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The pioneer. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-12-20
THE HAAkON COUNTY
RED CROSS.

TAere viii be a good many loyal
workers in Haakon county during
the Christmas Membership Drive
gathering in members Any chair
man or secretary of an auxiliary or
branch Will be glad to accept the
mem bership fee of $1.00, but in
order that no one may be missed
the county chairman has at the
suggestion of the State headquar
ters issued to the following gentle
men authority to accept member
ships II. G. Taggart, Midland
state Bank; Midland; w. l.. Pier
First National Bank Midland. T..
$ Wheeler, Bank of Nowlin. Nov
lin, Ira J Nelch. First State Bank
Philip land, J G. Nelson, Bank OF
Philip, Philip. # will be a pleas
ant indncement for everybody con
cerned, ii during The week befor,
Christmas you call on one Of these
gentlemen with the dollar for your
membership fees. The patriotic act
VIII be reported 10 the County Sec
retarY, and she viii in due time
send you certificate of your mem
bership At the time YOU pay your
dollar. however, you become a
member and you are then entitled
to receive and wear the badge OF
the Red Cross.
The pioneer. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-12-20

in raising funds for the Red Cross
Usually this Is an honest difference
OF opinion. colored some fines more
or less by our prejudices. Some
folks are vigorous opponents Of the
dance Others with thea .Lun.. aud
froIic OF youth in their blood find
a box social or any oyster supper
too tame ana dignitied for them
Still other folks object TO a rafllo
as something near akin TO gambling.
Yet there is an occasional indiYi-.
dual who would rattle off his coat
and give the proceeds to the Rcd
Cross, or when not doing that
would take a chance on the other
fellows coat so goes our yule
world here in Haakon county II
is just like the great outside world
made up Of as many different kinds
Of people as there were colors IL
Josepl's coat And the Kaiser Is
making war on all of u At last
reports he would just as soon have
the hide of one Of US az Of an
other. We must make a common
effort Better get MP the sort of
fracas You like, be II tame on
devlsh, make it a great success
and give the proceeds to your local
branch of the Red Cross.
The pioneer. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-12-20
The life membership rate has

The life membership rate has
been advanced from $1,000 to
$1,000 other membership rates
remain the same A subscribing
membership at $500 includes sub
scription TO the Red Cross maga-
zine
Banks get harrassed a lot in
helping good causes along. God
knows we are thankful for the sup
Port OF the banks of Haakon county
that are so generously giving TO
the Christmas Membership Dive.
Newspapers? Yes, when the Lord
created the earth and every good
and perfect thing III il, no doubt
there was a newspaper man stand
ing by TO commend the job, and
members of his tribe have CON
sistently boosted every good cause
since then
An old rooster barnyard variety
brought $500 al the Red Cross
sale at Ottumwa This news has
caused several fellows that we
know here in Philip TO strut around
with an air Of great consequence.
Sometimes a difference Of opinion
arises among the good folks OF
Haakon county concerning the
means that should be employed
The pioneer. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-12-20

lnasmuch as late reports have not
been made to the county secretary,
by some of the secretaries of loca
ORGANIZATIONS. it is likely that the
membership is in every instance
anderstated. Every secretary should
report on Christmas eve in order
that an UP to date report may be
furnished for the whole county i'm
mediately thereafter
The pioneer. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-12-20

Philip Chairman Alvin Wag
aoner: secretary, Mrs. r. J Me
CURE. vice chairman, 0. x Whit
ney: treasurer, J. G. Nelson; one
hundred twenty-six members
The pioneer. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-12-20

Powell Chairman, D A. Powell.
secretary, Mrs Chas. Walker: vice
chairman Mrs Harry Swisher
treasurer, Mabel Nitteberg thirty
three members
The pioneer. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-12-20

Reynieh, vice chairman, Mrs
George Hawk; treasurer, f. D
Humbert; forty members.
The pioneer. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-12-20
TUE RED CROSS in HAAkON
COZ NTN.

The Red Cross in Haakon county
is not many months old Branches
are etill being organized, and il can
hardly be said that We have got
ourselves wen agoing. Yet we
have fourteen organizations in the
county everyone OF them active
and contributing to the work. and
Inc latest reports TO the secretary.
Mrs r. Mcclure at Philip. shows
a total OF 7o7 members This figure
indicates the situation nearly q
week before the commencement Of
the Christmas membership cam
paign now on.
The pioneer. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-12-20

Some OF the branch organizations
are not complete, but in a general
way the following list is accurate,
The pioneer. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-12-20

Haakon County carries the Red Cross banner All
loyal citizens fall in.
The pioneer. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-12-20

OttQmwa Chairman, j f. Anstett;
secretary, Guy Waldo; vice chair
man Mrs John Van Cleve; treas
urer Mrs G. + Meader: twenty
III members.
The Glenwood post., 1917-11-10
"TRusT u.s." SAY BRITISH
War Does Not Make EngIishmen Un.
derstand American Colloqulalisms
Any Better Than Before.

