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Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-12-27
successful Raid ON Gamblers.

Mount yernon,-sherif Owens d
Dawson county conducted a sensa-
tional raid on gamblers in Mount Yer
non and as the result Of the raid gath
cred in and placed under arrest seyen
e The raid was made at about 2
o'clock in the morning, the officers
forcing an entrance into the room
When taken into court the defendants
were heavily fined.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-12-27
Dedication Postponed.

Notwithstanding OF the contrac
tors 10 get material for laying the
floors In tho new Methodist hospital
hcre has caused a postponement Of
the date OF the dedication. originally
sci for Dec = until some time about
New Years
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-12-27
TO Try Germans.

Sioux Falls.-Indictments against
% Hutchinson county Germans, arrest
ed last August by federal officers
charged with violation Of the espion-
age act, were returned by the federal
grand jury in session here. The men
will be arraigned in federal court for
trial. They are alleged to have at
tempted to hinder the operation OF
the s~electiye draft law.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-12-27
Liberty L Day.

Pierre.-Gov. Norbeck will issue a
proclamation calling upon the people
OF the state to assist in making the
afternoon OF October "a a legal holi
day. following the suggestion OF Pres
ident Wilson to that effect in which
the date is made a legal holiday for
all federal employees. Gov. Norbeck
will cali upon mayors of different cit
les to make the Liberty Loan Day,
one Of the events Of the year.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-12-27

Lane.-Peter Weller. a prominent
farmer. whose home was south Of!
Lane, was instantly killed when an;
automobile driven By him upset In
Turning a corner. AT the time Of the
accident he was returning from q
business trip 10 Lane He was driving
on 4 newly graded road when his auto
turned 0var.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-12-27

Yankton Papers fled at athc regis
terof deeds uaice, this county, ais
close That the Great NDrthern railroad
has bought Mp tho inferasts 10 the
Wessern Union telegraph lines along
IN railroad and viii hereafter control
sud Uperatc the ame
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-12-27
Given prison Term.


Sioux Falls.-In the Lake county
circuit court Earl Buffers Of Ramona,
who had previously entered a plea of
guilty TO the crime of criminal as
sault in the second degree, vas sen
is years in the Sioux Falls peniten-
tiary; Buffers enticed a Wonaan 20
years Of age to a farm house which
he had just vacated on the pretense
of having her clean up the place and
then attacked her He has a wife and
children.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-12-27
More indemnitYLsnds.

Pjarres-The state land department
has received clear lists Tor over 10.
0sRi acres Of indemnify~land selections
IA ihsTeIie Fourcha land district
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-12-27
Three burn to Death,

Veblens-The explosion of a kero.
sene stove in the home OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry DuMarse, near vebien. res
suited in the death of the mother and
two daughters. DuMarse was filling
the stove and had neglected to extin.
guish the fame. He poured too much
of the liquid into the tank and the over
flow caught fire and the explosion re-
suited. The interior of the house was
badly damaged by the explosion and
the burning LIQUID was dashed over the
members of the family.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-24

tors, who all participated in the handI. ing of the French wounded during the battle of Malmsison. Also sha has with her several American trained nurses and helpers. Among the doc. tors are Richard Boiling and Robert Schrock, from New York; George de Tarnovsky, from Chicago; John j.. Moorhead, from the New York Post Graduate hospital; and Doctors Paul R. Sieber, J. H. Wagner, Froidv. la. cobs, E. B. Cashmar and H. c Clarke of Pittsburg. The nurses comnrise Misses Sweet, Kilgrew and Holley, from the Detroit Harper hospital; Miss L B. Smith from New York hos. pital, and Miss Ptomley, from the Roosevelt hospital of New York
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-24
Carrying the 'sStar of Bethlehem
T>HE Star of Bethlehem as seen in

