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Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-07-04

We knew It vas German by the b1acA
leather boot. One Of our crew used
that foot to hang extra bandoliers OF
ammunition on. This man always was
handy fellow; made use of little
points that the ordinary person would
overlook.
The Germans made three counter
attacks, which we repulsed, but not
without heavy loss on our side. They
also suffered severely from our shell
and machine-gun fire. The ground was
spotted with their dead and dying.
The next day things were somewhat
quieter' but not quiet enough to bury
We lived, ate and slept in that trench
with the unburied dead for six days.
It was awful to watch their faces be-
come swollen and discolored. Towards
the last the stencil was fierce.
What got on my nerves the most was
that foot sticking out Of the dirt. It
seemed to me, at night, in the NOON
light, to be trying to twist around.
Several times this impression was so
strong that I went to it and grasped 1t
in both hands, to see If I could feel q
movement.
told this to the man who had used
it for hatrack just before I lay down
for little nap, as things were quiet,
and needed rest pretty badly.
When woke up the foot was gone.
he had cut it off with our chain saw
out Of the spare parts box, and had
plastered the stump over with mud.
During the next two or three days,
before we were relieved, missed that
foot dreadfully; seemed as IL I had
suddenly lost chum.
think the worst thing of all was to
watch the rats, at night, and some
times In the day, run over and play
about among the dead.
Near our gun, right across the para
pet, could be seen the body Of Ger
man lieutenant, the head and arms of
which were hanging into our trench.
The man who had cut of the foot used
to sit and carry on a one-sided CONVEX
sation with this officer. used to argue
and point out why Germany was in the
wrong. During all Of this monologue
I never heard him say anything out Of
the way-anything that would have
hurt the officers feelings had he been
alive. He was square all right /;
wouldn't even take advantage Of a
dead man in an argument.
To civilians this must seem dread
full, but out here one gets so used to
awful sights that It makes no impress
sion. In passing butcher shop you
are not shocked by seeing dead tur-
key hanging from a hook. Well, in
France, dead body is looked upon
from the same angle.
But, nevertheless, when our six days
were up, we were tickled to death to
be relieved.
Our machine gun company lost
seventeen killed and thirty-one wound
ed in that little local affair Of
Strengthening the line" while the
other companies clicked 1t worse than
we did.
After the attack we went into re.
serve billets for six days, and on the
seventh once again we were in rest bill.
letss
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-07-04
Amusement For chlIdnen

For the children, before they are old
enough to use scissors, tearing paper is
an engaging occupation. Tear piece
Of old newspaper into an oblong shape
It may be any size, about two by -four
inches, we will say. By folding this
in the middle It will make little tent
Again, fold in thirds, one piece turned
up and one down, for q chair. Turr
both ends down for table, The chilli
can tear paper into trees, a ball, dol
babies and many other simple shapes
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-09-05
Status Of Women Aliens.
From the New York Times.

NhO V hOhh AAhASS
Among other wise provisions in the new
bill just adopted unanimously by the Brit
ish house Of commons, defining national
tty and the status of aliens. Is one MAX
Ing in the existing law q change the need
os which has already been felt in this
country. It's effect is to empower the
home office to assent TO the application OF
~ British born WIFE Cor the privilege of
iearming the rights Of British citizenship,
'cst by her when she married a man who
IL nov IN enemy alien.
That wives, whatever thcir origin. &C
o;I:r1 the political status OF their hus-
hands, whatever that may be. and that
thCT can recover their former status
oaly through the death of. OF a divorce
'fiorn, their alient Observation-Disclosures are
wei established principles Of Law in prac-
ticc:lv al, lands. civilized and unciviized.
They ere. however, mere surv!vals from
Il c ora when everywhere II was held tibet
man and wife are one. and the man Is the
one. Row that the separate individual ty
Of women has gained nearly full recog-
ni'io1 IN some Countries, and q tendency
toward S:c. recognition exists In a good
r,any more. refusal to grant, 1t I'm the
Ds.ter &C s.:izscsh.p has become more OF
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-09-05
The Price Eggs.
From the New York Tribune.

