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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-12-27
TWO NEW STATE BANKS
FOR SOUTH DAKOTA

Pierre s. D., Dec. 22.Two new
banks have been added to the list Of
state banks One Is the Commercial
state bank of Grow Lake, with stock
of 5000. r.. J. Harrison. president:
E. II. Miller. vice president. and j. G..
anty State bank Of Rec Heights, capital
SIS, 900; Nc. Bonesteel. president: +.
p. Stiles, Vice president. and L. NJ.
Meggs, cashier.
COLI EoE ENROLMENT is
alIGHTLY LOWER
Huron, s. D., Dec. 20. Huron college
closed yesterday for the holiday yaca y
tfon. The present enrolment Is 2S4
students In All departments, or Just
4 per cent less than at the Correspond
Ing date last year
WENTN ORTIZ In one day recently a
single local buyer paid farmers OF this
vicinity An aggregate OF nearly s2,ooo for
poultry marketed by them,
RAPID q ~ When school csosed Ill
the high school Monday afternoon that
tinstitutlcn Had dl3tlnction that 4
thought 70 belong TO no other school IL
the state Of South Dakota andsto few il
my IN the Gnited States Every member
bennington conaty chapter Of the Red
Gross
GREGoR thon annual business
ulcctinE the members of the local voisis,
l:eer fire department elected the foiiowiria,
1tfleefs Tor the c0Eulng Yer lars.aiaAsSs
RF6tidstsi. Josspfi
II Gnr;; AecsefArys g5eorge EAsTls: chief. fI:s
Is Isnst 1911 tent schists g yeet
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-12-27

Recent figures of coal production in
France. an industry OF which the de-
partnlent Of the Loire, in the st. Eli
enne consular district, is an important
put Of over 100000 TONS show an in
crease from 100000 tons i'm Novem-
Der, 1916. to 100000 tons in March.
1917, and a total increase in production
and importation of from 100000 tons
In January, 1917, to over 100000 tons
in May. This gain was made possible
by readjustment of mine workers and
= closer study OF transportation prob
lens. The movement of coal by motor
lorries, in addition to other co1nmodi-
ties by a fleet of heavy motor trucks
purchased and operated by the city of
St Etienne. is a recently inaugurated
service which has aided distribution
and relief OF congestion ma eriallY.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-12-27
BUTTON" COMMITTEE
IS HOLDING THE BAG
Legislature Had No Right to
Appropriate Money to Boost
Fair Building.

Pierre, s. D., Dec. 22.-The attorney
general has ruled that the act passed
oy the 1917 legislature appropriatin&
S2.033.66 for buttons which were pur-
chased to finance South Dakota
building at the Panama exposition is
unconstitutional.
The situation is that commission,
appointed by the governor in 1915 to
md ways and means Of having South
Dakota building at the fair, purchased
these buttons on their own responsible
tlity and expected that the sale OF them
would finance the building. Unfor-
s:nately the buttons did not sell very
well-however, the commission last
appropriation to pay for the buttons,
and the legislature passed the act pro-
sviding for it,
Now 1t is held unconstitutional be-
cause the state can in no way be held
liable for debt incurred by individ-
uals. even though acting in good faith
as IN this case, when there is no
statute in existence authorizing the
expenditure of such money 1t is likely
therefore that the members of the
commission will have to be liable them
selves for the purchase price of the
buttons.
vIBoRG BOY ANXIOUS
FOR REAL ACTION
Viborg. S. D., Dec 22.-'Tn the day
time one would think it was the most
peaceful country you ever saw, and an
irishman in my section swore there
weren't any Germans over there, but he
changed his mind when the first shell
hit near us, and he was convinced and
satisfied"
Thus writes Corporal o. c. Karp, OF
Battery A, Fifth Field Artillery, Ameri-
can expeditionary force, a Viborg boy,
In a letter to South Dakota relatives. At
the time of writing the letter he had
lust returned from the firing line.
we were along the firing line for
nearly month"; he writes. which gave
as a good initiation. We We're fired
upon for two days, but no one was hurt,
although they were hitting pretty close.
But one good thing is that we can hear
them Il mean the shells). When they
come they make whistling noise,
which makes us scramble for the dug
out, for it is safety first here as well as
any other place. and these holes are
sure safe enough for any shell for a
while: they're about 20 feet under
ground.
Talk about work, here is where you
see work done and lot of it, too. One
funny thing about the front is that you
can't see a thing; not a man in sight
only at night, when they go to and from
the trenches. We have to dig and make
augouts and gunpits. have tried near
~ everything in the artillery line and
am now anxious to get up again Ito
The firing lne) and stay until we beat
the kaiser. Here where am now they
use horses, but where I was before it
was nearly all oxen the farmers used"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-12-27
NEW CLUB SECRETARY
ON DUTY At MlrcAEt

