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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1913-01-10
Mrs. Col. G.. p. Jordan Dead.

The hundreds of Indians on this
reservation, as we'll as the large host
of friends of the Indian among the
white race, and the, Christian advo.
Gates of this and ether reservations
will be sorry to hear of the death of
Mrs. Col. c. P. Jordan, who has been
known for the last thirty years as q
devoted Christian woman and mem.
Der OF the Episcopal church. as we'll
rs devoted and faithful mother, al.
ways very liberal in her donations to
the church, as well AS tribal enterpris-
es, in fact she was a philanthropist.
Mrs. Jordan died at her home, The
Orchard Ranch" four and half miles
south Of Wood, s. D., on the 9Th OF
January 1918, after lingering illness.
Mrs. Jordan was 81 years old. She
married Col. G. P. Jordan when 20,
the marriage ceremoney being per-
formed at the Pine Ridge Agency, S.
D., in 1879. Her Indian name was
"Winyan-hcaka" meaning in English
the original woman or true woman.
To this union ten children were
born. Four boys and two girls sur
vive her. William, the oldest son is
married, Mary, the oldest daughter is
married to Alexander Bordeaux Jr.
Three boys and one girl, the young
est of the family aged Is, are still
single. John is the Deputy Treasur-
er of Mellette county. All the child
rem are pretty we'll educated, most Of
them having attended high school.
While Mrs: Jordan will be long re-
membered by the Indians as q true
friend and hospitable hostess; rs .
a faithful wife and loving mother, she
will also be remembered because of
her strong influence and character
which she utalized for the betterment
of her people. She wasa CONSTANT
worker in Women Sewing Societies,
always doing more than her share in
the work, and furnishing material.
BY her progressiveness and virtues
she was always recognized as a leader
and wascontinuslly elected as presi-
dent Of such organizations. She was
an artist in Indian bead work, her
work in this line being highly priced
by the Indians us we'll as among the
whites. Her passing away will be
mourned rs . personal loss by hum
dreds throughout the Indian country
40 we'll % thousands in other walks
of life.
Mr.. Shaw says Mrs. Jordan passed
away very quietly, conscious to the
last minute.
Tho sympathy OF the community ia
strong for the bsrsaved husband and
children.
The funeral wss directed by Rev.
Dallas Shaw Of Wood, 8. D., and the
services were conducted by Rev. Bap
tiste Lambert Of Oak Greek; 8. b.
Both spoke long and we'll of her Eife,
and her example of piousness aid
virtue, which may be considered by
women in all stages Of society.
Tho remains were laid 70 rest in the
Episcopal Cemetsry south west of
sWoot Monday. h. y
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1913-01-10
Some Real Winter.

The first real snow of any conse
quence fell here last Friday. About
an inch and half OF the beautiful
covered the ground. The actual a
mount of precipitation was fourteen
hundredths of an inch. We have had
some pretty cold weather since then
Monday morning at seven o'clock Mt
Miller's thermometer registered TWEEN
ty two below zero.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1913-01-10
Bad Fire At Witten.

Our sister town to the east of us
Witten, was visited by destructive
fire Thursday morning Of last weeA
about seven o'clock, which destroyed
the Office building Of Joe Healey and
the billiard hall, resteraunt and Opera
house. The billiard hall and roster
aunt belonged to P. Reetz; no insur
ance. The supposition is that The
FIRE started from an overheated stove
You can't be too careful about fire,
these cold winter days.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1913-01-10
Complete And Reliable Market
Reports.

In addition to giving its readers m
unexcelled news service the Sioux City
Journal publishes = daily market re.
port thas in scope and accuracy is the
most complete that can be secured
In publishing both . morning and
evening newspaper the Journal is pre-
pared to give you an edition that will
reach you first with all the news,
Subscribers receiving r-the morning
and Sunday or tho evening and Sun
day Journal secure an uninterrupted
news service of 365 days in tho year.
Subscriptions to the Sioux City Jour.
nal will be taken through the Office Of
this paper or through any Post Office.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1913-01-10
Drowned A Horse In White River.

