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The daily morning oasis., 1918-01-13
A Near Calamity

Little Mary was being initiated into
the wonders of the Pullman car She
and her mother left the city late in the
afternoon, each occupying big cush-
ioned seat in the car. Mary wished to
know at once where they were to sleep,
and after five minutes explanation by
her mother she realized that they were
to sleep in bed made over their two
seats, which would be completed by the
porter about 9 o'clock.
At the next stop man entered the
car and Mary was forced to give up
her individual seat to him. He had
reserved the upper berth, which she did
not know. The giving up of the seat
was for time enough food for thought,
but she finally burst out with the ques-
ton:
Mamma, if we sleep here, and all
those other people sleep where they
are sitting, where is that man going to
sleep?"
"That man" and the rest in the car
laughed. The explanation process be-
gan all over again. indianapolis News.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-01-13
Criticism

The late Sir Herbert Tree was per-
suaded, last winter in New York, to
attend matinee given by tragedian
of the old, uper-demonstrative school,
The tragedian distinguished himself
under Trees observant eye. He roared,
he gnashed his teeth, he tore about the
stage like wild Prussian when the
bread ration was reduced.
Between the acts Sir Herbert visited
him. He lay back in an armchair in a
profuse perspiration. He looked up
anxiously from the towel with which
he was drying himself-he looked up,
hoping for word of praise; but Tree
only said in his most fippant and airy
tones
''How well your skin actsl"
The daily morning oasis., 1918-01-13
Women and Electricity

When a woman is sully and will not
speak-exciter.
If she gets too excited-controller
If her way of thinking is not yours
converter.
If she is willing to come half way
meter
If she will come all the way-receiver.
If she wants to go farther
conductor
If she wants to go still farther
dispatcher.
If she goes up in the condenser.
If she is hungry-feeder.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-01-13

mind, "that my cousin, Clyde Walton,
of the same name"
All! there was the key to the enigmas,
as brief period of time soon developed
A series of fateful circumstances had
prevented the reception of letters he
had written to Nella. An adverse
destiny had left both under wrong
impressions.
When Miss Neltnor returned, she
was amazed to find her guests standing
with happy faces and clasped hands.
And soon she knew that another
wedding impended
The daily morning oasis., 1918-01-13

EY everybody loved the bride who
had been Clare Witherell, and
wished her well They were proud, too,
OF the handsome, manly appearing
bridegroom-Clyde Walton. The
honest townspeople shared the general
Joy, and spared not mellow clangor
OF the chimes as the carriage drove
away
There were old shoes, and rice in
showers. A village wit had tackled
on to the back of the vehicle haring
Just Married" card. At the depot
the village band played the wedding
march eight times in succession, and
at last the train disappeared around
curve and the grand excitement was
over
In a room at the village hotel a
young girl sat near a window crying as
if her heart would break. She had
arrived early that morning to learn
the identity of the bridegroom for the
first time. She did not GO to her
originally intended destination, but
had come to the hotel instead
Why did l come, and why do l
stay!" sobbed Nella Drury, heart
brokenly. "Clyde Walton! Oh, what
a cruel blow Of fate! Clyde Walton
ldlSc! ldlSc.
Destiny had, indeed, played her
strange trick. Here were the facts. A
year previously, orphaned, she had
secured a position as teacher in a
children's home. She had met the
man she loved, Clyde Walton. He had
left her one evening to go to his home
in another city, and, he avowed- to
inform his relatives of his intention
to marry: From that day to this she
had received no word of him. The
children's home had burned down a
few days after his departure, but she
had remained in the town for two
weeks, expecting the word from him
well to the hope and Joy of life, she
had gone to another place to teach,
and had tried to forget the man who
she believed had basely deceived her.
1t was vacation now, and she had
been glad when one of her new fellow
teachers, Miss Neltnor, had written
her from Springville. The latter told
her that her cousin, Clare Witherell,
was to be married. During her honey
moon Miss Neltnor had agreed to take
care of the family home. She not
only invited Nella to the wedding. but
guest for month. This meant friendly
companionship, and, besides, Nella was
glad to have the opportunity to save
boarding expense for full month.
She had arrived at Springville to
learn that the bridegroom was CLYDE
Walton. The intelligence fairly
stunned her. She had gone to the
hotel, crushed, sick at heart, undecided
what to do. Her impulse was to leave
the place at once. Some irresistible
influence, however, led her-now that
she would not meet her recreant lover
to see her friends. There was present
also sad fascination about the Wither-
ell home where her successful rival
had lived, where Clyde Walton had
been. 1t might wrench her heart,
but she would hear from Miss Neltnor
all the details of the wedding. She
would hear the name spoken of the
man she loved, and she would be within
the atmosphere of the event of the
hour. Nella dried her tears, took up
her travelling bag and started for her
original destination.
''Oh, my dear! why did you miss the
wedding?" were the first words of Miss
Neltnor, as Nella was welcomed into
the Witherell house "Have you been
i'll? You look wretchedly pale and
The daily morning oasis., 1918-01-13

