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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1914-07-18
OBITUARY.

Mrs. VIM. Sperrey, better known in
this vicinity as Miss Julia Kessler, was
born in Elk Point, s. d. Oct. Is, 1898,
died from the effects of an operation in
the st. Joseph Hospital at Dead wood, S.
D. July 5. 1914. She lived for five days
after the operation, and it was thought
she was doing all right, but she sudden
ly took a turn for the worse and lasted
but few hours.
Deceased came to this country in
1904. and resided, with the exception of
the last two years, on ranch near Ar.
gyle with her mother and stepfatherh Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Livingston. She was
married Feb. 10, 1914, to VIM. Sperrey
of Deadwood. She was we'll known in
the vicinity of Argyle and her untimely
calling came as shock to her friends
as she was favorite with everybody.
Funeral services were held July 7th,
attended by her relatives and many
friends and the floral offerings were pro-
fuse. Interment was made in the
Deadwood cemetery.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1914-07-18
THE STATE FAIR.
South Dakota ran ks fourth with

South Dakota ranks fourth with twenty.
nine herds in the list of eleyen states
which have nominated herds for the
futurity shows to be held during the
1914 Fair season under the management
of the American Poland-C China Record
Association. States ranking below South
Dakota are: Nebraska, Missouri, Wis
consin, Illinois, Montana, Minnesota,
Tennessee, Kentucky and Mississippi.
Premiums totalling $500 are offered
for this futurity, in addition to the $2,-
600 regular premiums. $3.50 of this is
paid by the State Lair Association and
$3.50 by the American Poland China
Record Association. An animal that
has been "kept good" is eligible to show
at any Futurity if owned by any ex-
hibitor living in the state where Futurity
is held, provided that no animal can be
shown at more than one Futurity. This
rating by the American Association is a
gratifying tribute to the South Dakota
swine breeders and to the State Fair
which will be held at Huron during the
week beginning September Ia.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1914-07-18

Chas. Baty is reported to be some bet
ter, though his condition is still bad,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1914-07-18
MANURE FOR FERTILIzER.

The annual loss in manure which is
not saved as fertilizer amounts to
$700,000,000 according to a statement
just issued by Guy E. Youngberg,
member of the chemistry force at the
South Dakota State College and Exper-
iment Station. This is ] of the plant
food value of manure produced by farm
animals, a waste that is almost entirely
preventable. 'This carelessness" says
Mr. Youngberg, "tends toward the blind
use of artificial fertilizers, often when
unnecessary.
. In this comparatively young farm
ing country one has been prone not to-
regard the gradual depicting effects 60
ing on or they have been unobserved
until crops can no longer be profta bly,
grown. Then the terrible waste can be
seen. A little foresight as is now being
advocated, is surely necessary; in other
words conservation of plant food in the
soil by common sense methods must be
taken advantage of. The use of farm
product manure is one of them.
considerably less than of the food
material that passes through the animal
body is digested. This leaves a rich
product very valuable for plant growth.
1t requires little calculation to say that
it is very profitable to save all manure
and return it for further crops"
CnHa a
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1914-07-18
Freaks Of Lightning Cause Much Loss.

ASeNS Va Soboo IL uSh LUBE
Reports from the northwestern part
of the state indicate number of freaks
of lightning in a recent storm in that
section, resulting in one fatality and
loss of stock. Robert Jewett, who
was riding horseback near Isabel was
killed by a bolt which struck him on
the temple and passing through his
body and killed the horse he was riding.
His underwear was burned to crisp by
the lightning.
Dave Sims was driving a team hitch
ed to wagon with high double box and
dropped his whip down onto the tongue
of the wagon. He was reaching for the
whip when flash of lightning over his
shoulder killed one of the horses and
knocked the other down.
Thinking them both dead he made
his way home afoot, but on his return
the next morning he found one of the
horses all right except that it is deal
from the result of the stroke.
A. w. Burleigh, who lived in a small
log cabin near Bison was reused from
sleep by bolt which struck the ROOT
of the building and tore things up
generally in the cabin, and made a
rush for the door and out into the
rain in the garb of Adam before the
fall, and started for anywhere excep,
that spot at his best gait. After run
of a mile in the rain he recovered from
his fright and returned to the shanty
and put out small blaze startedby the
lightning and returned to bed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1914-07-18
The Old, Old Chinese.

