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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-06-21
EDITORIAL COMMENT.
Adjutant General Morris reports
that the infantry and cavalry regi-
ments Of this state are now recruited
to full war strength.
A new law that goes into effect
July LIST requires that all electric
headlights on motor vehicles shall be
equipped with DINNERS.

The Legislature at its last session,
voted to revise the South Dakota code,
and Governor Norbeck has appointed
the following committee to do the
work: J. D. Haney Of Mitchell,
chief reviser, ]. B. Hanten of Water
town, and G. N. Williamson of Aber-
deem.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-06-21
Comb hissioner.' Proceedings.
4vndall, s. D., June 6. 1917

4 1yndall, $. D., June 6. 1917.
Boardto County Commissioners
met pursuant to adjournment. Pres
ent: ChA. Dirks, chairman, jos.
Y. Wagn4 Lloyd Patterson, Frank
Daub, Jact. Maus. county auditor,
and Z. A. fads. sheriff. Absent: W..
"a. Cobb.
On moti4 the Wholesale liquor
boad of UhFka & HokuA for the
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-06-21

@ On motion Frank Bartunok I'M AZ
lowed . refund Of $2. 90 erronsously
assessed with road poll.
On motion r. N. Radway ~ IL
lowed 2 refund on valuation ct
s., 500 erroneously assessed.
On motion the report of the COM
.nissioners Of insanity ia case Of Anna
Binder was approved and bills allowed
a. itemised.
On motion the board adjourned to
one o'clock p. "a.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-06-21

Avon Clarion. John Krall was
dissatisfied with the location at For
syth Mont, and has returned home
70 Avon. Mr.. Krall will continue
his job in the jewelry department Of
the Hagarty Drug Store.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-06-21
Afternoon Session.

Board of county commissioners met.
pursuant to adjournment at three
O'Clock p. m, Present: full board,
county auditor and sheriff.
Moved and seconded that the chair
man, Chas. Dirks, be and is hereby
authorized to sign all contracts for
school books as adopted by the county
board of education on this date; Mo-
tion carried.
On motion the following commits
sioner bills were allowed:
Ghas nirlss ee.::
ary and mileage IL 90
Jos. v. Wagner, commissioner
salary and mileage l2 10
L. Patterson commissioners salary
and mileage % go
w A Cobb, commissioner salary
and mileage SO so
Frank Daub, commissioners SAL
ary and mileage 15 90
L A Eads, attending commission
ers 8 90.
On motion board ajourned sine die,
Attest: CHAs. DIRKS,
JACK J. MAUS, Chairman.
County Auditor.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-06-21

~ y2S ss Sffy XII
nsass Ssnns & Sss0 s|'9g
On motion {0llONinR ylllS
were allowed On Sthe foed fund
|W ] Wofmshechar. sYsfl;nUs AfI 77!
Wine ST., M 81 s,ISS
Lawrence " alloch sslsai,Iy
Louis I Matuska 81 8 ~
|T " Ptaks Il Lbr. "a. c,,lvert. 81 IA,
Fred Sunderman ,.,l orat,inr 1f)8 "a,
/ Frank styerak II, AZ,
Il Huisrn s.. s. a.
Christ Schneider. an
Fred Schneider. iIl5l
sL q beminc. ~ q ',ll, Is,i
Emanuel Giedd. ~ 81
JOS pabuda. isi1|
James Aiatuska. 3 al
j ames Benesh q a.
Thos. Simke, il. ~ so1
} "a. ''1 j "a
q motion the following e bills were
s'ioweo on sne county tuna !: 81
Tahor -. =. 81 a.s - SA ~ so
.~.nts. s,s'' a ; a,',' s. 1si 81. *
Wal,x Kros -, q, ;,,. .,.s. q z h, !, - 81
~ rahh ss''.s. ST. It's, J, ~ ~,
d NJ Lumm. damace Is land 9 = "a
r M Radak. road crars and
hardware vi 10
Tyndall Register. nrintinp 3 6f,'
WIN. Metzeer mds. "A for & noor IA 81
j sA Cole. as1e.sor AZ %
Cogan, deputy assessor 102 90
VIM. Metzger, mdse. for county 0Os
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-12

