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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13
WAGNER, S. D., PEOPLE
TALK CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL

Wagner, S. D, Dec. Sat a mass
meeting to be held here this evening tho
school consolidation question will be
discussed. Professor Jones, of YER
million. and Prof. j. w. Beemer. Of The
Ravinia consolidated school. and .. NJ.
Patrick. OF Lake Andes. will be present
n make addresses on the benefits OF
school consolidation M Capitalization.
MILBANK- w. NJ. Thomas. of this city,
has a much priced family relic. 1t is a
captains commission issued to his father
i1 1879 by the then governor OF the state
Of Vermont, Samuel G. Crafts. A brother
Of Mf. Thomas was in the union army dur
Ing the civl war. n Il son now is serv-
Ing in the American engineering force in
France.
BROOKINGS-Therc was less loss from
hog cholera this year In South Dakota
Than any year SINCE 1872, and 1900 fewer
hogs died than in \lsls. according to DE
G. 8. Weaver. United States inspector at
state college. He states further that a
million less hogs died in the whole coun-
: TRY this yea b In 1916.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13

In the Danish sailing fleet are nc
fewer than l6 vessels, each more thar
100 year old. The oldest is the Con.
stance. registered at Nalskov, and bull,
Mt Aerce in 1923. This vessel has seen
10 generations OF Danish kings and was
already, 100 years old when the first
steamer was built. The average size
OF Danish sailing vessels is Ala regist-
cred tons. In March, 1916, there were
-FOUR OF more than 1000 tons. but pur-
Ehases abroad have now increased that
number To %
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13

The item for furs will be noted as
not having appeared before in other
compilations. Game Warden II. S.
Hedrick has during the past year made
an exhaustive examination of the fur
business in South Dakota and has ar
rived at the conclusion that thc an
nual output Of wild fur exceeds ST.
900. DOC.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13
NEWSPAPER FOUND TO
HAVE LIBELED SHERJEE

Mitchell, S. d., Dec. Sc. e. Owens,
sheriff of Dawson county, was given
a jury verdict in district court here to-
day in a libel suit against c. ID. Downey,
editor n publisher of the Mitchell
Gazette, a tri-weekly publication. The
amount of the damages was placed at
$500, the d~efendant to pay trial costs.
The case grew out of alleged libelous
statements published i'm Downey's pa
per prior to the last county election, at
which time the plaintiff was a candi-
aate for office.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13
ICE IN MISSOURI
is NUMBERING TRAFFIC

Chamberlain, S. D., Dec. S.-With 10
below zero weather and the pontoon
bridge of the Chicago, Milwaukee e
st. Paul railroad here out of commits
sion on account of an ice jam which
~dislocated the structure the railroad
faces a hard problem in keeping traffic
moving across the river.
The bridge has been out before. but
never when passengers and freight
could not be ferried across the stream.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13

The first telescope has been attribut.
ed to various scientists and inventors OF
the carly part of the Seventeenth cen
fury, including Calico, Jansen, Jacob
Adrianx and Iacarias Tausz, but docu.
mentary evidence points to a Dutch
spectacle maker, Hans Lippershey. as
i1one HF FA4b
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13
MISSING DEPOT. AGENT
HAS RETURNED HOME

Sioux Falls, S. D., Dec. 10.-A. M.
Landmark. depot agent Of the Rock
Island Railway company at SCHNEIDER.
who mysteriously disappeared some
weeks ago under circumstances which
at first indicated he had been killed
and his body hidden by robbers. has re-
turned to his home. He was me at the
train by his wife, who stated over the
telephone that he had been at a hos
pital in Wilmar, Mimi, since his dis
appearance.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13

The United States government is re
ported as having placed additional or.
ders for $500 narrow gauge cars for the
use OF the forces overseas as follows:
American Car and Foundry company,
$500; Pressed Steel Car company
1000; Standard Steel Car
1000, and Ral5ton Steel Car company,
4 000 $1HYe
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13
SOUTH DAKOTA CROPS
GREATEST IN HISTORY

