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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30
Retrospective.

retrospective.
Winter with all the seriousness OF
applied endeavor is fast approach
ing. 1t is the season when shorten
ing days force busy world to crowd
into each passing hour every possible
ounce of energy that has been stored
during the period of recreation that
the unsurpassed summers of the
Black Hills afford. Business big and
small is fast maturing its plans for
months ahead. Young meu and wom-
en-, fresh from the seats of learning
where they received their diplomas
but few weeks ago, and fortified
with the succeeding relaxation, are
already restless to pitch into the vast
field of activity, certain of the sue
cess they feel they will achieve, filled
with ambition and ideals that in
spire, looking only toward the goal
hat seems just over the hill.
'Tis a wise precaution of the Gre
ltor that cloaks the future with i'm
,gination rather than insight. For
ust beyond the winter lies the
3pring. the time of hope that lures
and beckons to the plodder to in
crease his efforts and obtain fulfil
nent of his dreams
When engulfed in whirl of life how
really few follow the ideals that they
once cherished Ideals of childhood
days, lisped at mothers lap on bend
ed knees by baby lips that reckon
ed naught but joy and sunshine; that
sense of right and wrong that fol
lows us through life, though crowd
ed into near forgotten corners of the
heart; the memory of the time when
evening shadows brought hush
about the old familiar hearthstone
and loving hearts enjoyed the peace
and quiet that plain folks knew as
home. No nervous quest for pleas
ures gay when home held such al
lurement. The day was done and
retrospection Of its hours brought
courage for the morrow and service
of mankind was thought cardinal
virtue.
Those days are gone beyond re-
call but ideals still are worth retain
ing and success in life Is measured
more in heart than gold.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30
NEW MExICANS WELCOME
TO THE PROHIBITONISTs

Albuquerque, N. M, Sept. 25.-
Wet New Mexica gave the prohibition
national campaigners friendly recep-
tions after the Arizona campaign
closed with speeches at Flagstaff and
Winslow.
At the meeting in Gallup were sew
eral Navajo indians, who are denied
liquor by federal statute. One OF
the spectators having imbibed free
ly, indorsed the dry speeches with
loud comment. Nearby were several
saloons. j. Frank Hanly criticized
the manner of enacting the eight
hour law DR.. Ira Landrith declared
that universal suffrage was immin-
ent. II believe woman has as much
sense as a barroom 1um or some OF
the colored persons who cannot read
or write TO whom the northerners
gave the ballot. When she gets the
vote, good bye booze. If you want a
drink five years from now you better
begin to lay it in" He said
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30
WHERE WOULD WE BE
CHoward Elliott in Leslie's)

lHOWafd ElllOtt IN Leslie
Those who made the American ma
ton what it is today worked long
and hard. The spirit of hard work
now seems to be lacking and we
hear constantly that eight hours or
less a day is all that a strong, healthy
man should do. Where would the
United States now be If our fore
fathers had been content with eight
hours work a day? Where will the
United States be in the race for fut-
ure commercial supremacy among
the nations if this spirit continues?
We have ships to build, railroads to
develop, an army and navy to be
manned and countless tasks to per-
form. Every patriotic man should
give the best that is in him, not the
least If we ar to avoid serious diff
culties at home and abroad.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30
HUGHES CORRECTS SOME
OF WILSON'S STATEMENTS

Dayton, o., Sept. 25.--Charles e.
Hughes replied to the statements in
President Wilson's speech OF Satur-
day regarding the Adamson law. He
declared the principle Of the eight
hour day was not involved. "The
only thing proposed or enacted was q
change in the schedule of wages"
He assailed the administration for
broken pledges and extravgant
claims, especially with reference to
having aided business. He reiterat-
ed, instead of clarifying the anti
trust law by definition, the admins
tration had added vague phrases"
making the law more uncertain.
There has been in this administra-
ton of compromise, phrases in sta
tutes apparently intended to mean
one thing to one set of men to get
their votes, and another set of men
to allay their fears.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30
MAY BE CONVICTED
OF NUMBERING HIS WIFE

st. Joseph, Mo-, Sept. 25.-Oscar
D. Mcdaniel, prosecuting attorney
of Buchanan county, is incarcerated
in Jail on the charge of numbering
his wife, and may be confronted with
long confinement. when his appli-
cation for bond was refused, after
the grand jury investigation of We'd
nesday. Mrs. Mcdaniel was found
murdered in her home several
months ago. Mcdaniel on returning
from town, alleged that he had been
fired upon near his home by the as
sassin. He declared he had been lur-
ed to town by decoy telephone call.
Children, near the body OF their
mother slept. Mcdaniel attributed
the murder to the senders Of threat
enings letters.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30
EXPECTED TOO MUCH

