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Weekly journal-miner., 1918-11-13
BERLIN DEMONSTRATION

BASIL, Nov. S,-FOlIowing a meeting in Berlin of the socialists demanding the kaiscr's abdication. a mile-Iong procession was formed. in cluding many soldiers and. headed by a band, marched to the royal palace of ministers where the government hurriedly posted appeals to the pop ulace to remain calm.
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-11-13
MOTHER PROSTRATED
(From Saturdays Daily.

Mrs. Emelinc Derrey, who arrived yesterday from Las Vegas, \. M. was advised en route of her son hay ing been killed in action in France. She is prostrated over her loss and is with friends here for short time before resrming Ter journey 10 Chandler to reside this winter with a married daughter.
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-11-13
DRASTIC TERMS ARE IMPOSED
 ON ENEMY
(Continued from Page One)

Notification to be given neut- rals of the freedom of naviga- tion of all territorial waters, all questions of neutrality being waived.
 Naval mercantile marine prisoners of war and Allied as- sociated powers in German hands to be returned without reciprocity.
 Surrender to the Allies and United States of America 1S0 German submarines (including all submarine chasers and mine laying submarines) with their complete armament and equip ment in ports, which will be specified by the Allies and Unit ed States of America. All other submarines to be laid off com pletely and disarmed and plac- ed under supervision of the AL lied powers and the United States of America.
 The following German surface ships which shall be designated by the Allies and the United States of America shall forth with be disarmed and thereafter ;nterned, Allied ports to be desig- hated by the Allies and United States of America and placed un- der the surveillance of the Al lies and United States of Amer ica, only caretakers being left on board namely: Six battle cruisers, ten battle ships, eight cruisers including two mine lay ITS, 50 destroyers of the most modern type and all other sur face war ships, Gncluding river craft), to be concentrated in German naval bases to be desig- hated by the Allies and United States of America and are to be paid off completely, disarmed and placed under the supervi- sion of the Allies and United States of America.
 All vessels of the auxiliary feet, trawlers, motor vessels, ect. to be disarmed.
 The Allies and United States of America shall have the right to sweep the mine fields Of ob- ;tructions laid by Germany out tide German territorial waters, he positions of these to be in dicated.
 Freedom of access to and from the Baltic to be given mercantile marine.
 In all the territories evacuated 1y the enemy there shall be no evacuation of the inhabitants. No damage or harm shall be done Q the persons or property of in- labitants. No destruction of any kind shall be committed. Military establishments of all kinds shall De delivered intact as well as military stores of food. Muni- tions and equipment shall not De removed during the periods ixed for evacuation. Stores of ood of all kinds for the civil population, etc., shall be left in industrial establishments and shall not be impaired in any way and their personnel shall not be removed. Roads and means of communication of every kind, railroad, waterways, main roads, bridges, telegraph and telephone res shall in no manner be inn paired.
 All civil and military personnel at present employed on them shall remain. Five thousand locomotives, 50,000 wagons, 10. eco motor carriers in good work ing order with all necessary spare Darts and fitfinoS shall be de-
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-27
Big Increase in Years Apple Crop
Govemmen, Estimates ~. 1886. 600 Barre. Compared with e. $4,000
Barrels Last Year

