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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04
USES CALu0PE IN CAMPAIGN
Happy Thought Of Ohio Candidate
That Saves Him Considerable
Hard Work.

A campaign innovation of Stephen
A. Stillwell, recent candidate for the
Republican nomination for auditor Of
state, should be encouraged. 1t hsy
mark an epoch in campaign noise,
sometimes known as oratory, remarks
the Cincinnati Times-Star. MIR. Still
well, appreciating the peoples predilec-
tion for stentorian voice and not pos
sessing strong vocal chords rented a
steam calIlope. Draped upon It's sides
were succinct reasons why Mr.. Still
well should receive the suffrages OF
bis party And while the populace
gazed at the legends and digested their
significance, the calliope, with many
squirt and sputter, rendered every
thing from 1.-THE Star-Spangled Ban
ner" down to "She May Have Seen
Better Days"
The advantages Of steam caliiope
as a campaign orator are apparent. IL
can make more noise than any Ohio
speaker, with couple of distinguished
exceptions. It relieves the candidate.
who, after coming a few phrases which
sign painter transcribes on bunting,
sits back in benevolent silence instead
of haranguing the populace. And
finally 1t may be said that there is as
much political logic in the raucous
notes of steam calllope as in the
turgid utterances of campaign ora
for
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04
LOST ENTHUSIASM FOR JOB
Question Caused Colored Boy to Re.
consider Request for Employ.
ment in Munition Works.

George AIDE says that friend OF his
In Bridgeport Conn, had a negro boy
working for him as janitor one morn
ing the darky announced that he was
about to quit.
II laks you boss he explained to
Ade'S friend, "and aint got no fault
TO find wild dis heah job But dey tells
me dat over heah at desc launiuons
works de's payin TO dollahs day
And l lows to git some of dat easy
money"
Being paid of, he departed. Two
days later he came back and applied
for his former place.
Didn't you care for the new job?'
asked Mr. Blank.
II quit befo' got dat far" stated
the negro. "Yistiddy mornin | goes
over to dem munitions works and
tells de man in de little office al de
gate in de big high wall outside dal
Use done come to get one of dem TO-
dollar-a-day jobs Of his'n. He says aii
right and den he gifts out a book ana
he axes me whut is my name, tells
him whut is my name, and den he say
'Whar do you want de remains sent
And | look him in De eye and | say
Boss, don't you poster yo'sef bout De
remains. c'se Use gwine take em witl
me right now. IS Saturday Evening
Post.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04
Care for Soldiers Teeth.

II Is gratifying to note that the
United States officials are alive to the
importance Of dental care, for an es-
sential detail of the punitive expedi-
ton into Mexico was fully equipped
dental outfit under the charge of Unit
ed States army dental surgeons. The
benefits are sure to be soon manifested,
for the conditions, climatic and other
wise, our boys are bound to encounter,
will tend to aggravate the slight trou-
bile with the teeth and add greatly 10
their suffering and discomfort. Prompt
and effective dental treatment will
eliminate all this so far as the teeth
are concerned and to the extent that
the troops are thus kept more healthy
and enduring, the dentists with the
expedition may play more prominent
part that will be generally realized
In the ultimate capture of Villa.--
American Medicine.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04
H0LIEST SHRINE IN MEXICO
IL is the Collegiate Church of Guada,
Iupe, Which Contains Miraculous
Picture.

The Collegiate Church of Guadalupe,
together with the chapel on an adja-
cent hill, is the holiest shrine in MeXi-
co. 1t stands on the site where the
Virgin is reputed to have appeared to
an Indian, Juan Diego, instructing him
to take a message to the archbishop
asking that shrine be built there in
her honor. After appearing to him
several times. she finally commanded
him TO climb to the top of the hill,
where the chapel now stands but
which had always been barren, and
there to gather bunch Of roses to
take to the archbishop.
This the Indian did but when he un-
folded his serape 1t was found to con
tain, so the account runs, miracu-
lously painted picture of the Virgin.
This picture is now venerated by all
Mexicans and occupies the center of
the altar. The features and the com
plexion are those Of an Indian prin-
cess.-National Geographic Magazine.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04
Calls Aid With Forest Fire.

