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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-02-28

a
through 80 degrees of longi-
tude, and has an area of 100000
square miles. The colonization of ST.
IBERIA by emigration from Russia re-
luired a movement of population
which would be facilitated by the
ppening of roads for wagon transport.
1t was in 1922 that the town of
Ekaterinburg was founded, and in 1853
plans were made for projeN ting road
toward Tiumen and thence across the
Siberian steppes. The route followed
was that of the present Siberian rail-
way. Work was delayed for some
years by changes of government, but
the road was finally completed along
the line proposed.
Over this main Siberian highway
passed thousands Of colonists, many of
them political exiles from Russia, 9TH
ers Cossack soldiers directed to take
up their residence along the main ST.
berian route for the purpose of mill
tary protection, says writer in
Magazine Russia. The road formed
main line of connection between
scattered settlements of natives of
various races, who had previously
made limited use of trails and rivers
Tor intercourse with each other, and
for commerce with the world outside.
1t formed the only route by which the
interior of Siberia could be reached
from east or west; while the only 9TH
er routes were the caravan trails
across the mountains and deserts to
the south, and the difficult passages
of the Kara sea into the mouths of
the OBJ and Yenesei rivers.
The sibIrsky- TraIst.
OF the main highways used as pos
tai routes, the principal road is the
famous Sibirsky-Trakt, over 1000
niles long, following, as has been said,
he same route as the Trans-Siberian
ailway. Most of this road could be
covered easily by vehicle. except in
the stretch between Sretensk and
Khabarovsk. Between those towns
about $40 miles of road can be made
by vehicle, while the rest, $50 miles,
Is covered by pack-horse trail over
the mountains, giving an alternative
route to the river Shilka. The trail is
used through the fall and spring only,
while the river serves for boat trans
port in summer, and sledge transport
over the ice in winter. The portion
of the route between the river Shilka
and Khabarovsk is called the Amur
Highway.
Another important main highway is
the Irkutsk-Yakutsk Trakt, 1,840 miles
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-02-28
THE MAN IN MOST DANGER.

The breadwinner, according to Pro-
fessor Debove, a noted French scien-
tist is in more danger of being in
jured by alcohol than the man in COM
Portable circumstances, because, with
less opportunity to know the truth, he
is dragged on by the bad example or
urging of others until he tumbles into
the abyss of alcoholism and Its accom-
panying miseries.
I'm my youth" he says, Il saw many
drunken people in the villages and sa-
looms on holidays. Today drunken
ness Is less frequent, but alcoholism
has increased. 1t has become chronic
This is a worse form, for 1t results In
diseases of the stomach, liver, Kidneys
heart, blood vessels and nervous sys-
tenn"
A long list Of hospital evidence is
cited to show the damage alcohol does
to the drinker, his family and his coun-
try "Alcohol wounds" says Professor
Debove, ARE very difficult to cure. The
alcoholizers - liquor dealers there
fore. are guilty of veritable crime
against the country"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-02-28
Good Character Test.

BY the unanimous assertion of every
man who ever went on a hunting trip
that involved camp life for consId-
cradle length of time, there is nothing
like participation in such an expedi-
ton for bringing out and making clear
the fundamental realities of charac-
ter. 1t reveals both virtues and vices
strengths and weaknesses. and empha.
sizes them all. Not only are many Of
the restrictions and inhibitions created
and enforced In ordinary community
intercourse suddenly removed or weak
ened, but there are made new demands
for the endurance OF Inconvenience
and the performance Of hard and dis
tasteful work.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-02-28
WHY NOT QUIZ Now2

In the city of New York there Ia q
restaurant which Is very much unlike
the average establishment of the kind
1t claims to have at least five thou
sand patrons daily. No eating place
In the metropolis is better known and
none is more highly spoken of with
reference to the quality of its food
and the excellence of its service.
While it has never conducted bar
as such, it has until recently kept
liquor to meet the demands of Gus.
toners who chose to call for it, but
the order of things has been changed
and the bill of fare now carries this
announcement: eve have discontin.
ued the wine list entirely. We are not
prohibtionists, but feel sure that, es-
pecially during the war, II would be
doing our country great service IL
every person who is now selling liquor
could and would discontinue it. The
writing on the wall reads that at no
distant day the state or national gov
eminent will stop its sale entirely.
SO why not quit now?"
In this deliverance there is little
comfort for the liquor advocate who
delights to maintain that prohibition
does not prohibit. Maybe it does not,
and maybe it never will, but there Is
abundant proof that the steady agita-
ton of the prohibition question is
creating dismay among the liquor
forces and is bringing this nation Of
ours to the dawning of a better day
John p. McCrea, in The Gideon.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-02-28
Bridge on RubIno-T onsuIsk Road.

