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Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-12-27
U. S. IS INDEPENDENT
OF GERMAN CHEMICALS
Advance in Three Years Equiva.
lent to Progress of Ger.
many in Fifty Years.

BY far the largest and most com.
plete exhibition of its kind ever held
In the world is open to the public in
New York Mt the Grand Central pal.
ace. 1t is the third annual exposition
OF chemical industries. In the exposi.
tion ut the palace Is presented the
greatest collection of exhibits of chem.
zeal Industries ever made. It really
represents the lifting of the veil Of
mystery that has heretofore surround.
ed the chemists work, and the dis.
closure of the secrets Of the manufac.
ture of gunpowder, paper and pulp, as.
phalt. fertilizer. dyestuffs and numer.
GUS other products of the chemists in.
genuity.
To large extent the European war
is responsible for the exposition, which
represents the efforts that have been
made to meet emergencies resulting
from the lack of products formerly
shipped to this country from foreign
laboratories. That the American chem.
list has succeeded in effectively produc.
ing some of the things for which sew
eral years ago we looked to the Eu,
ropean markets is now generally
granted. The displays at the palace
emphasize this fact. During the last
three years leading chemists and sci.
cntists declare, this country has made
advances in chemical Industries EQUIV.
alcnt to the progress made in Germany
in fifty years, and America, it can now
he said, is absolutely independent OF
foreign countries in this field.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-12-27
OLD WOMAN IS KILLED
Lived for Years In a Place Built 70,
Chickens.

j. K. Ewing, humane officer of East
st. Louis. and Mrs. Jane Law, truant
officer, recently asked County Judge
Messick for an order to commit Mrs
Anstea Latieur, eighty-five years old
to an asylum or home. This action
was taken after it was learned thai
until recently Mrs. Thompson lived IN
a shed in the rear of the home of be,
granddaughter, Mrs. Incz Thompson
ut No. 1927 North Forty.ninth stree,
A part of the shed was used as a chic -
en- house. q
Since fire threatened the she1 ,,,,
Monday Mrs. Latieur has lived in ha,
granddaughter's kitchen. Mrs r,, ~ n.1
son told Ewing her grandlp. other ,,1..s
feeble and unable to wUk md W. WV" =,
been satisfied with her Quarters in the t,,o
shed. IL tue
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-12-27
NOW THE rs WALK"
Said to Be "DreadfuIIy Simple" After
One Gets On to Il,

~ Fashion settlers among Los Angeles
colony Of the silent drama are trans.
forming the historic "debutante
SLOUGH" into the human letter IS" walk,
and to those who have not acquired
the new promenade fashion there is a
struggle to attain the correct move.
ment.
The hustle, the time-honored arti.
Gle of feminine adornment, has been
shifted to the front to give q sort Of
concave appearance above and con.
vex below, and the girls say that the
rest is "dreadfully simple" after one
gets on to it,
Many well-known local actresses
have taken up this style, but are hard
put for n name for it. Men, how.
ever. in whose realm manly beauty il
supposed to consist of broad chest
and lean hips, are not expected to
copy.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-12-27
HAS NARROW ESCAPE
Man 10 Hit by Dynamite, but Il Fails
to Explode,

Alexander Smith, a chauffeur of
New York. is being congratulated by
his friends on his escape from a most
remarkable experience. While seated
at the wheel of his machine, before the
Equitable building, one of New York,s
greatest skyscrapers, two sticks Of
dynamite fell from one; Of the upper
stories of the structure and struck him
on the head. Smith was knocked un.
conscious and his scalp was lacerated,
but the dynamite did not explode. The
bureau of combustibles experts said
there was enough dynamite in the two
sticks to have wrecked Broadway for
Q block. The police are endeavoring
to find out whether the dynamite was
thrown by design or whether It was
eome sort Of IN scddsps>
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-12-27
GREATEST SHEEP PE:ls
Gigantic Pens at Denver Hav. c.,..
ity Of $4,000 Head

occupying floor space of NOR,
than eight acres. Denver has onanat
the largest sheep sheds In the wo.k.
Inc only exercises defeating the IA,
'nense structure was the turning in,
OF nearly $4,000 sheep into The mems m
the upper and lower decks.
Inc building is double decked. ana
constructed so that. other decks can
DC ADDED II required. At present tn.
Situ mas a capacity Of $4,000 bend
:! IS OF solid concrete. reinforced bv
steel; Is 400 feet long and ssO Zoo,
wide. o At'e'
TIA structure cat s15oooo
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-12-27