Few of US think of the Chinese as a
nation that lived centuries before re-
corded history. Clyde Whitmer says in
Philadelphia North American: We in
America think that the famous pyra-
mids of Egypt are old. We look back
upon their history with a sort of awe.
Yet the Chinaman of today comes from
a nation that lived and worked and
studied celestial philosophy eight GEN.
turies before the biblical period Of
Moses.
The teachings which the average
Mongolian follows today are those laid
down 500 years preceding the birth of
Christ These are the laws of Confucius
and are often publicly referred to by the
well known WI Tingfang.
Ordinarily, we look back upon the
history of Greece and Rome as an anti
que period. AS compared with China,
our Grecian and Roman history is as
modern news. OF the two races of peo.
Pile who still survive from out the period
far back in, ancient history, the Jews
and the Chinese are left alone. Every
other nation has perished. The Jews,
however, have lost their country, and
there is no nation that they can now
claim as their own distinctive Semetic
nation.
The Chinaman, however, still possess
es all of these things perfectly intact
His country still remains well preserved.
His language is his own possession still,
and the yellow man still possesses his
distinctive nationality. "John," in ad-
dition, has contributed his share toward
the worlds progress.
Around the commencement of the
Christian era, the Celestial discovered
how to make paper, and few hundred
years after this he devised the art of
printing. Far back in historic times,
when our anglo Saxon ancestors inhab-
tied the British isles, wearing coats of
animal skins and fishing in canoes dug
| out of tree trunks, the fore fathers of the
present Chinaman were selling Chinese
silks and other profitable wares to the
Roman empire.
Although the Chinaman did not pos
sess the instruments of mathematical
precision which our engineers of today
utilize, yet 200 years before the birth of
Christ John Chinaman constructed the
great wall around China, which con.
tains material sufficient to build wall
six feet high around the entire globe.
You cannot help but take your hat off
in admiration to the abilities of the high
er grade Mongolian. even though his
country is reeking with filth and squalor.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1914-07-18
3 GONE TO REST.

Little Haphna Gould aged twenty
months, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Claude Gould, died at her home July 8,
after an illness of only four days. The
funeral services we're held at her home
conducted by Rev. Powell of Custer
City, interment being made in the cem-
etery at Pringe, S. d. A large atten-
dance of friends and relatives followed
the little one to her last resting place.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1914-07-18
. new LAND RULING
By Recent Decision of Interior Department
Entrymen Given Appreciable Relief
Applies to All Entries.

BY recent decision entrymen on the
public domain are given appreciable re-
lief as far as contests are concerned
The decision applies to all entries but il
of greater benefit to desert entrymen
than others.
An act of congress passed March 8
1891, made it obligatory on the govern.
ment to file contests within two years
after final proof. The field agents oi
the department nulified this law by FL
ing blanket protests against all desert
eutrymen and the contests were then
delayed beyond the time specified by
the statutes.
The specific case on which the decision
rests was that of Jacob A. Harris, OF
Susanyille, CAL, homesteader, in the
forest reserve. His entry was contested
and the contest started after the two
years limit had expired.
Assistant Secretary Jones, of the de-
partment Of the interior, renders the
decision and holds:
IAN executive department of the 20.
vernment has no legislative power and
must leave to congress and the courts
the rectifcation of any evils that may
flow from its administration of the law.
under the promises of the law an
entry is confirmed against any proceed
ing by the government. as we'll as against
private contests and protests, unless
such proceeding was pending at the ex-
piration of two years from the day of
issuance of the receivers receipt upon
final entry.
"a contest or protestito defeat the con-
firmatory effect of the proviso must be
a proceeding sufficient in itself to place
the entryman on his defence or to re-
quire of him showing of material fact,
when served with notice thereof, and
such preceding will be considered as
pending from the moment the affidavit
is filed, in the case of private contest
or protest, or from the moment the COM
missioner Of the general land office on
behalf of the government, requires
something to be done by the entryman
or directs a hearing upon a specific
charge"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1914-07-18
Dealers Auto License.