-
Mitchell. s. D.. Dec. e2.W w
Blaine. elected secretary OF the Mitchell
Chamber OF Commerce, has arrived here
and taken UP his new duties. Mr.. Blaine
comes here from Everett. Wash. whers
ne had been secretary Of the CONNER.
ciRb club and other civic Organizations
for.I the past six years.
5,ss
MITCHELL Local coal dealers say
they have less than Toto tons OF coal d,
al kinds on hand. only enough to run the
city week in cold weather.
DE sMETIn the circuit court here
Charles M. HeetAr. a farmer. entered i
|plea Of guilty to the charge or assault
and battery and was fined 500 and costs
The 1nse originated halloween night:
when Heeter fired on q number uf bows
who were playing halloween FRANKS
woundlng one OF them named BENDER
Tho boy recovered. ss
BRITroN AZ the result 81 mass
meeting feld IN this city through tlic a.
forts Aof Mr.. ampbeil. Or Dell Raps. i
Council ~ Defense Was organized. Win
1krS 81. MI ttltzis az thin eif ~ c0tiut y
&l11f f113 81
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-12-27
eooTLA..o. souTH DAKOTA
new device with which INSTRUCTION

new device with which instruction
in aiming a rifle can be given, without
the use of ammunition, has recently
been tried out in teaching recruits 5t.e
use of firearms. consists essentially ~
a wooden rod, 16 inches long, >i.th
q metal end which is slipped on and
fastened to the muzzle Of the rifle. Tho
outer end carries an arrangement in
which miniature celiuloid targets are
placed. There are also screws for NOV
ing the target up or down and, to the
right or left. On this end, too, is
small dotting apparatus and place for
cards to be dotted by it. In learning
to aim, the pupil rests the rifle on the
instructors shoulder and directs the
latter to move the target as he. the
pupil, deems to accord with proper aim.
When the man aiming believes that me
sights and bull's-eye are in proper
alignment he calls out mark and the
Instructor. by means of a finger key,
actuates the dotter. The latter makes
a mark on the card phich serves as a
record of the aim.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-12-27
MAY BE PERMANENTLY
JOTAlI BLINDED

Alexandria, S. D., Dec. 22.-Sid
Coombs, formerly OF this city, recently
spending some time on his ranch near
Highmore, this state. suffered a pain
ful injury which will possibly result in
total blindness, when he placed tight
ly covered can on the stove to thaw out
the contents. He bent over the stove
later just as the can exploded and tin
and contents burned Mr.. Coombs' face
and eyes terribly.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-12-27
RURAL Mp.lL CARRIER
LOSES EAR IN ACCIDENT

man, one OF the rural mail carriers out
Of here. completely upset his automobile
about six miles west OF this city. giving
him severe shaking up and taking one
OF his ears nearly off The auto was
headed west and landed right side ur
facing east. a
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-12-27
RAILROAD WORKER is
HORRIBLY INJURED

Rapid City, s. D., Dec. 22.-As the
bridge gang was returning on a gaso-
line speeder on the Northwestern rail
road east of Washta, Herman Kirch-
enberg, member of the crew, was in
some manner thrown from the little car
ana impaled on crOwbar, part of the
equipment of the crew, receiving in
1uries from which he died an hour and
half later at Washta. The bar entered
his body just above the hip and pene-
trated nearly through the body, the
wound being 10 inches deem - ~ .
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-12
THE HEALTH OF THE MELTING POT