Before she became n princess, Mrs.
Joseph Stickney was one Of the best
known society matrOns in New York.
AS the Princess Aymon de Fancigny
Lucigne the doors of French society
nre always open to her. She has given
up the life of society leader and as
an aide to the duchess de Rohan is
In the hospital which the duchess de
Rohan conducts in her beautiful cha.
teau near Paris.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-01
The Trade Winds.

The constancy of trade winds is due to the pcrmanence of the conditions which rule them. AS the heated air at the equator ascends surface winds set in from north and south and. uniting. ascend in their turn and flow off in opposite directions. As the velocity of the earth's revolution from east to west is much greater at the equator than at the poles, wind blowing along it's surface to the equator is constantly arriving at places which have higher velocity than itself: hence it is retard- ed and must lag behind, and under the influence of two opposing forces it is compelled to take an intermediate di- rection. so that what was originally a north wind is deflected and flows southwest. while what started as a south wind becomes northwest From the great service they have rendered to navigation these reliable winds are called trade winds.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-01
NO AUTHORITY ON MORALITY :

We have never considered Theo- dore Roosevelt as an authority on morality, so, when he pronounces Wilson's note to the belligerenr na- tions immoral" we can only say we should like better security for his premises.
 ITO judge from what l read in the papers, the net effect, and the only net effect, of this supposed ac- tion for peace was to ruin an inn mense number of small investors who were not forewarned, and for the benefit of very few persons who, if they did not know Of these events prior to their publication for the information of the public, then certainly showed that on this occa- sion they were inspired by proph- etic insight concerning the handling of our foreign affairs
 That is to say, people who possess prophetic insight" and use it for business purposes, are immoral. There was a time, however, when Theodore would have alluded 10 them as practical men" and included him.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-01
TOO MUCH LAW.

The lieutenant governor of Penn sylvania has been looking into the legislative product of the various states and of congress for the past five years and finds that more than 6O,O00 laws have been enacted in that period by their very bulk men, ace to the business of the nation and the welfare and peace of mind of it's people. The United States and the various states are now so overbur- dened with law and much of it useless law, that it amounts to a national handicap.
 Not only is the business of the country bound with useless chains, but it is semi-annually threatened with a new stock of letters, imposing constant sense of insecurity and business incertitude.
 Legislators now attending to their duties can render no greater service 1 to their constituencies than by hold i ing down new law to actual necessi- ] ties. Much revolutionary legislation was enacted in the various states two years ago. Some of the radical changes in policies have not yet been fully tried out. The past two years have been years of readjustment and of experiment with the conditions ct new legislation, and we are not far enough along in many of our expert ments to determine as yet what fur ther changes should be made. In many states legislators are ai- ready hoppering in hundreds of bills for new laws, designed to change, amend or repeal existing law that Is still in the experimental stage. The need for little breathing time seems indicated with an opportunity for the people to catch up with ] E. islation and ascertain their needs more accurately.
 | Legislators, and especially young Legislators, should rid themselves of the impression that they musr fasten some new law upon the people to 1 fully serve them. Very often the ill legislator does in this respect lives long after him.
 We suggest, without intention to disparage, that members of the legis- latures of the various states who use ordinary common sense in their work, such intelligence as they may have to study the states needs, and s"ch judgment as may be utilized ill voting
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-01
self among their number.

