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The Snowflake herald., 1916-04-07
SNOWFLAKE STAKE
Wins THE CONTEST

test held here last Friday and
Saturday between the St. Johns
and Snowflake Stakes was won
by the latter. For time it
looked as though the contest
would have to be postponed, for
the weather man got unusually
busy, necessitating the cancell-
ing of Friday mornings sports,
on account of wet grounds. !"
By 2 p. M, however, the field
was in fair shape and the after
noon program carried out.
Saturday morning arose bright
and early, with an abundance
of sunshine, and the day could
not have been better for pulling
off the events. although the
track was not in the best of
shape. The events left over
from Friday were put on Satur-
day and the full outlined pro-
gram was completed.
Besides the Apache county
contingent, many people from
all over this part of the country
were in attendance. Saturday
afternoon 900 persons w ere
counted on the grounds, besides
38 autos and 26 wagons and
buggies. Six hundred persons
were counted at the Saturday
evening entertainment.
Following is the result of the
contest as handed in by Secretary
James Macpherson:
INDOOR EVENTS
Junior Girls Chorus-Snow-
flake, l; 5 points.
Soprano Solo-1st, Miss Thur
"a Brown, St. Johns; 5 points.
Junior Public Speaking -1st,
Brigham Perkins, Snowflake; 5
points.
Junior Piano Solo-1st, Miss
Lois Webb, Snowflake, 5 points.
Senior Public .Speaking-1st,
John Palmer, Snowflake; 5
points.
Violin Solo-1st, John Gran
dell, Snowflake; 5 points.
Junior Boys Chorus-1st, st.
Johns; 5 points.
Advanced Senior Public Speak
ing-1st, Prof. Orrin Baird,
Snowflake; 5 points.
Baritone Solo-1st. Marshall
Flake, Snowflake; 5 points.
Senior Piano Solo-1st, Mrs.
Orpha Standifrd, Snowflake; 5
points.
Ladies Quartet LIST, St. Johns;
5 points.
Tenor Solo-1st. Alfred An
derson, St. Johns; 5 points.
Junior Re-Told Story-1st,
Miss Beth Rencher, st. Johns;
5 points.
Male Quartet-1st, Snowflake;
5 points.
Senior Re-Told Story-1st,
Miss Hannah Crosby, St. Johns;
5 points.
Double Mixed. ,Quartet-1st,
Snowflake; 5 points.
Result of Indoor Activities
Snowflake, so points; st. Johns,
81 points.
OUTDOOR SPORTS
Hammer IhfOW-lSC, Ralpn
Whiting, St. Johns; 121 ft. 9 ms;
5 points. End, Evan Larson,
Snowflake; la ft. II ins; 3
points. 3rd, Irving Jennings,
Snowflake; 102 ft. 3 ms: point.
High jump, Loren Shum-
way, Snowflake; 5 ft. ST ins.;
5 points. End, Arthur Tanner,
Snowflake; 5 ft. Al ms; 3points.
3rd, Edgar Mineer, St. Johns;
l point.
Shot Put-1st, James Lewis,
Snowflake; 80 fit. Z ms; 5points..
L. B. Turley, Snowflake, and
Ralph Whiting. st. Johns, tied;
38 ft. 10 ins. Each given 2
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The Snowflake herald., 1916-04-07

DR.. j. w. Bazell was here from
Holbrook Tuesday, having come
over on professional business.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-11-24
BRONZE BEST liked
Beautiful Plumage and Large
Size Has Given This Tur-
key First Place.

