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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-03-21
CREEPING BARRAGE
Is SPLENDIDLY SHOWN,
Remarkable Scene i'm ~Thp Greatest
Thing in Life = a New War Photo
play.

Remarkable Scene in -The Greatest
Thing in Life a New War Photo
play.
4 great deal has been written about
that wonderful device of modern war
fare-the creeping barrage. For the
first time a creeping barrage has
been put on the screen with really
graphic details by D. w. Griffith in
his new ~photopIay The Greatest
Thing in Life" in which Lillian Gish
has the stellar part and which vii!
be shown a. the Irene he2ter sunday
evening.
1t is q wonderful battle Gene. No
printed words can adequately describe
this curtain Of fire under the protec-
ton of which our Y1uk boys have re-
peatedly marched into the Hun trench
es. YoH can see the heavy smoke
clouds sweeping forward as though
by the force Of some unseen giant
hand moving steadily toward the,en'
envy trenches on a hill crest. II is SC
/ vivid that you can almost hear tht
crash.
Through the curtain Of cloud Z
bombing plane takes its periloui
flight: now up almost in the Eea
clouds: now darting like an an
CRY wasp through the smoke and reel
Of the battle, just about tn
trenches.
The creeping barrage is a develop
menI Of this war. Before the days 0
such intensive artillery fire such
tactical device was never dreamed
| OF. This is the first naturalization avail
able to those at home.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-03-21

o. r. Baum, w. G. ~Loofbourrow,
Attorneys for Plaintiff, Residence
American Falls, Idaho.
2-21-28-3-7-l4-2l-28
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-03-21
Spring Drive for Refugee Garments /
Now On.

A final effort to help clothe the
thousands Of fatherless, homeless,
friendless children, the women who
are left destitute and the men who
will be busy retaining the devastated
areas of Europe is now being made.
This is to supplement the work OF
the women of Europe. Let no Red
Cross worker falter in this last big
effort.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-03-21
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the
Board of Directors Of the Aberdeen
Springfield Canal Company has by
resolution passed the Bird day OF
March. 1919, called a special meeting
OF the stockholders OF the said Aber-
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-03-21
Alias summons.

Alias Summons.
In the District Court of the Fifth
Judicial District OF the state of Idaho,
in and for Power County.
Second Investors Mortgage Secur-
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-19
Eggs Travel 5000 Miles
From China to New York
BY the Way Of Vancouver

Eight thousand miles to market is
a long way for even staple foods tc
travel, but when eggs make such O
long trip ii is "goiEg some" These
eggs, $500 cases of them, came all the
way from China TO New York city, via
Vancouver, and travelled slowly by
boat and train.
When they arrived at New York they
were examined by q representative Of
the bureau of markets, department Of
agriculture, who reports that the eggs
were packed in cases similar to the
ones used in domestic trade but made
Of heavier material, resembling pine,
of about the same thickness as is
used in domestic export cases. The
average net weight Of eggs per case
was about 40 pounds.
The Chinese eggs were Of q deep
brown color and slightly smaller than
the average domestic egg. The ship
ment showed losses of from u to IS
eggs per case. Under the light, some
of the eggs showed quite a heavy
SllIlllhuSG, Nllllt OIlltlo NNlC Ncly lulIs
The whites were weak in a number Of
eggs, and when they were broken show
ed very watery, though the eggs were
sweet, and the yolks stood up well.
The shells Of these eggs are much
thicker than the average American egg,
and the yolk is Of a somewhat deeper
color. When candled these eggs are
said to make first-class cheap eggs for
the use of bakers and hotels and for
cooking purposes. AS received, before
Gambling and repacking, they sold at
about 3 cents below the quotation for
firStS.
China is one of the principal sources
OF dried and powdered eggs. Manu-
facturers Of prepared products in this
country are said to be interested in the
possibilities Of dried and powdered
eggs, especially in view of the increas>
ed use Of such products in ready-mixed
flOurS and in bakeries.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-19
Secretary Houston Says
Giant Trees of Redwood
Forests Should Be Saved

