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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1915-08-20
kISER CREEK ITEMS

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Geo Balint drove t. Wood Satur-
day.
Ben Cross drove to Wood last Tues
day.
Mr.. Moran drove to Wood last Fri
day.
j. r. Judson drove to Cody last
Saturday.
Corn is eight to ter feet high on
Kaiser Creek
w. II. Bauman drove to Murdo last
Saturday on business.
Carl Xickrick rode te the Agency
last week on business.
Art Zickrick traded his Ford to Mr.
Jordan for some horses.
Fred Fast Horse was a caller at the
Springer home Saturday.
There were three horse buyers over
to the NJ Il ranch last week.
Everybody is haying to beat the
band while the sun shines.
Mr.. Antees was visitor at the
Springer home last Monday.
Chas Ray Jr drove to Murdo last
Tuesday for some hay tools etc.
Mat Gillen accompanied Joe Donley
to Murdo, Thursday on business.
Henry Loomis and ID. e. Terpin
drove TO Wood last week on business.
Art Zickrick drove down to his un-
cle's on little White River last Thurs
day,
f. |. Terpin, Mrs. d. E. Terpin and
Miss Angie Terpin autoed to Wood
Friday on business.
Gillen Bros, have hay stack with
a hundred loads or more of hay in 1T.
Some hay stack, this.
Arthur Zickrick drove to Murdo,
Friday accompanied by his mother
and Miss Florence Burt.
Art Zickrick had the misfortune of
having a fine mare break her leg last
Sunday and he had to kill her.
John Mcconnell drove to Jordan
last week for some haying tools so
that they could put up little hay
for this winter.
Jay Blodgett from near Chicago
was out and made his friend short
visit last week. Jay says the crops
are as good here as anywhere he has
been.
John Crabtree autoed over to the
Springer Bros Ranch last Sunday ac-
companied by Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Baker of Lyman county. They think
that Mellette county is far ahead Of
Lyman county.
We hear that Clarence Wilson Of
Kaiser Creek is going to move back
to Mellette County. From Boon, Iowa
where he has been for the last two
years. He said that his oats were
ready to cut for two weeks. but it
was too wet to get in the field Not
that way in Mellette county
Henry l. Domis lost one of his COWS
last Sunday and did not find it until
Tuesday and then it was in one of
Dick Gardners wells, and while they
were getting it out, one of Gillens got
i'm the other. These old wells are
bad business. The homesteaders
ought to fill them up before leaving
They got the cow out all right.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1915-08-20
u. $. Weather Bureau Report
For Week Ending August is

Total precipitation from January
lst, 1915, to date, 240O
Total precipitation for 1913 1896
Total precipitation ior 1914, 1857.
FRED C.t KIRCH, Observer
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-09-23
Sheer Tragedy

When Tommy bids farewell to JOY
And nlooms the whole day long,
When meals and movies only cloy
And everything seems wrong,
When he is lightly moved to rage
And all the time is fused.
When he regards the sporting page
With infinite disgust,
When ice cream soda has no lure
His appetite u thrill
When even apple pie is sure
To make him sadder still.
When he is daily bowed with care,
The prey of dumb Distress
The haunted image Of despair.
It's always safe to guess
That he has felt the bitter ache
or loves elusive dream
Or else he's found he cannot make
The high school football team.
James ]. Montague in New York Amer
lean.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-09-23
BUYS MOST DEADLY SHELLS.
Government Places immense Order For
New Six Inch ShrapneI.

Government Places immense Order For
New Six Inch ShrapneI.
Despite the secrecy surrounding the
making OF war munitions in the plant
of the Westinghouse Electric and Ma
chine company it was learned in Pitts
burgh that an immense order has been
placed with the Westinghouse compa-
ny by the United States government
for a new shrapnel projectile. said to
be the most deadly effective weapon Of
its kind known to military science.
The new shells are Of six inch cali
Der and twenty-one inches long. They
contain eight separate parts, each one
honeycombed. The most destructive.
explosive known to powder makers
and said to be late Invention. Sc
cured by the United States govern.
ment. will be used in the new shrapnel
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-09-23
Scrambled Relationship.

