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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1917-11-17
PRINGLE PARAGRAPHS.
Nov. IA, 1917

Nov. IA, 1917.
Mrs. Wise was transacting business in
Custer Saturday.
David Darlington, of Edgemont, spent
Friday in Pringle.
Ed. Defienbach was a passenger to
Rockford Sunday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Smith have been
Rapid City visitors this week.
Delbert Calan was shopping with the
merchants in Pringle Tuesday.
Mrs, Kirk Weidner was Hot Springs
visitor several days this week.
Mrs. Jack Thomas was in Custer Wed.
nesday, having dental work done.
The next meeting of the Red Cross
will be held at Mrs. Charley Smiths.
Ernie Young and family, of Dewey,
visited relatives in Pringle on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs Chas. Smith and Mrs
Josie Booker autoed to Custer Wednes.
day.
Mrs. Chas Snyder of Mayo was a Bur
lington passenger to Treat, Neb., We'd
nesday evening
Mrs. Mary Blaine, OF Elk Mountain,
has been visiting her son and family at
the Ranger Station.
Mr.. and Mrs. w, +. McAdam return
ed to Pringle Friday after three
months visit in the east
Mrs. Dr. Stewart was passenger to
Wakonda, ;. D., Thursday morning to
Join the DR. who is at that place
Mrs. Chas. Smith entertained the Sun
day School classes at her home Saturday
afternoon. A pleasant time was re
ported.
Mrs VIM. Hollenbeck returned to
| Pringle after three months visit TO
| Baxter Springs, hans. She was accom-
panied back by her daughter, Margur-
| etc.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1917-11-17

The following program of the Literary
Society was rendered to the public as the
first open door session yesterday after
noon;
Cornet Gordon kneeland
Roll Call--------~-------- BY Cities
Impromptu Speeches. Loretta Hewitt,
Preston Kirk,
Ira Darlington,
Emma Sutherland,
Bonnie Harper,
Carroll Taylor
Song II elene Mclaughlin, Eva Wilson
By Weekly Times s----- Kenneth Cowles,
Hazel Downing,
Glen Coe,
Hazel Carroll.
Mock Trial. Attorneys: Lewis Godsey,
Elmer Hayes
Freshmen Prophecy -Inez Coe
Senior Class Will Dewey Miller
Cosmopolitan Quintette ette------.-----.-.
Dewey Miller, Merle Willis,
Elmer Hayes, Lewis Godsey
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1917-11-17
FOOD CONSERVATION
High School Girls Become Hooverites and
Perfect Organization for Food
Conservation in Custer.

Ut is of little use to send men into the
trenches unless we send food with them
both for our own soldiers and those of
our allies" These are the words that
Rev. j. Herbert Spencer uttered in
the course of an address on Food
Conservation Thursday morning TO
the students of the High School. The
response to the appeal was the organiza-
ton of the young ladies' into a commit.
tee to try and get the whole town to
report on these phases of food economy.
A, Wheatless meals. b, Meatless meals,
and c. isteless meals.
If We are to send the wheat that is re-
quired in Europe (and to win the war
we must it means that every family in
the United States must reduce its wheat
consumption 20 per cent. That is if we
have been in the habit of using lbs of
-four per person we must cut down that
amout to four lbs per person,
This sacrifice is nothing in comparison
to the sacrifice that our boys are making,
Surely we can substitute vegetables
corn, oats, rye, or barley for at least one
pound of flour per person per week.
Then we are asked not only for one
wheatess meal per day, but also for two
meatless meals per day. We may use
poultry, fish, or eggs to take the place OF
meat but should make this slight sacri-
flee to save the meats and fats for expor-
tation to those who are fighting our
battles.
Sugar also is another article of food
we are asked to conserve. Eat less
candy if you must have sweets, eat
more honey or maple or dark syrup.
Do not frost or ice cakes.
In short to conserve the foods, meat,
wheat, sugar, and fats it can be done
and must be done by economy, wastless-
ness and by substitution. If the 20, 600,
900 kitchens, and 2000O,00O dining
tables are all on the side of conservation
the food supply for the armies of Uncle
Sam and his allies is assured; but all
must do their bit
When the girls ask you for your re-
port endeavor to report wheatIess
meals, Ii meatless meals, and 2l vast
less meals. These reports will be band
ed to the local committee and forwarded
to the Food administration at Washing
ton
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1917-11-17
BOOKS TO READ FREE.