That very clever journal, the villager, makes some remarks on
'the unacceptable results that follow on the watering of the stock Of
money" and quotes from Hartley Withers a remark of DR.. johnson.
When told that in Skye 20 eggs might be bought for a penny the
genial scholar observed: "Sir, | do not gather from this that eggs
are plenty in your miserable island, but that pence are few And
that, as the ViLlager observes, lis the whole story
q. II the number or pence in Skye had been Increased twentyfold and
& would have had to pay 20 pence for their 20 eggs We should need to
4r9 assume, II course that what is called the velocity Of the circulation
"a all The while unchanged, n we quite fearessIy make such
q assumption ceiling hat Skye would Tot betry US, nor force us into
aught than thism main conclusion can be made out Of Initiation, yet
many Of our. successfu business men, and even editors with business
SIS BEN o. mind, bund up curous-we had almost said fatuous-argu-
NJ ments m the other side. III HA "& 1rN .4#.""f ~ tHo ~
The only explanation for this that the Villager can find is that
@seconomic theories are true only in the long run; that is to say, they
do not show in detail, but only in the full cross section of the move
nent:o And it goes on to say that business men are somewhat prone
to conhne their reasoning ito what happens between the morning s
unlocking of the office door and the evenings locking of the cash
drawer
In Britain. one of the foremost of living economists, Prof. j.
Shield Nicholson, has gone so far as to endeavor to show by a series
of tables and charts that the rise in the average of commodity prices
in that country has followed promptly within three months each new
increase in the output of treasury bills.
Professor ,Kemmerers admirable article IN the American
Economic Review, shows that while the actual volume Of American
production and trade from 1914 increased about Is perScent, the
nation s stock Of money and the volume Of banking credit increased
70 or 80 per cent. This could have no other effect than an immediate
and corresponding rise in the average of prices and this is precisely
what we got. The thing worked with the precision of a machine.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-09-05

LOUIS tracy, q Member OF n British
New York and many other great cities
In the United States bve a procession. and
1t Is a startling fact to note that II the
dead and wholly war shattered youth of
the British empire could march down
Fifth avenue I'm platoons of 20 men In a
rank the pallid host could not pass from
Central park to Washington square in 10
long summer days. America Is proud,
and very properly proud. Of the great
army she has poured into France. 1t Is
100000 In round numbers. But Britain
has already lost 1,0O0.0 900 in dead and
grievously wounded while $4,000 900 have
been smitten by the pestilence called Ger
many.
II has been estimated that Britain has
Fought on II fronts during the last four
years. One can readily enumerate most
or them. for her troops have been to the
fore IN Belgium, France, Italy, Serbia,
Greece, Russia, Palestine. M~esopotamia,
China and North. East and West Africa.
to name only the main theaters of the
war. She and her colonies nave raised
100000 soldiers. and of this total Eng
lands mot Great Britain's) proportion Is
W per cent. In this regard I must remove
q mis~apprehension, or, to be candid, nail
down q Hun lie. which has found credence
In some quarters. Il shall mot labor the
point. 1t should suffice IL I state with alb
solate authority that one man In every
seven and a half Of the population OF
England Is in the army. The same ratio
holds good Of Scotland. Wales has con-
tributed one man in every 10 and a fifth,
Ireland one man In every 26 and a third.
the overseas dominions one man IN
every Is.
The ministry Of munitions handles
50.WO.OO0 articles per week., and sends
abroad $1,000 constgnments per week. In
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-09-05
SEAFOOD MARKETS
BEING DEVELOPED

