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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1916-09-01
A Feature For The Ladies

Through the efforts of Congress.
man Harry l.. Candy the Mellette
County Fair Association was able this
year to secure Miss Dilla T. Wimple,
Extension Specialist in Home Econ
omics, who will attend the Fourth
Annual Fair to be held in Wood Sep
tember 2S, 20, and 80. Miss Wimple
will be here on the Doth and 30th, and
will give demonstrations on canning
|of vegetables and Jelly making.
These demonstrations include d lee
|ture on the principles involved IN the
work demonstrated. This feature
should prove especially interesting to
the ladies, and every housewife in
Mellette county, and some who have
bot yet homes of their own should
make special effort to attend this
practical school of home canning at
b 3he Mellette County Fair this year.
Miss Wimple will De here on the last
HFvo days of the Fair and give a dem
and lecture each day.
V There are one or two other specla.
features that we will probably be able
To announce in week or two that
. mii! pro-c Of interest as they will be
la little out of the ordinary. The Fair
his year will be of immense educa-
&I{pnal value to all who attend. The
remium list is about ready and will
published shortly. Be sure and
kepare some exhibits for this Fair.
y will advertise the county and show
51r visitors what we really are doing
k3ns this new country,
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1916-09-01
San Benito, Texas

August -, 1910,
Before giving an account of the
! life here, | want to comment on the
manner in which the militia has been
| treated, So many conflicting tales
| have come from the different camps
Of the treatment, and especially the
mistreatment of the militia that it is
| lifting to show how we OF South
| Dakota were used.
Our treatment was, and is, of the
very best possible. While enroute to
the border we not only travelled in
the most modern Pullman cars. but
were also taken out for sightseeing
and exercise at several interesting
! places. For instance at San Antonio
we were marched in in a body to the
old Fort Alamo, which played such an
important part in the early history Of
Texas. Here it was that Col. Jim
Bowie. the inventor of the famous
bowie knife, died with his little hand
full Of men, lighting thousands of
MeXicans,
Naturally there are many priva-
tions that a soldier must endure, but
these have either been greatly exag-
gerated by homescik boys, or we Of
South Dakota are being treated eX-
ceptionally well
San Benito is city of about five
thousand. in the southeasternmost
point of Texas. We are bounded on
one side by the Gulf of Mexico and on
the other by the Rio Grande. The
ground is only a few feet above sea
level and is swampy in rainy weather
The climate, contrary to our eXpecta-
tions, is fairly cool and moist, due to
the Gulf breezes.
Besides we of South Dakota there
are three companies from the
regular army and a regiment
each from Louisiana and Oklahoma,
stationed here. The southerners look
upon us curiously, as they think we
are all cowpunchers and only half
civilized.
We are grouped all around the city,
of which min e-tenthS are MeXicanS.
All the inhabitants and their homes
were searched for munitions previous
to our arrival and all persons going to
and from the city are being searched
daily in the same way.
We arrived after five days Of con-
tinuous travelling in downpour of
rain The ground Allotted to us had
just recently been cleared Of under
brush and was one great puddle of
mud. 1t looked as though we would
J have to go hungry all day as it was
impossible to get our cook tents in
working order in time for dinner.
The Louisiana troops generously
came to our rescue. however, and in
vited us to mess with them. Besides
enjoying a fine dinner they proved to
be jolly good bunch Of fellows.
That night we slept in our wet
clothes over mud ankle deep, but CON
ditions have been greatly improved
since that time. We now have our
streets so well graded and drained
that the water runs off almost as soon
as it falls. The entire city, being
under military control, is drained in
the same manner.
We have built a large screened hall
and kitchen for each company. We
have shower baths, large reading
and lounging room for the fellows
while off duty and many other ac-
cancellations so make life as pleasant
as possible. The sanitary conditions
are splendid: all refuse is picked up
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1916-09-01
PURE WATER DISTRICT
Several showers fell Tuesdey.