Pierre, S. d.. Dec. S.-The 18th an
nual review of the progress of South.
Dakota, published by the department
of history, has been sent to the print
er and the following items show the
marketinSS of South Dakota products
outside the state as reported by the
railroads for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1917, this showing the amount
of all products shipped out of the state
by the railroads.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13

The first locomotive built in the Unit
ed States was constructed in 1890 by
Peter Cooper at the Canton Iron Works
near Baltimore; it was a small tractor
engine. of little use, and was fa%cetiously
named TON Thumb"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13

Brazil. which moves annually thu
greatest coffee crop in the world, has
developed an important industry in the
weaving Of jute bagging. The entire
coffee export Of Brazil and many other
products leave the country in bags o.
domestic manufacture. Brazile import
domestic manufacture. Brazil imports
Its jnte from the Gan,es region Of Brit
ish India Athrough Calcutta or Scotch
markets.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13

"A bicycle. is used extensively by a
Baptist missionary in touring the Sib-
sagar and Sadiya fields OF Assam, a
Cine e region. With 2 population Of
$4,000, the field has 80 Baptist
churches. 1.404 members and II Sunday
schools.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13
HIGH TIDE m RECRUITING

Washington. Dec. S.-Regular army
recruiting was again at flood tide yes
,erday With 2,S25 men accepted MAX
ing q total of 279,709 since the outbreak
of tho Mnr.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13

An auxiliary set of wire net blades in
q new electric fan are driven by the
air moved by the regular blades and
pass through a tank of water, vapor-
izine 1t so that it cools and purifies
the air of a room in which the fan is
1,So3
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13

The total value of the mineral pro
duction OF tho country in 1916 was mere
than S3,470,O00,000 increasing $1,O7s,-
100000. or As per cent ove the $2,393,-
100000 recorded for 1916, and exceeding
the former record year G913) by more
than S1,000.000, 900, according to the
geological survey. department OF the
interior.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13

y Experiments are being made to de-
termine the value of pulverized coal for
fuel on the railroad of Brazil. An
American 5pulyerizing plant has been
built, M with American coal the tests
were successful. Brazilian coal will be
tested in the near future.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13

Nov that new locomotives cannot
be obtained within any reasonable
time" writes the Railway Review, in
discussing The country's need for addi-
tional transportation. "it is the part OF
wisdom to make the most of those
whose serviceability can be increased
40. rs or SO per cent. Money spent in
this way begins to earn money and to
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13

AT the end Of August the Index mum
ber' OF average English prices for as
commodities, reckoned on the Sauer-
beck system. was l75M. This COM
pares with an average II 189, computed
by Professor Jevons forS1809, at the cli-
max OF rising prices in the Napoleonic
vn-0 no %.I5 FAN f NsG M
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13

Secret service agents already have 8
score of nearly $500, 000, 900 of mer-
chandise and food tagged in the ware
houses of three cities. New York city's
total foots up s75,OOo,O 00, Buffalo $1O.-
100000 in sugar alone and Boston
$4,000 600. The record of only 80 days
warehouse sleuthing is regarded as q
Mere starter.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13

The shortage of man power continues
to enlarge the field of employment for
women in this country. as it has done
in Europe. One of the late evidences
of this tendency comes in the announce
that about so women are to be
employed as subway guards by the
BROOKLYN Rapid Transit company.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13

The mangrove OF the south from
Florida to the mouth OF the mississippi
is a curious plant not closely related to
Gzay other genus. but somewhat APP
preaching the myrtle family and is a
plant bf unusual interest.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13

Captain Luis %11lanso, of Spain, ara
rived I'M San Francisco recently with
his wife and nine children. The chill
dren were born in seven different coun-
tries: Montserrat, in Spain; Estela, in
Portugal; Joaquin, in United States;
Luis. in China; Francisco, in Japan;
Josefa and Mar in Manila, and Nuria
and Jaime, twins. on the Pacific.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13

Columbia university, New York city.
now maintains an extension school" at
203 Broadway, in the heart of the bust
ness district, where courses are given
in railway traffic and rates. There is
also a course on theory and practice Of
ocean transportation.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13
HinSdale. Il.

