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Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1915-02-04

feature of this throng And some
Gne says right here there is a
mix in your metaphor and a break
n your logic For the cloud knows
no fear and is only obedient TO
blind force. 1T takes long flights
through the heavens and knows no
fear The dove is "a Il mid creature of
short flight.An at the first appear
anoe of danger flees to it's cote
for protection. But there is no
contradictions. The cloud man is one
who voluntarily, consciously Wills
L do the bidding of Christ as he
understands it. He has not trust
in himself. and N the temptation
and danger he fleeS to Chr st for
protection. Then he goes on the hong
long or short journey as he is bid
den
\ lofty range of mountains can
not be made TO stand except upon
q very broad and deep foundat on.
So an exalted standard of life can
Lot be maintained without thought
ful, prayerful preparation and com
plete consecretion Humi lity, self
2bne eaticn. and a Joyous active
faith are necessary to the exterpa-
tatiCn Of the prime pa Is OF the
sinful earth life, and the implant
ing CT the heaven I fe In simi h.
tude as love of native land makes
one brave in its defense, so the love
Of Christ makes us loyal defen-
ders of the truth He is our shield
and protection He is our fortress
Of defence. and our aerOplane for
enemy. This is the finale of the
chr slian's equipment, the acme of
human eN stance In timess like these
when Il vast war is devastating
the earth. When famine and earth
quake are working havoc i'm places
and when industrial str fe and soc
"a and moral unrest are grappl n <
- the vitals of the Nation. how
blessed 10 think that above it
al Gods Spirit is whispering 10
every trusa ng heart Peace, be
still" And that he is superior to
the world. and the Universe of mat
ter. And that ''he holds our Spfr is
II the hollow of his hand n. we
lust him he will work in us the
works of truth, life. bliss and powell
Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1915-02-04

A soil survey would not cost more
than five cents per year per Quartet
section. or about SIS 700 for South
D3kotas 1900 square miles OF
land. If there is quarter section il
all of our 1000 square miles that
is not worth the tnvestment of the
cost of an ordinary cigar or pack
age Of chewing gum to make that
quarter section more productive,
of it-By Prof. j. G.. Hutton. state
College, Brook ngs.
Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1915-02-04
AGRICULTURAL NEWS|
from
So.Ddkota State Colle6e|
furnished by
Extension Dept.
| Coca Starrin6 Editor
1'NIBlu NVTI BIsv.
BY Prof. G.. Larson.

BY Prof. {. Larson
1t is conservative to state tn at
an average good COW VIII ch ange
three tons of hay and one ton of
grain into 800 lbs of butter, $500
pounds of skim milk, one calf, and
c ght months. Granting that the
skim milk, the calf and the man
ure pay for all the work, the 300
pounds OF butter is the pay for the
feed. This butter produced during
the winter Will bring an income of
about $50. The three toms of hay
and one ton of grain would have
t. sell at a pretty high prce to
bring any such inrome. Twenty dol
lars for the one ton OF grain and
S24 for the three tons of hay, or
total of $44. are considered to
be about what this feed would
bring on the market.
A cord ng to Investigations a
dairy COW will recover for human
food about 25 per cent of the dry
digestib,e matter consumed; hog
about ) per cent; and steer
about ; per cent. This, together
with the fact that a good dairy
COW will return So worth of pro.
duce for every worth OF feed
consumed, should cause farmers
work. ng expensive land and rais-
ing expensive feeds to carefully
study the various phases Of the
work of the dairy COW.
The prof It's of a dairy COW can
be anticipated and realized with 9
greater degree Of surety than In
any other one phase of farm ng. A
| mature crop of grain and high
price for the same may be antdd.
| pated, but seasons and condito onf
OF market may be unfayorable
Feed for cows, and a good, STEADY
market, are as sure as anything
can be in this world of production.
The returns are also quick. The
feed may be fed to the COW and
the product realized on, even dur
ing the same day. This avoids
credits at the store and in the
banks. The dairyman is independs
ent and Is able TO pay his debNl
as fast as he contracts them.
Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1915-02-04

