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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-19
DOWN TO ZERO.

In December, 1913, there were 140,.
| 900 more employees on the railroad
than in December, 1917. Yet the
amount of freight handled in Decem.
Der, 1913, was considerably less than
In the corresponding month of 1917.
We are doing less in a day now,
and manufacture less, so there Is not
as much wealth as formerly. We are
all gradually getting poorer.
In Kansas City there is a concern
| whose lumber mill turned out 70. 00C
feet a day five years ago. Now 1t
turns out As, 600 feet, although it has
the same number of employees as be.
sore.
A factory which employed 700 peo-
pie and did a large business in manu-.
featuring overalls, has found that
contracts made on the basis of pre-
vious output are now incapable of
fulfillment. Working hours in this
factory have been so much reduced
that, figuring the per capita loss of
time, there are 1880 fewer working
hours each week than a short time
ago.
\ cement concern has reported that
a large increase in the number of It's
employees shows only a serious decrease
I'm production as the outcome. There
Is also trouble In the garment trade.
Suits have become hard to get, be-
cause suits have not been made.
This is what has happened already.
But cheer up; the worstis yet to come
There has been a falling off in the
production of coal. The program
now includes a six hour working day
more wages of coucse), and soon coal
will be considerably scarcer than it
Is now. And the general movement
TO limit output continues In all lines
of activity, with the result that the
workingman, like everyone else, pays
twice as much as he did for everything
We may consent or refuse to face
facts. We are carefully, systematic
cally, and calculatedly preventing the
production of the necessities Of life.
Dollar bills are, we know, plentiful.
More SO than ever. Nearly everybody
has them in abundance Ton pay day.,
and 1t feels fine to drag them out OF
our pockets-to unroll the fat wad,
and gloat over it. The only drawback
Is that we can never eat 1t, or e Ii
and it isn't Of much use in buying
things. We can, of course, burn it;
and at the rate we are going 1t may
soon be cheaper to do that than to
burn coal; but it takes 4 lot of them
to make a fire that will last. We can
stick a bunch Of bills together into a
patchwork quilt, and sleep under
them; it may soon be cheaper than
buying blankets, but not quite sc
warm
But we will all have one ~consoling
chance of reprisal. The coal miner
can have the fun Of compelling the
t%ailor's cutter to freeze; and the cut.
ter can get even by keeping the coal
miner In a state Of perpetual naked
ness.
Yes, a little sarcastic, perhaps; but
we are hitting the nail so squarely on
the head there Is no room for doubt
as to what is in store for this country
unless we return to sanity.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-19
ABERDEEN ANGUS BULLS TO

ABERDEEN ANGUS BULLS TO-
sale. We have four bull calves for
sale, three sired b, a Black Bird bull,
one sired by a Black Capp bull.
These bulls are from cows and bulls |
shipped from Seymour aud Humes'on
Iowa Parties looking for new blao
will fiud them at the Rosebud Vale,
Farm, 8 miles north east OF Wood.
s. r. Langley, Witten, s. d. 43tf
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-19