4 Hinsdale, n. H., farmer. when
asked how war conditions affected
him. said: well, ! guess we will get
along this winter. | have 100 pounds
of sugar, 60 bushels of potatoes, so
gallons of sa,erkraut and 500 pounds
of salt beef in the cellar, and enough
winter fire wood hauled up besides"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13

When they ran out OF yarn several
North Dakota women did not stop knit
Ting, but, sheared the wool from their
own sheep; which they carded and
spun, mi kept on with their knitting
for the soldiers.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13

Over 10000 cities and towns In the
United States use 9,Is1.211 telephones.
III IL estimated that an average OF $780,
hines annually
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-05-17

the maximum effect of the suggestions for increasing
owing to the great demand for in every quarter We
lying for results however belief that the Americas
road man patriotic any other, and that he will
this national crisis just in all walks life are doin
greatest possible interest must be aroused in the
increasing the ability of the American railroads To nrs
larger quantity of transportation with the existing facilities
bring about this amportant result has put I'm 70 40
man in railroad service his supreme patriotic duty
FLAG IN THE BUTTON HOLE is all right but blis,o
callouses the palm the highest insignia of o
the home-stayer wear. Nsm
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-05-17
FRUIT CROP MUST BE SAVED

OvERNOR ERNEST LISTER, who has just returned from
NJ Washington D. c. where he went to confer with President
Wilson and other national leaders to Washngons part
the told audience Spokane Sunday that the
fruit waste in the frugrowng sections of this state must be
stopped-evaporators must be built to take of it.
The quite right Any food conservation program
which does not take into consideration the conservation of the
fruit tonnage of this state economic bnder The fruit
must be saved But how? Evaporatos must be built But
by whom? The fruit can't the He can't build
If the fruit the face of conditions
gets the ready to be saved he will have done all that
is the of the when the fruit has time
think He has alternative but to woodwork early and
1t ne isn't busy chasing irrigation water he busy
fighting the insects which left alone will very effectively solve
the problem of saving the fruit crop.
Just now, too the fruit is working
what end nobody to know He by increased
labor and expenditure his place of the bows
have to the co he produce CROP but as vet
nobody has given him that his abors
anything either for himself his feowmen hand
he has been urged to extend himself produce and
other hand he has been that produces
probably not get into consumption Railroad officials say the
matter OF transportation longer within their control but
nat they are taking orders from the this
is time for those who control say whether or not the
fruit crop is to be carried to market
lnere are but two of saving the fruit One to
PROVIDE cars Tor carrying to the fruit the
IS to provide of preserving To supply either
cars or the preserving plants beyond
grower the government operates the railroads and can
not furnish transportation for the fruit up to the gov
eminent to act on the only alternative
what is needed individual body vested with power
say nat ne fruit must be saved with
Sucn steps as are necessary to it. authority how
ever to come from only to expect that
VIII st be debating the question after the
led under the trees
i ~
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-05-17
FARM LABOR PROBLEM

