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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
200, 900 Cases Of White Plague in US.
tuberculosis, i, the Cause Of 10000 Deaths Annually. AecoGdnsto
Statistics

Alarmed by the loss of man power caused by tuberculosis during the
war, Uncle Sam is polishing up the NJ. d, which is among the many letters
that follow his name, and preparing to take a leading part in the national
program for the prevention of the disease
Final tabulation of the draft reject slips, recently completed, reveals:
Sixtytwo thousand men were rejected when called for service IN the d
tonal army becaus@ medical examination showed they had tuberculosis
Another 10000 men were discharged at army camps for the same rea-
Six thousand, still in service, are now being cared for in the armys
special tuberculosis hospitals.
AS these figures show, the government, at a time of a great national
emergency, was robbed of the services of approximately enough men for five
army divisions by the ravages of this one disease. But this is not all, for
although progress has been made in the control of the disease during the last
ten years, it still is the cause of 100000 deaths annually in this country,
and as scientific investigation has shown, for every death from the disease
there are eight active cases.
This indicates that at the present time there are in the United States
at least 100000 active cases of the white plague.
At the annual meeting of the National tuberculosis association in
Atlantic City a short time ago public health authorities outlined a co-ordi-
nate national plan of battle against the disease. One result of this, it is
expected, will be the creation of a division of tuberculosis Ill the United
States public health service.
Already, a, the governments first step in protecting the nation
health during the reconstruction era, the United States public health serv-
ice has been authorized to provide free hospital care for soldiers and sailors
suffering from tuberculosis, honoraLly discharged on or after Oct. 6, 1917
These patients will be treated in government sanitariums.
The even graver problem of caring for the $4,000 sufferers who were
turned back into civil life by the draft boards has been assumed by the Ma"
tonal tuberculosis association in cooperation with the surgeon generals
office, through 1900 societies which are affiliated with the national assoca
ton. and some 600 sanitariums and 500 dispensares are already available
for the work.
The situation is so serious, however, that the national program calls
for hospital and sanitarium provision in every state in the Union that will
provide, as a minimum, at least two beds for every annual death, as we'll as
dispensary and clinic care so that every man, woman and child In the state
who has tuberculosis, or thinks he has il, or who may have been exposed to
it tin any way, can secure free advice and treatment or treatment at moder-
ate expense.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15

cutting millinery bills by making their W hats is becoming a widespread
economy among women members Of the clubs. Many who had deemed the
making OF n hat beyond them have discovered lin themselves latent millinery
talent This talent, under the skinful tutdage of the MISREPRESENTATION
agent results in hats which even the critical would hesitate to Identify as
homemade"
In washington state the many millinery classes organized TIL year nave
been so popular that 1t was found necessary to limit the number who could
attend. Threeday classes in King county, Washington, are popular, the result
of the three club meetings being a pretty hat for each club member at u
nominal expense.
Material for the hats was a difficult problem. Trips to the city were
expensive in time and money for most Of the women in the club, and when in
the city many did not know where to buy to advantage. The best solution
found vas for the homedemonstratona agent to purchase staple supplies, such
as braids, silks, trimmings, and shapes, and the club members were better
satisfied with the selection they made away from the confusion of the shops.
helps to make a wise choice of frame, color, and trimming.
When additional material is needed or the mex lesson n a woman can
not conveniently purchase it for herself, the agent includes 1t in her shopping
list Often larger pieces of material cut TO better advantage, and by the class
method what is left car be used in another class.
The amount of millinery material purchased wholesale in King county in
month footed up $50. Nearly all was made into hats before the end Of
the month. On flowers, feathers, and shapes bought wholesale about onehalf
of retail price was saved. By watching for bargains and buying in large
amounts the agent has saved also n the material bought at retail.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
Some Curious Experiments
With Both Flame and Air