The State of South Dakota owns for
your free use something like 10000
books, interesting pleasant reading that
you may have merely for the asking.
These books are in the Free Travelling
Libraries, and are loaned through the
Free Library Commission. The only
cost to community is the cost of trans
portaton from and TO Pierre.
In Custer county there are now four
stations, at Buffalo Gap, Custer, Mohler
and Pringle.
Half the books are good fiction, ten of
them interesting oniction and fifteen
of them for the children. With a tax
supported free library on the state there
is no reason why every book hungry
person in South Dakota should not have
books TO read this winter,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1917-11-17
FARME INSTITUTE
First Institute a Great Success. Nearly
One Hundred Dollars in Prizes
Given Out to Farmers.

Saturday was a big day to the farmers
of this vicinity. Probably over 200 men
and women attended the lectures and
the demonstrations The lectures and
the judging were keenly watched and
much information was given by the men
in charge The two College men,
Messrs. Morrison and Underwood, were
live wires in their department and their
instruction will no doubt result in much
good to the men and women present
Mr. Johnson, who is the County Agent
Of Hughes county, came alonga and proved
to be full Of good helpful advice and was
much appreciated.
Miss Dove was in charge of the
women's department and gave demon
straton of cooking and conserving the
essentials that was very interesting to
the ladies present. The mems depart
ment was conducted in the Court Room
and the ladies in the Red Cross room.
The exhibits were of such unusual quail.
ity and such high order as to evoke the
highest commentator from the Judges.
The following awards were given
STOCK DEPARTMENT.
In charge OF Z. \, hneeIand.
lst COW $500, Chas Adair
2nd COW $3.50, l.. A. Parsons
lst steer 9lOoO, Vet Schoheld.
Isl DuIl 9IO'ou' Ii. l. Harris.
IND bull 5000, \. V. Merchant
lst can 9lV,VO' I. A. hneeiand'
2nd cali 9ooO, Z. A. hneeIand'
FARM PRODUCE.
IN charge OF " n . harper
Des' " neat F-'oO' James Ieiry'
Best Oats 500, y, }. klnsey.
Best Potatoes s. 90. l.. A. Parsons
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1917-11-17
ARM Y. M. &. A COUNTY UNDER
COMPLETE ORGANIZATION

Though it is only a few days since the
call came to Custer county to organize
to "do its bit" toward raising the $685..
100000 which the Government has
authorized the Y. M G. A. War Council
to raise, the whole country is now fully
organized with each town taking its
share of the amount that has been ap-
portionel to the County,
Each town committee is asked to work
not only among the townsfolk, but also
among the people in the surrounding
country so that all may have the privi-
lege of helping the nation take care of
its boys
mittees have undertaken to raise
amounts as follows Custer S435, Buff
ialo Gap 500, Farbnrn 5000, Hermosa
$500, Pringle 500 and Dewey 500. 1t
is expected that all these amounts will
be in the hands of the County y. NJ. c..
A. Treasurer Mr. c. A. kneoland in the
course OF few days so that Custer coun-
ty may not be far behind in reporting its
full quota paid in, even though we were
delayed in organization
Our boys are throwing their bodies in
the pathway of the enemy, it is only
what they may expect of us that We help
the Army Y. NJ. G. A. to make their
surroundings as homelike as possible
while in the cantonments and to furnish
them home in the land of strangers.
The wages of the American soldier is
the best of any on the battlefields OF
| Europe. The Belgian soldier receives 4
cents per day, the French cents, the
British % cents, while the American re-
| celyes at least a dollar day and because
of this be is open to greater temptation
than any other of our Allies. CONNER
cialized vice will mark him Tor the target
when he is on leave of absence and no
home to 20 to. The \. NJ. {. A. proposes
to minimize the power of organized and
unrestricted vice, by provided y. NJ G.
| A. centres where the boys may find
recreation, wholesome amusements, the
home luXuries that are not supplied in
| the ordinary army fare.
The British House of Commons re.
Gently heard the statement that 300, 900
its troops had been incapacitated by
yeneraI diseases and General Pershing
has made the statement that ''if don't
win a battle in war, I'm going to win
this moral battle for the troops" and be
is depending on the Army y NJ. c.. A.
to help him. We may each take our
share Of the burden by contributing as
largely as possible to the campaign fund.
Let our slogan be Caster County in
full for Army Y NJ. c. A."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1917-11-17