The dance given by the l. o. O.
F. Lodge Friday might was a very
successful affair Mus C. was fur
shed by Ben Rotter amid daugh-
ter Elsie, from Lake Flat. The
attendance from Ash Creek, Bridg-
e. and Deep Greek filled the hall
to it's capacity. At nine O'Clock the
grand march took place and was
led by Mr. and Mrs. C. p Flanagan,
OF Bridger Creek After the march
they amused themselves with danr-
ing until midnight when supper was
served by Mrs. Hawks. The crowd
then returned to the hall and
danced until "a late hour in the
morning correspondent in
Gu mn Courant
The bridge situation, in relat on
10 the Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul Ry, at Chamberlain, was
made matter of public record by
the introduction i'm the house by
Hall, of Lyman, of a resolution TO
compel the company to place a
pt rmanent bridge across the
Missouri riter at that place The
resolution cites the dangers from
the present Pile bridge plan OF eros
ing and the Inconvenience to the
people resident along the line OF
that road between O1coma and Ra-
p;d City each time the Missouri riv-
er decides to wipe out that MEANS
of crossing, which lis placed All
from one to four times each year,
and makes a demand for federal
action i'm the interests of safety and
the needs Of the people. e.-Nermil
Ion Republican.
William l.. Pier, who has been
connected W tn the First Nationa
bank OF Mitchell as book keeper
and teller for the past five years
win leave on February 27 for Mid
land. s. d., where he will become
cashier of the FIRST National bank
o" Midland. The institut on at Mid
lend was formerly known as the
Bank of Midland, but a chartel
as a national bank was recently Sc
cured. MIR. Pier has purchased
Stock in the inst tuition. which is
one of the leading banks Of STANLEY
county. The departure of Mr.. Piel
wiM be greatly regretted, as he
las been actve among the young
business men of the city as
booster" of the thirty second de
gree. He is treasurer of the Mitchell
Commercial club and pres dent o
the Mitchell Concert band Nit
chefl Republican.
Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1915-02-04
BETTER RURAL MUSIC

There are many hymns in our
church song books that are not TT
Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1915-02-04
Continued from last week J

Every few days Wilson or
Bryan announces they arc
are going after high prices. Ek
feet: The prices always taks
to a higher level.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-23

Washington, Feb. 22-John H Fa- hey, president of the chamber of commerce. of the United States,
 whose SIS members have just ended
 a convention here, which was ad- dressed by President Wilson and oth- ser men of national repute, is heading a campaign to boost Americas for efgn trade. Following the conven- ton he is directing committees in ar4 ranging meetings, etc, to push Amer ica's interests MT. FAhey was born in Manchester, N. H., forty-two years ago. He is now president of the Boston Traveller company and of the thority on trade conditions, he was Chairman of the delegation of Ameri- can chambers of commerce which toured Europe in 1911. and one of the principal organizers of the cham ber of commerce of the United States.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-23
Engraved VALENTINE CARDS SOUTHWORTH'S 10 ARCADE
NOTICE
An Amendment to an Ordinance Rel
 atfve to the Health Department.

An Amendment to an Ordinance Rel
 atfve to the Health Department.
 In compliance with the votes taken at the meeting of the Common Coun- ell of the City of Bridgeport, held Feb. 15. 1915. the following reso- lution and ordinance was unanimous- 1y adopted:
 Resolved. That the action of this Common Council on January 4, 1915, in passing an amendment to the ordi- nance entitled tAn Ordinance Rela- tive to the Health Department,' be and hereby is rescinded; and be it further
 Resolved. That the following amendment to an ordinance relative to the Health Department be and hereby is adopted:
 Be It Ordained by the Common
 Council of the City of Bridgeport.
 That paragraph three of an ordi- nance entitled "An Ordinance Rel ative to the Health Department'' be amended, so that said paragraph shall read as follows:
 '~The salary paid to such sanitary inspector shall be $1,35O per year, payable in equal semi monthly pay ments."
 Adopted. February Is, 1915.
 Approved. February IT, 1915.
 Attest:
 J ALEX. H. ROBINSON.
 a" City Clerk
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-23
NOTICE
De Payment of Taxes on the List Of
 1918 in the First District Only.


 Property owners in the First Dis trict only, who have not paid taxes on the list of 1913, are hereby nou- fled that at the meeting of the Com mon Council of the City of Bridge port, held February 15, 1915, the fol- lowing preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted. to wit: Whereas, the tax rate for the City of Bridgeport upon the list of 1918 was fixed at 19.2 mills: and
 Whereas, it is necessary in order to fulfill the requirements of the charter as interpreted by the Su- preme Court to ascertain how much able against property in the First District outside of the Second Dis trict; and,
 Whereas, an examination of the ap- propriauons made by the Board of Apportionment and Taxation for the fiscal year 1S14-1915 disclosed that the amount of tax for such purposes chargeabIe against the First District only taxpayers should not be less than 1012 mills.
 Therefore, Resolved, That the Tax Collector be and he hereby is au- thorized to accept from all property owners taxable in the First District outside the limits of the Second Dis trfct, in full settlement and discharge of the tax levied against. such prop erty on the list of 1913, a sum equal to 1o.2 mills on every dollar Of val uation Of such property as assessed by the assessors on the list of 1913.
 Provided, that such payments be made on or before the thirty-f1rst day of March, 1915: and
 Further Provided, that interest as provided by law shall be chargeable upon taxes paid after the S1st day of March, 1915.
 Adopted, February 15. 1915.
 Approved, February IT, 1915.
 Attest:
 J. ALEX H. ROBINSON,
 a City Clerk.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-23
NOTICE