There Is good news from Washington concerning the apple crop. The
official fOrecaster gives out the figures for the strictly commercial apple crop
of this year IS 24as5OO0 barrels, a IS compared with 22519Ooo barrels for the
United States last year. Surely with a commercial crop OF apples averaging
a goodly portion of a barrel for every man. woman and child, to which por.
ton may safely be added a few quarts of wfndfans for each. Americans ought
not to go appeless, observes a writer in the Newark IN. J) News.
And yet, from past experience, we may suffer for apples unless We are
willing % have the pocketbook considerably fattened. Apples are 10 longer
the inexpensive fruit that obtained in the good old times. There are various
for his winter supply of apples. Indeed. sometimes ths. increase amounts to
such sums that he finds it cheaper to pay for a visit from the doctor occa-
sionany than to live up to the wellRnown adage about IAN apple a day keeps
the doctor away"
Some there are who assign the reason for apples increasing in cost
to the fact that only the best are marketed; the others are allowed to rot
maintain. Today the crop in many a private orchard is bought o n the trees
before II is ready to harvest; the owner is not troubled with how many bar.
les there are o are not; the crop as it grows is taken and it Is for the buyer
to do what he wishes with it. Judging from the thousands of bushels that
a certain automobiles was obliged to drive over In making a detour along
the Hudson to Albany last fall, a good proportion of the apple crop was
allowed to go to waste.
Any repetition of this waste surely would be a sad commentary on Leak
ages in our food conservation. Why cannot apples be utilized ven though
they may not be sufficiently perfect to cartel or box, put into storage and
sold at a fancy figure. Dried or made into apple jelly, apple sauce and apple
butter, they would go a long way in helping out the table during the winter
months.
The apple wasage will be tremendous If it is. in relative proportion to
what went % waste last year The government estimates the apple output
while last year the crop was only 1890 cars.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-27
N,.. Mla&maQ
Find Frosted and DeCayed
Potatoes May Be Utilized
in M Manufacture of Starch

Frosted and decayed potatoes have
been found in trials conducted by
the United States department Of ag-
riculture to be entirely capable of
producing acceptable and frequently
normal yields of clean, white starch
Of good quality. Much of this ma
terial appears to possess a potential
value for the production Of sizing
starch approximating that of the stock
at present used for this purpose. The
mechanical difficulties in recover
ing from decayed pulp are some
times less than from normal stock.
Modified procedure adapted to these
abnormal pulps doubtless could be
devised, department specialists say,
but there seems to be no reason why
the present method might not be ap-
piled profitably in the meantime in
the production of sizing starch in large
factories at the large shipping CEN
tiers installed to utilize the great guam
titles Of frozen and decayed potatoes
arriving during the fall and winter.
This would turn to profitable account
large supplies at present without
value, but which are q serious burden
Of expense since to their cost Of pro-
duction must be added transportation
and dumping charges.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-27
HOW TO CLASSIFY
A SOLDIER
-
Hat Cord Designa.es Branch
Of Service

A military man can Immediately tell
TO what division q soldier belongs by
glancing Mt the cord on his hat, but
to the average citizen the color Of the
hat cord denotes little or nothing. 1t
is an interesting feature to be familiar
with, especially now when so many
soldiers are seen all yer the country,
and any one who takes the trouble to
learn the following list will be reward
ed by being able to satisfy his own
curiosity respecting any soldier he
happens to see without having to ask
questions:
A cord Of light blue signifies that
the wearer belongs to the infantry ;
red denotes artillery; yellow, cavalry ;
bun, Quartermaster's corps; red and
white, engineers corps; orange and
white, signal corps; red and black,
ordnance; black and white, field clerk;
maroon and white, medical corps;
black and gold, officers; silver and
black. adjutant generals clerk; green,
instructor home guards, and green and
white, home guards.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-27
The People Who Suffer Most
From Their Conscience Are
Sensitive and High Minded

There may be well-intentioned peo-
pie who say that virtue always leads
to success and vice to misery. But 1t
is IN obvious and monstrous falsehood
In q world where we profit by the good
deeds Of our parents and where mil
lions are suffering unutterable tortures
because Of the deeds of foreign poten-
tates. That those who suffer must
have been wicked, and that those who
triumph must have been virtuous, is
mi of the most inhuman beliefs In his
tory. AS to the doctrine that the re-
ward Of virtue is to be found in a clear
conscience or high satisfaction-that
Ia an even more violent falsehood. The
people who suffer most from their con-
science are obviously the sensitive and
high-minded, while self-approbation
comes most easily TO the complacent
and fortune-favored Jack Horners. The
doctrine that tile reward of moral life
Is a feeling Of satisfaction or happi-
ness IL not "aiy contrary TO moral ex-
pcrience. bur is intellectually STERILE
,rhn Nav RtpuDiic. W.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-27
introduced Elephant as
Party Pictorial Symbol