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won't wait.
Turkeys are ripe for the Christmas
plucking-so are you.
But why speak further Of Mexico?
We know 1t all by heart.
"Give us this day our daily bread"'
and please cut the price.
Cheer up, cheer up! Death is hump
ing right along to our relief.
Only a few more days until the bills
begin to float In to poor old dad.
In the cleaning, they were roaming
and there, b'gosh, we'll leave 'em
The wise man speaks a good word
Of others. The fool prattles only Of
himself.
And, while you are about It. just
make 10 a Merry Christmas for your
self also.
Man gives. and he takes, but In
these days of high prices 1t Is princi-
pally give.
Some men 60 up, and some 60 down
But others, you know, just laze around
We have 'em.
Yes, the age old law Of supply and
demand is passing away. Now 1t is
demand and take.
Christmas will be here on the 18th
of December. And here's hoping you
are also here to greet 1t.
Calmness breeds good Judgment and
admiration, but excitability breeds
only pity and contempt.
The man who continually acts be-
fore thinking becomes in the end a
victim of his W impulses.
A Merry Christmas to our soldiers
In Russia! And can anyone tell IS
why In hades they are thereP
Hitting the high spots In life may
be all right, provided the low ones
don't get you on the rebound.
We see, we want, we take-if we
take II we can. But, then, tits but
the spirit Of our ever changing times.
There are certain ambitions In the
life of every man, but they are of no
avail so long as they are kept bottled
up.
Self delusion brings happiness for a
time, but the awakening often blights
even the memory Of what might have
been.
Wilson says the senate killed The
peace treaty, and the senate says Wi
son killed it. Now, to be politely
blunt, who liedq
II the devil should suddenly come
to earth he would scamper right back
to a safer place again. This would be
no happy home for him.
Good cheer, brothers and sisters!
And may we have the pleasure Of re-
peating these friendly %salutations to
you for many years to IN
Between the negro who shoots craps
and the public oficial who shoots
bunk, the only difference we can dis
Germ II the slight a Of color.
There Is always Al, element Of sad
ness mingled with the Joy Of witness.
ing the approach Of . new year. We
may not all be here to lei its close.
Everybody wants an end to profit
eering except wherein he proiteers
himself. And, with everybody profit
eering In one way or another, what
sre you going to do about its EhP
Our very dear friends the Reds do
not like the idea Of being dsported
from the United States. Well, we
can't say that VIZ banker to see them
"a They should be hung instead.
"a most important announcement
was cabled from London the other day
Lady Actor, recently elected to parli-
ment, will wear her hat while occupy
ing her seat in the house Of commons
So, therel
AZ the time Of Christmas rejoicing
IL Is well to remember that the path
way Of life Is strewn with Rises and
with thorns, and to each OF US Is CIV
the privilege Of choosing that upon
which W would trod.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-19

LOST-About two weeks ago ten
red spring pigs, weight about rs
pounds each Reward for informa
ton leading to recovery. Frank lis
dell. Wood, s. d 36tf
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-19

CHESTER WHITE HOGS for sale
at farmers prices. have three bears
left and a number of gifts and two
tried sows, that are recorded. New
blood for old customers. You will
And them at the Rosebud Valley
Farm. 8 miles north east of Wood
g. II. Langley, Witten. s. D.. 43tf
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-19

Kindly send or wire me your order
for a Fordson Tractor at once. By
doing so I can make delivery for
spring work. Fred w. RAIN, Witten
s. D., Phone No. 13. 1tf
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-19

FOR SALE-20O tons of good Salt
Grass hay in stack. Call or write D..
81. hinton, Wood, s. D., or call at
this office. BIT
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-19

TAKEN UP--Holestine COW aud
cals, December LIST. No brands. Cow
has tag on ear, Owner can have this
stock by proving ownership and pay
ing for this ahtice and keep. John
Krieger, Wood, s. D. 45t3p
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-05-09
DR.. BENTON HAS
RES|GNED D AS
j Y NJ PRESIDENT
Is Educational Director for
Army of Occupation
IN SERVICE OF U S ARMY
He Has Jurisdiction over 24,o0 Men
Enrolled in Various Posts And
Divisional Schools
IN SERVICE OF U S ARMY

Burlington, May S.-Guy w. Bailey.
secretary of the board of trustees of
the University Of Vermont, has receiv
ed letter from Dr. Guy Potter Ben
ton, now educational director for the
American army of occupation in Ger
many, resigning the office of president
of the University of Vermont which
he has held since 1911, such resigna-
tiOn TO take effect July /, 1919. Pres
ident Benton's duties abroad will pre-
vent being in this city for the annual
commencement exercises.
Owing to the vast dimensions
which the educational work of the Y.
NJ. c. A. with the American forces has
assumed the military authorities de-
cided to transfer the control OF the
army educational commission from
the Y. NJ. C. A. to the army itself and
President Benton is now in the serv-
ice of the United States army.
His jurisdiction as educational di-
rector for the ?rmy of occupation ex-
tends from the city and duchy Of Lux
emberg to the most advanced allied
lines beyond the Rhine in Germany.
Twenty-four thousand men are at
present enrolled in the various post
and divisional schools.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-05-09

