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Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-18
.Fathera Make Lo.. Good

Fairfax.-When Kehn brothers. liv.
ing three miles from Fairfax, return
ed to their home after a nights alb
sencei they found the windows bro.
ken. furniture smashed to kindling
wood, trees chopped down and farm
machinery upturned and demolished.
AL Scott and his blood hounds from
Mitchell were secured and the dogs
followed a trail to the Geo. lesser
home, near the Kehn place. Young
Fred lesser confessed to having help.
ed In the mischief. and implicated two
neighborhood youths, John Tarr and
Ben Schultz, all of whom later con.
fessed When the fathers of the boys
made financial settlement for the
damages and the expenses of the
hounds and officers, Kehn brothers
decided to make no further prosecu-
ton Of the matter. The young men
had become partly intoxicated and
were trying to initiate Villa. They
will say but little regarding their
rash act.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-18
SYRUP Of FIGS FOR
A CA|LD'S BOWELS
Il is cruel to force nauseating,
harsh physic into a
sick child.

Look back at your childhood days.
Remember the dose" mother insisted
on-castor oil, calomel. cathartics.
How you hated them, how you fought
against taking them.
With our children it's different.
Mothers who cling to the old form OF
physic simply don't realize what they
do. The children's revolt is well-found.
ed. Their tender little "insides" are
injured by them.
II your child's stomach. liver and
bowels need cleansing. give only deli
cious California Syrup of Figs" Its
action is positive. but gentle. Millions
Of mothers keep this harmless fruit
laxative" handy; they know children
love to take 1t; that 1t never fails to
clean the liver and bowels and sweet
en- the stomach, and that a teaspoonful
given today saves a sick child tomor.
row.
Ask at the store for 50-cent bottle
of California Syrup Of Figs" which
has full directions for babies. children
Of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
on each bottle. Adv.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-18
WIRELESS MUSIC USED FOR A Dance

to the reporter. doctor Armstrong OF
Columbia. has been doing research
work along these Tines for many years,
and he has at last turned out device
that will multiply sound 500 to 1000
times. The De Forest amplifier multi
piled sounds II to 10 times. The prin-
ciple is somewhat the same, the DIFF
ference being that the Armstrong In
strument has a complex repeating ac-
ton, while the De Forest instrument
has single repeating action.
Together, the instruments make 1t
simple to telephone by wireless, and
there's no reason why New Workers
should not be telephoning to Chicago
regularly except that the instruments
have not yet been put to commercial
use. That is because of the many
legal fights that are taking place over
the fundamental radio patents, and be-
cause of the field being practically tied
up at the present time by the Marcont
company. But there's nothing to pre-
vent amateurs from using these in
StfumentS.
at would be just as easy to trans
NIT the music of an entire opera from
the Metropolitan opera house as to
transmit this photograph music that
is being played tonight. 1t would only
be necessary to have the sending up
paratus within range Of the voices In
the Metropolitan. With the ampli.
fiers now being used the music could
be transmitted about 200 miles,"
Mr.. Cooley said that the amplifier
perfected by Doctor Armstrong re-
sembled the headlight Of an automo-
bile. Instead of the light filament
there are two electrodes. There Is
vacuum in the bulb, and in an In
candescent light, and the weak sound
enters on one electrode, while the pow.
erful sound issues from the other.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-18
1866 VESSELS IN
LAST II MONTHS
This Is the Record Established by
the Shipyards of the United
States.
SHORTAGE OF OFFICERS seen
Nearly 1wo.1hirds Of Steel Craft
Were Built at Atlantic and Gulf
Ports-vesseIs Built for Foreign
Countries Not Included.

New York.-A bulletin issued by the
New York chamber of commerce
shows that during the first eleven
months of the calendar year there
were constructed in the shipyards OF
this country 1,O66 vessels, with a
gross tonnage of 4SS,446 tons.
This means that for every working
day in the year more than three YES
sells of more than 1000 tons were add
ed to the fleet that sails under the
Stars and Stripes. The compilation
does not include 36 wooden vessels
and 10 steel vessels built for foreign
ers.
OF the 4ss,446 tons built for do
nestle demand, wooden construction
included only 1926 tons, or 26.o5
per cent, while steel construction COM
prised 1861, 40 tons or 1894 per cent.
Nearly two-thirds of the steel con-
struction was built at yards on the
Atlantic and Gulf coasts and approx
mately one-third on the Great Lakes
with about one-half as much on the
Pacific coast as at the lake shipyards.
List Shows Growth.
The chamber of commerce has COM
piled this table showing the upbuild-
ing of our merchant marine, the list In
Guiding vessels of 1000 tons and over {:
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-18
MEXICAN TROUBLE.

