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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-10-26
GETTING GOOD TEETH.

DR.. Gibbs, Of England. tells us that
at least in highly civilized countries,
The percentage among native races Is
only s per cent, while the Maoris OF
New Zealand have only l per cent
carlOuS teeth.
Decay in teeth is not exactly new.
Occasionally a tooth showing decay Is
dug up in some prehistoric ruin. While
this is true enough, we find that among
the earlier peoples decayed teeth We're
the exception and sound teeth the rule,
Among present day people the rule is
reversed.
1t is the opinion Of most experts that
not all the brushing and washing, Will
serve to reverse u rule. They help,
but they do not go far enough. Tile
same criticism applies to school dental
clinics. DR.. Ottolengin, OF New York,
insists upon that point. He says there
are no enough dentists in any city
to,elean and fill all the teeth of school
children of that city, even though each
dentist gave to it all of his time.
The far reaching remedy which DR.,
Gibbs proposes--and l think most ply
. sictans and dentists agree with him
is that decay is W to improper diet,
ard the remedy is to change the diet
The i'm to begin is in the first few
days of life. The baby must be breast
fed, since breast fed babies develop
better jaws and teeth than bottle fed
babies. The next time for a change
from present methods is weaving time,
or the time of the prepare-to-wean.
me size and shape of the teeth sug-
sest that the baby should gnaw and
Tear. comparative anatomy shows that
the shape of the jaw and teeth is a
most accurate index to the food of an
animal. The plain teaching of com
PaIatlve anatomy is that a baby should
Enaw bones and bite on hard toast.
zWiehack and such foods. The instinct
of the baby points In the same direc-
ton.
When the child gets a little older he
should nave meat, both lean and fat,
snd nard foods which require much
biting, snawing and chewing.
The pap fed child quickly becomes
, bolter and will grumble if he has to
sat q crust"
More important than what to eat Is
What not to eat. Above all, children
must not be allowed to develop a sweet
Doth. The less candy they eat the
better teeth they will have. 1t is very
nuch better for them to eat hard baked
oatmeal cakes and hard cooked cereals
without cream or sugar than to eat the
porr1dge, cruel and other soft kinds.
| Children need either sweets or fats,
but the need, as between the two, is
interchangeable. If a child over Is
months and older is given plenty of
butter, gravy and fat meat he will not
crave sweets.
To clean the teeth Of a child chew
;ng hard food is superior to the tooth
brush and dental floss. Eating fruit.
snd especially apples, furnishes needed
sugar in a wholesome form and cleans
the teeth very satisfactorily. Espe-
cially is it advisable to close he eve
ming meal with some mouth cleansing
1905 rather than, a porridge which
soils 1t. ~
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-10-26
Child Wives In Canada.
From the Manitoba Free Press

From the Manitoba Free Press.
That in the R%uthenian settlements
between the lakes north of Teulon and
In the Ethelbert districts. tuberculosis
is rampant n infant mortality rife,
were among the statements made by r.
w. Murchte, who returned from a six
weeks social survey of this district.
Marriage Of girls under ID is COM
mon. and under Is the general thing"
he said, and hat to men very much
older than themselves. In cases where
the girl has been in English speaking
districts, she objects strenuously, but in
most cases she obeys her fathers com
tnand in the matter"
me women work in the fields, very
often carrying then infant children, and
so have no time or strength to keen
house, he said. One meal a day, or at
the most two were cooked. For the
others they came in and ate a chunk of
bread and perhaps some fat. A room
ioXl2 feet would have a window of 18
nches II ever this was penned up in
the winter.
tuberculosis is reaping such a har-
vest" Mr.. Murchie said, that actually
the people despite their enormous fam
HES are i'll danger of extinction"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-10-26
HOW 1T is DONE.