United States government 3 IL per
cent Liberty loan bonds were traded in
quite heavily on the stock exchange in
New York, Monday, the total transac
lions amounting to $2,61e, 800, or about
two-thirds of the total for the day IS sales
The bonds sold up to 99.9s, the highest
level reached this month, and the closing
figure was 1894 an advance OF points
over Saturdays final figure In invest
ment house circles it was suggested that
the buying represented purchases hy per-
sons of large income who planned to in
crease their holdings if the 8 lbs instead
of making large investments in the new 4
per cent bonds, which viii be subject to
the federal income super-taX, while the
bonds of the first Liberty loan are entirely
tax exempt.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-12

In these DAYS when thousands of peo-
pie are travelling through the country
in motor cars every town is its own ad-
vertisement. We have often heard the
made that poor impression
is gained of almost every town or city
by a view from a ear window. This is
true. The fronts of business buildings
are not seen, the attractive residential
sections are in some distant background
and the surroundings Of the railroad
stations usually present a dirty appear
ance. But the automobiles goes into the
very heart of the town, and if he likes
the outlook in the business section he
viii ask about the special attractions
and beauty spots of the community and
hunt them up If mar s schedule is
limited and he only "passes' through
towns like Bethel, Maine, or North Con
way, N. H., he gets an impression which
is appealing and he will inwardly regis
ter a wish to 90 back to those pleasant
scenes where the people have pride
enough in their streets, buildings anC
homes to keep them in attractive eondi
tion.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-12
Greene as Investigator.
{ Rutland Herald.l

The Boston Globe calls attention thus
to the important appointment of Con
gresham Frank L. Greene to the con
gressional investigating committee on
the much discussed Frankfort arsenal
explosion:
'The New England member of the
Congressional investigation committee
to probe the facts surrounding the
Frankfort arsenal explosion is Repre-
sentative Greene of Vermont He saw
service in the Spanish War as a cap
tain, and has practical knowledge of
military affairs. -
The experience which our congress
man has had in his committee on mill
tary affairs is of the most valuable
c character. Although a member of the
minority party, he has managed to i'm
press his colleagues with a sense of dill
igence, sincerity and fitness SO that he
is recognized as something of an author
ity on and deep student of military
affairs.
Investigating an arsenal explosion
may not be very distinguished serv
ice, but it is necessary, important work
and Congressman Greene would not hav,
! been appointed if his fitness for mem
/ bership had not been recognized anC
appreciated.
The circumstance is fresh proof o
lthe fact that if a man undertakes t
know thing and know it well, it vii
serve him and will in the end be recoe
nized and perhaps rewarded.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-12
STATE NEWS NOTES.

DR.. j. W. Stewart of Barre announced
Tuesday that another case of infantile
paralysis has developed. It is in the
Eicchinelli family on Summer street,
residing in a block, and four families
are quarantined.
Ethel DeBoer Field of Montpelier,
her counsel. John W. Gordon, in
county court at Montpelier has petit
toned for an increase in alimony. Mrs.
Field during the life Of her father re-
celVed 81 800 a year alimonv from +. ID.
Field and 81 200 year as a gift from
her father. Since her father S death
she finds that 81 500 year is insufficient
for her support.
f G. Royce, who lives in the town Of
Roxbury, is raising his own coffee this
year, as he has for some previous years.
The coffee stalks are g inches in height
one stalk has 26 pods on it, and another
30. The pods have the appearance OF
Pea pods, except that they grow up the
stalk. At maturity, about the middle
of September, the pods turn black, aft
er that the beans are removed and
ground as needed. Mr.. Royce will have
about 100 pounds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-12
One Ray of Light.
New York Times