zone of the many curious expert
ments made with the purpose Of secur-
ing long-range and reducing air re-
sistance resulted In a flaming SHE'LL"
writes j. III. Van Deventer In Every
body's. "The forepart Of the shell con-
tains a mixture of phosphorus and cop
per oxid, which is ignited as the she'll
leaves the gun not, strange to say, Tor
the purpose Of setting fire to the enc
my's works or trains, but simply TO
increase the range. Experiments have
shown increased ranges Of almost 20
per cent for these flaming shells. The
explanation seems to be that the gases
given off coat the shell with a sort of
f~rictionless gas film. Wind-tunnel ex-
periments show that air resistance is
cut down almost IS per cent by these
gas films"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
Static Disturbances Might
Be Far-0ff BrotherIy Hands
Knocking at Our Very Door

In Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress"
there is q man who ran with MS
fingers in his ears, shouting at the top
Of his voice, that he might not hear.
In developing the possibilities OF ter
restrial communication it is of con-
summate Importance that we shall
find q way to put our fingers in our
ears and shut out the ~eXtraneous
noises of the 'statics," Buckner Speed
writes in Harper's.
1t is q cheap fancy and Improbable
science to muse about high and far
off things" before we are ready for
them. We go on doing the thing next
to us, doing it well, conquering the
obstacles that it Is profitable to con-
quer, and we do well in doing so; but
little by little In doing so we are I'M
qu~estionably reaching and feeling our
way toward the ability on our own
part to be cognizant Of voices en-
anating from spheres other than our
own; and If there are beings OF like
or greater intelligence than ours else
where, we shall in time certainly be
In communication with them. 1t may
be ever now that some Of these static
disturbances which we try so hard to
shut out are far-off brotherly hands
knocking at the door that we now hold
fast closed.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
Great Scientist, Scholar,
Thinker, Usually Not an
All Around Good Fellow

There is always danger when any
one concentrates that the cOncentra-
ton Will be carried too far-sO far
that 1t produces n narrow, One-sided
and warped point of view, observes
a writer. The great scientist, the
great scholar and great thinker in any
line. is usually not an all around
good fellow Grabbed" queer"
peculiar" odd" funny" and
"warped'-are these not the adjec-
tives that generally describe the ge-
muses. Of the world?
The very effort to concentrate on
the n subject which has brought
success has made it impossible to
keep in touch with the thousand and
n currents of thoughts and topics
Of conversation which go to make up
comfortable and easy-going life.
Like the old sea captain, these ge-
muses. miss something in their effort
to fix their attention on one thing.
In spite Of this danger, 1t is q good
thing to work for concentration. The
likelihood of becoming one-sided Is big
where genius is concerned, but then
it can be excused. Most of us can
safely concentrate our attention and
still feel sure that we will keep in
touch with the world about us.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
Sustained Nervous Energy
Always Demands an Outlet

It has been discovered that cases
Of people who have been exposed to
the fear Of being torpedoed are suf-
ferlng from symptoms suggestive OF
shell shock. Doctor Clunet, in a com
m%unication to the Neurological society
of Paris, has described the mental
effects observed when on board a ship
which was torpedoed. After the first
excitement following the attack 1t was
observed that several passengers dis
charged guns into the air or into the
sea. In other words, the sustained
nervous energy found relief in letting
loose the immense energy concentrated
in explosives. Similarly, 1t was we'll
known at the front that a long day OF
waiting in the trenches was productive
Of more cases Of shell shock than a
day Of active engagement with the en-
envy. Next there were a few cases Of
suicide among the passengers. These
passengers were on the whole calm
enough, ever on the life RATS. 1t was
only when they were on the rescuing
ship that psychoneural phenomena be-
gan to develop, including mutism, spas
modic weeping, laughter, tremors, spas
modic movements Of the limbs, etc.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
Rubies and Sapphires Are
the "JeWeIs" in Watches
Higher Value Than Diamond

