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The true northerner., 1915-12-17

/ want to tell you that you are mis-
taken-that you can have just those
very same things, even to bringing in
the old time Yule log, If you are so
fortunate as TO have an open fireplace
In the farmhouse.
City people pay from 80 cents to 81
for q small house Christmas tree, and
every one who can afford ii buys a
tree every year for his children. How
often do farmers children have trees?
And why not? Because the parents
say, 1--WE haven't gifts enough to make
pretty tree" Many people never
put q gift On-simply make ii tree OF
beauty for the children. Strings Of
popcorn, wishbones and canes gilded,
gold stars-anything bright and shiny
hung on tree delights a child-a bag
Of popcorn with a few candies In It
tastes five times as good If II has only
once hung on tree Even If the gift
must be underwear, shoes and things
actually needed to wear have them
come as surprises and in as Christ
masy" looking packages as possible.
1t is well to keep the Christmas spirit
in the home
1t seems pity for us country people,
surrounded by these beautiful things
deemed luXuries by our city friends,
to make no use whatever of them and
to let our lives become so common
place. Christmas is not solely n day
for gift giving and receiving and eat
ing. IL is Il day for doing everything i'm
your power 10 add TO the joy Of the
children-a day to remember the feeble
and lonely old people-a day To think
Of the strangers and the poor If you
haven't money to spend for gifts for
them you can give some Of yourself
and Of your own home Christmas
cheer There are homes that it is an
inspiration TO enter, because Of the
Christmas spirit they breathe forth.
trust the farm homes will not be lack
ing i'm Christmas beauty or Christmas
cheer-that all Of them will truly
keep Christmas" - Bertha G.. Mark.
ham I'm Country Gentleman.
The true northerner., 1915-12-17
A Happy Tree.

"Oh, look at met
Sang the Christmas tree
A jolly young evergreen
I'm dressed up here
For a show, that's clear,
And I'm anxious to be seen.
To grow in a wood
Is very good
or air you've a trifle more
But / declare
1t cannot compare
To a block on the parlor floorl
You may stand in the cold
Till century old,
Not a blossom TO speak OF comes,
But here in an hour
I'm all in flower
With mittens and dolls and drums
l know so we'll
And daren't TO tell
So much that I'm like TO burst;
There's a mystery hung
Or n secret swung
On each branch from last to first.
How I'd love To shout
All my feelings out!
But / daren't even cough;
And just the half
OF n great big laugh
Would shake all my candles of.
So | have TO hide
All the fun inside
Till I'm full as | can be.
Whatever folks say,
I'm king Of the dayl"
Sang the jolly Christmas tree.
Youths Companion.
The true northerner., 1915-12-17
CHRISTMAS EVE.

"NHE snow is white
Z On the roofs tonight,
II The moon looks down with
her siIVery smile,
And the wind blows free
Through bush and tree
And whistles along for mile on mile.
And, ah, hark therel
On the midnight air
Comes the faintest tinke Of fairy BELLS
They are coming near,
They are coming here,
And their sweet sound swelling of Joy
foreteIls.
II is Santa Claus,
And he cannot pause,
But down the chimney he quickly
slides,
Each stocking fills
Till il almost spills,
Then sayly chuckIes and off he aIides
How happy he,
Tho saint to be
o. all the girls and all the boysI
He hears his praise
Through the holidays
AS they eat their sweets and break
their toys.
So still he smiles
And the time beguiles
Concocting schemes our hearts to cheer.
He loves US all,
And great and small
Regret that he comes but once year.
William Barclay Dunham-
The true northerner., 1915-12-17
Artificial Cinnabar.

That wonderful people, the Chinese,
made artificial cinnabar long before
Europe was a civilized country.
The true northerner., 1915-12-17
USEFULNESS.

Nothing in this world is so
good as usefulness. IL binds
your fellow creatures TO you and
you to them; il improves your
own character and gives you a
real Importance in society be-
yond what any artificial station
can bestow.
The true northerner., 1915-12-17

When the dawn creeps up
from the darkly slumbering
ocean Christmas morn and
speeds brightly around the
world, circling it with a gold
en girdle Of light, myriads Of
bells In many lands awake
and from steeple to steeple
ring out the glad tidings that
''the Messiah Is king
ElOise Boorback I'm Crafts
man.
The true northerner., 1915-12-17
BEAUTY.