Richard Mensrd whois driving q
freight wagon for the Draper Mercan.
tile Co., had q bit OF bad luck last
Saturday. He was coming to Wood
from Draper with four loads Of
freight. Whom about half way to
the river he had 10 leave two Of his
loads on account of the snow, and
came on with the other two. When
he got to the river at Andersons cross
ing, be put eight horses on one load
and started to cross on the ice, after
crossing the first channel in safety
he broke through the leo in the sec.
ond channel, one Of the horses, a fine
young marc, got down and was
drowned. The balance Of the horses
were saved. II was certainly hard
luck, but Il could not be helped.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1913-01-10
Broke His Collar Bone.

George Courier who lives six miles
south east of here had the misfortune
to DO thrown out Of buggy New
Years Day with the result that he
fractured his collar bone on the right
side. DR.. Edmonds was summoned
and he reduced the fracture.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1913-01-10
To Send A Dog By Parcel
Post.

The first piece OF mail matter Of.
fered the post master at Witten und-
er the new parcel post Law, was a
pup that an Indian in that vicinity
brought in and wanted to send to a
friend. The Indian had learned that
the Government would carry most
anything by parcel post.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1913-01-10

Ted Lundblade, one of our young
hpmestsaders north Of town, has &C
Z ted : position a. stenegmpher at
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1913-01-10
Picked Up About October 18th

One Chestnut Sorrel Mare, weight
about $50 pounds, two white hind
feet. mo brand, age IA or over. Owner
can have same by proving property
and paying cost of advertising and
keep. JAS. w. CARTER,
47-3t 3 miles east Carter.S. d.
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lTo BE Continued
Arixona's World Wonder.

The Grand canyon cannot be describ-
ed In measured terms. Every beholder
sees It In different form. just as the
rolling clouds suggest different resem-
blances to the eyes Of the beholder. Be-
gin with the thought OF the canyon
thirteen miles wide. mile deep. the
Colorado river 200 feet wide imprison-
ed down In the depths between lofty
walls of weather stained granite ana
rushing wildly on its way. 1t is buried
so deep that only now and then can
yOu get Il glimpse Of what looks like .
little dark ribbon Of gray. Above tho
black granite walls of the river you
see what you can easily imagine to b
row after row of red brick skyscraperB
projecting from the sides Of the canyon
mt acute angles and always pinnacled
by imposing towers.
The height Of those prodigious sky
scrapers and towers cannot be meas
ured by the Imagination. They seem
to rise few hundred feet In reality
they tower thousands of feet from the
foundation walls. The colors are mar.
velOus.
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Bell Of the Old OREGON.

