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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-10-02
A Russian Amazon Who Cried.
From the New York Times.

" -fTOII liIS new vi i IIIleS.
Out of the aos there comes, now and
again a human note to remind us that ele-
mental nature will probably endure. On
the Murmansk railway front. Canadian
troops captured a party Of bolshevists in
the red guard uniform. among whom wss
q young woman of %, Olga Semenova
Petomtzava, fully armed and with a BAN
dolecr of cartridges across her breast. She
submitted Inutely to being disarmed; but
when her captors took a little ~scrapbook
Of pictures she broke down In tears. This
scrap book contained only "a number of
photographs of babies cut from maya
zines.
Nine. Peto1ntzeva left Petrograd on
April 4 to join her husband, who was in
the red guard. In order to remain with
him she donned a uniform and joined the
fighting. In the action in which she was
taken, at ,Urosozero. she was separated
from Petomtzeff, who escaped. Questioned
as to her interest in the photographs, she
OF last explained that she had had a
child, who died, and of whom, owing to
the disorder of the time. she could get nc
photograph. So she was collecting photo
graphs Of children of his age, intending to
keep the one that most Fesembled9 him.
When the Associated Press correspondent
cabled these homely details, Nine. Petomt-
zeva was serving as cook for q Canadian
mess.
A great philosopher to the contrary not
~withstanding, clothes do not make the
man--nor yet the woman. even war may
not wholly unmake them.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-10-02
MENNDNiTES LOSE IN
SWEEPING DECISION

IIurou, S. D., Sept. 29.--Judge lay
Jor, OF the state circuit court here, in
i case involving the rights Of members
of Mennonite colonies, has rendered a
sweeping decision against the colon
lists. The case was against one of the
colonies in which Joseph Waldner, Paul
Glanzer, David Hofer and David D.
Hofer were defendants and was the re-
suit Of Investigations commenced a
year n a half ago by the South Da-
kota council Of defense. which dis
closed some highly interesting facts
in relation to the life of the Menno-
mites.
Judge Taylor in his decision gives
the colonists 80 days in which to dis
pose of their holdings, estimated to be
valued at nearly s1,110,oO0 in Beadle,
Hutchinson, Bon Homme and Hanson
counties. He ~enjoins the officers of
the societies or their agents from en-
gaging in farming, stock raising. mill
ing or other secular pursuits n bust
nesses not authorized by the charter.
and If the 90-day clause of the decision
is ignored the court announces he will
enter an order ~vacating and canceliEg
the charter. The plaintiff is permitted
to recover costs and disbursements OF
the action
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-10-02
MUNICIPAL LIGHT
PLANT IS ASSURED
Watertown City Council Author
ICES Sale of Bonds-Private
Concern Will Not
Sell It's Plant.

WATERFOWL. S. D., Sept 30.-~Law>
suits and sparring for advantage in =
heated contest between city and
Watertown Light & Power Co, over the
question OF rates charges here for
electric current, are believed to be at
an end with the city's decision to build.
Immediately, a municipal power and
light plant. The resolution authorizing
the sale of bonds, voted several months
ago for a city plant, was passed upon
refusal of the light company to Sell
its plant for $217, $50, the amount at
which it was appraised by an engineer
employed by the city. The company
asked $3.50. 900 for its plant.
The public utilities committee Of tho
city council, authorized to go ahead
with the municipal owe plant, has
already purchased q site and a large
building, used now u machinery ware
house. This is to be rebuilt to house
the new power plant. The city plant
will Immediately take over the light
ing of streets, pumping water for the
municipal water works system and op-
Grating the sewer pumping station.
The light company's street lighting
franchise expires in q little over a year,
but its franchise to sell light n pow
er to private sun runs until 1929.
The city's allegations that the light
company was charging an exorbitant
rate was mad over a ear ago.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-10-02
RICHARDS OPPOSED 70
LEAGUE OF ANY KIND