Beauty is Gods handwriting,
wayside sacrament. Welcome il,
then, in every fair face, every
fair sky, every fair flower, and
be sure that even yet gayer
meadows and yet bIuer skies
await thee in the world to come.
Charles Kingsley.
The true northerner., 1915-12-17


Ay Not only In costly gifts or n
W rich rare food lies Christmas =
BY JOY or blessing. 1t lies-no n
VI one can tell another where it =
BY lies. The finding must be for \
NJ ones self alone. l can only =
sy say to all little children, to all u
" grownup children, to all who =
~ are looking back as well as to y
" those who are looking forward, =
~ to them | can say with Tiny n
W Tim, God bless you each this K
H. happy Christmas time" and q
:W If you would be very sure to K
H. get its meaning best make q q
W real Christmas for somebody K
j. who might not have it but for q
W you.-Kate Langley Bosher. x
ka1 sNsAfS yAs. NASs 90, eSs. 49,, rss>, .,
The true northerner., 1915-12-17
Poor Prospects.

"She told Tom she simply could not
make up her mind to be the wife of a
poor man.
"But Tom isn't a poor man.
mo, but he soon would be II she
married him Boston Transcript.
The true northerner., 1915-12-17
CHRISTMAS DREAMS.

~oME tiny elves ono Christmas
grew nisohlevous, II seems,
~ And broke into tho storeroom
where old Santa keeps his
dreams
And gathered up whole armfus of
dreams all bright and sweet
And started forth to peddle them adown
the village street.
oh, you would never, never guess how
queerly these dreams sold.
Why, nearly all the younger folk bought
dreams of being old,
And one wee chap In curls and kits, a
gentle little thing,
Invested in dream about an awful pi-
rate king.
A maid who thought her pretty name
old fashioned and absurd
Bought dreams of names the longest
and the queerest ever heard,
And, strange to say, lad who owned
all sorts of costly toys
Bought dreams of selling papers with
the raesedest of boys
And then a dream of summer and
barefoot boy at play
Was bought up very quickly by gen.
teman quite gray,
And one old lady, smiling through the
grief she tried to hide,
Bought bright and tender visions of a
little girl who died.
A ragged little begsar girl, with weary,
wistfu gaze,
Soon chose a Cinderella dream, with
jewels all abIaze.
We'll, II wasn't many minutes from the
time they came in sight
Before the dreams were all sold out
and the elves had taken flight.
st. Nicholas.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-24
Lamb Dies In
The Penitentiary
President Of Dcfunct First State
Bank of Mcintosh Dies at
Sioux Falls

Word was received in the city
Friday to the effect that Harry
A. Lamb. formerly president of
the defunct FIRST State Bank of
Mcintosh. died Tuesday after
neon at 2 O'Clock at the state
pcnitentiary at Sioux Falls from
the effects OF a tumor at the
base of the brain from which he
had suffered for a number of
years.
Mr.. Lamb was sentenced to
three years IN the state peniten-
tlary at the June term of circuit
court in Corson county by Judge
j, H. Bottum sitting in the case
FIR Judge Raymond l.. DllIman.
] le sentence was imposed fol-
lo wing a conviction for talslfylng
accounts of the First State Bank
t. the public examiner.
The deceased was about 80
y ars old and is survived by a
widow and two small children.
Mrs. Lamb arrived in the city
Monday and left here Tuesday
morning over the Northwestern
for Sioux Falls. arriving there an
hour after Mr.. Lambs death.
1t is not known here just what
disposition will be made of the
remains. Aberdeen American.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-24
0s"'etS ORDERS REPORT
ON LOSS OF U. S. STEAMER

washington, Feb 23-Secretarv Jo-
ma nu'S DANIELS of the navy depart
-, '"N ordered Commander Walter
>, n'e''f0i' American naval attache
g., '' ''i' to investigate and make a
sP'fi on the destruction of the
s,., ''p steamer Evelyn. So far of
,ba a''i'oS merely have reported
"a :, '"'"H oi the vessel and its cargo
'" me German coast Yesterday hnt
CAV" no details.
,n,, ''FS Daniels explained that his
n. ~ " N directing an inquiry after
n, department. had called upon
n. '"'ddorS Al London and Berlin
:. report was to secure tech,ioal
be fpi'" ~ which, perhaps, might not
Plies 'e dfhhassahors re-
that -. Sd'd at the navy department
he a'r, ,9"i present indications il will
u''ac'IIt for the naval officer n
trsn, 'dct information of what ac.
ra,, eStfoyed the Evelyn. Unless
~ Shllh or some Of the mamb.,s
81, - re" OF the steamship actually
spha INNING tower or periscope OF
bo - ne officials say, II would no,
sas s,'le to deny that the EVELYN
" sunk ny mine.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-24
Thieves BUSY
AT MOBRDGE