Noble aspirations fred her soul.
Hitherto she had been pretty but
useless little water-color painting
crochet-working, pianoplaying sort
of girl: now she was farm-worker.
At least she had been, earlier in
the day; at the moment there were
signs of a strike, and she was CIV
ing the farmer a piece of her mind.
NO" she said, in firm conclusion;
Il don't mind shearing the pigs, or
pruning the watercress, or anything
reasonable like that. But at mush-
rooming / draw the line. Why, my
good man." she finished, with
maidenly blush, II have never climb
ed a tree in my life. Ans
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30

Justice Hughes starts on his sec
ond tour in good spirits and with.the
knowledge that his campaign Is at
last fairly under way. The republican
managers have received an abund-
ance of evidence that the country Is
receiving the Hughes candidacy fav-
orably especially in the states that
are looked upon as the real battle
ground. 1t has been considered un-
fortunate in some of the western
states that the fight has not been
pushed with equal vigor all over the
vast field. This does not seem pos
sible on account of lack of funds
and because 1t has taken time to
restore the lines that were broken
four years ago. The indications are
now that the battle will be pushed
with more vigor everywhere and that
the winning personality Of the con-
didate, together with his well estab-
Iished record of progressiveism, viii
bring a strong promise of success.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30

No one of the three members OF
Mr.. wilson's Mexican commission
can speak Spanish. This Is entirely
in keeping with the method which
the administration has employed In
selecting representatives in the for
eign service generally. A knowledge
of scanty English has, in some cases,
served to recommend man for q
post where no English Is. spoken at
all-and, taken all In all, the chief
prerequisite to service in the diplo-
matte corps has been contribution,
more or less generous, to the Wilson
campaign fund Of 1912.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30

The quack is again at large. In
the study of the blood we have had
our fill of quackery. There is one
quack in New York City who will
draw drop of blood from the arm
OF a patient, put it under the micro
scope. and while the patients eye Is
glued to a complex scene of micro
phags and phagocy,es the learned
doctor will discover the cause of the
misery in a floating speck. 1t is all
very clear that the price of admis-
sion is IS, whereas good look at
the moon may be had for a quarter
and the view is more inspiring. sug-
gesting cheese as a curative food.
This man has a diploma and no one
can stop him. He has written books
and is full of quotations from au-
thorities. 1t is remarkable how the
authorities quote one another.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30
The springtime of Life

CONGRATULATIONS are due the Si'5
of Belle Fourche and the residents ol
tho whole irrigated district sur
rounding 1t, upon the securing OF 'pe
nrs, sugar beet factory for this part
of the country. 1t required an I'M
mense amount of energy which VIII
he amply repaid in the results loi
the factory must certainly prove d
.remandous step in the development
~ the fertile fields north OF US De-
ra,onment and progress In any part
30 +he BLACK Hills or adjacent terri
torv is of direct benefit to Dead
wood and the people OF Dead"ooo
rejoice at the success of their neleh-
hors Particular credit Is due TO lhe
ReIle Fourche Commercial clup loi
,ts constant work to secure the iac'
orv which is TO be the largest tnat
the Great Western Sugar compah!
has vet erected. Not few peiieVe
that ITS success will mean other fact-
OrieS In the lIiib"NO
railroad extension through the as
trict and beyond to the srea'
northwest country, has been brought
visibly nearer and is in fact hiucii
more than a dream now.
While railroads are pioneers IN ue-
velopment of the west. their ofhcials
cannot be expected to lay rails untii
thew are convinced that the tonnage
and business for the projected iihe
"a In sight. over indulgence IN uh-
wise enthusiasm, not founded on
solid basis, has resulted IN more
than one jerkwater line that proVeu
a failure and chilled the ardor oi
officials to accept statements of other
really meritorious sections.
That the Black Hills region is al
last coming into its own. Is the judg-
men: Of men who have made obser-
walton for many years and are In a
position to look ahead with clear
vision. Railroad extension is COM
ing and cannot be successfully ais
puted but hysteria over highly raw
orable conditions will not bring IL
any faster but will retard the day
Pull for the Black Hills and west
ern South Dakota for the springtime
OF life is ahead not behind
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30