After two brothers married mother
and daughter in Stockton. Cal. one
brother became stepfather to brothers
wife, stepfather to sister-in-law and
brothers. father-in-law. One bride is
her daughters sister-in-law and step
mother to her brother-in-law.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-09-23

Dr.. J. C. Werntz, dentist banker
from Palisade, Mimi, was here last
week looking after his ten quarters
Of land, which he bought year or so
ago from M. T. Dalquist. The doctor
is well pleased with his investment,
for he has splendid crop this year.
He considers the farming proposition
in this vicinity the best he has ever
seen.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-09-23

Three lovar@nIont Departments .o:.
In Plan - Increase Export GUsi"2-~.
The puatouiro department, The led
eral trace. commission and the depart
mcnt IT commerce. have joined hands
in plan looking 70 gigantic boom III
American foreign trade through the
medium Of foreign parcel post.
The posto.iice department is working
out this program and, while maintain
ing secrecy concerning the details, an
nounces that a formal statement out
lining the plan will be made early in
December.
The United States has treaties or
other arrangements relating to the
transmission Of the mails with sixty
eight foreign countries, and POstmas-
ter General BurleSOn expects to revise
all these so that all restrictions on par
GELS will be removed. He is also at
tempting to bring about agreements
under which parcel post matter may
be sent to any Of these foreign coun
tries ut uniform rate Of IL cents a
pound. .~..
A general appeal will be made to
American exporters to use the parcel
post wherever it is possible in the
transportation OF their goods
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-09-23
TIRED OF KILLING MEN,
WRITES AMERICAN SOLDIER
Chicasoan Tells of Experiences That
Turned Ills Hair White.

From Robert Beck, former owner ol
n taxicab business in Chicago, has come
TO his friend, Charles Grand. vivid
letter Oh his war experience. BECK
Joined the allies as driver OF an ar
mOred automobile.
Il am glad to have the chance to
tell you that | am alive, and that IS
ALL" the letter says. My hair is near
" white now am sorry to tell you
that | am deaf and dumb through
shock and wounds. | am motor
cycle dispatch bearer and armored car
driver.
81 was driving Il sixty horsepower
arm0rcd car. could not drive fast
enough through the dead bodies be-
cause the dead bodies and horses were
so thick that | could not get through.
All at once Il shell hit my car and
blew it up.
"When they got me from underneath
the wrecked car was deaf and dumb,
with my ribs crushed and spine hurt.
The other three men | carried with
me in the armurcu car were blown to
bits
"This WAS a month ago. The doctors
have tried to bring nay speech and
hearing back. but they cannot. The
doctors say they will come back i'll
time, because now my nerves are shat
tered through llavdsAp#.
"Charlic am tired Of killing people.
| have been driving an arWOrpu car
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-09-23

Pure Spanish Olive Oils are less ex-
pensive and not as high grade for mcdi-
cinal use, but we can supply you with
these if you want a cheaper grade for the
kitchen.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-09-23

.P4uCEA. ~s..5T TO Co0# TRIAL
Evening star., 1915-02-11

Prominent scout officials from all Sec
tions Of the United States are in at
tendance today at the fifth annual con-
vention of the national council of the
Boy Scouts of America being held at
the New Willard. The morning session
was devoted to the consideration OF
various committee reports, and at 2
o'clock this afternoon the members Of
the national council were received by
President Wilson at the White House.
President Wilson, who is honorary
president of the Boy Scouts Of America
presented eagle scout badges to the
following Boy Scouts of this city: Clin-
ton Allard, Troop 81; Samuel W. Hardy
Troop 5; Edward S. Sherry, Troop 81
Francis w. Watson, Troop Al: Edward
s. Pardoe, Troop 81, and Lawrence
Prentice, Troop 40. Eagle scout badges
are awarded to f1rst-class scouts who
have passed twenty-one merit badge
examinations. 1t is the highest rank
a scout can attain.
An honor medal for 1ive-saving was
presented to Howard Galley of Troop
Evening star., 1915-02-11
|B,G EATERS GET
} KIDNEY TROUBLE
Take a glass of Salts before
breakfast if your Back hurts
or Bladder bothers you.