Mobridqe, Feb. "a (SpeciaI)-
Thieves broke into two places on
Main street here last night. The
places entered were the Blacksen
meat market and kleppen and
Hansen Grocery store From
the meat market they took con
siderable m e q t and eggs and
from the grocery store crackers
canned goods etc. 1t is not
known just how much wds taken
from either place but the pro-
prietors of both places TIA e
they left no money in the money
drawer. Chief Of police, l.. n.
Divine, has four suspects under
arrest and on one OF them W; S
found what is thought to be son c
of the stolen property. Mr.. Di-
vine stated that he had these
parties under surveyance for
some time as suspicious charac
ters. The names of the TWO OF
them are known to be Fra K
Finn and Ed Taylor b ut h c
other two refuse to give the 7
names. They will be given a
hearing tomorrow at which time
if is expected more evidence VIII
be produced,
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-24

ars in sticking to it and insisting
that it would eventually becom,
a great factor in northwestern
development.
The annual address Of Pres
ident Parmley was received with
intense !ntrest and was the key.
note of the session. Before ad
lOurnment a motion was carried
unanimously that it be published
and given the greatest circulation
east and west that was possible
With the establishment Of .
crosscontInent road and every
telephone pole blazed with the
Yellowstone trial insignia. Alb
erdeen and this section Of tn,
northwest acquires IN As g
which will be a great factor in
its future. President Parmiey :
address contained brief review
of the work Of the last few gears
and his opinion Of the new route
Iuf extention 20 the coast. which
| is the best. He elaborated on
the future prospe ily in the
country traversed by the trail.
end how thh northwest will ben
eft from the extention 10 The
east. Abardeen News.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-24
seurN GENERALS AND ALMOST
ENTIRE ARMY CORPS ARE
rN ROUTE TO GERMAN
PRISON.
RETREAT FROM EAST
PRUSSIA HAS ENDED
Gao Of Several Miles Now Separates
Muscovites and Army Of General
Won Hindenburg, According to
Berlin Official Statement
New Battle Develops.

London Feb. - The loss of almost
an entire army corps in the recent re-
treat from East Prussia is admitted by
the Russian general staff in its version
q the German victory.
Unofficial reports from Petrograd
sav that the main Russ An army sue,
cecded IN escaping from the German
tran and has in turn taken the often
sivc.
Seven Russian generals and 100000
men are now en- route to German pris~
on camps as Won Hindenburg armies
continue their successful sweep
against the cars forces, it was OH
cially announced.
Hundreds Arrive Daily.
Hundreds OF prisoners are reported
arriving daily at East Prussian from
tier towns swelling the total of pris-
0uors.
According tn the Berlin announce.
ment, the Germans have captured 80
cannon, in addition TO immense g,lan-
titles Of ammunition and other war
material
It was officially admitted by Berlin
that the pursuit of the Russians
WHO retired from the Mazurian lakes
region has ended A gap of several
miles now separates the fleeing forces
Of the enemy and the German pur.
'HFFs The Russians are entrenching
and preparing to resist further Ger,
man advances into Poland.
Around Augustowa a new battle is
developing. Russian forces are being
concentrated in front of the fortress in
anticipation of German assaults.
fighllhg IN the Carpathian noun.
laNS still is being fiercely prosecuted
0E me Russian n-Austro-German forces.
OIL apparently without decisive re,
suits for either side.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-24

Berlin, Feb 23 Oficial inquiry has
been made by "A German judge into
charges published in England that
British prisoners of war at the can't
at MindeL had been treated cruelty
Declarations obtained from the physi
clans and the cross examination Of
prisoners proved the absolute urtruth
OF these charges" the evidence states
When some Of the allegations Of
cruelty published in England were
read to the prisoners, all of the Eng
lishmcn present broke ont into laugh
tor il says.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-24
Newspaper Plant Destroyed.

Des Noineg, Iowa, Feb % The
building and entire plant of the Regis
ter and Leader, morning, and Des
Moines Tribune. afternoon newspap pers
here, were destroyed by fire The loss
exceeds 100000, about three fourths
of which was covered by insurance.
Gardner Cowles, publisher and prin.
cipal owner Of the two papers, said the
plant would be rebuilt Immediately,
The cause OF the tre IL unknown.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-24
Northfeid Minister Dies.