afford transverse routes to points
along their shores the great expanse
of the country is unprovided with WELL
made roads. Transportation from
points lying at a distance from the
main route is, therefore, costly and
difficult. Only a limited quantity Of
grain can be hauled out of the country
to the railroad, while the railroad it.
self Is not able to take care of the
grain that could be easily produced
by the peasant population of Siberia
in good ses sons. The result is that
large crop of grain forces down the
local price, so that the peasant. actual
ly finds that large crop brings him in
less money and causes him extra work.
The greatest need of Siberia in the
immediate future is Improvement in
roadways, so that communication may
grain can be raised, to railways and
especially to water routes by which
the grain can be carried out of the
country. The Improvement of the ST.
berian railway was already in hand
under the American railway commits
sion in 1917, when the bolshevik rev.
olution occurred and put a stop to the
work. 1t will be comparatively easy
to increase the carrying capacity of
the Siberian road very largely by phys
ical improvements, and by better man.
agenrent, particularly in dispatching
trains by comprehensive system.
Roadways by which Siberian COM
merce can be extended from the rail-
way route to the interior districts
should be improved and extended in
the very near future.
Caravan roads of southern Siberia
include among the most important, the
route from Petropavlovsk down to the
river Ischim, past the Onlutav noun
tains and the river Sary-Su to Buk-
hara, and from the same city by the
river Tchaglinka, past number of
lakes to Akmolinsk, Nourinsky and In
to Turkestan.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-02-28
MORE FOOD IN THE SOUTH.

Before the war the South annually i'm
ported about $slQ0Oe0,000 worth of corn, hay,
grains, snixed feed, flour, meat and meat
pfosuces. dairy products, poultry and poul-
try prsruc.s, and canned goods. The emer-
gency wurk of the United States department
q agriculture has emphasized intensive
hcane production with the result that 10
Southern states produced al 1877 900 BUSH
els mere com in 1913 than they harvested
n 1904 The IL states comprising the cot
ton teif produced 135 per cent more wheat
In 1913 than in 1909. These same states
during the same period increased their oats
crop I23 per cent; their hay yield 12S per
cent; Irish potatoes, III per cent; and sweet
potatoes, 81 per cent.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-02-28

grace, her charm; Germany, her pro
found romanticism. For the
rest, nature has given him o
noble heart, and genius. Yes, genius,
In the full acceptation of the term,
must be allowed to Chopin. He is not
virtuoso only, he is also a poet, he
can make us apprehend the poetry
which lives in his heart, he is "tone
poet" and no enjoyment is equal to
that which he bestows upon us when
he sits down at the piano and impro-
vises. Then he Is neither Polish, nor
French, nor German; he betrays a
higher origin, he is of the kindred nj
Mozart, of Raphael, of Goethe; his
true fatherland is the dream kingdoro
of Poetry.-Heine.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-02-28
THE BIBLE AND WINE.

Ferrar Fenton, an eminent Oriental
scholar of England, says that errors
made by the English translators of the
Bible have much to do with the addic-
ton to alcoholic drinks of the English
speaking people. He says a correct
translation of the word given frequent
ly In the Bible as wine" should be
''fruit." For example, the Israelites
were promised land Of corn and
fruit" Again in Deuteronomy 12:17,
the people are told not to eat the 1.-THE
of the corn and the "wine." The sense
shows Enthusiastically that fruit is In
l.nded In Numbers 2S:7 the author
lied version says: I'm the holy place
shalt thou cause the strong wine to be
poured unto the Lord for drink offer
ing" Mr.. Fenton says there is no
word In the original signifying wine at
all 1t is simply "a liquid, fluid" and
might be of milk. or oil, or water. SO
far as the original text signifies.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-02-28
REVENUE.