An immediate duty rests on the peo-
lumber companies to preserve the red
woods Of the western coast, said David
+. Houston, secretary Of agriculture,
recently in a statement ut Lake Tahoe.
81 have just come from a visit to the
great redwood forest" he said, accord
ing to the Spokane Spokesman-Review.
"CalifOrnia is building a paved high
way through these wonderful forests
and Oregon is meeting the road from
the north.
The impression that I am taking
away is not only the deep inspiration
that everyone must feel who sees the
redwood forests, but the determined
conviction that some immediate action
must be taken to prevent their de-
struCtion and TO save them for the
benefit Of the whole nation and the
world. AS | passed through mile after
mile Of these great woods, there came
to me repeatedly the thought that
there could be no more fitting memo
rial to the California men who gave
their lives in the war than these mar
velOus living monuments, if they could
but be cOnsecrated TO that purpose.
"This highway is the most magnifi-
cent in the world, yet these forests are
being cut down, in some places direct
~ along the road. The road is max
iDp redwood 1umbar mOra yo1uobIa hut
the greatest value of the highway is
in the forests.
"This is not strictly a local matter.
interest in it should be countrywide,
for the Redwood Memorial park would
rival the Grand Canyon and Niagara.
l urge everyone to lend his support to
immediate constructive action"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-19
GULL H FARM
POULTRY FL0CKS

Two-fifths Of the Missouri farm hens
fail to pay their feed bill. Unless a
hen lays from 60 to 70 eggs a year she
is being kept at a loss. High priced
feeds make it vital that only good lay
ers be kept. To rid the farms OF low
producers each flock owner should
practice some method of culling, says
II. s. TownSley Of the University or
Missouri College Of Agriculture. one
Missouri county reported that 3S,329
low-producing hens were culled from
S5S farm flocks last fall with an esti-
mated saving Of more than $4,000 for
feed. Proper culling reduces the feed
hiLl but not the egg production.
The system of culling is based upon
the fact that nature stamps the hen
with certain visible characteristics
which indicate the traits and habits or
the individual. AS in the human fam
lly the hard working farm wife is easily
distinguished from the social butterfly
Of the city, so In the hen family GER
tain visible characteristics indicate
whether q hen has been q high layer
or a loafer. Anyone who studies the
birds closely may easily recognize
these differences.
The ideal time to give the flock q
complete culling is about the middle
of the molting period. This will vary
with the different flocks but usually
comes in August, September or Octo-
Der. The characters which distinguish
poor layers from good ones are most
evident between August ! and Novem-
Der /. At this time the birds are being
prepared for winter quarters and some
reduction in the number is usually de-
Sirable. The hens have finished the
leavy season Of production by this
time and the poorer ones have stopped
laying. The low producers will not
lay during the fall and winter months
and should be sold. The egg produc-
ton will not be decreased.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-19
ingenious Farmer Devises
Fly Trap to Brush Pests
off Herd of Dairy Cows

A fact not fully appreciated even
among farmers is the economic loss In
milk production caused by mosquitoes
and flies. An Ohio dairyman owning
20 cows devised a home-built fly trap,
and after it had been in operation a
week calculated the difference in milk
production. He was obtaining IL gal
Ions a day more than when the flies
were unrestricted in their pernicious
activities. In low-lying localities
where insects have favorable breed
ing conditions, the late spring mos
quito scourge is sometimes so bad as
TO destroy the profits in milk produc-
ton. Some farmers use home-devised
traps, as did the Ohio dairyman. Some
wash their herds with preparations,
manufactured commercially, which eff
fectively reduce the pest. But the
great majority Of herds continue to 60
through the fly season protected
against flies only by the weapon with
which nature equips them-the tall
and an inefficient weapon 1t is, too,
beside what the dairyman can furnish.
The cow which spends the entire day
fighting flies does not consume the
rOughage needed for maximum yield
at night.
The Ohio la built a lean-to,
through which the herd passed. Across
1t In the middle were flexible curtains
fitting closely about the cow which
brushed the flies off. The dairyman
following closed both doors, leaving
the flies to cluster on a window, where
they We're quickly shot to death with
a fly powder.
Did the cattle appreciate this de-
vice? Indeed they did, to such an ex-
tent that they soon learned to 60
through 1t without driving.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-19
Three Principal Ways of
Initiating Silk Worms
Method of Making Silk

