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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-03-12
BANDMEN TAKE NOTICE.

All those interested in organizing a
Band are earnestly requested to meet
at Wood on Saturday, March 2Oth at
2:30 p. m., for the purpose of organ
izing. Now everyone interested in a
Band at Wood and who would like to
affiliate with such an organization is
invited to attend this meeting. The
Band is going to be go this time,
the talking has practically all been
done, and we are going to meet for
the actual business of organization
If you want in come to the meeting,
bring along your instrument if you
have one. All right, Lets Go"
}. G CoRDELL,
f. L. SINKLER.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-03-12
CHARGED WITH INCEST.

States Attorney w, K, Hutchinson
came down from White Riyer, Wed
nesday, and conducted court of in
quiry before Justice of the Peace +.
+. Sinkier. j. f. Williams proprie
tor of the meat market here, was
charged with the crime OF incest with
his youngest daughter, Sylvia, aged
about - yeals. The evidence sub
mitted at the preliminary inquiry ap
peared to be sufficient to warrant the
arrest of Williams and warrant was
thereupon issued charging him with
this unatural crime. Judge Sinkler
fixed his bond at $1,000, which up to
the time of going to press he has not
furnished, Williams has been con
fined to his bed for the past three
weeks suffering from flu which devel
oped into pneumonia, and is hardly
able to be up at this time, SO he has
been placed in charge of Constable
Andrew Eastman, who will look after
him until such time as the accused il
we'll enough to have preliminary
hearing. The news OF this arrest was
quite shock to the community
Williams came here early in 1919, and
little is known OF his antecedents
he is a widower, and his youngest
daughter aud son came with him
Last year they camped on the Alex
Desersea place east of town, and las,
fall they moved to town and be opeI
ed meat market here. He has beer
doing good business 10 that line
aud seemed to be prospering, up unit
the time until be was taken sick. II,
seemed to be hard worker and a
tended pretty much to his own bus
ness, and there We're few if any wht
really suspected that there was am
thing wrong, If the man is reall'
guilty of this unatural crime we trus
that he will receive the full penalt,
prescribed by law, aud if innocent ",
hope that he will speedily be able t
clear his came of this awful accus;
tion.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-03-12

Rolla f,edrick was here last Friday
shaking hands with old friepds and
acquairtances, He is looking well
and seems to have been enjoying life
the past winter. He has visited old
Mexico, Texas, Kansas and other plac
es, and now says be expects to set
sail from Seattle about April lst fol
Alaska, where he hopes to strike il
lucky the coming summer aad dis.
cover real gold mine. His friends
here will wish him all sorts OF luch
as seeker OF the precious yellow
metal in its primitive state.
The snow disappeared pretty rapiq
ly Monday, Tuesday and "Wednesday
The snow melted SO fast that several
A. A ~
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-03-12
U. S. WEATHER BUREAU REPORT


Total precipitation from January
lst, 1920, to date, l.76
Total precipitation for 1913 1876
Total precipitation for 1914, 1887.
Total precipitation for 1919, 32.42.
Total precipitation for 1916, 1882.
Total precipitation for 1917 iS,Hl
Total precipitation for 1918, /" 50
Total precipitation for 1919, 2OS2.
FRED G.. KIRCH. Observer.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-03-12

AZ we go to press this Thursday }
morning il is showing and indications
The Washington times., 1920-04-14

r1HE Authors Carnival Ball and
Book Fair under the auspices
4 of the League OF American Pen
women Is quite the most important
event on today's calendar and gains
added interest from the fact that Mrs.
woodrow Wilson will attend the fete'
timing her visit In order 10 take In
the very delightful concert which has
been arranged for this afternoon.
The musical program will include
songs by Miss Angela Redmond, So
prano OF the Royal Academy OF Mu'
sic OF London. and songs by Miss
Leonors Spsrkes, lyric soprano from
the Metropolitan Grand Opera Com
pany OF New York, for whom Mrs.
George Eustis will be accompanied.
Mile. Castillon, of Bsyonne, France,
and NJ, Zazulsk, OF the Ukraine Tepub-
lie. will sing folk songs OF their
countries In native costumes Song
numbers will also be rendered by Miss
Inez Seymour Milton, Miss Worthing-
ton and Martin Richardson. 4 feature
will be the singing of a group OF
Cadman Indian songs by Mrs. Wayne
B. Wheeler. accompanied by a full
blooded Sioux Indian. zitk ala Sc. Miss
Byrd Mock will give a reading OF
her own poem, THE Maid OF Pend
DOreiIle. ana blpllcdi pageant VIII
be given under the direction OF Mrs.
Nanette Paul.
Miss Margaret Wilson was a guest
at the exercises this morning with
which the fair opened. These were
followed by a luncheon at which the
league entertained a number of spe-
cIally invited guests. The bazaar,
which will continue all day will be
followed by a brilliant costume ball
tonight The fete is being given at
the home OF Mrs. Francois Berger
Moran, 2316 Massachusetts, avenue.
The Secretary OF State, Bainbridge
colby, has taken possession OF his
new home. 1907 X street, and Mrs.
Colby and their daughters will join
him there later this week.
The Secretary OF the Treasury and.
Msr. Houston will entertain at dinner
tonight in compliment to the Secre-
tary OF Agriculture and Mrs. Mere
dith.
Secretary and Mrs. Houston will
leave Washington the first OF next
week for Chicago. where they will
spend several days.
The Secretary of Agriculture and
Mrs. Meredith were hosts at dinner
last night, entertaining a distinguish
The Washington times., 1920-04-14