In the debate in the house on the
wartime prohibition amendment to the
agriculture appropriation bill. Con-
gresham Rainey of Illinois made a
spirited speech on the revenue feature
Of the measure. He said:
"As member of the ways and
means committee, in obtaining reve-
nue. for this government, have always
voted for the highest possible tax upon
alcoholic liquors. have supported to
the best of my ability at all times the
movement for the increase of the taxes
on alcoholic liquors of all kinds But
as a member of that committee, en-
gagged for six years and even for a
longer period Than that, In solving
these questions of revenue, / think l
am able to say that we can run this
great government without saloons and
we VIII find revenue somewhere with
which to carry on this republic without
continuing further this alliance with
saloons. / have seen whole commune
ties, blasted for years by saloons,
emerge into prosperity when saloons
were banished from within their boun-
daries. expect to see prosperity still
prevail In all sections of these United
States when the saloons disappear,
prosperity even greater than we have
enjoyed In the past"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-02-28
HEInE's TRIBUTE TO CHOPIN
Great Writer Has Left Testimony o,
His High Admiration for World
Famous Musician.

Chopin was born in Poland Of
French parents, but received part Of
his education in Germany. The in.
fiuence Of the three nationalities af-
feet his personality to an extent that
Is very remarkable. He has, in short,
appropriated the best characteristics
of each; Poland has bequeathed to
him chivalrous tendencies, her histor
zeal sorrows; France, her delicate
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-02-28
EHTp2RHERS EfJE 15E12[ACEzo
III 0Z0-EzE- R4z0R R4cHS

the enrolment Of boys with re-
speet to the branch Of farming
was as follows: Corn. 1894;
pigs, 31.375; poultry, 1889; cot
ton, 5,297; miscellaneous, 4,0S7;
potatoes, 3.441; peanuts. 3.15T;
and grain sorghum, 2,126- These
numbers were greatly increased
during 1918, while an additional
100000 boys aided in emergency
work. The average yield of corn
of the boys clubs was 47.97 bush
els per acre. Thousands of pure
bred pigs have been distributes
among the pig-elub members.
The boys club work IS stimu-
lating the attendance of farm
boys at agricultural colleges. In
one Southern state. during 1917,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-02-28
DRY ICELAND.

DRY ICELAND.
There is law in Iceland. according
70 the Central Christian Advocate,
which forbids the manufacture Of In
toxicating liquor at home, and though
having free trade, the Icelanders do
not allow a barrel Of liquor to enter
the island. The result Is that there
Is no Jail, no criminal court, and only
one policeman. There is not person
on the island over ten years Of age
VINO cannot read and write. There
are public schools, neminaries. colleges.
newspapers. books. q classic literature
md churches.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-02-28

HE AGRICULTURAL South of
today is as different from the
Dixieland of 1910 as the indus
trious and experienced hands of
skilled agricultural workers can
make it. A near miracle has
been performed. Thousands of
acres that were running wild
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-02-28
NO RELIEF.

won't you be glad when no more Of your
private letters are opened by the cenaor~
n don't know about that NY wifs u sttn q
the Job"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-10-30

Der, the remaining fifty cents per mem.
bsr to be used by the State Executive
Committee for it's expenses
ARTICLE vII.-Penalties.
l. A member failing to pay any
amount due the Post, incllding his
yearly dues, within 30 days, shall be
liable to have his membership forfeit
ed at a regular meeting of the Execu-
tive Committee.
2. The Post shall be entitled to rep
reseHtation in the State Organization,
as hereinafter provided. only upon the
basis of the number of members who
have actually paid their dues 80 days
prior to the Annual State Convention.
ARTICLE VIII.
Representation of the Post in The Am
crican Legion and Its Committees.
/ Delegates and alternates to rep
resent the Post at the State Conven.
tions and representatives Of the Post
shall be elected at a meeting of the
members of the Post, duly called for
the purpose, by a majority vote of
those present at the meeting. Meet
ings for the election OF delegates and
alternates shall be held at least fiftees.
days before the State Convention
which they are tof attend.
ARTICLE TX.
Notices
1. Every faember shall furnish TO
the Secretary an address to which all
notices and documents may be sent
and the same shall be held to have
been duly sent to or served upon a
member when posted or otherwise
mailed TO him at the address so FUR
nished.
2. 5 days previous notice shall be
given OF all meetings Of the Post and
3 days previous notice Of all meetings
OF the Executive Committee.
ARTICLE X.
Meetings of the Post.
1. There shall be an annual meet
ing OF the Post on the Second wednea-
day OF January In each year at $500
p. m, ~at Post Headquarters. II no
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-10-30