There are In every good watch from
z to p "jewels." Some of them are
rubies. others sapphires-twO kinds
Of gem stones rated much higher in
market value than the diamond. These
%sapphires and rubles, furthermore,
must, to serve the matchmaking pur-
pose, be fiawless.
The watchmakers get them cheap,
because the gem stones used for this
purpose are of inferior color and bril-
liancy-useless even If they were big
ger, for jewelry.
A watch is said to run on so
many stones. The more valuable the
timepiece the greater the number Of
stones used In it's makeup. The tiny
gems, pierced to receive the axles Of
wheels, offer a minimum Of friction,
and do not wear. out easily.
Enormous quantities Of these watch
jewels are cut in Switzerland. To
each stone Is given a rounded form
with a hole through the center.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
HINTS FOR POULTRY

Tenants and other persons desiring
a temporary shelter for poultry would
do well to consider a straw shed
house. according to Il. s. Townsley Of
the University of Missouri College Of
Agriculture. Such q house is very
simple 70 make and will serve as ex-
cellent quarters for poultry during at
least one winter. IF a supporting
frame Is built before thrashing time it
is no extra trouble to blow the straw
from the thrashlng machine over and
around this frame to form q shed
completely closed in with straw on all
sides excepting the south. A support
ing frame can be easily made by set
ting a post for each corner Of the pro-
posed shed and placing across the top
Of these posts heavy poles to form the
supports for the framework of rails,
boards or light poles, which will hold
up the straw. After the straw has
been thrown over this frame a front
such as Is used on any modern poul-
try house can be built on the south
side. This front should include some
open space and some windows to pro-
vide ventilation and furnish light. The
inside Of the house may be equipped
with dropping boards, rOosts and
nests, just the same as any other poul-
try house. A straw shed house Of this
type 20 feet square on a farm near st.
Peters, Mo-, furnished shelter for 125
hens. These birds anne through with
out a frozen comb and laid all winter.
If such a house becomes infested
with mites during warm weather the
birds can be allowed I'd roost outside
during the summer months and a new
house can be built each thrashing
time.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
Where to View at a Glance
Sc0t!and's River System

If there be one place north Of the
Tweed where, at a single glance, one
may view and comprehend the chief
river system Of Scotland, Stirling is
that place. From this point one notes
the main streams, the a%ffluents, and
the gathering Of the waters which
make the Clyde, the Forth and the
Tay. He can then realize how great
and important in the political and eco
nomic history Of Scotland has been
that great central valley, which
stretches from the North sea to the
waters OF the Atlantic ocean.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
Poison Root, the Wheat of
Barbados, Is Turned Into a
Wholesome, Nourishinu Flour

Inc cassora root, or manioc, is the
wheat of Barbados. Before II comes
to be eaten, it suffers a strange con-
version; for, being an absolute poison
when 1T Is gathered, the natives SUBJ
init 1t to n process by which II is
tranS-substantiated into wholesome
and nourishing -four. The outside of
the root is washed clean and it is
then held against q wheel, turned
around with the foot, the broad sur
face of which is made rough like a
large CRATE. The grated root falls
down in a large trough, appointed as
receiver for the purpose.
The thus obtained powder, or pulp,
is a rank poison, but it is now put
into a strong piece Of canvas and
pressed hard until all juice is squeezed
out. This dried poultice is then
spread upon q cloth to be yet more
dried in the sun, until it is ready for
use. The dough, or "pone," as the ma
tives call it, is then put in q kind OF
pan standing on three legs, and about
six inches high. This pan Is about
20 inches in diameter and slightly
followed in the middle. 1t is half an
inch thick at the edge, but thicker to-
ward the middle. When the pan is
getting hot, the dough is spread out
on it and the natives keep pushing 1t
down with their hands. This is to
make it stick together, it being nearly
dry. They then turn it round and
round with a kind of battledOre untfl
it is done. The cakes thus produced
are about as thick as pancakes.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15