SeVefal showers lell ueSuey.
Geo. SchanDacher spent Sunday
night as guest Of Bis Sollsch.
Carl Sorenscn and family were
guests at the Gorig home Sunday.
Geo. Schanbacher entertained Frank
Jarboe last Saturday night at supper.
Everette limerick is helping Geo.
Schanbacher in the hay field and Mrs.
limerick is cooking for them.
Miss Martha Kennedy and Homer
Gillespie were guests Of the DidierS a
week ago Sunday anG Monday.
Mrs. r. n. Gallagher departed via
ed visit at Burke, SAD, and Omaha.
Pete Didier is expected home next
week after an extended visit with his
father and mother at their old home,
David City, Neb
Hal Durrin and Fred Lewis shipped
a car Of cattle to the Omaha market
last Saturday, via V lentinc. ). l..
Funk accompanied en-.
j. Is. Mitchell and u. +. Schanbach-
Tuesday. Mr.. MitcLall bot load OF
corn, paying $l.00 per bushel.
Homer Wilson and John Gretch-
man swapped COWS last week. John
says he got the worst Of the bargain,
because his cow is bob tailed.
On Tuesday of last week Philip
DeMuth of David City, Neb.. and
Mr.. and Mrs. konet and son OF
Colome. $. D., stopped for a short
visit at the Didiers. While passing
through on L land viewing trip.
Miss Kate Didier. assisted by her
brother Nick entertained a number
of her friends last Sunday evening.
Those present were j. y. Mitchell
and family. John Grstschmann and
wife. Miss Nell Spes.-. Ill. p Wilson.
John GraeT and +. w; Jarboe.
II. p. Wilson has bean making some
preparation for the Entertainment of
Mr. and Mrs. G.. II. Dtdge. and daugh-
ter Helen and SON Fred, OF Manhat-
tan. Kansas. They are driving a
Hudson Six. and are expected to ar
rive the latter part of this week.
The little church w@ almost filled
last Sunday with about seventy in
the congregation. There was large
number from south of the trail,
representing the fullGTing families,
Funks, Durrins, Mitchells, Emericks,
ct al. The sermon ny our pastor,
Hugh c. NanValkenburgh was eX-
ceptionally fine, after which the bap-
tisimal service was administered to
the infant son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
SorenSen.
The homes of tahn Gretchmann
and the Didiers were more than live
". week ago Sunday. Monday and
Tuesday when two car ioads OF old
friends arrived. In the party were
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. Phillips and son and
daughter and Mrs. Peterson of Mead
ow Grove, Neb., Mrs. lloyd and Mr..
and Mrs. James Largstop. Mr.. aad
Mrs. Ross Langston. Grandma Langs-
ton Of Gregory, $. y. Several in
the party have taken ap homesteads
| i'm the western part l the county.
| The guests departed fNr their homes
Thursday afternoon.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1916-09-01

MELLETTE COUNTY SOLDIER
WRITES INTERESTING LETTER

daily and burned along with the
scraps from meals. Even the dirty
water is evaporated. Every little
mudhole that could be a breeding
place for flies and mosquitoes,
has either been filed with dirt or oil
is poured in it to prevent the hatch
ing of the eggs. The results of this
sanitation and cleanliness is best
shown by the fact that although
about five thousand of us are camped
on few acres Of ground, there has
been no sickness whatever, excepting
few minor cases due to the change
in climate. We've been SO busy get
ting settled in our new camp that we
haven't had very much marching.
About a week ago, however. we had
a sham battle with the Virginia
troops stationed at Brownsville. They
were transported from there to this
city by the army motor trucks, with
the purpose of capturing our camps.
victory, however, and were awarded
the decision. After the lighting"
was over we invited the NirginianS
in to dinner and spent the remainder
OF the day in general good time.
Saturday, the 10Th, we were visited
by a hurricane that swept over the
larger part of Mexico and Texas. The
storm Of wind and rain struck us
at 1000 q. m. and continued until
1900 p. NJ. We were out in the storm
all day reinforcing the frame struc-
lures and restaking the tents as fast
as the wind tore them loose. AS a
result our loss in stores and tents
was small. At nightfall we lowered
all the tents and took refuge i'm the
public buildings around the city.
The other regiments stationed here
left their camps and fled for shelter
several hours before we did and conse-
quently their loss in property was
several times greater than ours. The
Commanding Brigadier General, COM
menting on the behavior of the troops
during the storm, said, II have to
hand it to South Dakota
Although our chances of seeing
action seem more remote than ever,
we are now SO we'll equipped with
rifles, ammunition, wearing apparel
and transportation facilities. that we
all believe we can give a good account
Of ourselves should any trouble arise.
] believe you will all be interested
in knowing that it is the opinion Of
the citizens here that the South Da-
Kota National Guard are the best
drilled and in the best physical con-
ditiOn of any troops now at the border,
except the regular army.
Very sincerely.
MARBLE &. EIDsMoE.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1916-09-01