THE Star of Bethlehem as seen in
 Holland is pretty, but cheap
 sight. for il costs nothing Iris the harbinger of Christmas. q huge illuminated star. which is carried through the silent. dark Dutch streets, shining upon the crowding people and typical of the star which once guided the wise men of the east
 The young men of a Dutch town who go to the expense of this star, which is carried through the streets as sig nal that Christmas has come once again. are swayed by the full intention of turning the Star of Bethlehem to account
 They gather money from the crowds for the poor, and, having done this for the good of those whom fortune has not befriended. they betake them to the head burgomaster of the town who is bound to set down the youths who form the star company to very comfortable meal. 'Tis a great insti- tuition. the Star of Bethlehem. in many Dutch towns and cities, And may it never die out, for it does harm to no man and good to many.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-24
Few Christmas Toys Then.

Throughout the colonies in the sev- enteenth and eighteenth centuries toys were aIl almost unknown factor, but wherever Christmas observances were not froUued upon by religion feasting and good cheer were abundant, and rich and poor, old and young, shared in the G8uieS. abundant food and gen- ial atmosphere. In the eighteenth cen tuly toys began to make their appear ance iii the colonies. Some of them were brought from overseas and had the enchanting quality of novelty. Lit tie girls N'o had helped to mother their younger brothers and sisters were delighted with dolls that were all their own, to fondle and coddle. A toy was a thing to oe cherished in those days -Churchman.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-24
"ALittie Child Snail
 Lead Them''
NHRISTMAS is the apotheosis of Il r..-- u L lA.-

NHRISTMAS is the apotheosis of N enfeebIement. It is the eXaltation
 of childhood. It is the glory of the little child
 We celebrate this festival in bleak December, the uncrOwned month in our northern zone, lighting it's duh skies by the eternal fires of love in human hearts.
 There is not in all this land home where the rain beats through the roof. where the mother and father gather the children more closely to shelter them but the Christmas truth is shining. Blessed are the poor"
 There is not a homeless boy who i'll the December night creeps out of the snow into an empty dry goods box i'll the alley, not a little fellow up under the rafters of the poorhouse on the county farm. not founding left in q basket at the rich mans door, not a shivering, tins girl unfitted for fight with the storm, but the new trutn of the Christmas spreads it's wings over them
 When 1 am weak, then am l strong. Who is weak? Who is infirm upon his feet and walks with crutch? Who is afraid of thenortheast wind? Who says "I am better: yes, 1 think I am getting better. But somehow l do not get my vigor back?" Who leans up against the bale of goods on the half hidden cOun- ter and knows that she came back to work too soon? Who was born blind? Who hears the unfeeling call for an iron will and has it not, for q tireless energy and confesses that he lacks it, though he prays to heaven for this force that others have?
 To all of you the Christmas has it's meaning. There never was conquerOr like the child in the cradle. God hath chosen the weak things to cOnfOund the mighty. For 1000 years the history of the worlds civilization has been the story of the 'gentler virtues, the poem, the song and the triumph of suffering well. The race is not to the swift nor the battle to:the strong. Every letter of that sentence is eternally true.
 The grandest things that were ever done on earth were done by men and women who had the spirit of the child. The sublimest, work of the Creator is the sweet faced little child. It is everything for the child, heaven please all harvests. all gold. all schools, all trade, all government, all the coming better times Christmas means, And a little child shall lead them. Emory ]. Hayne in New York World
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-24
Passing Christmas
 EUe Outdoors

W7E all slept under the stars. as w usual, on Christmas eve. To
 shut oneself up in room from the delicious South African night is simply to miss one of the joys of liv- ing No one knows the stars who has not slept, as the French happily put it, la belle etoile. He may know all their names and distances and mag nitudes and yet be ignorant of what alone concerns mankind-their serene and gladsome influence on the mind" Stevenson surely would have loved Iih0deSia for it's nights alone.
 One great advantage of the long drought from which We had been suf feTing-in Rhodesia one must needs be all optiInist or die--is that le..e were practically no mosquitoes and very few dies. so that the stiffness of a mos quito curtain was unnecessary
 The night was cool and silent, ex- cept for the distant howl of jackal and the occasional hoot of an owl. About 5 o'clock the life of day began to stir, and the sun gradually turned
 
