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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-02-13

Some of the disagreeable features
of the league of nations are beginning
to appear. There are many weak and
irresponsible nations. like Turkey,
Armenia, Mesopotamia, Syria, and
the South African provinces, which,
if taken into tho family of nations,
will necessarily need q strong protect.
ing power over them that will protect
the rights of the weak and force the
irresponsible ones to observe the rules
of civilization. England and France
have already assumed all of the obli-
cations in that line that they feel
able to bear, and they insist that the
United States, which is the father of
the movement, must back up its ideals
with good works. 1t is hard to dis
pute their logic, and yet the idea Of
assuming police regulation over the
refractory countries of the old world.
and guaranteeing their prosperity, is
not particularly pleasing to the citi-
zens of the United States.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-02-13
Praise "Stars and Stripes"

Newspaper men, magazine men, lit
erati and, in fact, everyone in Amer
lea interested in catching the spirit
Of the Yank invasion Of Europe, should
by all means read copies Of that
great voice of the American expedition
airy forces, the Stars and Stripes.
Letters from pals and relatives paint
little intimate tableaux of the eXtraor
dinary life of the Yankees in France,
but few copies of the Stars and
Stripes can rear an atmosphere which
hundreds of excellent letters could not
begin to comprise. The editors, by
their work, show that they are regular
fellows. They have the viewpoint Of
the buck private, as we'll as that of the
gray-haired executive with the silver
stars on the shoulders.-The Quill.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-02-13
More Uses for Electricity.

AS might be expected, the use Of
wire resistances in fabrics to give cleo
trio heating has suggested a great va.
riety of applications. Besides the
electric pad as a substitute for the
hot water bottle these devices include
electrically heated bath robes, sweat.
ing robes,- heating bags. rugs foot
warmers. ear warmers. motorman's
gloves and even an electric blanket
for the old and rheumatic horse. Elec.
trio current may be taken from light
ing circuits or special batteries.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-02-13

The big strike at Seattle was short
lived. It didn't have the sanction of
the federal labor unions. but was
started by some of the I. w. w. agi-
tators. 1t didn't have the support of
public sentiment, and it was up
against patrol Of United States
troops. Of the strikers who were
arrested for disorderly conduct q large
majority were aliens, mostly Russian
bolsheviki. There should be very lit
tie controversy over the settlement of
such disturbance. Every alien con-
victed of attempting to stir up strife
in this country should be deported.
We can not tolerate any dictation
from aliens in determining our indus
trial policies.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-02-13
Fifty-four l. w. W. mem

Fifty-four l, w. W. members pas
sed through Chicago last Saturday un-
der guard of soldiers, on the way
to the Atlantic port where they will
be deported. Many of them were
brought from Seattle, and others
were taken onto the train at Chicago,
while some came from Denver. They
were mostly Russians Of the Bolshev-
Xxi type. The only place where at
tempt at disorder was met was at
Butte, Mont, where the I. w. w.
miners are on strike, and there
plans were made tn liberate the pris
oners. The trick was foiled by shift
ing the coaches to another line, and
taking them around Butte. 1t is a
little humiliating that this great gov
eminent should have to resort to q
ruse in order to foil the plans of a
bunch Of lawless aliens. The coaches
should have been taken directly thru
Butte, with an armed guard sufficient
to defend the prisoners, and on the
coaches should have been big sign
reading: ~ 60 to prepare a place
for YOU.''
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-02-13
FIGHTERS GOT THEIR "EATs"
How American Soldiers at the Front
Were Supplied by the Com
missary With Food.

The service of supply of the Amer
ican army receives lions share of
praise for our victory. Needs Of men
in the trenches and on the fighting
line We're well cared for. Hot meals
were served to them to an extent un-
precedented in any other war. Under
barrage fire and gas attacks, however,
hot food could not be carried forward.
To meet this difficulty sealed con-
tainerS We're provided, each holding
sufficient food for % men for day.
These containers were absolutely air
tight to prevent poisoning of food by
gas. They contained dry, hard corn
bread, corned beef corned-beef hash,
roase beef, salmon, sardines, salt
sugar and coffee soluble in cold wa
ter, together with the necessary can
openers. Each container weighed 1O7
pounds and was cleverly camOuflaged
for its trip to the firing line. An
emergency ration similar to the Iron
ration" of the British army was pro
vded for the Americans. This was
the ration they carried over the top
and used only in dire extremity. II
consists of ground meat and wheat
pressed into cake, and block of
sweet chocolate. The cake can be
eaten dry or stirred into cold water
One cake boiled four minutes in three
pints Of water makes a nOurishing
soup, in one pint Of water an accept
able porridge. The S. 0. S. relied
upon it's mighty accumulation of foods
from America for everything except
fresh vegetables. 1t was almost indie
pendent in this respect, however, for
100000 pounds of dehydrated vege
tables We're contracted for in the
United States.-Thomas Il. Logan in
Leslie's.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-02-13


