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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-18

that was paying him good salary.
He came here in November, 1912, and
settled on homestead with his fam
| lily about three miles south of White
RiTer. He commenced holding regu-
lar preaching services i'm Happy Hol-
| low shortly after the first Sunday
school was organized at the Groom
| homestead, and has been filling reg
ular appointment there ever since.
Sunday was a very proud day for him,
when he had the satisfaction of seeing
the first white church i'm the county
dedicated, and to him no small
amount of the credit is due for this
really wonderful accomplishment. He
is always greeted with good congre-
CATION in Happy Hollow, and he told
the writer that one of the remark
able features of his meetings in Hap
py Hollow is that quite often the men
in his Sunday congregation out
number the ladies, something that is
certainly quite rare, and especially in
the older and more populous sections.
When he came to this county with
his family he sacrificed position
paying him good salary for a posi-
uion where salary has been rather a
negligible quantity, where the school
advantages for his children were far
less than i'm his old home, where the
comforts of home life were only those
afforded in a homesteaderS shack on
the frontier, but he has not weakened
He has fought the fight and is begin
ing to see victory for his eternal vigil
in this new country. He is beloved
by all who know him, and he is doing
great work in a new country that
needs the work of such man as Rev.
VanValkenburgh, and his wife and
family deserve share Of the credit
for the work he is doing, for they are
also standing their full share of the
burden. Sunday evening services
were conducted at White River,
where the cornerstone was laid for
the second white church in the
county.
The trustees of the Happy Hollow
church are G. w. Kerlin, John Glat-
felter and James Mitchell. The
deacons are +. w. Schwartz, Noah A.
Gerig and Mrs. Thos. Gallagher.
Frank W. Jarboe is treasurer of the
organization.
The church at present has an en-
rollment of 32 members. There is an
active Aid society, which deserves
much credit in bringing about the
building of the new church.
Last Sunday morning the following
children were baptized: Ruth Evalyn,
daughter Of Chas. and Hilda Wagner:
Edwin Boyd, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Pete Petersen: John Daniel and Ed
ward Fredrick. sons of Daniel and
Emma Nogel of White River: Mary
Elizabeth. daughter of Alice and Joy
Pettitt Of White River.
At the noon hour very SumptuOuS
picnic dinner was served to those
who attended the services and all did
ample justice to the many good
things provided.
DR.. Thrall delivered two good
sermons, one in the morning and the
other in the afternoon. and the sing
ing by the choir and the special music
was good.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-18

w. Fl. Loomi, brought the Editor a
mighty fine mess Of sweet corn We'd
n-sday from his ranch north of town.
Miss Margaret q. Reynolds of
Aurora, Illinois, who proved up on a
homestead IN Ridgeland, arrived here
Wednesday to look after her interests
Oscar Tngraham moved his family
So town Wednesday and they are now
comfortably located in the Gillette
r+sidence. Oscar viii do freighting
H4twaen bere AMI Winner.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-18

r. A. Hill of Chamberlain, S. D.,
Z. 5. Post Office Inspector, was here
Thursday and Friday of last week
and examined the local post office.
Of course he found the affairs of the
Wood Post Office in good condition
in every respect, and he compliment
ed Postmaster Miller on the way in
which he conducted the Office.
Sunshine is healthy, but the shady
spot of tree is darned comfortable
on Il hot day.
Ray Sheehan of Jordan was Wood
visitor Tuesday evening.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-18

Rev. ii. c. Van Nalkenburgh is the
pastor Of this church. and to him no
little credit is due for the foothold
and the rapid advance that the church
has made in this community. The Rev.
erend came to this county from Aims
worth. Neb.. where he held charge
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-18
u. s. WEATHER BUREAU REPORT
For Week Ending August 10

Total precipitation from January
lst, 1916, to date, 1927
Total precipitation for 1913 1876
Total precipitation for 1914, 1887.
Total precipitation for 1918, 32.42,
FEED G.. BIRCH, Observer
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-28

to get better and am now well. am
stout and able to do my own homework.
l can recommend the Vegetable Com
pound to any woman who is sick and
run down as a wonderful strength and
health restorer. Ny husband says I
would have been in my grave ere this
If it had not been for your Vegetable
Compound. Mrs. BLANCHE JEFFER-
SON, 703 Lyon St, Des Moines, Iowa.
Before submitting to a surgical opera.
ton it is wise to try to build up the
female system and cure its derange-
ments with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound; it has saved many
women from surgical operations.
Write to the Lydia Z. Pinkham
Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass, for
edvice-it will be confidential
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-28
SENATE O.. KS ARMY PLAN
MILLION PEACE STRENGTH BILL
PASSED BY THAT BODY.
Substitute for Hay Measure Provides
for 10000 Regular Forces, $4,000
Reserves and 1000 Guards.