On inquiry from Fall River county,
the attorney generals department holds
that dealers auto license tag does not
give such dealer the right to use bis auto
for general use, nor for hire. Such use
will require general license tag by the
dealer, the same as is required of all
others who use autos for their private
benefit or for hire. The deal
er's tag is for demonstration purposes
alone and passes from car to car as they
are disposed Of
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1914-07-18
Tuberculosis Death Rate Light in 8. Dak

tuberculosis Death Rate Light IN 8. Oak.
The work of securing data from South
Dakota for the national association for
the study and prevention of tuberculosis
which has just been completed in this
state by Dixon Van Blarcom shows the
death rate from that cause to so per
100000. against 1.49 for the country at
large. Minnehaha county shows the
greatest number of deaths, 1873, with
Lawrence second, los.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1914-07-18

Ice cream and soda water at Jones'.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1914-07-18
Respectfully yours,
FRED M. Ollie.

Editors Note.-The above letter
doubtless refers to an article which the
Chronicle clipped from the Buffalo
Gap Gazette and which was re.publish.
ed in the Chronicle of July 4, duly
credited to the Gazette. 1t was not an
expression of the views of this paper
and if the allegations therein contained
were in error we regret any injustice
done the park perintendent.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1914-07-18
SAYS PETS WELL FED
Superintendent Wind Cave National Park
Resents Recent Newspaper
Criticism.

Department of the Interior, Wind
Cave National Park, Office of Superin!
tendent.
Wind Cave, s. d. July II. 1914.
To the Custer Chronicle,
Custer, S. ID.
1 am amazed to learn of recent
articles in your paper and also the sub
ject for press dispatch in other. papers
in which you state that the buffalo and
elk at this park are in very poor condi-
ton and without sufficient feed.
1t does not seem possible that news
paper man would print an item of such
nature without being more certain of
the facts and if you had taken slight
pains to look into or inquire about the
matter, you would have learned of your
error.
We are feeding the buffalo and elk
hay and grain and have been from the
day they were placed in the enclosure.
If the pasture does appear bare from
the roadside that is no occasion to pub
lish the mis-statement that you have;
for the feeding is done at the sheds and
corrals and is costing US considerable
money.
1t is no more than fair that you should
come down here and look into the mat
ter and publish an additional statement
in correction of your error and give it
equal publicity.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-17
CATARRH TROUBLE
ENDED BY HYOMEI
YouBreathe It-No Stomach
Dosing-Clears the Head

Surely try Hyomei-nature' remedy
for catarrh, head colds, sniffles, or
Group Of Infants treatment that not
only instantly clears the head and gives
prompt and lasting benefit in all cases
of catarrhal troubles, but is perfectly
harmless and pleasant to use
When using HyOmei you are treating
your catarrh troubles with the natural
remedy-nO roundabout method, but a
diTect-tO-the-pOint way. It's folly to
doctor catarrh of the breathing organs
with stomach medicine; instead, breathe
Hyomei It's curative and antiseptic
medication will Immediately reach the
most remote air cells in the nose, throat
and lungs; quickly heal and soOthe the
raw and inflamed membrane. You feel
better at once.
Hyomei has benefited so many suf-
ferers Of the worst cases of catarrh,
cold in the head, bronchitis, and weak
or husky voice, that it is always sold
by Kelly & Pollard under an absolute
guarantee to refund the money if it
does not do all that is claimed Ask
any druggist for q complete Hyomei
outfit, $1.00 size. It contains inhaler
and bottle of HQuid.-Advertisem
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-17
usursl use TLZ
every time for any
foot tTouble."