The old bell which on Oct. %. 1850.
tolied from the sidewheel steamer Ore
gon the news to San Francisco that
California had been admitted to the
Union Is now part of the exhibit In
the pioneer room OF the Golden Gate
park museum. This heirloom Of Cali
fornia history was the ships bell OF the
steamer Oregon. which sailed from
Panama for San Francisco soon after
this state had been admitted to the
Union. Sept. 8. 1880 When the steam
er sailed through the Golden Gate on
the morning of Oct. 22, 1850. and APP
preached Meiggs wharf a sailor tolled
the bell necessarily until scores Of
small boats came alongside and learned
what news the vessel brought. The
people Of San Francisco then heard foe
the first time that their state had been
admitted into the federal union. ana
festivities ensued. The bell bears the
inscription Oregon, 1848. New York." /"
-Argonaut.
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sets OF gates should be demolished the
water would rush through with fear
full velocity. hut provision has been
made against this contingency by hav
ing In readiness emergency dams.
which would be swung out over the
lock and forced down through the In
rushing water.
1t Is to prevent such accidents that
the plan Of towing vessels through the
locks with electric locomotives was
adopted. rs then no misunderstanding
OF signals from the captain to, the en-
gineer of ship could result The
tracks for these locomotives are on
each side wall of the locks. and two
will fasten to the rear and two to the
front of ship to effect a passage, u
all twelve locks were joined end 70
end they would make canyon nearly
three miles long. ITO feet wide and
eighty feet deep
c'he natural topography or the 18TH
mus at Panama permitted the Chagres
river to escape into the Caribbean sea
through break In the mountains VI
Gatnn Engineers logically considered
that this was the point ut which dam
should be thrown across the chagres
river. Two valleys were formed a
Gatun by a hin which rose In ths
center to an elevation of 10 feet. ant
the dam that was designed runs from
the Gatun locks to this hill and from
this hill to the mountains. total dis
lance OF 1900 feet or a mile and
half.
AS the Chagres river every year dis
charges enough water to Oil the lake
] some means Of disposing Of the sur
4 plus water had to be provided. Th
plan adopted called for spiliway {
be constructed in this hill. about thir
way in the dam site This spiliWay J
ct concrete. requiring 225.O00 cnbi
yards to complete On July ]. 1918.
was more than 9S per cent completet
| The floor Of the spilIway Is ten Zee
above sea level and 300 feet vic
Through the hill, which involved e,
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On Aug. "a. 1909. the first concrete
was laid in the Gatun lock Site Rock
of desirable kind for use In making
the concrete as well as sand could not
be found in the canal zone. and expert
ments along the coast showed that at
Porto Bello. twenty miles east of
Colon, good rock could be quarried.
and sand was discovered In suitable
quantities and quality at Nombre de
Dios, forty miles east Of Colon. These
two places are the oldest on the 18th
mus, Columbus having been there in
1902.
Rock crushing began at Porto Bello
on March 2. 1909 II all the rocA and
sand removed from Porto Bello and
Nombre de Dios were placed in barges
separated by the usual distances in a
tow they would reach from Colon to
New Orleans, or 1.5O0 miles. This ma.
teriai was towed to Colon and thence
through the old French canal to
Gatun Here 1t was unioaded by ma
chinery and stored conveniently for
the concrete mixing plant
All the machinery and equipment for
building the locks were designed on a
scale commensurate with the unprece
dented size of the structures. Eight
giant mixers were fed with rock. sand
and cement by cars operated by cleo
tricity. the finished product coming
from each Of the mixers at the rate of
sixty-four cubic feet for each complete
| operation.
To get the concrete into place four
cableways suspended across the lock
| site on towers eighty-6ve feet hig',
we're installed. Electrically operated
cars brought the, concrete to these
towers. where great buckets were I'LL
ed These buckets then were run up
to the cables and out on the cables to
a given point. where they were lower,
ed and the concrete dumped into the
proper position.
After the floors of the locks had been
| laid the walls were built IN the usual
manner Of erecting steel forms. which
were removed when the concrete had
hardened. At Gatun the walls OF the
locks were built In sections thirty-si1
feet long and joined together. on the
idea that such construction would have
less tendency to settle and crack than
II It were built In one solid. continuous
wall This may be appreciated when Il
is understood that at Gatun the locks
form a concrete wall about $500 fee,
long. or considerably more than half Z
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placing Of rocks weighing many tons
throughout the walls The lock walls
at Pedro Miguel were not built In Sec
tions as at Gatun. bnt as one solid
piece of masonry more than 1000 feet
long. At Aiiratiores the two locks were
built in sections. as ut Gatun-
The gates for the locks were con-
tracted for. In 1910. to cost $5.314.-
474.S2 Their construction and erec-
ton are by the McClintic- Marshall Con-
struction company of Pittsburgh. un-
der the inspection Of the commission.
This concern in 1918 had more than
5000 men at work and was rushing
the construction to meet the dates
agreed upon for their completion. Tn
der the contract this company has until
Jan l. 1914. to finish the work. On
July l. 1918. out of total OF $4,000
tons of steel required In all the gates.
"a, 900 tons had been erected. or 81 per
cent. leaving to be erected before Oc
tober, 1913. when the first ship Is
scheduled to 60 through. 1000 tons
There are forty-six gates IN all
twelve locks. with two leaves to the
gate or ninety-two leaves. The gates
are from forty seven to eighty one feet
high. are seven feet thick and weigh
from 800 to 600 tons each leaf. They
are constructed with interior cells.
which Mt the bottom will be air cham
bers to assist in their manipulation.
and ut the top water chambers to in
crease their weight as the water rises
| in the locks The sheathing, Is with
| steel plates riveted on heavy girders
| These gates will be opened and shut
! to permit the entrance or egress OF
ships by electrical apparatus.
As 95 per cent Of the vessels In the
world are less than COO feet long 1t
would be great waste OF water and
time to use the full 1000 foot lock in
each passage So intermediate gates
are being constructed which will per-
init the use of only 400 or 600 feet. rs
the particular vessel may require
There are recesses IN the lock walls
which allow the gates tor be opened
and still leave clear width of ITO
feet At the entrance Of the locks .
chain, with links three inches in d.
ameter, stretches from one side to the
i other to stop vessels which might not
obey the signals In case the first
| gates should be rammed and broken
second set OF gates especially pro
vided for emergencies have been con
structed behind the first set. II both
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China and thu Ieleuraph.

