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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-01-17
LETTERS FROM OUR SOLDIER
BOYS

Dear Mother;-
! am back in the good old t. S. A
Arrived last night from Bordeaux
France, Am one of the happiest boys
on earth unless it is one Of my com
rades. We will be moved soon from
here SOL suppose it will be back tC
the hospital at FIT. Riley, from what
they say,
Well, it was great experience
had over there, but hope never to &C
through anything like it again, for
General Sherman sure was right when
he said that war was hell. for it sure
was.
Ill the boys came through all o. k
from up home as luck would have it.
Well, how Is everybody there? | tam
not the best in the world, but all that
is the matter with me is stomach
trouble, and | am getting better all
the time, SO do not. feel that / am
half dead because have come back
across.
We had our Christmas dinner on
the middle Of the Atlantic 1t was a
nice trip. The weather was not the
least bit rough. We were on the wa
ter Is days. 1t was rather tiresome
but we all stood the trip fine and we
sue were happy lot when we saw
lard, believe me,
Well, l hope to be home or where ]
can see you before long, anyway.
Now don't be worried at all about me
for / will be 0. k. wherever l am as
long as 1t Is in the U, S. A. and be
contented. Well ] will close for this
time. From your son,
GEORGE DURRIN.
Newport News, Va, Jan. 2, 1919
Dear Brother
/ will write you few lines to lei
you know that l am back in the y. S.
A. once more. Landed the Both day
of December at Newport News, Va.
Sue was glad to get my feet on good
old L S. soil once more. Am feeling
fine at the present time. Will 60 to
Camp Dodge, Iowa from here. Do
not have any idea when / will get my
discharge, but hope that IL will be
soon. have seen all of war l ever
care to see, believe me. Was on the
front "a days before went to the
hospital. Was ia the st. Mihiel drive
and .Argonne Forest and we sure left
lots of our boys there, but all of the
boys from home pulled through o. k
Well this Is some fine camp here
and the people here sure treat us fine
1t is sure great to be back again
The people all treat us as if we were
too good to wait on ourselves. II
seems like being dead and coming
back to life again after being in that
God foisaken country over there.
Tell Sam Funk hello for me anc
tell them / didn't get scratch ir
battle. 1t was my stomach that pu,
me out of the cing but it is getting
better, but they may operate on mt
before / am discharged, from the wa.
they talk here. will be at bas'
hospit i at Camp Dodge, so will writ'
|again when we reach there, DO no
know just when we will leave her,
but will be soon from what tdey .sa (
VIII close for this time. Your brothe
GEORGE r, DURRIN.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-10
81 Niles to the Gallon
Record Made by Stock
Car in Local Test

A remarkable denonstration Of the
number of miles to be obtained from
gallon of gasoline was made last
Thursday afternoon by a six-cylinder
Klein Kar. a newcomer to Washing
ton.
| A committee of four. including Mr.
Kenneth L. Frye. Of the National
Garage. 326 New Jersey avenue north
west, and three disinterested parties
made the test
! A new Klein Kar was selected from
a shipment just received from the
| factory. The gas tank was carefully
inspected and emptied of all gasoline
A gallon of gas was purchased at a
regular service station, measured. The
speedometer was taken to the Stew
art-Warner service station and set at
zero and certified. and the test
started.
From the downtown section the car.
driven by Mr.. Frye, the local distrih-
utter for Klein Kars. headed for Rock
Creek Park by way of Sixteenth
street Every road in the park was
covered, uphill and down. From Rock
Creek Park the run continued to Chevy
Chase Circle, and from there down
Connecticut avenue. almost to the
Million Dollar Bridge. where they
turned and retraced their course to
Chevy Chase Circle and on out az far
as the Columbia Club and Chevy
Chase Lake. There was still not the
slightest evidence that The car con-
tanned less than its regular quota Of
gasoline.
The car was again headed for the
bridge. where the speedometer regis
tered a little over Is miles
Mr.. Frye then drove over a small
road full of ruts and mud. but there
was still no signs Of weakening in the
cars power and climbing ability. The
party once more turned in the direc-
tion OF Chevy Chase, and Just before
the circle was reached the engine
died without any preliminary warn
ing. The car was permitted to glide
on without power over the level road,
and covered about three-tenths of a
mile additional and stopped.
Mnde Over 81 Miles.
The speedometer registered at the
end of the test exactly 80 2-10 miles.
The carbureter was examined and
showed no trace of gasoline: the tank
The Washington herald., 1919-08-10
GLIDDEN TOUR
REVIVAL NEARS
Motoring Road
Event Will Be Discussed
AT A. A. A. Session.