You can be happy-footed just like
me. Use ''TIZ' and never suffer with
tender, raw, burning, blistered, swol-
len, tired, smelly feet. "TIZ" and only
'TIZ' takes the pain and soreness out
o. cOrns, calloUses and bunions
As soon as you put your feet in a
'TIZ' bath, you just feel the happi-
ness soaking in. How good your poor,
cld feet feel They want to dance for
JOY. 'TIZ" is grand. "TIZ" instantly
draws out all the poisonous exudations
which puff up your feet and cause
sore, inflamed, aching, sweaty, smelly
feet.
Get a % cent box Of "TIZ" at any
drug store or department store. Get
instant foot relief. Laugh at foot suf-
Ierers who complain. Because your
feet are never, never going to bother
OF make you limp any mOre.-AdYer-
tisement.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-17
NORMAN GAYNOR WEEDS NIECB
on AMBASSADOR NELSON PAG

F9irfax Courthouse, Va, April II
Norman J. Gaynor, son of the late
mayor Gaynor, and Miss Betsie Page,
daughter of the Rev. DR.. Frank Page
of Fairfax, Va, were married here
Thursday night in the historic parson-
age of Zion Episcopal church, of which
the fride's father is the rector. DR..
Page performed the ceremony. The
bride is a niece of Thomas Nelson
Page, American ambassador to I-aly.
The couple viii make their home in
New York after trip to Europe.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-17
Bischoff BuHding Houses.
ADJUSTMENTS.

FINE PATHE WEEKLY TONIGHT.
An exceptionally good Pathe Weekly
will be shown at the WigWam tonight.
1t is filled with interesting pictorial
current events such as the funeral of
sam Bow, leader of the great Bling
Kong Tong; a S400 900 fire at n NOV
ing picture studio; the breaking up Of
an immense ice gorge in Germany with
dynamite; Huerta's soldiers at Mexico
City on special parade for the Weekly;
thousands of starving elk being fed
by the government to which they
have turned in their distress for food /;
an army polo team trying for honors,
etc. etc.
Saturday afternoon is the Sam Hous-
ton Debating sOciety's matinee. The
boys will send representatives to the
state contest. Come to the matinee
and wear your school cOlOrs.
Tuesday, Judith of Bethulia," the
great BiOgraph picture in four reels
that made the manufacturers of all
Europe wonder, viii be shown. Three
competent critics have told the Wig
wan management: 1T is the best
picture L ever w.''-Advertisement.
"a PASSOVER AIIRACLE.v BIJOU.
The Bi1Ou will present The Passover
dav. This picture shows with great
fidelity the feast Of the Passover. I'm
usual interest is attached to this pic
ture on account of it having the sane
=
highest Jewish organizations. Every
one should see it and be enlightened as
to the significance Of the feast of the
Passover. The story woven about the
feast of the Passover is one Of Iare
beauty.
Coming soon will be one Of those
quality features mentioned in The Her
aid of the 18th. The first one viii be
Leach of Industry" Watch this space
for the exact date, as you don't want to
miss any of these quality" features
Advertisement.
HOUR MUTUAL GIRL AT GRECIAN.
All the latest STYLES in spring mill
linery and newest creations in gowns
are shown in the 18th reel of "Our Mu-
tual Girl" series. which viii be shown
at the Grecian today. Margaret is the
usual jolliest of all girls and in this
reel has one Of the busiest and exciting
days Of her life, seeing interesting
events and meeting prominent men and
women. Come and enjoy a big day
with Our Mutual Girl"
"The Floor Above" the New York
theaters biggest hit, will be the next
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-17

served from z to p. m; dancing until
II n. M. There is no extra charge for
table reservation, which should be made
earIv. Admission, including dinner, is
SI.OO-Advertisem
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-17

BETTER WOrIz-Send your clothes to
Wright, who cleans cleanest in FL PasO.
Phone 343 for wagon.-Advertisem
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-17
WORK IS BEGUN
ON ANOTHER NEW
APARTMENT HOUSE
Building at San Antonio and
Kansas Streets Will
Cost $4,000.