Berlin, May S.-Condemnation of
the peace terms are expressed by all
Newspapers here. Those Of the ex-
treme right characterize the condi-
tions as "unfulfllable" and the treaty
as an instrument of robbery
London, May S.-The peace terms,
while receiving considerable approval
from almost the entire London Press,
do not escape sharp criticism on GER
tain points. The objections center
mainly on the question Of financial
compensation from Germany.
Some newspapers are dissatisfied
because they consider that the terms
are too severe. Others think they
are not severe enough. The Morning
Post finds it difficult to say whether
the treaty is good or bad, because of
the "complexity and intricacy of the
terms" but is emphatic in declaring
that the value of the treaty depends
upon the power to enforce il, '"as Ger
many certainly will not accept 1t, eX-
cept under duress." The Post thinks
the indemnity conditions are unsatis-
factory and do not fulfill the election
promises OF the British Government
ION the whole" it says, however
'the treaty is better than might have
been anticipated. 1t has in II the prin
ciples OF good peace if these princi'
pies are put into practice.
The Daily Mail fears Great Britain
will find the terms very far short OF
the pledges made by Premier Lloyd
George. IT adds: III the summary
actually represents the text, the pro-
visions are good on the military and
naval side, but dangerously full OF
loopholes on the financial side"
The treaty is described by The
Daily Telegraph as being stern and
stringent throughout, although with
out a trace of the brutal exercise OF
more victorious force.
1T is rigidly a peace of justice,
The Telegraph adds.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-05-09
HUNT FOR sLAcKERs
U. S. Attorneys Take Steps to Run
Down 100000.

U. S. Attorneys Take Steps to Run
Down 100000.
Washington May 7--Nearly 800.
GOO draft delinquents are at large
throughout the United States, accord
ing to unofficial estimates from the
war department and the departments
o. justice.
Benjamin a. Matthews. assistant
United States Attorney for the South
ern District of New York, has been in
Washington fer the past two days in
an effort to have the records OF regis
trants in the New York district
turned over TO the United States At
torney there to facilitate the work
of running down the deinQuents.
Asst Adit.Gen Kerr stated today
that the draft records were packed in
boxes and that it would be impractic.
able to attempt to get at them at this
time for the use of the Department OF
Justice. He said the department
hoped to have a location for the rec.
ords by the end of this month and
that work would begin Immediately
on the filing and indexing Of all the
records.
At the Department of Justice It was
explained that where the army had
certified that registrant had been
cassed as a delinquent the certiiica
ton had been made to the department
and work looking to his arrest had
begun. There are many cases. how
ever. where agents Of the depart
ment find it necessary to look fur
ther into tho draft records.
or the larger number of men classed
as delinquents, the department OF
justice explained, thorough investiga
tion has proved that the men were
not really evading the draft Incl
dents have been shown where men
classed as delinQuents by draft
boards had been nducted into the ser
vice in other districts.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-05-09

MRS. A. HERBERT sTARBUCK
Estimable Young Woman Passed
Away Thursday Night.

Mrs. Irma Oatman Starbuck. wife
of \. Herbert Starbuck, died during
the night at the Putnam Memorial
hospital. Death was due to stoppage
of circulation due to clot in the
veins and was not unexpected by the
attending physicians and her intimate
friends as her condition had been
critical during the past two days.
Mrs. Starbuck was at native of
Cambridge, n. Y, the daughter of
Elijah and Elizabeth Oatman and
had she lived until the 18th of the
present month would have been 80
years old. She was educated at her
home town and was a graduate of the
Cambridge high school, January II,
1914, she was married to A. Herbert
Starbuck at Cambridge and the early
portion of her married life was
passed in Panama. About three years
ago Mr.. and Mrs. Sarbuck moved to
Bennington, Mr. Starbuck having as
sumed the management of the Enos
Adams company with which he re-
NAMED until the property here was
sold to the Catamount Manufacturing
company He is at present in charge
of the quarries at Cheshire, Mass.
Because of her pleasing personality,
her exceptionally happy disposition
and her general excellence of charac-
ter, Mrs. Sarbuck had acquired a
large circle of friends in Bennington
who will be deeply grieved by her un-
timely death and whose sincere sym
pathy will go out to the bereayed hus-
and and family.
Other than her husband, Mrs. Star
buck is survived by an infant son.
Donald o. Starbuck, her parents and
ore sister, Miss Ella Oatman of Cam
bridge.
The remains have been taken to
Cambridge where the funeral service
and interment will take place. The
funeral will be held from the home OF
her parents Monday afternoon at $50.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-05-09
NEW CLEW FOUND
IN BARRE MURDER
Identity of Handkerchief Found
Around Neck OF Woman Victim. Is
Established.