The American men and woren
must guard constantly against
,, Kidney trouble, because we eat
too much and all our food is rich.
, Our blood is filled with uric acid
which the kidneys strive to filter
out, they weaken from overwork.
become sluggish; the eliminatiye
tissues clog and the result is kid
nev trouble. bladder weakness
and a general decline in health.
When your kidneys feel like
Jumps of lead: your back hurts or
the urine is cloudy. full of sedi-
ment or you are obliged to seek
relief two or three times during
the night: if you suffer with sick
headache or dizzy, nervous spells.
acid stomach, or you have rheu-
matism when the weather is bad.
get from your pharmacist about
four ounces of Jad Salts; take a
tablespoonful in a glass of water
before breakfast for a few days
and your kidneys will then act
fne. This famous salts is made
from the acid of grapes and lemon
iuice. combined with -lithia. and
has been used for generations to
flush and stimulate clogged kid
news; to neutralize the acids in
the urine so it no longer is a
source of irritation, thus ending
bladder disorders.
lad Salts is inexpensive; can
not injure, makes a delightful eff
fervescent lithia water beverage.
and belongs in every home. be-
cause nobody can make a mistake
by having a good kidney flushing
\ any time.
Evening star., 1915-02-11

military and does not believe in mill
tary training for boys. It does, how
ever, most firmly believe in discipline;
that is, discipline developed from with
In through the Boy Scout plan. but
not that kind of discipline imposed ar
oitrarily from without by military
methods.
THE unexpected outbreak of the Eu-
ropean war naturally caused appre-
hension among all those engaged In
scouting, but up to the present time
nothing has been done by the Boy
Scouts as such which is in any way in
consistent with the claims that have
been made for the movement. The non
military activities of the scouts with
many incidents of heroic service have
real purpose and. value of scouting"
Many Honored for Bravery.
The report Of the national court Of
honor. submitted by Daniel Carter
Beard. chief scout of the Boy Scouts Of
America, showed that during the yeal
six silver and twenty-three bronze
medals were awarded to scouts who
performed exceptional deeds of brave
ry. Merit badges which were issued Il
scouts passing the various scout test.
numbered 10.499, and 165 scouts re
ceived the coveted Eagle Scout badge
l<lLS SCOUT OdQEeS were issued 10 SlNtl
boys. and Star scout badges to fifty
six.
Franklin K Matthew'S, chief scout Ii
brarian, told Of the efforts which hav'
been made during the year to improve th'
character Of boys books. Mr.. Matthew
reported that the popularity of the nicke
novel among boys is rapidly waning. bu
that care must be exercised to see tha
more expensive books having the sam'
objectionable features are not read b.
boys.
Frank Presbrey of the editoria
board Of the national council reporte
on the record made during the year b,
Boys Life. the official magazine of tn,
Organization, which is owned and oper
ated by the Boy Scouts of America
The circulation has more than doubled
and soon the 100000 mark will b,
reached each month, he predicted.
Mr.. Presbrey told of the correspond
ence which has sprung up between Bo
Scouts in various parts of the worl
through the medium of the 'Lonesom
Corner" a department of the maga
zine.
Other reports we're submitted as fol
lows: Field department, Samuel 4
Monatt. national field scout commits
sioner: finance committee, John Sher
man Hoyt: scout supplies, Frederick L
Cooke. tr.: committee on badge.
awards and scout requirements, Dl
George ]. Fisher: editorial board, VIII
liam D. Murray; treasurer's report
George D. Pratt
Evening star., 1915-02-11
News Briefs.

that seal fishing will not be abandoned
this season. Previous advices were to
the effect that the hunt might not take
place.
The Winnipeg Stock Exchange was
opened for limited trading Monday
Sales were few and business unevent-
full
The Belgian minister to Great Brit
ain, Count de Lalaing, has rendered his
resignation on account of i'll health
Fire destroyed the central warehouse
at Montgomery. Ala. Monday, causing
a loss of $15OOOO There were $500
bales of cotton stored in the ware
house.
Charles B. Jones. nifty years old, was
found dead in his store at Fountain
Green near Belair. Md. He was q
widower.
Evening star., 1915-02-11
Vicious Fighting Renewed
in the Western Arena; .
Both Sides Lose Heavily