A notice has been posted III the
postolfice here asking for bids for
the mails twice week on a
bew mail ronte to be established here
about September IS, The mail will
leave here for Runningville and from
there go to Cody and thence back to
Wood. The contract will be for car
rying the mail twice il week from
26, 1916, to October IA,
1918. The distance is about 20 miles
for the round trip.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1916-09-01
A Business Change.

"a deal was closed this week where
by Dick Manard disposed of his stock
Of groceries to Chas. Abourezk and
the stock was moved to the Abourezk
store Wednesday. Mr.. Abourezk will
(n the future also buy cream, and will
endeavor to meet share of your
Dream business. We have not yet
learned just what Mr.. Manard intends
30 do but he will probably devote con
tiderable Of his time to ranching on
bis homestead north of Wood, for the
Dresent at least.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1916-09-01
BUTTE VALLEY ITEMS
School days Will soon be here.

School days VIII soon De here.
Fine sleeping these cool nights.
Andy Pierson lost a yearling OF
blackleg last week.
The Cordes Bros. are enjoying a
visit from their parents.
Born. to viii Jordan. and wife
August 81. Il boy. Named John Ward
Mrs. Orr and Mrs. Hedric'l called
on Mrs. Will Jordan Sunday evening
Geo. Baum, who has been quite
sick at the A. j. X. Ranch, is little
better.
We are expecting a bouptiful cror
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1916-09-01
Z s. WEATHER BUREAU REPORT
For Week Ending August 80

Total precipitation from january
LIST, 1916, to date, l6,47
Total precipitation for 1919 1886
Total precipitation for 1914, 1857.
Total precipitation for 1913, 32.42,
FRED G.. KIRCH, Observer
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-11
ACCOMPLISHING ECONOMY.


Much as has been said and written
about economy, more can be said and
thought with profit That one has
plenty today is no surety that there
will be plenty tomorrow. Emergencies
are always coming into everyonles
life, and the wise man will endeavor
to provide against the day of need.
Many who know they should econo-
mize have no idea ol how to go about
it and do not give the subject the
thought it demands. It is not so sim
pie matter. Every man should study
out the subject for himself. What is
economical for me may be an extrav-
agance for you. Buying a cheap ar
ticle is not economy if one has to re-
new it so often that it costs more
than good, substantial article that
would have outlasted three or four of
the cheap ones. Waste is one great
factor in the high cost of living. Lit
tie leakages are not carefully watched,
and small leak will sink q ship. The
Scotch say, ASK thy purse what thou
shouldst buy" One thing is neces-
sary That is never to spend more
than ones income. No one should
gauge his expenses by what another
has done. The savings bank habit is
a good one, for from saving comes
having. Ones never rich till he be-
gins to keep ahead Of his expenses.
Carefulness of little things does not
mean stinginess or meanness. Gen
erosity is not opposed to economy.
The practice of economy means more
to be generous with.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-11
THE JOY OF LIVING.