III \ MOVEMENT HAS BEEN STARTED to mobilize tho bio,
school students of the state for harvest fields
Wne this plan will in sections add little avail
aDie LABOR supply means nothing to this community
Wcks high school students always farm work
curing this summer Probably cent
over IL years of spend their deness
kennewck to increase its local labor supply
some other than the schools other
local source the stores and Offices the labor shortage
acute during fruit harvest the business
OF the town as well make their minds that it going
the orchards In the wheat sections this class of labor would
OF little value because harvesting the golden grain
for the sofpaed Office but could be made
"a lot in the orchards.
ee of the labor needs of the state should be
This work has already been started thru several different
agencies The state college is at work the Volunteer
league at work it, the u department of agicu
ture at work it, various county and community committees
are at work and places the work has been placed
hands of the high school students While all this work will
forth good results lacks head The whole state should
be organized under central head The farm labor problem
placed the who
give their time exclusively to the work. Funds should be raised
not from federal state appropriations then from popular
these for their services and provide them
with sufficient finances to make the work thoro and effective
****+***
INCREASING RAILROAD EFFICIENCY
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE of the American Railway as
ISOLATION who directing the operation OF all the railroads
country to the railroads increase
the efficiency of existing railroad facilities The committee has
discovered that the transportation facilities can be greatly
creased without the addition of new equipment
They that speeding repairs locomotives
in roundhouses would addition OF 1925 locomotives
Increasing the of
from miles would be equivalent to adding 300
locomotive equipment It possible also to increase the number
freight available by $4,000 without any out
of capital Quicker repairs would add $4,000 quicker
ment, Sic, 900; heavier average loading, 2OOOOO
committee report with the following appeal:
he executive committee realizes the difficulty obtaining
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-16
Lennth of Wireless Waves.

In articles on wireless biography
such expressions as 200 meter wave
lengths, 600 meter wave lengths, $1,000
meter wave lengths are constantly
used. In reply to a correspondent who
asks how tho length of the waves Is
measured the Scientific American gives
the following simple explanation:
1.-The length Of an electric wave Is
determined by wave meter. The nat
ural wave length of an aerial is four
times its linear length, just as the
wave length of note of closed organ
pipe Is four times the length of the
pipe, and the wave length OF the note
of a tuning fork is four times the
length Of the box which is resonant
with the note. However, other consid-
erations make it difficult to measure
the wave length by a rule, and the
wave meter gives more correct result
than can be found by measuring the
length OF the wire"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-16
THROUGH Customers Glasses.

"How much experience have you had
behind the counter?" asked an electric
shop manager of young man who had
just applied for job as n retail clerk.
None" admitted the applicant, but
I've had heap of experience as GUS
TONER"
The ability to put on the customers
glasses and see windows, cases and
prices from the buying side OF the coun-
ter Is an asset that cannot be too highly
valued. Every electric store salesman
is also buyer. He must purchase
clothing, neckties and shoes. The cleo
trical man who can remember how 9th
er statesmen and clerks showed him
their merchandise In q way that invited
his interest and encouraged him TO buy
and who can apply these methods In his
own everyday selling is the man who
will contribute to the building of a
clientele of satisfied patrons for his
Merchandising.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-16
Unbelievable America.

In the chapter of Hugo Munsterberg's
unfinished autobiography, published in
the Century under the title, Twenty
five Years In America" the Harvard
professor tells some OF the amusing
misconceptions of America current in
Germany quarter of century ago.
1.-THE one, however, who brought me
nearest to America was the historian
Hoist" wrote Professor Munsterberg
I'm the lecture room his real life work
was silenced. Who would care to study
American history? But In the drawing
room he did not talk of anything else;
America and America again. Sometimes
we had to listen to American stories
through whole dinner parties. / do re-
member that at my first Freiburg party
he reached his climax when he told the
fascinated company that he had been in
q hotel in New York where his room
had a private bathroom in which he
could have n hot bath at any hour o.
the night. The lady next to me relieved
the dramatic tension by whispering, I
do not believe it. Well, no one be-
lieved much of what he heard concern
ing America"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-16
How the World L. Eed.