Huron, S. d., Sept. 2s.--R, O. Rich
ards appointed county vice president
Of the League to Enforce Peace, of
which William, 9aWard Taft is presi-
dent, refuses to act with the league.
Mr.. Richards said: Until our consti-
tutional representative form of gov
eminent is adopted by those who would
enter into a League of Nations, / am
unalterably opposed to sE%-rendering
the supremacy of God given fed
eral government of the United States
of America for any super-confedera-
ton of governments to rule the waves
or rule over all by duress or force or
icy limited Statas-t accept any
moral cntanglements or alliances Of
any III with any foreign governments
or any representatives thereof where
by we may, directly or indirectly, be
called upon to use force or duress
against any nation and thereby invade
the liberty Of any people by coercion
n in violation Of American traditions,
principles of liberty, good will, rnorali-
ty and service to all"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-10-02
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ASKED TO MAKE REFuNps

Watertown, S. ID, Sept. 3O.-Action
ON he state executive examiners re-
port charging five present county COM
missioners and two former commits
sioners of Codington county with over
charging the county in amounts rang
ing from $21.5o. to ss3l.01, and also
criticizing the commissioners conduct
in awarding and paying for bridge
construction contracts. will be taken
at thu first meeting in October, accord
ing to Suites Attorney d. X. Loucks,
who is investigating the report. The
states attorney is of the opinion that
the commissioners will repay The
amounts they are said to have over
charged. The overcharges, he says.
were mostly due to neutrality-suspicious. OF
the law.
Every present member of the
board is charged with having been paid
In excess of the amount allowed by law
for overseeing the poor. The highest
~overcharge, $s31.01, is credited against
D. M. Ranister, chairman Of the
board.
The state examiner charged the
county commissioners with letting
: bridge contracts improperly and with
making verbal agreements with con-
tractors to pay 20 per cent above cost
to the contractor for construction of
bridges. The report alleges that over
S4,S00.0O was for extras and for per-
centaEe profit between September 1,
1915 and March IL, 1919 for which the
commissioners had no legal author
ity.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-10-02
STATE MEMORIAL
SEEMS ASSURED
Doane Robinson, Historian, Of
South Dakota, Says Senti-
ment Is or Increase
For It.

Parker, S. D, Sept. Zs--{nterest in
the proposed soldier-sailor memorial
building, to be erected on he state
capita! grounds at Pierre, was revived
here this week when Doane Robinson,
state historian and a member Of the
state memorial committee, visited
Parker, and outlined the plans for the
memorial building.
He reported that in q uunber of
counties splendid work had been done
and tina: tbs memorial building was
O assured. n that as he visited
tho various counties where for one
reason or another 4 complete canvas
had not been made, he found that there,
was no county which wanted to be
lott without adequate representation.
In Turner county 4 complete canvas
vas made last May at the time of The
drive, in oaiy three precincts-Turncr,
Salem and ~Irene-witl. q little work
elsewhere. Reasons reported fog this
apparent lack OF interest We're that. as
In Parker, plans were then on loot
for the soldier sailor celebration. and
that there was some pen opposition to
\ memorial on the state capital
grounds.
Mr.. Robinson stated that he had
found some opposition elsewhere for
the same reasons, but that that had
practically all passed way now, since
it was a certainty that the building was
to be erectod and all counties wanted
adequate representation. He had also
visited Viborg, Centerville and Hurley.
and stated that committees had been
appointed there to raise their share
of the cuun.y's proportion.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-10-02
The Origin Of Wheat.
Grant Allen, in Colin clout's Calendar.

6Tant Allen, N CoHn CTouts CaendaT.
The original parents of all our cereals were grasses of one kind or
other, often belonging to remotely different groups, but almost all
indigenous inhabitants Of the central Asian and Mediterranean
regions.
The pedigree of wheat, the most important of all our cereals, is
somewhat obscure. 1t has varied to a greater degree from its humble
original than any other known artificial plant. Fortunately, we are
still able to recover the steps by which it has been developed from
what might at first sight appear to be q very unlikely and ILL endowed
ancestor indeed. aa
The English couch grass, which often proves such a troublesome
weed in our own country, is represented around the Mediterranean
shores by an allied genus Of annual plants known as goat grass; and
one of these weedy goat grasses has now been shown with great proba-
bilty to be the wild form Of our cultivated wheat 1t is small dwarf
ih grass, with very pretty seeds, and not nearly so full a spike a S the
cereals of agriculture.
When man first reappears in northern Europe, after the great
ice sheets once more cleared away from the face of the land, we find
him growing and using a rude form Of wheat from the earliest moment
Of his reestabHshment in the desolated plains. Among the pile villages
OF the Swiss lakes, which were inhabited by men Of the newer stone
age, we find side by side with the polished flint axes and the hand
made pottery Of the period several cereals raised by the lake dwdlers
on the ~neighboring mainland. The charred seeds and waterlogged
shocks disinterred from the ruins of the villages include miet, barley
and several other grains; but by far the commonest among them is d
peculiar small form OF wheat.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-10-02
CORN SHOWS ARE TO
BE ORDER OF THE DAY