A bill has been introduced in the
Legislature providing for a tax of So
on every reel shown at moving pic.
ture show. The bill is said to have
been framed bv the pastors of the
Church Federation. There has been
some agitation in favor of a more
strict censorship over the quality Of
reels that may be shown, but tax
of So on each reel could have but one
purpose and that is to drive the nov
ing picture shows out of business.
With the reels properly censored we
can see no objections to a moving pic
ture show, and this bill looks yer;
much like puritanism gone to seed.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-02-13

The state hail insurance bill, now
before the Legislature, has been
amended, on account of the protests
of many farmers, and now makes the
insurance optional with each farmer.
BY fling an exemption affidavit with
the county auditor, at any time before
the first of June of each year, any
farmer or land owner may have his
crop exempt, and be released from
the assessment State hail insurance
is not new idea, and has been tried
in other places, but in most cases it
has not proven successful. In Sas-
katchewan. Can, several years ago
such an insurance was started, with
optional features, and rates Of assess
ment about the same as are proposed
in the South Dakota law. 1t was not
success, and il 1908 a deficit of
over $1OO. 900 caused the repeal of
the law. 1t was tried in North Da-
kota, and according to the report of
the North Dakota Tax Commissioner
their first attempt has been a failure.
They are now considering a plan to
abolish the optional feature. and as
sess all land, whether wild or cult;-
waited. In this state the idea origi-
mated several years ago and was frat
suggested by o. D. Anderson, now
with the Federal Loan Association at
Omaha, and j. E. Kelley, of Elan
dreau, now a. leader in the non-parti-
san league movement. The trouble
in formulating safe and just hail
insurance policy is that certain por-
tions Of the state are subject to fire.
quent hail storms while other portions
are practically free from them. With
an optional feature the farmers in the
hail districts would insure while those
in the safe districts would not. In
order to make it self supporting the
lrates. would have to be high. OF else
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-02-13

The United States senate defeated
the resolution to- submit a woman
suffrage amendment to the constitu-
tion last Monday by vote of IS to
20. thus lacking the two-thisds ma
jority. The opposition came from
the southern senators where woman
suffrage has not yet gained a footing.
With so many states now granting
woman suffrage, and the list increas-
ing every year, the senator who op-
poses it is tempting fate and it will
not be many years until he will regret
his rash act
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-02-13

In spite of the promises of open
diplomacy in the proceedings of the
peace conference, the general public
ls still ignorant as to the real purpos-
es Of the league of nations. There
seems to be general approval OF the
plan to form a league of nations for
the purpose Of maintaining peace, a
league with an international tribunal
to act upon all differences that may
arise between nations, and decide the
Issues on the basis Of justice, and the
establishment of some means of en-.
forcing the DEGREES of such court.
which in most cases could be done by
providing for commercial discrimina-
tions against any country that refused
to abide by such a decision. But the
disquieting feature of the proceedings
is that the support Of the organization
seems to come very largely from the
socialists, who are unanimously sup
porting it, while all other elements
are accepting it with many reserva-
tions. According to the report Of
William Allen White, the socialists
"look to Wilson as their savior. I"
He says: "Wilson has become shib-
oleth, myth, a vitalized idea; and
the socialists of Europe have accepted
him as their leader, expecting him to
clothe the naked, to feed the hungry,
and tt house the houseleas with his
League of Nations. - This, according
to Mr.. White. is the secret of the
hearty support that the idea is receiv-
Ing among the smaller nations. As
0Ahethsr President Wilson is really
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-02-13
Of; Near Old Indian Cemeteries

Biologists are unable to rNnain th,
fact. proven in Usage county thai oil
wells drilled adiacent to Indian come
terieS are good producers. MHnv suct,
burial sites have been invaded by
drillers and in more instances than
one riches in crude oil have spouted
forth The largest producer in the Vi.
cinity of Pawhuska was drilled beside
an Indian graveyard. 1t is on the
summit Of a high. rocky hill that over
looks the townlFrom the OklahOman
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-02-13
!. B. Garretson, who claims

A. B. Garretson, who claims to
represent 100000 railroad union
men, says: "We are strongly of the
opinion that the railroads can best be
administered by a direct government
agency operated not to make profit,
but to furnish service at actual cost
to the people, This solicitation for
the dear people sounds good. but have
the unions fitted their actions to. their
words? 1t is not question of pro-
fte, but of paying expenses. The
fact is that since the roads were TAX
en- over by the government the service
has been poorer, the rates to the dear
people have been higher, and with the
heaviest traffic ever known. the defic-
it for the year runs into the hundreds
of millions. Have the unions shown
any disposition to meet the patrons of
the roads half way in an effort to
make the roads self-sustalning? On
the contrary they have demanded
higher wages regardless of the deficit,
and urged higher rates as the solu-
tion Not only that. but some of the
unions attempted to organize the men
into a political union to control the
last election, giving as their excuse
that 'Self preservation was the first
law" We believe the question can
BIZ best settled by those citizens who
have less personal interest IN the mat
ter than the employees.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-02-13
Wipinu Out Wild Beasts.