Washington, D. C.-Military lead
ers are discussing with unprecedented
interest what the bill passed by the
senate Tuesday, providing for nearly
a million men in the regular army and
reserve militia, means as a step to-
ward preparedness. The measure,
passed without a recorded vote, was
a substitute for the Hay bill passed
by the house.
The senate measure made provision
for a regular standing army with a
peace strength Of $50, 900 men, as COM
pared with 400 0 under the Hay bill.
retained a plan for an army reserve
force of about Pei, 900 men and a fed
eralized national guard of about $780,
600 men.
In addition, an amendment was
passed to create a school and college
youths reserve corps in time of war
or threatened war. which would re.
cruit a force of trained young men,
schooled by officers Of the regular
army. the estimated strength Of which
is estimated anywhere from 200, 900 30
400, 900.
I'VE are creating here a peace army
OF a million men," declared Senator
Myers, In supporting an amendment OF
Senator Reed to make the regular
army 100000. The senate had agreed
previously, by a vote of 43 to 81. to an
amendment by Senator B~randegee, in
creasing it from the proposed strength
of 10000 to 100000. The Reed reduc-
ing proposal was rejected, ~ to 81.
after a brief speech by Senator vii.
liams. in which he referred 70 the sol
emnity OF the occasion which would
confront congress soon.
Are We or are we not threatened
with war;" asked Senator Williams.
Are we or are we not threatened with
wal from Mexico? Are we or are we
not threatened with war over the sui.
marine controversy? Have not we
been called to assemble in Joint SEES
sion, the solemn purpose Of which we
do not ourselves definitely under
stand?"
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that is said or did by the sentiments
OF genuine friendship, which the peo.
pie OF the United States have always
entertained, and continue to entertain,
towards the German nation. 1t has,
or course, accepted the successive tx
plantations and assurances Of the In
perial German government, as given in
entire sincerity and good faith, and
Eas hoped, even against hope, that it
would prove to be possible for the Ger
man government SO to order and con-
troll the acts of its naval commanders
as to square its policy with the princi-
pies of humanity as embodied in the
laws of nations. 1t has been willing to
wait until the significance of the acts
became absolutely Enthusiastically and
susceptible of but one Interpretation.
THAT point has now unhappily been
reached. The facts are susceptible of
out one Interpretation. The Imperial
German government has been unable
to put any limits or restraints upon its
warfare against either freight or pas
senger ships. 1t has therefore become
painfully evident that the position
which this government took at the
very outset is inevitable, namely, that
the use of the submarines for the de-
struction Of an enemy's comerce is OF
necessity because Of the very charac-
ter OF the vessels employed and the
very 1>-ethod Of attack which their en-
ployment of course involves, incom-
patible with the principles Of humanity
the long established and incontroverti-
BILE rights Of neutrals and the sacred
immunities of noncombatants.
Il have deemed it my duty there
Tore, to say to the Imperial German
government that if it is still it purpose
to prosecute relentless and indiscrim-
mate warfare against vessels Of COM
MERGE by the use of submarines, not
withstanding the, now demonstrated
impossibility Of conducting that war
fare in accordance with what the gov
eminent of the United States must
consider the sacred and i~ndispotable
rules Of international law and the uni.
versally recognized dictates Of hui
mainly, the government of the United
States is at last forced to the con,
clusion that there is but one course
it can pursue: and that unless the In.
perial government should now imme
diately declare and effect an abandon.
ment Of its present methods of war
fare against passenger and freight yes
sells. this government car have nc
choice but to V diplomatic rela
tons with the government of the Ger
man empire altogether.
81 have taken it, and taken II in thc
confidence that it will meet with you,
approval and support. All sober
minded men must unite in hoping tina
the Imperial German government
which has in other circumstance
stood as the champion Of all that W
are 10Y ~contending for in the interes
of humanity. may recognize the jus
tice On cur demands and meet them il
the spirit III which they are made"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-28