Ihe first use Of the elephant as q
pictorial symbol of the Republican
party was in 1874. when Thomas
Mast, the cartoonist, made it the g.
y. T. emblem. Mast was born In Ba-
varia u years ago. and came to Amer
lea at the age Of six. In the
sixties ne went to Italy and was
with Garibaldi as an artist for Brit.
ish and American newspapers. AS DO
htical %cartoonist for Harper's Week.
~ ne achieved an international Iepu-
tation, and his cartoons are said to
nave brought about the downfall of
the Tweed ring in New York. In 1874
Mast drew a cartoon representing an
elephant, labeled Republican sarty,"
and also depicted the Democratic
party as a fox, but later the dom
Key was substituted by cartoonists Of
opposite political faith.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-27
Thomas Jefferson Rodman
Said to Have Been Father
of Big Gun Used in Europe

Thomas Jefferson Rodman, the
American inventor and ordnance ex.
pert, who initiated the movement for
big guns which eliminated In the giant
cannon used In Europe, was born 103
years ago In Salem, Ind, and after
graduating from West Point, entered
the ordnance department Of the army.
He early devoted himself TO expert
ments with guns and gunpowder. Rod
mans greatest triumph, notes q writer
In the Sacramento Union, was the in
vention of a method of casting guns
hollow and cooling them from the in
side, which worked a revolution In the
making Of artillery.
The long and earnest study devoted
to the properties and manipulation Of
cast iron, then regarded as the best
material for heavy ordnance, by Rod
man and other officers, enabled the
United States to produce guns then
admittedly the best In the world. In
1860 a cannon weighing 80 tons, the
largest II. the world, was cast, but the
%exigencies Of the Civil war required
heavier and better artillery. In 1868
a 20-inch smooth bore, weighing near
ly So tons and throwing a solid shot
of 1850 pounds, was cost. This great
gun attracted international attention,
and many years passed before 1t was
surpassed In size and effectiveness.
Rodman also introduced the use Of
mammoth" powder for the 15-inch
smooth-bore guns of his invention. Dur
ing the Civil war his guns were used
in both navy and army, and were Of
great assistance in deciding the out
come of the struggle. During the war
period Rodman had command Of the
Watertown arsenal.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-27
Raising of Rabbits Grows
in Popularity as Cost of
Beef and Pork Increases

Since the price of meat has been
soaring. substitutes for beef and pork
have been in demand.
The most popular method Of filling
out the menu without patronizing the
butcher Is to raise rabbits, and hun
dreds Of persons are now so engaged
with profit.
1t Is the consensus of opinion among
breeders, writes a correspondent, that
the Flemish giant rabbit is the best, Its
meat closely resembling the taste Of
chicken. Many persons who have
served Flemish rabbit have been com
plimented over their '1ovely chicken
dinner"
The Belgian hare, which has many
followers, is not so toothsome by far.
The Flemish Is bred for meat and
weight, while the Belgian is favored
for color, symmetry and small-sized
bones.
The weight Of rabbits varies greatly.
The giant Flemish leads, specimens
being known to reach % pounds, al
though the average ranges from 10 to
10. Belgian hares, when q year old,
weigh about II pounds. The other
species are somewhat lighter.
Rabbit hides bring 80 to 20 cents a
pound, although there are instances
where the white fur brings mach high
er prices, according to quality andkap.
pearance.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-27
As the Earth's Human Race
Advances It Also Develops

Man has been on the earth perhaps
some twenty odd thousand years, and
1t If only the last 5000 that WI are
much concerned with. To suppose
that q modern Englishman must nee
essarily be at a higher stage Of mental
development than an ancient Greek is
almost the same mistake as to argue
that Browning must be a better poet
than wordsworth because he came
later. If the soul, or the brain, Of
man is d~evelopy1g, II is not developing
% fast or 50 steadily as all that.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-27
THE BOY THAT WAS