Ranger w. ID. Phillips. in charge of
the fire lookout on Rattlesnake creek
in the Sequoia national forest, inves-
tlgated a column of smoke from the
canyon below his cabin and saved the
life Of II. l.. Telford of Santa Ana,
who was on fishing trip in the re-
serve. Telford was hopelessly lost In
the mountain forest, and when he ran
out of provisions deliberately lighted
the brush fire to attract the attention
Of rangers.
Telford PAID tribute to the efficiency
of the fire fighters with the statement
that not more than quarter of an
hour after he started the fire Phil
lips was on the spot.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04
steam-Driyen seaplanes.

Navy department experiments indI-
cate that steam-driven seaplanes may
solve the motor problem of air naviga-
tion. Many officers believe that only
the question of getting the weight of
the steam plant down to the lowest
possible figure remains to be answered
before a steamer of the air is con-
structed and tried out
Steam equipment would guarantee
constancy of power upon which aero
planes depend for stability. Most ac-
cidents to aviators, II is pointed ont
may be due to failure Of motors Steam
turbines also would provide power far
In excess of anything now obtainable
with gasoline engines, II is said, fac
tor vital to the navy, since seaplanes
are much heavier than aeroplanes for
service over land.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04
ARTIFICIAL Hupber,

The erythrene rubber produced from
alcohol by a Russian chemist is stated
to be chemically identical with natural
rubber. though 1t differs in properties
by being more rapidly oxidized. In the
first part of the process of manufac-
ture, air is pumped through alcohol,
and the mixed vapors are passed
through copper tubes ccntaining heated
spirals of red copper and silver gauze.
This gives acetic aldehyde and parable
hyde. Mixed with more alcohol, these
substances are passed over strongly
heated aluminium oxide, and the result
Ing erythrene is collected In the pres
ence of small quantity Of catalyst.
The raw erythrene rubber thus pro-
duced is fitted for use by mixing with
about Is per cent of various sub.
stances. including tannins and lead
oxide to aic in vulcanization, and rub
ber resins to give greater elasticity.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04
Linen From Irish Flax.

Some Of the fax for the large out
put of linen from Ireland is being
grown in that country since the war.
Previous to the war a large part of the
fax for the Irish linen was grown in
Belgium. The preparation of the fax
Is not an agreeable process. The plant
Is pulled up by the roots and thrown
into a ditch Of water to decay so that
the part needed for the linen may be
easily separated from the remainder.
1t Is an odorous process, the smell of
the decaying vegetation enveloping the
country most unpleaSantIy. Then the
worker, after the decaying process has
reached the proper stage, is often
obliged 10 stand knee deep in the water
to work With the war fax growing
was given up in Belgium and Ireland
is again taking it up.-New York
Times.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04
Tungsten.

The malleahle and ductile tungsten
patented In the United States by a
Budapest metallurglst is prepared by
adding to fused metallic tungsten
about 2 per cent Of boron or boron
nitride. The boron so transforms the
metal that II can be worked or drawn
into wire. A suggested explanation Of
the change Is that tungsten boride is
formed nj the fusing temperature. and
that this prevents the formation of the
large crystals that give brittleness TO
the metal.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04
STATE PEN WARDEN
TAKES HIS OWN LIFE.

Sioux Falls, S. d., Oct 3l.-Ole S.
Swenson, warden of the South Dakota
state penitentiary, pioneer business
man of Sioux Falls and prominent 10
political circles, ended his life early Sun.
day morning while alone in his office at
the penitentiary. Dependency over
failing health is believed to have been
the cause Of the act. Mr.. Swenson shot
himselfin the temple with revolver,
and death must have followed imme-
diatsly. He was II years of age
Mr.. Swenson had been in poor health
for several months, and having been in
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04

pany time option deal that has been
pending for some time, for the Golden
summit property with Messrs. Canheld
and Mcleod Work to unwater the
shaft will be undertaken with all posi-.
BILE speed and the sinking of the shaft
continued to greater depth. President
Kinter has placed J. G. Hopkins, an old
miner, the present county auditor, in
charge of the work. The Summit mine
has never had much development work
done. The rich ore has been gouged by
the different parties who have had hold
Of it and its production has amounted
into the hundreds Of thousands of dol
lars. With proper development the
Golden Summit mine should prove in
time one Of the big and steady gold pro.
ducsrs of the Hills-Hill City News,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04