self among their number.
 Now he calls them "conscienceless gamblers" Which implies that the "small investors they skinned eplen- ty are not gamblers at all. That Is surely a delicate question for experts on morality. The gambler who loses is not a gambler; the gambler who wins is a gambler, and "conscicnce- less" one to boot. There gre no Inal- efactors of small wealth." only the other kind, who eat 'em UT
 No. Everything considered. we decline to accept Roosevelt as an au- thority on morality. He hasn't prov en Wilson's note immoral. The best he could do was to assert that some persons, characterized by hlm as "conscienceless gambler" s"--for no other reason that we can see than that they won out-made an immoral use of it. And that charge is fully as doubtful and unsubstantial as the other
 We like Theodore best when he is talking about killing people. His sin cerity then is unprecedented, and we can readily believe him. But when the Colonel descends to morality he falls considerably from his high es- tate.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-01

BARRIERS and others who use al. cohol in tonics or lotions will be as seriously affected by the Wickersham bill as drug stores. AS alcohol is the basis of all medicines it is difficult to see how it can be abolished. To go through the red tape necessary to secure alcohol for medical purposes will be so much bother and vexation that it will hardly pay druggists to handle patent medicines. It looks as if the Delegate had method in his madness.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-01

THE Seattle papers are "up tree'' lfiguratively speaking. They dare not come out and take side either foi or against Mayor Gill, who, according to all indications, is about to be scalped. They fear to take his sido and they likewise fear to take his enemies side of the question: and there you are. The principle Don't hit a man when he is down." applies here; for that reason they are feeling their way; they are waiting because they have not enough courage to ex- lress their own opinion. But all we have to do is to wait until they have routed the "nigger" out of the wood rile and then whatever side wins will have their support. The winning side in a controversy is always .he favor ite This accounts for the popular ity of the democrats in Ke,cLikaL today Miner.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-01

THE proposition to establish sn electric pump on the dock for the pro- |tection of this end of the city is a good one and should meet with en- couragement. Too much precautions cannot be taken against fire, and it might also be good plan to estab- fish some sort of fire station out near Wickersham avenue and Sherman. That section of the city has but lit tie protection and the time taken to run hose there would be vital in case of a serious fire.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-01
WiIlie's Fervent Wish.

Papa was sitting by the table tead- ing his evening paper. Generally, when he came across an item of in- terest, he read 1t aloud to mamma. Little William. a typical little pitcher with big ears." as rule was not in the least concerned about the items his father read aloud. But the other evening he was nightly interested.
 II see. ma." said papa. that tie fishermen around Cape Cod have gOEe out of the whaling business and'-
 Up spoke William promptly.
 Gee whiz, papa, wish you was a Cape Cod fishermanr'-Chica Jour nal.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-01
In Hot Water.

Two citizens were tOddling up the street one day recently. earnestly en' gagged in exchanging their experiences with dyspepsia.
 And did you ever try the hot water cure?" asked the thin one.
 Did I?" repeated the melancholy one, who had also something of the saving grace of humor in his makeup as many melancholy men have. "l should say did. Why, man. I've been married fifteen years"
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-01
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1917
WHO eIDEs HIS TIME.

WHO BiDES HIS TIME.
 By JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY. ICopyright 1887, 1S9S by James Whitcomb
 Riley.l WHO bides his time and day by day W Faces defeat full patiently, And lifts a mirthful roundelay, However poor his fortunes be. He will not fail in any qualm Of poverty-.the paltry dime It will grow golden in his palm, Who bides his time. NTT1O bides his time-he tastes the sweet W Of honey in the saltest tear; And though he fares with slowest feet Joy runs to meet him, drawing near The birds are heralds of his cause, And, like a never ending rime, The roadsides bloom in his applause, Who bides his time. WIT1O bides his time and levers not W In the hot race that none achieves, Shall wear cool wreathen laurel wrought With crimson berries in the leaves; And he shall reign a goodly king And sway his hand OCT every cline With peace writ on his signet ring, Who bides his time.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-01
All For the Best.