TIME bronze turkey holds the
place of honor among its tribe.
1t is cross between the wild
and the tame turkey. Its beau
tiful, rich plumage and its size have
come from its wild prOgenitors. To
maintain these desirable qualities
crosses are continually made. In this
way the mammoth size has been gain
ed. Their standard weight ranges
from 16 to So pounds, according to age
and sex. Probably more Of this variety
are grown each year than of all others.
The coloring of this variety is a
ground of black, blazoned or shaded
with bronze. This shading is rich and
glowing, and when the SUMS rays are
reflected from these colors they shine
like polished steel.
The Narragansett turkeys are next
in size to the bronze. They are OF
black ground color, each feather end.
ing with band of steel gray, edged
with black. This imparts grayish
cast to the entire surface plumage.
Mixed with this is the finish of me.
taliic black and bronze luster.
The standard weights of this variety
are, for males, from "a to 80 pounds /;
for females, from II to IS pounds.
Some old males of both this and the
bronze variety weigh oyer 40 pounds.
The buff turkey is not generally
known throughout the country. In
many localities it is almost unknown.
The standard calls for pure buff col
or throughout, but this shade of color
ing is seldom seen. AS bred for mar
ket these turkeys are of reddish buff
or light chestnut color mixed with
white and some dark shadings. They
are highly valued in some localities for
their quick growth and for their at
Effectiveness when dressed. Their av.
erage weight is several pounds less
than that of the Narragansett.
The slate turkey might be called
blue turkey. They about average i'll
size with the Bluffs and blacks. They
range from 10 to Is pounds, according
to age and sex. The black color ranges
from small spots to larger markings,
but the less of this the better for ex-
hibition purposes. 1t might be sur
missed that the slate turkey originated
from a cross Of white ard black tur-
keys.
In America the white turkey is called
the white Holland turkey. The reason
for this is not apparent, though some
think it is so called because it origi-
nally came from Holland. White tur-
keys were formerly quite delicate and
rather small. but now are more gener-
ally developed. The standard Of
weight is less for the whites than for
other varieties. They range from 10
pounds for young hens to &c pounds
for old toms. In color Of plumage
they should be white throughout Tex
cept that each has a black beard on
the breast), with shanks and toes pink
ish white.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-11-24
Domestic economy is taught in the
school of matrimony.
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription makes
weak women strong, sick women well, no
alcohol. Sold in tablets or liquid.
HADN'T BORED GLADSTONE
Statesman, in Fact, Thoroughly En-
joyed Himself While "Heavy
Recitation Was Rendered.

Sir Charles Wyndham the actor, was
once asked to exploit certain reciter
and gave an "at home" for the pur-
pose, at which Gladstone was present,
1t was a terribly hot afternoon, and
the reciter announced that he would
give Elaine" by Lord Tennyson.
After the recital Sir Charles Went
to Gladstone and said, "Im afraid
you've had trying time with all this
heath"
"Not at ALL" was the reply. IL have
had a charming afternoon. thank
you for asking me, and now as am
quite refreshed l can run back to the
house,"
Sir Charles was elated, for the rath-
err heavy "Elaine" had been success
after ALL He rushed to the stage.
where he found his guests waiting for
him and for tea.
"What have we done to you" they
cried, ito give us Elaine on day like
this? Surely there was something
lighter to choose"
Lighter" echoed Sir Charles.
'sThat's the trouble with you society
people-you're all SO frivolous. I gave
you a classic treat. Why, Gladstone
has just told me he had delightful
afternoon"
"Of course he had" was the rejoin-
der, ''for he was asleep all the time"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-11-24

was, and he soon had it slung from his
rifle barrel over his shoulder and was
picking his way down the mountain
side to find the trail at lower point.
1t was moonlight when he reached the
hog-yard, and then the house, with his
trophy, which was now quite still. Hav-
ing exhibited the bird to his mother
and young sister, he laid it in the hay
loft in the stable, and, after full
recital Of his hunt, went to bed, as
tired boy as ever bagged turkey,
and probably more tired than any boy
who never did.
Now, most surprising thing hap
pened the next morning. When Bob
opened the stable door the turkey was
still there, but it was standing ON both
feet and with one wing trailing on the
ground. And, instead Of fluttering
away as regular wild turkey should,
it looked up at him with look half
curiosity and half appeal. 1t hoped
a few steps away when he approached,
and then allowed Bob to touch it with
his hand.
swell, fellow" said Bob, "you don't
seem to be very much a-scart."
He looked at the wounded wing, then
scratched his head moment, and then
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-11-24