Washington.-Evidently the war has
not made the English understand
American colloquialisms any better
than heretofore-or some particular
Englishmen are merely lacking a
sense of humor. anyway, official
Washington is smiling an official smile
(Which is the diplomatic way of con-
cealing undue mirth) over little in
cident that occurred in Hampton Roads
the other day, when Secretary Baker
was on an inspection trip. He crossed
from one camp to another when II
British cruiser, lying near by, sig
nailed:
"Who is that going ashore flying an
official tlag?"
'The secretary of war;" was the
answer.
'Thank you" said the Brltisher.
"Don't mention it," replied our cour-
teous bluejackets.
That ended it until one of our sail
ors saw the British wig-wagging furi-
ously. He read the signal.
"Trust u.s." the British were saying,
"well never mention 1t to a SOUL"
The Glenwood post., 1917-11-10
GUILTY FLEE, NONE PURSUE
Two Abandon Auto and Whisky In
South Dakota When Conscience
Stricken.

Sioux Falls s. D.-A combination Of
guilty conscience and booze resulted in
the Lincoln county authorities captur-
ing an automobile which had been
abandoned by the owner. In the auto
mobile was found quantity Of liquor,
which the driver of the car had snug
gled into South Dakota, In violation Of
the statewide prohibition law.
Worth Feldman was trying out
new motorcycle behind the automobile.
The occupants mistook him for an Off
Ger, stopped the car and fed.
The machine bearing an Iowa license
number was confiscated.
The Glenwood post., 1917-11-10
U-BOATS NOW EMPLOY
SMOKE SCREEN DEVICE

New York.-New German de-
vices for aiding U-boat frightful-
ness are reported by passengers
on an American liner just ar
rived in port from England.
p One is the use of smoke
screen. in which the submarine.
may conceal itself while attack
ing, escaping or submerging.
The smoke screen has been used
for months by battleships, de-
stroyers and merchantmen. Its
nrst use by submarine was re-
: ported In the warnings of a U-1
boat of the Atlantic coast. i.
The other device is the use Of
mirrored, periscopes. ~ BY coat
/ ing; them with silver the peril
scopes reflect the surrounding
water and become Invisible a
. couple Of hundred yards away
1t Is believed this explains why
survivors of several ships lately
sunk saw no evidence Of a sub
marine before or after the at
tack.
The Glenwood post., 1917-11-10
Told by F. Z. Walcott at Conference
of Field Men. Sept. 12.


This I have seen. could not be.
lieve it unless | had seen it through
and through. For several weeks
lived with It; went all about It and
back Of It; inside and out Of it was
shown to me-until finally came to
realize that the incredible was true
1t is monstrous, it Is unthinkabie, but
it exists. It is the Prussian system.
A year ago l went to Poland to
OF people that had been decimated
by war. The country had been twice
devastated. First the Russian army
swept through it and then the Ger.
mans. Along the roadside from War
saw to Pinsk, the present firing line
23O miles. near half a million people
had died of hunger and cold. The
way was strewn with their bones
picked clean by the crows With
their usual thrift, the Germans were
collecting the larger bones to be
milled into fertilizer, but finger and
toe bones lay on the ground with the
mud covered and raid soaked clothing
Wicker baskets were scattered
along the way-the basket in which
the baby swings from the rafter in
every pleasant home. Every mile
there were scores of them, each one
telling a death. started to count
but after little l had to give it up
there were so many.
That is the desolation one saw
along the great road from Warsaw to
Pinsk, mile after mile, more than two
hundred miles. They told me a mil
lion people were made homeless In
six weeks of the German drive in Au
gust and September, 1916. They told
me four hundred thousand died on the
way. The rest, sacrcely half alive, got
through with the Russian army. Many
of these have been sent to Siberia
it is these people whom the Paderew
ski committee is trying to relieve.
In the refugee camps, 100000 sur
vivors Of the flight were gathered by
the Germans, members of broken fam
lilies. They were lodged in jerry built
barracks, scarcely waterproof, un
lighted, unwarmed in the dead of win
ter. Their clothes, where the buttons
were lost, were sewed on. There were
no conveniences, they had not ever
been able TO wash for weeks. Filth
and infection from vermin were
spreading. They were famished, theil
daily ration a cup of soup and a piece
Of bread as big as my fist.
In Warsaw, which had not been de
The Glenwood post., 1917-11-10
The Women Educators Of Colorado
Proving that 1.-THE Last Line Of
Osfense"-the Schools-Can Do
Their Share Now to Win the
War by Helping to Prevent
Food Waste.
EDUCATORS ORGANIZE HOOVER
LEGION OF LIFE.
County superintendents Of Schools
and Teachers Become . Formld-
able Army to Help Their Fed
eraI County Food Administra-
tors to Make Food Pledge
Campaign Success.