Barre, May 1.-THE identity of ithe
man whose handkerchief was found
bound around the throat of Mrs
Henry Broadwell, who was choked to
death and whose nude body was
found near her home here early SUM
day morning, was the most important
development yesterday in Vermonts
worst murder, which has attracted
countrywide attention.
The laundry mark on the handker-
chief. 1t is stated, has served as posi-
tive means Of identification. The
owner, however. 1t IS stated, has not
been in town for some time, and from
those who have an acquaintance with
him his exact location is uncertain. 1t
is said he IS we'll known in certain
quarters of the city.
1t is expected the authorities will
do everything to learn the mans
whereabouts. If he is apprehended it
is possible he may be able to throw
considerable light on the mystery, if
not entirely clear it up. it was stated.
Authorities. however, refused TO say
whether or not it was their opinion
the owner Of the handkerchief was
the murderer. II is probable this
point will not be determined until al
ter more thorough investigation.
The authorities are in hopes that
further clefs may be presented by
some party who may have seen the
victim either on the street or in the
movies on Saturday evening. Many
clews have been run down, but with
no immediate results.
Sheriff Frank Tracy and a large
force are searching diligently the sew
eral rooming houses in and about the
city with the hope of obtaining infor'
nation as to where the woman may
have spent a part of the evening on
which she was murdered. The theory
that she was strangled in some build
ing and brought to the place where
the body was found by Harold Jack
son, Sunday morning, is generally be-
lieved. This is borne out by the fact
that when the bundle of clothing was
picked up many of the buttons fell to
to the ground, evidently being picked
up in hurry and rolled into the
clothes. An attempt is being made to
locate the building and when this is
done it Is probable positive clews as
to the murder or murderers will be
| found.
Atty.-Gen. Archibald says he will
stick to the case until the matter is
solved, and he. together with State S
Attorney n. r. Davis, have invited vol
untary evidence. Many have been be
fore the magistrates for grueling as
to their actions and whereabouts on
the evening in question
The funeral of Mrs. Broadwell was
held from her late home at & West
street yesterday at o'clock only
relatives and a few immediate friends
being admitted. Among the former
was Mrs, Broadwell's sister, Mrs. Ed
ward Parker of Cambridge, and hel
husband. It was sad and pathetic
sight as the father and three little
children, Doris. Hildred and Wendell
had the last glimpses of their love(
enc.
The body will be taken to Johnson
Mrs. Broadwells former home tomor
row morning, where burial viii TAXI
place
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-05-09
HEIRS QUARREL
OVER HANDLING
Of BIC ESTATE
George Gould Is Charged With
Mismanagcment
WAS JAY GOULD'S MONEY
Frank Gould, Backed BY His Sister,
Anna, Tries to Gust George AS
Executor

New York, May S.-A quarrel is in
progress among the heirs of j. Gould,
the railroad financier who accumulat.
ed one of Americas greatest private
fortunes. The quarrel is over the ad-
ministration Of the SS5,OOO,0O0 estate
ne. left them: His son, George ].
Gould. chief executor of the estate, is
required by State Supreme court
order signed today to show cause why
he should not be removed.
Gould is charged with frauds per.
petrated by him even on his own
brothers and sisters" and which IRE.
suited in an aggregate loss to the
estate of s25,OOO,0O0' in affidayits
filed in the Supreme court by his
brother, Frank j. Gould. his sister
the Duchess de Talleyrand, formerly
Anna, Countess de Castelane, and
guarandians of a number of the Gould
children of the third generation
In an answering affidavit George
Gould denies the charges and is sup
ported by deposition made by Mrs
Helen Gould Shepard. his sister for
merly Miss Helen Miller Gould. Mrs
Shepard declares the charges are "in
accurate and distinctly misleading
Four of the six children of Jay Gould
Helen, Edwin and Howard, are co
trustees of their fathers estate
Frank aud Anna were not included as
both are residents of France. Frank
Gould lives in Paris. where he recent
ly obtained divorce from his sec,
and wife, Mrs. Edith Kelly Gould, a
former actress.
The affidavits were filed in con,
nection with a petition by Frank
Gould and his associates to have
George Gould removed as executor of
the estate. He was appointed under
the will OF his father who died in
December, 1896. and who bequeathed
him 100000 in cash and s4.5O0, 900 in
securities as reward for his serv
ices. This was in addition to a sixth
share of the main estate which was
vested in trust fund for the benefit
Of his six children.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-05-09
AN ANGLING PRODIGY
Schoolboy Catches Monster Brown
Trout by the Tail.