We are told that happiness comes
by pieces, and that it is these small
bits linked together that make our
lives worth while. Some of us are
not content to take our happiness by
degrees or at intervals. We want it
all the time in big pieces, and if we
cannot have it that way we think that
we are deprived of our natural rights
and look upon ourselves as injured be-
ings. It is a rather singular express
sion Of human nature how happiness
affects the individual. With some of
US it makes us friendlier toward 9TH
ers and anxious that they should ex-
perience like joys; with others it
makes us too satisfied with ourselves
to think very much of our neighbors.
Perhaps those of US who know what
the joy of living means have ex-
perfenced both of these attitudes at
different periods of our lives and are
in position, therefore, to appreciate a
varying viewpoint, but even so it is
only after we lose something of that
joy of living and have found. out for
ourselves that there are shadows
which no amount of sunlight can dis
perse that we can really appreciate
the blessing Of whatever happiness
may find its way into our lives. The
little things that count so much in our
intercourse with each other are not
always regarded as highly as they
should be, and for this reason we pass
by much that would give us joy if we
only knew how and where to find it.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-11

The auto-irrigator is a new instru-
ment for measuring water-attracting
power of the soil, devised in connec-
tion with experiments by Prof. B. E.
Livingston and DR.. L. A. Hawkins at
Johns Hopkins university. It is es-
sentially similar to Livingston's porus-
cup atmometer, but the cup is buried
in the soil instead of being exposed
to the air. The experimenters have
carried out a series Of measurements
upon potted plants irrigated auto
matically with this device. The rate
of water loss from the irrigator is
found to be highest somewhat later in
the day than the time of maximum
Transportation from the plants. The
rate Of loss from the irrigator then
falls slowly, reaching it's minimum in
the early morning.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-11

There are great opportunities at the
present time in China for the Amer
ican, for it is reported that never in
the history of China have the Chinese
been better disposed to America and
things American. 1t is said that there
are numerous chances for Americans
to establish industrial plants, China
offering the best field in the world for
cotton manufacturing" There are tens
of thousands Of miles of railroads to
be built; there are tramways, tele.
phone lines, electric plants, giass-mak.
ing establishments, oil mills and -four
mills to be erected, while there are
rich mineral deposits to be mined and
native products to be exported.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-11
rhe KIna and the Peasant.

A lot of good space, time, ink and
sympathy is being wasted on old King
Peter of Serbia, in telling what a sad
thing it is for him to be a king with.
out a kingdom, of how he was lifted
tenderly from his horse, of how he was
taken to Italy and is to live in a
palace in that country until the time
comes when he may return to his own
land.
And while all this is being written
the Serbian people, the peasants who
have been tramping barefooted along
frozen roads, whose homes haye been
destroyed and whose loved ones have,
in many cases, been killed in battle,
are forgotten.-SaTannah News.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-11

Although drops of falling rain are
known to be almost spherical, they ap.
pear simply as strealls to the eye. This
is because an indefinite number OF
images Of the drop are impressed on
the retina of the eye and, owning to
persistence of vision-the retention Of
an image on the retina for a fraction
Of a second after the object has passed
the eye gets the impression of a
streak. 1t is this that causes the
spokes of a rapidly rotating wheel to
appear blurred and that makes motion
pictures possible.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-11

The theory that Sir Walter Raleigh
was the author of the dramatic litera.
ture known as the plays of Shakes.
peare is now under discussion. It is
worthy of note that most people asso-
ciate Sir Walter very intimately with
tobacco. This is because he intro
duced the use of the weed into the
United Kingdom, and also no doubt
because of the memorable story of his
Irish servant, seeing smoke issuing
from his mouth, fearing that he was
on fire, and throwing a pail Of water
over him to put him out. Perhaps it
is also worthy of note that the word
tobacco" cannot be found in Shakes
peare's plays.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-11
GRACE MARSHALL IMPROVING