The women of Russia cut off their
hair, donned the regular uniform of
the Russian army, and fought side by
side with their men under the banner
Of the Legion of Death" From their
point Of view that was their bit. They
were red blooded patriots. The wom-
en- of all other nations, including those
of America. were shocked by this
form of patriotism.
1t set some of Americas red-blooded
women to thinking.
What could they do to help their
boys to win the battle for freedom and
democracy?
The women of America can always
find way, and they did. They heard
the warning Of Herbert Hoover to con-
serve the food of the nation. That
food would win the war and not to
waste it."
They would not don a uniform and
go into the trenches, but they would
organize a campaign in their own
home to do their bit side by side with
their own family, to save food to help
win the war.
When the Federal Food Administra-
tor for Colorado, Thomas B. Stearns,
help him secure the promise of every
home in Colorado during the week of
Oct 2Sth to Nov. 4th, to cooperate
with the Federal Food Administrator.
woman's executive committee was
formed. They selected a woman in
every county in the state to work with
the County Federal Food Administra-
tor.
h1 80
struction of Colorado. Mary c. C..
Bradford, was asked by Mr.. Stearns
to organize the school forces of Colo
RADIO and they have responded nobly
to the call, and are doing effective
work.
Every woman county superintend-
ent Of schools or prominent woman
educator in every county in the state.
received the following letter drafting
them under its banner of food conser-
walton: I'- '." "
.alLgJ low October 18th, 1917.
To the County superintendent:
You are hereby called to the colors
a q loyal soldier in "Hoover's Legion
OF Life" now being organised in this
state BY the Federal Food Administra.
tion. Your country needs you. Are
you ready to serve? The opportunity
u great and know you will obey
the summons. ,.arr,h tu,l ,
Therefore, 4 appoint you as my lieu
tenant IN your county. , Yot will CO.
operate with tho Food Administrator
Of your county. whose name you will
find ON the enclosed list Communi.
cate with him at once, and mutually
decide upon the next imperative step.
An outline Of the perfected plan will
be sent to you within few days.
The Glenwood post., 1917-11-10

his motto, that he will never consent
to play to the gallery as even the best
generals are sometimes tempted to do.
1t is Haig's great merit that he bides
his. time and only strikes when he is
able to strike in real earnest. PERISH
Ing resembles the British leader in this
respect, and Europe has had enough
war experience to know that these
are the men who get the real results
at the least possible cost in lives, and
that though they have little to show on
the war map, they are steadily, per-
sistently, relentlessly wearing down
the toughest foe that ever took the
field.
What can be said, however, without
giving any information to the enemy Is
that here in France Americans will
cooperate throughout the winter in
the gigantic task of preparing for the
death blow. The details cannot be
discussed, but the ground has been
cleared for colossal amount of work,
embracing all branches that go to
make for the efficient operation of
modern war machine, and big share
will be taken over during the bad
weather by Americans, not only in
the United States, but also in France.
And this quite aside from the training
Of the fighting men and the education
Of the officers in the latest phases of
warfare.
The result of all this activity will
be that next spring the entente allies
Will possess supereminent war ma.
chine, gunned, manned and equipped
in an unprecedentedly complete and
magnificent manner. 1t was correct to
say last winter that in 1917 the entente
allies would develop striking force
which could not be exceeded in 1918
If the war continued. But at that
time the Intervention of the United
States was only dim possibility; the
revolution in Russia and the collapse
of her army We're foreseen by nobody.
Tough Problem for Enemy.
AS the situation stands at present,
mighty power to the common lot, and
with n still unextnguishcd hope that
the Muscovites may be brought back
to their old aggressive fighting men
belonging to the inner circles Of Eur
rope affirm their belief that the entente
allies will be able to confront Hinden-
burg with a far harsher problem in
1918 than they could have hoped to
put up to him in 1917.
Next spring the British army will
still be at top strength, for in the past
summer Haig has put forth nothing
like his maximum effort, and in con-
sequence has suffered losses far below
the figures anticipated at the British
war Office. When it was seen that the
Russian army must drop out Of all
offensive plans this summer and that
Germany would be able to develop an
unexpected strength upon the western
front, the Frnnco-British policy natur-
ally became more conservative. The
building up Of the American armies
has confirmed the wisdom of this
course, which looks to the accumula-
tion Of an irresistible power before the
last continuous, annihilating blows are
delivered upon all possible fronts.
The Glenwood post., 1917-11-10
THE PRUssIAN SYSTEM