Nicifero Zambrano, treasurer Of the
de facto government in Mexico, re-
Gently sent to Washington by General
Carranza as his personal representa-
tive. issued. a statement in which he
predicted an early settlement Of the
border difficulties. RI,
In an afmy of more than 10000
National guardsmen and regulars on
the. Mexican border only 274 death
have occurred in the last seven
months. OF the deaths 10S were clas-
sifled as caused by violence. while 166
were caused by disease.
Adherents Of Francisco Villa are al
ready arranging details Of a Mexican
provisional government, to be set up
by the bandit chief, and a tentative
seat Of government has been chosen,
according to information in the hands
of United States authorities on the
border.
villa forces were defeated at Jimi-
nez by General Francisco Murguia,
with a loss Of 1.50o rebel dead. wound
ed and captured, with the noted rebel
leader. Martin Lopez, and another
Villa general among the slain, &C.
cording to an ohicial report from the
Carranza commander.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-18
Sent From Distance of Forty
Miles, It Is Heard All Over
the House..
DOUBLE AMPlIF|ERS ARE USED
Inventions Of Doctor Armstrong OF
Columbia University and Lee de
Forest Make Experiment at
Morristown, N. j., Success.

New YOrk.-What was declared to
be the worlds first wireless dance was
held recently at Morristown, N. j., Mt
the home of Theodore E. Gaty. His
two sons-John P. and Theodore E.
Gaty, Jr, the latter home from Cornell
for the holidays-got up dance and
throughout the evening the seven or
eight couples who had been invited
danced to music that was played on
photograph in Highbridge, at the
northern end of Manhattan, about 40
miles away from Morristown by air.
line.
Mr.. Gaty and his sons are enthusias-
tic amateurs in the science of radio
telephony and telegraph. A friend, +.
F. Cooley of Montclair, who is radio
engineer, made use Of the Lee de For
est audion detector and the sound
amplifier invented by DR.. Edwin h.
Armstrong of Columbia, the inven-
lions which made transcOntinenta tel
ephony possible, as well as wire
less telephone message to Honolulu.
Mr.. Cooley, who is only twenty-seven
years old, adapted the two devices to
amateur use and attached them to a
photograph horn in the Gaty home.
Taken by Amateur Receiver.
The photograph that furnished the
dance music was played in the High
bridge plant of the De Forrest Radio
Telephone and Telegraph company,
and the musical sound waves were re-
ceived by the amateur receiver over
Mr.. Gaty's house.
When the faint sounds, which, COM
ing from the receiver, could scarcely
be detected by the ear, passed through
the combined sound amplifiers and
then through the megaphOne they
could be heard all over the house.
To show how clearly the sound was
transmitted, Mr.. Gaty telephoned to
the De Forest company's Office at High
bridge and the operator of the phono-
graph listened to the ground wire tele-
phone. The music when it got back to
him by this route, he said, was even
louder than the original sounds from
the photograph. A New York Times
reporter called up Mr.. Gaty's house
and the megaphone was placed near
the receiver at that end. The music,
transmitted about 40 miles through air
and then nearly the same distance by
ground wires, could be heard distinct
ly. The photograph was telling how
she could "yacki hacki wicki wacki
WOO" in Honolulu.
Mr.. Gaty was enthusiastic. He said
that the operator in the De Forest
building announced the number of
each record, its name, and so forth
when he was about to put it on the
monograph, and that the spoken an
nouncement could be heard in every
corner of the Gaty house. Mr.. Cooley,
at his home in Montclair, had not
taken the trouble to ask if the expert
ment was successful. He took it as
matter of fact that it should be.
All Very Simple.
cts very simple" Mr.. Cooley said
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-18
Pigs WRECK AUTO.
RAMONA MAN SERIOUSLY HURT
WHEN HIS CAR OVER.
TURNS.
HAPPENINGS Of The STATE
What ls Going On Here ana There
That ls Of Interest to the Read.
ers Throughout South Da.
kota and Vicinity.
Western Newspaper ut,,op New, s.,,,o.