Trout by the Tail.
Harry n. Weir, James Ryan.
George Stemp and all the other not.
ed fishermen of Hoosick Falls
must hereafter take off their hats TO
Floyd Castle, twelye-year-old son of
Mrs. Estella Castle Of Petersburgh,
who few days ago captured a
brown trout Weighing three pounds
and one ounce, and caught the mon
ster in a novel way.
The youngster and two compan-
ions, after returning from school.
went to the bank OF the little Hoo
sick River where they had planned
a fishing party. No sooner had
young Castle cast his line in the
water than he discovered ne had
hooked something of an unusual or
der. On his first attempt to land
the unseen object he failed, but
with the help of his companions he
managed to drag the fish out of the
water. After considerable excite
ment ii was discovered the fish had
not bitten The hook, but had been
caught by the tail. which explains
the difficulty the trio had in drag
ging it to the shore The lads ex-
perience furnished considerable sport
to those who listened to his thrilling
story Hoosick Falls Democrat.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-05-09
PEPTIRON IS GOOD
This Real Iron Tonic Combines Merit
Economy and pep"

Made from formula that uses iron
in most digestible form. pepsin and
gcntian, great stomach tonics, nuX and
celery. the best vegetable remedies for
the nerves. and also manganese and
other valuable nutrients-there's no
question of the value OF Peptiron aS
n blood builder and strengthener.
The larger size of Peptiron contains
enough for a fun months treatment,
while other So called iron prepara-
lions contain only one-half or less.
The pep" or promptness with
which Peptiron does its work is noted
by everyone who takes It.
From the first dose the system re-
spends to the treatment, and you
realize you are at last using a medi-
cine that begins right continues and
ends right Better get a bottle OF
Pcptiron today Take two Peptiron
after each meal--then comes good
blood. good appetite. and-pep.
Made by c, l. HOOD CO.. Lowell. Mass.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-05-09

Halifax, n. S. May S-Two of the
American navy seaplanes. the NC-1
and the NC-3, arrived here at 8
o'clock tonight (7oclock New York
time) thus finishing successfully the
FIRST leg of their transatlantic fight.
The two planes were sighted first at
.744 p. IN. The NC-3 took the water
at Eastern Passage at 7.55 and the
NC1 10 minutes later. No reports
have been received here regarding
the NC14. which developed trouble
with one of her engines not long after
leaving Rockaway point.
Comdr John II. Towers who
brought the two giant seaplanes safe
ly to port after a fight of $40 miles
from Rockaway Point in nine hours.
announced that he expected to get
away tomorrow morning on the sec.
ond leg Of the journey which win take
the aircraft to Trepassey n. F., dis.
tance of 460 miles.
Meanwhile desroyers and other
craft are searching for the missing
NC-4 commanded by Lieut-Comdr A.
c. Read which fell behind the other
craft because OF engine.trouble When
midway between the destroyed Nc
Dermot. stationed at Cape Cod. and
the Kimberley, which was No. > in
the chain to protect the airmen in
their flight Read reported that he
would be forced to descend because of
defective engine
The McDermot was seen to steam
off at full speed to the assistance of
the NC-4, but late tonight no word
had been received aboard the United
States ship Baltimore, the mother
ship stationed here, to indicate that
she had been picked up. The airmeu
reported, however, that at the point
at which the NC-4 was compelled to
come down the sea was reasonably
calm and they expected no serious
difficulty would be encountered in
rescuing the men or saving the plane
Chatham, May Slater naval off.
cials said NC probably would pro
ceed to Halifax in two days, under
its own power
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-05-09
EQUAL SUFFRAGE
SEEMS ASSURED
NEXT SESSION
Senator Harris of Georgia viii
Vote for II
THAT ASSURES ADOPTION
Suffrage Advocates Say There Are
Sufficient Alternatives Without
His Vote
THAT ASSURES ADOPTION

Washington, May Information
has arrived that the new senator
Harris OF Georgia, had told the presi-
dent in Europe that he would vote for
the suffrage amendment which failed
of adoption by one vote
Suffrage advocates said the Harris
vote is not needed, as poll of the
new and holdover members showed
sufficient alternatives.