hundred million dollars on the 1915
crop alone, and the loss would have
been due to the refusal of the Demo-
cratic Congress to continue the pro-
tective tariff for their product Tre-
mendous losses would have been
scored on other staple crops-all ex-
cept cotton, the staple crop of the
South, for which there is 80 little
competition that there is no need of
a protective tariff. No wonder the
Senators and Congressman from the
Southern States were willing to put
farm products on the free list.
1t is true that the war has raised
all sorts Of prices, and that in con-
sequence the farmer does not get all
he benefit from the high prices for
his crops indicated by the figures
Senator Nelson gives. But it is evil
dent that with sixty-cent wheat in
1915, there would have been hard
shedding for the farmers, but that
With wheat at a dollar and more,
Il ey have prospered in spite of
Democratic legislation.
But the war cannot last forever.
It is up to the farmer and his friends
TO see, before it does end, that Re
publican Congress is elected to re-
store the protective duties for his
products. Otherwise there will be
FAR more demands for loans under
the loudly celebrated rural credits
law than can be taken care of.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30
The Farmer and the Tariff

Il have not time to describe in
detail the havoc wrought by the tar
iff act of 1913 (the Underwood
Simmons law). I shall only refer to
one matter, the raid made upon the
farmers. Nearly all of their pro-
ducts were either put upon the free
list. or so greatly reduced as to be
practically on the free list. Had 1t
not been for the great European
war, our farmers would have sus-
tanned great losses from this change
In our tariff. With wheat crop OF
a billion bushels in Canada in 1915,
our wheat farmers, but for the great
war, would have had sixty-cent
wheat instead of a dollar a bushel
and over. The main crop of the
South, cotton. has practically no
competition, and hence is immune
from tariff legislation. Senator
Knute Nelson's Speech Reviewing
Democratic Legislation in the Sem
ate.
Senator Nelson has never been a
high tariff man. His vote in 1889
for the Mills horizontal reduction"
bill, when he represented the old
Fifth Minnesota district in the
House, is still remembered as a cour-
ageous act. for he alone of the re-
publican minority so voted. But he
has always defended the necessity
for a moderate tariff. adequate TO
protect American industries from
undue foreign competition.
The Senator now makes timely
allusion to the Democratic raid on
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30
ANOTHER REPORT OF
THE BREMEN'S COMING

Westerly, R. L., Sept. 25.-The
tug Westerly left on mission under
stood to be connected with the ex-
pected arrival of the German merch-
antman submarine. Mrs. Robertson,
wife of the Westerly's captain, is
quoted as authority for the state
ment that it was expected to escort
the submarine into New London by
midnight.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30

the farmer planned and carried out
in the tariff bill passed as soon as
possible after the election of Mr..
Wilson. Fortunately for the farm
er that raid was made Intellectual
by the war. which furnished to his
products the same effect in price up
lift. that a protective tariff would
have done.
without the war. the wheat farm
ers of the United States would have
lost, as Senator Nelson shows, fur
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30

The st. Louis Missouri Histori-
cal society has acquired complete
file of the st. Louis Republic. the
first newspaper published west of the
Mississippi river. The file includes
2S6 volumes, and the first issue Is
papers were deposited with the So
ciety by the Republic. Special large
dated July 26, 1903. The valuable
filing cabinets are being constructed
for the big, bound volumes In the
basement of the Memorial building.
The Republic first came into exist
ence under the name of the Missouri
Gazette and was afterward known
as the Louisiana Gazette.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30
NO STRIKE FOR HER