to sleep while tho heat wave lasted.
At home, tho department said. 1t Is
possible to keep cool by taking Off
your clothes and dipping in cold wa
ter. whereas at the beaches 1t Is often
difficult to find a single sleeping place
in the crowd OH the sands and unless
you wear bathing suit you are han
dicapped by clothes. A young Yiddish
woman on the East Side who read one
OF these circulars tore 1t up and
laughed scornfully. eva, and when we
do stay at home they won't give US any
peace" she said. in very much worse
English than 1t Is possible to write 1t.
AT o'clock In the morning we must
all get up and go in the house while
they wash tho streets"
Thus any attempt to educate the FOR
eign population OF New York cannot
he said to achieve overwhelming sue
cess. Yet recently the Health De-
partment has appeared to discover an
encouraging overwhelmingly. the NOV
les. Almost everybody in New York.
however poor. manages to scrape
enough money together to attend the
movies. When the idea of reaching
the people through this means first
occurred to DR.. Charles Il. Bolduan.
director Of the Bureau OF Public Health
Education. he was considerably clated.
But 1t has taken DIR. Bolduan three
years to get his movie health cam
paign started.
For. In tho beginning. he made 4
fatal mistake. He tried to give tho
New Yorker something for nothing. and
the New Yorker was Immediately sus-
picious. This is the prevailing char.
acteristic OF the metropolis, az any ex-
perienced philanthropist can attest. You
can open milk station here or lem
onade booth. announce that you Will
give away milk to any ono who wants
1t. and you Will not have one request.
The people will avoid your stand az
they would smallpox Yet you can
sell them milk and lemonade below
cost and do an overwhelming business.
one lemonade stand here, opened by a
New York philanthropist during the
not spell, served over thousand peo-
PIE win lemonade at cent a glass
every day. Thus when DR.. BoIduan
rented a hall and showed his health
movies free of charge to all who want
cd 10 see them. there was none who
wanted to. He simply could not get
anybody to look at them
Naturaily, this was discouraging. but
after some months Of constant thought
on the problem. the doctor found
new plan which met with Immediate
success. and which Is working we'll
now. He took his rolls OF film on the
right way to feed . baby. the dangers
carrier. our foe. tho mosquito, and the
making OF diphtheria toxin from horses,
to the various settlement houses The
settlement houses In turn distributed
the films among the moving picture
theaters OF tho district free Of charge
10 the exhibitors. who were only too
glad to add them to their program.
Hence. when a certain movie house adj
vertised the exhibition OF Nell, the
Daughter OF He'll Mountain" or somo
other sensational drama 1t would draw
It's usual record-breaking audience.
moneys worth. would sit solidly
through tho entire bill. the latter part
OF which was forceful lecture on
health and sanitation.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-12
Paving for Democracy


IT HE statement that one never thorough
1 ly values possession until he has to
pay well for it bids fair to be tested to the
utmost in this war. What are we paying
for in this war? The right to exercise our
personal manhood, self-respect and liberty as
individuals and nation. This right has
been challenged by the most powerful group
of tyrants and despots who has ever set foot
upon this planet, and SO it may actually cost
us more now to retain possession Of this
still imperfect ideal of liberty than all we
have spent in the agonies of the past in
winning it.
Tho Senate war tax bill, with its levy of
over two billions of dollars, which in the
main is soon to become a law, is the first
real concrete monetary fact of the war so
far as America is concerned. This fact
strikes down into the market place, per-
vades the country village and goes into the
coffee pot of the farmer and into the pipe
OF the tired man at his evening Preside
This bill is aimed to be democratic in
character as the purpose it is intended to
sustain and advance. Over half of it will
come from the incomes alone of the rich
the prosperous and successful the men with
positions and careers. The men and cor
porations making fortunes from war profits
will have to foot one-fourth of this bill. The
poor man who drinks tea or coffee or beer
or wine will have to contribute his mite
but it will be SO small that he will hardly
know 1t. And IL he chooses to leave off
these indulgences he escape the tax al
togsther, SO far this bill is concerned
But no one will forego his breakfast coffee
for the war, and the poor will have the
satisfaction Of knowing that they are stand
ing shoulder to shoulder with the man of
wealth in the struggle
The Senate bill is a plain, open tax bill
on its face, for it shows just where the
money is to come from and how much. 1t
has wisely eliminated one of the most OBJ
Jectionable features of the House bill to raise
the tarin tax 10 per cent. The House Re-
publicans will possibly contend for the re-
storation Of this eliminated feature of the
original bill in conference, but the country
Will not sustain them. The men of wealth
and the men making new fortunes out of
the war will pay this great war tax cheer
fully, for we'll do they know that not only
personal and national liberty, but the right
10 do business and make money are at stake
in this war.
The character of the bill and its passage
are not intended to reassure business. for
other tax bills must soon follow it, If the
war goes on. But the spontaneous willing
ness OF the people to pay for the war and
to sacrifice themselves on the battle field on
their faith that they will ultimately win the
war for democracy are the surest guarantees
for business to-day. There will be no real
trouble for business as long as this faith
IN our power to win the war remains Our
blood and billions will follow our faith, and
our faith is rock-ribbed in our love of
liberty In this gigantic struggle the human
race cannot and will not 60 backward. for
In all such crises it never has
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-12
Care OF Csnaries.