Chlna was confronted with stiR
problem Mt the introduction Of the tele-
graph. It was hopeless to think OF
combining the western Morse dots and
dnshes In sufficient variety to express
the 1000 or 1000 characters used by
fairly literate Chinese. not to speak
Of the entire 10000 or so known to the
highly educated men of that race. A
phonetic system was barred BY the
fact that the same Chinese monosylla-
BILE means different things. according
tO the context or intonation and also
BY the diversity Of dialects. A Dana.
Professor Schellernp. found the solu-
tion. The 1000 characters most COM
monty used are given their equivalents
ii code or numerals and these nu-
merals are telegraphed. Thus. cash
In the code Is G03O. II amy one want
ed to telegraph the number 6.o3O itself
be would send the code equivalents
Of the words six" thousand" and
thirty,
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The Story Of the Pearls.

Nearly everybody in n social set com.
posed Of elderly people who live In tho
upper part of New York has heard the
story OF the pearls. 1t Is true st0-
~ without a moral. The men Of the
dinner party were smoking and tho
women were In the drawing room. Il
have always admired your pearls"
said Mrs. A., who was seated next to
Mrs. B. .And ! think yours are just
lovely" retorted Mrs. B. politely Yes
but would gladly give mine for
yours" "You would be sorry II you
did" Il should be perfectly willing to
take the risk Mrs B. smiled and,
ieaning over. whispered: -They nre not
renl. The only genuine thing about the
piece II the clasp The diamonds arc
real ones" us that so?" said Mrs A.
well. even the clasp Of mine Is
make believe" And then the men
came in.--New York Tribune.
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mile The usable part OF each lock Is
1000 feet Tong. and there are three In
fight
In each Of the outside wallis and In
the center wall tunnels eighteen feet
in diameter we're constructed Tor use
in filing md enlptying the locks with
water during the processes OF raising
and lowering ships Smaller tunnels
run out from these main longitudinal
tunnels, under the floors of the locks,
with openings through which the water
is turned into or withdrawn from the
lock chamber by gravitation- Valves
operated by electricity regulate the
flow of the water. The water for
operating the locks starts from the
Gatnn lake and flows through the tun-
nels down grade through the three locks
until II finally is used In the lowest
lock. when it Is spilled into the sea
level channel.
The first concrete for the Pncific side
| locks was laid at Pedro Miguel on
Sept. l. 1909. seven days afte. the be
ginning OF operations at Gatnn It
d
| was in February. 1910. that concrete
| work was started in the two locks at
Mirafiores For all twelve locks AGO.
| 400 cubic yards Of concrete were re-
quired
| For the three locks at Gatnn 2.0OO.-
600 cubic yards Of concrete we're requir.
led, for the one lock at Pedro Miguel
921 900 cubic yards and for the two
locks at Miraf1ores 100000 cubic
yards. A contract was awarded Tor
4.5oo,OOO barrels Of cement. with the
privilege Of increasing this order BY 10
per cent, and In 1912 another 1.O0O.O00
barrels were bought to complete the
canal
/ All twelve locks were half done q.
regards the concrete work about Ma.
/ /. fo1l. The best months record 70
laying concrete was made In Aprii
1912 In the Pacific division. when ",
| 735 cubic yards were laid. The con
Icrete Is all Of REINFORCED construction
! and an unusual feature has been th
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curio,,s Result Of = Tax.

