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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-04-29
BEAVER VALLEY AND VICINITY.
tBY E.P. KING

April "a, 1916
Miss Esther Brazell, who is attending
the Normal school at Spearfish, spent a
few days visiting with her parents this
week.
The work on the Wind Cave Preserve
in connection with the fire guard is
nearing completion, and it is expected
that this week will see the end of it for
the present.
F. NJ. Ollie, of the Biological Survey,
was back on tour of inspection last
| week. A. p. Chambers made trip to
Hot Springs to meet him on business in
connection with the preserve.
Albert Aaberg is building fine new
residence on his homestead near the
Wind Cave road Bert Woodcock is
doing the mason work which includes
the foundation and wall of cellar.
Some of the fellows who signed the
petition for dividing the school district
are now Kicking" because they did not
know what they were signing. 1t pays,
boys, to read a thing over before you
attach your name to it.
This community has bad two very
good rains within the last week, and at
present everything looks good for the
farmer. The weather has been rather
cold, but grass is coming in good shape
Stock is looking we'll on the range.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-04-29
for every child to have the privilege of

for every child to have the privilege of
being equipped fer life.-Frank Crane.
And so the cleanup spirit has its part,
and big part too, in helping to equip
the youth of our town and vicinity for
the best in life Already the numerous
bon fires about town are proving that
Custer is slowly but surely Kidding her.
self of much harmful accumulation and
with we'll raked lawns and clean alley
ways, few toppled-down buildings re-
moved from sight, few more flowers
and vines, and the Better Custer Spirit
constantly growing, we shall be able to
invite to our wholesome little town, the
most fastidious in taste and feel that
their expectations are more than full
filled.
BERCHA l.. DAVIS, President.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-04-29

Edward L. Serry, who since Decem.
Der, 1914, has held the position of far
mer at Moqui Indian Agency at Kearns
Canyon Arizona, has at the request OF
Congre 5sman Candy been ordered trans
ierred, effective May LIST, to South Da-
kota, and will be assigned to Pine Ridge
Agency. Mr.. Serry was former resi-
dent of Custer county. He was located
at Argyle and was postmaster there for
three years prior to his employment in
the Indian Service. Having spent all OF
his life in the north be was not satisfied
with the position in the southwest and
did not feel able to do justice to himself
and the service there because of his lack
of knowledge of conditions. Mr.. Serry
has an excellent record as an employees
in the Indian Service and will no doubt
make good on Pine Ridge. The posi-
ton which he holds is under the Civil
Service and the transfer was made pos
sible by a vacancy on Pine Ridge Reser
vatlon.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-04-29

The law requires that the county audi
tors shall post in their office in con-
spicuous place the choice of colors for
the different party ballots at the primary
election thirty days before the election.
In response TO the law County Auditor
Walter Fink has the list posted in his
Office. The following colors have been
designated by the secretary of stale to
be used for ballots by the respective
parties at the primary election to be held
Tuesday, May 23rd. Republican, white
Democratic, yellow; Socialist, red, and
Prohibition, blue.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-04-29

Copious rains and late SHOWS through
out the Black Hills and adjacent regions
have not only assured an abundant hay
crop this year, but have put the farm
ing sections in such shape that, With a
reasonable amount of rain during the
growing season, splendid crops are in
dicated again this year. The acreage
planted now is said to be larger than for
several ears past, and the possibility OF
a beet sugar factory in the Belle Fourche
district has made the agricultural inter
ests optimistic. Sheep and cattle men
all predict big season, with their stock
in unusually good shape.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-04-29
ALL NOMINATIONS
For Primary in.-Republican and Demo
cratic Candidates for County and
Legislative Offices.