Hear Scott, Miss. the Mississippi
Delta Planting company a a paanta-
ton of 40, 900 acres, on which there are
5000 employees. Under the direction OF
DIR. H. r. Miller they are getting rid
Of malaria on this tract without any
great expenditure Of money.
DR.. Miller says, in the Railway Sur
gical Journal, that their plan has de
creased my work in treating active
proved the working efficiency OF the
tenantry approximately % per cent"
For the employer this is a good in
vestment. The conditions should at
tract the cream of the labor. The ply
sician should not complain where his
work is lessened 40 per cent.
These are some of the methods en-
ployed. The use of patent chill tonics
is not allowed. By curing the symp-
toms of malaria-the chills-but not the
disease, chill tonics cause hematuria
and chronic malaria. DR.. Miller says:
'Hemaglobinuria (also called hematur-
ia). the scourge OF the delta 20 years
ago, is now but rarely seen. This is
almost entirely due to the discontinue
ance of the use of chill tonics."
The Importance of remaining indoors
at night is impressed on the people.
The house of each white employee is
thoroughly screened with 16 or 10
AAiSoLi i ANSAS u Al S"t 'iAst
houses has a bar, that does not open
on the side, of 16 mesh. Each manager
is supplied with three grain quinine
capsules, compound cathartic pills, ep-
som salts, and castor Oil, and instruct
ed in their use. In 1915 the force used
5O,250 q%uinine capsules, $50
bottles of epson salts, and 1880
cathartic pills.
To prevent malaria they gave IL
grains Of q%uinine at bed time for two
nights each week during the flight Of
anopheline mosquitoes. The first flight
Of anopheline mosquitoes in that local
ity occurs in May, the last In October
or November. with the first good frost.
There is no reason for giving prophy-
Tactic q~uinine when there are no mos
quitoes to infect-that Is, frOta the last
Of October until May 1.
To thoroughly cure a case Of ma
laria they follow this plan. The pa
tient. if an adult, is given epson salts:
If a child, castor Oil. This Is followed
/ by five three-grain quinine capsules.
given at bed time. The quinine Is re-
| peated every night for -four nights.
| Then 1t Is given two nights a week for
six weeks. Late in the fall the dose of
! quinine Is followed by a dose of dilute
muriatic acid In water-one drop of the
acid for each grain of quinine.
The company employs a sanatofian,
who advises as to breeding places for
mosquitoes. draining, oiling and SCREEN
ing.
Malaria is doubly important Just now
since mosquitoes will soon disappear
and human carriers will be the sole
source of malaria. Last year blood ex-
aminations Of employees showed that 40
per cent of 1900 to 1900 employees were
malarial. These examinations were
made in the winter. None complained
Of malaria, or eve suspected that they
l hO6 {f TNh{u yyfpfn> tIrn1,o1 ho vim o
treated the cases more thoroughly. they
expect to find fewer carriers. The car
riers found will be given quinine by
injection.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-10-26
Submarines and Airshios.

From the SAN Francisco Chronicle.
BY the sinking of the Cunard steamer
other vessels upon the same day. atten-
ton becomes focused on the fact that
diver warfare Is being pursued as ener-
getically, as ever. For a time there was
q lull, which was variously explained, the
Germans stating that 1t was in Difference
TO- a, american lean demands and the British
of SO many submarines. The probabil-
tiles are that there was never any cessa-
ton of submarine activity and that what
seemed SO was the failure to torpedo any
big battleship or merchant steamer.
There was doubtless greater caution
exercised because Of the danger of sink
ing vessels containing American passen-
gers, but when there was no such hazard
no mercy was shown. AS a British trans
port, the Franconia would not be likely to
have any n~eutrals aboard. and, accord
ingly. she was sent to the bottom with
short shift.
1t is also true that the British have
The mere fact that the voyage Of the
Deutschland has not been repeated is
reasonable proof that summarizing is not
an altogether safe enterprise and that
many divers must be captured. There IS
no reason why Britain should record every
capture, while, in the nature of things.
the Germans would not give publicity to
such losses.
For all that, there is no circumstances
of the war more striking than the enor-
nous losses which have been inflicted by
iSo apoI pCAilScIGHl dllu neutral
shipping. Indeed, 1t has been said that
one Of the very strong reasons why the
allies will not consider peace propositions
Is that If the war were to end tomorrow
Germany; with comparatively light losses
to her shipping, would be able to start off
with a great advantage in ocean carrying.
England would have to start building yes
sells. as France would have to start re-
building her factories, while German ships
and German shops would be ready for
action.
AS against the enormous tonnage de-
warships killed, the losses INFLICTED by
either a War or merchant Craft is s"t to
weaken the fighting strength Of a belli-
gerent. but to lombard houses and Kill
noncombatants, often women and chill
dren, Is to accomplish virtually nothing
of any significance in the conflict. As
destructive agencies, airships have not
been worth their cost of construction, but
they nave played a most important part
in the work of observation. It Is not too
much to say that they have completely
revolutionized warfare both on land and
sea. On land they have. made It impossi-
| BILE to move whole armies secretly, while
| such success as Germany achieved In the
| North sea battle was largely due to air
| craft informing the kaiser's high seas fleet
| that a detached British naval division was
In a certain direction, as they also gave
warning of the approach of Admiral Jelli-
coe and his string Of d~readnaughts.
Airships are still valuable, chiefly as
scouts, but the submarines are the real
| fighters.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-10-26