New York. Aug. s.-The pro-
posed revival next year of the
Glidden tour Is scheduled for con-
si6eration at the mid-winter meet
ing Of the A. A. A. by which time
II Is believed manufacturers will
have been sounded out as to their
inclinations to enter cars in a
cross-continent tour.
The A. A. A. touring bureau al
ready has mapped out a tentative
route, from New York to San Fran
cisco, over which II is believed the
running tune. taking into account
local speed laws and regulation.
night and meal time stops, wsuld
be three weeks to a month.
The committee headed by Richard
Kennerrell of the A. A. A. contest
board sees no obstacle to the tour
outside Of a possibility that the
manufacturers, hard pressed to
keep production up to demands-if
this condition continues into 1920
may not see their way clear to pre-
pare cars and crews for the run
ami foot the operating bill, run
ming into reveral thousand dollars
However. the committeeman look
for a stabilizing of the industry
before next fall. and have stronE
hopes 0: conductin:, the tour. wi h
a large field of entrants.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-10
new DIRECTORS
FOR PEERLESS
Seventy-6ve Per Cent Of
Stock Now Owned in
Cleveland.

:. Cleveland. Aug. S-Ownership Of
,1b per cent OF the stock and control
Of the Peerless Truck and Motor
Corporation returned to Cleveland
when new directors and officers
.'vere elected. Cleveland now has
ten directors and New York three.
B. q. Tremaine, OF the National
Electric Lamp Company, is presi-
dent Of the Peerless Truck and
Motor Corporation. other officers
are: Vice president. ?. s. Terry, of
fthe National Electric Lamp Com
pany; vice president and general
e manager. T. w. Frech. Of this city;
a treasurer and attorney. H. A. Tre-
r maine; secretary, George B. Sid
dali
y The ave officers with Lyman H.
% 'Treadway. president Of the Peck.
Stow. Wilcox Company, and a direc-
Fl tor of the Federal Reserve Bank:
Walter c. Baker. former president
OF the American Ball Bearing Com
p pany; Roland T. Meacham, invest
ment banker. who has been active
! IN handling Peerless securities: Mr..
4 slddau and william Starring. all of
cleveland, are on the new board Of
uirectcrs. The New York men who
nWill continue on the directorate enre
Harrison Williams, who was presi-
Fdent OF the corporation: E. W. Har-
.den and William Z. s. Griswold. Mr.
:. Harden is the Rockefeller represen-
!,tative on the board. and Mr.. Girls
,iWold represents the National City
Bank
~ Business of a satisfactory nature
Ets reported at the Peerless plant.
About 5000 passenger cars are to be
',made this season. 1t Is said, al
:. .though plans are being developed
dor a much larger capacity next
,,Sear. This years output will con-
Hslst OF so per cent open and 40 per
cent closed cars. Alterations in the
factory costing s13O.o00 are under
tway to enlarge the body building
Fe9i department. With this done a pro-
.,dUctiOn in the neighborhood Of TO-
1000 cars may be looked for in 1920.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-10
PLAN GLIDDEN TOUR
\ NEW YORK TO FRISCO

~ New York Aug. 9.-The proposed
revival next year of the GIidden tour
Is scheduled for consideration at the
Hfnld-wtnter meeting of the 4. A. A..
n.ey which time 1t is believed manu-
facturers will have been sounded out
Z as to their inClinations to enter cars
n CrOss-contiEs1t tour.
- The A. A A. touring bureau already
has mapped out A tentative route,
from New York to San Francisco over
(Which 1t is believed the running time,
taking into account local speed laws
and regulation night and mealtime
stops, would be three weeks to a
month.
g The committee. headed by Richard
kennerdell, OF the a. 4 A. contest
board sees no obstacle to the tour out
side Of possibility that the manu-
Aacturers. hard pressed to keep pro-
auction up to demands-ir this con-
clifton continues into 192O-may not see
fhetr way clear to prepare cars and
Crews for the run and foot the operat-
f1ng bill, rum ng into several thor-
sand dollars. However the committee
men look for a stabiliztng Of the in
dUstry before next fall and have strong
hopes Of conducting the tour. with a
large field OF entrants
The Washington herald., 1919-08-10
PAIGE OWNERS LIKE
TO TINKER ON CAR