Saturday was the last day for filing
nominating petitions for the primary
election. A complete list Of the nomi.
nations is as follows:
REPUBLICAN.
State Senator And dlstrict-Lawrence
II. Hedrick, Hot Springs.
Representative-W. A. Nevin, Custer
County Auditor-W. L. Fink, ire
election)
County Treasurer. NJ. Donaldson,
A. j. Jones, Custer; Edwin A. L. Grif.
fin, Mohler.
Register of Deeds--s. U. Coe, (re-
election.)
Superintendent of schools-Ethel
Montgomery, Elk Mountain.
States Attorney-Percy H. Helm, ire
election.)
County Judge-G. W. Gaylord, IRE.
election.)
Assessor-Chas. NJ. Endicott, (re-elec.
ton
county commissioner 3rd district
Arthur Montgomery, (re-election), Chas.
II. Adair.
DEMOCRATS.
State Senator And district--David
Anderson, Ardmore.
County Treasurer. w Starbuck
Buffalo Gap, George M. Kimball, Her
mosa.
Sheriff-S. j. Godsey, (re-election.)
Clerk of Courts-Wilber ID. Todd, ire
election.)
Supt of Schools-Alta Jane Scott,
Custer
Surveyor-Chas. f. Smith, (re-elec-
tom.
County Commissioner 3rd District
Stanley V. Callan, Peter Zeimet.
Member of State Central Committee
Robert McAdam.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-04-29
TIE EASE BALL CAME.

Last Saturday, the 22nd, the Custer
High School team was defeated by q
score of II to by the Hot Springs High
School aggregation. AS was proven,
Hot Springs had the better team, but
Custer also did some good playing. For
instance, the pitching of Hayes who
famed eleven men while Hot Springs
famed only four The faults of the
Custer team seemed to be the poor field.
ing and the poor batting However,
they've done some hard practicing this
week and hope to turn the tables on
Hill City this afternoon. Their only
wish is for better weather than that oI
last Saturday.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-04-29

Earl p Ginsbach, formerly of Pringle,
but now located near Hartford, S. D.,
was in the city Wednesday and called
at the CHRONICLE office to pay for an.
other years subscription to the CHRoN-
ICLE When asked what he was doing
in this part of the state he replied that
he had come to look after property in
terests he still has near I.oring siding,
and incidentally to inquire into the price
of lands in this section. Mr.. Ginsbach
stated that farmers in his locality are
looking for opportunities to invest in
improved farm lands If any of our
ranchers are looking for buyers it might
be well for them TO correspond with
him.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-04-29

April 25th, Good Roads Day, was a
great success. Thirty-three of Clusters
business men and ranchers and ten
teams turned out with grader, plows and
other road tools and put in a strenuous
day from Mayo to Custer The point of
rock at the foot of the Strickland hill
was shot off and road wdened at that
point, all rock and dirt dumped into soft
places just this side. All other bad
places we're filed in and graded up,
making the road passabe to say the
least. This was good start in the right
direction and we hope other days will be
designated later to look after bad places
on other roads
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-04-29

w. B. Kasper, of St. Paul, Mimi, was
in the city Saturday, looking over petit
tions of people of foreign birth who have
made application for citizenship papers.
MIR. Kasper is naturalization examiner
for Minnesota, Wisconsin, North and
South Dakota, and is on a trip through
the Black Hills district. The examina.
ton of applicants will take place at the
adjourned term of circuit court in June.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-04-29

Emery Kemp was arraigned before |.
NJ. Donaldson, Justice of the Peace, on
last Monday upon the charge of malici-
ously shooting and wounding COW, the
property of Walter McDermott. After
the hearing, Mr.. Kemp was bound over
to the circuit court for trial under bond
of 5000 90.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-04-29

Hugh Smith, of Howard, member Of
the state tax commission, Wednesday
met with the commissioners and asses
sors at the court house in this city and
went over with them the matter Of as
sessment for the coming year. The
meeting took mp most Of the day,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-04-29

The Odd Fellows and Rebekahs cele-
Drated the 9th anniversary Of the birth
of the order in their hall Wednesday
night. The entertainment consisted of
speaking, reading, songs, solos, recita-
tions, etc, after which dainty refresh
ments were served. Those present re-
ported very enjoyable evening.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-04-29