rack he swept his coat n hat off with
his free hand, and bore them with him,
devoutly hoping that he was not being
watched from the dining room. Could
he possibly get from the telephone out
the front door without being seen?
Hastily he hid the cipher message in an
inner pocket. The napkin he tropped on
the little telephone table, and taking up
the receiver he spoke: "Hello! Yes! oh,
good evening! You don't say SO! How
did that happen?" He made his voice
p~urposely clear, that it might be heard
IN the dining room If anyone was list
ening. Then glancing In that direction
he saw. to his horror, his host lean over
and lift the cipher paper he had left on
the table and hand 1t to the guest on his
right.
The messenger at the other end had
given his sentences agreed upon and he
mad replied according to the sentences
laid down by the chief in his i%nstruc-
tons; the other end had said goodbye
and hung up. but Gordon's voice spoke,
cool and clear in the little alcove, de-
spite his excitement. "'All right. Certain
~, l can take time to write 1t down.
Wait until I get my pencil. Now, I'm
ready. Have you 1t there? I'll wait a
minute until you get It," His heart beat
wildly. The blood surged through his
ears like rushing waters. Would they
look for the little red mark? The soft
clink of spoons and dishes and the
murnur of conversation was still going
on, but there was no doubt but that 1t
was q matter OF a few seconds before
his theft would be discovered. He must
make an instant lash for liberty while
he yet could. Cautiously. stealthily, like
a ID from the alcove. one eye on
the dining room. he stole to the door
and turned the knob. Yet even as he
d." - he saw his recent host rise ex-
citealy from his seat and fairly snatch
The paper from the man who held 1t.
His last glimpse of the room where he
had bue three minutes before been en-
1oying the hospitality Of the house a
a vision of the entire company starting
up 2 pointing to himself oven as he
slid from sight. There was no longer
need for silence. He had been discov-
cred and must fight for his life. He shut
the door quickly, his nerves SO tense
that At seemed as If something must
break soon; opened and slammed the
outer door, and was out in the great
Whirling city under the flare Of electric
lamps with only the chance of a second
OF lime before his pursuers would be
upon him.
He, came down the steps with the air
OF n who could scarcely take time to
louch ii:s feet to the ground, but must
fly.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-10-26
Tho Sugar Famine.
From the Montpomerv Advart

From h Montgomery Advertiser.
II IS that we are face to face
With a famine. Even raw sugar.
meaning brown uga is scarce.
Well, we judge from the doctors orders
whenever he visits a patient that people
consume too much sugar anyway. It is
eliminate that refreshing drink from con-
sideration. Parents Of the present gem
coffee straight: in lard times plain old
sugar cane molasses has been converted
into sweetentng for coffee for those who
couldn't stand it bitter.
Too much candy and too much cake are
probably eaten. especially by children. II
ts said that too much sugar rots the
teeth.
%, it is possible to figure out Just how
aoh better off we are without sugar
II we would be II we faced q salt
g2iEine.
. foods contain sugar In greater OF
sn year, witt plenty Of swee& tali
gn & from the mouths OF polMicians,
me way, what has become Of tn
Industry that wa ruined by thd
e--vood TARIFF?
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-10-26
Experienced.

From the Washington star
"HaNe you the armness that enahles
you to 90 on and do your duty Ia the faco
Of ingratftude and ungenerous criticfsmf'
II ought to have. once cooked tor Q
camping party"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-10-26
,cont.nued N-xt week.l

The working force 81 the Butieh
navy. af1oat and ashore tnsanaas mors
thar 100000 man.
The Delta independent., 1916-12-15
Happenings in
District Court

The special term of district court
opened in Delta Monday morning and
several cases have been disposed of
In the Ludwig case, where the ac-
cused were charged with having
butchered COW not of their owning.
the defendants were acquitted.
In the Wickham matter, wherein
the charge of perjury was brought
against defendant in an alleged false
swearing in the receipt of consign-
ment of booze, there was an acquittal
verdict
The case of Mrs. Banning. also boot
Logging, was postponed on account of
the defendants present illness.
Charles ]. Martinez, who was taken
in by the sheriff's forces in North
Delta, for the larceny of clothes and
other property, plead guilty and was
given .penitentiary sentence of two
and a half years.
At the time of going TO press jary
had been secured and trial proceed
ings begun in the ]. X. Heater case.
The Delta independent., 1916-12-15
Popular Eckert
Couple Married

