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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-28
CHOICE OF BUT TEN STATES.

New York state had no part in the election Of
the first president of the United States. For some
years following the establishment of the federal
government, the legislatures of most Of the states
chose the presidential electors, the people voting
for them only indirectly, their choice being ex-
pressed by their votes for Legislators. A deadlock
between the senate and the assembly prevented
the selection Of electors from New York state.
Rhode Island and North Carolina had not yet
ratified the Constitution, so Washington was
elected the first time by the votes of only ten Of
the 13 states.
New York city was the scene OF the first inaugu-
ration, however. Washington took the oath on
the portico of Federal hall, on the present site Of
the Subtreasury, at Wall and Nassau streets, April
~, 1888. Immediately following this ceremony he
retired within the building and delivered an adj
dress to congress, which met in Federal hall in
those days. John Adams, the second president,
also addressed congress in person, but Jefferson
broke the custom which President Wilson has re-
vived. Jefferson stigmatized that form of address
as mOnarchical and put his message in writing
New York Sun.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-28
BUILT FROM HIS OWN PLANS.

George Washington In his will was Obeyed. He
had called attention to his selection of a spot for
"A new tomb for himself and family and those Of
the family already buried in the old vault. The
old tomb was disadvantageously situated on the
side Of a hill which was subject to landslides.
For the new vault he specified not only the spot,
but also dimensions and materials. According to
these, his own plans, a tomb was built, and his
and Mrs. WashingtOn's bodies were transferred
to 1t. along with the remains in the old vault OF
other members of the family. The latter were
buried within the vault, out of sight, while the
bodies of General and Mrs. Washington are in
stone collins above the ground, within plain view
between a grated iron doorway.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-28

impaired to it's diction greater dignity.
And the purpose of words in diplomat
ic exchanges being to conceal thought,
as Talleyrand said, the language OF
chancelleries is far more liquid. II
must fit the cast of the particular die
into which 1t is poured.
So we must conclude that General
SHUTS Is not a diplomat. He has not
the diplomatic method of expression.
When the general met a diplomat,
trained in the school of Metternich, to
discuss informally a separate peace
with Austria, he put the question Of
such a peace squarely to the be-
ribbOned, bestarred representative.
There was hesitation and equivoca-
ton. Goodnight !" was the generals
exclamation as he left the confused
diplomat.
General SHUTS may not wear shirt
sleeves in diplomatic councils, but
this use of the vernacular shows that
his verbiage at least takes its cOat
off. The acid touch Of a bit of slang
put an end to the prolonged ambigui-
ries and deceits of which diplomacy
is so fond.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-28

with gold, some remains OF human
bones and a gold signet ring bearing
the inscription, "Childirici." Here was
the key to discovery, for the presence
Of the ring led experts to consider that
this was the burial place of Childeric,
king of the Salian Franks, whose CAPT.
tai was at Journal, and who died in
4S1.
This conjecture was further strength
ened by an examination of the differ
ent objects, which were of such fine
workmanship that they could only
have been wrought for some great
chief OF royal parsonage. The hilt and
scabbard of the sword were mounted
with gold, enriched with a mosaic of
garnets and other precious stones held
in gold cloisons. Gold ornaments in
the form of bees, and having the wings
outlined with an inlay of garnets set
in gold, and also a small votive object
in the form Of a bulls head, with the
solar disk on the forehead, recalling
Mycenean examples, formed part Of
the treasure, and on the ring bearing
the kings name was engraved the head
of a man with the long, straight hair
worn by the Merovingians, and with
the gold torque or collar round his
neck. Perhaps this was meant for a
representation, as e as might be, Of
Childeric.
This rare treasure, after changing
hands two or three times, eventually
found its way to the Cabinet des Me-
dailles, Paris. In 1881 thieves, in an
evil hour, broke in and stole almost
the whole Of it. leaving behind them
only the mounting of the sword, two
golden bees, a 1ibula and a few stray
fragments.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-28
PERPlExITY.

You used to promise anything that might
please the voters fancy"
Yes" observed Senator Sorghum. 81 don't try
that any more. Voters are getting so notionats
you can't even tell what kind of a promise is 70
ing to suit their fancy"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-28
His Retort.

"YOu should work for something be-
sides money"
IF you mention something besides
money that my grocer and coal man
will take, I'll be glad to work for it,
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-28
REALISTIC.

you have a realistic picture to advertise your
breakfast fool"
almost too realistic. A goat came along and
ate one right OFF the billboard. "--Louisville Cour.
er-JOurnal.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-28
Mutual HeIp.