The Companion issued between the time
you subscribe and New Years. If you
send $500 at once that means a lot of
reading for which you won't have to pay
a cent And then the long, glorious so
weeks of Companion reading to come
after Let us send you the Forecast for
1917, which tells all about what is in
store for Companion readers in 1917.
by special arrangement new subscribe
ers for The Youths Companion can have
also McCall's Magazine for l9l7-both
publications for S2.l0.
Our two-at-one-price offer includes
]. The Youths Compauion-52 issues
of 1917.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04

An officer lately returned from Alex
andria brings story of the British
soldiers hunor. A certain curlo-hunt-
ing captain had prevailed upon two
privates to move his effects. They
managed everything save a weighty
packing case, which defied their united
efforts. AS they paused to wipe the
sweat from their brows one asked:
'What the deuce is in 1t. Bill?'
1T pyramids" answered Bill
promptly.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04
THE BEST OF THE BARGAIN

You get bargain when you get The
Youths Companion for 1917 for 5000
80 issues crowded from cover to cover
with the reading you most enjoy. But
you get the best of the bargain if you
subscribe the minute you read this, for
Their you will get free every number Of
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04

''Is 1t really cheaper to own your
own home than TO pay rent?"
"Of course 1t Is. When you live In
a rented house you are always dissat-
listed about something. and you move
on an average about once year. But
when you own your house. you have to
stay there whether you like 1t or not
and IN that way you save all the NOV
tng sxpsnsss."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04
Too Many issues.

'How in the world did you get your
self involved in an engagement with
that scrawny, ill-teupered Miss Old
girlT'
"You see, wasn't on my guard
got so absorbed in the European war;
the railroad strike. the eight-hour law,
and the British blacklist, that forgot
this was leap year"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04

formed by his family physician that he
had but short time to live at best he
brooded over his condition, and it is be-
lieved that he had worried so much over
his sickness that he became temporarily
insane and was in that condition when
be committed the rash act.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04
LOCAL OPTION A TEMPERANCE
MEASURE

2 All the remaining issues of 1916.
g. The Companion Home Calendar for
1917
4. McCall's Magazine-l2 fashion mum
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stamp with your selection
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Office.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04
His pessimistic View.

"Henry," said Mrs. Peck. "do you
think 1t will ever be possible TO bring
about universal peaceY
Never" replied Henry. "As long
as people are born they will continue
TO marry"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04
Its Handicap.

There Is one drawback about noise
less powder"
what Is thatf"
when they use II how can they
turn in any kind OF report.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04
Some Job.

"Tve got new job. I'm barber
At soda fountain"
"A barber at soda fountain?'
YES; ! shave the ice"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04
Foolish Question.

Old Lady--And did the shell bursti
Wounded Soldier-No. ma'am. II
.rawled up behind me when wasn't
ookin' and bit mel
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04
Citizens OF South Dak(

question of major Importance to the State will be
settled by your vote at the election November 7th Shall
the right OF segovernment majority rule and legal con-
troll be endorsed by retention of the local option law or
shall we substitute therefor policy that has proved
failure in every State in which it has been tried?
In support of our contention that local option is
temperance measure" we have, through the medium of
the public press given you evidence of the most dam
aging character against socaed Prohibition as recorded
IN the newspapers of Prohibition States. We have illus
raed the conditions they truly exist and no denial
has been attempted by ose who would force prohbtory
control on this State
The campaign OF those who would rob thecities and
townships of their right self-government has been
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04