Mrs. Lizzie Dumke, of Pleasant Val
ley, was visiting at the home OF her
mother and sister, Mrs. Bertha Porath
and Mrs. I. j. Fenwick, Saturday and
Sunday. Monday morning she departed
for Deadwood, and from there went to
Rochester, Mimi, TO consult the Mayo
Brothers in regard to her health.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-04-29

w. f. Wells was an arrival on the
Burlington Tuesday morning He has
sold ont his barber business in Hot
Springs and intends to spend consider
able time developing his mining prop
erty in Elephant gulch, some six or
seven miles west of Custer.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-04-29

Miss Sarah Walsh was an arrival on
the Burlington on April 2lst from Gold.
field, Nevada, where she has been
spending the past several years. She
has come TO stay Indefinitely and will
make her home with her father, Mr.. f
II. Walsh.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-04-29

Uncle Jimmie McGnigan, who had
spent the past several weeks in the Sis.
ters' hospital at Hot Springs receiving
treatment, was an arrival on the Burl.
ington Monday morning He has re.
turned to Custer entirely recovered OF
his illness.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-04-29

The Seniors are putting much extra
time and practice on their play which
will be given next Friday, May 5th, at
the Opera House.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-04-29

George l.. Mutzig died at his home
FIVE and one. half miles west of Her
mosa, S. d., April 18th, aged 20 years,
2 months and IL days. He served in
the war of the Rebellion for three years
as an artilleryman In Co. ID. 9th Illi-
nois Regiment, and at the time of his
death was Commander of the Post at
Hermosa, which position he filled for
the last few years. He came to the
Black Hills in 1875 and spent several
years near Deadwood as a miner In
1885 he located on his homestead and
has made it his home since. He leaves
to mourn his death one brother, Charles
Emil, who has made his home with him
for several years; one sister in Iowa
one step son, and three nieces, besides
a large circle Of neighbors aud friends
who will always remember him for his
jovial, generous and kindly disposition
His wife preceded him to the other
world eight years ago,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-04-29

Joe Pyne arrived in the city Thursday
from his home at Cape Scott, Vancouver
Island, b. e. He has come on mica
business and will remain for some time,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-04-29

A debate was given last Friday, April
25th, by the Senior class The question
was; Resolved, that the President
should be elected for one and only one
term ofsix years" Dewey Miller and
Ruth Adair upheld the affirmative and
Lloyd Sutherland and Philip Woodwork
the negative The judges decision fav-
ored the negative.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-04-29
PRINGLE PARAGRAPHS.

April 26, 1916
Frank Nihart returned from Newcastle
Thursday morning.
Clifford Davidson visited in Rockford
between trains Sunday.
Earl Ginsbach was renewing acauant-
ances in Pring!e Tuesday.
William and Charles Axes were bust
ness visitors in Custer Wednesday.
Charley Axes, of Crawford, is visiting
his brother, Judge Axes, this week.
Mrs Joe Carter was a business visitor
in Hot Hot Springs Saturday and sun
day.
Mrs. T. B. Stanton and Mrs. Arthur
Stanton were shoppers in Pringle Tues
day.
Mrs Anna Wolfe is in the hospital at
Hot Springs, where she is taking treat
ment.
Misses Lucille Litchfeld and Anna
Godsey visited in Custer Saturday and
Sunday.
Mrs Charley Pringe and children re-
turned Wednesday after pleasant visit
in Custer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernie Young autoed
from their ranch at Dewey to Pringle
Wednesday.
Ruby McAdam is absent from school
this week suffering from an attack of
rheumatism.
Mr. and Mrs. Booker have moved to
the lime kiln where they expect to re-
side in the future.
Charley Pringle was a passenger to
Hot Springs Saturday. He returned on
the Burlington Sunday.
Mr.. James Gumm arrived Tuesday
and expects to spend the summer with
his son William and family.
Mrs. VIM. Hollenbeck and little son
Donald we're Burlington passengers to
Deadwood Sunday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Thomas are mov-
ing to Pringle this week. They are oc-
cupying the Joe Conlon residence.
Mrs. Chas. Dumke left Saturday for
Deadwood. From there she expects to
go to Mayo Bros. Mimi, for medical
treatment.
Miss Mary Rice closed very success
ful term of school at the Pleasant View
school last Friday She left for her
home at Rockford Sunday Miss Floy
Pope accompanied her for a short visit.
-.-~-.-
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-04-29
SCHOOL NOTEs.