II understand from what your wife
says you help each other with the
house bills"
"Sure we do. She hands me the
bills and ! foot them"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-28

THE anniversary of the birth ol
George Washington comes again ana
the whole nation pauses to pay a
tribute of respect to the memory OF
the greatest figure Of American his
tory, the realization is forced nome
that Washington lives in the hearts
of the people so wildly because OF
his intensely human traits.
The American public of today does
not worship a remote legendary hero,
whose glOries gather luster through
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-11-08

De IN asunto que reviste gran lnte-
res para ell publico Y muy especlalmen
70 para 2! de esIa localidad Y del Is
tado en- general, pues que del cumph-
miento de una ley de esta Entldad
Sc trata. vamos aqui a hablar, para
instruction de aquellos que tengan
que hacer op~eraciones mercantl!eS, a.
Dor meuor V al por mayor, que 10 eS
TODD ell mundo, a fin de que unos y
otros sepan en- TODD case defender
sus ~intereses Y hacer las debldas re
clamaciones. Nos referimos a las le-
YES relatives a Pesas Y Medldas que
Sc italian en- vigor desde el Is &c Ju-
MO del ano en- curse Y que constitu-
ven una verdadera garantia tanto pa
ra el comercianCe que tiene que hacer
sus compras del productor, como del
publico consumidor que las hace a 81
vcz del comerciantc FL conocimien-
10 de esas leyes. o cuando menos, sus
/ d~isposicioues principales, es pues, de
intereS general
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-11-08
Pesos y medidss juStos

Una de las coSas que en- los ultl-
mos tiempos ma Sido margen dc gran
des dificultades. ha sido Ia discrepan-
ria Ge pesos Y medidas en- TODD ell pals
Y para evitar este. eS para 10 que Sc
ha c~stablecido eli tipo de peso Y medi-
ia. que es 81 cue debe regir las tran
sacciones comerciales La inalterabi-
lidad de csc tipo de peso Y medida
esta aSegurado por I'm departamento
especial que Sc ha crcado por Ia Lee
cislatura de este Estado, el Departa-
mento de Pesos Y Medidas. para 10
cual Sc sirve de agentes especiaieS en-
cargados de hacer una inspection pc
ri6dica de las basculas. romaraS, me-
didaS de peso Y de capacidad. etc.
en- todos los eStablecimicntoS mcrcan-
tiles del Estado. o bien cuandO Sc re-
cibe alguna solicitud para que tai re-
vision Sc haga
La question del peso = MEDIA jus
toS. es una de las que mis- deben pre-
ocupar al pubIico consumidor. por-
Que Suele ser victinla q menudo de
co~merciantes sin escripulos que. bur
lardo Ia vigAancia de los inspecto-
res. venden Ia m~ercancia nal pesada
0 Media. pero siempre CT ST. favor,
detraudando con clio al publ,co
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-11-08
MEDIOS DE CONSEGUlR ARTIFI
CIALMENTE CAMBIOS DE CO.
LOR EN- LAS FLORES.

l.-RosaS b~icolOreS regando I'm ro-
sal b!anco con una Soluc;Gn a pa!-
ties iguales de acetate de plomo. car
honato de pctasa e hidrato calcico. Sc
cOlorcara IA base de los petaloS de un
rojo vlvO muy ~atrayente... -. $500.
2.-lnmediatamcnte de cortadas
las flores, Sc sumergera u@ tercio del
tale Ell seduction de Sulfato verde,
para obtener este color; para cl anna
rillo, Sc emplea Ell acido picrico; para
Ell aZul. la tintura de este color mi
Observation-Disclosures; para VIC
leta Ia de clorhidrato de pentha-mer-
hyl: para Ell rosa. clorhidrato de ro-
salina; V para los rojos, seduction de
e%osina, Xilidina Y sulfo-fuchina; el CO.
lor verde Sc obticne tambien O Ell
etra-ethyl-diamido-trife
3.-Pulverizando las flores. des-
pues de cortadas. on un liquido
compuesto de ocho parties de ater
%Sulfurico Y dos de amoniaco. O colo
candolas en- vase cerrado que conten-
ga una debil capa de amoniaco, la
anemona blanca Sc vuelve amarillo: la
balsamina que es v~ioleta. verde, Y la
roja, chocolate, etc, pues mas de
Glen eSpecies floraleS son sensibles a
los vapores del amoniaco.
4.-Las flores azules en~rojecen con
un acido Y cnverdecen con un ~alcali.
Las h]ortencias dan flores blancas en-
suelO alcalino.
Los ~aficionados ensayaran para des
cuhrir nuevas combinaciones con las
soluciones acidas, y nunca con basi-
cas-. FL traumatismo en- las flores del
genera Zinnia ha cambiado las flores
rojas en- blancas; las blancas en- NAL
vas; las estriadss en- no estriadas,
obteniendose tambien flores mons
truosas de 2 a 8 o 4 capitulos; pero
este es un POGO dificil para el AFT
cionado.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-11-08
ESTA SONORA ENCONTRO
ALINiO.