Mrs. *. c.. Charlottesville
essential being cleanliness, food and
water. The cage. and especially the
food and water vessels. should be kept
provided every day. and occasionai
freedom from the cage in q closed
room Is a real benent to the bird.
bird to draugtlts, as they are extremely
sensitive to cold. nor should It beIkept
in very hot room during the day and
perature OF about GO degrees: at night
the cage should be covered Tho prin.
oipal articles Of food arc seed. tho
may be bought ready mixed at any
bird store. and ripe but green leaves,
such az chickweed. Lump sugar Is
;best provided In the FORM OF \ cutie.
Ash bone, 10 essential to their health.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-12
John Mitchell ON G.rm.nr,soo.

John Mitchell ON Germnny-1s6o.
Sunday published an article by shane
rs es5ie %hl ESs should IKE for all
read II was. on John Mitchell. the
grandfather OF the present Mayor OF
New York. John Mitchell was an Irish
patriot or the disastrous 1S4S. and was
sentenced by the government to four
teen years transportation. He escaped
from Van Dieman's Land and came to
one Of the Richmond papers He threw
himself into the Civil War on our side.
and. though do not remember to have
scription OF his eloquence. He sided
with France in the war Of 1901. and
mere Tbs is w THAT he says on the subject
Everybody Is taking part In the grand
frankly and zealously for France.
one who has read the history of the
false house of Hohenzollern whether
In In the .,.i pages Of their partisan Carlyle
Idea of tho Unsuitable ambition and
utterly desperate treachcry of that
royal house: No family OF professional
up the burglar son. has ever been 30
unrelentinEly bent upon living on the
p,under Of others. and coming by that
ceivable lies. frauds and violence. as
this brood of HohenzolIerns." Is not
this remarkable analysis Of the House
or Hohcnzollern? And remember this
people were deluded by what was to
be Heen on the outside in France under
the rule OF Napoleon III.
Here Is what nc has Is say Of tho
Prussian policy: 1.-THE Prussian policy
10 to prepare very actively in secret,
aor some uni istiiab1e aggression. to
to employ military and engineering
spies on an immense scale to affect
innocence ,ni,e and uncoI seriousness II taxed
the moment has arrived to burst in
with overwhelming force"
s, S.te 1.-THE the overthrow OF Napoleon. he
la last taking. more definitely its true
character Of a struggle between Ger
m nns si tsuda ans and oigorchy on the
publicanism on the other. II is tho
old and inevitable contest which has
Enged IN Europe for eighty years
5 hefeatter we can nave no difficulty in
war In France. We arc either for the
rights and privileges Of mankind orr
ient renda rs Of an
pretends to ignore and deny all civil
rights whatsoever"
Mt. Leslie says that as far back as
1855; writing from Paris In The Nation,
mitchell had attacked the idea OF PAN
Germantsm. OR AS Mitchell expresses IL.
the idea that the Teutonic nationality
one mighty mass 80 as to become pre-
dominant and Irresistible in Europe
Listen finally to What this condemned
prisoner OF England has to say: .'Prus-
STA cannot be England's friend. Prussia
mas her own aspirations and ambitions
one OF these 's to I've great maritime
nower. or rather. the great MARITIME s
power OF Europe. and nothing In the
future can be more sure than that
struggle with France. will take Bel
GUM: and threaten from Antwerp the
mouth of the Thames"
r. f. RLACKwELL
Ashland. Va. August 0. 1917. n
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-12
Interesting Health Queries
ANSWERED BY DR. BRADY.
Copyright. 1917. National Newspaper servic. ,

