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Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1919-04-17
CHAPTER xvliI-cont,nusd.

5s'sss,i ~. '.s'3 80, Nvsss-SouSsn0oo.
His eyes glued to the lurchinx sta-
t1onshouse, Babcock took a brown.
paper-rolled cigarette from the prof
feredlbox.
''Look." he cried. ..rhere. .henl 60.
See that" ~
There was q splash Of splinterins
timber; q Niagara Of spray as the
building fell into the food. A minute
Later. q wreckage Of painted boards
was floating downstream.
At table Babcock resumed his cam
paign. The trouble with you all,
you have cold feet. You're all scared
OF too soon" at =.
Wooster. up from his nap. looked
across the table. aCold feet? So
you'd have IL you had been up for
nights. wetting your feet on the levee,
as some Of us have, as Hardin has.
Mine are cold all right He lifted an
amazed foot. "Cold! Look here.
boys, they're wet!" The men looked
to ind the water creeping in-Bab.
GOCA CllmUeU ON MS C00lf.
This means the station" cried
Wooster. Every man jumped. II the
waters had got to them, 1t wouldn't
be long before they were reaching the
Q. p. depot! The tracks would go
They were piling out Of the door
when the telephone caught them. II
was q message frOu Richard. A car
was to be rugged up. papers, tickets
aid express matter taken from the
station. The river was cutting close
to the track. The car would be the
terminal, a half-mile from town.
The situation looked black. Coul.
ter. Eggers, began to pack their stock.
The levee. 1t was said, would not hold
half Of Mexicali was gone. Calexico
would go next. Richards Indians
were kept stolidly piling brush and
stuffed sacks on the levee. This, the
word ran, would be the fierce night
no one expected to sleep.
They we're preparing for the big
battle. the final struggle, when the
grade recession passed the town.
Spectacular as was Its coming, there
was an anticlimax in its retreat. The
wafer reached the platform Of the
depot. and halted. The town held it's
breath. There was some sleep that
night.
The next day, the nerves Of the val.
ley relaxed. The river was not cut
ting back. The men at the levee
dropped their shovels, and went back
to the discussion of their lawsuits.
Their crops were ruined: too much
water, or too little. Whatever way
they had been hurt, the company
would have to pay for 1t!
A small shift guarded the river.
Richard. in his room at the Desert
hotel, and Hardin up the river, slept a
day and a night without waking. The
chair-tilters picked up their argument
where they had left It; was the rail-
road reaping harvest Of damage
suits when they should be thanked
instead? Faraday. the newspapers
reported, was trying to shift his re-
sponsibility; he had appealed to the
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1919-04-17
(To BE cONTfNUED.)

Ven 0uehta knew That Uncle.
srIns dog yoa have there, my little
man. remarked the kind Old gentle
man what Do yoa cali himr Don't
hafta TO call him." answered ny iitsae
man. He eoes every place "a.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1919-04-17