The High School team are playing a
base ball game today at Hill City. The
teachers have accompanied them to
cheer them on.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-04-29
PARTY ELECTIONS
Four Weeks From Tuesday is Day Voters
Will Register Their Views-Some
Political Gossip.

Pierre, April "a -Four weeks from
next Tuesday the voters will register
their views upon the different candidates
who are asking their favor as the party
nominees, and for the first time in years
the Republicans who have been fighting
one another as bitterly as if they were
of totally different parties are practically
aligned behind one ticket with Peter
Norbeck as their candidate for governor.
There are two other candidates asking
for the Republican nomination, r o.
Richards, Of Huron, who is making his
campaign on the primary law, asking
for the reinstatement Of the law drafted
by him as an amendment to the original
Richards act which was repealed by
the Legislature, and which action called
out court adjudication to clear up. Rich
ards holds that the legislature has no
right to interfere in any way with an
act which the people themselves place
upon the statute books, and ON that he
asks for a reversal of the legislative ac
ton. George Egan is making his cam
paign on the ground of turning the ras-
calls out" Both of these candidates are
making a speaking campaign. Peter
Norbeck has not yet begun such q cam.
paign, but it is claimed that he will soon
be upon the stump himself in support of
the united Republican policy for the
state after several years of internal
troubles.
No Ticket"
Under the present law there can be
no lining up of 'tick ct" as was one of
the leading features Of the Richards act.
This year each man runs upon his own
standing. All candidates of any party
for any one place are grouped as such
candidates without any distinguishing
mark other than that showing for what
office he is a candidate, and the voter
picks his choice from the list
The Democrats are having the troubles
of patronage these days, and not finding
them conducive to harmony. Out in
Lawrence county at an organized meet
ing the powers that be" were condemn
ed by the Democrats in session as not
fl to be at the head Of affairs, all because
Of an appointment. The same condition
exists in many communities, and the
outlook is for scrap in the Democratic
party which will equal in its intensity if
not its scope the situation so far as the
Republicans of the state have been going
through for years, and have at last de-
cided to bury for the party good.
The primary act is not popular so far
as the press of the state is concerned.
and many Of the papers take the posi-
ton that the state wide and presidential
primaries are farce and an expensive
one. Some one is likely at any time to
spring the Texas supreme court decision
that primary election charge is not
proper public expense, and start some
thing.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-04-29

Loretta Hewitt was absent from school
Wednesday 1t was the first time she
was absent during her High School
course.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-04-29
d. CARRIGAN, President
RESOURCES.

hESOU hOEN.
Loans and discounts S 6G. 50l74
0verdrafts 1923
United States Bonds l2,50O 90
Other Bonds 2S,Ol4.l5
Banking House, Real Estate 22,994l7
Cash & due from other banks 5l,3I7O0
Total $lSl ,37l %
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-04-29

At the invitation of Dewey Miller the
members of the Senior class with the
High School teachers assembled at his
home on Monday evening at 5 O'clock
From there they proceeded to the Kub-
Ter building where the Methodist ladies
at Dewey's suggestion had reserved a
table for them. At the close of mos;
enjoyable meal the party again set out,
this time for the home of Doris Hanley.
There the remainder Of the evening was
passed very pleasantly with visiting and
music
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-04-29

Kenneth Strickland is again out oi
school with blood poison.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-10-17
THE RURAL SCHOOL
TERM Is IN NEED
by ]. L. McBrien, School Extension
Agent Bureau of Education.)