The thought would be unbeapabe that
those at the front were fighting, not for
the maintenance of the empire, but for
the maintenance of conditions which were
not worth being maintained. The thought
would be unbearable that one mother
son fell, not for the peoples right but
for the privileges of individuals in the
nation, which do not now exist elsewhere"
y orwaerts.
This means, not what it openly says,
that the thought that the men are not
fighting for dynasty for their rights,
would be unbearable but that the thought
Is present in the minds of many Germans
and that they must bear it until the only
possible relief shall come The writer Of
the Norwaerts article understands very
well that the German soldiers are now
fighting solely .for the maintenance Of
the empire, for the maintenance of con
IdltiOns which are not worth being main
tanned, for the Hohenzolern and his
successor, Tor the privileges of the in
dlvlduals who now rule Germany. 1t Is
this conviction that prompts Norwaerts
to repudiate the assertion that it would
be unworthy of the German people t.
give the guarantees demanded by til,
President; on the contrary, 1T woulc
be unworthy of it to refuse them Tha
is the one ray Of light out Of the German
darkness. The comments Of the press 0
the empire, with that exception. rejec
altogether the Presidents suggestions
some jeer at the note and openly mis-
represent it. Potsdam orders" is writer
large and black across the pages Of all tn
German newspapers, Norwaerts alon
| eScnDfed
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-12
Smuggler's Notch Road.
Bennington Banner.)

The work Of building highway
through Smuggler notch has been
started, under the direction Of State
Highway Commissioner Bates. Snug
gler s NOTCH is one of the most famous
scenic features of Vermont It cuts
through deep gorge in the mountain
range east Of Mt Mansfield. Years ago
there was carriage road through the
notch, but it has long been impossible
and it is estimated that it will cost
100000 to make road that can be used
by automobile. 1t will probably take
$4,000 to make good road, but it will
be worth while to make this natural
marvel available for visitors, not only
from other states, but people Of Yer
mont as well, ninety per cent of whom
probably have never seen Smuggler 5
notch.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-12
A Smile.

How trifling, how simple a thing is
smile. How slight an exertion does it
cost, yet how magical often are its
results! How frequently does it dispel
the clouds of gloom from the brow of
care, lighting up with its warmth and
genial radiance, like sunshine on the dis
tant hills, the countenance of the sui
len and the depressed.
Oftentimes, too, even the forbidden
visage of melancholy and despair
catches up and reflects back the gentle,
hallowed light. Oh, how many a weary
heart has been made happy by smile;
how many heavy load has seemed
lighter from its heavenly influence.
Friends, withhold not these little cour-
tesies of life; be not penurious of your
smiles and kind words; you dream not
what a world of good, all unknown to
you, they may accomplish. Scatter
with prodigal hand, and many a
one travelling along life's dusty wa
will bless you in his or her heart of
Anonymous.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-12

an enormous Sea-Lion. He was in a
tank by himself and he was sitting out
of the water on sort of bench when
the children We're looking at him.
Now that they had gone, he was
roaring with might and main. OF
course he had rOared pretty hard when
they were around so as to impress
them with his enormous voice But
now he was rolling his head around.
tossing it back, and roaring,
I'm great Sea Monster I'm big
ger than anything in this whole Aquar-
ium. I'm a Lion-a Sea-Lion. You
poor fishes dons know how majestic
it is to be Sea-Ifon. It's splendid,
| That's what it isv
Maybe So said the Giant Sala-
mander, but we think we're pretty
fine
And so the whole talk started. In
every tank the fishes were Boosting.
There were the Trunk Fish family
with their funny, fat stomachs, the
Doctor Fishes, and even the Surgeon
Fish family, who have spines like
sharp knives on either side of their
tails. The blue striped fishes We're
grunting, and the glorious red-winged
Sea Robins were grunting for fear
they'd be taken from the water. It is
then that they always grunt, and now
they were grunting from fear, and pay
ing little attention to the boastingS
Of the others.
"Then there were the Toad Fish
family, and the Trigger family witt
funny front teeth. The Red-SideC
Minnows, Catfish family, Sunfish fam
lily, Mud Fishes, Sword-Tail fishes wh'
think they are very brave indeed be
cause of their war-lille tails, and tn
gorgeous Butterfly fishes who are S
beautiful with their lovely yellow col
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-12

The arrest of the editor, business man
ager and various other attaches of a
German newspaper in Philadelphia will
have a wholesome effect on other publ
cations and on individuals who are
preaching sedition. The time has come
to deal drastically with everything this
side Of the Atlantic that is anti Ameri-
can. Imagine what would have hap
pened to newspaper published in the
English language in Germany in which
the government war policies were at
tackled, and in which Americans were
told how to evade the postal laws and
by so doing get letters to the United
States without having them scrutinized
by German officials.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-12
Harvest Time in Vermont.