When the hair about the temples starts
10 show the signs OF gray,
And a fellow realizes that he's wander
ing far ava
From the pleasures OF his boyhood and
his youth and never more
VIII know the JOY OF laughter as he did
In years of yore,
Oh, it's then he starts to thinking OF q
stubby little Lar
With a face as brown a. berries n O.
soul supremely glad.
When q gray-haired dreamer wanders
down the lanes OF memory
And forgets the living present for the
time OF "used-to-be;"
He takes of his shoes and stockings. and
he throws his coat away,
And he's free from all restrictions save
the rules of manly play.
He may be in tattered garments, but
bareheaded In the sun,
He forgets his proud successes n the
richie he has won.
Oh, there's not a man that liveth bat
would give his all to be
The stubby little fellow hat In dream
land he can see,
And the splendors that surround him and
the joys about him spread
Only seem to rise to haunt him with the
boyhood that has fled.
When the hair about the temples starts
to show Times silver stain,
Then the richest mans that living yearns
to be a boy again.
Edgar A. Guest In Detroit Free Press.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-27
Printing of Fabrics by
Peruvians Similar to the
Method Still Beinq Used

The ancients of Peru, by q curious
coincidence-for there could not posi-.
bly, have been any intercourse with
their contemporaries in India and
Egypt-seem to have used much the
same kind of processes in printing
their designs upon the fabrics they
manufactured. Both Herodotus and
Pliny, among early historians, accord
ing to a United States commerce
report, have told us about the cloths
of vegetable fiber made by the an
clients; but in all likelihood the fab
RIGS of the Peruvians were of even a
more remote date. In some respects
the methods of today bear strong re-
semblance to the older practice. The
chief difference consists in the pat
terms now being engraved upon copper
rollers and several colors being print.
ed at one time. Just as today the
~coloring matter of dyes Is not affixed
by merely printing 1t on the material,
but Is secured by means Of a sub.
stance known as mordant, so did the
Peruvians make use Of a property
which caused the dye to adhere and
to Withstand a test Of thousands Of
years wear and tear. Experts have
declared that In the direction Of tech
nical and artistic value the designs
In question have ne equal. They
must undoubtedly have been wholly
original, and could have owed their
inception to no outside influences.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-27
Woman One Of
the Greatest Financiers

Nine. Yone Suzuki, the wealth.
lest woman in Japan made more than
$100.000,O00 In American money since
the war began. Her war brides have
been copper, rubber. and sugar ven
lures. In a financial operation now
known as the Formosan sugar deal,
a transaction involving sugar. CAM
phor, real estate and many other
things, she made $50,000.000 In one
fell swoop. She Is not a shareholder
In q corporation. She IL the corpora
tion. Since her husbands death she
has been solely responsible for her
business. But she Is just q modest
little woman. who received In a cul-
tured Japanese household the pre-
scribed education Of the old school
she nj trained to arrange flowers,
serve tsa, rear chiAcren and please q
hnnbond.-WcEld Out1ook.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-27
Cigarettes Only Kind of
Tobacco Product Which Is
Increased in Production

The preliminary statement of the in
ternal revenue collections for the fis-
cal year ended June 80, 1913, accord
ing to the Journal of Commerce, shows
that the production of regular cigars
decreased by 4~82,470,413 under the
production of the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1917.
There is a decrease for the year in
little cigars of 2,511,559, in snuff Of
341 100 pounds and in smoking and
chewing tobacco of 28,115,697 pounds.
The only kind of tobacco product
which increased in production was
cigarettes. The production of clga-
rettes during the fiscal year just past
vas 36, 1884, 804, against 80, 1885,
538 in 1917, which is an increase Of g.
49, 41, 266.
Figured roughly in percentage, ciga-
rettes increased about 20 per cent over
the previous years production; large
cigars decreased about 5 per cent and
smoking and chewing tobacco de-
creased about 6 per cent.
Uncle Sans income from the to-
baccO industry, however, was greater
in all divisions of the trade than in
1917. The government collected by in
ternal revenue taxation $156, 1873, 659.90,
an increase over 1917 Of 53,611,6 61. 76.
This increase in taxation revenue was
divided as follows:
Large cigars, $~5,234,165.17; small
cigars, $16S, 1921; large cigarettes,
$22,455.9O; small cigarettes, $685.
243,792.52; chewing and smoking
tobacco, $11, 824,3SO.95; snuff, $1,219,-
1920; cigarette papers of tubes, $431,-
1924; official taxes, $191, 693.98; floor
taxes, $6,2S1, 479!6O.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-27
Coconut Oil Is Used In
Substitute for Cows Mill

A very palatable and entirely sat
isfactory substitute for cows milk and
cream is now being manufactured by
mixing In water sterilized skim milk,
produced by evaporation, and making
an emulsion with coconut oil. An es-
sential ingredient is q stabilizer, en-
tirely harmless In character, which
keeps the water and oil from separat-
ing. In large cities where the price
Of milk Is high and a clean product
is difficult to obtain, this substitute
should be in considerable demand
Popular Mechanics Magazine.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-27
Oatmeal Biscuits.

