HAcm,xteader bc u city .mnn q
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-02-16

have trouble in getting it threshed
and marketed You can husk your
own corn with your two hands. feed
il Ia your own stock and sell il local
~. and besides your corn stalks make
excellent winter feed for your stock.
The homcstcad,r VINO expects to
keep l-w good COWS and Few good
tro"i ma"- viii bc on 81 safer hn>l-
az. g." ..n Hhp "XP,c'- 10 uarh,i
t.s c.,p. tnr bad season rnay pat
tn" lai',r in bad shape hut the man
with Il team OF horses or few steers
To SELL every season will always bc
sale Their" j. go ra'acr on earth
where cattle and horse can j." matur-
al ~ chcaply. the quality considered.
a. here The large ranrhrr> are r..
duciug their herts to- MAKE room for
, the coming of the lnmrsicadcr. The
home-teader who buys ual!r" slurE.
accIlmatcd and located. Will have little
chance of loss. The quality OF ho'h
cattle ana horses raised in Mcll"itc
county is equal to- amy in the state, ~
for years the large hrretcr- have used
. registered sires.
There i much OF 'thc a.",t land
which was origauillv allotted 60
Indians which they or their heir have
-Oid and il is now in the hands OF
white owners. within six milc- OF III"
town of Wood There are on" hun
dr.d such sections practically al! oi
which will soon bc farmed by white
farmers. When Won start for your
new home IN M"ilriia crrutv. DO not
think for one minute HAT YOU will
led an u.u ap?ri wilderness. inr
from il. There are number Il ranch
tr> and farmers here who are doing
we'll aud at" pro~r"rOu>. some uia
timers and some newer arrivals who
have bought ihm' N recent wears. hat
all ~ticker- and the olde.l inhabitant,
the best boosters of all.
In Wool. nearly cyetv line O.
business i represented auH yuu can
buy anything from u knitting needle
To- team and wagon an automobile 10
traction engine and buy !, as cheap
lis a. anywhere else. Furthermore.
by delaying your stocking up with
. supplies AMI equipment until reach
ing your destination, YOU will say,
railway aud overland freight. will = I
the article he>; adapted to your needs
and patroni2e the people that will
soon be- your leiGhhors and irie:d>
Mcllette county welcomes the home
Strader who comes with the determin
alton To stick. 10 bwi'd up Il HON,
AMONG goni people and in the best
country un Garth.
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Notice to Homesteaders.

Having witnessed and experienced the last three
openings of the Rosebud country both homestead
and in the business world we feel that able 10
handle the trade peculiar to the conditions which arise
in taking up a claim.
There is unfortunately false idea among its new
arrivals to this country that prices in the stores OF in
land towns cXorbtant anc ecy0ud the
of the average home-secxcr. A second unmitigated
travels hand with this first To the effect
stock Inefficient in the stores away from the
railroad.
This is of the u stakcn ideas brought forth by
the malicious -natu-ed citizen Of which every
country has its abundance.
We arc here prove the utter lack Of foundation
for such atrocious reports.
We cordially invite you TO come and watch
back up our ckannge high prices and inadequate
stock ny splendid and complete line Of goods from
darning needle up the varied scale Of domestic
ccssities. -
1--WE SELL EVERYTHING"
WOOD MERCANTILE co.
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Panama Canal.

\ lecture on above subject will he
givea on Tues. Feb. ~. in u. p. Cart.
er'S store hy Rev. Alec Russell OF
Carter. Stereopiican will be used
and 81 views shown on screen. All
are invited To come and hear Of thi,
Americas greatest undertaking.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-02-16