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p.r 80. was ne uo.ns ~ that sroup'
$3.50 colnp'eteo coMolnatlon
M.u ENCOURAGES specu,atlons sne
n ..',". Enc room was Jammeo
VII sulley men. Inc meeting OF tns
asnetS anu Tue seveFai water cum
pan'es aau Dt.en cailea 1or tnat aitei'
, .ne summons s'sneo ~ rala'
10y niulst1. Nolnins e'se nao Deen
'a. n.'e VI u ior fortnight a11
" was known throughout the valley
tnat the work at the intake was moi
YET Degun; mat Hickard was waiting
tnere 1or orders; that Faraday and
tne president OF the United States
were involved IN correspondence as to
the responsibility Tor the future CON
troll OF the river. Faraday's eagernesa
10 shift his burden was looked upon
as suspicious. 1t was In the air that
the officers Of the Overland Pacific
would demand recall Of the damage
suits before they would complete the
protective works at the Heading. The
men IS long vision, members of the
water companies, and Brandon
tnfoufh the valley Star, were pointing
out Tat the valleys salvation depend.
ed OIL the immediate control Of the
river, t'al she laiiroad' only mao
powss " ellect II. Inese conservatives
VIZ couaseling caution. on'y tna'
nol'-,ns, tue star mao issued an extra
nr. e =, pleau'ns ior co-opera J.
'ion ~ the RIVER breaks OUT again.
Mar~eu nrandons editoriai' without
'mn..u'".e .vrce 70 lestrain IT. recla.
=. .'.: ~ ~. .la. sailey 70 q ulea'n ,ua'
'"e. Anu .ne on.S horce eaua. y
, I'M. emergency ~ ,,.e 1u,iroaa: Why
w, -sn' s.a.eiy an'asollze Tue raa'roau 7!
Ins Uesert heciamation company. II
$50. en Anown, ~ Iankrupt. 70. .he
.ns, ,n., u,e lai'lo'lu mas ussu"eo tne
- On'.D.'l.iss y. Tue slnui.er orsunl-
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- ~ s1uua.s euppose = pl'vu.e clll.e'l'
- ~ gs.f,i's. anu anolner comes TOT
wa.u ~ ne'p nm. ,'Must every crea,
..or a - una. lne samaritan shouio
pay 'ne Slusheu cl.lzen = ol',s. IN tne
plessa. issue' sel.-,l'teres' SHOULD urge
eons.ue,a1Ion. be.ter q smali loss
.ou.,s u"1' 'olnorrow may amply re-
1unu' .lah .otai rum III the future.
hardin, from MS morose unshared
taDie' could see the anxious curiosity
setting toward the rai'road group
over slasses' neads were close to
getner. Near MIN. the talk ran high.
Sc1aps VI inhamnaDie speeches. Dlew
ihs way iroh oarton's party.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-10-03
AMERICA FIRST,
SAYS CHAIRMAN HAYS

Chicsgo-(Special.) -Chairman VIII
Committee gave the following state
ment to the press:
II agree with President Wilson that
the treaty will be ratified, but the rati-
fication will be accompanied by reser-
vations absolutely safeguarding the
full independence and freedom of &C
ton of this republic That is the simple
fact which the President may as well
recognize first as last. At present he
is only pounding against stone wall
of patriotism which has already be-
come impregnahIe and is daily increas-
ing IN width. strength and height.
1.-THE committee reservations con-
stitute the irreducible minimum of the
requirements of substantial ma iority
of senators who cannot be cOerced or
caioled into violating their oaths Of
office to hold America first. There is
no partlsanship in their position. True,
every Republican senator without ex-
ception stands with the committee, but
because he is an American-nOt be-
cause lie Is II 'NJ
believe further that an actual majority
Of the Democratic senators feel the
same way, and evidences multiply
daily that when the time comes con-
siderable number will vote the same
way.
at is for the President to determine
when the test shall he made. The
treaty will he reported out this week,
and vote can he had as soon as it can
be reached under the rules unless it is
delayed by senators acting under the
direction of the President himself It
is simply now up to the administration
TO decide whether it will or will not
accept at once these essential guaran-
tees of American independence which
will unquestionably be promptly ac-
cepted by the other nations, 1t Is inn
perative that this matter he settled
right. 1t ought, by all means, to he set
tied promptly. The full responsibility
for any delay will rest upon the Presi-
dent, and him alone"
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DISCOVERED INFLUENZA SERUM