I'M osk OF IN sun is mhutely examined with powerful teescopes ~
Photographed wWn tn aid OF the modern spectrohelograph the suraco
presents a Characteristic spotted appearance which undergoes slight changes
from Ia &c and greater changes with longer intervals OF inns denandin1
upon ~ rotation Oft the u upon its axis and the periodic recur.
renee of the sunspot maxima and minima.
"Theae and certain welknown related phenomena are reuresente n he
the basis of the soca1ed discovery. '" 10
During the past several years the weather brro,r h., r.,uu.s t. A..
form OF letters circulars, diagrams and blue prints, full specifications ncern
ing IL ssenha details OF this alleged new system OF forecastin The ao.
III discovery 10 Iuy Known to the weather bureau and has received fair
ny lmparuai tud and examination by its scientific staff. Moreover. other
scientists OF International reputation now connected with the strongest insutu.
tom In Inc worde engaged in astronomical research and conducting investiea.
lions IN solar and terrestrial physics have also passed upon these nw heoriea
These authorities are in accord that the deductions and Conclusions
drawn the solar conditions o which the lew svstem is based are N.
warranted. Solar phenomena of the kind described do mo- lave any direct
nuence upon Inc weather at any particular time and place. and, therefore.
cannot be made the basis of weather forecasing
spacious references to the moo to the planeta and 10 The nottad,o
d tn SUI me its shafts If radiation alleged to dominate terrHrialw weather
sale"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-28
Elephant on His Hands.

An overly ambitious Hindu. who
had acquired the proverbial elephant
that ate all night and ate all day."
sought to rid himself Of the voracious
beast by unloading him on q fellow ma
tive. The prospective buyer was will
ing to do business on the basis OF
eight rupees less than the asking
price; the would. be seller would
knock of only ~ per cent. There re
NAMED q difference OF seven rupees
between thelt terms. ana Dnv l--4,-
derm failed to change owners.
Can you tell how much the native
was offered for his animal?-Ex.
change.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-28

GGerh ounce aVerreo ne didn't know such a thing existed in the District Of
complained, pass all understanding.
And her 1t dawned upon Colonel Hall and the bill clerks!
"Podiaty? Why, that's corn doctoring. You know the corn doctors Of
our boyhood days?"
Why, Of course.
It's opt a commentary o n the passing Of the old order Of things. Podatry
1t seems (athough few ever knew it was that, must q the way of sassafras
tea, bluemass and caOme, freshdrawn herb Juice and the dorueroua asa.
fetda bag that hung warningly about ones neck.
Just now 1t Is impossible to say why Congressman Maher has on te
warpath against that American insttuuon-the corn doctor. Perhaps Mr.
Maher hasn't a corn; perhaps he has one and it won't ONE of. n somebod
has stepped upon Il.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-28
loo Slow for Her.

do you know what I've been think.
ing about for the last half hour?"
asked Mr.. Dubson.
Il can't imagine" answered Miss
Peacher.
I've been thinking about kissing
you
lymph. II I'm ever about to drown
l hope it will fall to somebody else's
lot to throw me a life-preseryer."
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-28

r VfUets as q cofsage bouquet, or
tn pure whites ardeniaf fastened somewhere o the left Of her throat.
The most beautiful foliage as a background for orchids is the maiden.hair
fern, which, when separated from the root, willis so quickly that it must
constantly be replenished. 1t would seem that this has been arranged for in
Mrs.. Wilson's case by the quantity of potted ferns placed in every available
spot throughout the White House. These are emf from the White Honse
Conservatives. where they III raised to perfection. There ar several varie.
Of the maidenhar, each one Of which seems to be more beautiful than te
others.
The great lawn which stretches from the portico oft the White House to-
ward the Potomac is pretty well inGosed IN shrubbery and dotted with fine
trees ofe every species. Surrounding the whole place is a iron fence, directly
inside Of whth is a hedge Of prNet planted during the administration of
President Taft, So rapidly does this favorite hedge shrub grow that it already
has become a formidable barrier for those who enjoy seeing the presidents
grounds even If they cannot walk upon them. 1t will not be nan more wears
before he White House Enclosure will be IS much walled in as ar the grounds
around Buckingham palace and the other homes of Europes monarchs
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-28
II All DEPENDS,