An Ordinance Amending the Ordf-
 nance Creating the Board of Con-
 tract and Supply.
 In compliance with the votes taken at the meeting of the Common Coun- ci1 of the City of Bridgeport, held Feb. 15, 1915, the following amend nent to the Ordinance entitled sAn Ordinance Creating the Board of Contract and Supply was unani- mously adopted, to wit:
 Be It Ordained by the Common Coun-
 cfl Of the City of Bridgeport:
 Section 1 of an Ordinance entitled .sAn Ordinance Creating the Board of Contract and Supply, approved Jan. 18th, 1912, is hereby amended to read as follows:
 Section l. In February 1912. the Mayor shall appoint three members of the Board of Apportionment and Taxation, of said City, who shall thereupon become and be a, Board of Contract and Supply; one of said members shall be appointed to serve until January 1st, 1918; one until January 1st, 1914; and one until Jam uary 1st, 1915; and during the first week in January, 1913, and annually thereafter, in said week the Mayor shall appoint a member of said Board of Contract and Supply, from the members of said Board of Appor- tionment and Taxation to serve for three years from the first day of January on which the term of his predecessor expired. Each appointee on said Board of Contract and Sup ply (beginning with the appointment to be made in January, 1913,) shall be from that class of said Board of Apportionment and Taxation whose term thereof expires contemporan- eously with the expiration of his said appointment on the Board of Con- tract and Supply. Any vacancy in said Board of Contract and Supply shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as an original appointment is made. Any member ply, irrespective of the term for to be a member of the Board of Ap- portionment and Taxation, shall thereupon ipso facto cease to be a member of said Board of Contract and Supply. The members of said Board and the clerk thereof shall be sworn to faithful discharge of their duties, and the clerk thereof shall give a bond with surety to the accep- tance of the Common Council in the sum of Five Thousand Dollars for the faithful discharge of his duties; the premium for said bond, however, shall be paid by the city. The mem bers of said Board shall serve with out pay.
 Unanimously adopted, Feb. IS, E1915.
 Approved. February, IT. 1915. NAttest:
 J. ALEX H. ROBINSON,
 a* City Clerk.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-23

De Change of Grade on the Southeast
 Corner of Elm and Harrison Sts.,
 Raising the Same Six Inches.
 In compliance with the votes taken at the meeting of the Common Coun- Gil of the City of Bridgeport, held February 16, 1915, the following re- port of the Board of Appraisal of Benefits and Damages was adopted relative to the change of grade on the southeast corner of Elm and Harrison streets, to wit:
 We did estimate and appraise to the following persons the several sums set opposite their respective names, as the amount of damages by them received and sustained re- cial benefits by them respectively re- cetved therefrom, to wit: Erwin M. Jennings, Edward
 A Jennings and Henry A.
 Jennings .-..-.. $4,Oo0-oO Mary Miller, Henry l. Miller,
 Albert W. Miller and Fred
 erick I. Miller ...$ 300.00
 And did estimate and apprafse to the following persons the several sums set opposite their respective names as the amount of benefits re- ceived respectively by said persons over and above any damages by them respectively sustained therefrom, to wit:
 The City of Bridgeport - $4,300. GO
 And we did also estimate, ascer- tain and determine that the following g persons will receive an equal amount of damages and benefits in the prem ises, namely
 Mary Hayes, Annie Parrott, Thom- as Morrissey, George W. Hills, Thom- as F. Martin, Matthew H. McMahon, William A. Buckley, Elizabeth McE1- roy. Henry Bishop, Universalist Church society, George w. Jackson.
 Adopted, February Is, 1915.
 Approved, February IT, 1915.
 Attest:
 J. ALEX. H. ROBINSON,
 an City, Clerk.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-23
Amusernents
PiO'I,LI.'S