Aberdeen, S. D.. Sept. 27..-The town
Of Columbia. in this county will hold
a corn show on September ~, which
is attracting much attention from near
by farmers. Prizes are offered for best
exhibits OF corn and other farm prod
ucts. n better farming experts of the
county have been engaged as judges.
A number of neighborhood corn
shows will be held in the country with
in the next few weeks. and late in
October it l1rianned to hold a county
corn show at Aberdeen. The better
farming bureau of Brown county is
sponsor Tor tho work.
Another instance Of small town pro-
gress is shown In the fact that Barnard
has built q community house in which
such affairs may he held. Columbia,
Hecla and other small towns in the
county are planning similar structures.
It is planned for every town in the
county to have a community building
within q yea or two.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-10-02

helping J i'm yawp and beef. And the
row became q riot, SC the 7rwhc!e bunch
went to Jail, where they had a frugal
diet that was void Of toast on quail.
You may climb the highest steeple with
q telescope in hand, and you cannot tell
if people drill around on Marian land.
There's no earthly way of rowing If
inhabitants are there; SO your argu-
ments, though moving, are but piffla
and hot air. So we waste the moments
precious, chewing rags the livelong
day, letting habits vain enrnesll us.
when we should be baling hay. Wheth-
er Mars a people on it, l protest,
Wen never learn; but this world OF
ours, doggone it, has inhabitants to
burn: here they are, where Nature
flung them, on a prehistoric. day, and
our work is here among them, not a.
billion leagues away.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-10-02
Flyers Disturb Church Goers.

From the Los Angeles Times.
Church members i'll one, of tile Los
Angeles suburbs are asking a~viatora to
fly high on the Sabbath day. The roar:
of the engines and the whirr of the pro-
pellors when they pass only a few hun
dred yards overhead disturb the peacefuI.
conduct of the Sunday services. When a
man is slumbering peacefully in his favor
lite pew he doesn't like to be startled by
the sounds of a human buzzard droning
outside his window. When the preacher is
describing the miraculous flight OF, Elijah
on his chariot of fire it is disagreeahla,
to have the children smile pityingly at
poor poor Life in comparison with the
eyolutions, of the birdman spinning over
their heads. 1t seems odd for the churcly
folk to urge flying high, but they are,
doing it so far as the Sunday ayiators.
are concerned.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-10-02
TrHE routine duties Of the wife and

-rHE routine duties Of the wife and
mother are the sacae In pract-
cally all homes. Food a to be
purchased and prepared; the house
has to be kept clean and in order;
there Is shopping to be done. also sew
ing, mending and Washing big item
in families with young chfldren-and
there are the children.
Very often the mother would seem
to have little time or strength to spend
other than in. attertion to the chill
dren's actual physical care and re-
Quirements, and yet by a little wise
thinking and arranging she can start
many plays and occupations which
Will not only give the children pleas
but result in a quieter, easier and
more joyous task for herself.
The Home Atmosphere.
One OF the most helpful factors in
the harmonious development Of
mother-and-child life is a right atti-
tude Of mind. It is, Of course, 2ost
desirable that it be one of content
ment and peace; but too often moth
ers, in addition to the work of house.
keeping and the bearing and rearing
Of children, are obliged to contend
with problems OF sickness and family
disagreements. However, IL b can
meet such situations with intelligence.
courage and se~lf-contro1, she will Gre
ate o home atmosphere which will be
measureless in Its influence.
The Yard.
A yard can be made an ideal play
Uound at a moderate expense. Play
ting in sand appeals more than any
thing else to children Of three and
four years. It will engross and keep
them occupied for hours at a time.
Therefore, the first thing to put in the
yard Is a sand box. This can be done
by mailing four boards together, and
partly embedding them In the ground.
Babies should not be allowed to play
by themselves in the sand until they
are old enough to know that they
should not put it in their mouths.
And acme Of the children should be
permitted to throw sand, because of
the danger to the eyes.
Discarded cooking utensils and a
few tin poons give the children an
opportunity to initiate mothers fasci-
mating operations in the kitchen. In
warm weather they can have water
to mix with the sand. This makes
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-10-02
FORMER SOUTH DAkoTAN
DEAD IN THE YUKON