thereof, will be on file in the office of
the City Auditor for examination of
any and all parties interested. And
that Monday, the 18th day of August,
1919, at 8 o'clock p. m. at the City
Hall in the City of Miller, South Da>
kota, the said City Council has fixed
as the time and place when and wnere
said City Council will have a hearing
upon the passing of a resolution or
dering the construction of said pro-
posed sewer. at which time and place
any person may appear and file his
objections and be heard upon the pas
sage of said resolution
Dated this 4th day of August, 1919.
w. ]. Halloween,
Attest: Mayor.
T. o. Teller, City Auditor.
Be 1t Resolved by the City Council
of the City of Miller, S. D., hat it is
necessary to construct a lateral sewer
in sewer district No. one, commence
ing at the termination of the lateral
sewer on West Third Street at the
intersection OF Maple Avenue with
said Third Street, thence extending
West on said Third Street to the West
line of Lot Ten (10), of Block Six co
of John w. Coquillette's Addition to
City of Miller.
That the lots abutting upon said
proposed lateral sewer are as follows:
Lots Ten (10), Eleven lid, Twelve
u2). Thirteen (13), and Fourteen Q4)
of Block Six 60 of John w. Coquil-
%lette's Addition to the City of Miller,
and Lots One ~, and Four az Of
Block One q) of Buffers Plat to the
City of Miller, Hand County. South
Dakota.
That the proposed lateral sewer
shall be eight (S) inches in size and
be constructed OF vitriied sewer tile.
That the plans and specifications of
said lateral sewer, showing the loca.
ton, arrangement form. size and ma
terials to be used in the construction
thereof, will be on file in the ONCE OF
the City Auditor for examination Of
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-10-30

On motion the Council proceeded to
examine sewer petitions now on file
and upon motion ordered the filins
and adoption of the four following re
solutions of necessity. Roll call on
motion. Yeas-Cahalan, Wilson. Du-
lin and Saltmarsh.
Be 1t Resolved by the City Council
OF the City of Miller, S. d., that it is
necessary to construct a lateral sewer
in district No. One, commenc-
ing at the termination of the lateral
sewer on West Second street at it's
intersection with Maple Avenue.
thence extending west on said Second
street and terminating at the inter-
section of said Second Street with
Butler Avenue.
That the lots abutting upon said
proposed lateral sewer are as follows:
Lots Seven ca. Eight ts), Nine 9),
Ten (10). Eleven I'D, Twelve (i2},
and Thirteen (l3) in Block One Cd,
of Buffers Plat to City of Miller and
Lot One % and Actions Plat; also
parcel two CD all in Block Four t4)
of Buffers plat to City of Miller. Hand
County, South Dakota.
That the proposed lateral sewer
shall be eight (s) inches in size and
be constructed of vitrified sewer tile.
That the plans and specifications of
said lateral sewer. showing the loca-
ton, arrangement, form, size and ma
terials to be used in the construction
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-10-30
ny and all parties interested.

any and all parties interested. And
that Monday, the 18th day Of August,
1919, at 500 o'clock r. m, at the City
Hall in the City of Miller. South Da-
, as the time and place when and where
said City Council will have a hearing
upon the passing of a resolution or
dering the construction of said pro-
posed lateral sewer at which time and
place any person may appear and file
his objections and be heard upon the
passage Of said resolution.
Dated this 4th day of August, 1919.
w. j. Halloween,
Attest: Mayor.
T. o. Teller. City Auditor
Be 1t Resolved by the City Council
of the City of Miller, S. d., that 1t is
necessary to construct a lateral sewer
in sewer district No. One, beginning at
the end of the lateral sewer at the
East line of Butler Avenue on Fourth
Street in j. w. Coquillette's plated
part of Miller City. thence running
West one block to East line of Wayne
Avenue, in said Coquillette's plated
part of Miller City
That the lots abutting upon said
Fourth Street along said proposed
sewer are as follows, to-wit: Lots
Z. s, 8, 10, II and IL in Block 2: Lots
81 and % in Block 3; and Lots 1, 2, 3.
4. 5. 6 and z in Block 5, all in John
w. Coquillette's Addition to City of
Miller, S. ID.
That the proposed lateral sewer
shall be eight inches in size and be
constructed of vitrifed sewer tile.
That the plans and specifications of
said lateral sewer, showing the loca-
ton, arrangement, form, size and ma
terials to be used in the construction
thereof will be on file in the office of
the City Auditor for the examination
of any and all parties interested. And
that Monday, the 18th day of August,
1919, at 500 o'clock p. m. at the City
Hall in the City of Miller, South Da-
kota, the said City Council has fixed
as the time and place when and where
said City Council will have a hearing
Continued to page z
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-10-30
ARTICLE VI
Dues