N1EDDING bells were ringing
real wedding bells, for Spring
eH42I vile was primitive place and
'%61l everybody loved the bride who
had been Clare Witherell. and
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-05
S. DAKOTA PROPERTY
VALUES INCREASED
State Tax Commission Com
pletes It's Workable Shows
Acreage Of Leading Crops.

Pierre. S. D., Aug. 31.-The state tax
commission has completed its work of
equalizing the assessment for the year
1918, the result being that the total
equalized value of all property of the
state stands at 81, 500. 543.870 in COM
parison with $1.441.475.255 in 1917.
which lis an increase of about IL per
cent.
Minnehaha county has the highest
valuation OF my, being $s4, 3 ago.
Brown county Is second with $74.003.-
2oS, and Sphinx Is third with $54.025. 62S.
sphinx county leads in the number
OF horses listed, having 230,890 head
listed for taxation. Trip county
leads in cattle with 63, 1924. Butte leads
IN sheep with 75,946, and Charles Mix
with hogs numbering 35,298.
The board has also completed the
new report on total crop acreage made
TINS year for the first time Of small
gains, with the following results:
Wheat. 3.316.074 acres: corn, 3.127, 404
acres; oats. 2,111,761 acres; rs $685.
1853 acres; barley, 1885, 1863 acres; po-
tatoes, s3.S27 acres: alfalfa, 459.S76
Sphinx county leads in the number
OF acres OF wheat, having 311.927 acres;
Charles Mix in corn, with 152,SO8 acres:
Minnehaha in oats. with 1876, 470;
Brown in rye. with rs, 2O4; Clark in
barley, with 90. 821: Brooking in pota-
toes. with 1924; Meade in alfalfa, with
46 1890.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-05
HARD FIGHT ON BLEASE
IN CAROLINA PRIMARY

Columbia, 8. c.. Aug. 27.-Two can
didates for the United States Senate
will be nominated today by the demo-
cratic party in the South Carolina
statewide primary.
Interest in the campaign has CEN
tered in the candidacy OF former Gov
ernor Blease and has been waged on
the attitude Of the former governor
toward the war.
In an address given four months be-
fore war was declared Blease was
who voted for war ought to be defeat
ed and the blood Of every American
soldier killed In France would be on
his head. President Wilson, in a let
ter written recently tea South Caro-
lima Newspaper. said he q mot the
South Carolina) will believe that MI.
Blease can be . friend Of the admins.
trAtion."
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-05
TO HOUSE 81 WORKERS.


A new apartment house for self sup
porting women at 159 East One Hun
dred and Fortieth street has been
opened. The house was presented to
the Metropolitan board of the Young
Women's Christian Association by Mr..
and Mrs. Mortimer Singer, 311 West
Seventy-fourth street. It has been ar
ranged into eight apartments of three
large rooms each to accommodate two
or three occupants. The apartments
are fully furnished. even to silverware.
The first occupants are a number Of
foreign born wome who are taking
q course at the National Training
School OF the Young Women's Chris
tian association to At themselves for
social work among their own people
in this country. They represent IA Diff
ferent nationalities. They will hold a
reception in honor of the opening. Mrs.
j. Gillette, Miss Rachel Brooks, and
Miss Elizabeth Wilson OF the training
school faculty. will chaperon the party.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-05
Berlin Zoo A.. Troubles.