Public recognition of their services
in helping to stem the tidal wave of
influenza which occurred a year ago
has been accorded two men who de-
vised the prophylatic serum used with
great effectiveness thruout the north
west. Both are physicians who were
ir the naval service and stationed at
Bremerton, Washington, from where
they conducted their fight on the flu
epidemic.
DR.. D. H. Nickson, who was Lieu
tenant j. G. Medical Corps, U. S. N,
has just been appointed assistant pro-
fessor of Pathology at the University
of Washington, the creation of which
position is in reality the forerunner
of medical department for this in
stitution, being now the regular aca-
demic preparation for medical train
ing. The other medical man with
whom DR.. Nickson worked at the
naval station is Doctor E. d. Hitch
cock, who was Lieutenant M. G. U. S.
N, and has just been appointed di-
rector of the Hygienic Laboratory of
the Montana State Department of
Public health. These men, working
together, supplied prophylactic "flu"
serum that was used in practically all
the northwestern cities, by various
state boards of health and in the ma
val service.
Dr. Nickson, who has specialized in
meteorological study during and since
his medical college course, was bac-
THEOLOGICAL instructor in 1914 at the
University of Washington, and for the
last four years has been pathologist
for the Physicians Clinical Laboratory
at Seattle, where scientific diagnosis
of disease is carried on for the medical
profession. DR.. Nickson was gradu
ated from the University of Wiscon-
sin in 1918. He volunteered for service
when the U. S. entered the war and
was assigned to duty in the Bacteria
logical Laboratory of the 18th Naval
District, which laboratory was under
direction of Lieut. Hitchcock, and
where the work was to look after gen
eral health, sanitation, food, water
supply and the control of epidemics
that might arise in the camp. On
September 25, 1918, influenza broke
out in the camp. Drs. Hitchcock and
Nickson Immediately began an inves-
tigation, started experiments and
made a viccine that proved entirely
satisfactory in controlling the out
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-10-03
PRESIDENT BEHIND
GREAT ARMY PLAN
FOR WORLD POLICE
While Wilson Makes Plea for
League Baker Urges Need
of Armed Force.
WOULD COST US s90o,ooo,o 900.
Chief of Staff Under Orders Cites
Necessity for Vast Military
Machine.
WOULD COST US $500, 900, 900.

Washington. Especially - While
President Wilson Is busily engaged IN
speech making to the effect that II
will never be necessary to send the
bows in khaki to other lands II the
League of Nations covnant is adopt
ed. General Peyton c. March. Chief
of STAFF, is telling the House Military
Affairs Committee that President VIII
son has approved of the "big army
program which the War Department
and Secretary Baker have submitted
to Congress as the peace time plan or
army reorganization. This program
provides for huge standing army or
more than a half million men, although
II plso corprehends universal training
General March indicated that mill
tary authorities believed the large
army program wassnecessary because
of the unsettled conditions throughout
the world He said nothing about new
err sending the boys in khaki overseas.
II is a cause for wOnderment In Con-
eress what the Administration pro
poses to do with the half million stand
ing army which 1t wants to raise in
this country.
with the prevailing spirit of I'M
rest throughout the world all nations
must be on the alert said General
March. "Winston Churchill has pro
posed an army for Great Britain of
100000 men. France has the con-
scrlption system and can raise an army
at once of any size. We suggest an
army of 100000 men with universal
military training
He said the yearly expenditure
would not exceed 100000
Secretary of War Baker in a recent
speech at Philadelphia urged Ameri-
cas- preparedness for the next war.
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LEAGUE OF MONARCHES

Washington, October 1.-The Re
publican Publicity Association, thru
its president, Hon. Jonathan Bourne,
Jr, today gave out the following state
ment from it's Washington headquar-
ters:
"After all the presidents passion
for democracy after all his declara-
tions that the United States went to
war for democracy, aftet all his as
surances that his is league of democ-
racies. what do you think of the dem
ocratic character of some of the ma
lions that he wishes to have vote in
the league' equal with that of the
United States? Here is quotation
from the constitution of Japan:
"The Empire of Japan shall be
reigned over and governed by line of
emperors unbroken for ages eternal" y
"The Japanese constitution makes
the emperor supreme head of the
army and navy, with power to declare
war, make peace, and conclude trea-
ties. He chooses the members of the
House of Peers, can prorogue the
House of Representatives, appoints
all government employees and fixes
their compensation. No law can be-
come effective without his approval.
His veto can not be overridden.
"In Italy the throne is hereditary,
the king alone approves and promul-
gates law, appoints the members of
the senate, is supreme head of the
state, declares war, makes peace, and
concludes treaties, without consulting
the legislative body. Any measure
rejected by the house, the senate or
the king, cannot be presented again
at the same session. The kings veto
cannot be overridden by the legisla
tive body.
an Canada, which is to have a vote
equal with the United States in the
league assembly, the governor-gen
eral is chosen by the king of England,
and he chooses the upper house of
parliament, whose members must
have property of the value of not less
than $4,000 Any law passed by the
Dominion parliament can be vetoed
by the governor general and, even if
approved by him, may be nullified
within two years by the king of Eng
land. Canada is not as near self
governing as is the State of New
York, and has not as large popula
tion. Great Britain would be no more
entitled to an additional vote in the
league in the name of Canada than
the United States would be in the
name of New York.
In Australia both houses are cleo
tive but the governor general is APP
pointed by the king of England with
veto power, and any act may be an
nulled by the king of England within
one year from the time of its enact
ment.
1t is apparent from this summary
that in neither Japan nor Italy does
a real democracy exist either in form
or fact. In Canada and Australia
democracies exist in fact but not in
law.
It is also apparent, from recent adj
dresses and acts of the president, that
Mr.. Wilson looks upon the constitu-
tions of these countries as establish
ing ideal democracies. He believes
the chief executive shall have the
power to dictate laws, declare war,
conclude peace, and make treaties
without consultation with the legisla-
tive body. His action in several SEN
atorial elections proves that he be-
lieves the chief executive should
choose the members of the Upper
house of congress-"
Remington, Underwood and L. G..
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-10-03
BY VIOLET MOORE HIGGINS