LONDON, February 11.-Althoush the
nghting in the eastern arena of war
occupies the attention of military
leaders. interest in the western cam
pa1gn Is renewed by reports of vicious
Infantry lighting at several points
According to the Paris statement of
today, a German attack in the forest
to the north of Mesnil-les-H -Hurlus was
repulsed by the French. Violent fight
ing is reported in the vicinity of the
Maria Theresa earthworks, where the
French say that the losses in dead and
wounded are considerable on both
sides. The French declare, however,
that they maintained all their posi-
tions.
Berlin today claims sporadic fighting
and slight gains In the western arena
Both Berlin and Paris mention con-
tinuous artillery engagements.
Capture Dominating Position.
The capture of the hill of Notre Dam
de Lerette by the French has been an
pounced at the st. Omer headquarters
Of allies The hill, which dominates the
entire region, has been fiercely disput-
ed for weeks
position captured by the British
close TO violaines station was one of
consid derable importance, as 1t overlooks
La BAssee- The Germans made several
attempts to recapture it but the Brit
sh troops held strongly fortified lines
and repulsed these attacks with heavy
slaughter.
The British captured Sunday night
two trenches near Festubert, taking .cO
prisoners. who belonged apparently to
the newest class of German recruits
Nearly all of them were young and
wore new uniforms.
Activity in Upper Alsace.
Great military activity is apparen, ly
on in upper Alsace. especially in the
Larg valley. and in the districts of
Pfetterhausen and Rechesy. close to
the Swiss frontier. where fierce artil-
lery duels take place every day.
Two hundred German volunteers, COW
ering their uniforms with sheets, so
they would not make such excellent
targets when outlined against the
snow. crept up to the barbed wire en-
tanglements IN front of the French
trenches Wednesday night. They were
not discovered until they were about to
cut the wire. Then French machine
guns opened fire and the Germans were
forced to retire. leaving half their
number in killed and wounded.
Evening star., 1915-02-11
DISTRICT DONATION WEEK
TO GET MEN'SAPPROVAL
Leading Citizens Asked to Meeting
Saturday to Lend Assistance
to Woman Workers.

Leading men OF Washington are to take
official action registering their co-opera-
ton with the District Donation week"
effort for the benefit of the local charities.
which has been organized by the club
women of the District, when they meet
Saturday at . pm in the oak room Of
the Raleigh Hotel
They are to determine on a central sta
ton from which the weeks campaign.
starting Wednesday. February IL. will be
directed and to which the funds collected
| at each of the $50 contribution stations
are to be brought each evening at 6
o'clock
Former Commissioner Henry b. F. Mac
| farland is to be chairman of this commit
tee. and others who have accepted men,
| bership are e. c. Brandenburg, president
Of the Board o. Trade; Conrad II. Syme.
corporation counsel; John Joy Edison,
S. w. Woodward, Frederick Bryan. Rev.
Earle Wilfiey. Rev Joseph T. Kelly. Bish-
| op Harding. Rev. Samuel IL Greene
| Bishop Earl Cranston. Rev. Wallace
Edwin Murphy and Rev L. C. y. Pierce
Women in Charge.
| Among the women assigned to have
charge of deposit stations this morn
| ing. and who will select their own as
sistants to maintain these stations
throughout the week, are: Municipal
| building, Mrs Jessie l.. Lane. president
of the Women's Single Tax Club: Corn
well & Sons. II street. Mrs. Mary Stet-
son. president OF the Nordhoff Guild /;
navy yard. Miss Lydia A. II. Bucklin !:
Norfolk steamer pier. Mrs. J. p Neigh
of Neighborhood House: O'Donnell's 8
| drug store. Mrs. James Lansburgh, as
sisted by the Washington Association
of Jewish Women: w. b. Moses & Son.
| Mrs. L. L. Wheeler; Reeves. Mrs. Faber
Steenerson of the Episcopal Ear. Eye
and Throat Hospital: Ham Adams
news station, 9th and G streets. Mrs.
Ada Weiss. assisted by the Legion OF
Loyal Women.
Mrs. Ellis Logan, president of the
| District Federation of Women's Clubs.
| will have headquarters at the Raleigh
Hotel with a group of women who Will
act as a reserve corps from which re-
| Inducements will be sent to any sta
| tion throughout the District where
help is needed.
Mrs. William Kent, wife of the Cali
| fornia representative and chairman OF
| the finance committee of the Cong res
! sional Union for Woman's Suffrage, is
in conference today with officials of
the Congressional Union regarding the
cooperation of the suffrage organiza-
tion in the weeks appeal for support
! of Washington charities.
Evening star., 1915-02-11
NAVY PREPARES EXHIBIT
FOR GREAT EXPOSITION
San Francisco Display Will Be Most
Complete Ever
Prepared.