Deadwood, S. D., Sept. 29.-Informa-
ton has reached here OF the death of
James Moody, u former resident of
Deadwood in the Yukon territory. He
was on his way for a visit in the Black
Hills end other parts Of the United
States, and had reached Whitehorso.
on the Yukon river, when he was TAX
On i'll and died.
Mr.. Moody wes the second son Of the
late Gideon c. Moody. former United
States senator from South Dakota, and
during his residence in South Dakota
served in the legislature from Law
renee county. For a time he was as
ISOLATED with the Deadwood Daily Pr
cneer and made brilliant record as a
newspaper nan
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-10-02
WOMAN AUTO BANDIT
OPERATES IN SOUTH DAKOTA

De Smet, S. D., Sept 30.-A woman
automobile bandit. who is assisted by a
male bandit, is being sought in this
district following the holdup of two
men in an automobile near here. The
womun appears refined and merely di7
reefs the operations in robberies, &C.
Gording to the victims.
The last robbery by the woman and
her assistant was reported from lro-
quois, near here, by two residents of
Fort Pierre. The loot in this case
amounted to more than $500 in money
and jewelry.
According to the victims. they were
driving in al automobile between De
Smet and Manchester. AS they were
rounding a curve in the road they came
upon another automobile blocking the
road. In the machine was a woman
and & man.
A our machine stopped" one OF
the men told the kingsbury county
sheriff. the man stepped out Of it and
the woman stood up in the rear of the
car, facing US.
Suddenly she lifted her hand and
we saw in it a small automatic pistol.
jim she said to the man with her,
just inform the gentlemen we shan't
detain them more than a few minutes,
but that we need their money
Hold up your hands, the man told
us, n step down into the road
"We obeyed. The man was unarrned
but the woman in the car kept US
covered. Both were masked.
Search them directed the woman,
and put the money In here with me-
The man did as he was told. l had a
diamond ring valued at $3.50: he took
that and all the none we had.
Now get into their automobile tho
woman said when the search was fin
ished, drive 1t into hat field to the
left Inc remove the distributing block
so they can't follow u.s.
THE nan did as he was told. Then
the pair left, the woman driving. We
tried to move our machine, but the
bandit had put 1T out of commission"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-10-02
SOUTH DAKOTA MAY
LAND LEGION PRIZE

WATERFOWL, S. d., Sept. 27,--In a
recent letter from state headquarters
of the American Legion, district or
ganizers are Informed that as the
campaign now stands, South Dakota
has an excellent opportunity to secure
the amer offered by tho national
headquarters to the state having the
largest lumber of members to the per-
centage Of men in the service. To
this end all unorganized towns and
counties viii be worked in order that
posts may be organized and ex-service
men enrolled.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-10-02
CHILD KILLED BUT
NO ONE is BLAMED

Aberdeen, S. d., Sept. 27.-The little
5-year-old daughter Of Oscar The
mann of Groton, 20 miles east of here,
is dead as the result Of an accident, for
which no one is blamed. Paul Kruger,
a Groton young man, was driving his
automobile down the street at a mod
crate rate of speed, when the little girl
ran across the highway. Kruger was
facing h sun, which truck him iii
the eyes just at that juncture, and he
did not see the little girl face about
and start back across the street. His
car truck the child, who was instant
ly killed.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-10-02