Las personals que sUfran dolores lie
espalGa reumaticoS, articu!acioDes
atoIoriGas q hinch2daS, tiranreZ de
los mdsculos. etc. Sc aiegraran Al
sa5er como una senior logro alivio de
u Intermediates de los r;nones '
&c Ia vejiga. Mrs. G. Hyde. de HON.
estead. Mich. escri5e: Surf mucho
. causa &c debiI;dad de los rinones
y durante los ult:mos diez anos pa
deci fuertes dolores de espalda ' de-
caimiento que ne impedia Gesempe-
mar mi trabajo de casa. Foley Hid
rey Pills" han hecho que me Sienta
como una nueya persona. lAdvj
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-11-08

bra. en- un saco de azucar de Glen IL
bras. da Al comerciante una ganan-
cia extra de 80 onzaS, o esa POGO mas
tire tres libras. Y concentrates hay
aue llevan su falta de escrupulosl-
dad hasta rebajar una onza en- cada
libra.
Muchos comercIantes acoStumoran
hacer sus paquetes de una y dos IL
bra durante la noche para vender
al menudeo. a fin de no tener que
estar pesando esa cantidad en- cada
OCCASION en- que sc pida por e. cEente.
Tai cosa NADIA tiene de particular, nj
de censurable. V 81 por el contrario
de laudable. pues ell mismO putllco
resulta beneficiado al no tener que
eStar esperanto IN largo ratio para
Que Sc le despache. Pero reSuita que
| hay concentrates que cuando hacen
sus paauetes. en- vez de I6 onzas que
ticne la libra V de 81 que hacen las
dos libraS. poneu tan solo Is Y 30.
reSpcctivamentc. defraudandO asi a!
| cliente de una o dos onzas, que este
no reclama por ignorancia sin duda,
de que es victima de la mala fe del
! comerciantc. Tai coSa puede evitar-
la ell publico. teniendo la precauci6n,
cuando SC le despache por paquetcs
pesados de antcmaro. de poncr eS-
tos en- la bascula para rectificar el pc
so Y en- caso dc cue no sea justo cs-
re-. preSentar una qucja al departa-
mento respective.
Puedc darse el case tambien, de
que aUn cuando la bascula marQue la
cifra exacta del peso pedido, este sin
embargo. no sea justo. Una desni"e-
Iaci0n De la hascula, puede hacer que
esta no pese con legalidad. para evil
tar 10 cual. e. ciiente debe yer que la
bascula en- cue Sc lie pese Ia mer-
c~ancia. Senalc eXactamente Ia raya
del 90 cuardo no tiene ningun peso
pueSto Y no que este 81 indice fuera
De csc lugar o de Ia Inca de rivela-
cion del fIel.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-11-08
EStratagemas para ganar en- la Pesa

la mayor pare del publico Sc preo
cupa muy POGO de hacer las compraS
de ~articulos 0 mercanciaS que Sc ven
den por peso o medida. de que 81 pc
so ' Ia medida Sc les den justos FL
concentrates sin e~scrdpulos approve
cha csta falra de cuidado del ciiente,
para <acar IN mayor provecho a Sus
mcrcanc.aS. re~bajandolc el peso o
Ia MEDIA Ge una cantidad que apa-
rentemente, NADIA significa, pero que
reUetida infinidad de veces durante
el dia. deja al comerciante una ga
nancia extra muy considerable. ASl
por ejemplo. media onza rc5ajada en-
una Libra de azicar. pongamos por
case. no la nota Ell cliente nj In rec!a-
ma el come-ciante Al comprar.a. y
csa media onza, rebajada en- cada Ii
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-11-08

Cuando necesite libros en- espanol
dirijase q Ignacio E. Lozane, lis N.
Santa Rosa. Ave. San Antonio. Tex.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-03-07
ADVISORY BOARD
WILL BOOST LOAN
"HOme Rule" is Slogan Of
Pennsylvania County
Campaign

