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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1918-12-28
PRINGLE PARAGRAPHS.

Dec 26, 1918.
Miss Josie Callan and Miss NJ Hol-
lenbeck were shopping in Custer Tues
day.
Miss Myrtle Carter arrived from Rapid
City Friday evening TO spend the hoi-
days at home.
Mr.. and Mrs Z. Cairo entertained at
a large Xmas dinner the Mills and Lewis
families from Argyle.
Charles Smith motored to Rapid City
Saturday, bringing back his mother-in-
law and nice Xmas tree.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs Harry CaIlan,
at their ranch near Pringle, baby girl,
Friday Dec. Goth. All doing fine.
Werner Moore's mother returned to
Rushville, Neb, Saturday evening, as
her family are we'll again, and her school
needed her.
Mrs. Bud Hayden's mother, Mrs.
Clarke, was Burlington passenger from
Hot Springs Tuesday morning to visit
her daughter.
Stanley Callan motored to Dewey, S.
d., Sunday to bring his sister, who has
been teaching there, home for two
weeks holiday.
Donald Holenbeck enjoys birthday
on Nmas day, and as he was not home
on that day, will entertain few of his
young friends at dinner Thursday in
honor Of his l2 years.
The Hollenbeck family mo,ored to
Mystic Wednesday afternoon, making
| the trip in two and halt hours, and
| helped finish two big turkeys, after
which they completed the holiday by
| dancing.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1918-12-28
CHEAPER FLOUR PREDICTED.

Washington Dec. 20-Cancelation Of
all -four milling regulations, including
fair price schedules, price and quantity
restrictions on the sale of wheat flour by
millers, is officially announced by the
food administration. Officials expect
that this will result in cheaper -four.
Existing regulations, restricting the mar
gin of profit on flour, and mill feeds re-
main in effect, as do the general regula-
tions prohibiting protiteering, boarding
and unfair practices. Officials said these
would be enforced strictly. The pre-
diction OF cheaper -four TO the consumer
is based on an immediate rise in the
price of mill feeds. close observation
of the markets trend, it was said, show
ed that with every upward movement of
feeds came fall n the price of -four on
basis of an average drop of 5 cents a
barrel on flour to every dollar per ton
increase on mill feed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1918-12-28
FATHERS XMAS LETTER.
EpINAL, NosGEs FRANCE,
Nov. %, 1911.

ErINAi, NoSGEs FRANCE
Nov. %, 1918.
DEAR FArHEB;-
am going to try and write you a
longer letter this time for year Nmas
letter. We can write little more now
as certain restrictions have been raised
by the Censor. My hut the weather is
sure nice here for this time of the year.
We have had only one snow so far and
that did not amount to much. Although
the nights are pretty cold the days are
fine considering We are planning on a
feast Thanksgiving aud hope the wealth
er stays nice for the occasion. Would
sure like to eat Nmas dinner with you
but ] guess it Will be impossible this year
as the time is no near. You can look for
me within the next four months as ! do
not think it will be much sooner or not
much later. | sent you coupon for a
Xmas parcel which ! hope you received
as sure will appreciate present from
home this year more than | ever did be-
fore, whatever it may be.
We are located back Of the front of
Asace Lorraine and have been here
continually ever since we landed. The
French haYe large shops here (auto-
mobile shops) trucks and touring cars.
Most of the work is overhauling and
minor repair work and some Of our boys
are driving trucks The nights are quiet
now since the big guns ceased firing and
we can sleep in peace as there isn't any
more worry of air raids. | think we
have been pretty lucky any way as we
haven't lost a man There hasn't been
but very few killed here this summer.
What has helped us / think is that there
is a large German prisoner camp here.
We took all of our bedding and beds out
side today We have that to do twice a
week. think it is good thing too
Stuart Miller is still here in Epinal.
II is doing Nj. F. duty. lie expects to
move most any time We are two miles
or more from Epinal although We can 90
to town any night We want to between
the hours Of six and ten. II is fair
sized town. The Moselle river runs
through the town.
hope YOU all enjoy yourselves Amas
and eat little more for me. am going
to try and bring you back something
from France as a souvenir. Everything
/
is high here so do not suppose it viii
be very much. Well | will close for thi:
time wishing you all a Merry Xmas anC
many more 10 come.
AS ever your son, with love.
PRIVATE Leroy T. TURNER,
Co. IL, lst Air Service, Mechanic
Reg't, A. p. 0. 764, A. T., f., France
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1918-12-28
STATE AND COUNTY COUNCILS
OF DEFENSE ABOLISHED