Washington, ID. C.-New markets for
seafood are being developed by the
bureau of fisheries of the department
OF commerce, as a meat conservation
measure. Whale meat from the Pacific
coast-2o,00 600 pounds of it-recently has
been put on the Boston market. The
shipment was disposed Of in 10 days
at a retail price of 15 cents n pound
and was received with such satisfac-
ton by householders who like to live
both well and economically that prep
arattons are being made to assure a
regular supply. Some or the meat was
sold as, far north as Portland, Me.
On the Texas coast, q representa-
tive OF the bureau Is seeking to intro
duce porpoise meat. which has been
pronounced excellent py those who
have tried 1t. The main difficulty has
been to make arrangements at the fish
ing centers for systematic shipments.
Fishes from the gulf are being sold in
many cities through the middle west,
as the result Of shipments arranged by
the bureau. Carload lots are being
ordered by dealers IN Indianapolis,
Louisville and Nashville. Efforts are
being made by the bureau to increase
the pack of salt whiting, for which there
was a large demand last winter. New
England fishermen are being instructed
in sailing methods. DR.. Russell ]. Coles,
an assistant at the bureau, Is endeavor-
ing to establish a fishery for sharks,
rays and porpoises at Cape Lookout,
N. G. Experiments have shown that
smoked porpoise is nutritious food.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-09-05
A Platinum Discovery.
From the Worcester Telegram

From the Worcester Telegram.
The experience of something better thai
was anticipated has come to the Norquist
Brothers, of Spokane and Seattle. They
report having spent $751; 0n developing what
was supposed to be o greay sl'rr mine on
the kasio river in the great northwest of
Canada and this country. and finding that
there was 10 silver worth mining. But
they observed a kind OF rock that puzzled
them. and had 1t Analysed. The man of
science reported a prospec of 800 worth
OF platinum ore per ton of the rock, anG
the brothers have gone at it with the
vigor that naturally pertains to an open
chance to handle a ton of rock for $500.
AS the platinum is worth $lG5 an ounce,
II is plain that no great amount Of trains
will be necessary to move the fine product
from that mine when Ii has been reduced
TO the sale stage of platinum. 1t Is barely
more than six ounces TO the ton of rock.
The millers of that rock VIII have to be
watched and they must watch out for
every bit of that dust. for an ounce OF the
real stuff Is pretty small pick.ngs from a
ton Of ore. The incident is one more addi-
ton TO the independence OF this side of
thu Atlantic II provides the necessary
mineral, ant what comes from the north
west will not be needed from the enemy
countries of Europe.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-09-05
SHEET MUSIC WOULD
MAKE HIT WITH BOYS
BY FRANK J. TAYLOR.
United Prosa Staff Corresoopdsr

With the American Array in France
(by maiD-The boys want music over
here in the trenches. II you w~nt tC
make a lit with a soldier boy, send
him some OF the latest SON hits, sc
that he and his pals can try to mar
moniZe" on them during the long eve-
nings they spend in the trenches or
among the ruins Of somewhere IN the
woods.
European officers cay the American
army Is the most musical in the world
The boys are always going about their
work, whether it's marching into the
trenches or filling up a shell mole In
the road, with a Song.
A Song to sins In a great thing. II
boosts up the spirit and the morale,
and makes a man forget the things
he doesn't like. The fellows in the
army who can't sing always whistle.
Somewhere in every group is an in
strument Of some kind. often nothing
more than q couple Of strings over q
cigar o with q handle on it-but
something hat will make. a tune.
The boys usually get near q "hut"
that has a photograph now and then
and try out h songs, But they want
new ones, the latest ones from Amer
lea, the soldier songs hat take so
long to drift cross tho sen. unless
someone sends sheet music.
SO II you want to make O hit with a
"doughboy" send him some sheet
music, the latest thing you can get
from Broadway. The best way to send
1t Is in an envelope, sealed tight, as
first class matter. for otherwise it may
be lost.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-09-05
Look Across the Sea.

E. T. Meredith, In Nations Business.
In England and France L have seen
things which l wish could be burned into
the conscience of every business man in
the United States. have seen factories
in ruins, office buildings blown into bits,
commercial districts, miles in extent, ly-
ing deserted and silent, grass growing In
the streets like places Of the dead-every-
thing that years, perhaps hundreds of
years of patient industry had built up and
passed on as a heritage from father to
son-all vanished.
We in America have known nothing like
this. We can know nothing like it.
Thanks to our allies, these experiences
will be kept from us. That factory OF
yours in New England, that mine OF your
neighbours in Michigan, that farm l own
In 1owa-they are being protected today
by the untold sacrifices OF the soldiers,
tho business men, the women Of Eng.
land and france.
Why then should we complain? Why
should we protest hat our business is
ruined? Why should we bewaii lessened
profits, cavil at high prices. inconveni.
ences, hard conditions? Why should we
rage at the disaster that overtakes our
business?
Our business? Our profits. Our lives?
Good God. will we ever open our eyes to
see the ruth? Ear we ever repay the debt
we owes The time has come for us, tho
commercial men of this country, to re-
lieve our French and British allies over
seas OF their appalling burden. Their
soldiers are now our soldiers, as truly
as IL they wore our uniform; and our boys
are theirs.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-09-05
Great Britain Share.