Western Newspaper Union News ssr,,oa
Sioux Falls.-To be pinned be.
meath an overturned automobile for
more sthan an hour after receiving
injuries which may cause his death
was the experience of George Zetner
aeed 80. of Ramona. With an iron
spike several inches in length in his
right leg' Just below the hip, the un-
fortunate man lay pinned under the
car tor the period stated. When
found he was almost dead from loss
OF blood and exposure to the ele.
ments. zetner was driving along q
country road when he ran into one
OF several pigs that were in the high.
way, the force of the collision being
sufficient, to overturn his car. He was
caught under the car.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-18
cvTIcvRA COMPILATIONS
Are Usually Remarkably Soft and
Clear-TriaI Free.

Make Cuticura Soap your everyday
toilet Soap, and assist it now and then
as needed by touches Of Cuticura Oint-
ment to soften, soothe and heal. Moth
ing better to make the complexion
clear, scalp free from dandruff and
hands soft and white.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-18
Domestic Trade a Feature.

"For the time being 1t looks as II
the more important subject Of domes.
tic trade had been allowed to take its
own course. Fewer statistics are pub
lfshed now of domestic trade move
ments than formerly. The govern
ment might direct its attention to the
solution of some Of our domestic prob
lens which are woefully behind the
progress for instance of manufacture
ing.
"These are not altogether taken In
hand by the interstate commerce COM
mission, which deals almost wholly
with railway rates." says the report.
1T is suggested in some quarters that
the Office of markets in the department
of agriculture and the bureau of for
eign domestic commerce in the depart
ment of commerce might do well to
cooperate and in tackling some Of the
more vital questions involved in the
loss of great crops for want Of distri-
button facilities and the arrest Of sup
ply in foodstuffs.
Ibis ldtIeF COuuAliOn AoS OSSoA"S
so acute that the department of JUS
tice was finally obliged to take up the
subject and irEestigate it as the result
of popular demand. Here is field in
which three departments Of the gov
eminent have each a hand and none of
them as yet has worked out anything
that is sufficiently satisfactory to call
It a solution. Our internal commerce
is worth many times our foreign trade
in any given year"
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-18
Estate Tanale Ends.

Sioux Falls.-After litigation ex-
tending over a period of about four
years, the fight for the $4,000 estate
of Nels Svendsenv pioneer Turner
county farmer, who was killed in an
automobile accident in February,
1913, finally has been terminated in a
decision of Judge Trip of the state
circuit court, in sending the case back
to the county court, which will have
charge of distributing the estate
among the heirs of Svendsen.
When Svehdsen's death in the auto
mobile accident was announced 20.
year old young woman, who was liv-
ing in the Svendsen home at the time
of his death, set up the claim that
she was the common law wife OF
Svendsen, and sought to secure pos
session of his estate. opposing the
children and other heirs of the dead
man. Following the death Of Svend-
sen the children applied to have one
of their number appointed admins
traitor of the estate. This appoint
ment was opposed by the young wom-
an, who alleged she was Svendsen's
common law wife. She engaged an
attorney and prepared for the long
litigation which has resulted.
AS the result Of the hearing in the
county court the claims of the com.
mon law wife were denied and one of
svendsen's blood relations was ap-
pointed administrator. Then an ap-
peal was taken to the state circuit
court, where, after prolonged trial,
the action Of the county court was
reversed and a decision rendered In
favor of the common law wife. The
blood relations of Svendsen then
carried the case to the state supreme
court, where the circuit court was
reversed. the case being remanded
for a new trial. At a recent term of
circuit court the case again was tried,
and Judge Trip, after hearing the
arguments, sent the case back to the
county court as the final act in the
long litigation. The estate now will
be distributed among the blood rela-
lions of Svendsen.
For time during the prolonged
litigation the fight for the $4,000 es-
tate was somewhat complicated by
the appearance of a Sioux City attor-
ney, representing young woman
employed in department store in
Sioux City, who claimed to be an IL
legitimate daughter of Svendsen. Her
claim finally was thrown out Of court.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-18
Took Poison bx Mistake.