BY proclamation Governor Norbeck
abolished the state and county councils
Of defense as being no longer neces-
slry, removes all members of the coun.
ty councils and annuls all orders of the
state or county councils which have been
issued.
He asks the state council to as soon as
practicable, close up its affairs and re-
port its expenditures and acts to him
but asks them to work with the national
council from now on in its various acts.
One of the most important orders of
| the state council which is now annulIed
is that which forbade the use of the Ger
man language in South Dakota but as the
legislature meets next month, this stua-
tion will be shortly dealt with.
The abolishing OF the council was
effected at the request Of the executive
committee of the state council which
met at Huron and recommended such
action to the Governor.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1918-12-28
STOCKRAISING ACT
Stockraising Homestead Act of October 25
1918, Allows Additional Entries
to HomesteaderS.

Department of the Interior, Rapid City
Land Office.
SIRs The act Of Congress Of October
%, 1918, (Public No. 229) amends the
stock-raisng homestead act Itproyides
that even though an additional entry be
made under the first proyiso to Sec. 3
of the act of Dec. 29 1916, 80 stat, S62l
part or all of the land in which is in.
contiguous to claimants original entry
be may nevertheless perform the requir-
ed period Of residence on the tract orig
inally entered if he continues to own it,
it being stipulated, however, that the
additional land must be within 20 miles
of the original
2. Accordingly, the frs, so,.::@2Ce Of
paragraph 6 Of the instructions of Janu-
airy %, 1917, Circular No. 523 10 d.
D., 625) is amended to read as follows :
"Any person, otherwise qualified, who
has a pending or perfected homestead
entry for less than $40 acres of land
which shall be designated as stock-rais
ing land, is entitled under the first pro-
vso to section Of the act, as amended,
to make an additional entry for tract
of designated land within radius Of 20
miles from the tract originally entered,
and making up herewith an area Of not
more than $40 acres
3. The first sentence of the second
subparagraph Of paragraph of said cir
cular 523, is amended to read as follows:
"As to residence, this must be continued
for three years, subject to the privilege
of five months absence in each year
divisible into two periods, if desired but
credit on the residence period on ac-
count of military service during time OF
war will be allowed as on 9th + home
stead entries where an entry has been
made, additional to a pending entry, or
| to a perfected entry for tract still own
ed by the claimant, the residence may
be had on either of the tracts involved
for three years after the additional is
allowed or becomes allowable. Ia other
cases such residence must be on the land
additionally entered"
4. Where you have not taken 6nal
action and forwarded the papers in con
nection with the applications which
were flied before October rs, 1918, and
which are allowable only by virtue Of
the provisions of the act of that date,
you will take favorable action thereon
or make favorable recommendation, as
the case may be unless adverse claim OF
withdrawal interviewed before the pass
age of the act
CLAY TALLMAN,
Commissioner.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1918-12-28
AWFUL
TOLL IN THE WORLI
L 4 "A ~ VI a ANI
Commissioner.