 golden green and bathed us in the scent of mhnosa blossom, the go away bird called impertinently from a bush close by, and two green parrakeets flew over our heads.
 Then one little sleeper after another rubbed his eyes and crept to the foot of the bed to fathom the treasures of the Christmas stocking As the sun rose higher tongues were loosened, and soon crackers cracked, and trumpets, six of them, were heraldlng the morn, if not exactly in the manner of the an gels.
 The noise worried nooone But when we had had enough we dispersed to seek baths. and some of us were even energetic enough to have a round of golf before breakfast.-'"The Heart of the Veld," by Madeline Aston.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-24
FANOUS RAINIER NUN ALCOHOLIC
 BEVERAGE

In the days of old Rainier was a famous beverage, round all the rim of the Pacific. Now times have changed, but Rainier is still here, re- introduced to the people of Alaska in the form of Rainier, a cereal bev. craze, and Rainier Special, a rich mellow drink.
 Both these new drinks are products of the plant that made Rainier beer so widely known. This plant grew to be one of the greatest brewing concerns in America, under the opera tion of the Seattle Brewing & Malt, ing company. Ownership is entirely the same. but the operating com. pany now is the Rainier Products company, which is building up big ger business with non-alcoholic bey. erages and other products than ex isted before.
 When Washington, Oregon and other states of the west went dry the skies were dark for the big Rain fer institution, but Mir Louis Hem rich, the president, and other off cials of the new Rainier Products company soon realized that they could soon turn their works into an i'm portam industrial plant with mum Der of staple products,
 This Rainier plant was practically the first in the United States to intro duce the scientifically advanced pro cess of manufacturing pure grain al cohol, with non-alcoholic beverages as auxiliary products. The plant now turns out large quantities of al cohol, now used so extensively ir munitions and war materials.
 Now Rainier and Rainier Special are going in car load lots by rail and big shipments by water to practically all the extended territory originally reached by Rainier. The new bever ages are proving more popular, il possible, than their earlier namesake
 Mir. Heinrich is vastly pleased with the success of his plans, and soon will be ready to introduce Syro, a syrur made from rice, a new stock food, and other products.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-24
H's Christmas
 Time Again

There's a fire in the grate and
 light in the haL,
 For it's Christmas time again, And the sleighbeils ring and the
 children call,
 For it's Christmas time again. It's time for Christian land to raise Her loudest paeans of love and
 praise For the Holy Babe of the Bethlehem
 days,
 For ifs Christmas time again. There's a wreath of green at the
 windowpane,
 For it's Christmas time again, And the church bells echo the glad
 refrain,
 For it's Christmas time again. Oh, it's time to turn with the golden
 smile To the friend we doubted and
 scorned awhile, To rid our hearts of their greed and
 guile!
 For ips Christmas time again. -Laiiu Mitchell in Ladies Hou,e Journal.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-24

Don't miss seeing our shoe line. We have full line of them, as smart as any made, Clayson, The Clothier
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-24

If people kept their homegrown teeth as clean as they keep their false teeth, they wouldn't be wearing false teeth.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-24

Job printing at Daily Times office
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the manifestations of loyalty which
the Executive has received during the
last year, and the sustained member
ship of the Order. are the best of all
proofs that the bedrock of sane Ma
tionalism lives within the ranks of the
Society, and the man or men who
think they can accomplish from with
in, what hundreds have failed to do
from without, will meet with bitter
disappointment and delusion." loud
applause.)
On the proposition of the Chairman
seconded by Rev. Father McCafferty.
the report was unanimously adopted.
The national officers were all mani
mously reelected.
The convention discussed q large
number of questions concerning rules
ETC., which appeared on the agenda
and adjourned at 4:3O.
In the evening the delegates were
the guests of the Belfast County Board
at a reception in the Ulster Hall, at
which members of the Order in Bel
fast and district were also present,
some 1000 ladies and gentlemen TAX
ing part.
After refreshments musical pro-
gramme was gone through and the
function which was one of the larg-
est of the kind ever held in Belfast,
proved an immense success.
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rears with II levies' bqt not necessarily
Bedrock Of Sane Nationa,ism.