Harry Z. Stanton and Miss Edith
S. Oliver we're married at the home
of A. L. Reynolds. Eckert. Tuesday
December 12. at high noon. Only the
immediate families were present at
the ceremony which was performed
by J. a. Hunsicker of the Presbyter
ian church. They were attended by
Mss Olive Stanton. sister of the
groom. and w. II. Isensee. of Delta. a
schoolmate and special friend of Mr.
Stanton.
The bride is a niece of A. l.. Rey.
nolds. In whose home she has lived
from the Eckert high school in the
class Of 1916 and is esteemed as one
of Eokert's very best girls.
The groom is the second son of ]. II
Stanton. He was graduated from the
Delta high school in 1912. took bus.
mess course in Denver and for several
years has clerked in Mr.. Reynolds
store where he has made for himself
an excellent reputation for courtesy
and efficiency.
After the service a sumptuous din.
ner was served. then they were con.
veyed to Delta in Mr.. Reynolds sar
and took the train for Grand Junction
and Salt Lake City. They expect to
return In time to spend Christmas in
their home in the Emerson Mohring
house which they have furnished
throughout. May their welded life
ms II has begun.
The Delta independent., 1916-12-15
The Other Fellows Hen.

Some peoples hens are doing bust
ness while those owned by others are
Idle. II seems that there is way of
making hens lay in winter time when
eggs are high. and Il looks like the
system would be worth learning and
putting in practice. No doubt the
best way to wise up is to get your
Information from those who have
learned and proven the secret, the
main part of which seems to he warm
quarters and balanced rations. com
prising certain quantities of the class
of foods resuired to produce fifty.cent
eggs.
The Delta independent., 1916-12-15
Golden Wedding Celebration

On November gath at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Willie. arrived 9L
pound baby girl, which came to help
make more joyous the golden wedding
anniversary of the mothers grand.
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. f. Keller, of
Delta. Colorado. which event will be
celebrated Thanksgiving day at the
home of Roy Willie. The guests of
honor were Mr.. and Mrs. w. NJ. Willie
the bahy's grandparents. of Beloit,
Kansas; Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Willie and
family; Mrs. w. II. Rutherford and
son Charles. Mrs. Willie's mother and
brother of Manitou. Colorado. Mr. and
Mrs. Keller are the parents of County
Assessor Charles L. Keller. of Delta
county, Colorado.-Beloit (Kansas)
News.
The Delta independent., 1916-12-15
Lawn Cottage Scene of Most
Delightful Social Evenin4

Lawn Cottage, the home of Mr. and
Mrs. H. w. Teachout, of Eckert was
the scene of delightful surprise par
ty Monday evening, December IL. the
occasion being the birthday anniver-
sary of Mrs. Teachout. The evening
was pleasantly passed with cards and
music, and later delicious refresh
ments were served
many handsome gifts. Judge Ding
man, on behalf of members of Mrs
Teachout's card club. made a beauti
full speech in her honor and presented
her with handsome piece of silver
ware.
The Delta independent., 1916-12-15
Geo. Hider Has
Narrow Escape

George Hider skidded over a 5ank
in his auto. Monday, while hurrying
home from Woods place. Snow al
the curve started the car on its tobog
gan slide which carried II over the
bank.
George was considerably bruised up
and had bad cut on the knee. to the
bone. in which a number OF stitches
had TO be taken. AMI which will
cause confinement to his home for
several weeks.
The accident is one OF a class which
are handed out pretty regularly 10
beginners in the art OF steering a
buzz wagon on dangerous roads. and
which, in the ensuing course OF ex.
perience. serve to make the future ex-
pert. always careful.
The Delta independent., 1916-12-15
Peace Offer.