ed company OF guests In compliment
to the Secretary OF the Navy and Mrs.
Daniels. ....
The Governor OF Illinois and Mrs.
Frank Lowden, are expected In wash
ington on Sunday TO stay with sens-
tor and Mrs. Medin Mccormick. On
Sunday evening they will be the
honor guests at one OF the very de-
liEhtful informal supper parties which
Senator and Mrs. Mccormick have
given at Intervals through the sea-
son. Congressman and Mrs. Frank
l.. Smith OF Illinois, will give a dinner
for them on Monday evening. and on
Tuesday they will lunch with Con-
gresham and Mrs. Ira C. copley.
Hampson Gary. newly appointed
American minister to Switzerland, and
Mrs. Gary win be entertained at din
ner tonight by Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Mckenney, who will have a small
company to meet them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Hartman
will also be hosts at dinner tonight.
Hilarion ID. Moreno. counselor Of the
Argentine embassy, who Ii leaving
shortly to assume his new duties as
minister OF Argentina TO Venezuela,
gave a dinner at Wardmsn Park
Hotel on Monday evening for some
of the younger members Of the diplo-
matte corps.
DIR. and Mrs. John Crayke Simpson
will entertain large company at
dinner tonight at the Chevy Chase
Club in honor OF Miss Nancy Lane
and her fiance, Philip c. Kaufman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul de Hon Reed,
whose marriage took place in Phila-
delphia on Saturday. will be present.
DR.. and Mrs. Simpson have closed
their residence lin Massachusetts,
avenue. and are at the willard for
q time.
Hostess Al British Dance.
Mrs. Henry Getty Chiffon, wife OF
the former first secretary OF the Brit
ish embassy, was hostess for the Hon
Ronald Lindsay. charge dafaires OF
Great Britain. at the delightful dance
which he gave last evening at the
British ,smbassy. The guests num-
beredS about bO0.J A buffet supper
was served 1T midnight.
Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin X. Lane have
visiting them at Wendell Mansions
Mr.. Lanes brother-in-iaw and sister.
The Washington times., 1920-04-14

stead In the PUN CFssk distrsSt.
While digging a cellar for their
homestead shack the two brother un-
covered a coal mine on their prop
erty.
The Washington times., 1920-04-14
FINDS COAL NINE IN CELLAR.

NEWCASTLE, Wye, April a.
vein sf hish-srade coal IL nothing In
tRs lives OF John and Henry Wegher
ofothers. who are developing a home
The Washington times., 1920-04-14

Made of metal these screens will not warn
or bind in damp weather: are IS inches high
and extend to 33 inches wide.
The Washington times., 1920-04-14

Mr.. and Mrs. MaEnus Alfred Ander-
son, OF California. who are here 70
remain until after the marriage OF
Miss Nancy Lane and Philip G. ksun-
mann hext week.
The Washington times., 1920-04-14

Each mounted on guaran-
teed spring rollers. complete
with fixtures, in the mos
wanted dark green shauc.
size 3Sx72 inches; sold sup1eeoSSS
TO slight imperfections' ''
only in the lot.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-05

made are to be permanent. Huge
stocks of raw silks are held in this
country by japanese interests ana
must be released following the break
in the japanese market, at substantial
ly lower prices than were prevailing
during midwinter when top prices
were realized for raw materials. Mem
bers of this trade do not hesitate TO
say that prices have been too high'
and that the time has come for a re-
adjustment on an entirely new basis.
A disposition to await developments
has marked the cotton goods market
There has been only gradual easing
off in the prices of printcloths ano
sheetings which have a wide variety
of uses when finished. IN the prices
of sateens and other fabrics used oS
the clothing trades the reductions
have been more marked.
Belief is expressed in the hnancia
district that commodity prices VIII
continue downward because 1t Is De
Iieved that wholesale prices reacne'
their peak in February, and thai with
in a feg weeks the reaction Will tax
a stronger hold Of the retail markets.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-05
Rice Party Has Encounter with
Giant White SaVages in
South America.
NOT AFRAID OF FIREARMS
Professor Rice Says That In All His
Experience in Tropical Jungles He
Never Saw Such Feroeious
Looking SaVages.