Manager Poli has arranged a very attractive bill at Pon's for the first three days of the week. Crowded houses greeted the opening perform Ances on yesterday and everybody seemed highly pleased with the en- tertainment offered.
 The feature of theAvaudeviIle pro- Kids,'' vaudeville offering of the sschool-days. type. There is a big cast of clever Juvenile Entertainers In the production. and they all can sing and dance. The comedians are capable lads who give promise of be- Ing heard from in the theatrical world
 George Randall and company draw many laughs with a very clever far cicaI skft called ssAil on Account of Fitle.'' The playlet deals with the matrimonial quests Of two noblexnen and the comedy situations are many and are well developed.
 LaBe1ie and Harry please nightly In their nifty skit, in which the '.stagehand'' breaks up a very pretty girls act The manner in which they iron out their troubles is most I entertaining.
 Maxine Brothers present some very clever acrobatic offerings, and these are immediately initiated by a wonderful little dog Bobby It is an interesting act.
 Weston and Leon, two girls of very pleasing voice with a well-selected song repertoire, and Stone and Alexis, In sensational acrobatc novelty. complete the bill in happy manner.
 One of the best photop1ays ever seen here is the f1ve-part feature, "A Celebrated Scandal" introducing Miss Betty Nansen. the renowned emotion al actress of the Royal Denmark theatre. The play is . gripping story of diplomatic life and holds Interest throughout It is most adequately presented.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-23
EASTON

Mrs Edward A. Hawkins will en- tertain the Dorcas society of the Bap- list church. Tuesday afternoon
 The young men of Sport Hill will give a minstrel show Wednesday ev- entag After the entertainment. re- freshments were served in the Sport Hill hall.
 grange will be held Tuesday evening.
 Mir and Mrs. Charles s. Everett will open their home to the colnInun- ity meeting which the Baptist church will hold Friday evening
 Mrs Frank Edwards has returned to her home after a visit with her sister. Mrs Charles Gray of Bronson avenue, GrsenfeId H1IL
 Miss Natalie B. Marsh of Sport HiII has returned to her home after visit with her grandparents, MT. and Mrs. John H. Candee-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-23
DEERFIEID & GREENFIELD

Preliminary arrangements are un- derway for the annual Farmers In stitute next month at the Greenfield Country club
 Mrs. Dwight Banks is spending sew eral days in Bridgeport, where she was called by the Illness of her fath-
 rha son of MT. and Mrs Joseph PovaIls is III with pneumonia-
 Harold Clifford has resigned his po- sition in the Bridgeport Pharmacy.
 Miss Olive Hull recently spent a few days with MT. and Mrs Howard Gray on Bronson avenue.
 Mrs.fEE.f B. Sherwood has returned from several days visit with Mrs. John Bailey of Center street, Bridge port
 The Ladies Union of the Green field Congregational church held a meeting for sewing on Wednesday, in sthe church parIors- A dinner was served at noon by Miss M Louise Meeker and Miss Fannie Conklin.
 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gray are en- tertainfng their sister, Mrs F. Ed wards of Bridgeport
 -she reg-1ar meeting Of the Green Held grange was well attended The nrograrn was interesting and instruc- sI live. It follows. Song by the grange; recitatiof1, Miss E1va Banks; reading, Miss Mabel Jennings; talk on spray lnz Howard Wakeman; grapho- phone selections, Merwin LobdeIl.
 Miss Viola Mcdonald was given a very pleasant surprise party by friends a few evenings ago at her borae.- During the evening games and dancing were enjoyed. The host ess served refreshments
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-23
PLAZA

Mrs. oReiaIy Recepti6ns Is the title of an excructating farce in the hands of May Wsntsyorth e co. at the Plaza the first ha1f of the week and it was responsible for a verftab1e riot of laughter that kept up for twenty minutes at yesterday's per- fornances. Mrs O'ReiI1y. who has lately fallen heir to 3 fortune. at tempts to break into society under the tutelage of her son and daughter. and her total ignorance of the rules of society in the arrangement of re- captions gets her Into deep water wherever she turns. There are thfr- teen people in tn act. mostly girls in handsome gowns and the song numbers brought them rounds of ap- plause- sss ss
 Nevfns & Gordon gave a very good account of themselves in singingH talk ing and dancing skit and they put their offering over so neatly and quickly that the audience Insisted up- on more
 'sThe Sunbeam,ss a beautiful sing ing extravaganza put over by Eu- gene Emmett and company of three proved, one of the most entertaining numbers on the program MT. Elm melt is. possessed Of rare tenor voice which he displayed to advan- tage ine a well selected repertoire of ofd-tIrne hits and his yode1ing mum bers were a treat. Fields & Brown took their share of the good wishes of the spectators in a c4exerly execut- ed singing. talking and dancing od- dity. Edgar Berger went through a contortion act that held interest at a high pitch right through to his exit bows Edgar is wonder and many Of his stunts brought znurnnurs of as- fonashxlneI1ts from his auditors.
 t.The Double DeceptiOnss The Still
 