OF the three principal ways Of max
ing artificial silk the so-called viscose
process is perhaps most in use. Com
mencing with some form Of cellulose,
cotton or wood pulp, the material is
treated with caustic soda till a soda
cellulose compound is formed that is
soluble in carbon bisulphide to form
a viscid, thick liquid.
In all processes for silk manufacture
the fibrous condition Of the original
material is destroyed, the whole intent
Of the operation being to initiate the
work Of the silk worm. The silk
worm transforms in it's anatomy the
leaf substance on which it feeds to a
similar viscid liquid, which it spins
into silk fiber. Sometimes this oper-
alton of the silk worm is interrupted,
as when the worm is itself treated
with vinegar and the viscid fluid drawn
by hand into the g%listening smells used
by fishermen to attach the hooks and
flies to his braided silk trout line.
After the cellulose solution is form
ed the problem Of again producing a
fiber has been met in various ways,
but all depend on forcing the liquid
through small apertures, sometimes
minute glass tubes-sometimes holes
bored in a metal plate-into a vat
filed with liquid, from which it may
be recovered for Keeling and spinning
in the ordinary way.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-19
Yanks Died
In Battle
Final Casually Report, From
Records Office.

Final casualty reports from the cen-
trail records office of the American ex-
peditionary forces in France, made
public by the war department, gave
the total battle deaths as 49,498, total
wounded 205, 900 and prisoners 4,480.
"Only slight revisions" will be made
In this report, it vas announced.
Recent corrections in the list of
missing have reduced the number to
only 127 names, as compared with
264,000 for France and 121,000 for Eng
land. To July 1, the army had re-
ported 149,433 cases Of disabled SOL
diers to the war risk insurance bu-
a 1t was estimated that the final
total would be close to 100000.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-19
Submarines May in Time
Bring Up Lost Treasure
From the Oceans Bottom

For the time being the dirigible has
o~vershadowed the submarine in marvel
of performance. 1t is as If the sub
marine had exhausted it's possibilities
Of wonder and had become common
place.
1t is suggested, now that the deStruc-
tive work of the submarine is com
pleted, it be prepared for service in
the cause Of science and to clear up
the mysteries of the seas, says the Buff
falo News.
There are the treasure galleons,
the collier Cyclops, to call the under
sea boats to adventure. If ever they
could get down to the floor of the
sea where these lost ships are held,
there would be untold wealth for them.
IN Italian navigator has come for
ward with the suggestion that the sub
marine should be put to work to test
for fable or fact the tales of the lost
Atlantis, the island once great and
populous that vas overwhelmed by the
sea because the people of it had an
gered the gods. There may have been
such an island lost in a seismic con-
vulsion.
Oh, there is work enough for the
submarine in many fields of discovery.
But the craft must be made much more
powerful than any we know now if
they are going to the uttermost depths
Of the cea 1t probably will be many,
many years before they can accom-
plish such a drop, but In the mean
time they will not be idle.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-19
Loss of Pitcher Toney
May Mean Loss of Flag
to the Cincinnati Reds

After all is said and done, the re-
lease Of Fred Toney by the Reds looms
up as the worst error committed by
the Cincinnati club in the last five
seasons. Getting Pat Moran was q
stroke of wisdom which has already
brought rich rewards-but releasing
Toney was a mistake which may re-
suit in transferring a pennant to New
York.
The mountaineer is pitching the
most marvellous ball in either league.
Up to date he has won nine Z
and lost but three, and in heFt y
games but y unS have been scored
off his delivery-less than two runs
to the game.
If the game Toney has pitched this
season had been for the Reds. in<
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-19
Wager on Earth's Shape
Is Lost by Decision of
Three Prominent Judges