ITO great many motorists one of
the pleasures Of owning an automobile
is the fun they Sderive from caring
for the car Themselves" comments
President Harry NJ. Jewett. of the
PaiEe-Detroit Motor Car Company.
Machinery fascinates many men.
They love TO tinker. When they buy
an automobile. they much prefer TO
look after 1t themselves and make
all minor adjustments. rather than
hire someone else to do il II they
can successfully overhaul the car thev
are proud of Their achievement
Motorists of this tyre need and
generally seek a car that is OF me-
dium size and that operates at n
moderate cost The larger. more ex-
pensivc cars gcns,sIly have too many
fine technical points for the amateur
service man
The car for such 4 motorist must
be designed and. hu'lt So that the or
dinary adjustments and repairs are
within his capabilities II must fca-
ture accessibility and il must he So
designed that most Of the work Of
repairs and upkeep can he done in
A private garaE" and with only lin
tied number Of tools and working
facilities. for the mOtoriet FonoralIv
has nothing but hand machinery at
his command.
Many Paige owners are doing thei~
own work because the simplicity and
accessibility of the car make this
possible With a car Of this type
It is perfectly possible for the aver
age motorist to master the funda-
mentals of automobile design and 20
handle adjustments in sensible
manner"
The Washington herald., 1919-08-10
GOODYEAR TIRE.
GOES TO COAST
Large Manufacturer Will
Erect Big Branch Plant
AT Los Angeles.

Los Angeles, Aug. 9.-An important
industrial announcement was that of
few days ago when the Goodyear
Tire & Rubber Co. Akron, Ohio. made
known its intention to establish a
manufacturing plant for motor tires
In this city. At the same time it was
announced that the Pacific Cotton
Mills Co. has been organized as a
subsidiary concern and II, too, will put
up large plant. Articles of incor-
poration for the Goodyear Tire & Rub
Der co. or California were filed yes
terday. The capitalization is placed
al SZV'WOcoo The Pacific Cotton Nils
90 vii hle Its papers within a few
0aSs' ond 4ts capitalization will be 5000, e.
wv. according to the announcement.
reslaent F A Seiberling. of the
Goodyear Co, is scheduled to arrive
in Los Angeles within a few davs
WIN MIN will come engineers who will
nave supervision of the .oonstruction
work for both establishments II "a
the plan to have both factories in on
Grafton within twelve months,
Ascot Park site and contiguous Ya,5
amounting TO $50 acres have been
oousht for the location. In coni,,nc-
,'ou with the industries there will
De created Goodyear Park, in which
VIII be located homes for cmploves
mat VIII be built by the companv-
rams already have been drawn for
the houses.
me tire and rubber plant as plan
h@eu @ VIII cost 100000, have a cana
CITY or 5000 tires day and an an
nual business of Approximately s15
Ooo'om. 1t will employ $500 Operatives
The cotton mills will cost 81, ODN and
VIII have weekly capacity of 1900
pounds Of cord fabric and -, 5,0nO pounds
OF proven fabric. IT also will employ
500 operatives. Provisions will be
made for the ultimate enlargement Of
the plants to four times their initial
capacities. J. c. Drake. Harry Chand-
Ter, Lee A. Phillips. II. w. O'AfeI-
veny and ]. +. Sartori are named as
the incorporatOrs.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-10
PRIVATE DRIVER
WINS BIC RACE
Maxwell Wins Famous Can
adian Hill Climb Against
, . Competitors.

In drizzling rain and driven by a
private owner u Maxwell has lust cap
tured the most coveted prize in Cam
adian motoring circles.
- Just three weeks before the annual
Ottawa Jouran Reliability tour, D. z.
Grant, an insurance agent, purchased
maxwell touring car. Despite the
newness of his car and the fact that
many expert drivers and more power
full cars were entered against him, Mr..
Grant had such confidence in the Max
well that he challenged every entrhnt
on the tour for hill climbing honors.
On Lake Placid road. six miles be-
low Malone, he drove his Maxwell over
Chasm Falls Hin in what was even
better than a perfect score His Max
well times was O:59 AS and the official
perfect score had been previously an
nourced as 1855.
There were twenty-four cars in the
contest and at least twenty Of them
cost more and were larger then the
Maxwell. It was dangerous day for
a hill climb with a steady drizzle max
ing the crooked winding incline slip
perry and diflult
AS further handicap Grant misun-
derstood the official signals and was
Oul di ttl tie ieCOIu DeIOle ne COull De
stopped. BY some mistake two AUTO
mobiles and surrey were allowed to
start down hill Just before he took of
at the foot of the hill.
But on and on the Maxwell pushed
its nose toward the summit One by
one 1t twisted around the three We
hicles. downward bound and around
the dangerous turns II whirled with
mud and rain splashinC everywhere.
Finally the peak was in sight and
Judges and spectators gasped as the
Maxwell took one last squirt around
the hair pin turn at the top.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-10
COLLEGE men TO
BUILD ROADS?
Are Needed to
Handle Job Is Appeal Of
Highway Head.