Shoe Clerk Inserts His Horn-I hav. a,n.r..
for years with bunions on both feet A reliable
physician tells me thcre lis cure for me ar
cepting an operation. But experienced shoe
clerks oppose such an idea. saying they have
known of cases where blood poisoning paralysi.
and various bono diaeases have resulted from
such operations. should be glad 10 .rec.iva
your frank opinion. q a
Answer-H we had bunon We would NOT
look to shoe clerk for advice The surxeon
cures tho bunions. II any human being can do 80.
Symptoms of Pelagra.--G) Please descrIbe
tho earlier symptoms Of pellaRra (2) What In
considered the best remedy? c. r. T.
Answer.-(D Stomach trouble, run down con-
dition. that tired feeling. nervous weakness
heartburn, Hore mouth. diarrhea, roughness OF
skin OF back Of hands, especially whom such
symptoms reeur each spring. (2) "A diet which
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-12

includes wide variety OF natural foods such
as fresh or dried beans and peas fresh meat
whole cereal, fresh fruits.
Our Kind of Girl have been readInr vour
daily articles regularly. and have coincidence
IN your sound judgment am eiEhty-two years
oid by register. but thlrty-four In heart at
them. My sole COMPLAINT Is constipation, brought
on some six years - when / had sciatica and
resorted to pills &aSeep the bowels active
However. your bran gems are giving much re-
lief. Do you suppose 1 can be getting harden
Ing of tho arteries? If you think It possible
notwithstanding my youth. say So You have
way OF saying such things to people without
alarming thcm-your good humor Is mex
haustiblc. MRS e r. T.
Answer.-A girl who goes to the movies every
week probably has pretty elastic arteries Per-
maps you should adopt the whoc-wheat break
tast food-Get n bag Of seed wheat. and cook II
three times in freess cooker. and eat with
cream and sugar This is contribution of n
young fellow who cured his constipation after
having fought 1t for about forty years unsuc-
cessfully.
WAS nus dss5,s Of U,ssrng Deep
articles in the daily paper. I had often read
10 ana
nm Sn,an 81 mIen Now know arc quite
is FED od ii ask milk eraSse aes
twef t Ssa sShtseni and lc cereal from
needed nourlshment? % oe T. r. p Oh
bumsn nimS T that diet is pretty slim for
the baby should have also e se neat brob
at least three times week. ano a little mashed
supply needed ana S Sr ssS
S %ih develop We, the digestive organs Don't baby
.wThse, Ne Line.-To "NYz." Anxious"
sp M9scsd we and Others; There many vital
a fb Is one which you suspect even approac
snve hs and s9 Of
an answer.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-12
The Cnae of Jonea

lie caught cold did William Jones-a cold
That got Into his bones. He coughed and
~heezed and sneezed and choked until he very
heuriy croaked. Tom johnson told him OF
cure that he found always safe ana sure
Jack Smith said spiggem's was the dope Tom
Jackson said: Take Tar and Soapw Most every
man that William knew had something that
would pull him through. and William tried
the'n. every one-took all the stan beneath the
SUM- At home the folks did what they co,,Id
TO make poor Williams cold be good; but. in
the end, poor William died. while all his frie,ds
gave up and sighed. And on his grave thew
placed shaft. appropriately epitaphed "He
mad cold. could not endure IT, and died o.
things he took to cure iti'
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-12
SEEN ON THE SIDE
HENRY EDWARD wARNER

Shopping.
Now the woman with tho nose 4t..>
Set for bargains. gayly goes
Where the scrambling bargain hunters jostle
shoulders. heads and toes,
And she joins the struggling throng,
And Is hurried fast along
On the breast Of a desire for fortune for a
song.
Here she fingers DER a few
Dainty things In violet blue
That have tumblcd from dollar to paltry
ninety-two:
And she sample hat
That just strikes her fancy pat
And she loses twenty minutes yearnins hone
lcssly for that!
Here dress and there stock,
Dainty trimming for frock.
Or. perhaps. fancy scarf that might add beau
ty to the clock;
Cloaks and coats and things galore
Make her soul. in anguish roar
For she fully realizes that she cannot buy the
store!
Bargains big and bargains small.
Dreams for anything at all
In bewildering profusion, from a mattress to n
shawl
Greet her vision everywhere;
And the fever in the air
Sends her pulse to more than normal-to the
blood-heat of despair! :.
o the agony she feels
AS her cerebeIlum reels
With the laundering that smites her from her
bonnet to her heels!
And for months she will insist
Checking items her list
That the things She bought were nothing to
the bargains that she missed!