1t will scarcely be believed, says an
exchange, that the question Of the
shape Of the earth could ever have dis
turbed the peaceful atmosphere of the
law courts. Yet in 1879 the question,
indirectly, indeed, did come before
three learned judges, and the case ex-
cited a good deal Of interest and
amazement. The circumstances were
as follows:
The plaintiff, one Hampden, enter
tanned the opinion that the world was
not round and caused an advertise
ment in a paper, called Scientific Opin-
ion, challenging philosophers, divines
and scientific professors to prove the
contrary from Scripture, reason or fact.
He deposited $1,000 in a bank, to be
forfeited to anyone who could prove to
the satisfaction Of any intelligent ref
cree that there was such a thing as a
onvex railway, canal or lake.
The challenge was taken up by no
less a person than the late Prof.
Alfred Russell Wallace, who proved
to the satisfaction Of the referee the
curvature to and fro of the Bedford
level canal between Whitney bridge
and Welsh's dam (six miles) to the ex-
tent Of five feet more or less, and the
$1,000 was paid over to him.
But he did not keep it. The plaintiff
apparently began to see that he was
making a fool Of himself, and brought
an action, and recovered back his de-
post. on the ground that the whole
affair was a wager, and therefore
Illegal
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-19
ARACHNE

/ watch her In the corner there,
AS restless, bold and unafraid,
She slips floats along the air
Till all her subtitle house Is made
Her home, her bed, her daily food.
All from the hidden store she draws;
She fashions it and knows 1t good,
BY instincts strong and sacred laws.
No tenuous threads to weave her nest,
She seeks and gathers. there or here;
But spipa u from her faithful breast.
Renewing still, till leaves are sere.
Then, worn with toll and tired OF life,
In vain her shining traps are set,
Her frost hath hushed the insect strife
Ana gilded flies her charm forget.
But swinging in the snares she spun,
She sways TO every wintry wind;
Her joys, her toll, her errand done,
Her course the sport OF storms unkind
Poor sister of the spinster clan!
/, too, from out my store within
My daily life m living plan,
My home, my rest, my pleasure spin.
l know thy heart when heartless hands
Sweep all thy hard earned web away;
Destroy its pearled and glittering bands,
And leave thee homeless by the way.
[ know thy peace when all Is done,
Each anchored thread, each tiny knot,
Soft shining in the autumn sun;
A sheltered silent tranquil lot.
{ know what thou hast never known
Sad presage to a soul allowed
That not for life / spin, alone,
But day by day / spin my shroud.
Rose Terry Cooke.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-19
Kerosene and Powdered
Soap to Clean Floors

When oiled or vanished floors must
be washed, they should be washed in
this way: Add a tablespoonful Of
kerosene to every quart of hot water
used and to every four quarts a table
spoonful of powdered soap. That is
If you mix in a pail four quarts of hot
water you should add just a table
spoonful Of the powdered soap and
four tablespoonfuls Of kerosene. Dip
a flannel cloth in this and wiring it in
clear. hot water, wiring dry, rub the
washed surface with this and then
rub it with a dry flannel cloth. This
method is tedious but it is sure to be
satisfactory.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-19
The Storm Of the World Unrest
From the Christian Science Monitor

One of the most curious deluaons of the human mind is the claim,
put forward for it by one of the greatest Of English writer's, that it can
ride in the whrlwind and direct the storm. 1t can, it S quite true, create
storms, sometimes in teacups, and sometimes out Of them. But the one
thing, in the very necessity Of it's own inharmony, it cannot do is to con-
troll its own handiwork.
It is this which has brought the new renaissance into being; il is this
which really is riding the whirlwind, and directing the storm of the world
unrest off today; and it is this which is ultimately going to bring order
out of chaos. What, of course, has raised the storm is the power Of truth
in dominating the human consciousness to the point when a collision be-
tween the good and the evil became inevitable.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-19
Pool of Water Served
as the First Mirror

Brushes were probably invented
much later than the comb. But the
mirror, the one toilet article without
which woman could not exist, must
date from a very early period. Per-
haps a clear pool allowed curious
woman a first view of her face, though
we must not say that she is the only
vain creature to exist, for a certain
gentleman named Narcissus gazed at
his reflection in the still water, and
gazing, fell so in love with his beauty
that he pinned away and died.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-19
Precipitated
In Crystals by Fancy