One of the efforts of the state gov.
ernment of Arizona and the federal
government in their campaign for the
eradication Of predatory animals,
which cause large losses in range
stock. is the employment of skilled
hunters Thirteen are now in the EN-.
ploy of the state and federal govern.
mentS.
Other men are exterminating rodents
which destroy ranges.
One of the hunters within two
months has killed II mountain lions.
Another killed IS coyotes within q
month.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-02-13
Records Seeds, Value.

In patented seed tester Of A.
Esslnger, a Michigan inventor, q
strip of cloth or other material is
folded over pad and then stitched
across and lengthwise so as to form
little square sections. The seeds to
be tested are placed in these squares.
The pad retains moisture for consid-
erable time, long enough to produce
termination of the good seeds, and
numbers on the squares give means
Of record and Identification.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-02-13

holding out such inducements to these
people, whether his plan really con-
templates such coalition of nations.
or whether this is a pleasant dream
of Red Socialists we can only wait for
the text of the league platform to ap-
pear. Should the finished product"
embody any such responsibility for
this country we apprehend that it will
have hard time getting the endorse
ment OF our senate.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-02-13
Only Small TRANSMISSION.

Jane had new tricycle., but had
been told not to leave the front walk.
Instead of minding her mother she
rode around the block. On her return
her mother scolded her and asked why
she did not obey. Jane thought of no
good excuse, so said: "Well, l didn't
fink you would care if I just went be.
hind the block"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-02-13
Wrist BIotter.

In these days of wrist watches there
seems to be a call for the simple wrist
'blotter recently invented by Harland
w. Cardwell Of Texarkana, Tex This
device consists merely of a curvec
blotter back, blotter and Il wrist straI
so that the blotter may be worn on tn
right hand of the user. Thus the blo
ter is instantly available for use, an
:. the pen does not have to be laid down
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-02-13

the state would have deficiency to
make up by general taxation. On the
other shand. if there is no optional
feature it would be an injustice to
force the farmer in the safe districts
to stand the burden of paying losses
in the hail districts.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-02-13
Biggest Factor Overlooked.

All the programs of the days work
that a man lays out for himself are
too exacting, and partially fail because
no allowance has been made for hui
man frailty.-St. Louis Globe-Demo.
crat.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-02-13
India Cans by Uncle Sans Methods.

Even on "India's coral strand" they
are canning, and doing it by the direc-
tions put out by the United States de-
partment Of agriculture. The mission
aries there have been the instigators
of the movement. Hundreds of men
and women have visited the exhibits
of the products canned,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-02-13
cIeanlnu Seed.

BY the use of partial vacuum the
United States 'department of agricul-
tture has developed a hydrocyanic acid
and gas process for fumigating imports
ed seed more rapidly than heretofore.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-02-13
Good sugar-Produclne Country.

The soil and climate in the Peruvian
valleys are exceptionally favorable to
the production Of sugar, and the aver
age yield of four or five tons per acre
is said to surpass that of any other
sugar-producing country, with the ex-
ception of Hawaii.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-02-13
Cold storane

Refrigerator cars cooled by. ammo.
MIA machines operated by internal
combustion engines utilizing spetro-
leum for fuel are being built for a
German railroad.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-12-11

tunate indeed, is the farmer who has
an alfalfa bottom on his farm. From
two to four crops of hay are cut each
year and it is the best kind of hay
which can be used on the farm, espec-
tally for dairy cattle. Other feed crops
which can be successfully grown on
the upland are, kafir corn, sorghum
and Sudan grass. The latter is new in
this country but it is proving it's value
whenever it is properly cultivated
The one big farm crop raised in
this country is wheat. The farmers
count their acreage by the hundreds.
The next crop in line would be corn
which is followed by feterita, milo,
kafir and other sorghums. One man
with his team or tractor can handle
about twice as much farm land in
this country as he can with the same
outfit further east as the soil is so
much easier worked.
In these paragraphs we have pre-
scented few of the things which
makes Trego county the one remaining
big opportunity for the man who is
at, or near, the bottom and who really
wants to climb up higher. The oppor-
tunity is open to the man who will
take it and we bid him delay no longer
but come to Trego county and work
up to the top as many others have
done.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-12-11