and it's about time for lee to
fill my shoes anyway. At the end OF
the 1920 season / will celebrate my
fifteenth full season as q major
Lacquer.
That's long enough for anyone,
The game has been kind to me. II
gave me an opening to fix myself for
the remainder Of my life financially,
and / won't forget the pitchers who
famed me with three on, nor the fans
who cheered this stunt.
II feel my ankles stiffening and the
arm going back a yard or two on the
throws. A fellow can't last forever,
and l don't intend to stick around as
long as Hans Wagner, Cy Young and
some Of the other boys"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
THE CELESTIAL ARMY

l stood by the open easement
And looked upon the night,
And saw the westward going stars
Pass slowly out of sight.
Slowly the bright procession
Went down the cleaning arch,
And my soul discerned the music
OF their long %triumphal march.
Till the great celestial army,
Stretching far beyond the poles,
Became the eternal symbol
OF the mighty march Of souls.
Onward, forever onward,
Red Mars led down his elan;
And the moon, like a mailed maiden,
Was riding in the van.
And some were bright In beauty,
And some were faint and small,
But these might be in their great height
The noblest Of them all.
Downward, forever downward,
Behind Earth's dusky shore
They passed into the unknown night,
They passed and were no more.
No more! Oh, say not so! .
And downward is not just;
For the sight is weak and the sense is diYp
That looks through heated dust.
The stars and the mailed moon,
Though they seem TO fall and die,
Still sweep with their embattled lines
An endless reach of sky.
And though the hills Of Death
May hide the bright array,
The marshaled brotherhood OF souls
Still keeps its upward way.
Upward. forever upward,
l see their march sublime.
And hear the glorious music
OF the conquerors Of Time.
And long let me remember.
That the palest, faintest one
May to the diviner vision be
a bright and blazing sun.
Thomas Buchanan READ.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
Farmer Of Today
I'll, Opinion Is Sought and
Respected

Urban sophistication In the cities
poked fun, before the war. at the
farmer. He was supposed to be un-
couth and gullible-a child Of nature.
He chewed a straw and pulled his
beard and creased his boots and rose
by lamplight, and was a man with a
hoe among the herds and orchards, a
man to whom the great round world
was a blank page or a distant myth.
Now that is changed, says a writer
In the Philadelphia Ledger. The far
mer Is an applied scientist, whose opin-
ion is sought and respected, with
whose hand, as II is busy or idle, Is
the feeding or starving Of the nations.
For millions during the war life has
been a grim, unmitigated quest Of
food. The farm has had to yield by
intensive cultivation many times It's
former produce, and marketing In hap
hazard ways has had to yield to me-
thodlc and speedy transportation.
Farm work and farm life today utilize
every last development Of engineering.
The machinery has revolutionized
farm labor. and electricity and gaso-
line are the greatest of all hired
hands. The m%otorcar, the tractor, the
dairy machinery, the telephone are
commonplaces where once they were
unknown.
The d~emobilized fighter no longer
regards indifferently or scornfully the
chance the farm holds out to him.
The fields are clamoring for him
fields where the battle Is for life and
not for destruction.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
Courageous Men VINO Have
Carried Civilization Into the
Dark Corners of the Earth

"The world today would be q very
small place were it not for men who
have carried the torch Of civilization
into far places" says William Heyliger
in an article entitled Daniel Boone"
which appears in Boys Life. IAN un-
~quenchable fire, burning in their
breasts, has urged them forth to break
paths for their generation. They have
penetrated the dark corners Of the
earth; they have, in many cases, paid
forfeit with their lives. Columbus, Ma
gellan, LivingStOne-all were of this
lions breed. SO, too, was Daniel Boone.
There was I've a day, for almost
fifteen years, when BOone's life was not
In danger. No other man ever fought
civilizations fight against such bitter
odds. He led the first white settlers
into Kentucky. His eldest son was
killed on the march. Other men gave
up and returned TO civilization, but
Boone pressed on. He founded BOones-
bOro, and for years never knew what
moment the ~warwhOOp of the savage
would bring him from his sleep. His
daughter was Kidnapped by the Indi-
ans; another son was slain from am
bush. But Boone, with that flame Of
creation burning in his breast, never
once turned aside. Almost single-hand-
ed he wrested the great state Of Ken
lucky from the Indians. Almost sim
~gle-handed he planted the banner Of
human advancement 500 miles beyond
the then farthest frontier"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
Famous Fielder, Ty Cobb,
Says He Will Quit Great
American Game in 1920