Berlin. Dec. 12.-An offer of Ger
many and her allies to enter forth
with in opening peace negotiations
was announced by Chancellor vor
Bethmann Holweg in a speech in the
Reichstag today. Communications
have been sent to the Vatican and
neutral nations with the request that
they be brought before the warring
powers.
The chancellor reviewed the prog
| ress of the war and causes leadin'
up to II and declared the central
powers were not desirous of contin
ing the civilization which IT has TAX
en- centuries to build. III the entente
allies refuse to talk peace" said tn
chancellor. Germany and her allies
will continue to battle to a victoriouf
end. regardless of the cost to them
selves"
Conscious of our responsibility be
fore God, before our own nation and
before humanity. the central powers
decided to open peace negotiations
Won Bethmann Holweg asserted. The
chancellor said the proposals had for
their object the guarantee of the ex-
istence, the honor and liberty of evo.
luton for the four central allied pow.
ers. Behind the fighting army" said
the chancellor. Stands the national
work-the gigantic forces of the ma.
tion. working for the common aim
Continuing. he said:
THE empire is not a besieged fort
ress. as our adverstries imagine. but
one gigantic and disciplined camp
with inexhaustible resources. Our
strength has not made our ears deaf
to our responsibility to God, before
our own nation and before humanity
The chancellor said Germany and
her allies would disclaim responsible.
ity for further slaughter II the entente
allies refused to manifest desire to
end the war.
"In a fateful hour we took fate.
ful decision" declared he. God will
be the Judge. We can proceed upon
our way without fear and unashamed
We are ready for fighting, and we are
ready for peace"
The Delta independent., 1916-12-15
European War.

The most sensational feature of the
European war the last day or two, is
the overtures for peace advanced by
Germany.
These are the more surprising ir
the face of the admitted fact of re.
cent gains for the Germans. and with
the Greecian armies apparently ready
to join the Kaiser's cause.
London seems TO scout the idea of
peace, yet England is a pretty good
buffer. and besides does not consti-
tute the whole entente; so viewing
the situation from the desire 10 quit
on the part OF the peoples engaged.
and the Kaiser's upper hand in the
fighting. it looks like there might be
real prospect for the senseless Eu-
ropean war to soon come to close
one of the results to this country be
ing the administering of death stab
to our over-speculation. The follow
ing is in relation to the Kaiser's pro,
posal:
The Delta independent., 1916-12-15
japanese Has Back Broken
in ACCident---IS Still LiVinQ

victim was rushed to the hospital with
all possible haste, where an opera
tion was performed At present the
entire lower portion of his body is
in a paralyzed state, owing to the
shock to the nerve centers. At the
time of going to press he was still
living, but with very little hope for
his recovery.
Vic Kojima was an educated Jap.
and had been converted in the Chris
tian faith. For some time he served
as a Christian missionary in Japan be-
fore coming to America. He has been
here 25 years and is As years of age.
AS far as is known, deceased leaves
no relatives here.
The Delta independent., 1916-12-15
She Had a Host
of Friends Here

Among the overlooked matters for
publication last week was a letter con-
tanning the sad news to Mr.. ]. ID. Van
Volkenburgh of the death of his moth
er, Mrs. Hattie Van Volkenburgh. at
Gallatin, Mo. The death occurred at
the home of her daughter Mrs. E. T.
Smith. at that place. November 20.
She was buried at Hamilton Mo, be-
side her husband. ON Friday. Decem-
ber l. Services were held at the
Christian church. usder the auspices
of the Rebekah lodge. of both of which
she had been a member for a number
of years. Mrs. Van Volkenburgh was
born at the town of Murray. Orleans
county, New York. April 13. 1888. She
leaves two daughters ana one son to
mourn her loss-Mrs. Stina Broughton.
of Tacoma, Washington. Mrs Ada o.
Smith. of Gallatin. Mo-. and ]. ID. Van
Volkenburgh, of Delta. Colorado. Mrs.
Van Valkenburgh was stricken with
a paralytic stroke on January II. and
had been practically bedfast ever
since. She has spent considerable OF
the time in Delta with her son and
family and had many warm friends
here who will sincerely regret her
passing away.
The Delta independent., 1916-12-15
Alexander Gum
Passes to Beyond

The death of Alexander Gum, of
Gunnison Valley. occurred last Tues
day morning, and the burial was on
the following day in Delta cemetery.
Mr.. Gum has suffered from paralysis
for the past ten years, and death came
as relief from his sufferings. He
was Sc years old at the time of his
death, and is survived by one daughter
He was a brother of ] VI. Gum, well
known ranchman of the upper Gunni-
son valley.
The funeral occurred from the Hop
son mortuary at 10 o'clock Wednesday
morning, and interment was in Delta
cemetery. He had no family.