War Mission, in the Washington Star.
addition to over 30 national arsenals,
Great Britain has now 5,04S government
controlled factories. all working day and
night on munitions n supplies. In Octo.
Der. 1911. about 1000 900 men and about
10000 women were engaged in munition
work proper. InFJuly, 1917, the number Of
women, employed In government work Of
all kinds stood 1.06s.000. According to the
board Of trade Labor Gazette Of Novem-
Der Is. 1917, the number had risen to 1,302,-
600 before the latter date. Women do GO
to 70 per cent of all the machine work
on shells. fuses and trench warfare sup
plies. and have contributed 1,45O traineS
mechanics to the Royal Flying corps. In
one way or another about 5000. 900 Britiah
women are working for their country In
her need. many OF whom never worked In
their lives before.
Turning to the fleet, what shall I say.
what q I say that will be at all ado
quate to the theme, Of the work o by
the British navy? 1t would be almost
ludfcrous. In a review of Brftain's share
In the war, to dismiss In a sentence the
absolutely vital part borne by the fleet
did I not feel assured that every intelii-
gent man and woman In the United States
knows as well. IL not better. han I that
the civilized world owes its existence to-
day to the unparalleled services rendered
by the navy. Britain's ships nave kept
open the ocean highways and penned the
Hun In his few protected harbors. The
navy has triplec its personnel and
doubled its fighting armament. It has
transported over the face of the waters
mules. 10000 vehicles. rs. 200, 900 tons Of
explosives. $1,000. 900 ton of oil and fuel.
End 130. Ooo. 100 tons Of food and other
stores.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-09-05
$50 Milec an Hour.

From the New York World,
'It would be easy for any British ar
plane manufacturer TO produce a machine
which could make better than $50 miles an
hour declared Capt. w. G.. Aston, one OF
tho leading English experts on air me-
chanics. here the other day. This could
be accomplished by merely altering the
curvature OF the planes. But this would
mean a minimum landing speed of about
40 miles and hour, n there is the great
difficulty. /,
THE machine would be PROFESSIONALLY
flyable. but Its successful landing would
require an airdrome five or six miles long,
to say nothing OF extraordinary skill on
the part OF the pilot"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-09-05
Good Work Slowly Done,
From the philadelphia Public lie,

from the philadelphia Public Ledger.
Some Of US are trying to live our lives
all at once. We would cramp the slow
development of years into the coming
month or week; we would compress the
work OF an hour into the next five min
utes. Nature-patient, t~ireless, cunning
laborer that she is-does not favor this
plans. She takes her time-"Because II
Is hers!" some one makes prompt answer.
she has command OF all the time there
Is. She can be as deliberate as she
chooses. We. must make haste because
our little lives are 30 soon clipped off. The
darkness too early rounds our day. Our
work must be put through with speed and
under pressure or we shall not finish"
The best work ever by these feeble
mortal hands n minds Of ours Is done
not in a fever but In a calm. Art land
the exception proves the rule) achieves
most nobly when 1t achieves with tram
guilty. The personal circumstances of
the artist may be distressing. He rises
above them. His dream translates him
10 the skies above his mVhdane environ
ment. His passion for the truth leads
him to forget that he is poor and hungry
n misunderstood. He writes his book or
paints his picture or ompose his sonata
In a land where 1t is always summer and
the skies are blue and tears are never
shed and none ever dies. BY the force
or a creative imagination. he establishes
Tor himself a new heaven and a new
earth. and his spirit Ii tranquil because
1t Is triumphant over the pinching and
gnawing circumstances.
Artist or artisan, each Of us must learn
to make h pilgrimage a step at a time.
Let not an anxious forecast corrugate the
brow with the thought of a morrow suffi-
Client unto itself. Epicurean delight lives
for the moment; and a mans more seri-
Gus purpose in existence would often do
we'll to follow the example.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-09-05
Now tho One Way Glass.
From the Little journal.