EkOA1 0AGNo6SAbO 0A980Abb0 N1|VbuOuJs
5 The quarterly report OF the BERLIN Zoo.
logical society shows that .the Wild ami
mails there. have not been eblS to digest
the food substitutes provided by German
science. III mortality has been heavy
the gtraffes. the -mandrill. the chimpan-
gees. are among the moro valuable ami
mails which have died this winter-while
the general health of tho surviving ami
mails II n~otSgood. The society Expresses
some doubt AZ to the exact cause Of death
of the chimpanxee. II Is admitted that
the dates and bananas and other. tropical
fruits being unprocurablc. tho apes were
fed on Q kind Of biscuit made OF musty
flour: but II 10 eaid they may nave pined
with grief At the loss Of their
keeper. who was called up for the army.
The ~csrnivcres managed to get on fairly
well on crap from the slaughterhouses,
but the animals requiring grain and seed
have not thrived on the wild roots given
them - PROSTITUTES.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-05
CANTON. SOUTH DAKOTA
BOY HIT BY ShRApNEi

Canton, s. D., Aug. so.-word ha.
zen received by Mrs. c. B. Kennedy
nat her son. Benjamin, was injured
Dy a bursting shell on the 4th Of
nnar as 1oong Kennedy was in head
Dakota infantry. AS far as is known
ne was conveying a message from the
COLONEL to the major and was about to
return to headquarters when the shell
tame. He was wounded on the right
sue, Inc shrapnel making a long flesh
In good shape. Two bows from Rats
terry G of Pierre are also reported to
nave been injured by the shell.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-05
SMALL GRAIN YIELD
GENERALLY VERY GOOD
Threshing In Various Sections
of South Dakota Reported
to Be Going on Well.

Farker s. D.. Aug. 30.-The work of
.nreshing now is progressing in all
parts OF the state, having been genera
TOT some time in the southern and CEN
trai sections. In different localities new
s.aln Is being marketed. Owing to the
nish price the farmers are able to haul
apout xlOO worth OF wheat to market in
eacn wagon load. Threshing returns
commune to be Of the most encouraging
M various grains yielding
unusually we'll and the quality being
Detter than for several years. Some Of
the returns follow:
Hee aeights-Wheat in this vicinity
is threshing W from Is to 40 bushels
per acre; oats. 60; barley, IS to so:
rye, 20. Gibson brothers planted IL
acres to alfalfa. with one bushel Of
p 20 Tor a nurse crop, and from the
10 acres threshed 700 bushels of bar
Madison-Barley in this Ixake) conn
~ is threshing out an average Of As
pusnels per acre, and oats from 40 to 60.
Armour-Wheat in Douglas county is
.nreshing out from Is to 80 bushels Der
acre; barley from 20 to 40; oats from
T. canton-small grain in this vicinity
,s Lnreshing out unusually we'll. Both
narley n pats are OF such quality that
.ney invariably exceed the machine
measure when marketed and sold NV
We!gnt: Dat are threshing out from
oo 70 90 bushels per acre. and in weight
a7nsas S VIII an average of about
40 husha,s me barley averages about
exceed his in weight measure.
irspp-Wheat in this section ia
lnreshing out from 15 to 20 bushels
per acre; the quality this year is very
s go a strip of country that was hit
els to the acre. oush-
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-05
CANNING FACTORY
BEGINS OPERATIONS

Parkston. s. d.. Aug. 30.-The first
loads OF sweet corn from the country
Tor the canning factory here. were
u in yesterday morning and the
.aceory began operations. Several new
stalled. two news husking machines.
making four husking machines nov
being used, a new machine for rinsine
which will do away with soldering oi
cans. also a new engine. The cron is
one OF the biggest ever raised here and
tions are that an enormous outnmt viii
be canned. The corr crop of this vi.
cinity Is owe two weeks ahead.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-05

1t In quito seldom that a street Or
gan liz seen or heard in London nova
days, and the very few about are not
ground n trundled by an Italian or
his wife. The Italians nave left their
organs and gone to fight their country's
battles: their women folk trundled and
ground the family organ in London
streets until air raids decided them to
start on country roads. IN consequence,
the provinces have had, and are likely
this summe again to nave. more "mu!
sic" than they ever bargained for. It's
an Ill wind that blows nobody any
good: at any rate. the children will be
of that opinion, but 1t is to be hoped
that the little girls OF Soho will not
forget how to dance.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-05
TWO SOCIALIST
CANDIDATES QUIT