1. The dues OF members shall be
Three Dollars payable In advance on
the first day of January in each year.
2. From such dues the Post shall
pay seventy-five cents per member to
the State Executive Committee OF the
American Legion of this State. The
purpose Of this payment is to furnish
the said State Committee with funds
sufficient to pay to the National Elk
ccutive Committee rs cents per men,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-10-30

quorum is present, the presiding Of
ficer shall adjourn the meeting to i.
subsequent date.
2. The Chairman or a majority of
the Executive Committee shall have
power to call special meetings of the
Post at any time
3. Upon the written request of Is
members, the Executive Committee
shall call a special meeting of the
Post.
4. 10 per cent of the members shall
constitute a quorum at any meeting Of
the Post.
ARTICLE XI.
Meetings of the Executive Committee.
1. The Executive Committee shall
meet once a month Special meetings
may be called by order of the Chair
man or on written notice of at least
5 members of the Executive Commit
tee.
2. 5 members shall constitute a
quorum of the Executive Committee.
ARTICLE XII.
Election of Officers and Members OF
Executive Committee
l. The officers and members of the
E~xecutipe Committee shall be elected
at each annual meeting of the Post.
A majority OF all the votes cast at such
meetings shall he necessary to the
election of an officer or member of the
Committee.
ARTICLE XIII.
Rules.
l. Rules of procedure at meetings
OF the Post shall be set forth In Ro-
bers' Rules OF Order. except as other
wise expressly provided herein.
ARTICLE XIV.
Limitation OF Liability.
/. This Post can incur no obliya-
tions or liabilities OF any kind what
so ever which shall subject to rabil-
ity any other Post. subdivision, organ
ization, committee or group OF mem
beTs of the American Legion.
ARTICLE XIV. -
Amendments and Alterations,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-10-30

l.. Amendments to these bylaws
may be made at any meeting of the
Post, annual or special, by a vote of
two-thirds of the members present,
provided notice of the proposed
amendments has been given in the call
of the meeting.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-10-30
Notice of Party Precinct Initiatory
Election

Notice is hereby given that a party
precinct i~nitiatory election will be
held in each election precinct in Hand
County on Tuesday, November 18th,
1919, for the purpose of eIecting one
Cd precinct party county central com
mitteeman and three Ga party county
proposalmen in each organized politi-
cal party.
A. G. Sweetland,
49t2 Co. Auditor of Hand County.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-10-30
CONSTITUTION
And BYLAWS
Continued trom last weekly

4. II any elected candidate shall
not within 80 days after his election
pay to the Treasurer his dues. his cleo
tion shall be void.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-10-30
CITY COUNCIL
PROCEEDINGS

Continued from last week.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-10-17
CHECKERS" PICTURE
A SENSATIONAL HIT

"Chcckors." the spectacular picture
made by William Fox. which is coming
to tho TEX theatre. Is even better as
picture than it was aS stage play.
Much of the action occurs outdoors. ana
Director Richard Stanton took full ad-
vantage Of the situation to make his eX-
terror scenes not only elaborate, but per-
feet in detail.
Tho story tells Of Il Southern beauty
who falls in love with Checkers the race
tout. IIr Crnoms horse owned by the
rirl for n rich stakes. and in getting the
horse To the race track encounters tre-
mcndous difficulties. His chase leads
from the South T." New York and through
chinatown. At the last minute. JUST De-
fore the rae" IS tn start. the Jockey Is
maliriously blinded and tho young Fiji
rides tho horse to victory. IT Is one OF
thu, best and most stirring pictures In
every respect srch her" in some time
Tho all-star cast headed by Thomas j.
Carrican and Jean ACk"r give an evenly
balanced performance.