Northfiold. MINI. Feb % Revcr
end r n Naugan, one nf the basl
known and most widely beloved minis
ters in the United Norwegian Luther
an church, died at his home here H..
had been in in health for sevsra1
&. 1915. when he was taken sick Will
attending the banquet for the Rever
end Doctor Rockman of the Tulte
church seminary in Minneapolis Rev
orend Hangar was born in Norway
May %. 1861.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-24
American Consul Gables.

American Consul Fees cablegram,
fsrWarded from H men through the
american consul eauerai a. Rotter.
m Holland. gaze fte state depart
T. cut meagor Information 1t said
Steamer Evelyn Captain Smith.
gents Bull q COMPANY New York.
blown mp at Borkum Crew saved.
ship and cargo lost
Secretary BRYAN repeated the Amer
team consul's tclegra'n Immediately 10
Ambassador Page Al london and Am
hassador Gerard Al Berlin. with In.
struc'ions TO learn al possible facts
concerning the occurrence and give
every care To the crew If landed In
their respective jurisdictions
II VAS generally taken for granted
that the vessel was blown up by
mine. but the omission of any mention
Of cause introduced an element OF
speculation
II practically had been decided by
the Washington government to make
no reply either to the British or Ger.
man notes concerning the use Of neu-
tral oneigus. or possible attacks by
auhmarneH OIL neutral yospoiR in the
nov sna zone ~ war
Added significance was attached
generally to this policy because of the
implication that the strong warning
sent TO both Great Britain and Ger.
many might now be followed by
crisis in the relations Of this govern.
mcnt with the belligerent IT, through
thor practices, American veEecIs or
lives were lost
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-24

dense to venture far on such a
night as last Friday was. so the
attendance was smaller than 1t
would have been had it been
good weather.
After the inspection exercises
the company and spectators IN
dulged in dancing for the rest
of the evening. Voluntary
music was furnished, which was
enjoyed by the many vlsl'ors
and members.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-24
STEAMER EVELYN BOUND FOR
BREMEN is BLOWN UP OFF
COAST or GERMANY
CREW SAVED
s SUBMARINE OR NINE
Is BELIEVED CAUSE
Secretary Bryan lnstructs hrhaxsa-
Tor Page at London and Ambas
sador Gerard at Berlin TO
Make Exhaustive inquiry
AS to the Facts.

Washington. Feb Eth" United
ates government has been officially
a,lvised ot the destruction ot the first
American vessel on the high seas since
tue outbreak OF the European war
: nericau ConsG Fee AT i.remen
{ blcd that the steame. Evelyn and
r cargo of cotton bound for Bremen
Il been blown up al Rorkum just
4 the coast of Germany, but thnt the
g, ew had been saved. The cause
bmarine or mine was not given In
@ dispatch
After u conference with President
ilsOn, Secretary Bryan cahl"d Am
! ssador Page at London. and Am
T. tssador Gerard at Berlin TO make an
9 haustiye inquiry as TO the facts,
d II the crew WIS landed at either
g. their respective jurisdictions 10 fur.
+ III every care and convenience To
{ nptain Smith aud tho men, 80 that
they might return home safely.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-24
U. S, NOT LIKELY TO
BECOME INVOLVE

washington, Feb. 23.-Interna-
Vonal difficulties as result of
Inc loss Of the American steamer
t'e'fh oH the German coast are
F'e'e1 extremely unlikely. own
e'A o. the vessel accepted the risk
n'''e0'al 10 war IN sending IL to
Iu'ope and as the Evelyn prob
Soy Vas sunk BY mine there is
no way Of telling what nation
''''eo the explosive. II may have
'eeh sr''tsh. Dutch or German
f 7s mines owned by each Of
"'eSe nations have been washed
v 'e coast Of Holland. The acci-
uent occurred outside Of the war
N0oe proclaimed by Germany.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-24

Successful Basket Ball
Trip

An1ther case of "Veni, Vidi,
Wei" as the result of the basket
ball boys trip to Rettinger last
Monday evening. The game
was a hard fought contest from
start to finish, and while rather
rough at times, was a very in
teresting contest. At the end
of the first half the Hettinger
boys were in the lead, the score
being s to 5, but during the sec
ond half the Lennon boys not
only caught their opponents, but
passed them. the final score
being II to Is.
Often in games of this kind.
some inexperienced players find
that head work is too difficult an
undertaking for them. so at.
tempt to replace Skill by using
rough and tumble" tactics.
This kind of playing(0 is very
disgusting to spectators, and is
no credit either to the player or
his team. In the game played
in Lennon a week ago one
player tried this a few times
but injured himself so he had to
quit the game before the end of
the first half. In Mondays
game he evidently tried to make
up for what he lost in the other
game.
A certain amount of rough
playing cannot we'll e avoided
without spelling the game, but
there is a limit to work of this
kind.
This week Friday the boys
will play the Serum Acadamy
team. Everyone com out as
this may be the last game Of
the season.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-24
rubber Scarce In v;.,..