The Navy Department is making
preparations for it's exhibit at the
Panama-Pacif1c exposition at San
Francisco, which is expected to be the
most complete the department has ever
shown. Howard A. Banks, private sec
retary to the Secretary of the Navy,
has gone to San Francisco to arrange
for the installation of the exhibit.
The navy's chief exhibition will be
the navy itself. Both the Atlantic and
Pacific fleets will be at San Francisco
at various times during the exposition.
1t is planned to keep a considerable
section of the fleet there at all times,
including the Oregon and Solace, which
will be moored to a wharf. All yes
sells will be accessible to visitors each
day.
Main Exhibit on Shore.
The main exhibit of NE navy on
shore will be in the Palace of Ma
chinery. There the principal attraction
will be a revolving cyclorama depict
ing the evolution of the navy. Ahe
cyclorama will include all ships or the
old and the new navy. and Will snow
the gradual but steady development
achieved from the days OF John faui
Jones to the advent OF the superdread-
naught.
nublic such naval munitions as COM
pleted torpedo. fixed ammunition of the
smaller caliber, as well as armor-
piercing projectiles. powder in bags as
1t is used and the hand weapons OF the
wooden navy. such as cutlasses' rihes
and marlin spikes
There will be installed a complete
wireless outfit, a semaphore signaling
apparatus, the new gyroscope compass.
submarine periscope. range hnder,
sounding machines. and telegraph in
struments used for communication on
men-of-war. A large working model of
the drydock Dewey, containing model
of a modern battleship. will be in con-
slant operation, as well as model OF
drydock No. 4, at the New York navy
yard, equipped with large locomotive
crane,
Evening star., 1915-02-11
ACTION BY TOWNSEND.
Michigan Senator to Speak at
Washington Birthday Exercises.

The Joint committee on arrangements
which is arranging the details of a pro-
posed public celebration here of George
Washington's birthday anniversary an
nounced today that Senator Charles E.
Townsend of Michigan has arranged to
deliver an address. Barry Bulkley will
read Washington's farewell address,
and an address will be delivered by
Rev. DR.. John Brittan Clark. pastor OF
the First Presbyterian Church
The gold medal awarded annually by
the Sons of the Revolution for the
best essay on revolutionary topic Is
TO be awarded during the exercises to
Walter S. Smoot of the Central High
School, the successful competitor, by
the President of the United States. Mr..
Wilson having indicated his purpose to
attend
Evening star., 1915-02-11
Ship Models to Be Shown.

Exact models of all classes of ships.
from the sailing ship of old to the mod
ern man. war. dreadnaughts, battle
ships, destroyers and auxiliary vessels.
including most vessels that comprised
the Spanish war fleet. will be distributed
throughout the exhibition rooms. In
the Palace of Liberal Arts the navy
will have an additional exhibit, in
which will be shown a model of the
Naval Academy and specimens of work
done by midshipmen. relics Of the old
Maine, historical relics and pictures and
portraits of some of the most distin-
guished Secretaries of the Navy, and
guns of various calibers from the 49,
caliber to 6-inch. In that room will
also be exhibited the famous painting
by William F. Halsall, showing the
Oregon in pursuit of the Cristobal
Colon on the south coast of Cuba July
81, 1898.
Evening star., 1915-02-11

81, who saved a companion from drown
ing in the canal last summer at the
risk of his own life.
This afternoon the annual election OF
officers will be held, and tonight the
members of the National Council are to
attend the huge scout rally and demon
stration at Convention Hall and re-
view the troops Of this and nearby
cities.
Traces Record of Organization.
The convention was opened by an
address by Colin H. Livingstone of this
city, president of the National Council
of the Boy Scouts of America, who
spoke of the accomplishments of the
organization during the last year, and
since the time of its Incorporation five
years ago.
The report of James E. West. chief
scout executive, showed that February
there were 106.937 scouts enrolled in
the Boy Scouts of America. There were
5,442 scoutma sters. 2.934 assistant scout
masters, 5,761 scout troops and 1904
members of troop committees. During
the past year a number of universities,
Evening star., 1915-02-11
ANSWER HANDBOOK CHARGE.
Horace Thompson Placed on Trial
in Police Court.

on trial to answer three counts of al
legged handbook making, before Judge
Mullowny and a jury in the United
States branch of the Police Court, this
afternoon.
Thompson, who was arrested by De-
tective Cole Of the first precinct, is al
legged to have received bets on horse
races from William c. Coleman, Frank
jackson and William Diuguid, all col
ored, last November.
Thompson is represented by Attor-
neys John Ridout and Normal Bowles,
while the prosecution is being con-
Quoted by Assistant United States At
torneys Ralph Given and Charlesc Bend
helm.