Most film fans have looked adj
miringly at Billie Burke's mop Of
curly red-gold hair. round child
isb eyes. and piquant little mouth
OF the Paramount-Artcraft star,
and said. No wonder she got
there. such beauty"
But they forget to look down
at the firm round little chin.
II was that same stubborn yet
wholly adorable chin that carried
the covent-bred girl to the stage.
that took her from music hall sue
cess to musical comedy promi-
uence. and thence to straight
parts and ultimately to the very
top of moving picture popularity.
Now let's look into the future.
Here's Billie Burke's small
da lighter. little Miss ziegfeld.
She's young yet, but there, as
plain as day. is Mother Billie's de-
termined little chin all over again.
and predict the same brillianE
future
The newest Paramount-Art-
craft film in which Miss
Burke appears, THE Misleading
Widow" has just been completed.
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o'RYAE'S TESTIMONY.

i. A rather remarkable statement
i. throwing some hitherto obscured
i. light on the lack of efficiency OF
!. Secretary Bakers department
i. during the war was made recent
i. ly before the senate Committee
i. on Military Affairs by Nal. Gen.
i. John f. O'Ryan, who commanded
/. the Twenty-seventh division in
, France.
j. The Twenty-seventh was Ma
/. tional Guard division and Cen
!. eral O'Ryan testified that 1t
i. fought through the war without
!. any American equipment except
J. coats and some trousers. All the
!. guns, aircraft. shoes, rifles. ma
j. chine guns, and even subsistence
+ supplies, lie said, were supplied
4. to the division by the British.
!. The divisions artillery support,
+ he added, was supplied by Brit
/. ieh and Australian units.
+
+ !. j: ). !. :. :; + + !. = = = ! + i.
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BIG COMEDY COMING

Barclay says it is not every day that
he can advertise a comedy such as he
has booked for next Monday and
Tuesday evening. 1t is a Sennett
production yankee Doodle in Ber-
lin" burlesque on German Royalist
pretensions and is said to be a
scream. If you don't want to laugh
don't go. Some of the most noted
movie actors are in the play including
the famous "Sennett Bathing Beau
ties" You'll want to see this play.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-10-03
REPUBLICANS PASS BILL
INCREASING p. o. PAY.

Washngton.-tSp Especial The House
has adopted the Madden bill providing
a blanket increase of $50 in the sal
aries of all employees of the Post Of
nee Department for the present year
The Republican leaders have given
especial attention TO this measure
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-10-03

break at Bremerton Navy Yard. This
vaccine was then given by the naval
authorities to city and state govern
ments, by whom it was used, espec-
tally in Seattle, with marked success.
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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-06
GOOD ROADS


Pierre, Jan. 6.-The good road
proposition is generally acute in the
early spring, and dies down later in
the season with hard dry earth road
ways. But the past fall nature evil
IDENTIFY decided to give legislators
something to think of in that line
just before starting for their biennial
labors at lawmakiDg. and there has
been more complaint from bad roads
the past few weeks than for many
years at this season. This was on &C
count Of rains in December s~oftening
the roadways, which were badly cut
up and rutted by wheel traffic, and
then froze in that condition. Such a
condition at such an opportune time
is unusual in this state and the mem
bers will not have time to forget the
situation this time before having ii
to consider. They will have plenty
OF road legislation along various lines
put up to them for consideration, and
will have conditions to be met fresh
in their minds.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-06
GRAY WOLVES
STOCKMEN'S ASSOCIATION WILL
PAY $50 FOR EACH AMI
NAL KILLED.