Singleton want to ask you a ques-
ton. old chap.
Wederly-Well. come TO 1t.
Singleton-Does a woman always
mean what she SAYS
Wederly-That depends on circum-
stances. During courtship she doesn't,
but after marriage you can bet
she does.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-28

several trips to the Woodlawn neigh
borhood in the past few weeks.
Woodlawn is located about sixteen
miles south of Washington and there
are splendid roads for motoring be-
tween the two points.
The Mexican situation and neces.
sity for freqiient conferences with his
advisers over European war problems
that confront him give color to the
gossip that the president may find it
advisable to spend the summer nearer
Washington than the summer homo
recently selected in New Jersey. and
that distinction from the Northern sta
Woodlawn mansion was erected In
wife, Nellie Curtis Lewis, and is consi
houses Of ths upper Potomac.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-28

spent. The doctors
stated that / would
never get well with
out on operation
and that without it
/ would not live one
year. My husband
o bjected to any
operation and got
me some Of Lydia E.
Pinkham's vegeta-
BILE Compound. Itook
Ii and
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-28
Demonstrations COMPARED.

You mustn't neglect your studies
for athletics"
That's what father says" replied
the young man. But father never
gets up and cheers when he hears me
quoting Latin the way he does when
he sees me playing football."-W ssh.
ington Star.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-28
Too Steep.

Mike Murphy went to a dentist to
get a tooth drawn. When it was
drawn Mike asked the dentist how
much he owed him.
1.-TWO dollars"
What! The last dentist l went to
he only charged NE 50 cents, and he
pulled me all around the room" .
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-28

systems, the notice asserts, often
proves disastrous to farmers and
other folk whose enterprises are af.
fected by atmospheric or other wealth.
er conditions. The warning against
these fallacies y
The latest Misrepresentation OF
this character o being presented to
the people Of the country is an al.
legged new system of long.range wealth.
er forecasting said to be based on the
rilts and ~spottedness of the sun and
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-28
Doctor.

Doctor: To take the rest cure 1t
will cost you 500 a week.
Henpeck: Why, doctor, l can send
my wife away to the country for half
that
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-28

Roosevelt chose to have 1t fitted with
~so-called old-fashioned flowers, while
Mrs. Taft preferred only roses.
The flower associated with Mrs.
Wilson is the large orchid, the cultiva.
ton Of which in this particular garden
would be out Of the question. Mrs.
Wilson has worn the orchid at all so.
ciety affairs, and. indeed, all times
since her engagement to the president
was announced. Before that time she
was usually seer with great punches
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-28
That's Enouqh.

What would you do if you had a
million dollars?"
"Oh, l don't know. Sit around and
watch my wife spend It, suppose"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-28

Poet: Should poetry be written on
one side of the paper?
Editor: Well, there is poetry that
should not be written on any side Of
the paper.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-28
kind-Hearted.

He (brutally): Women have no
sense of humor, anyhow.
She (pointedly): oh, yes, they have.
The reason they don't laugh at the
funny things they see is because they
don't want to hurt the poor things
feelings.-Richmond Times-Dispatch.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-28

activities Of the first serpent.
During the years that he has been
connected with the billroom of the
house. Colonel Hall has handled bills
and resolutions covering almost every
topic under the sun.
But here was a bill, introduced by
Congressman Maher of New York, to
curb the practice of podiatry. and pro-
posing, furthermore, Ito protect the
people from empiricism in relation
thereto" The new man in the bill
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-28
Mrs. Wilson and Flowers of the White House

A s FAR back a one can-remember White House chatelanes have been de-
Z voted o MOVERS and have taken great pride in having the bit Of ground Just
back OF the right wing planted with the flowers each has liked best Mrs
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-28
HUSBAND OBJECTS
TO OPERATION
Wife Cured by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound

Des Moines, Iowa.-"Four years g
l was very sick and my Life was nearly
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-28
Bill to Regulate Podiatry Stumped Colonel Hall