Ty Cobb announced his retirement
from baseball not during this present
year but at the end Of the 1920 season.
II won't be a has-been, SO I am 60
ing to retire in two more years." said
Cobb in a printed interview. "Td
rather step out with cheers than
jeers, step out before / am forced out,
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
Antipathy Shown to Kings
and Queens on Early Cards

Early American playing cards, &C.
ording to an article In the American
.'rinter, showed the national antipathy
D kings and queens by presenting, In.
lead Of the conventional figures with
fhich playing cards are now adorned
he following pictures: president OF
carts, George Washington; of dia-
onds, John Adams; Of clubs. Benja.
In Franklin; Of spades, Lafayette
he queens" were Venus, Fortune,
|eres and Minerva. The knaves were
presented, appropriately rejecting
e general feeling among the whites
ID pictures of Indian chiefs.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
SHORT AND SNAPPY
n wOman'S

Never judge q woman's
thoughts by what she says.
Instead Of trying to kill two
birds with one stone use q shot
gun.
No man need hope to reach
heaven by walking over his
neighbors.
Almost anybody would rather
have a steady job than steady
work.
A man thinks that his neigh
Dor has no right to hold wrong
views.
1t doesn't require a genius to
make trouble or create q dis
turbance.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
United States Minis Break
Records in Making Pennies

United States minis established q
new record for monthly output in June
by turning out 90, 161 900 pieces of
money, Director Ray T. Baker an
nounced. OF the total coins, 91,36..-
Ooo were pennies, which was Is, 1000. 600
greater than the previous record made
In December, 1917. The remainder
consisted Of 6.427.O00 nickels and 37O..
900 dimes.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
The Rubber Tree.

The rubber tree was discovered by a
Jesuit missionary, Father Mancelde
Esperanca, On a journey among the
Cambelas Indians of South America.
He named 1t scringueira, because he
remarked that the savages used the
sap of this tree. which hardens quickly,
to make rude bottles Shaned like n s1
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
Behind the Times.

fittings move
rapidly t h e S G
days"
That's right"
"Yes; the old
wheelhorse politi-
clan is liable to
be run over"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
WORTH MENTIONING

Groveling isn't humility. Your
\ Creator expects You to stand
Just as high as he has given you
p0wer to stretch.
The tendency of the times may
he all right, but even the dol
HAIRS are more slippery than they
used to be.
So many fellows feel holder
when notching the log than
when they get hold OF the saw.
, Ordinarily q task is not divis-
BILE by time.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
Sea Water in Sponge.

A constant circulation of sea water
is taking place with the sponge in it's
natural habitat. This flow is accom-
plished by a series of cells, the like of
which is not to be found In any of the
higher animals.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
Crack.

"Flubdub poses as a slick PROPOSE
tiOn."
Maybe. But some day he'll run up
against the crack Of DOOM"
"Oh, he expects to wriggle through
that"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
HAVE A LAUGH

Couldn't Be Another John Smith,
Mrs. Gusher CATER introduction to
out-of-town guest)-Oh, Mrs. Smith,
do tell me, do you know John Smith,
who used to live in Indianapolis?
Mrs. Smith-Not very well. He's my
husband and travels.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
General Decoration,

"The battleship was sighted"
Good heavens. / knew dogs and
pigeons were, but were even the ships
decOrated?"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15

Arc you sure
you understand
t hi ~subject?''
asked the by
stander.
"Of course / un-
derstand it," re-
piled the soap-box
orator.
"Who explained
1t to your"
81 thought most
of it out for my
self"
"Then why dis
turb and confuse
the rest of us who
are trying to do
the same thing?"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
Fue Oil in Colombia.

Fuel. oil Of a good grade and sufi-
Client quantity to supply the river
steamers Of that country has been