Daniel l.. Cady, Burlington Free Press
l like that Scripture line that says
The fields are white for harvest-yes,
Already white-such fields Vermont
Now shows in all their fruitfulness;
The season : summit lies behind,
The time has passed for spade and
plow,
The sickle and the scythe appear
The fields are white for harvest now.
The rye and oaten stalks are crisp,
The curling corn leaves quite the same,
With edges like that desert growth
That wears bayonet in its name;
The buckwheat, true, has not yet said
How many bins it will endow,
But ii S a-blossoming just as white
AS though 'twere time for, harvest
now.
1T makes me think that Virgil speaks
OF Autumn lifting up his head
Within the fields, and brings to mind
The words the household poet - said
About the bearded grain and flowers,
That at common stroke must bow
In literature as wei as life
The fields are white for harvest now.
The eager farmer boy resolves
/ To learn to bind his sheaf of grain,
And halfway kneeling, makes his band
/ And knots il with heroic strain:
Then Strengthening up, he stocks his
sheaf,
lnspects his hands, unhats his brow,
And dreams, perchanee, of other fields
Than those he helps to harvest now.
To pillow, to SOW, and then to reap
SO runs the old and ordered plan,
For whose gathereth into barns
Is prudent since the world began;
The time to sow is sowing time,
While yet the buds are on the bough
'Tis time to reap when fields are white
And they are white for harvest now.
Would that those scarlet fields of war
Might see their fearful reaping end,
And that in place Of "shot' anC
shell =
Would come such words as faith
and & friend;'i
Would that those fields were white, an,
peace
4 Secured by universal vow
1t darkens heaven and earth to think
They are not white for harvest now.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-12

about beauty. The Queen Trigger
with her pale blue eyes and deep blue
stripes knew she was the loveliest fish
in the Aquarium, while the Green Mo-
ray and Spotted Moray fish families
thought they We're the most interest
ing, with their tremendously long tails.
The Hawksbill Turtle got into the ar
gument, and SO did the Drum fish, but
the Spade fish ended it all by saying,
I'm fiat, my colors are black and
dull gray, but I'm happy, and I don't
quarrel-so let's all be satisfied, and
friendly And with one accord all
the fishes in the Aquarium splashed
their tails in agreement"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-12
The Food Pledge.
Current Affairs, issued by Boston
Chamber of Commerce.

(Current Affairs, issued by Boston
Chamber of Commerce.)
The food pledge is making it's way
very rapidly with the whole American
people, but the terrible world emergen-
ey behind it is coming home very slowly
to the great mass Of citizens Living,
as we do, in a land which now has the
largest remaining stock of food in the
world, we are apt to be little slow to
realize that this stock is not ours to
do with as we may see fit. The con
servation Of this food is sacred trust
Of ours. We must see that our food is
divided Justly with our Allies and with
Those lands where Famine is a constant
haunting spectre.
| We live in the midst Of plenty today.
But famine is Just across the seas, and
possibly next year or two years hence,
it may stalk in our own land if we do
not make the most of our opportunities
now to appreciate the significance and
importance of food conservation, and ad,
Just our habits to provide for the NOR
row.
The food pledge must be kept before
the American citizen TODAY 1t must
be kept before him as the matter OF
grave Importance it is. It's observance
may seem to the average individual al
the breakfast or dinner table one of tht
lesser duties of the war. If il doe.
this simply means that the man has not
gained the true perspective of his re
sponsibilities and it is up to every ont
of us to see that he does. This is one
of the greatest and most immediate
duties. And don't forget that when
ever we help in this great food conserva
ton movement we are rendering a truly
patriotic service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-12