London, Dec 23.-The medical CORES
pondent of the London Times writes
There seems to be reasonable grounds
to believe that 100000 persons have
died of influenza and Of pneumonia in
the last II weeks. This plague, there
fore, is five times more deadly than the
war, which, it is estimated, killed 90
go, 600 persons in four and half years.
Influenza has cost London 10000 lives
up to date.
"Never since the black death has such
la plague swept the world. In India
alone it is estimated there were 5000,
600 deaths. In Bombay there were Is,
600, and in Delhi 500 daily. The Pun
ab lost 250,0O0.
'In Capetown 1000 children were left
destitute. The natives we're swept down
as by fire. Eighty per cent of ths ma
tives of Samoa were affected.
''ln Spain the plague was terrific. La
Barcelona there were 10000 deaths alone.
In Australia and North America the to-
tails were large.
No medical authority. is certain oi
any conclusion yet reached, but possibly
a still undiscovered organism is isinvolved.
Possibly the increased violence of the
influenza bacillus is responsible. 1t was
mild when it first started in Spain. 1t
visited England in mild form, then
America and then returned to England
in severer type. Usually it first ap'
peared at sesports. The figures indicate
the infection was by contact and not car
ried through the air"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1918-12-28
RECEIVER WILL OPERATE
CHAMBERLAIN MINING co.

James Graham, of this place, formerly
secretary of the Cumberland Mining
company has been appointed receiver Of
the company's property, by the federal
court Of this district, on an application
made by stockholders of the company
As soon as Mr.. Graham's bond has been
accepted he will assume the duties of re-
ceiyer.
When the company closed operations
on the j. r. mine, many years ago, it
was understood that it contemplated the
sinking of new shaft to strike the body
of ore which had been uncovered far of
from the bottom Of the original shaft and
which was found too expensive to work
under these conditions. Dissention
among the majority and minority stock
holders in the plans under which to re-
sumo work, led to numerous law suits,
the fnal results of which we now see in
the appointment of a receiver. The final
outcome will be watched with interest.
Hill City News.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1918-12-28
FORT MEADE MAY BE
SOLDIER HOS PIPAL

Rapid City, Dec. 24-Plans Of the
United States government for taking
care of wounded and sick soldiers may
include occupying Fort Meade and
turning it into hospital for i've medical
students from the student army training
corps at Brookings have been ordered to
Fort Meade to report for duty,
The detachment was in charge of Ser
geant II. c. Palmer who prfiessed
ignorance concerning the contemplated
move. Sergeant Palmer declared that
another corps Of medical men had been
sent to Fort Meade and he judged that a
large number Of wounded soldiers were
to be sent TO the fort for treatment and
recuperation,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1918-12-28

Rapid City Guide; The Mallow meat
market has on display an eleven hun
dred pound buffalo, which was purchas.
ed from the state game warden. The
animal was very wild and showed much
fight 1t was the trouble maker OF the
herd and for this reason the warden de-
cided to sell it and the Mallow Market
was on the job--sent an expedition to
the game preserve last week and butch
cred the animal.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1918-12-28
THE FLU" HOLDS UP
FARMERS SHORT COURSES

The ban on public meetings on ac-
count Of Influenza wiped off the slate
the many farmers short courses sched.
uled in South Dakota counties during
this winter. Al present Brown county
is the only locality definitely holding a
short course this month. II. +. Dawes,
superintendent of short courses for the
state college extension division says that
whenever county is ready to hold short
course meetings such meetings will be
held there. At present, there is no de.
fined schedule of meetings in circuits
Communities desiring the short course
should take the matter up with theil
county agent or Mr.. Dawes, provided
of course, that the ban on meetings has
been raised locally.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1918-12-28

Christmas day in Custer passed off
quietly, and the people seemed to have
devoted themselves to the enjoyment of
the day. Business was generally sus-
pended, aud public Offices and banks
closed. Many families had trees aud
doings at their homes aud there were
very few people on the streets. Owing
to the fact that the Board OF Health has
prohibited all public gatherings on ac.
count of influenza, there were no SER
vices or doings Of any kind in the
churches or places of amusement.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1918-12-28
PROTESTS GOVERN