(From the New York World)
Our daddy left his Job today,
Up where the masons climb.
The men are out for higher pay
And shorter working-time.
They've sworn 10 stick,
Nor lift brick
That comes from off truck.
But mother, patient mother, hasn't
struck.
Our sister Kate is home from her
Nice stenographic place.
The striking typist girls concur
That wages need brace.
She does not please
To pound the keys
For pay she doesn't like,
But mother in the kitchen doesn't
strike.
And brother Bill has left his job
At motoring car.
He says the managerial mob
Pushed tyranny too far.
No move he'll make
To turn a brake,
He thinks he's showing pluck
But mother, weary mother, hasn't
struck!
And Uncle Bill, who up TO date,
Has been a drygoods clerk,
This morning at the hour of eight
Refused to go to work.
He said, tits wrong
To toll so long
Where women shoppers hike"
But mother in the kitchen doesn't
strikei
Her working day has hours six
teen
Outside the union ranks,
No salary she's ever seen;
Her pays a careless Thanks"
Yet night and day
She slaves away
For Ned, and Name and Mike,
And mother in the kitchen doesn't
Strike!
JOHN o'KEEFE.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30
DANIELS
AT KALAMAZOO

Kalamazoo, Mich, Sept 25.-The
Importance of the provision In the
great naval appropriation bill au-
thorizing the president to call a
world disarmament conference, was
emphasized in the speech of Secre-
tary Daniels. He declared long as
other powers rushed into battleship
construction the United States must
be able to meet any possible foe.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30

"The public must pay" This
truth will receive frequent emphasis
in all the discussion which will cen-
ter about the Democratic method OF
settling the threatened railroad
strike. 1.-The public must pay" in
fact, for everything the Democrats
have done since they came into pow
er. The bill is staggering one.
Taxes now exist where nobody. i've
years ago. ever dreamed that tax
could be imposed. 1.-THE public must
pay"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30
w. f. OF M. ORGANIZER
WHIPPED AND BANISHED

Copper Hill, Tenn. Sept. 2S.-
Guy Z. Miller of Denver, organizer
of the Western Federation of Miners
was seized by a mob as he was re-
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30
HUGHES ON REUNITED
PARTY.

9 ~ come to you as the spokes-
9 man Of a reunited party. We
o have said that il was reunited;
9 we have believed II was reunited;
@ we have devoutly hoped Il was
o reunited. Now. Maine proves that
9 IL is reunited. am glad TO speak
@ for the reunited Republican party
o because il is a great liberal party.
@ IL started as a liberal party; its
9 best traditions are those Of lib
o erai party. And today IL faces the
o future with truly national out
O look and . progressive spirit
= Charles <. Hughes in Speech
= Delivered at Plattsbureh. N. Y.
q @ o o @ g @ 9 8 o g. @ o o o o .
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30

The new British armored car that
jumps trenches and demolishes
houses. tree stumps and barbed wire
is direct slap at Henry Ford's pro-
duct.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30

Villas men made a determined ef-
fort to take the palaces and peni-
tentiary in Chihuahua. They came
near getting the latter.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30
JOHN O'KEEFE
What the Democrats
Did to the Farmer

Did to the Farmer
In framing and passing the I'm
derwood tariff law, the Democratic
Congress showed no consideration
whatever for the American farmer,
for under that law the products Of
the farm are either on the gree list,
or are so near the free list as to
amount practically to the same thing.
Farm products are not protected un-
der the Democratic tariff law. Just
exactly what the Democrats did to
the farmer is shown in the tabula-
ton below:
The Mena weekly star., 1916-12-14
VIOLENT DROP IN COTTON.
New York Prices Dropped S6 to S7.50
 q BaIe-BiIlion Dollar Crop.