According to Senator Smoot of Utah
the war tax bill passed By the senate
viii raise 80 per cent of the total
amount actually appropriated or to be
appropriated for war purposes. This
leaves 90 per cent to be obtained by
borrowing in the form of bonds or notes
of the government. The percentage to
be raised by taxation is higher than
that obtaining in Great Britain, France
or Canada, in all Of which countries
the financing of the war has been done
ON the SQUAD basis of making taxation
pay for all interest on bonds as well as
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-12
Little Benny's
Note Book
By LEE PAPE
By LEE PAPE

| wunted to go to the movies with sid
Hunt last nite and | only had 4'sents, aud
lie took it out and looked at it, saying,
Well III lend it to you il you promise to
give it to me back sure tomorro.
Wich | sed ! wood, and we went to the
movies, the pickture being called, The
Love Of Lady Lillian, being pritty good
but nuthing exter, and today | had sent
and | was waiting for the ice GREEN
sanwitch man to come up the street SO |
Good buy one. and Sid Hunt came up say
ing Got that sent?
| iIpect to have it tomorro sure, | sed.
Keeping on looking at the ice GREEN
sanwltch man coming up and feeling the
sent in my poclit and not saying weather
had It then or not, and the ice GREEN
sanwitch man went past ringing his bel
and | started to wawk up after him, say
ing, Well, ! haff to go sumware
| III go with you, | amt got enythlng elts
to do, scd Sid. And he started to wawl
alongside of me, me saying, All rite, YOU car
come if you wunt, but | wawk pritty fast
Do you wunt to have contest wawkinl
fast? sed Sid
No, ] sed And we kepp on wawking
iiOI hoN AiiiS 81 1ttNt. diid bAAttN foNsi "
cawt up to the ice GREEN sanwitch man
on account of him having stopped on thu
corner, and Sid sed, G, wish | had sen
to buy one with
Wich all Of suddip | had a good ideer
saying, If you had one wood you give m
' half of it?
Id give you bite, not half, sed Sid.
G, darn If heer amt a sent in my pocki
all the time, | sed And | took it out an
gave it to Sid, and Sid bawt a ice Greer
sanwitch and gave me a bite, me bitin
all the way up to ware his fingers was
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-12
Those Barnyard Deer.
(Bennin gton Banner.l

The Bennington Banner refers to
big dear damages" III Windham coun-
ty. 1t is not redundant Rutland Her
aid.
Deer damages in Windham county are
certainly dear enough. 1t is claimed
that Windham county orchard experts
have figured out way of proving that
any damage to a fruit tree from fire.
blight to borers should be charged up
to deer and paid for by the state The
theory is that if the other things didn t
get the tree the deer would and then
the state would pay, therefore, the state
should pay anyhow and generally does.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-12

Not all of the work for the American
eause is done by the soldiers. This
country has a secret service that is
working while some Of us sleep. The
German intrigue in Mexico and the plot
by which German dispatches were sent
to Argentina through the Swedish for
eign Office were discovered by men who
will never know of their work, which
is hazardous in the extreme.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-12
The Evils of Visiting.

For many years it had been principle
of my life to visit nobody, says stephen
Leacock, the humorist, in Hearst 5 Mag
azinc. Il had long since learned that
visiting only brings misery. Ii ! got
card or telegram that said, Won't you
run mp to the Adirondacl,s and spend the
weekend with u.s.. | sent back word:
NO, not unless the Adirondaclls can run
faster than | can or words to that effect
Ii the owner Of 4 country house wrote 70
me: Our man will meet you with a trap
any afternoon that you care to name, |
answered, in spirit at leas.: No, he
won't, not unless lie has bear-trap or
one of those traps in which they catch
wild antelope Ii any fashionable Lady
friend wrote to me IN the peculiar jargon
that they use: Can you give Us from
July the twelfth at halt-atter-three till
the fourteenth at four. | replied: Mad
am, take the whole month, take a year,
but leave me in peace
But perhaps it all goes lack to Mr..
Leacock himself, of whom he confesSes
Il have now reached 4 time OF life wien
human society at breakfast is impossible
to me, when any conversation prior to
Ill:00 a. m must be cons dered ont os the
question; when | prefe, to eat my meals
in quiet, or with olly aCch mild hiiarity
as can be got from comic paper: when
/ can no longer wear naakeen pants and
"a colored blazer without a sense of per
sonal indignity; when | can no longer
leap and play in the water like young
fish: when | do not yodel, cannot sing
and, to my regret, dance even worse than
| did when young: and Then the mood of
imirth and hilarit, comes to me only as
a rare visitant-sA.i We say at a bur
lesqua performance and never as a daily
part Of my existence Madam, i am un-
(. fit to be summer guests.