Bedrock Of Sane Nationalism.
eve have given sufficient figures to
justify our claim that as an organized
body with a tangible object in view,
with reputation and policy at stake,
with prestige to safeguard and &C.
cumulated funds to administer, we
have no equal in this country. We
can thus afford to ignore largely the
INSCRIPTIONS methods employed by
our opponents to shatter our influence
and disorganize our ranks. The con-
vulsion with which Europe has been
shaken and the general unrest which
exists in every country of the world
today, has also left it's mark on Ire.
land. 1t would be strange, indeed, if
our country was to be the only one
which escaped from the general tur-
moil. Fortunately, we are so far free
from the actual presence of warfare
and in this respect have something to
be thankful for. The Order we are
attached to has passed through many
crucial periods in it's time, but never
one more critical or dangerous to it's
very existence as during the past
twelve months. The statement of &C.
counts the National Board is in posi-
ton to present to you today marking
continued progress and advancement;
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A.0.H. Convention
Held In Belfast
ONE THOUSAND DELEGATES At
TEND, REPRESENTING ALL
PARTS OF IRELAND AND GREAT
BRITAIN.
Joseph DevIin Presides-Membersh
Reaches Quarter of Million.

The biennial convention of the A.
O. H. opened in st. Marys Hall, Bel
fast, on Tuesday morning. Mr.. Devlin,
National President, in the chair.
Almost a thousand delegates attend
ed, representing Divisions in all parts
of Ireland and Great Britain.
Mr.. Devlin, with Rev. John Mccall
ferty, Adm, Letterkenny; Mr.. Nugent,
NJ p, and other members of the Ma
tional Board, received an ovation on
entering the hall.
Enormous Progress.
The report of the National Secre
tary (Mr. J. D. Nugent, M. P.) stated
that the total amount of the credit Of
the National Board at the last con-
vention was G9,153 rs 10d. The
amount to credit at the end of Deem
Der, 1916, was e13,O45 So 10d, showing
a net increase of G3,891 18s. The
surplus profit on the year amounted to
G361 15s sd, of which ESQ It's Sd
was placed to the credit of the Widows
and Orphans Fund. The balance to
the credit of the Funeral Fund on the
years working increased by s57O Is
Sd. The position of the Guarantee So
ciety was perfectly satisfactory, show
ing credit balance of $500 Is Cd.
In regard to the Deposit Account, the
year commenced with EATS 2s Id, and
closed with e1,998 So Sd. To all Di-
visions investing money, four per cent
per annum was paid. For the first
time in the history of the movement
they had issued balance sheet of the
funds and effects of the Executive.
The Society owned property valued at
G13,273 12s I'D. A Reserve Fund for
future contingencies amounting to
G5,O64 les 10d had been established,
while the Management Account also
showed a very substantial credit bal
ance. The entire assets of the Ma
tional Board amounted to G19,1OS Os
I'd, and when they compared that
figure with the condition of the Order
thirteen years ago-when he was ap-
pointed General Secretary, and, owing
to lack of funds had to pay the printer
for the first supply Of General Rules
himself-the enormous growth of the
organization could best be appreciated.
Future Developments.
With regard to future developments
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patriotism, so l have no tolerance for
the supercilious condescension that
gives us a good character as citizens.
when some time ago certain Eng
lish agents were found guilty of break
ing the United States laws by recruit
ing, do not remember that the judge
expressed his opinion that the Eng
lish in California were law-abiding
class. If a Hollander should run away
with his neighbours wife, 1 don't think
the Dutch in the United States would
be bound to come together and pass
resolutions declaring their loyalty to
the Sixth Commandment. It is the
Irish alone, apparently, that are con-
demned or absolved in mass, and the
Irish alone are to be continually CIV
ing guarantees of their conduct.
Gospel in Sin Fein.
1T is not now for the first time,
but nigh a quarter of a century, ago,
I preached to you the gospel of Sim
Fein agus Sim Fein Amh'ain-our.
elves and ourselves alone. Ihe lrr
n America, and especially in this con
nunity, are big enough and rich er
,ugh, and influential enough. in purel'
Irish interests, to stand on their owr
feet. Accordingly, on the very birth
of the Friends of Irish Freedom,
advised you against any entangline
alliances with other nationalities. Long
before we went to war set my face
against any coalition with the local
German organizations. did %. no,
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for any dislike or distrust of our fell