Farmers Institute was held III Prlngie
last Friday afternoon and evening. The
speakers were good but the crowd small.
Farmers in this community should take
more interest in this kind of work as it
means dollars and cents to them.
The High School room held surprise
party on Mrs. Booker last Thursday.
The main event of the evening was the
wood pile which the youngsters worked
over making it all ready for the stove.
Afterwards they bad games and nice
lunch was served
A nice exhibition of joy riding was
given in Pringle Friday night. Having
appropriated his fathers car, Floyd
Cummings proceeded to show the ma
tives how fast he could 90 around the
block. However, he failed to make the
corner at Mrs. Wolfe's and the car turn.
ed over and broken wheels, wind shield
and busted machinery resulted. For
tunately the occupants of the car es'
caped
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1917-11-17

THE BASKET BALL GAME AT NEWCASTLE.
Last Friday, Nov. 9th, the Custer High
School team journeyed over to Newcastle
to accept the challenge which Newcastle
had sent. After going over some of
South Oak otas good roads and Wyom-
ings bad roads, we arrived there full of
pep and ready for an attack on New
castles front trenches. After having a
lunch the team got into their uniforms
and went to the enemies armo:v where
fast drill took place.
About eight o'clock the enemy and
their allies sailed forth to the battle
ground, and alter few minor skirmish.
es the Battle Royal took place. Clusters
machine gun battery opened the fight
with volley of speed which after the
first forty rounds the score showed "a to
IL in favor of the Custer aggregation.
After few minutes of rest the fight
started again and a nice left hook from
the Newcastle's krupp caught our hon
orable center on the cranium and left a
good sized enlargement on said place.
But for this, the game was very clean
and manly. After twenty minute at
tack the wonderful fight was over, and
upon counting the number shot by Gus.
ter it was found that they had forty to
| Newcastle's seventeen.
After the game we were told that two
weeks previous, when they had expect
ed us that all the Kings aud their Cohorts
had been down to the station to receive
us in their royal power.
Then Mr.. d. II Miller, Ph. H. II. S
ID. d. etc, took his microscope and start
ed out to find the deadly germs of Scar
let Fever which were said to have been
present in our enemies city, but by his
own search and by inquiry from the
local doctors, he was not able to find any
trace of said germs. So it was decided
that the report had been erroneous, An
excellent supper was provided for us by
the High school Qusens Of Newcastle
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1917-11-17

The Boys team from Edgemont came
up with their Girls team, and upon ar
irving found that our Boys first team
had gone to Newcastle. But members
of the second team and town team de-
cided to try their luck. Custer again
won by score Of 40 to Il.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1917-11-17
CUSTER VS.. EDGEMoNT.