Pierre. S. d.. Aug. 27.-John G.
Knapp OF Sisseton. socialist candidate
Tor United States senator, and %.
francis Atwood. of Sisseton, socialist
eandidate for congress from the Sec
md district, have filed withdrawals
with the secretary of state. They
this action was taken be-
cause they We're not in sympathy with
me anti-war policies of their party.
HCRoN-War has sent up the price of
aoor for fall blowing. C.. H. Davis,
lead OF the United States employment
sllice here. says that the wage this. fall
probably will be about s. an acre. Here
lotore $l.25 to 81 an acre was considered
good wage. A shortage of labor
brought on by the calls for men for war
tervice is one of the causes for the in
crease IN pay. Mr.. avis says. Farm
ers appear willing to pay the new price.
cANToN-A Jack the PEPPER for
some days has been annoying members
pr the George Duncan family, living on
, farm northwest of Canton. Mr.. Dun
IAN finally had an opportunity to use a
shotgun on him. but failed to hit him.
duncan maintained a watch and saw the
pepper at Of the windows of his
home about 1880 o'clock at night. He
gave chase and fired twice. The farm
ers of the neighborhood will aid Mr..
r "RSSAA " kllO H0SHOls
HURoN-The Huron commercial club
has sent a telegram to DIR. II. A. Gar
Held, federal fuel administrator asking
hat steps be taken to speed up the
shipment of anthracite coal into South
Dakota. Shipments Of this kin of coal
INTO Huron have been very slow and
anless shipments are received more rap
hly than at present the city may face
an acute shortage. officials believe.
BRITToN-Rev. c. w. Rodgers. a well
known clergyman. Of this city, who some
lime g offered his services to the gov
ernment as a chaplain. and who for sew
eral weeks has been at q training camp
1t Louisville, KY. is spending a 2O-day
furlough in Britton. At the end of that
period he will report for duty at one Of
10 be soon afterward sent to France.
WILLOW LAKES-While welding a
eak in a 10-barrel gasoline wagon tank,
'ured by the explosion of the tank. The
Iank q been drained Of all gasoline
md flooded with water. nj 1t was neces-
sary to let the water out that the weld
mg might be done. Sufficient gasoline
remained in the ~ to cause the ex-
~plosion.
DOLAND-When some boys, while play
Ing, found 20 bottles Of liquor hidden in
ZONE weeds . mile south of town, the
lind" was reported to the authorities,
with the result that two mon who were
working with Q threshing crew were ar
rested on the charge Of '~'bootlegging."
FREEMAN-Friends here have been adj
vised that Cornelius DeBoer, q former
resident Of the Freeman territory, was
drowned In = river in northern Minnesota.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-05
AMBULANCE DRIVER
TELLS EXPERIENCES

DeSmet, s. D., Aug. 31.-In a letter
received by the home folks, Carl Hing,
q south Dakota boy who is attached
TO an ambulance company on the bat
Tie front In France, tells how he lost
MIS- ambulance by the explosion of a
German shell and escaped without a
scratch. He writes:
We were stationed in a town a short
distance from the lines the other night,
occupying q fine chateau. which. Of
course. had been deserted by the owner
ana we were SO proud of it. 1t was
cs~ommodations. But, no! 1t did not
last hong. 1t was too fine. Along
came 'Fritzie's' shell and knocked it
all to bits. None Of us was hit or
hurt. One of he cars had a few holes
Knocked In the radiator.
Gets a little chilly at night while
driving, but we are well fixed for that.
II gets mighty dark. too. OF course.
we cannot use a light Of any kind. and
there is so much traffic 1t keeps q
person guessing sometimes to get
along at all. Have to be very careful
even Of lights of u cigarets. because
the boches have very keen eyes and
are pretty good shots.
We were awakened this a. m. about S
O'Clock by the whistle Of the 'Fritzies'
nylng over us. Wetlost no time In get
ting ourselves into a dugout away
AAOAl INC Snr0pnei or gas
In a letter written much earlier,
which had been left in his ambulance
and temporarily forgotten. Hinz writes
OF a German attack.
MY ambulance" he writes. was all
shot up while I was driving up a road
the boches were Smelling. They blew
all my tires off. and also the extra
one. 1 kept going until a shell burst
directly in front of me. and blew the
radiator off: Of.course. I could go no
further n had to quit. Had two
patients In: one died. I guess. When
they shot the ambulance up / put my
patients down in a trench and left them
and went out under the awful shell fire
Inc went to dressing the wounded, and
saved a good many lives.
had not had any sleep for two
nights. and when the boches were
silenced. believe mi. I was all in, but I
ni9nt. and then went back. only to find
the Germans had taken everything out:
gu my personal ana other stuff, the
wr1ung Kit you sent and also the watch.
! counted the shell and bullet holes, or
would Just az soon shoot an ambulance
ana counted liz.
How I ever escaped I do not know.
NINE was the only ambulance down
near the front line at that place. I
my nerves would give out, but
! FEEL Just an good Al before. Have
got another big ambulance ana am
workin day and night.
u know that ] have found out one
tnlne: and that II that the Germans
would just as SON shoot an ambulance
- lsed Cross man 90 q line man. They
even turned = machine run on me-. h,It
did not hit me.
Germans got all the pictures
l had from home. too"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-05
THE FOREST CITY PRESS
q. p. THoNNE.
yoa1eT ci13t. sou7N DAKOTA