Pierra. Jan. e.-Wolf hunters in
the northwest part of the state can
be certain of $50 for each gray wolf
they put on If business on the range.
The stockmens association, which
works in the northwestern part of
South Dakota and southeastern part
of Montana. with headquarters at
Camp Crook. make this a standing
offer. But they want to be certain
before they make the payment, and
the hunter who has a gray wolf to
his credit must bring the animal into
the presence of some members of the
association. and remove the hide in
his presence. This prevents any dup
LEGATION of rewards.
The gray wolves are destructive to
young stock, and a pair of them will
pull down a full grown steer, while
any n of them will get away with
a calf or colt.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-06
DEADLY LOUISE
LITTLE INSECT AS DEADLY AS
SHOT AND SHELL.

London, Jan. cor the insects
responsible for the death or disable
ment OF hundreds of thousands in
this war zone, the louise is declared
authoritatively to have been one of
the most deadly and to have account
ed for at least a million persons.
That, however, is only a rough es-
innate, and the probability is that
the total was infinitely higher, for in
Serbia. alone, typhus, a louse-born
disease, infected nearly 1000, 900
persons and killed 500 a day in the
little city of Jassy, while 200 of the
1900 medical officers in the country,
died from the disease. This disease
spread over Russia, Austria, Ger
many and the Balkans generally.
These figures are vouched for in a
publication prepared by Lieut.. Lloyd,
who vas chief entomologist in north
ern Rhodesia. He says:
"Typhus, one of the most dreaded
epidemic diseases of man, is entirely
huC W thE dCtlNItlC5 Vi itIC. II
same remark applies to relapsing fe-
yer over the greater portion of the
world. Still a third disease, trench
fever, has been placed to the credit
of the louise and possibly even now
the full extent of its guilt is not
known"
Lieut.. Lloyd in discussing the ty-
phus outbreak at the notorious Wit
tenberg camp in Germany, from
which the German doctors fled.
makes the statement:
The Germans know, as we do
that typhus is spread by lice and that
the epidemic could have been cut
short and stamped out a week after
its commencement by the disinfectior
of all prisoners. One of the few
good points about insect-born disease
issthat they are entirely preventable
IL preventative measures are taken in
time and carried out in a thorough
manner"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-06
NOTICE OF EXAMINATION.

The second grade examination
scheduled for October 24-25, 1918,
and the state and first grade exam
nations, ordinarily held the latter
part Of February, will be held at the
same time on January 16, Ii, Is,
1919, at the Madison State Normal.
Only applicants who hold valid South
Dakota certificates of the second
grade or better, or valid certificates
from other states, or who are writing
in a few subjects to complete creden-
tials. will be eligible to write the
first grade or state examination. All
others should write the second grade
examination.-Alice I. Ripe, County
Superintendent.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-06
Supervisors Warning to Remove
Trees Along Ditch Lines.

Notice is hereby given by the board
of county commissioners that all
trees growing as well as the stumps
thereof, along the following County
Drainage bitches Nos. /, 2, 8, A, s.,
s, Z, 8, 10, IL, IL, Ia, 16 and IT,
also Lake-Moody County Drainage
Ditch No. / shall be destroyed and
removed for a distance of at least
five CD rods on each side of said
bitches.
The object of this order is to re-
move the danger of tree roots break
ing through the tile, filling them up
and thereby destroying such drain
age for which the bitches are con
structed.
The board further gives notice that
ii will not be responsible for the re-
pair of any bitches, which may be in
jured or destroyed, by the permitting
of trees to grow along such ditch
lines, but that the cost of any dam
age to such drainage sustained by
reason of such trees and the roots
thereof will be charged to and col
lected from any parties not comply
ing with this order.
Dated January 2, 1919.
Board of County Commissioners Of
Lake County, South Dakota.
M. Cosgrove,
Chairman of Board.