CLOSES DEAL ON
GOLDEN SUMMIT MINE.
Charles ii. kinter, of Harrisburg, Pa,
president of the Dakota Continental
Copper Company, arrived last Monday
from the east and closed for his com
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04
LOCAL OPTION A TEMPERANCE
MEACTTpE

Chamberlain, S. D., Sept 20, l9l6.--I
arm very glad to find the Local Option
League a DEFENDER OF the BEST
TEMPERANCE SYSTEM we have EVER
HAD IN OUR STATE; yes, not only in
our State but in ANY STATE, and l hope
the result OF the next general election will
show that we want to KEEP THIS LAW
on our statute book instead of Prohibition
with all its HYPOCRISY. DENUNCIA-
TIONS, COURT EXPENSES and De
MOBILIZATION
will hope the people Of South Dakota
will support REAL TEMPERANCE
WORK through your league.
L. H WILLRODT.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04

From Every Section the State Comes the Cry % Well Enough
Local
m - -Ixt
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04

Parkston, S. D.. Sept rs, lel6.-I BE-
IIEVE IN THE LOCAL OPTION
Law passed in 1896. / DO not believe in
statewide Prohibition
j. A. PORTER.
VOTES NO; BELIEVES IN LOCAL
OPTION
Sioux Falls, S. D., Sept rs, iel6.-Al-
though / am not drinking man / WILL
NOT VOTE FOR PROHIBITION.
L. B. HILL, Optician
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04
EVERY COMMUNITY SHOULD

Sioux Falls S. D., Sept l3, l9i6.--I
am in STRICT ACCORD with the LO-
CAL OPTION IDEA To govern one
community in State OF the DIMENSION
OF OURS BY the DESIRES OF A few OF
an ENTIRELY DIFFERENT ELE-
MENT in another locality though in the
majority, HAS NOT APPEALED to me
as being the proper means or remedy.
Various other logic3' reasons. Am too
busy however to write you now.
N. A. BROWN. ATTORNEY.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04
SHOULD BE LIBERTY

Sioux Falls, s. D.. Aug. II, iel6.-My
opinion is that il is a crime 10 TAKE
THE LIBERTY away from free citizens.
You might just as well prohibit the sell
ing OF razors because some fellows cut
their throats, or axes because some win
cut off their hands.
You will find more drunkards in Pro-
hibition places than where license is is
sued
Come here on Sunday and you will find
that the Drug Stores are selling more
liquor than all the Saloons during the
week, so that they have no time for pre-
scriptions and make mistakes, etc.
j. B. BENNETT
Orv Goods Merchant
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04
A HARD HLOW no sTATE

"A hAED BLOW TO STATE
Sioux Falls, S. D., Sept. as, 1861
am thoroughly convinced that the present
Local Option Law is the BEST LAW
we HAVE HAD ON THE LIQUOR
QUESTION, and l also believe that
statewide Prohibition at the present time
WOULD BE A HARD BLOW TO THE
STATE. J. NJ COOLEY.
Miller, S. D., Aug. rs, l9l6.-I find
LOCAL OPTION VERY SATISFAC-
TORY and you express my views on
this tails campaign, so mark us down
tor two votes and ALL WE CAN DO
on the border.
j. D. FITZGERALD. Druggist.
CONDITIONS ARE BETTER
SIsseton, 5. D., Oct O. l9l6.-My opin-
ION is that under the present Local Option
system Of controlling the sale OF intoxi-
csnts, CONDITIONS IN GENERAL
are FAR BETTER than they would be
UNDER the proposed prohibitory
amendment TO the constitution / agree
with you that it would be hard indeed to
have the sale OF intoxicants more sanely
regulated than now, and on November
9TH | will REGISTER MY VOTE in
FAVOR ct continuation OF the same,
and MANY OTHERS l KNOW WILL
DO LIKEWISE. The clause in the new
amendment prohibiting treating" OF guests
in ones own household is WORSE than
the LAWS Of ABSOLUTE MONARCHS,
and is bound to work for the defeat of
the measure.
BERNARD cHRISTIANSoN.
Sisseton, S. D., Sept H. l9l6.--I think
the LOCAL OPTION LAW is good as il
is and l DON'T INTEND to change it.
so you may be sure l am with you on this
question to let well enough alone as the
LOCAL OPTION LAW is WORKING
ALL RIGHT Our town is dry enough for
me and If the law is upheld to keep il in
force, that is all we ask. Sisseton is dry.
A. D. REEVES.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04
rocA1 opTToN BFsT MFTHOr