I would not be supposed to overlook
ae distinction, too often lost sight of,
etween sentimentalism and senti-
ent, the latter being a very excellent
ing in It's way, as genuine things are
Il to be. Sentiment is Intellectual
I'd emotion, emotion precipitated, as
were, in crystals by the fancy. This
the delightful staple Of the poets of
,ial life like Horace and Beranger,
Thackeray, when he too rarely play
with yerse.-Lowell.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-19
Lily Rootstocks Decay :.
and Grow at Same Time

"If n has the temerity to venture
INTO the cool bogs he may run across
the water arun or marsh Gala, whose
white spathe opens out quite fat"
says w. ]. B%eecroft in Boys Life. 1.-THE
long, creeping rootstocks have the Pc
culiar habit Of decaying at one end
while growing at the other. This plant
has the distinction Of being a true
Gala. The Gala lily of cultivation
belongs to genus Richardia. But Gus
koms are not easily changed and the
%Richardia will long continue to be
.nown as q Gala"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-19
Short and Snappy.

Be happy and perhaps be
good.
A flea without a dog must get
awfully lonesome.
No man is as mean as his wife
sometimes thinks he Is.
Take your time, but keep your
hands off the time of busy peo-
pie.
The average man is moderate
ly sane, except when he is en-
gagged.
A person who use his brains
has an excellent Excuse for keep
ing his face shut.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-19
Cucumber Pickles.

Put a gallon Of vinegar, a cupful of
mustard, the dry ground mustard; a
half cupful Of salt into a jar and drop
into this the fresh cucumbers as they
are taken from the vine. They will
be ready to eat in two weeks, and will
keep all winter if sealed.
Another recipe Is this: Take two
quarts of cucumbers, wash, place in
Jars and add one tablespoonful Of salt,
a few pieces Of horseradish root, one
tablespoonful Of ground mustard and
cold vinegar to cover.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-19
NJ ustard Pickles.

Take two quarts of small cucum-
bers, two quarts Of small onions, two
quarts Of green tomatoes, two heads
Of c%aulilower, n quart of wax beans
and three finely chopped green pep
pers. Let stand in salt water yer
night, using half a cupful Of salt and
water to over. Place a weight over
the vegetables and let stand yer
night. In the morning drain and scald
the vegetables In clear, water until ten
der, then pour over the following
preparation: Mix one-half pound Of
mustard, one-fourth ounce Of turmeric.
three teaspoonfuls of celery seed and
three-fourths of a cupful of -four to-
gether, add slowly four quarts Of vine
gar and cook until smooth.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-19
CHOICE PICKLES LIKE MOTHER
USED TO MAKE"
Chilli Sauce.

Take "a large ripe tomatoes, sever
white onions, two green peppers, five
cupfuls OF vinegar, two tablespoonfuls
of salt, and one cupful of sugar. Bring
the vinegar and sugar to the boiling
point, add the other ingredients which
have been put through the meat grind.
er and boil one hour.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-19
Limit Use of Word "Airship."

To settle linguistic difficulties which
have arisen with the development Of
aerunautics the air service has official
ly decided to use the word "airship"
only to designate dirigible balloons
and other lighter-than-air types Of
craft. All heavier-than-air craft will
be designated as "airplanes."
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-19
Bridal Wreath PIuCked
by the Bride Herself

The Roman bridal wreath was Of
verbena, plucked by the bride herself.
Holly wreathS were sent as tokens Of
congratulations, and wreaths of pars-
ley and rue were given to keep away
evil spirits. The hawthorn formed
the wreaths of Athenian brides. At
the present day the bridal wreath is
almost entirely composed of orange
blossoms.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-19
Mothers Cook Book

If you were busy being good,
doing just the best you could,
You'd not have time to blame some mall
Who's doing just the best he can.
If you were busy being true
To what you know you ought to do,
You'd be so busy you'd forget
The blunders of the folks you've met.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-19
Tomato Catsup.

Take three dozen ripe tomatoes.
three red peppers, six onions chopped
fine. Add two ~teaspoonfuls each Of
whole cloves, stick cinnamon and
ground mustard. To three cupfuls Of
vinegar add one and one-half cupfuls
of brown sugar and three tablespoon
fuls Of salt. Coo'l until smooth, put
through a sieve, reheat and bottle for
winter use.