stroyed, a city of one million inhabi-
tants, one of the most prosperous
cities of Europe before the war, the
streets were lined with people in the
pang of starvation. Famished and
rain-soaked, they squatted there, with
their elbows on their knees or leaning
against the buildings, too feeble to
lift hand for a bit of money or a
morsel of bread If one offered it, per-
ishing of hunger and cold. Charity
did what 1t could The rich gave all
that they had, the poor shared their
last crust. Hundreds Of thousands
were perishng. Day and night the
picture is before my eyes-a people
starving, nation dying.
In that situation, the German COM
mander issued proclamation. Every
able bodied Pole was bidden to Ger
many to work. II any refused, let no
other Pole give him to eat, not so
much as a mouthful, under penalty of
German military law.
This is the choice the German gov
ernment gives to the conquered Pole,
to the husband and father of a starv-
ing family: Leave your family to die
or survive as the case may be. Leave
your country which is destroyed, to
work in Germany for its further de-
struction. II you are obstinate, we
shall see that you surely starve.
Staying with his folk, he is doomed
and they are not saved; the father
and husband can do nothing for them,
he only adds to their risk and suf-
fering. Leaving them, he will be cut
off from his family. they may never
hear from him again nor he from
them. Germany wilr set him to work
that German workman may be re-
leased to fight against his own land
and people. He shall be lodged In bar
racks, behind barbed wire entangle-
ments, under armed guard. He shall
sleep on the bare ground with single
thin blanket. He shall be scantily fed
and his earnings shall be taken from
him to pay for his food.
That is the choice which the Ger
man government offers to a proud,
sensitive, high strung people. Death
or slavery.
So asked General Won Kries. Gen
eral, this is civilized people. Can
this be true?"
YES" he said, at is true"-with
an air of adding. Why not?
I dared not trust myself to speak;
I turned to go. wait" he said And
he explained to me how Germany, Of
ficial Germany. regards the state Of
subject peoples.
The Glenwood post., 1917-11-10

This call to the colors Is sent to
you In three-fold way:
First: You are part Of the Food
Of the United States OF
America.
Second: You are 4 member Of the
educational body of the United
States. the representative organiza-
ton of which is the National Educa-
tion Association.
Third: You an officer in charge
Of what President Wilson has called
"the last line Of Defense" the school
children of the United States.
Signed:
MARY C. c. BRADFORD,
Captain Hoover's Legion Of Life for
Colorado; President National Edu-
cation Association: State Superin-
tendent OF Public Instruction.
Headquarters of Hoover Legion Of
Life.
Object: To provide practical CO.
ordinated working unit of patriotic
women who will answer the call of
their country and do everything in
their power to assist their County
Food Administrator to secure the sig
natures of every family in their coun-
ty TO the Federal Food Administratio
Pledge Card Week October 2Sth to
November 4th.
Officers: Captain, Mary c. c. Brad
ford, state superintendent OF public
instruction of Colorado, and president
of the National Education Associa-
tion; lieutenants, the women county
superintendents Of schools in each
county in the state. Where the coun-
ty superintendent is not woman, the
captain shall select prominent wom-
an educator In the county to act as
lieutenant.
Activities: The lieutenants in each
county, on receipt Of this plan, will
Immediately put into action the COM
mand given in General Order No. l.
Subsequent orders will bo sent from
time to time for the purpose of keep
ing lieutenants in close touch with
conditions that arise during the cam
paign.
General Order no. /:
Headquarters Hoover Legion Of Life
Office of State Superintendent Pub
lie Instruction, Capitol Building
Denver, Colorado,
Lieutenant Mrs. Eva NJ. Riedel, Gus
ter County. County Superintendent:
You are hereby ordered in the name
of your Government, your State, and
your County to proceed at once to ar
range with the proper officer in each
school in your county to call meet
ing in the schoolhouse, to which the
wives. mothers, daughters, sisters and
sweethearts Of the boys who have
Joined the Regular Army, Navy,
Marines, National Guard and National
selective Army, will be invited, for
the purpose Of having explained to
them the reasons that have made 1t
necessary for the United States Gov
ernment to ask every home to sign
the Food Conservation Pledge Gard
during Food Pledge Week. October
2Sth to November 4th. At this meet
ing you will ask those who attend to
become active workers by offering
their services collectively az organi-
Eations,i II they are affiliated; or as
individuals, II they are not, to. the
County Food Administrator or his To-
cal co-worker. Invitations can bs ex-
tended to the above through the
children. ~. il1
Confer with your local County Food
Administrator. so that you can Co
ordinate the good work In your coun-
MARY c. G. BRADFORD,
ALICE LAMBERT RArHBosSn. Sssin' -
-. NJ. AdjutaAt.
bssJ ri' fna -----W Q1iflT iii.
The, Family Food Pledgs Campaign
a. 4, R,,ty SvSuw sud Svc,.a wo- ,.~Hn
The Glenwood post., 1917-11-10
GERMAN ToYMAKERs LONELY
Send Notes With Wares Asking Buy
srs to WrIte-Found by
Teachers.