with hundreds OF millions of dol
lars available for road construction
and other millions of dollars worth
Of motor equipment made available
to the State Highways Department
through the disposition OF the sur
plus equipment of the War Depart-
ment to them. the time has come
when we should look about us and
see what We are doing to provide
for an Intelligent direction OF this
great effort" said Royal N. Scott
member Of the highways committee
OF the National Automobile Cham
Der Of Commerce.
1T has been pointed out that 10
900 college-trained men will be
needed for that part of our pro-
gram which refers chiefly to Federal
aid work. In addition to this. we
have to consider the needs of 3. 900
county forces and of a large num-
Der of municipalities ranging from
towns of 5000 inhabitants to our
largest cities.
obviously this question is one
which requires administration OF a
high order if we are to have intel
ligent expenditure of these funds.
movements in the United States in
the past has been that we have been
inclined to look upon it too much
as a matter for ordinary hand labor.
Those who have had much to do
with highways know that the high
way engineer must be as much of a
trained man as any other engineer.
He must be able to locate roads
properly. must know all about ma
terial which is to go under the roads,
must be something of a financier in
order to maintain equilibrium be-
tween his construction. administra-
tiOn. operation and maintenance aC-
counts. and in short, he must be
man OF well-rOunded-ou education.
I'm the future he may even come to
be known as a highway economist
rather than simply as a highway en-
gineer since two OF the most vital
problems which confront us are those
OF location with regard to economic
usage and study of the character and
quantity and volume of traffic which
will be generated by the improve
ment OF the highways.
''In order to provide men OF this
character. II would be necessary for
most or our universities to round OEt
their courses very considera bly,. Fur
ther to assure them of sufficient In
terest on the~part OF their students to
make such courses worth while. one
of the steps which we should take is
to raise highway engineering to the
dignity which should belong to It by
making the salaries commensurate
with the effort which the man will
have to make to obtain It.
The more quickly we come to
point OF paying large enough salaries
to attract the best men the more
quickly will we cut down the large
losses which invariably result when
unskiIled men attempt to handle sci
entific problems such as those in
volved in highway construction.
Under the provisions Of the Town
send measure now before Congress. the
Federal Highway Commission whi7h
will he placed in charge Of a national
highway system will be required to
make a thorough study into the prin-
ciples governing transportation. and
It Is my hope that in applying these
principles they will seek to have our
colleges take an active interest in the
problem"
The Washington herald., 1919-08-10
BUICK CLOSED CARS
WILL BE ADVANCED.

Flint. Mich, Aug. s-Increased prices
In closed models. with the open mod
els remaining as before. were an
nounced here today by the Buick
Motor Company. The lists are as fol-
lows.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-10

was opened and one small drop came
out. all of which demonstrated the
perfect working of the vacuum sys-
tenn, which had forced every drop Of
gasoline to the engine and had been
entirely consumed.
Affidavits are being made by Mr..
Frye to verify this remarkable per-
formance of a stock car which had
had no preliminary tuning up or work
out to take out the stiffness common
to all cars when first used.
The entire trip lasted hour and
% minutes. The average speed main
tained, was a little over % miles per
hour. and the gears were not at any
time during the test shifted from
high.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-10
Moon Victory Model
VIII Market at Sl,785

ST. Louis. Aug. Sc. ]. Moon. re-
Gently elected vice-president Of the
Moon Motor Car Company, is the de-
signer Of the Moon Victory model. The
new model carries q 6-cylinder, S1Hafa
engine. weighs 2,15O lb.. has a spas
sCnger body, wire wheels, and is trim
ned In Spanish leather. Mr.. Moon Is
the son OF the late Joseph w. Moon.
founder Of the company, and recently
returned from service as a lieutenant
in the Motor Transport Corps. The
Northwestern Motors, Lid, Liverpool,
England. it is said. has secured a spe-
cial permit from the British govern
ment for the Importation of fifty Moon
Victory cars.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-10
Remedy for Speckled Varnish.

The varnish on the new car frequent
" becomes speckled after its first en-
counter with a rainstorm. These spots
are hard to get of, but a treatment
with raw linseed oil and salt sild malt
vinegar applied with plenty of elbow
grease will come as near turning the
trick as anything.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-10
Columbia Motors Co.
Boosts All Prices

Detroit. Aug. 2. The Columbia
Motors Company has increased the
price or all models. The new prices
became effective at midnight July Is.
ana consist of 500 increase on open
cars and 500 on inclosed models. The
new and old prices are as follows.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1919-12-19
Kansas City, Mo.