Sift together one and o~ne-fOurth
cupfuls of flour, one and one-half tea
s%poonfuls of baking powder, one-half
teaspoonful of salt, two tablespoonfuls
Of sugar., one and one-third cupfuls of
oatmeal, six tablespoonfuls of melted
shortening and two-thirds Of a cupful
of water. Mix and roll out thin on a
Toured board; cut with a biscuit cut
ter and bake in a creased pan in a
moderate oven twenty minutes.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-27

nervous hens ire apt to develop such vices as eggeahng and feather eating.
The bad tendencies mentioned do not prohibit the keeping of large and small
breeds in small back yards. but make it necessary for the keeper to use
and hghtcolored varieties are not desirable for small back yards, because
their plumage soils too easily
AS a rule 1t is most satisfactory to buy hens of u local poultry keeper
Or dealer in live poultry. Desirable small focks ire frequently offered by
try. Dealers in live poultry everywhere sort out from their general receipts
the hens that show good breeding and quality to sell to backyard poultry
keepers.
For the backyard flock kept to produce eggs only it is not necessary to
have hens of extra good standard quality. What breeders IF standard poul
try call choice utility hens are as good as any for egg production and cost
sized breeds are usually a little under standard weights, and have superficial
faults-as unsoundness of color, or irregularHy Of markings o of the shape
Of the comb-whch In n o way affect their laying capacity but make them
unfit for exhibition and undesirable for breeding purposes.
When buying hens in person, particular attention should be given to the
general condihon-whether the bird seems vigorous and livey-and to the
bright red combs and bright eyes. A slight paleness of the comb is simply
a n indication that the hen is not laying at the time; but a bird whose comb
has either a yeDowish o a blush cast should be rejected, for these are symp-
toms of internal disorders. The skin and scales of legs and toes should be
smooth, ad the soes Of the feet soft and free from corns.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-27
Peanut Cookies.

Cream O%ne-fourth of a cupful Of
sugar with two tablespoonful of short
enlng. Add n beaten egg, two table
%spoonfuls of milk and three-fourths Of
a cupful of -four, sifted with a tea
spoonful of baking powder and a
pinch of salt. Stir in half q cupful Of
chopped peanuts and half a teaspoon
full of lemon extract. Drop from a
spoon on a CREASED baking pan and
bake in quick oven.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-27
Barley Currant Cakes.

Cream %One-fourth OF d cupfui OF
shortening with One-half a cupful of
sugar. Add two egg yolks, one-half a
cupful of milk and beat well. Stir in
two ~teaspoonfuls Of baking powder,
sifted with three-fourths of a cupful
Of barley -four. Add one-half cupful
OF currants, one teaspoonful of lemon
extract and fold in the beaten whites
of two eggs. Bake in a CREASED muffin
pan in Il moderate oven.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-27
City VS.. Farm Poultry Raising
Prepared BY The u. s. Department Of Agriculture

On the farm the poultry keeper an greatly reduce the work OF caring
for the fowls and at the ame time give them the opportunity to pick the
most of their living by distributing them on the land. In the city back yard
the birds could not under any circumstances. pick any considerable part of
the feed they require. Practically everything must be supplied them, hence
any negligence N the part Of the keeper affects results more unfavorably than
when the hens are under farm conditions.
things necessary to do is done at the right time In the right way, and this
system involves nothing too hard for a child, or beyond the ingenuity Of an
adult who cannot look after the fowls a IS closely IS the child whose time is
divided between home and school,
Hens of the medium-szed breeds-Pymouth Rocks, Wyandotes, Rhode
Reds and Orpingtons-are best suited 10 backyard conditions. Large
hens kept in close confinement are likely to get too fat to lay well. Small,