 seYe Olden GEafter, z Keystone com posed the Movie program
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-23
HOLIDAY VISITORS
 DELIGHTED WITH
 LYRIC OFFERING
Calburn Players in GA Wo- mans Way" Are at Their
 Best-SherTnan Resting.

Because of the holiday. a matinee performance was given yesterday at l;the Lyric theatre, and two record houses resulted at the first perform
 ances of "A Woman's Way" As the applause of their large audiences at tested, The Calburns Stock players I were at their best in this bright and refreshing comedy.
 Lowell Sherman Is not in the cast this week, but is As'enjoying a much needed resi- according to Manager ICaIlahan. The leading masculine part ney who takes it up with the sheer l ity and earnestness which has made
 this young man so popular to local audiences.
 Miss Suzanne Jackson was never more delightful than as Marion Stan ton. She is bright and clever and charming1y womanly and fits herseif into the part well.
 We didn't like Miss Violet Barney nearly so well as previous weeks which was of course due to the part as nothing adverse could be said Of her really clever portrayal of 1t.
 As for Bernard Thornton, who is
 Harry Lynch. a newspaper man, we
 must admit that we have never yet seen one of the profession adorned
 with a twin daisy boutonniere while out on a 'tbig story" However he O1QnC come n1AO1y O4S01LSS III WILL paper and pencil wildly displayed which was one conoIsation-
 We were glad to see Miss Helen
 Blair, who has appeared two or three times Abefore in minor parts, In ay larger one as Mrs. Stanton.
 Francis Byrne, who is the New York manager of the Calburn company, is IespeciaIly good as Oliver Whitney. l81 Other members of the cast who lend Fable sHp port to the principals this week are Miss Emma DeWeale as
 Mrs Livingston Miss Beverly West as Mrs. Bobby Livingston. Fred Ro- land as Bobby Livingston; Thomas
 Swem, the director of the play, as l Edward Rowland Morris; John T. Dwyer, as General Livingston, and Frank Me1rose as Wilson. The play is al clever one cIeverly given and promises to draw big hous- lses for the remainder of the week. fsBaby Mine" Margaret Mayo's de- ightfuI comedy is to come next week and with it the long heralded baby show on matinees, at which some 800 splendid prizes including everything
 from a handsome piano to a doll, will be distributed to the fattest babies the smallest babies. the finest twin. ba- lbies, the most strenuous babies, the most beautiful babies and to the girls iunder seven years having the pret- lttest white sdresses. 3gs sfs Fs f EMILY EMMETT
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-23
NOTICE

De Establishment of Grades on cliff
 Street and on Chase Street.
 In compliance with the votes taken at the meeting of the Common Coun- ciI of the City of Bridgeport, held Feb. 16, 1915. the following resolu- ton was adopted:
 Resolved. That the City Clerk be and hereby is directed to notify the parties in interest to appear before this Common Council, at the Coun- ciI Chamber, City Hall, City of Bridgeport, on Monday, the first day of March, A. D., 1915, at eight o'clock in the evening, and be heard in rela- ton to the establishment of grades on Cliff street, entire length, and on Chase street, entire length.
 Attest:
 J. ALEX. H. ROBINSON.
 a* City Clerk
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-23
NOTICE

De Acoeptance of Ford Place as a
 City. Street
 In compliance with the votes taken at the meeting of the Common Coun- Gil Of the City, of Bridgeport, held Feb. IS, 1915, the following reso1u- ton was adopted:
 Resolved, That the City. Clerk be and hereby is directed to notify the parties in interest to appear before this Common Council at the Council Chamber. City Hall, City of Bridge port, on Monday, the first day of March, A. D., 1915, at eight O o'cIock in the evening, and be heard in re- lation to the acceptance of Ford place as a city street.
 Attest:
 J. ALEX. H. ROBINSON.
 ae City Clerk
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-23
Touchina.

Jack That young simperly seems such a fragile fellow I should hesitate to touch him for fear he would break.
 Sam Re wouIdnlt hesitate about touching you if he was broke. London Telegraph.