Dear Editor Please note that
the St Paul Baptist church is &C.
ing forward Our church work
tells Tor itself. We closed one
years work Sunday; over 5000.
90 was raised and some $50 mem
bers added TO the church. We
closed rally on the sth Sunday
in November and $3.50 50 was
layed on the table. Mrs. l.. Tay-
Tor leading the army. Our pastor
is an Evangelist for God and the
Baptist therefore many souls are
being added to our church w
like the Gazette in our city; you
may look for many new subscri-
bers soon. God bless your paper.
Our pastor preached a wonderful
sermon Sunday. Subject What
wal the sinner do when God rises
up' He was at himself; our city
is progressing nicely When in
our city come to St. Paul Baptis,
church and meet the people and
hear Theological sermon. Mes
danes Lewis and Willis are sick
Que General Convention OF Miss
ouri Baptist was success and we
are contending for our Publishing
House and DIR. h. z. Jones. ID. ID.
oui president OF our National Bap-
fist convention.
Rev. n /. Lane. b S
pastor.
3Io7 K. 10Th. St
K. w Lemons, clerk.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1919-12-19
Read our locals and Foreign news =
II may be rettsr from Dome"

Mrs Ruby Orrington. is sick
this week.
Otis Sumner, was in the city
Saturday on business.
Mrs. Ann Tinsley, was serious
ly wounded about the head and
arm last Saturday by falling.
Mr. VIM. Hudgins, renewed his
subscription to the Gazette last
Saturday
NJ. S. McCauley, Jr is in the
city visiting his parents, Rev and
Mrs. NJ S. MeCauley
Mrs Ellen White, Of Brookport
visited relatives and friends in
Memphis, Tenn last week. She
was accompanied by her little
grand child Vivian Sims.
Mrs. Amanda Stevens. has re-
turned to her home|in Fulton. Ky
alter visiting her sisters Ne sdames
Smith. Wade and-Smith.
Mrs. Lee Belle Duke. is report
ed very sick this week.
Mrs. Lotto HalIeck. OF Saint
Louis. Mo-. arrived in The city
Thursday to visit her mother Mrs.
Lead Reed. Indefinitely.
Revs. ]. b. and Edgar McCra-
ny. and Thos. 1u ner. were in
Marion. last Thursday enroute TO
Harrisburg. 10 attend the Board.
but they missed connection and
we're forced to return home.
While in Marion they we're roy
ally entertained by Mr.. and Mrs.
Logan Collins.
Services all day next Sunday at
Unity Bspiist church. Brookpori.
the pastor desires to see full at
tendance; business OF importance
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1919-12-19

All manuscript with a list oil
names should be accompanied with
g1oo to secure publication.
The way that seemeth right un-
70 men often leads to death. 1t
depends largely as to the view one
takes to right and wrong. much
depends upon ones training.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1919-12-19
s ate of Ohio. City of Toledo.

State of Ohio. City of Toledo.
Lucas County. IS.
Frank J. Cheney makes os tn that ne
Il senior partner Of the firm OF +. j.
Cheney & Co., doing business in the
CITY of Toledo, County and state afore-
said. and that said firm will pay the
sum oil ONE HUNDR Ed DOLLARS
for each and every case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by the use OF
fALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE.
FRANK j. CHEEKY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in nv presence, this 9th day of Deeem-
her. A. d. 1886. A. W.. GLEASON,
(Seal) Noeary upii..
HALLS Catarrh Medicine is taken IN
ternally and acts through the Blood on
no mucous Furnaces of the System.
Send for testimonials, free
r. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, O.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constI-
nation.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1919-12-19

Understand that |! yor are nsen.ail5
snffed with ST; tness. old age and
death. me- amount of desire or affirma
ton can make you well. young. OF
long lived To be henithy. you must
be mentally in unity with health: 70
remain young. you must be mentally
one with youth. and to live long. you
must be mentally unified with life.
says Wajlscs D wat.ies In ihs Map
tiiuA
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1919-12-19
See Simmons Xmas Windows

If you want to some fine decor
atoms don't fail to see Simmons
Christmas window display on Up
pre- Market st. They are gems
of beauty and have the signs of
a real artist. Go see those win
dow displays at once.
All of our advertisers have real
bargains for the Xmas shoppers
and we recommend them.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1919-12-19

We feel that we are giving our
subscribers good service and we
expect them to do as Paul. advis-
ed To pay for what you've got
before you can get any more
Do that neighbor. and save your
self from being cut off the Ist Of
Aug and the account placed in
the hands of collectors. and they
will find out that you wont do TO
trust. Can you afford to refuse
TO pay The man who is fighting
your racial battles. II SO ! would
like to see the color o'your eye.