low-citizens Of the German race, but
because our own dignity demanded
that we should not go hat in hand to
beg the aid of any people.
IF Ireland and Germany wanted to
become allies that was a matter for
Ireland and Germany to decide, not
for us. Besides that told you again
and again that in Ireland itself the
policy of looking for help outside her
self had been fraught with disappoint-
ment and disaster. Once it was the
Scotch, then it was the Spaniards,
then it was the French, then it was the
Americans, and now was it to he the
Germans? No. Ireland's destiny must
be decided by Ireland herself-'Sinn
Fem as Sim Fein Amh'ain.'
Uproar From East.
In this connection, too, let me re-
mind you that this society is nonpoliti-
cal. 1t would be great mistake for
us to allow any man or any party to
use us. Indeed, the uproar that is
heard from Chicago and New York,
and the cries of patriotism and trea-
son, as far as can see, are the out
breaks of political factions trying to
turn the crisis in which our country
is to their own advantage. The case
of Ireland is one of high international
policy, and should not be made the
football of even national politics.
"Of course, we must admit that it
has an indirect influence on our ma
tional life. Think of what the settle
ment of the Irish question on the lines
laid down in President Wilson's letters
would mean in America; think of what
it would mean in Canada, in Australia.
There seems to be an idea that an in
dependent Ireland would always be
England's deadly enemy because of
her ancient wrongs. But nations are
not on friendly or unfriendly terms
because of history
Looking Back.
over hundred years ago the very
same opprobrious epithets that Lloyd
George today is applying to the Ger
man Kaiser were being applied by
Pitt to the Emperor of the French. A
hundred years ago the English and the
Prussians were fighting side by side
in the very same planes of Belgium,
where now they are fighting like
wolves. A hundred years ago the
British were engaged in the pleasant
pastime of burning down the capitol
where the other day the British envoy
was acclaimed. The relations of coun-
tries are not dictated by sentiment,
but by self-interest, and it is quite con-
ceivable that an Independent Ireland
and an interested England might find it
to their advantage to renew the old
days when British Kings paid court
to Irish Princesses, when Saxon stu
dents found hospitality and learning in
Mayo monastery, and when Irish
monks Christianized and civilized the
ancestors of the English people
The Oldest Democracy.
But be that as it may, we are here
today to counsel as American citizens
and Friends of Irish Freedom, that in
carrying out the Presidents policy of
making the world safe for democracy
when the time comes for the nations
to reorganize, there shall not be alb
sent from their deliberations the Oldest
democracy of them all, the representa-
tives of the Irish people"
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Friends Of Irish
Freedom Meeting

The Reverend Peter c. Yorke, DID,,
State Grand President of the Friends
of Irish Freedom, Delivered the
Opening Address Before the Cali
fornia State Convention of That So
icety Sunday, September %, at the
Palace Hotel.
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1OCeS1 sOV1CVV
Add to this total the membership of
the Ladies' Auxiliary of 1920, and
we find the total strength of the Or.
der as indicated by the quarterly
the membership of the juvenile sec
ton. Nor does this include the in
sured members, numbering 100000.
There is, therefore, quarter of a mil
lion people interested in the Order It
must be further recollected that in a
large organization like ours there are
several Divisions every quarter in ar.