On Friday afternoon of November ,,
after several (Dlowouts?) the Boys and
Girls teams of Custer High School reach
ed Edgemont to challenge the teams of
Edgemont in Basket Ball Both teams
of Custer succeeded in carrying away
the scalps, the boys winning by the de-
cisiye score of 80 to s and the girls game
was almost as one sided, the score being
2S to IA. The next morning the Custer
teams went to Hot Springs to witness
the football game between Lead and Hot
Springs for the championship of the
Hills. Hot Springs carried away the pie
with a score Of 66 to -. After number
of plunges at the baths the Custer teams
iourneyed home.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1917-11-17

Friday, Nov. 9th, the Edgemont Girls
Basket Ball team iourneyed to Custer
for the purpose of defeating our Girls
team. But their minds were changed,
for Custer won by a score Of % to II.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1917-11-17
CUSTER SCHOOL NOTES

Mesdames Nevin, Helm and Dupus
have been visitors at the school during
the past week.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1917-11-17

and after this we were invited to dance
given in our honor.
Newcastle is coming over here Nov.
2Srd. Let US all be there and support
our own team, and also to give our
neighboring team formal welcome.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1917-11-17

A number OF girlsga surprise party
for Eva Wilson last week in honor of
her birthday. They presented Miss Eva
with very pretty Black Hills gold ring
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1917-11-17
DON'T DE wbsTEFUL.


In one of our great American cities
there are thousands of children so un-
dernourished that they can never be
normal Terrible as this situation is in
Just one city, it is almost as bad in other
cities; but this doesnot approximate the
condition in Europe. Moreover there
is serious danger of its becoming
worse.
Our Nation and our Allies are con-
fronted with food situation of such
grave menace that its solution requires
the cooperation of every American
home The needs of our Allies and the
soldiers we send across the sea cannot
be met unless there be tremendous in
crease in our exports of wheat, meat,
sugar, and similar products.
Because of these appalling conditions,
every teacher should give the pupils in
her school instructions about the i'm
portance Of saving food. Quantities of
bread and meat are thrown away after
each lunch hour, and some of it even
burned. Children should be taught that
such wastefuness becomes crime when
there is so much suffering from hunger
| as at the present time. They should be
persuaded to take To school only as much
as they can use without wasting il; and
1 they should also be shown for what rea-
son the crusts of bread that are thrown
away are the most nutritious portions of
| the slices given them,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-09

she is, in fact, driven in defeat to her
own boundaries. So another "peace
kite" is to be sent aloft. But with
characteristic German faculty for blum,
dering, just on the eve Of the
peace speech-assuming that one is to be
NADIA fleet of airplanes is sent over
to lombard London and take anothe,
toll Of innocent lives. If anything Is
calculated to prevent the development
Of the peace idea In the minds of the
allies 1t is this succession Of murderous
air raids, the net result Of which is mere.
ly the slaughter Of women and children
Of no military value whatsoever to Ger
many.
It would seem that there is a serious
difference between the chancellor, with
his peace idea, and the war-waging au-
thorities, with their design to STAY as
many non-combatants as possible. Do
the war lords at Berlin want the conflict
to continue, with increasing bitterness
and determination in the hearts of the
English peoplef If SO, they are taking
the proper course to insure it, and the
American people, with every fresh out
rage reported to them, resolve anew to
fight on their part to the finish of foe
capable Of such horrors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-09
Prince Georges County.

It is stated that an effort will be made
in Prince Georges county, Md, to re-
sist the enactment Of bill passed by
the legislature at its recent special ses-
sion making that county "dry" on and
after November / next. This will be
based on the ground that there is no
provision in the law for the refund to
licensees of the fees which have been
paid up to May ], 1918. This would
seem to be a good ground for protest,
though it may not be viewed by the
courts as multiplying the enactment. The
licensee who has paid his fee for speci-
fed term is entitled to the benefit of
that full period, and if pre- cmpted from
enjoyment has claim for reimburse
ment The legislature did not make any
provision for the refund of the license
fees for the period from November l
such refunds will not be provided for
subsequently,.
It is to be hoped that the law relat-
ing to Prince Georges county will not be
annulled by court decision, but that it
will be allowed to stand, with such ad-
justment later Of the financial question
as the state may provide or the courts
direct. With the District going dry on
the LIST of November wet Prince
Georges county would be a deplorable
condition. The preparations that had
been made prior to the action of the
legislature, in anticipation of the drought
in the District after November l, indi-
Gated what lamentable situation would
prevail across the line dividing a dry
District and a wet county.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-09