W. III. Tackett of Colome was i'm
Wood Thursday looking after bust.
ness interests. Mr.. Tackctt has re-
Gently been appointed administrator
for the Schmidt estate in which some
$50, 900 00 IL involved.
Herman Heilicksen of near Wood
has purchased a large cream separator
ani i noH prepared ~ iurnish .,pn..
homemade butter and cream. !,
more eli our farmer, woui follow
suit they would find it profitable in
IyeStmrnt.
Messrs. Chlber.son and johnson oi
Mur,o have rented the Eastman pool
and billiard hall aud have instalic
new equipment and have an up-to.
date establishment. They are dong
good business and deserve ia,
patronage.
Ea5nry q. Miller. proprietor .. the
Northweeterr Auto Co. expects 81
attend the Automobile SHOW at Omaha.
Feb. 18th. Mr. Miller has taken the
agency for one ol thr leading makes
OF automobiles and will ship up u ear
load for stock. lie has a number
already sold.
The many friends af \. H. Wood
were pleased to learn upon his return
IRON a recent visit To Omaha. where
he went To consult IA specialist. that
he is practically well man. Ia fact,
Mr.. Woods condition WAS found to be
such that his contemplated trip south
for his health has been postponed in
definite ~.
The finishing touches are being put
on the interior of the First State
Banl; building, the freScoing i about
completed, the furniture is al install.
ed and when the hard wood finish is
put on .Ee building will he complete
There is no hanGsomcr. roomicr or
more convenient banking room in the
Rosebud country.
j. G. Wineinger of near Carter wa,
in town recently aud informs Us that
he will soop h. located here per.
manertly with his we'll boring ma
chine. Mr.. Wineinger puts down
wells while YOU wait. AMI you don
have to wait long either. "" In,
made dozen or more good wells it
a. Il around Wood.
Ice harvest is the order of the dav
Every available man and team ha,
been pressed into service AMI ar,
busy early and lait. The ice Gro,
this year is the best for many YEAR
being about twenty-five inches thicl
and clear as II crystal. About ~
tons are being stored il the numer
Gus ice houses III town.
We understand that the new stcc
bridge across Big White River "a
Westover is about completed. Thi'
! bridge will he boon TO the cntir'
population of Mellette county. 1t l.
lust ~ miles from Wood to MurdC
and there is no better road in The
county. we hope the good people 81
Murdo will avail themselves OF IN,
opportunity to come down ana iooI
ns over. Parties hauling freight owe
this road report it the best try eve
frcighted over.
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woman, be The cause OF harC.ships
and sometimes suffering.
Their" are hard>hips and some
times suffering in Il new country. all
will admit. but every case Of either
can be charged directly to either IL
norancc or extreme provcrty. The
homestcadcr no matter what his or
her former vocation. can max" -o"b
lnd har" .U~t ~ may ruulou- Il
az ,br up.- than ih"y icii al home.
but should not rXpec; to find them
ready madr, j, means months Of hard
WORK or Il good outlay Tor hired help
before they can bc had The man
NhO has nothing has Il bar! time any
where bat here in ihr Rosebud. pro.
vided be- i not further handicapped
10y ignorance o! conditions, can live
better than anywhere else We know
OF. He will not stay poor very long If
be- ."i work. Honest, .ating is no
place for u laZv man and our advice
Ia such !, to STAY at home This is a
country Of live ONES. people Who 90
things. II j, such II population tina;
ha, mace Gregory aud Trip among
The best counties i'm the state aud
such - Hill make Mclletic county the
best county ia the state. To the
hOncSioI.!cr who l. coming to Mel
lrt,e county in April 10 file. or all who
drew Numbers below twenty five hun
drcd. 90 not lrt anyone talk YOU out
al coming out 10 see Tor Yourself.
You all spen, some money and time
when you came ont To register and /.
Won have number under twenty-five
hundred. come and satisfy Yourself
first. There are NO, that many. num
her one farming claims. it j. true. bu;
there are Il great many quarter, Of
land which are partly rough 9th
perhaps forty or eighty acrcs III goo,
level land. but lie IN "A good iarEln"
country. close Ia good towns. Tc
the homcstcadcr who expects I,
raise some stock. this i, well worth
taking.
Thrrp.fourthS of the choice farm
Ing land NJ the county lies in ia,
east half and the greater part of this
between I@Lite Thunder anti Putt,
creeks. Typography OF MelIett'
county i very similar tn eastern
South Dakota and western Iowa. witt
the exception of several chains o'
buttes which traverse the county n
intervals. There are numcrou.
creeks. some running the year round
Others only about six months caci
wear but practically all well timber,
The soil Of Mellcitc county i,
equal 20 the best OF Iowa and Illinois
heiug from two - seven or eight fee
deep. This soil seems To contain III,
necessary elements Ia produce prdcti
cally any crop known 10 the latitude
Alfalfa aud corn doing better thar
most anything else. The past season
was an except oual.y dry one il
many parts of the United States anC
we had our share Of it. it being Tn,
dryest in many years. But in spit,
of that. there was fair crop OF corn
potatoes and good stands of alfalt;
had by the few farmers already IN TIA,
county.
There is no safer first years crol
than corn. Flax is often sown 81
new breaking with good results bu
rs rule season that will grow goo'
fax will also grow good corn. Fla
requires expensive machinery to han
vest and should YOU happen to be j
the Interior of the country. woul,
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The granddaughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Dallas Shaw l. quite i'll.
Suhscrilr for the Pioneer il YOU
want il good newspaper from good
town.
Rob't Emery of the agency was a
pleasant caller at the Pioneer office
today and entered his name on oul
subscription list.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-02-16