"a BILL to regulate the practice Of podMry in the District of Columbia +"
. . CL L. y. hall, te chef BILL clerk of the house of REPRESENTATIVES.
scratched mis- head. This has been the habit of men perplexed since Adam
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-28
Woodldwn Mansion May Be Summer White House

w ODLAwN MANSION. the homo of Nellie Curtis Lewis, in the historic
W Mount Vernon district Of Fairfax county. Virginia, will be the summer
capital unless rumor has Il awry. President Wilson and his wife have made
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-28
Warning Issued Against False Weather PROPHETS

NJ Ash1N0ToN-The department Of agriculture Of the United States has
Nv ssue d arm TO Inc public against credence in socalled new svstems
astrological and otherwise Of forecastng weather conditions. Belief M these
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-28

and Ireland. but wherever they could
encounter them, in a way that has
grown more and more ruthless, more
and more indiscriminate as the months
nave gone by, less and less observant
or restraints of any kind; and have
delivered their attacks without com
junction against vessels of every ma
tionality and bound upon every sort of
errand
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-28
Government Has Been Patient.

=. .. government ndS bcen fdtfent.
Recent events make the conclusion
inevitable that 1t is only one instance.
even though it BE one of the most ex-
IRENE and distressing instances, of
the spirit and method Of warfare
which the Imperial German govern
ment has mistakenly adopted. and
which from the first exposed that gov
eminent to the raproach of thrust.ng
all neutral rights aside in pursuit OF
its immediate objects.
THE government OF the United
States has been very patient. At every
stage OF this distressing experience OF
tragedy after tragedy, in which its
own citizens were involved, it has
sought to be restrained from any ex-
IRENE course Of action or of protest by
a thoughtful consideration of the ex.
traordinary circumstances Of this I'M
precedented war, and actuated In all
The Little River news., 1916-12-06

Harwell Jr.. preacher; First church, Forney Hutchison, A. c. Graham, su- pernumerary; Forest Park, WE. Will son, supply; Henderson, T. D. Spruce j; Highland, w. R. Harrison; Hunter, Memorial, P. Q. Rorie; Pulaski heights l.. E. N Hundley; Twenty-eighth St., .JD. Baker; Winfield Memorial, J. D. Hammons Maumelle circun, 70 be supplied; Mabelvale, M. K. Rogers Oakhill circuit, H. A. F. Ault; Tomber- lin circuit, w. T. Hopkins, supply.
 Monticello District.
 w. c. Davidson, presiding elder Arkansas City and Lake Village, N. K. Irwin; Arkansas and Southern Camps, T. M. Applewhite, supply; Collins, M B. Corrigan; Crossett, Moffet J. Rhod- es; Dermott, N G. Augustus; Eudora w. c. Lewis; Hamburg, s. c. Deane i, Hamburg circuit, L. M. Harp; Her mitage, J. c. Williams; Lacy Bede Pickering; McGehee, J. l.. Hoover :; Monticello, T. o. Owen; Mount Plea sant circuit, Frank Hopkins; Palestine R. Spanns supply; Parkdale and Will mot, H. E. Van Camp; Portland and Blissville, Roy Farr; Snyder and Mon trose. H. L. Simpson; Tillar and Du- mas, J. H. Cummins; Warren R. w. Mckay; Watson, J. c. McElhenny; Wilmar, A. T. Clanton.
 Prescott District.
 J. A. Henderson, presiding elder Amity and Glenwood, F. P. Doak; Bin gen, c. E. Whitten; Blevins, J. D. Dunn; Center Point, Waiter Scott; Columbus, w. T. Menard; Delight, G. M Yearwood; Emmett, F. c. Cannon; C. D. McSwain, superanumerary; Full ton A. w. Hamlton; Gurdon S tation, F. E. Harrel Hope, T. D. Scott; Little Missouri, Isaac Webb, supply; Mount Ida, w. H. Hughen; Mineral Springs, w. w. Mills; Murfreesboro station, w. w. Christie; Nashville station 2. D. Lindsay; Okolona circuit, T. M. Armstrong; J. w. Berry, supernumer- ary; Orchard View, E. C. Rule; Plea sant Grove circuit. Clarence row, sup ply; Prescott station, J. A. Parker; Prescott circuit, J. c. Johnson.