same to you, ma" he said that night,
std ADJUST as soon have bacon fer din
ner tomorrow"
"All right, sonny" the mother laugh
ed and agreed. And that is how Yank
became member of the Scott family.
For Yank he was named. To Southern
partisans it was term of opprobrium,
but to Bob term Of affection-so ev-
erybody was satisfied.
By good financiering in the spring
Mrs. Scott was able to add small
flock of fowls to the Scott possessions,
including some turkeys. With these
Yank mingled, not without tinge of
the use of that wing, but he could run
like dog, using the good left wing as
plane now and then to lift him to
the top of fence. IF Olive Chanute,
the inventor OF the aeroplane, had seen
Yank, we might have had that inven-
ton a half century before we did.
Yank showed no disposition to leave
the Scott place, seeming to prefer the
good corn to woodland pickings.
It was seldom that any word or ru-
NOR trickled through from Bob's ia
Their, and then there was a silence of
months that left the Scott household
very solemn indeed. The synpathies
Of the neighbors were Southern; but.
be 1t recorded to their credit, they
treated the SCOTS with just as much
kindness as if the head Of the family
had not gone into the Union army. But
when the guerrillas began to operate
in the valleys below, there was reason
for some uneasiness, regardless of
ones sympathies.
One morning, just at the break of
dawn, there was a cautious knock on
the cabin door. Trembling with appre-
hension, the family reused itself. The
latch lifted, but the man who entered
was clothed in blue. Bob could scarce
ly believe that this red-bearded man
was his father.
His story was short and soon told
He had been wounded and separated
from his regiment. When he recov-
cred, he was assigned, quite willingly
to detail to round up the guerrillas;
and, as he was familiar with the vi
cinity he was now scouting on their
| trail. He was to lie quiet that day.
| gathering such information as he
could, and return to his comrades that
night.
II tell you. pop" cried Bob. ''rn &C
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-11-24
MORE THAN SHE COULD STAND
Mrs. De Graw, After Short Interview
With Maggie, Is Again Advertis-
ing for a Maid.

Mrs. De Graw is minus "a maid again.
1t happened this way:
Maggie, think you had better wash
the windows today, before we put up
the new white curtains"
Il don't wash no windows for no.
body, mum. l don't wash my own
windows at hum and certainly won't
wash yours"
'But washing windows is just as
much part of homework as wash
ing floors, Maggie"
81 don't wash no floors, either"
The door bell rang. Maggie stood
still.
"Why don't you go to the door,
Maggie?"
go to the door yourself. You look
better than do"
Maggie, do as your told"
"Not when 1 amt dressed up, mum.
And while we're talkin' frank, let me
tell you that 1 don't like the way this
house is managed. Not a bit !"
"Then, my dear young woman, you
trot up stairs and pack your trunk,
and get out of here as fast as you
can. 1 didn't hire you to be the lady
of the house."
exit Maggie in great rage.)
Mrs. De Graw's help wanted" ad
appears in another column.-Newark
News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-11-24
Copyright. 1915. '

There have been times in the history
Of the country when Thanksgiving day
was rather the occasion Of expressions
of hope for blessings to come than of
gratitude for those being enjoyed, but
even so the nation has not been I'M
mindful of it's peculiar position as the
most fortunate of the countries of the
earth. Much more, then, should there
be thankfulness on every side today
when not only are the people of the
land enjoying peace while thousands
mourn abroad, but with peace is plenty
In contrast with the hunger that stalks
elsewhere to carry out the horror that
shot and shell did not complete.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-11-24