4 curious thing happened when the
English auctioneers were tlxed. AZ
frst Is q year. the duty was raised to
f1O by Peel but he relieved them OF
the necessity of taking out license
for beer. spirits. etc. when they SOLD
these articles at auction The conse-
Quence was that everywhere the anc-
tioneers carried on the sale Of beer ana
spirits for thmselves until the abuse
was stopped In 1864.
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miles away. or pass through the old
bed Of the Chagres river harmlessly
into the Caribbean sea While tho
pressure on the dam will be terrific. no
such catastrophe Is considered proba-
BILE. The Gatun lake is the largest ar.
tiflcial body Of water in the world.
Wrecks or accidents In the lake or
locks will be handled by monster 27O
ton floating cranes.
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Sweet Corn.

Sweet corn. classified by b0ta nists a.
Zea sacctlarnta. ID 4 variation vi Zs.a
mays. which ls regarded as montypic
genus 1t frst came into cultivation IN
the region about Plymouth. Alass.. In
1779. being received from the indians
of the Sus,luehanna. Whether some
Indian burbank originated or
whether u was the result Of careful
selection by copper colored cultfvators
il now unknown. Prior to 1854 only
two varieties Of sweet corn were
known, but In 1870 siYty-0ne distinct
sorts were listed. We do not know
when sweet curn was introduced to
Europe. Field corn was introduced In
1hG2 Sweet corn has been attracting
some attention. in Great Britain for
several years, but Is not yet generally
grown. william Cobbett. the politician
-nnd writer. who died In 1885. tried to
pOpularize the culture of field corr
and grew II for some years at his farm
In Surrey. Rural New Yorker.
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Moving.
He-You seemed to be much moved
by the performance.
Sbe-Not 30 much as you were. You
moved ut the end Of each act
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On The safe Side.

Patron-Do you always make youe
portraits flatter the subject Artist
Y&s: 1t II better to do that than to ~
psint them. m.-Exchange.
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n New Yor.

No. Marjorie. there Is difference be
tween taxiderinist and taxtrab0ist.
A taxidermlst skins animals. and \
Mxicnbbist isn't so particular :. bell
fkin anybody New York Clipper.
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Pisasant Hypocrites.

In a school I once attended the most
popular girl was the most tactful one.
As far as know. only one girl dislfked
her. That girl was spiteful. cross and
therefore not very we'll liked. do sou
know what she nsed to call our idol?
A hypocrite The words bothered me
not a little. and spoke to my chuin
about 1t, bnt she answered me In bet
thoughtful little way:
..Well. I guess that may be-. Betty Is
hypUrite II being a hypocrite nseans
saying little kind things based on small
pretexts and leaving unsaid the unkind
things. NO matter how good q reason
there IL for saying them but she's Z
mighty comfortable person to have
around. wish that the world WI,
full ut such bypocrttesg = Chrtstiar
Herntd
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Cheese.

The British are the greatest cheese
eaters 10 the world. England also
heads the list for diversity Ut cheeses.
seventeen different varieties being pro-
dnced there. France comes next and
then Italy. Holland. Norway and Swe-
den. British cheeses are all made
fr0m cows milk and without any ad-
mixture save 10 the case OF ''loaf'
cheddar. which IL sometimes favored
with sage leaves. Foreign cheese max
ers show less exclnsiveness. Rogue
fort Il made from Sleeps milk and
Gruyere from, eoats' d@ilk.
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a Habit Of rhoaeht.

THE egnator b an Imaginary line
running around the earth" said the
boy who likes tO tell what he has
learned at school
An imaginary line" repeated the
great railway tina ancier absentmtndedly.
who's promoting it7''-Washington
Star.