Why do the roses fade slowly away" she inquired poetically.
 Well" replied the baldheaded young man, "when you think it over it's all for the best. It's more com fortable to have them fade slowly away than to go off all of a sudden. like a torpedo"
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-01

THOSE stock brokers must be a credulous bunch when a statement by Secretary Lansing can cause a furry in stock quotations. The stock mar ket must be kept bobbing up and down like a jumping jack if Secre- tary Lansing's statements car affect it so easily.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-01

NOW that a man has been sentenC- ed to jail in Tacoma for libeling George Washington by saying that he loved the cup that inebriates, we may look for some notoriety loving judge to sentence those who state that Noah got intoxicated upon a certain mem- orable morning long ago.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-01
A Method of Division.

L., who was full of pranks, was taken i'll. We must be careful" said his doctor "I will send you nurse of not less than fifty years of age"
 Rather" replied L., ''send me two each twenty-five years old."-Gaieties de Ia Medicine.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-01

THE first reported discovery of gold in the United States was in the State of Georgia in 1929, and Georgia still has a number of producing pla- cer and quartz mines.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-01

intelligently, will have earned the public gratitude, even if they add DO new law to the huge bulk that now retards the activities of the people of the states.-Post- st-Intelligencer.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-01

TT is but fitting that Wickersham' $ be the hand which smites the saloon men and the vets of Alaska. They were all for him to a man, and t but rounds out the measure of his deal ings with his friends.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-01

THE Japanese current, which was suspected at one time of approaching the Alaskan coast, certainly is not moving very rapidly in this direction this winter.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-01

If you could only get married wo- men to believe that being good na- tured improves the complexion lot of married men would be happier.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-01

IN case of war with Germany the Colonel will probably return from the Fijis and apply for command of a divisional $1O,O00 per.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-01

JAPAN is said to have eggs in stor- age over one hundred years old. We know now where some of the eggs we get for breakfast come from.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-01

Somehow or other nobody ever kids big broad-shouldered, athletic, brown-skinned, military looking guy because he wears wrist watch.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-01

The one time a mans credit is al. ways good is when he sets out to bor- row trouble.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-01

A burned child dreads the fire. But a man will go and get married sec ond time.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-01
Ambitious.

Are your men ambitious?"
 "Oh. very. Every man around the place is willing to do anybody's work but his own." = Louisville Courier Journal.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-01

You can easily patch up quarrel, but it is not so easy to keep the patches from showing.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-01

One thing we can all agree on is that the other fellow ought to be sat isfied with what he has.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-01

A girl gets just as mad when d strange man admires here as she does if he fails to notice her.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-01

THIS little furry may be uncom- fortable, but you should have seen it in '98."
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-01

Little things are little things, but to do little things faithfully is . great thing.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-01

Even in the thirst for glory a mar seldom stops to think of the next morning.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-01
Miner Ads. bring RESULTS.

Have you tried our poker chip candy and also our new line of chew ing gum, Candy Kitchen If
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-01

Hot drinks are in full swing at the Candy Kitchen If
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-01

LOST-Small gold beauty pin at Odd Fellows or Moose hall. Finder please leave at Prospector office or call 214. St
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-01

Why not VICTROLA? We have them from $15 up. Valdez Drug Co. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-01

NOTICE-Electrical heaters. cook CTS, percolaIors. vacuum-cleaners. {
 will be advanced in prices after New
 years. by the manufacturers. Stock on hand will be sold at prevailing prices, at the Emporium.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-16

commission composed Of neutrals.
Dutch and Spanish representatives,
will be formed to take it's place and
supervise the distribution in the oc-
cupied Belgian territory.
The new arrangements will hardly
be as efficient as the old for a long
while. 1t will take time for a new
commission to acquire experience and
demonstrate capacity equal to that
of the one it supersedes. Minor Amer
lean officials, who have likewise con-
tributed so greatly to the success of
the relief work, will not be able to
transfer their experience to others
From whatever viewpoint considered,
the withdrawal of the American COM
mission must prove hurtful to Belgian
relief.
Thus Belgium, which was the first
victim Of Germany's disregard of In
ternational law, reappears as the lat
est victim of her newest breach Of
accepted principles. Tearing up a.
treaty as scrap of paper and tearing
up international law in submarine
campaign fall alike on her defense
less head. Through it all she remains
the supreme victim Of that eXpediency
which has come to be the higher
law" for Germany.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-16
A PATHETIC PROTEST.