Sec the First State Bank for loans
and insurance.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-09-21

The services for tomorrow at St.
Philips Church will be as follows
At 2 p. m, Holy Communion; IL a.
M, Morning Prayer and Sermon; 8
p. m, Sunday-school; 8 p. m. Even
song and Address. Parents and chill
dren are respectfully requested to bear
in mind that the Sunday which
was on vacation part of the sum
mer, will reopen tomorrow afternoon.
The minister in charge, Rev. A. H.
Maloney, M. A., who was out cf town
attending the annual convention of
Colored Church Workers, will speak
Sunday morning on the subject he
was asked to address the convention
on, viz: "The Laity at Work in the
Church. .
At the 8 O'Clock service he will
speak in general lway on the "Do-
ings and the Outcome of the Conven-
tion." The convention met this year
at New Berne, n. C. Those of US
who remembered the address on last
years convention will surely be in
terested in both the addresses to-
morrow. The public is cordially well
coined.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-09-21
LABORING UNDER MISTAKE.
Girl From Rectors is Not a Burlesque
Plays in Best Theatre in Balti-



Last night closed the vaudeville
engagement for this week, as The
Girl From Rectors'' will hold the
boards tonight.
There has been some little confu-
sion regarding this attraction. Some
are laboring under the impression
that it is burlesque. Again Mana
ger Irons states that it is not a bur-
lesque, or has il a single objection
able feature. 1t is a good comedy,
full of life, ginger and up to the min
ue. 1t is one of the big New York
and Paris successes.
1t made run of one thousand
nights in Paris, three hundred nights
in Berlin and three hundred nights in
Vienna, besides the long engagement
in New York. 1t has played week
stands in every principal city in the
United Stats, and the press in every
instance has lauded it very highly.
Don't miss it, for you will be sorry
when your friends tell you how good
it was and how thoroughly they en-
joyed it.
Manager Irons promises another
big vaudeville show for the first half
of next week and another big sur
prise for the last half-two features.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-09-21
INSTALLATION SERVICES.
OF Pastor at COIOred First Baptist
Church Market Street.

The installation Services of The First
Baptist Church, Market street will
take place Sunday Sept. 22nd, at p.
m. The programme will be as follows {:
Opening hymn by the First Baptist
Choir, Mr.. w. M. Brice, Chorister /;
Scripture lesson, welcome address to
the Baltimore Divine, by DR.. N. Nj.
Carroll, pastor of Asbury Nj. +.
Church; response by DR.. A. Brown,
Pastor of The Leaden Hail. St, Bap
tist Church, Baltimore.
Mr.. G. r Waller, Pastor of the TriI-
ity Baptist Church Baltimore, will
make the installation address, his choir
will sing.
DR.. w. M. Alexander. Pastor of the
Sharon Baptist Church, Baltimore,
will give charge to Church.
DIR. ID. 6. Mack, Pastor of the Mace
donia Baptist Church Baltimore will
give charge to Diocosse.
DIR. l.. Curtis Pastor of Mt Moriah
A. NJ. E. Church will give greetings
on behalf of community.
Rev. Maloney Rector of St. Philips
p. E. Church will give greetings on be-
half of the ministers.
The new installed Pastor is Rev. s.
S. Wormley ID. ID. who was the State
Superintendent of Missions for six
years in Maryland. 2t.s20
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-09-21
ROLLICKING RECTOR GIRL.
Tonight at the Colonial a Good
Humorous Show at Popular Prices

81 saw The Girl From Rector's.
Histl It's a hummer. Whatever
may call it, it pleased the audience
nightly. It tickled them to death.
Seven encores were given one act,
and every climax was greeted with
the heartiest applause.
The Girl was charming. She
was chic, up to date, catchy and exub-
Grant. kiss me on the beauty spot
behind my ear she said to the en-
amoured star, and everyone in the
audience wished they were in the
stars shoes. Did | like that Girl
From Rectors'? Do like chocolate
blanc mango Do like pretty girls
end humorous? Do like good story
we'll told?
''It was a pretty pot pourri of
song, lausic and laughter, a gay me-
lange of we'll acted incidents, and
were it to come here gain, believe
would not be alone in asking for
my seats early"
The above little article is just
what everybody says of "The Girl
From Rectors. +" This sensational
success will appear at the Colonial
Theatre tonight.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-09-21