The last news from Grace Marshall,
who sometime ago was taken from a
filthy den in the western part of Talbot
county and plad led in the care of Miss
Emma Davies; of the Talbot branch of
the Maryland Children's Aid Society,"
is that treatment at Phipps Psychiatric
Institute. Baltimore, is materially bene-
fitting the girl, physically at least. She
has gained in weight to such a degree
that Miss Davies, who saw her a few
days ago, scarcely recognized her. She
nov tips the scales at so pounds. That
this progress be continued and indeed,
probably become even more marked, is
indicated by the great improved condition
of her blood. When taken to Baltimore
institution the red particles had de-
creased until they formed only about
80 per cent. of her blood. The normals
is about 80 per cent. Recent tests of
Grace's vital fluid showed that the per-
centage had risen in her case of 75 per
cent. There has not been any change
in her mental condition and she contin-
ues child so far as her mind is con-
cerned. She recognized Miss Davies
and in reply to question said that
she was feeling all right The girl is
able to take care of herself rising, bath
ing and clothing herself with assistance.
Indeed, Miss Davies says she gives the
attendants no troubles whatever.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-11

It is good to note that Harvard is
insisting upon a knowledge of English
grammar and an ability to write cor
rect English. Any movement that will
deepen appreciation of the mother
tongue and increase facility of express
sion is deserving Of approval. Indif-
ferent use of English has been so com
mon a characteristic of students who
aspired to what seemed to them more
important branches of knowledge that
Harvard has decreed a special course
in grammar, without credit, for men
who show deficiency in this respect.
Doubtless, this will stimulate the stu
dent to greater care in his use of the
common language. It is a needed
check on slovenliness that should pro-
duce good results.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-11
BACK 10 THE FARM

Every friend of wholesome social and
industrial development must feel a
genuine inter est in the views expressed
by delegates to the country life confer
ence, now baing held in Philadelphia
under the auspices of the Pennsylvania
Rural Progress Association. How the
country youth shall be made contented
with farm life, and how the badly placed
city dweller shall be induced to return
to the soil, are problems that have di-
rect bearing upon every employer of
labor and every consumer of agriculture
products.
Granting that the past generation
has been marked by an abnormal anc
harmful movement of country people t.
the cities, there are indications that the
next generation will be characterized
by an almost equally pronounced move
ment OF city people towards the country.
Thousands of men now in middle life,
who forsook the country twenty-five
years ago, have learned the limitation.
of an urban existence are turning again
to agriculture pursuits. 10 these may
be added much greater number of
what may be termed hereditary city
people" who are anxious to abandon the
congestion centres of civilization.
Modern machinery for doing both the
household and outdoors drudgery of the
farm, better roads, the automobile and
the telephone are factors which contri-
butte directly to the greater convenience,
culture and profits of farm life. When
to these have been added still better
roads and a reorganized system of pub
education, involving increased pay for |
teachers, it will be no longer possible |
for any reasonable man to turn his back |
on country life on the ground that its
privations are too great to bear. Farm |
life is coming into its own, and wise
people are going in for farm life.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-11
HOW He Crew lin

Don't complain when the children
around you make a little noise" said
the man with a kind heart. RE.
member you we're once a little boy"
I'm not forgetting it," replied the man
with a perpetual crouch. "I was one
Of those little boys who are always
compelled to sit around dressed up and
watch the other boys having a good
time"
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-11

The American dollar is the most
desired piece of current money in the
whole world. An American dollar is
worth $1O2 in English money. The
premiums in other money are greater.
In French money the American dollar
is worth nearly $1O9; in German
money, SLIT; in Italian money, $1.18;
in Russian money, $1.33; in Austrian
money, $1.34; in Mexican money, So.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-11

A reformer asserts that crime is a
disease. Then the prisons will have
to be sanitariums rather than univer
stiles, as another reformer suggested
a little while ago, or hotels, as some
other reformers are trying to make
them, regardless of expense to the
taxpayers.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-11
No Kind of Host.
's not much of a host !"

Hes not much of host"
Whats the matter? I thought he
was a delightful entertainer
"Oh, he was kind enough while we
were there. But when we came to
leave at 1 o'clock in the morning he
didn't even offer to walk three blocks
10 his garage, get out his car and
drive us six miles home"