New York.-The exploring party
headed by DR.. Alexander Hamilton
Rice. which clashed last February
near the banks of the Orlnoco with
riant cannibals, returned here from
Para.
With Doctor Rice came Mrs. Rice
formerly Mrs. George d. Widener OF
Philadelphia, who accompanied her
husband on some Of his South Ameri'
can explorations; Chester II. ODER
geoerapher of the expedition; A. w
Swanson, ]. e. Mason and DR.. G. Z
Byers.
II was while exploring an unnamed
tributary Of the Orinoco river that th'
party was attacked. The discharge o
firearms failed to scare of the saw
ages. who were described rs large ant
fierce, and the explorers only escaped
by firing into them, killing eitne
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-05
IFIvE-YEAR-oLDs WILL TALK
And Surely This One Came Near to
~SpiiIino the Beans for
Poor Mamma.

After looking at all the rugs In the
store, the customer decided that she
thought she liked the pink one with
the purple roses best.
~But I'd like to See it in my room, !"
she said. Il suppose you'll send 1t up
on approvalF'
well, madam, it's-er-hardly usu-
al" demurred the proprietor. But IN
the circumstances, perhaps"
The customers five-year-old daugh-
ter" who had stood silent during the
long inspection. now tugged violently
at her mothers skirt.
"Oh, mamma" she piped in her IA
tally clear treble, "hadn't you better
warn him to be sure and get it there
IN timer Our party's tomorrow. y0S
know
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-05
English Girl Is Made Happy by Ae-
ton of Bureau of lmmigra-
ton.

Baltimore. Md.-Mrs. Emily Knowles
Spiker, the English girl who married
the brother of the father of her baby,
Alfred Ray Spiker, in Fan River
Mass, was made happy by notification
from the bureau of immigration OF the
department of labor that she had Deen
officially recognized as an American
citizen and will not be deported.
The bureau also informed her lawyer
that the two Liberty bonds OF SOU
each. put up by Mrs. Cora Splker,
wife of the father of her baby. would
be returned to her by the treasury De
partment.
The Spiker case has attracted woe
spread attention. owing to the attltuue
OF Mrs. Cora Spiker, the wife OF the
returned soldier. who made affidavit
| that she had forgiven her husband
and that his confession had caused
no change in the marital happiness
| and TO the attitude Of Guy Splker, he
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-05
GET READY
FOR FLU"
Keep Your Liver Active, Your
System Purified and Free From
Colds by Taking Calotabs,
the Nausealess Calomel
Tablets, that are De-
Lghtful, Safe and
Sure.

Physicians and Druggists are advis-
ing their friends to keep their systems
purified and their organs in perfect
working order as a protection against
the return Of influenza. They know
that q clogged up system and lazy
liver favor colds, influenza and serious
complications.
To cut short q cold overnight and to
prevent serious complications take one
Calotab at bedtime with q swallow OF
water-that's al. No salts, no nausea,
no gripping, no sickening after effects.
Next morning your cold has vanished,
your liver is active, your system Is puri-
fed and refreshed and you are feeling
fine with q heLrty appetite for break
fast. Eat what you please-no danger;
Calotabs are sold only in original
sealed packages, price thirty-fve cents.
Every druggist Is authorized to refund
your money IL you are not perfectly
delighted with Calotabs.-(Adv.)
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-05
VOICE RECORD BY WIRELESS"
Talking Machine In Experiments Re-
peats Tones of Persons Forty
Miles Away.

London, England. = Experiments
which have been carried out here have
resulted In the making of talking
machine record on wax Of a voice
transmitted by wireless telephone 40
miles away.
While the voice was speaking at
Chelmsford, in the county of Essex,
where there is a high power instru-
ment capable Of transmitting the voice
hundreds Of miles, the equipment at
the receiving plant in the Strand. Lon
don, was attached to recorder which
engraved the message In soft wax In
the same way as an ordinary talking
machine disk is manufactured.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-05
BIDDIE GROWS SPURS

Saddle feathers appeared next ana
finally a pair Of spurs. She took TO
strutting pompously about the barn.
yard. lording 1t over the other fowls.
slnstead of cackling, our near
rooster would essay a feeble kee-a-
kee. A fulIsfzed he-crOw is about the
only thing that's lacking to complete
her-or, ! might say, his-roosteF-
hood"
The he-hen is now on a farm In the
suburbs Of Chicago.
In further experiments with anil
mails, Doctor Lespinasse succeeded re-
Gently in producing "Siamese Twin
dogs. These didn't live long, but were
perfect specimens.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-05
Miss AIcotrs EIms.