Mr.. and Mrs. E. S. AlvoiG and fami-
ly of Washington, who have been
spending the summer in one of Mrs.
Fowler's houses on the Severn River
have returned TO the city for the
winter.
Mrs. Foster, who is an active worker
in the Just Government League, and
presided over the headquarters of the
suffragists last winter at the Claude
Flats, was in town yesterday, and at
tended the campaign meeting at David
sonville. last night.
Midshipman William H. P. Blandy,
cadet commander of the brigade of
Midshipmen, is in town having return
ed from his no ne in Delaware, where
he spent his vacation.
Mrs. +. o. Walton is the guest of
Hotel Traymore, Atlantic City. where
she is spending September.
Miss Katherine Walton. who is the
guest of Hotel Traymore. Atlantic
City, will return nome on September
30th.
Mrs. Cecil Ewing nee Sehafer, is the
guest of Hotel Penhurst, Atlantic City.
Prof. and Mrs. ID. M. Garrison. IT,.
S. NJ, have returned from New Jersey,
where they have been spending the
summer and are at their home in the
Naval Academy.
MIR. and Mrs. Arringdale ID. Leeman,
have returned to their home in Roland
Park, Baltimore. after spending the
summe on the Severn River. near An
napolis.
Pay Director Thomas 7. Caswell, U.
S. Navy, retired, has returned to his
home in Annapolis. Md. He has been
a guest at the Weekapaug Inn, Weeka-
paug, r. ].
Lieutenant Commander Ralph Earle,
| u. S. Navy, on duty at the Naval
Academy. has gone to Worcester,
Mass. where he is a guest at 56t
| Pleasant street.
Lieutenant II. l.. Walker, u. S.
Navy, on duty at the Naval Academy,
is a guest at the Army and Navy Club
He is taking the examination for pro
motion and will be in the city unit
October /.
Mrs. .Goldsborough Adams and hel
young son Laurence S. Adams Jr.,
are visiting friends at the Nava
Academy.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-09-21
YOUNG WOMAN
RODE 10000 MILES
Carries 6 Shooter and Has Wet
Horses Feet in Both Pacific
and Atlantic.
MISS CLAIRE BORN IN ANNAPOLIS.
A Typical Western Girl Who Kills
Birds IN the Rockies.

Annapolis need not be surprised if
some day next week they see passing
through the streets astride a hardy
pony, young woman attired in q di-
vided skirt, large sombrero, boys
shirt, with blue handkerchief around
her neck, high tan boots and a rat
tesnake skin belt, with an ugly-look-
ing six-shooter cangling from it.
This young woman will be Miss Al.
berta Claire, of Sheridan, Wyo., who
is lust completing a 10,000-mile
horseback ride. She is now in WASH
| ipgton. Miss Claire is accompanied
on her journey by Mickey" large
half-wolf and alf-Newfoundland
dog, weighing 1873 pounds.
Miss Claire is a typical Western
| girl. She is twenty-five years old,
and weighs only 90 pounds. She was
born in Annapolis, Md, but has spent
most of her life in the West She
left Sheridan on her long journey Sep
tember 10, 1911. Among the large
| cities she has passed through along
the route are Portland, Los Angeles,
| San Diego, San Monica, Phoenix, St.
Louis, Cleveland, Buffalo, Pittsburg.
Philadelphia, New York and Atlantic
City.
In order to say that she had cross
ed the country from the Pacific to
the Atlantic Miss Glare left San
Diegowith the hind feet of her pony
in the ocean, and on June 9 rode
in the sea at Atlantic City. In New
York City, Miss Glare put the final
rivet ia the cupola Of the Woolworth
building, the highest structure in the
metropolis.
The belt from which bangles the
six-shooter is made from a rattle
snake killed by the young woman.
/ The broad sombrero is held on by two
buckskin thongs, at the end of which
are two eagle claws, from birds kill
ed by Miss Glare in the Rockies.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-09-21
Naval Man Weds.