down Delow and see what can see
and let you knowl" 1t appealed to the
boys desire for adventure and to the
soldiers desire for information. So,
after some reluctance and many eau
tons, the boy was allowed to go. To
divert suspicion, for the turkey would
attract more attention than the boy,
Yank was permitted to accompany him.
The boy and the bird were familiar fig
ures in the neighborhood.
Three miles from home a voice
laughed, Here's turk fer your din
ner, captain" and Bob found he had
walked into a hornets nest. They took
the two to a cabin a little back from
the pike and asked the boy few ques-
lions, without gaining any information.
Nor did he loose his hold on Yanlz,
though the bird struggled to be free. A
black-browed giant entered.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-11-24

was hopeless.
Then he thought Of Yank. Hardly
knowing why, he let go his hold.
There was a squawk and flut-
ter, man at the door was nearly
knocked from his feet, and feathered
thing that half ran and half few made
for the pike and the woods beyond.
"He got awayi" '1Thar goes your
dinner, captain" and a half-dozen
shots all came at the same instant. As
for the boy, he poured outdoors with
the rest and plunged into the woods
back Of the cabin.
Two hours later turkey, both of
whose wings dropped now, the left one
stained with blood, fluttered into the
Scott clearing. To go to the boy was
the fathers first thought, to go for help
the second and better one. 1t was a
bit risky, but over the ridge he went
and down the mountainside.
Bob circled and crossed the pike a
mile above. On a white stone by the
road he saw drop of red. "Well, they
hit him but didn't git him." he said.
That evening, just as the sun dipped
to the West, there was another hor
nets nest on the ridge. But this time
1t was the enemy that walked into it.
There was time for only few shots.
But the guerrilla captain heard them in
the valley below and decided that 1t
would be wen to move on, leaving his
missing men to join him as best they
could.
But they never did. Next night, 20
miles away, the captain turned to one
Of his men and asked:
do you reckon that fool bird had
anything o do with it,"
AS for tank, the battle-scarred vet
eran. what was one wing more or less?
He lived to see peace return to the
mountains, and to all Tennessee, and
to the nation. And you may be sure
he never played the principal part in
any Thanksgiving dinner.
(Copyright 1915 Western Newspaper Union.)
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-11-24

the whir change to a flutter, and the
Hutter to a thud. and the thud to
struggle in the brush down the hillside.
He followed the sound of that strug-
gle till he came upon the bird, and bird
1t was. turkey not so big of body as
Us spread of wings had indicated, but
a turkey none the less fit to grace the
Scott Thanksgiving board.
The shot mad broken its right wing.
The boy decided to tote it home as II
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-11-24

was or to the
cabin on a run,
shutting the sta
Bile door behind
h | m. When he
returned he went
to work with BAN
dages. He may
not have been
much of a sur
geon or a bone
setter, but what
he lacked in skill
he made up in
good intentions.
Meanwhile his en-
thusiasm regard
ing the Thanks
giving feast rath-
err oozed away
from him.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-11-24

OhhG4 nau Deen q
part, the principal part,
Of the SCOTS Thanks
giving bill Of fare ever
since Bob could remem-
Der, real Vermont tur-
key that they raised
on their Vermont farm
and fed with corn from
the Vermont hills. But
the particular hill on
which the Scott acres
law seemed better sniff
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-11-24

heard a racket on
there to the east
OF the trail
SWhir-r-r-r"
Some great liv-
Tng thing SWEPT
across the ridge
Hike a cioud. Bob's
gun was up to his
shoulder In an in
Btant, although he
shook with as bad
q case of buck fe-
yer as a boy ever
had. ''Bang I" he
blRzed away at
the flying cloud.
1t did not stop.
He must have
missed. But as
the report died
away he heard
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-11-24
MY THANKSGIVING