the play all the more real and en-.
crossing.
Older children md many mores
things to do with sand. They pile 1T
up and make hills out OF it, dig holes
and I'LL them with water. or make
representations OF the many things;
that children love to play n think
about. :
Pretty patterns can be made in,
damp sand by drawing with q stick.
by pressing stones, pebbles OK seeds,
into it, or by using such objects ass
grooyed shells or the rim OF q cup.
Gardeningsis one OF the, most whole~
some and !h~ealthful ways In which
children+can be employed. Each child!
may well have . space in the yard
allotted lI t : St to h nad for e planting n. ting and a1n tend
All kinds Of outdoor James can be-
! played In the yard and the children
can romp to their hearts content For
the young children, anne with q rub
Der ball or with bean bags r tho
best.
Older children enjoy having q swing
but it Is likely to be dangerous for the
little ones when they are running.
heedlessly about
Play Materials. 2
Almost all children have wooden
blocks Of one kind or another to play
| with and they scarcely need to b
shown what to do with them. They
love to make such things as houses.
trains. trolley cars, buildings, bridges
and furniture. Any. materials that
lend themselves to representation Of
this kind are a delight to children,
Kindergarten tablets Ground, square,
oblong and triangular pieces OF wood
Of the dimension OF one inch) can be
used for representing many things
also colored sticks and Stats Of differ
emit lengths. and seeds OF different,
varieties. A catalogue of kindergar-
ten materials will be sent upon re-
quest by Milton Bradley Company.
Springfield, Mass, Oh by e. Steiger s.
Co, 40 Murray street, New York.
In the same way, children enjoy
representing objects in clay, and byI
drawing and painting. Clay work.
however, is better left for school by
mothers who have much to do, as
work in his material requires consid-
4rable attention andAdirection.
Please pass this article on to a
t,.end and thus help Uncle Sam reach
| all the mothers Of the country.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-10-02
LOCOMOTIVE FIREMAN
DIES FROM INJURIES

Huron, S. D., Sept GA. N. Tisst,
Of Bookings, a Chicago and North
western railroad fireman, died at a
hospital in Hawarden, Ia.
Tisst was found seriously injured in
the yards at Aicester, S. D., by the
train crews just after passenger train
No. 2 had passed the freight on which
he was working.
Tisst got down from his engine just
before the passenger train arrived. and
it is supposed he was struck by the en-
CINE of the passenger train.
Tisst was 20 years old. His mother
and two sisters live 1t Bookings.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-10-02
A Bishop and a Senator.

From the Des MONIES Register.
ITO me it is appalling that a man with
q township mind should presume to dis
cuss national questions" said Bishop
Homer c. StuntZ, speaking at Grace Meth
odist church during the Methodist con-
ference last night, with regard to the
nddrcss of nate Hiram Johnson at the
coliseum Monday evening.
Without mentioning the senator's name.
he said tina it panied and disturbed him
that a man hou come to Des Moines-
or, for that matter, to any other ~city-and
make such statements as were made Mon
day evening at the coliseum"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-10-02
MUST HURRY To
GET FEDERAL AID
Building of Roads In Minnehaha
County Depends on Speed
With Which Authori-
ties Act.

Sioux Falls, S. D., Sept. Gloon
tracts for permanent o construction
to the amount of practically $1,000 0c
must be let by M~innehaha county and
approved by the state highway com
mission before July /, 1920, if the PEG
pie OF the county are to get the full
benefit of the $4,000 now appor-
toned out of the federal and state aid
funds, was the announcement made by
the publicity committee in charge OF
the campaign. The amount already set
apart from this superintendent is about
s126, 600 for the Dell Rapids highway
now in course of construction and there
remains a balance in that fund of
$780, 600 which is subject to being
turned back into federal and state
treasury and cannot be reinstated for
use in the county unless the contracts
are in double the total amount Of that
apportioned.
Under the terms Of the congressional
enactment, which was accepted by
South Dakota legislature at the session
for 1877. the biennial apportionment to
Mlnnehaha county was liked at $475,-
600 and must be used during the two
years beginning July l, 1918. and end
Ing July 1, 1920, and In the event all
or any part OF it remains unexpended
together with an equal amount proyid-
ed by the county it nus revert into the
state and federal treasures to be e1-
pended and set apart for other road
construction outside of the county. The
allotments are made every two years
during a nine-year period with the ex-
ception of the asst year, and in order
that the state and counties may OBJ
tain 1t they must provide and expend
an equal amount in the construction
of public highways.