In 1910 the foreign born whites by
countries were: England. 876. 455;
Scotland, 281,034; Wales. S2,479; Ire
land, 1,352.165: Germany. 2.501, 181;
Norway. 03.S5s; Sweden. 665.1s3; Den
mark. 1871. G25; Netherlands. 120 .053;
Belgium. 1897; Luxembourg. 3.068;
France. 1l7,238; Switzerland. 124.S34;
Portugal, 57.623; Spain, 21.977; Italy.
p. 343. 070; Russia, 1902. 1852; Finland.
1923. $50; Austria, 1,174.924; Hungary.
l495. 500: Rumania, 1890; Bulgaria.
Serbia and Montenegro. 21.461: Greece.
i101 1854; Turkey in Europe. 32.221; Tur-
key In Asia, 59,702; Canada-French.
385, 083: Canada-other and Newfound-
lland. 816.O63; Mexico. 219.802; Cuba
and other West Indies Except Porto
lRico). 23,169; all other countries,
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-05

Our books on naval history which
give I'm terms of flags. Nelson's signal
lat Trafalgar, will have to be brought
up to date to include, in Morse dots
and dashes. the immortal "St. George
anese allies will be the first to note
the fine watchword. for Togo. an in
tense admirer Of Nelson, employed a
variant Of the Trafalgar signal in tho
great sea battle with Russia. Said he
in his report: II ran up this signal
for all the ships in sight: The fate
of the empire depends upon this event;
every nan is expected to do his ut
most"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-05
LAeoRER is
BADLY BEATEN UP

Sioux Falls. 8. D., Aug. 2s.-Eilley
Iice. a local Syrian. is in a serious con
dltlon as the result of being attacked
tby unknown men, who are believed
70 have entered his dwelling for the
purpose Of securing the money which
lice is supposed to have had eecreted
tnere. Tice has been unconscious
since the attack, so can give the police
no information as to his assailants.
Two white men are said to have been
seen rushing from his dwelling about
the time of the attack.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-05
RAILROAD Man HAD
BOOZE IN SUIT CASE
Eagle Eye of Sioux Falls Off.
Ger Resulted In Capture of
Quantity of Liquor.

Sioux Falls. s. D.. Aug. 2s.-J. C.
oliver OF Minneapolis, an employee OF
the streets Of Sioux Falls carrying a
suitcase. A policeman noticed that
the suitcase appeared to be very
neavy. He stopped Oliver and inquired
X the suitcase contained liquor.
Oh. no." replied oliver, "just some
junk"
The officer was suspicious and ex-
amined the suitcase. The "junk''
proved to be five quart bottles OF
whisky. and Oliver was arrested on
the charge Of transporting liquor into
the state. in violation Of the statewide
prohibition law.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-05

The Oldest tree in New York. or any
whore a the city, is probably the
of the Harlem ship canal. a few hum
dred yards from the Hudson river.
The foresters have estimated its ago
at something neal three centuries. but
that guess may be somewhat short OF
its true age, for the trunk is far from
symmetrical. and had been subjected
ito hard usage before the park departl
iment repaired its burned and rottel
interior and put an iron fence around il
to keep vandals at a distance.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-05
THREsHER IS NEARLY
KILLED IN ACCIDENT

Butler. s. D.. Aug. 3o.-Albert Moen
while operating a gasoline threshina
rig near town. was the victim of az
acciaent which nearly resulted in his
BY attaching the belt to another the
belt was thrown. making a loon
which lassoed Mr.. Moen around the
neck. drawing him to the machinery
IN such q way as to badly injure n
ear and nearly choking him to death.
was necessary to cut the belt In
was rendered unconscious for so,ns
hours. and while badly bruised and
shaken the doctor "a he win y
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-05

Japan has . glycerine manufacturing
plant which has q capacity Of about
- tons . month, and Il ID promised
that IN the cOurs Of q few years the
.pcoeent4Qp0rtations Of this commodity