Fo, an he GOOD nv d.v. aford.
For an the blessings on me poured
For every kindly act and word,
THANK Thee. Locd.
Thank Thee. Lord. for thoughts that roam
Beyond the narrow walls Of home
Ts gather good from days to come.
And nom the past.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-11-24

ed to the turkeys than to the corn
and, along in the very early spring
OF 1861, Bob's father decided to
try a newer country to the South
and West. Late March found them
breaking clearing for new
farm in East Tennessee. They got
their corn in, although little late;
they bred few hogs and small flock
Of sheep; but, when they wanted tur-
key, they didn't go to the barnyard for
1t, but up into the hills; for fathers
trusty rife and trusty eye were COM
bination no wild turkey could hope to
escape.
There were plenty of rumors Of war
while the Yankee from Vermont was
carving out home there in the South.
When war came, that Yankee made his
way overland and enlisted in the COM
pany from his old valley in Vermont,
leaving Bob to take the responsibility
of the Tennessee farm on his young
shoulders. Bob did very well; and,
when November came in due course, he
got the rifle down from its pegs above
the fireplace and went up the hills in
search of bird. He had been up there
before with his father, but this was
his first turkey hunt alone.
There was trail that led from the
hOg-lot up to the ridge, and along the
ridge, among the granddaddy poplars
and cherries and through the sweet
gum crush. Bob followed it until three
that afternoon without so much as a
sign Of turkey; and, as he had no in
eention of spending night in the hills,
II legan to look as though he must re-
turn empty-handed. Then suddenly he
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-11-24

There'S q Yank
up on the ridge
in a cabin thar,
and a hundred of
'em yonder on the
tother side"
"You fellahs
make a ride for it
at sundown," said
the captain, ''and
grab that Yank.
They are the fell
labs that hung
Jed Speed. Wen
have a little hang
in party our
selves"
What could Bob
do to warn his IA
Their? Run for it
himself? That
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-11-24
Silence may be golden, or it may in,
dictate guilt.

Granulated Eyelids Stiles, Inhamed Eyes
relieved over night by Roman Eye Balsam.
One trial proves its merit. Adv.
The Dickinson press., 1916-05-06
Representative C. C. Turner wa;
in Bismarck on Monday.

Representative C. C. Turner was
in Bismarck on Monday.
Judge and Mrs. Fred White
autoed up from Amidon on business
the latter part of last week.
Mrs. Anna Steele of Glendive came
down Wednesday for a weeks visit at
the c. H. Wiley home in this city.
Mesdames James Staples and Raw
Seitz of the Fryburg country were
in Dickinson OF Monday and Tues
day.
Rev. Chas. Cooke, of the Bowman
district, arrived in the city on Thurs
day for a visit with his sisters, Mrs
John Little, and Mrs. Mary Candee
and brother, Henry Cooke.
Mrs. L. F. Hoffman of Mott was the
guest the past week of her sister
! Mrs. James Soules. She expected to
leave for home this (Friday) morn
ing.
MI. and Mrs. Fred Christensen
came in from their ranch out north
via Killdeer and Manning last Satur-
day and remained here until Monday
as the guests of DR.. and Mrs. C. N.
Barker.
S. L. Carroll, accompanied by his
son, Lawrence, left for his ranch
north of Medora on Monday. He took
out with him some cattle, several
head of horses and a supply of farm
machinery.
Mrs. Clifford Smith and little son
who were here for a few weeks visit
ing Mrs. Smiths parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. P. Berringer, and her sister,
Miss Rose Berringer, returned to
their home at Beach on Sunday.
The Dickinson press., 1916-05-06
Mrs. w. H. Brown, who left for