from money which these men made by
farming Trego county land. They both
know what it is to work and live close
ly in order to get few dollars ahead
and now they are situated so they can
enjoy some of the modern farm CON
veniences and get some pleasure from
life before they are ready to step into
the grave. They are both young
enough men that if they Z live out
their expectancy they will enjoy many
more years of hea1thfu1, pleasant
life The story of the progress and
enterprise of these two men is but the
story of the other residents of hat
vicinity A few years ago there was
no building larger than the little
country school house in which to hold
public gatherings The lodge Radhost,
z. c. B. J. decided that new building
should be erected. Their decision re-
suited in the completion of a cement
block building, thirty-two by eighty
feet and two stories with basement
under a part of it. The basement is
used a kitchen and dining room;
the first floor public hall and the
second floor lodge room. This is
and ideal place for community gather
lngs and on the evening of November
10Th, last, this hall was the scene of a
very happy gathering in honor of the
returned ex-service men of the late
war and about sixty of them were
present. A free turkey dinner was
served to them and to all others who
would come. The hall was filled with
people from its top floor to the base
ment floor and nearly five hundred
people partook of the bountifuI din
ner.
There are several lines of business
represented at Voda such as two ele-
vators, repair shop and J. d. Vande-
water as the general merchant who
carries good line of all kinds of mer-
chandlse- There is no @<little red
school house" at Voda but it is mod
ern cement block building, known as
| the Roosevelt" school and is presided
over this year by Miss Matte Thiel.
Voda is a plated town and is in a
good way to make more rapid adj
vancements in the future than it has
in the past.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-12-11

farmer has left off, that is, on farm
with first class improvements close to
town, he will have to pay from fifty
to sixty dollars per acre for such
farm and fair sized cash payment
will be required. If he will be content
ed with poorer or no improvements or
a little further from town he can buy
land at from twenty-five to thirty-fve
Or forty dollars per acre There IS
considerable of such land in Trego
county There is not much of the
cheaper land that is good for farm
ing It is mostly grazing land or quite
a distance from market. However,
this is good land to commence on. The
'armer who settles on such land and
starts in with bunch of milk cows
or a bunch of stockcows and stays
with it is sure to win out. As rule
the farmers out here have handled
the beef type of cattle and taken from
them just what milk they could get,
preferring to get a good price for the
calf and taking the money received
from butter fat as that much cream
or profit However, there is now being
shown a disposition by some of
them to raise dairy cattle. The pres
ent high price of butter fat is partly
cause for this. But the farmers can
handle that end of it as they like If
they follow it up they will come out
ahead.
There are occasionally years out
here when there is very small
| amount of feed raised The very next
year there is almost sure to be plenty
of it, thus, according to the old meth
DDS in use one season the farmer will
not have any roughness and the next
| These fat and lean years are being
equaHzed by many farmers by the use
| of the silo and it is proving a great
| advantage Whenever it is possible
| and in most places it is possible. Dit
solos are dug These are very mex
| penslve when compared with the
| amount of feed they will hold Other
farmers dig down into the ground fol-
| about ten feet, cement this up and
build stave or cement silo over the
hole Two of these silos can be erect
ed on any farm They can both be fill
| ed when there is good feed crop ano
one of them can be held over for the
| next year when very little feed may
be raised Handled in this way the
farmer can have plenty of good feeo
/ from year to year and can build up 2
good line of either beef or dairy cat
| tie
/ The bottom lands along the creeks
and rivers of this county have lone
been noted for the quality of alfaIfs
which can be raised upon them. For.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-12-11
VILLAGE OF vODA

We write of it as s'The Village of
Voda" for SO it is. It is a small place
in a farming community on the Union
Pacific railroad but it is thoroughly
alive place. Its number of inhabitants
are small but it is situated in the
midst of a settlement of live, pro-
gressive and successful farmers who
show their enterprise by their deeds
as well as by their words The word
'-Voda" is the Bohemian for water
and many of the farmers in that vic
unity are either direct or Indirectly
from Bohemia. They are thrifty, en-
terprising people and successful farm
ers and stockmen. There is good farm
land in that part of the county and in
the vicinity of Voda are some of as
finely improved farm properties as
can be found in western Kansas
Among these is the farm home of
Mrs Ralph Kristof, just south of the
station, the beautiful farm home of
Richard Owens one mile to the north
west and that of A. C. Schwanbeck,
a mile to the northeast which is now
just being completed There are no
better improved farms in Western
Kansas than these of Mr. Owens and
MI Schwanbeck- Best of it all is that
the improvements were constructed