Nso
For making n finders. checking eye
pieces for sunsfgnts, for comparison ocu-
lars. binocular microscopes and for other
purposes IL has been found necessary to
produce a one way glass: that is, a glass
which looked Through from one side Is
transparent. while looked at from the
other is Opaque and functions as a mirror.
This Is brought about by silvering In such
a manner that exactly the same measure
of light - transmitted through it as Is re-
Elected b. II.
The Invention was perfected In Ger
many before the war and 1t was immedi-
ately put to Use not only for purposes of
military observation, but also for the
delectction of the most favored Of the
nobility. There was, for instance, the
high we'll born Freiherr Won Namenver-
gessen. who, being q mar OF wealth and
Influence, procured enough of the one
way glass to equip the guest room walls
of MS castle so that they appeared as
ordinary mirrors to his guests, while he
had convenient posts Of observation pro-
vided for himself at the back.
This type of German humor would never
appeal to America but there are. however,
many uses toNwhich one way glass could
be put with profit and convenience. In
n business office, for instance, the eye of
thu master is often q useful instrument,
whereas he frequently needs privacy for
conferences. Therefore, a private office
Enclosed in this kind Of glass would often
be Desirable. 1t would be agreeable In
raaay windows; In short, with consider
ablo limitations. 1t would provide a cur
tain OF inyisibility, less effective than the
legendary gift Of Minerva, but useful in
1000 ways.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-09-05

to pay . higher price for almost anything.
On an article that formerly sold for
$l0o to Increase the price to 500 Is to
invite criticism n investigation, bus
nothing Is likely to be said II q dino u
charged for an article that formerly. SOLD
for q nickel. although there may be moth
ing 30 warrant the 100 per cent increase.
High cost Of material. higher wages and
increased overhead expenses are the
reasons most generally given for an In
creaes IN retail price.
In st. Louis an investigation vas con-
Quoted when shoe shining establishments
raised h price 8 to 10 cents. Testimony
showed the increase cost Of materials to
be less than 10 per cent: rent lights and
heat less than 20 per cent and labor about
80 per cent. with no increase whatsoever
In many items, yet the public was asked
for a 100 per cent increase.
This Is only an example of price in
creases on small articles, yet these small
items, according to statistics. represent
approximately 20 per cent Of household
expenses.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-09-05
Tho Thresher's Dinner,

From tho Dubuque Telegraph-Herald
The farmer OF this new era who comes
50 help at a threshing bee will carry his
own dinner. The war board has set it's
face against h old fashioned "threshing
dinner" In the preparation Of which each
farmers wife We'd with her %neighbor in
quantity and variety OF edibles.
The war board has not dom this be-
cause II Is sorry for the poor farmer
wife. sweating in her fiery kitchen. break
Ing her back over the oven and dishpan
What the var board is thinking about
Is the waste of food.
But tho result will be the same. For II
has become bad form, even in the coun.
try. to try to Guido ones neighbor in the
amount of food served. The rivalry for
the remainder of the war will be in find
Ing nourishmsnt for the workers without
waste. and without use OF those foods
which are needed by our allies.
No longer is cottage cheese to be a
side dish. added to a dinner already toe
rich in protein by heavy meats and by
vegetables cooked with bacon or salt pork
Cottage cheese Is to take the center Of the
table. Thanked with hard boiled eggs /,
becomes the piece de resistance. II vain
let the farmland raise his voice in scorn,
His insides will be supplied with strength
and energy as never before.
With the necessity for saving food
comes a great stimulus to the study OF
scientific dietaries. After this year II
should be rare to see a housewife working
her body to the point where she Is left al
night without the energy to work her
brain. Hereafter, she Is to work her brain
first, that she may save her body.
1t Is the most necessary reform which
could be applied to any department of
rural life. The passing of the threshing
dinner in accordance with the request OF
the wal board will tut mark a milestone
on the way OF progress.