Pierre s. D., Aug. a lglb.-I surely
believe in LOCAL OPTION and think it
the best method.
/ have seen many boys since we have
had Prohibition in our town drink this
temperance beer in saloons, which | have
never seen drinking in our town before.
Also we have four or FIVE blind pigs in
town that seem 70 turn out more drunks
THAN WE HAVE HAD before our town
went dry.
Builder
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04
HuRTS ~ sALOQN

Gary, S. D., Sept l8 I9l6.-The pres
ent law does not hurt any business except
the Saloon business. LEAVE 1T STAND,
il lessons the sale OF liquor in the state
ELI PEDEN.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04

confined to the abuse of who developed our State
who contributing to the growth and prosperity
of the State and whose descendants will continue to be
influential in South Dakota matters long after Mr. Hol-
sape and his imported agitators have sought newer and
greener fields
Bear in mind the following facts: There is no ques-
ton OF the of liquor involved this issue The Pro-
hibtonsts have in their advertisements admitted that
liquor be obtained the same under Prohibition ax
This being true and when the Prohibitionists ad
verse such to be the factit be true then what is
to be gained by giving up the revenue legal control and
home government for the deplorable and awless con-
ditions that follow in the wake of Prohibition?
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04

TEMPERANCE BUT NOT FOR PRO
HIBITION
Flaadreau, S. D., Aug. ~, 19l6.-I am
not an advocate Of Prohibition, but / am
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04

glad TO say I am strongly in favor Of
temperance, and BY TEMPERANCE I
certainly do not mean Prohibition Tenn
perance is a Christian virtu SELF-IM-
POSED, and ELF-ENFORCED, having
for its object our own good as well as the
good which may - .~Iue 70 our neighbor
Prohibition, on the other hand, smacks OF
the Mahodedan Cult imposed and enforced
by force or the Pol -cwan's club 1T
DOES NOT PROHIBIT; it may under
the eye of the policeman and IN public
but under the eye OF justice and in private
l doubt II It means anything. Il is an
INVERTED ORDER of THINGS con-
trary to all FUNDAMENTAL LAWS.
both human and divine l cannot there
fore SUBSCRIBE to THIS FAD as a
TRUE REMEDY for the EVILS Of the
BODY POLITIC, But ! am glad to
ASSOCIATE my name with TEMPER
ANCE, LIBERTY and LAW.
G. E. KELLY.
Bridgewater s. D. Sept 2; 1sI6.-I
STANDS and will do what | can.
Madison, S. D.. Oct s. l9l6.-I am
heartily in FAVOR OF LOCAL OPTION
and am supporting il ira every way posi-
BILE HAROLD KELLOGG.
Oacoma, S. D.. Sept. is. l9l6.--I came
to South Dakota from Sweden thirty-seven
| was twenty-three and one-halt years old
Now I am ftty-oue / have the expert
ence OF life and the PRESENT LAW is
the BEST one ! have known OF DURING
MY RESIDENCE IN THIS COUNTRY.
ERICK HADE.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-07-05
Worth the Stor.s

The story is the rock-bound founda,
ton Of the scenario structure. This
fact has been repeatedly asserted by
all authoritative writer's on photoplay
plotting, and yet many and varied au-
thorities seemingly are just finding out
this fact. They treat a common-sense
proposition as something strange and
something startling. Without a good
plot, a good story, the motion-picture
production amounts to little. There
may be excellent acting, there may be
stars exploited, there may be beautiful
settings and beautiful photograph, but
nevertheless the audience will be
doomed to disappointment. There
must be continuity, interest, suspense.
something interesting at the beginning
to excite and hold interest, and some
thing at the ending to give satisfaction
and to touch the heart The story, and
not the play, is the real thing!