Sioux Falls.-Swallowing a tablet
OF bichloride of mercury under the
belief that he was taking a headache
tablet. M. c. Eidsmoe, the new coun.
ty treasurer of Mellette county, had
narrow escape from death. He did
not discover what he had done until
some hours later, while attending a
dance. He was suddenly taken ILL
and investigation disclosed that his
condition was due to the mistake in
taking the tablet. For some hours
his condition was critical. but the
physicians now believe he will fully
recover.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-18

Only enough eggs sufficient for one
breakfast for all Indiana were 1ounu
in the state, in a survey m ade by Tue
State Food and Drug commission.
California's thirteen electoral
votes were cast in the assembly Oh
the California legislature at sacra'
mento, for President Wilson and V1ce
President Marshall.
Eight men were killed and nine otn'
ers wounded in the hunt for l2,Ooo
deer slaughtered in California IN 1870
according to a report submitted u
the state fish and game commission.
Twenty.four cases of infantile par
alysis have been reported in Monte
video, Uruguay. Specialists are care
fully studying the disease and the au'
thorities have decided to consult New
York medical men on steps to stamp
it out.
Citizens of Pierce county, Wash.'
voted at a special election to issue
bonds to the amount of 100000 for
the purchase ofe tract Of 10000
acres of land, to be turned over to the
United States government for a great
military mobilization camp and divis.
ion army grounds.
Wishing to have a live subject to
work with, the girl students OF the
domestic science department of the
Appleton, Wisconsin, high school have
adopted 2-months-old baby and the
girls are now kept busy feeding 1t
scientifically and dressing it accord.
ing to the best health hints.
Every foot of the Dixie highway
through the state of Georgia will be
beautified by shade trees, according
to plans announced by the Savannah
Automobile club. If contemplated
plans are carried out there will be a
double row Of trees reaching from
the Tennessee line to st. Mary's riv'
CT, In Florida.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-18
Church comnIeted.

Webster.-The new Swedish Lu.
theran church building in this city
has been completed and now is be.
Ing utilized for religious services. 1t
will be officially known as the Angus.
tana church. The building is con.
structed of brick and stone and is
one of the finest and most costly
church edifices in this part of the
state. The new church has seating
capacity of about three hundred.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-18
A Bad Indian.

Fairfax.-John Paul, an Indian liv.
ing near Burke, became drunk and
attacked his sick wife. Neighbors
sent for Sheriff Hertz, who lodged the
man in the county Jail, where he is
awaiting trial. Paul will not say
where he procured his liquor, fur
Their than that he got it of Casey"
The case will be thoroughly fnvestf-
gated by the authorities.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-18

they were married in 1866 they were
too busy establishing home to go
away. Mr.. Brown is retired Penn
sylvania railroad shopman, having
served the company A years. While
he and his wife have had an annual
pass for several years, they have never
used it until the delayed wedding trip
They have lived in the same house for
half century.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-18
HONEYMOON AFTER so YEARS
AGED Pennsylvania Couple at Last
Find Time to Take Little Wed
ding Trip.

Altoona, Pa.-Mr. and Mrs. James
Brown of Altoona have finally found
time to take wedding trip, notwith-
standing the fact that it has been more
than fifty years since they were mar
ried. They visited friends in Lewis
ton. and the occasion was made memo
ruble by Il dinner in their honor. When
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-18

AS the law requires that all ships
sailing under the American flag have
American officers, the problem now
arises as to where these are to be
obtained for the new constructions.
The state nautical scholarships fur
nish the chief supply, but there were
only Al to be graduated from the New
York state schoolship this year, num-
Der barely sufficient for the needs OF
ten of the new vessels.
The monthly bulletin of the cham
Der of commerce calls attention to the
needs of domestic commerce. In this
connection 1t says:
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-18
ooes 10 County,

Lead.-The municipal court in this
city, according to report just made.
during the past three months. collect
ed an aggregate of $132.50, which has
been turned over to the county. One
hundred dollars of this amount was
secured from forfeited bond. The
report proves that the people Of Lead
have been unusually law-abiding dur
ing the three months covered by the
report.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-18
Sue Clerk for Fees

Sioux Falls.-An action has been
commenced in the state circuit court
here for the recovery from William
G. Mcconnell. former clerk Of courts
OF hinnehaha county, of $4,000. fees
alleged to have been collected and
not accounted for during his term OF
office. Friends of the former clerk
assert the alleged shortage is made
up largely of fees which were not
paid in. Last winter Mcconnell re.
moved to Toronto. Can. where he
now resides.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-18
Lost WAY: Nat Death.