A study of how the world is fed re-
veals many interesting facts. Austria
la, the smallest continent, for in
stance, is the largest meat center of
them all. Asia, largest continent, on
the other hand, is the smallest meat
center among them. Africa and South
America lean toward vcgetarlanism,
while Europe and North America are
large consumers of meat and other an
imal products. Taking the worlds sup
ply Of cattle, hogs and sheep, writes
Harold j. Shepstone in the Mitigate
Monthly, it appears that mankind at
large uses in the neighborhood of 90
100000 tons of meat year. This
would be an average Of about thirty
nine pounds per capita throughout the
world In butchers meat we find the
Australian consumes 1872 pounds, the
American 172 pounds. the Englishman
40 pounds, the German 113 pounds,
the Frenchman and Belgian eighty
pounds, the Russian fifty pounds
Manchester Guardian.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-16
TOOK PART BOSTON TEA PARTY
Tablet on Grave of Samuel Hammond
at West Wardsboro.

West Wardsboro. June 14.-Abou
800 persons assembled in the West
Wardsboro cemetery this afternoon to
attend the unwilling exercises at the
grave of Samuel Hammond. who on
December 16, 1873. helped throw over
board chests of tea into Boston har-
Dor A bronze tablet had been placed
on his headstone by Brattleboro chap
ter, ID. A. r. Mrs. Lyman e. Holden,
regent presided and made the ad-
dress of welcome. Helene Mae Sparks
of Brattleboro, a direct descendant.
unveiled the tablet and Judge T. Il.
OBrien Of Bellows Falls gave u pat
riotic address.
The state regent, Mrs. e. S. Marsh
of Brandon, brought greetings from
the members of the order in Vermont
and Rev. Huntley l.. Sprague of
Wardsboro made an address for the
Hammond family Remarks were
made by Mrs. Andrew Shepardson of
Orange, Mass, granddaughter Of
Samuel Hammond.
The chapter was assisted financial
ly by two great grandsons. Mayor Herr
bert J. Hammond of Clayton, N. NJ,
and Albert b. Hammond of Brookline,
Mass.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-16
FRAGRANT Wild Flowers.

Readers OF the American Botanist
have been trying TO decide which is
the most fragrant American wild flow
er, and their opinions on the subject
exhibit remarkable diversity. In New
England the majority give first choice
to the pink aZalea, with the white wa
ter lily second. There are many votes
for the trailing arbutus; but, as the
editor suggests. its fragrance is doubt
less overestimated owing to the fact
that it is the earliest fragrant wild
flower of spring. Other candidates for
the first place are the partridge berry,
The common locust, horned bladderwort
(of which John Burroughs says, "In a
warm moist atmosphere the odor is al
most too strong'o, yellow jessamine
spotted wintergreen and some Of the
magnolias.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-16
FREAKS OF LIGHTNING
Little Girl Burned on Forehead
Houses Struck But No Fires.

St Adams, June 14.-That lightning
plays freaks was again demonstrated
this morning soon after IL o'clock,
when the Clancy house so-called, on
Elm street, which is occupied by Fred
Guyette and family, was struck and
one of the little Guyette girls was
stunned, some damage was done 10
the house and the bolt disappeared,
leaving no trace of its exit.
! The little girl, who was standing in
the doorway, was burned on the fore
head and stunned several minutes.
Clapboards were ripped off the gable
OF the house and thrown across an
alley. breaking the windows of a
house seven or eight feet away. The
plaster was knocked OFF and the house
was so filled with smoke that Chief f..
j. Guerin of the fire department was
summoned. No trace of fire could be
found.
An insulating joint was burned from
the trolley wire of the st. Adams q
Swanton Traction Co., at the corner OF
Lake and Main streets during the
storm and this, it is thought, was the
work of lightning.
Lightning struck Bert K. Ryan's
house ON the Georgia road. tore of a
few boards and shingles and then en-
tered room upstairs and went part
way around the room. Mrs. Ryan
who was in the room, was somewhat
dazed but did not realize until she
went downstairs that the house was
struck. Mr. Ryan, who was at the
barn near the house, was Knocked
down, but not injured. In the living
room downstairs, little paper was
torn off the wall and large silver
taken from leg of the stand on which
was a graphophone. 1t could not be
found where the bolt entered or went
out.