For a demonstration of the utterly
pathetic plight of small European ma
tions in the present clash of powers
the reader is referred to the note of
the Scandinavian nations to Germany
protesting against the submarine
blockade.
On the face of the situation it is
impossible that any effect could come
of such protest. The senders of the
note signify In their more than diplo-
matte language that nothing but a
formal complaint is intended, and
that If the Teutonic imperial highness
chooses to pursue it's course of lille
gality and ruthlessness far be it from
the Scandinavian nations to impede
the imperial government in any way
Belgium. Serbia and Montenegro
are in the hands of conquerer. Por-
tugal is immune only by its inacces-
sibility, and Holland. Denmark, Nor
way and Sweden. while their shipping
is being smashed like child's play
things, abjectly kneel at the feet Of
great military power, protesting
humbly and unable to assert their SOW
ereignty or self-respect.
Experience has shown that even in
the worlds present civilized state
there are, at most only two ways a
nation can exist and assert its sover-
eign rights at any time. One way is
to be fully armed and prepared. The
other is to become member OF a
league Of nations, providing such a
league exists. Against the former al
Tentative are the natural limit to the
resources and the man power Of small
nations and the futility OF resistance
by any one nation Of unlimited combi-
nations Of powers in hostile alliance
Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-16

HAD BUSY DAY
Much Business Disposed OF
by the Montana State
Solons.

Helena, Mont, Feb. ,15.-The bill to
increase the number of justices on the
state supreme bench met its quietus
yesterday when the house rejected a
motion to reconsider the unfavorable
action of yesterday Rural represen-
tatives banked against the measure.
Husser's bill to fix fee of 81 for
err long debate. Licenses are free, at
present. Lanes bill for two congress
sional districts was advanced in the
house.
The house finally killed H. B. 72, by
Bernard, providing penalties for dr1V-
ing spikes in sawlogs, when it refused
to accept a senate amendment.
Upon report of the appropriations
committee, which yesterday. returned
seven measures carrying appropria-
tions, five bills were killed in the
house today and two were favorably
received. The bills which were final
Kemmis, for the creation Of a normal
school at Sidney: H. B. No. 201, by
Gullidge, for a normal school at Ter
ry; H. B. No. 218, by johnson of Ra-
valli, for q fish hatchery in Ravalli
county; H. B. No. 2O6, by Grimes, for
an appropriation for moving pictures
Of the members Of the house and SEN
ate and state executive officers. and
H. B. No. 30s, by Ashby, for an ap-
preparation for the maintenance of a
state board of poultry husbandry.
The committee reported favorably
upon H. B. No. 140. by Cotter. for the
creation of a Montana State geological
survey and H. B. No. 200, by Blodgett,
to pay deficiency claim of Tim Dris-
coll for transporting prisoners to the
penitentiary.
Two county division bills. S. B. No.
So, by Jones, for the creation of
Wheatland county, and s. b. No. rs
by Oliver. for the creation of Sykes
county, were recommended for con-
cnrrence
Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-16
PUBLIC HEARINGS END
Leak Probers Leave New York for
Washington; No Moro Oral Tcsti-
, mOny To Be Taken.

New York, Feb. 15.-Leaving fur
ther examination Of brokers' state
ments as to their dealings for custom
ers during December to sub-com-
mittee OF three, the congressional
committee investigating the "leak" on
President Wilson's peace note today
adjourned it's public hearings and
most of the members returned to
Washington tonight. This action
came after statement by the COM
mittee's counsel, Sherman L. Whipple,
that he did not consider 1t profitable
for the full committee to spend any
more time taking oral testimony in
view of other more urgent duties of
the members at the capitol.
The subcommittee, consisting, of
Representatives Philip Campbell of
Kansas; VIM. S. Bennett of New York,
and M. D. Foster of Illinois, will stay
here until Monday examining brokers'
statements, planning to continue their
work in Washington after that.