Sioux Falls.-1saac King, aged 10, a
Sisseton Sioux Indian, met death as
the result of being lost on the prai.
RE. Losing his bearings while riding
on horseback, he was overtaken by
darkness and compelled to crawl into
. strawstack, where he remained for
a period of three days and nights be
tore being found. Both his feet and
both hands we're frozen solid. In an
effort to save his life both feet and
both hands were amputated. but he
was unable. in his weakened condi.
ton. to Withstand the shock.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-18
Jewelry and siIverware Turned Up in
Excavation for House in Suburb
of Reading, Pa.

Reading. Pa.-Jewelry and silver
worth $500 was found buried in field
at Wyomissing, suburb, last Octo-
Der, while excavations were being
made for house. Irwin F. Impink Of
Wyomissing started investigation.
The name Cashier was on the jew
elry. Nh Impink noticed newspa-
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-18

Teacher Forty.seven Years; Quits.
Bridgewater.-Prof. s. M. Smith of
this city. the veteran schoolmaster
Of South Dakota. has, after AZ years
Of service to the cause Of education,
been compelled to give up his duties
owing to physical disabilities. Mr..
Smith is now ~ years old and began
his teaching career in the rural
schools Of Minnesota at the age OF
20 years. with salary of $50 per
month and board around"
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-18
Less Saloons In Lead.

Lead.-The number Of saloons
which have been doing business in
Lead during the last year has been
reduced by one. leaving Lead 13 sa.
looms which will do business until
July l, when statewide prohibition
goes into effect. The 10 saloon men
paid into the city treasury an aggre-
gate Of $500 in payment of the sec
ond installment of their licenses.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-18

per account of an accident in which
Catherine Cashier, child, was killed
by an automobile, and wrote to the
father of the child, Samuel ]. Cashier,
Il Philadelphia photographer.
A close examination disclosed on
the jewelry the word Tennessee"
Mr.. Cashier told of relatives resid-
ing in that state, and Mr.. Impink cor
responded with Mrs. Catherine Cast
ner of Tennessee, who is spending the
winter in Winston-Salem, N. G. She
identified the jewelry as some stolen
from her, and it was sent to her.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-18
BOYS Guido THEIR FATHERS
Show That They Are Better Corn
Raisers Than Are Their
Sires.

Memphis, Tenn.-Boys of six corn
clubs of Shelby county, Tenn, have
demonstrated they are better corn
raisers than their fathers. The aver.
age yield of corn per acre in the coun-
ty is 21.5 bushels. The 165 boys of
the clubs have an average of 80 bush.
els to the acre; S9.67 bushels being
produced on one acre.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-18
Boar Kills Horses. .

Pierre.-T. H. Bultsna of Charles
Mix county lost four fine work horses
in a peculiar manner. A large boar,
weighing 700 pounds, broke from his
pen at night and, getting among the
horses, cut them so badly with his
tusks that they were made worthless.
The farm hands were puzzled to
know the cause of the condition Of
the. horses until they discovered that
the boar was loose and found that his
head was covered with blood.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-18
! Springfield Pioneer Dies.

springield.-Daniel Niles, one OF
the earliest settlers in Springfield, is
dead at the age of SO. He came here
from diego. N. Y. in 1872 and home
steaded two miles west of town. His
wife died twelve years ago. He was
q lifelong Mason. charter member
Of Mt. Zion lodge No. 6. and was sev.
en- times elected its master. He
served one year as grand treasurer
He was also couny commissioner fol-
some years. He belonged to the So
ciety of Friends.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-18
Plants for Window Boxes.

Window boxes are so popular now.
adays that many plants are required
for the filling Of them each season,
and these can be easily grown by the
amateur. Petunias, nasturtiums, sweet
alyssum, candy tuft-all these can be
used in them with good results, and
they can be grown with good margin
of profit.