(By ]. L. McBrien, School Extension
Agent, Bureau of Education)
The further we delve into the ques-
ton of rural school attendance in its
relation to the length of rural school
term the more evident it becomes they
We need an aroused public opinion for
a better rural school attendance and a
more rigid and effective enforcement
of compulsory attendance laws to
make sure Of this better attendance
not alone for the betterment Of the
children themselves, but as a matter
of simple justice to the taxpayers. 1t
is unjust to tax A to pay fer teaching
BIS children when the authority that
levies and collects the tax from A all
lows B to keep his children out Of
school, whether it be through indiffer-
ence, ignorance or selfishness. Fur
thermore, it is crime against BIS
children to let him keep them out of
school. Whether poor attendance OF
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pupils comes from indifference of par
ents, sleeping public opinion or a
lax enforcement of compulsory at
tendance laws-or from all of these
things-the penalty falls hardest and
most directly upon the children in their
lost opportunity for an education,
though society must pay a heavy toll
IL the end for its own SHINING against
such children.
AS a concrete example of the mag
nitude and gravity of these problems
in some of the states. take Pennsyl-
yania. The enrolment in her public
schools for the year ending July =,
1915, Raced tie cohllossal figure of L.
461,9S7. The average daily attend
ance in her public schools for that
year was 1,166, 513-making her aver
age daily absences climb to the start
ling number 295, 424. The cost of en-
forcing the compulsory attendance
law in Pennsylvania for the same year
was $198,99171. These figures cover
both rural and urban schools. The
latest available statistics on separate
attendance in urban and rural schools
of Pennsylvania Q91O) show that the
number attending daily in every 100
enrolled in the urban schools of this
state was 80, while in the rural schools
it was only 1855. 1t is evident, there
FORE that the rural schools of Penn
sylyania had a larger per cent. of pu-
pills in the 295,424 daily absentees than
did its urban schools. Yet PennsyJ-
vania is one of the six states with the
highest daily attendance.
Statistics claim that every day a
pupil attends school is worth nine dol
lars to him. On this basis the 295, 424
vania's schools last year cost over 3d.
$4,000 daily, or for the school term
of ITO days, over $450,O00, 900. For the
nation at large the 100000 boys and
girls daily absent from school lost
thereby on school term of 100 days
00,0O0,00O. I'VE must educate o.
we must perish said Beecher.
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100000 $3.50
cess SPENT DAY IN AMERICUS
RETURNING FROM SAD MISSIOl

j. w. Goss, representing Roberts &
Oake, with headquarters in Macon,
was in Americas Tuesday on business.
Mr.. Goss had just returned from Daw-
son, where he attended Sunday the
funeral of his half-brother, Thomas
Mciiil, well known and liked through
out this section. Mr.. Goss formerly
lived in Albany, and visited Amreicus
every week, but with the firm he is
now with, he still has Americas in his
territory but visits here only once a
month
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-10-17
When Nails Loosen.

Deafness sends this hint: AS soon
as a picture nail driven in a wall gets
loose and the plaster begins to break
around it, it can be made solid and
firm by the following process, Sat
urate a bit of wadding with thick glue,
wrap as much as possible around the
nail and reinsert the latter in the
hole, pressing it home as strongly as
possible. The nail will thus be firmly
fastened iE its place.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-10-17
Want Advertisements

Figure your own want ad. Minimum
charge is 25c. For insertions less
than two weeks, one cent per word.
For insertions between two and four
weeks, threesfOurths of cent per
word. For insertions of more than
four weeks. One-haIf cent per word.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-10-17

John Ard, of Lumpkin, was in the
city yesterday afternoon, en- route to
Asheville, N. c., where he goes to ac-
cept position in the advertising de-
partment of the Asheyille Times. Mr..
Ard has many friends in Columbus.
where he has held similar positions,
who wish him every possible success
in heville.-Columbus Ledger.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-10-17
For Clerk and Treasurer.

1 hereby announce myself as can
didate for the Office of Clerk and Treas
urer for the city of Americus, subject
10 the Democratic primary, November
tho sth, 1916. FRANK j. PAYNE,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-10-17

Buy the large sizes of JONES
BALSAM OF BENZOIN when your
horses are troubled with scratches
thrush, CALLED shoulders, swellings and
flesh wounds. Sold on the money back
plan. Ask your dealer for it. #
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-10-17

Mr.. and Mrs. Furlow Rodgers, of Au-
gusta, are spending few days in Ma
con as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. NJ. C..
Hatcher Macon News.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-10-17

The demonstration of White House
Coffee is on this week at Churchwell's
Store. Ladies are cordially invited to
visit the demonstration. 16-tf