Home Rule" as a principle of
county campaigning for the Victory
Liberty Loan will be applied through
the Advisory Committee for Pennsyl-
vania. which has now been organized
on the group plan.
The Advisory Committee of twelve
members, seven of whom are the rep
resentatives of seven groups of coun-
ties into which the Pennsylvania sec
ton of the Third Federal Reserve
District has been divided. Through
these group representatives the cam
paign requirements of the various
counties are being presented from time
to time to the Advisory Committee.
In this way the special needs of
every county can be given full ron
sideration and action taken to pro-
duce the best results in promoting the
sale of the Loan.
The group representatives have been
holding conferences with the chair
men, secretaries and publicity chair
men of the various counties at which
campaign details have been formulated.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-03-07
OLD WAR BONDS
SOLD over PAR
Civil War Securities Brought
23 Per Gent Above Cost.

If History repeats itself, Liberty
Bonds will in a very short time after
the peace pact is signed, be worth, in
the open market, probably more than
their face value.
This was the record made by gov
eminent bonds issued at the time OF
the Civil War and upon which a much
lower rate of interest was paid than
is allowed on Liberty Bonds.
In 1861, the first year of the Civil
War, bonds of the 800 denomination
sold in the market as low as $83. But
within a year they ran up to $107.25,
and ten years later they brought
$123.12.
This is practically the history Of
bond issues of all responsible nations.
They sell low o after issuance be-
cause many holders of them are DOL
ish enough to throw them into he
hands of spectators when they need
money instead of obtaining loans upon
them from banks or responsible finan-
cial houses.
Everybody knows that a first mort
gage is one of the most desirable
forms of securities. The Victory Lib
erty Loan is a first mortgage on the
entire United States and is the very
highest form of security in the whole
world.
Holders of Liberty Bonds need not
concern themselves about the market
price of the bonds. That is only the
price for the bonds that are foolishly
disposed of by unwise investors. The
bond actually is worth its face value
all the time. Those who are quick
to buy them at reduced prices know
their value and don't let go of them.
Subscribe and holdi The record
of other war loans of the United
States indicates that at the end OF
the oar term they will be worth a
great deal more than you paid for
them, besides having brought you in
terest all of the time.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-03-07

member banks, ana by the plighted
faith of a government of a hundred
million free citizens.
1.-THE Federal Reserve Act correct
ed the old vicious bank reserve sys-
TEN by establishing regional reserve
banks. and making them, instead Of
private banks in the money c%enters,
the c~ustodians of the reserve funds of
the United States; by making these
regional banks, instead of private cor
respondent banks, the great rediscount
agencies of the country by requiring
these regional banks to minister to
commerce and industry rather than to
the schemes of speculative adventure.
"Under the old regime we had been
taught to believe that the balance of
the country was dependent on the
money centers. Under the new dis
pensation the fact was quickly re-
vealed that the money centers are
dependent on the balance of the coun-
try. Under the old system the coun-
try banks were s~ubservient to the
money c%enters, for only there could
they resort for rediscount favors. I'm
der the new system it is no longer a
question of favor it is purely a ques-
ton of business.
'"The whole startling contrast be-
tween the old system and the new
may be summed up in the single state
ment that in 1907, under the old sys-
TEN, the failure of two banks In New
York city precipitated the greatest
financial panic that ever afflicted the
nation. Under the new system, the
greatest war of recorded history failed
to create a ripple of alarm in the bank
ing community of the United States!
"In the panic of 1907 New York
could not let a country bank have
$4,000 of currency to meet the ordin-
airy requirements Of trade. In 1915
New York loaned two European ma
lions $500, OOO,O 900 for the prosecution
of war!
To-day, the United States has
bought back from foreign nations in
excess of $1,000, 0 5000 of American
securities, has loaned foreign nations
81, 900, 10000 for purposes of war,
has floated on Government account
$1S,000,0 0 $1,000 of Liberty Bonds and
War Savings Certificates, not to men
ton the billions of dollars Of Treasury
certificates of indebtedness issued il
anticipation of the Liberty Loans.
"The twelve reserve banks alone
have engaged in commercial redis-
count operations approximating ST.
500,000,000 and have made open mar
ket purchases amounting to $1,818,000,-
900. The regional banks hold a gold
reserve of 81, 100, 10000 an increase
over last year of $402, 100000. Not
withstanding the splendid provision
made for the tremendous military and
commercial needs of the country, the
system maintains today a gold reserve
of GA per cent behind its notes and
of 3d.? behind its combined note and
/ credit issues"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-03-07
THE FEDERAL
RESERVE BANK
BY CARTER GLASS,
Secretary of the Treasury.