Virginia, Minn-Love notes are be-
Ing found by Virginia kindergarten
teachers in toys made in Pittsbursh
factories, The toymaksrs give their
names and addresses and implore
"some friendly person" to write. None
,of the teachers here has confessed that
she has responded. Most Of the names
signed to the notes are German and
the writer's apparently feel q social
isolation where they live.
The Glenwood post., 1917-11-10
Scientifically Considered.

II think Il man derives his mentality
and character from his mother" re-
marked the student of heredity.
"Then," commented Miss Cayenne,
"the mother of Stacker must have
been one Of those girls who manicure
their nails and eat chocolates while
mother does the housework."
The Glenwood post., 1917-11-10
The Burglars Profit.

Householder give you my word
three seventy-tive Is all have in the
house.
Burglar-Well, say! When We fig
ure me time an me tools, how dye
expect me to make any profit at that
rate2-Life.
The Glenwood post., 1917-11-10
A Bio Difference

She-What Is the difference be-
tween n detective In novel and a de-
tective in real life?
He-The story book detective in
vents crime to fit his theories and
the detective in real life invents theo-
ries to fit crime.
The Glenwood post., 1917-11-10
Cause for Anxiety,

How now, Geraldine2"
II am investigating the conditions
that surround poor working girls
Their lot is often trying"
Indeed 1t is. Why, half of them 60
to work without chaperons, Clarice."
The Lamb.
The Glenwood post., 1917-11-10
Seems Fair Enouoh.

"WOuld you die for your country?"
"Ies, l. would" answered the patri-
Otic citizen, land If I'm ever called on
to make such Il sacrifice l hope the
fact that l don't know single StanZa
of the national anthem will not be held
against me-"
The Glenwood post., 1917-11-10
BriQht for Him,

She-Brother jack lost at cards last
night.
He-Oh, well, every misfortune has
Its bright side.
Shield like to know the bright side
of that?
He-I won it.
The Glenwood post., 1917-11-10
Nearly Done.

Jimmie was going out with his moth
er one afternoon and had been sent
upstairs to get ready. After a long
wait the mother called up the stairs: !:
"Hurry down, Jimmie, we're late now.
Have you got your shoes on yet?'
'Yes," replied the boy; "all but
two"
The Glenwood post., 1917-11-10
ExcusabIe.

Remember" said the floor walker,
sternly. "The customer is always
right"
But, SIR" expostulated the clerk
sin this case l was exercising privil-
ege to which l am entitled"
"What do you mean?"
'"The lady was arguing with is my
wife,"
The Glenwood post., 1917-11-10
Two sizes Too Laras.

Two Sizes Too Large.
Bix-You lost your head completely
at the banquet last night. 5u1u.
Dix-That accounts for 1t, then.
felt sure the head got on me this
morning wasn't mlne.-Boston Eve
ming Transcript.
The Glenwood post., 1917-11-10
For Sure.

u3 ls ne lazy" "ssinh Lsrll1- III % ID.
HE Is. He'll go into revolving
door and then wait for somebody to
come along and turn It around"
The Glenwood post., 1917-11-10
Mean Of Him.

twifeyAYou used to want to hold
my hand before we were married.
Hubby-Td like to now, but 1t would
keep you from your housework, dear.