MERT CONTROL.
At recent meeting of the Deadwood
Business club directors the following
resolution was adopted, and the secretary
was instructed to forward to the South
Dakota senators aud members Of con
gress at Washington copy of it.
Resolved, that it is the sentiment of
Dead wood Business Club, that railroads,
express companies, telegraph, telephone
aud cable lines, which were taken over
for operation by the government as a
war measure should be restored to their
respective owners for operation with the
least possible delay, aud that the coun-
try be restored to an industrial peace
basis as soon as possible. (Signed)
"DEADwooD Business CLUB"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1918-12-28

State Food Administrator c. n. Her
reid has made the following announce
ment: effective December 23rd, all
regulations for public eating houses are
rescinded. However, the necessity oi
continued conservation of all foodstuH-
continues in view of the European fam
inc, but the conservation regulations are
not obligatory-the administration be.
lieyes that the people will govern them
selves accordingly without iron clad
regulations"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1918-12-28
INTER EsTING CROP
CONDITIONS REPORT

Sioux Falls II O. Ilerbrandson,
field agent in South Dakota of the bu-
reau Of crop estimates of the United
States department Of agriculture, makes
an interesting report OF present condi-
tions ana the acreage OF winter grain
sown in South Dakota this fall, and other
matters of interest bearing on the pro.
duction of crops in South Dakota
His report shows that because of un-
favorable weather conditions there has
been decrease in the acreage devoted
to both winter wheat and winter rye
compared with the acreage tor 1917 The
winter wheat acreage in South Dakota
for 1917 was 900 acres for 1918, los,
900 acres winter rye, acreage for 1917,
500, 600 acres for 1918, $4,000 acres.
The condition Of both crops is placed at
81.
HerbrandsOn reports that 10 special
| alfalfa seed inquiries have been return.
ed to his Office by alfalfa seed growers OF
south Dakota. These reports or in.
quiries indicate that the average yield
Of alfalfa seed per acre was about two
bushels. The quality of the seed is stat.
ed to be below last years quality, but
still very good, in the neighborhood OF
80. The total production OF alfalfa seed
amounts to 80 per cent. of the average
of recent years. This seed is largely
available at the present time and prac
ticalIy all of it will be available by the
first of January. The region of the
greatest production of alfalfa seed is in
dicated to be in the southwestern section
| of the state.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1918-12-28

Returning soldiers will be given one
months pay plus transportation allow
ance of three and one.half cents per
mile from point of rehabilitation to
home town, Their railroad tickets will
cost two cents per mie by direct route.
Demobiiz alton will be from nearest
army camp 10 home section Of maj ority
of men ia each unit.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1918-12-28
STORMS I'm THE EAST

From the telegraph reports that have
come from the east it is apparent that
the snow storm which visited this sec
don of South Dakota and the cold snap
that accompanied it have moved on to-
ward the middle west, and further east.
Trains have been arriving in Chicago
and other cities of the east from eight to
ten hours behind time, while in many
instances trains have had to be aban-
loned. The reports say that the snow
fall has been unprecedentedly heavy,
and that there is hardly line Of rail.
road in the middle west and to the east
that has not had its schedules smashed.
The Burlington passenger train from the
east was about two hours late in getting
into Custer Tuesday and five and hal
Wednesday, the delay having been caus
ed by storms in the east and heavy snow
in Nebraska.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1918-12-28

Mrs f. L. Kirk received a telegra m
last Friday afternoon statiag that her
son, Preston Kirk, was seriously i'll at
Missoula Montana, with black measles.
She left that evening on the Burlington
for his bedside. Preston is at the naval
training station near Seattle, Washing
ton, and was on bis way home to spend
| the holidays with his folks.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-11-20

Especially graiifyins to the eli
.entele of This popular house was the
splendid performance of the Pho
toplayer, an orchestral music instru-
ment. which rendered several selec-
tions in manner comparable 10 The
productions of first-class orches-
ira. The rendition of screen songs,
as PLAYED on The pipe organ by Jesse
Crawford, the wizard of The ivory
board, was especially well received.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-11-20
THEATRES PLAY
TO BIG CROWDS
At REOPEN|NG