New York. Dec. Following the publication of the final government estimates of the crop today there was a violent break in the market here. carrying prices i25 to l50 points under Saturdays close, a drop of s6 to S7.50 a bale. May cot ton sold as low as i7sO, abo tt SIS a bale under the top price two weeks ago.
 Washington, Dec. 1.-The cotton crop of 1916 is valued at i079 mill lion dollars at the price paid to pro- ducers December 1, which averaged 1916 cents pound, according to the final estimate put out today by the Department of Agriculture. The crop is ii,5li.000 bales, i26,000 bales less than the preliminary estimate. The 1915 crop was ii,f92,000 bales and the 5-year average from 1910 to i9i4, was i4,259,000 bales.
 According to today's figures. Tex as raised 3,775000 bales, compared with 3,227, ,iS0 bales in 1915: Oklaho- ma, S35,000 bales, increase over last year. i95,000; Arkansas, i,i45000, in crease, 329,000 Most other states raised less than last year.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-12-14
FIVE MEN TO RULE FRANCE.
The Cabinet Reorganization Bill
 pIaced Before Parliament

Paris, Dec. i0.-A bill, the purpose of which is to reorganize and sim- plify the existing cabinet, was in- troduced in the Chamber of Depu- ties yesterday by group of five deputies, among them Abbe Lemire and M. Franklin Moullion, vice president of the foreign affairs com mittee.
 The proposed measure provides that for the duration of the war the cabinet shall be composed of five members. who shall be the minis ters of foreign affairs, finance, in- terior war and marine.
 The other present ministerial de parments, according to the terms of the bill, shall give way to the new organization, the direction of which shall be assumed by the government. A statement issued by the sponsors of the bill says that circumstances have made evident the necessity of the concentration of powers, the simplification of the administrative machinery and the subordination of all services to the exigencies of na- tional defense.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-12-14
CORRESPONDENCE
MILLCREEK MUSINGS.

A. A. Feds of Stratford, OK, IS visiting his sons here this week.
 H. Williams of Board Camp was here on business Saturday.
 Mrs. McBee of Midway, spent Monday at the home of T. J. Walker
 Marvin Craig, who has been very low with fever is improving slowly
 Remember next Sunday IS our regular singing day at Lower Big Fork.
 ?. $. Holman is erecting a new residence on his farm, another sign of prosperity.
 $. A. Walker of Wynnewood, Ok, with his family, spent several days here last week.
 Allie Medford of Gerty, Ok, who had spent several weeks here, re- turned home Tuesday.
 The Lower Big Fork cemetery has just been e-fenced, which has been needed for some years
 W. 4. Feds and family and Mir, Feds father, A. A. Feds, spent Mon day at the home of T. J. Walker.
 The coldest weather of the win ter was on December i2, when the temperature went to if degrees above
The Mena weekly star., 1916-12-14
The Supreme Alibi.

From the days when guilty Cain innocently inquired; Am l my brothers keeper?" the alibi fashion has been growing in favor.
 The Greeks used to blame their misfortunes on the Oracle When their plans failed, they ascribed the failures to misinterpretations of the Oracle. Sampson blamed his fec bleness to the loss of his hair. The Giants said that Fred Merkle's ivory top caused them to lose the pen nant. Had to work at the office, is the uniform explanation of tardy husbands.
 But now the greatest little alibi of them all has superseded note worthy excuses of the past
 It's the war in Europe. Whatever happened: It was the war in Europe.
 The cost of living has taken re- cord flight.
 Dealers shake their heads with mock sadness as the housewife in- quires as to the price of fish.
 Yes, perch has gone up a little not much" the dealer complains The war in Europe. you know, ha; increased the cost of living" Poor little perch, swimming along the Great Lakes shores, never dreaming that the war in Europe was making it more valuable. | fVa tas chairs have gone up in price, too.
 "It's the war in Europe" intone: the furniture dealer. High cost O labor. and so forth, caused by tht war makes the price higher"
 And Convict No. 9,999, dipping thu prison-made chairs into the varnish works away in blissful ignorance that the cruel war across the oceaI has made his labor an aristocratit priced thing.
 American eggs-some of then American from the days of poco- hontas-are reluctantly haule, from cold storage, and sold for fiv, cents a piece
 The war in Europe" alibis thu seller. S
 The war in Europe explained Mir. Hughes, explaining the pros perity
 The war in Europe" said Mir Wilson, explaining the high cost O living.
 The war in Europe" said tn, fiance. explaining why the weddin, must be postponed.
 "The war in Europe" argued thu man who wanted the United State, to prepare, we'll have to fight 'en all after it's over"
 The war in Europe, they can fight anybody after they get thrl with this war" urged the paciilst,
 Whatever it is, the war will fur nish an alibi.-Deroit News-Tri | bune.