,iea. wa London, Feb. 23.-Ad
thar = e'Fea here from Vienna state
have j. u military authorities there
raw rnbh bb,,''scated the entire supply OF
bsr No.. sor' penuamtic tubes and rub
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-24
Zones Not Exactly Defined.

Although the extent of the sea
nos of war proclaimed by Germany
IS never defined exactly, the Borkum
ands are considered far distant from
the danger areas Of submarines. al.
Trough the waters Of that vicinity are
{ Ted with mines for defensive pur.
as"s, through which Germany always
y ,s ploted incoming ships At tho
tormsn embassy il was pointod out
Tat ths accident must have been
caused by "A mine. as Germany, sorely
IN need of cotton, would have no OBJ.
jgct In topedoing vessel laden with
ich cargo for German consumption.
Early press dispatches from Berlin,
announcing tho loss Of the vessel by
minc. caused somewhat of sensation
- this capital, where the tension has
cen more OF less pronounced over
ho situation in the war zones since
30 dispatch ot warning notes by the
iuIl"d States to both Great Britain
id GERMANY II Was practically con
"ded that if the cause of the accident
as proved 10 be a mine there prob
rly would he no g pund for diplo-
natic action hy the i'nited States as
ne LAYING Of mines ts not prohibited
any international convention now
n force
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-24
PARMLEY CHOSEN
AGAIN As HEAD
OF TRAIL
Extention Oh East to Plymouth
Rock in Massachusetts, is Under
Consideration Three National
Parks on West ExtentiOn

| Western delegates from Seattle
Bozeman. Helena. Yarmouth
and tar west towns on the Yellow
stone trail passed through the
city this morning after attend
ing the two days annual meet
| ing Of the Yellowstone trail as
citation at Montevideo, Mimi.
They were all enthusiastic over
| the work. declaring that the
meeting was the farthest reach
/ ing Of any heretofore held. in
/ fact very likely the most impor-
tant meeting of good roads and
trail enthusiasts ever held. as it
resulted in action extending the
trial from Plymouth Rock to
Puget Sound.
officers were elected as follows:
President, J. w. Parmley of
/ Ipswich; first vice president, F.
Fl Barnard, Aberdeen; second
vice president, G.. H. Suit. Mar
mouth. The executive committee
T. composed of the above officers
and the following: M. J. Dow.
/ Ing. olivia, Mimi; Andrew
/ karpen, Webster; o. o. Hoge-
boom, Bowman; Oscar Rohn,
Butte Mont.
The executive committee met
upon adjournment and elected
/ @. T. Peterson of Hettinger as
secretary, but deferred the ell
ection of a treasurer until a meet
ing which will be h g d in Mo-
bridge in the near future, when
the whole policy and plan of work
will be decided upon.
/ The route Of extention west to
Seattle has been determined,
/ but the committee worked over
six months before selecting a
route, which includes three ma
tional parks and the larger cities
of Montana and Washington,
and much road that has been
built at great expense IN the
most scenic section of the con-
tinent. Seattle, Spokand, ka.-
Ispel. Anaconda. Butte, Thr, G
Forks and Bozeman are very
thusiastic over the eXtention and
will at once commence a great
publicity campaign.
/ The determining Of location
IRON the twin cities to the At
lantic vi require several months
tine and investigation, as many
routes will be proposed and RI
val towns strive to get the trail.
While the resolution of extentlon
named Plymouth Rock, it was
understood this meant the At
lantic coast, although it is pro-
bable that Boston will be the OBJ
iective point.
The Aberdeen Commercial
Club presented a new set of by
laws, which were unanimously
adopted. and which provide that
the executive committee shall &c
responsible for all expenditure
Of money and only money that
has been approved by the com,
mittee can be paid out for an,
purpose whatever. The exec.
ulative committee will be com.
posed of one representative from
each state, instead of three as
| before. The office Of secretar,
and treasurer W ere made into
two separate Offices.
A united effort will be put
forth at once to give the traI
the greatest publicity. and this
will bring hundreds of Panama
/ Pacific tourists this way. The
magnitude of the great public
enterprise is beginning to dawr
on the people, though few have
had the foresight Of its promot