. El Centre theatres reopened last
night, completing, with but one ex-
ceution-that of the schools-the
lifting Of the five weeks influenza
quarantine. Apparently all fear of
the influenza was dissipated as soon
as the official ban was lifted, for
both theatres PLAYED to packed
houses.
At the Palace, which seals about
800 persons. The crowd was almost
banner-sized. And they were not
disappointed in the least, for Man
arer Cook had booked one of the
strongest bills ever seen here
Imperial Valley press., 1918-11-20

NOTICE OF MEETING OF STOCK
HOLDERS OF SONES LUMBER
COMPANY, A CORPORATION,
TO CONSIDER A PROPOSITION
TO INCREASE THE CAPITAL
STOCK OF SAID CORPORA
TION.
Notice Is Hereby Given: That, in
pursuance OF resolution and order
of the Board of Directors of Sones
Lumber Company, corporation,
unanimously adopted at meeting of
said Board duly held at the office
and principal place of business of
said corporation, in The City of Ell
Centre, Stale of California, on the
2Sth day of October, A. d. 1918, all
members of said Board being pres
ent, special meeting of The stock
holders Of said corporation will be
held al The office of The corporation
at Fourth and Commercial streets, in
The City of Ell Centro, State of Cali
fornia, the same being the principal
place of business of The said corpo-
ration, and being The building and
place where the Board of Directors
of said corporation usually meets, on
the 7th day of January, A. D. 1919,
at the hour of 2:30 o'clock'P. NJ, for
the purpose of considering and act
ing upon proposition TO increase
the capital stock of said corporation
from S20,00000, divided inlo 200
shares of the par value of $4,000
each, to S50,0000O, divided into 500
shares of the par value of $4,000
each.
Dated this 2Sih day of October,
1918.
BY order of The Board of Direc-
tors. -
SEAL) By CARRIE D. SONES,
Secretary of Sones Lumber Com
pany, corpora ion.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-11-20
MuIligau & Bowen
UNDERWRITERS
Licensed Emblamers. Lady
Attendant.
Phone 36 Ell Centre
NOTICE OF HEARING OF PETI-
TION FOR PROBATE OF WILL.

In the Superior Court of The Slate
of California, in and for the County
of Imperial.
In the matter of the estate of
GORDON HOLLOWAY, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the pc
tition of E. S. Judson for The probate g
of Will of Gordon Holloway, de-
ceased, and for the issuance of lei
ters of administration with the Will
annexed thereon 10 said f. S. Judson,
will be heard al 2 o'clock, p. m., on
FRIDAY November 29lh, 1918, at the
courtroom of said Superior Court al
lei Centro Imperial County, Califcr'
mia when and where any person in
terested may appear and contest The
same.
Dated November 16, 918.
M. S. COOK, Clerk,
BY C. E. Williford,
Deputy Clerk.
Dan V. holland,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
The ban has been lifted on auction
Imperial Valley press., 1918-11-20

The ban has been lifted on auction
sales. See ,Zinn & Stanton for early
sale dates.--Adv.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-04-21

You are therefore requested to cur, tain the use of sugar for the first six months of 1918 for soft drinks and for all other purposes except preserving fruits and vegetables and the making Of ice cream to at least 50 per cent of the consumption during the first six months Of 1917"
 The Food Administration does not look with favor on the establishments of new concerns which have sprung up seemingly to supply the demand by the older plants periodically reduc ing the consumption of sugar. This is made known in a ruling directing that sellers of sugar be prevented from disposing of the same to con cerns manufacturing less essential food products including candy and soda fountain syrups who have enter ed business since January 1, 1S1S unless first approved by the Food Ad ministration.
 Jobbers and wholesalers dealing in Arizona were notified of the ruIing today.
 The sugar rules affecting the sales of sugar by retail have been revised to allow the housewife sufficient sugar for canning purposes upon the filling out of the proper form.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-04-21
NEW YORK METAL

(By Review Leased Wire) A NEW YORK, April 20.-Bar silver STA.