Mrs. w. H. Brown, who LETT Tor
Rochester, MIMI, recently to undergo
an operation, found upon her arrival
now spending a few weeks with her
husbands folks at Northfield, MINI.
Ernest l.. Peterson, editor of the
Press, has been confined to his bed
with a severe case of rheumatism for
over a week. On Wednesday after
noon he was removed to st. Joseph's
hospital. He was feeling much bet
ter this (Friday) morning.
The fluid flow of the great power
stream-the marked fexibility and
lack of vibration-is only one of the
many characteristics which have
gained for Saxon "Six" at $815 it's
present high standing among motor
car buyers. Frenzl- Saxon Co., dis
tributors.-adv. 1t
J. B. Bekke, Frank Kruger, Gus
Stellingwerf and Jack Hossfield, four
prosperous farmers in the vicinity
south of South Heart, have each pur-
chased a big Advance-Rumley plow-
ing outfit through w. A. Muralt,
blockman, and Joe Malone, the South
Heart agent. The outfits are to be
here in the near future so that these
prominent farmers will be able to
use them for their spring work.
Hospital notes for the past week
Operations: Jefferson Dobson, John
Hotson, Edward Todd and Mrs. Ed.
Partridge, Dickinson; Miss Anna
Vlasoff, Miss Pauline Sprague and
Mrs. R. A. Sprague, Beach; Adam
Forster, Richardton. For treatment:
Geo. Hard, Belfeld; Mrs. T. Ole
Hanson, Dunn Center; Mrs. l.. Har-
mon, Medora; Mrs. Frank Kruznicky,
Ernest l.. Peterson, Dickinson.
The Dickinson press., 1916-05-06
Sunday, May 18th, has been decreed
as Mothers Day, which will be OBJ
served all over the state.

Sunday, May 18th, has been decreed
as Mothers Day, which will be OBJ
served all over the state.
H. M. Volquardsen, representing the
Merchants Credit Co. of North Da-
kota, with headquarters at Bismarck,
is spending a short time in and around
Dickinson, looking after collections.
John Decker of ~ miles south and
John Semerad of northwest Of Dick
inson, r each owners of brand new
Saxon touring cars, purchased from
the Frenzl-Saxon Co., local distribu-
tors. Editor F. A.. Shipman of Fry
burg also purchased a roadster of the
same firm recently.
Mrs. Christine Messersmith enter
tanned about IL ladies at a 5 o'clock
tea at the L. A. Simpson home on
Tuesday afternoon in honor of her
guest, Miss Florence Ausman, of
Minneapolis. During the afternoon a
short musical program was rendered
and very much enjoyed by the guests.
The affair was in the nature of a
farewell, Miss Ausman departing fo1
her home on the following day, after
a several weeks visit in the city.
R. S. Davidson left last Sunday fol-
Killdeer to take charge of his new
interests, having recently purchased
the Middle West Grain Co. 10000
bushel capacity elevator at that point
In the near future Mr.. Davidson ex-
poets to erect a Touring mill of so.
barrel capacity at this northern ter.
minal in connection with his elevator
He also has further business pros
poets for Killdeer. Mrs. Davidson and
son, Willis, who are visiting in Roch-
ester, Mimi, will arrive at their new
home in the near future. They will
build a new residence this spring.
The Dickinson press., 1916-05-06
. Cough May Lead
TO tuberculosis

Distressing and dangerous compli-
cations may follow if you neglect It.
Even when so serious a stage is
reached, Eckman's Alternative may
bring relief. For more than twenty
years it has been widely used in such
cases with beneficial results.
AS with any medication employed,in
this trouble, the best results are OBJ
tanned when the patient pays strict
attention. to diet and gets plenty of
rest and fresh air.
Because of its easily assimilable
content Of calcium Chord, this prepa-
ration is effective where a tonic up
builder is indicated. AS a corrective
of n~ightsweats it has proved most
useful. It may be tried with abso-
lutte safety, since it contains no
harmful or habit-forming drugs of
any sort. ~
At your druggists.
Dckman Laboratory. Philadelphia.
The Dickinson press., 1916-05-06
NEWS

John Little does not seem much i'm
proved this week.
Watkins Remedies are coming
adv. 4-29-tt
Frank Sherman was up from Bel
field on Sunday.
And still the sale goes on al
Schroeder's.-adv. II
Mr.. and Mrs. Bowers of Regent
were Dickinson visitors on Saturday
Mrs. Fred Greene of Sully Springs
was in the city on Monday.
Dorothy Kennedy, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. B. E. Kennedy, is suffering
with a siege of tonsilitis.
w. E. Kugel, manager of the Reet
Bros. store at Killdeer, was in Dick
inson on Sunday, returning the fol
lowing day.