Jennings & Woods have started
work on the foundation for a three
story apartment house to be located
at the corner of San Antonio and
Kansas streets. The building will be
located on a plot 9Sx137 feet and will
contain % apartments, of two and
three rooms each. Besides the apart
ments there will be II stores in the
building. 1t will be a reinforced con-
crete structure faced with red pressed
brick and will cost S37, 600. A feat
ure will be the installation on all
floors of the new Acme flooring The
building is being put up by the Crosby
company.
BischOff Building Houses.
J. E. Bischoff has begun the cree
ton Of three houses, one on east Mis-
souri, street in block Il, Franklin
Heights addition, to cost $500; one in
block %, Manhattans Heights addi-
ton costing $4,000, and the third, a
store and dwelling, will be erected
on lot 6, block 43 Campbell addition.
It will cost $4,000.
Ramey Bros. have sold lots IS and
"A, block SO, Alexander addition for
Mrs. Jose ZelIaman to Miss Sue R.
Smith for $3.50.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-17

pig Broadway production at the
t55reclan, Monday and Tuesday.-Adver-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-17
MEEICANs STRIKE; TUCSAN
PAVING IS AT sTANT

Tucson, Ariz., April 17-Due to
wage dispute some Is Mezicans en-
ployed in grading west Congress street
for paving have gone out on strike
tand the work is at a standstill. Their
wages had been reduced from $3.50 to
$3.50 a day.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-17

CIRCUS PLAYS Ell PASO TWO DAYS.
Inc Gentry Brothers Shows, quick
70 70 notIce the increase in FL Paso's pop
instead of one as heretofore, The dates
OF exhibition win be Monday and Tues
day, April 20 and q, and the show
GROUNDS win be at the corner of Myrtle
ana cotton avenues, where four Der-
1ormances viii be given A big free
street parade Will be given each morn
ing at 1880 OclOck.-Advertise
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-17

DINNER-DANCE, DEL, NORTE.
The Paso del Norte Hotel viii give a
9lhner-dance every Thursday evening
from to II o'clock. Dinner will be
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-06-22
WHEN THE WITCHES GATHER
"Walpurgis Night" a Tlme-Honored In.
stitution Of German Popular
Tradition.

AS we come near to the first day OF
May our neighbors of German blood
and German legend begin in mysteri.
GUS way to talk about Walpurgis
nacht. which they kindly translate to
US as "Walpurgis night" the Goth of
April. the eve before May l, the day
OF st. Walpurgis, or Walpurga, or
Walburgia-for this saint had a trim
lty OF names-and go no further. Now.
on the night before the LIST of Nav.
according to German popular tradi-
ton, there is something doing In the
Teutonic witch-world, for on this
night witches are said to ride on
Observation-Disclosures on books !"
that is he-goats, to some appointed
rendezvous, especially to the Broken
IN the Hartz mountains, where they
hold high festival with their SOW.
ereign lord, the devil, as master of
ceremonies. "Walpurgis Night" is
chiefly known as musical COMPOST.
ton by Mendelssohn, with words by
Goethe.
But who was Walpurgis? She was
an English missionary to GERMANY
for there was once a time when Eng.
fish missionaries we're encouraged in
Germany-and she was born at the
beginning Of the eighth century. Two
of her brothers, Willibald and Wunni-
bald, were both in Germany, the first
as bishop in Bavaria, and the sec
ond as an abbot. And what a fam
lily it was for the letter W! Wal
purgis was made abbess Of Benedie-
tine nunnery at Heidenheim.
At death her relics were translated
to Eichstatt where they were laid in
hollow rock, and from these bones
so goes the story, exuded a kind of hi
luminous oil, called Walpurgis oil and
regarded as of miraculous efficacy
against disease. This oil is said still
to exude from these bones. especially
from October to February. Walpur.
gis is-or was-regarded as the pro-
tectress against magical arts, and for
this reason her services were in sna-
cial demand on Walpurgis night