a pound Of American materials can be
bought from the United States that d.
rectly OF Indirectly aids Germany and
her allies.
It will be unfortunate If hardship is
imposed by this embargo upon the peo-
pie Of neutral countries. But our first
dty is to ourselves and next to our
allies. The United States is not respon-
sible for the war or for it's entrance into
1t. save as It assumed q responsibility
thrust upon It by German aggression and
defiance of American rights. 1t could
not abstain from this war for the pur-
pose of supplying neutral countries with
necessities. 1t certainly cannot permit
continued outflow Of materials for the
benefit Of enemies. An effective admin
istration Of this embargo cannot fail to
be serious disadvantage to the central
powers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-09
The Drink Traffic,

The snarl over the drink traffic is
both bitter and complicated. The Sen
ate faces one way, the House another
The President has attempted mediation
The end is not yet. Something big in
conference LOOMS
At the outset the case Of prohibition
was logically presented. Whisky and
beer were bracketed as twin evils, and
| it was proposed to abolish both. Wa,
considerations were added to the argu
ment against the traffic.
Then the friends Of beer got busy
They wanted it divorced from whisky
They insisted it was not an evil at all
but help to health and contentment-
the poor mans indispensable solace. Be-
sides, if beer were abolished where
should the taxes assessed against it be
fondf Look. at the huge sum.
This presentation of the matter failed
with the House, but prevailed with the
President and the Senate AS the case
stands today, beer has two to one the
better of the contest, and expects to win
in conference.
Although whisky seems down and out
something in its favor may be attempted
in conference. Its friends are not en-
tirely hopeless. They will fight to the
end, using for argument not only the
tax feature of the case, but the enormous
amount Of money invested in whisky
properties, and the value Of the product
now in storage in government ware
houses. The total is very large.
1t is idle now to say that prohibition
should not have been made feature of
the food control measure; that it should
have been brought forward as an indie
pendent proposition and tested on its
merits. The condition must be faced.
Prohibition is the most interesting fea-
ture of the food control measure, and as
such must be dealt with.
And interesting also is the fact that
when the revenue measure is reached the
prohibition question in some degree
may come up again, regardless of what
may now be done. IF beer wins, it may
have to fight again at that time. The
hard-and-fast enemies Of the drink
traffic recognize no difference between
whisky and beer, but hold both alike
responsible for the Generalization that
issues from the saloon. they want both
put down, and consider the present time
most propitious for making them tar
gets of attack in the interests both of
the prosecution of the war and of i'm
proved order behind the war lines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-09
Peace Talk and Air Raids,

A peace speech, it is stated, will prob
ably be delivered in the German reichs-
tag by the chancellor today or tomor-
row. designed, without doubt, to still the
urgings of the liberal elements. who are
eager for some settlement that will ex-
tricate Germany from the grip of a
hopeless war. It will be the old ery.
Our enemies seek our utter destruction ::
we have fought them to a standstill: our
armies are intact; our front lies almost
wholly within the enemy's territory !;
therefore we have won the war aud are
ready to receive the peace proposals of
our foe. There may be some mention of
the war map; perhaps not, for tho chan.
cellor's first reference to the map proved
unfortunate.
Germany is keen for peace. She
wants it; needs it. She is facing a
fourth year of war with grieyously de-
pleted man power and with civil popula-
ton greatly exhausted from lack Of nour-
ishment. Her crops are poor, her food sup
plies are low, her people are in ugly
mood regarding the handling Of the food
problem-witness riots in city after
city, most recently Cologne; her social
lists are becoming holder in talking of
radical political reforms; her effort to
wean Russia from the entente with the
lure of separate peace has failed and
Russia is striking harder than ever, and
finally, America is in the war with the
certainty Of presenting in few months
. powerful force for action on the west
ern front and moving to cut off the sup
plies that have heretofore reached Ger
many through neutral countries.
In these circumstances Germany wants
1eaee to como before the full force Of
The American army r. sxertsd, before