THE Federal Reserve system today
is the firm base from which the read
justment Of after-war enterprises
must make the start, just as it was the
sure foundation against which the fl
nancial storms ragged in vain during the
entire period of the great world-war.
For fifty years we chung to the
most Unscientiic banking and cur
rency system in the world. Five times
within the thirty years preceding the
passage of the Federal Reserve Act
financial catastrophe came upon us
in the very midst of apparent business
prosperity and contentment. These dis
asterS ensued from two fundamental de-
fectS of the old system, one an inelastic
bond-secured currency and the other
an utterly fictitious bank reserve.
under the old system we proceed
ed upon the assumption that the
try always needed a volume of cur
rency equal to its bonded indebted
ness, and never at any time required
less, whereas we frequently did not
need near as much as was outstanding
and just as often could have absorbed
vastly more than was available.
"The business of the country was
made to suffer by this rigid currency
system in times of stirring develop
ment and enterprising activity. 1t
could not begin to meet the CONNER
cial and industrial requirements of
the country. The total capitalization
Of the national banks, under the old
system, measured their full capacity
to respond to the currency require
ments, of the country.
THUS, in time of panic, such as
that which convulsed the country in
1907, these banks found it impossible
to utilize their gilt-edge, short-time
commercial paper in exchange for cur
rency wherewith to respond to the
requirements Of business. Practically
all the banks were in the same des-
perate plight, every one, with are X
ceptions, looking out for itself, with
no other source of supply.
"The Federal Reserve Act revolu-
tionized this wretched currency sys-
TEN. 1t substituted for a rigid bond
secured circulating medium, unrespon-
Sive at any time to the commercial re-
quirements of the nation, a perfectly
elastic currency, based on the sound,
liquid commercial assets of the coun-
try, responsive at all tines and to
the fullest extent to every reasonable
demand of legitimate enterprises.
SIT is a currency which comes forth
when required and is Cancelled when
not needed. The amount is ample
when business is active and only
enough when business is lax. Every
dollar Of it is based on a stable com
mercial transaction, whether of a mer-
camille, industrial or agricultural ma
ture, fortified by a 40 per cent gold
reserve, by the assets of a great bank
ing system. by the double liability of
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-03-07
Farmers Income Taxable.

Salary and wage arner must con
slider as taxable every item received
from employers and from othel
sources. Bonuses and overtime pa.
are to be reported as well as the regu
lar payments.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-03-07
STRENGTH in cheerfuIness.

Wondrous is the strength OF e
fitness; altogether past calculation It's
power of endurance. Efforts to be per-
manently useful must be uniformly
joyous-a spirit all sunshine-graceful
from very gladness, beautiful because
bright.-Carlyle.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-03-07
Upper Right-E. McLain Waters,
Chairman, Philadelphia.
Lower Riuht-Hon. Lewis S. SadIer,
Harrisburg.

e. McLain Waters, of Philadelphia
is chairman of the Advisory Commit
tee, and the members are David Bar
ry, Johnstown; John S. Fisher, Har
risburg; Charles f. Hess, Wilkes
Barre; Grier Hersh, York; A. c. Gus
tard, Philadelphia Daniel Kaerecher
Pottsville; Arthur Peck, Philadelphia
Allen P. Perley, Williamsport Georg,
K. Reilly, Philadelphia !; Lewis S. Sad
Ter, Harrisburg, and C. S. Weston
Scranton.
Line county CLOUDS are - fnliaEZs-
Group A.-Bucks, Montgomery, Del
aware and Chester Counties and the
City Of Bethlehem, represented by
Arthur Peck, Philadelphia.
Group B.-Schulykill, Berks, Leba.
non, Lehigh and Northumberland
Counties, represented by Daniel w,
Kaerecher, Pottsville.
Group C.-Susquehanna, Lackawan.
ma, Wayne, Monroe, Pike and North.
ampton Counties, represented by c. S
Weston, Scranton.
Group D.-Carbon, Luzerne, Sulli,
van, Bradford, Wyoming, Montour and
Columbia Counties, represented by
Charles F.. Hess, Wilkes-Barre.
Group E.-Tioga, Lycoming, Union
Snyder, Clinton, Center and Potter
Counties, represented by Allen P
Perley, Williamsport.
Group F.-York, Lancaster, Dau.
phin, Perry, Juniata, Cumberland,
Adams, Franklin, Fulton and Mif1in
Counties, represented by Grier Hersh,
York.
Group G.-McKean, Elk, Cameron,
Clarified, Cambria, Blair, Hunting
don and Bradford Counties, represent
ed by David Barry, Johnstown.