The marriage of Miss Josephine May
Liebling, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Emil Liebling, to Lieut.. Jacob Lawtor
Hydrick, U. S. NJ, took place
last Wednesday in st. Chrys-
ostom's Episcopal Church in Chicago.
The bride was attended by Mrs. Gard.
ner Casky, sister of the bridegroom,
and Mrs. Philip Luders, of Philadel.
phia. Mr.. Frederick Lilly. of Wash
ington, d. c., a former classmats al
the Naval Academy, was best man,
and the ushers were Lieut.. Guy
Baker, u. S. N. Lieut.. John London.
u. S. N. Mr.. Edga Ewing and Mr.
Philip Luders. Lieutenant and MRS.
Hydrick will reside in Philadelphia.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-09-21
NAVAL WEDDING TONIGHT.
NuptiaIs Of Lieut.. John T. G. StapIer
and Miss Margaret Ramsay to
Take Place in Baltimore.

A wedding of much Importance to
society in Maryland, Virginia and
Delaware, as we'll as to Navy circles.
will take place this evening at Christ
Church Chapel, Baltimore, when Miss
Magaret Key Ramsay, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Achton Ramsay,
will be married to Lieut.. John Taylor
Cause Stapler, u. S. N. son of Mrs.
Stapler and the late Henry Stapler,
of Wilmington, Del.
The full-dress uniform of the groom
and the ushers will add much to the
brilliancy of the scene. The cere-
mony, which will be performed by
Rev. Edwin Barnes Niver, will be
followed by a small reception at the
home of the bride, Mount Royal ave-
nue., Baltimore.
The bride will enter the church with
her father, by whom she will be giveK
in marriage, and will be met at the
chancel steps by the groom attended
ley, on duty at the Naval Academy.
The brides gown will be of white
satin elaborately embroidered by
hand, and trimmed with old family
rose point lace, and her tulle veil
will be fastened with a bandeau OF
orange blossoms. She will carry g
shower bouquet of lillies-of -the-val.
ley.
Little Miss Mary Boone PeytoD,
a niece of the bride, and her only
attendant, will wear a dainty white
lingerie frock and yellow sash. and
will carry a basket of white roses.
The ushers will be Mr.. Henry Rawle,
of New York and Lieutenants Rus
sell wilson, William Baggaley, also on
duty here, F. G. Starr, G. w. Nimltz
and Midshipman Thomas G. Peyto n,
u. S. n the latter nephew of the
bride.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-09-21
BOY SCOUTS.

Off on a Hike to St. Margaret's. $.
This afternoon the Boy Scouts took a
hike to ST. MargaIet's. This hike was
the ''unlucky 13'' as previous to today
the boys have made IL different hikes
in the county with Prof. E. 5. Krantz,
gymnastic instructor at the Naval
Academy.
1t was practically with Prof. Krantz
and the Rev. Walter G. Mcneil. pastor
of the First Methodist Episcopal Church
that the Boy Souts in Annapolis had
its inception. Since July % Prof.
Krantz has been working hard with
the boys and has organized three pa
trolls of "a boys who have been coached
and Sworn in as members of the
''tenderfoot class of Boy Scouts.
The boys who have been interested
by Rev. Mcneil and Mr.. Krantz are of
the First Methodist Episcopal Church
congregation.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-09-21

Economy is the watchword with Gov
ernor Goldsburough in connection with
fhe repairs now being made about the
Executive Mansion and grounds. In
the laying of the cement walk about the
Circle. the old bricks are being crushed
and used as the base for the cement
filling. This will mean considerable of
a saving as the regular form of con-
crete used for similar purposes is quite
COSTLY
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-09-21
Md. Ave. M. E. Church.

Maryland Avenue M. E. Church,
Rev. Alex. Bielaski, pastor-9.S0 a.
M, class-meeting, j. g. Porter, lead
er; ii a. M, service and sermon by
the pastor; 2.30 a. m. Sunday school,
G. w. Jones, superintendent; 2 p.
M, Epworth League devotional SER
vice; 7.30 p. M, service and SER
mon by DIR. Edward Hayes. District
Superintendent; Tuesday, class-meet-
ing; Wednesday, prayer-meeting; Fri
day, second quarterly conference to
which DR.. Hayes will be present and
preside.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-09-21

Re-examinations will begin at the
Naval Academy on Monday Of those
midshipmen who were found deficient
in the annual examinations in June.
and were compelled to forsake their
annual September vacations, and re-
main at the Academy and bone for
the second tests.
Upwards of a dozen midshipmen.
members of the second and third class
es, are booked for the re-examina-
tions, which will be ia progress for
about three days. Should the deIip-
quents qualify in the tests, il is likely
that they will be allowed a few days
leave before the re-opening of the
Academy on October !.