Among the trees in historic Concord
are the two old elms In front of the
Louisa May Alcott house, and the MT
lie grove of pines and spruces just be
yond it. Under the shade Of the elms
once lived the author of Little Wom-
en- and among the whispering pines
Hawthorne walked. thought and wrote.
or conversed with his friend. Thoreau.
The elm at the left of the door as the
visitor approaches the old house Is 13
feet in circumference, and the one at
the right Is 10. The trees have been
nominated for a place in the Hall Of
Fame for Trees being compiled by the
American Forestry association OF
Washington, ID. c.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-05
HE KNEW HIS LIMITATIONS
Small Boy p1dn't tmzgine He SgcnId
Amount 70 Much IN the Bel
Der Land

~spirituanss1c MEDIUMS In aheir de
swctipticns Of the nezt world sire alb
eurd. The next world. anSieed, IS q
very tIekIIsh subject 60 handle"
The speaker was Sir Olxper Lodge
HE continued
"a little boy WIS tUld by his SUE
aav school teacher that ne would leave
his holy behind when he died
- don't understand dat he said
IN a frightened voice.
~sYou see, explained TIE teacher
ssOu VIII take an that Is good witt
ron TO the hitter land. and leave al
dat Is naughty here on earfA.
ale thought a uaoDent. then n
said isoberlys
81 guess I'm going to be pretty thil
I'D there. teacher"
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-05
Chicago Surgeon Produces He
Hen With Knife.
TranspVanted Glands Cause Hen q
Develop All Characteristics
OF chantieleer.

Chicago.-The experiments OF DR..
Victor d. Lespinasse of the North
western university in tinkering with
the sex OF the common hen and his
demonstrations before medical experts
have aroused the interest of chicken
growers.
1T was a simple enough operation
explained Doctor Lespinasse; Just
the transpIanting Of the interstitia'
glands of a rooster to hen. But the
result was surprising and perhaps nc
one was more surprised than the heI
herself. Within few weeks she be
gan to develop all the CHARACTERISTIC
of a chantieleer.
"She grew a comb and watties
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-05
Tells of Fight
With Cannibals

two or three. The party then turned
back.
Not Previously Seen Since 1853.
1.-THE cannibals were almost white
in color" Professor White said. In
ali my years In the tropical Jungles
have never seen such ferocious look
ing savages. Nearly all were armed
with bows and arrows and carried
spears and blOwguns. They were
more than six feet tall and recog-
nized them as cannibals Of the Quart
hos tribe, a mountain legion consid-
cred the most ferocious Of all the saw
axes in either Venezuela. Colombia or
Brazil" .
The professor declared he believed
II was the first time these cannibals
were met by white men since l1o5,
when a Spanish expedition discovered
them.
Record Trip for white Woman.
Mrs. Rice was not with her husband
on the occasion of the attack on the
nsrtv. However, she travelled with
the PARTY as far as Esmeralda. Brazil
Penetrating further into the Anna
zon wilderness than any other white
wcman, according to the explorer.
The Rio Negro and other outlets o
the Amazon were explored and chart
ed. as well as the Casquiare canal ant
the Upper Orinoco, Doctor Rice said
| A number Of specimens were brough
hack for the Peabody museum at Hal
; ward.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-05
Hit Price Peak,
Dealers Think

the public has refused to pay existing
prices. A number of representatives
of this group said reductions must be
made all along the line, from the
manufacturers to the retailer. With
overstocks already on hand, clothing
dealers are said to be canceling or
ders. while the mills are eager for
business and willing to offer price con-
cessions. It is now predicted that
fewer sales will be made during the
coming season. if the reports OF early
fall orders. booked by the ciothiers'
may be taken as fair indication ou'
what is lost in volume, the clothing
trade hopes, will be made up in a con
centration on higher class garments.
In the silk market it Is no secret
that price reductions which have beer
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-05
S READY FOR TOURISTS
France viii Use Hospital Trains to
Carry Sightseers Over
Battlefields.

Paris-Hotel accommodations IN
France being limited, French authori-
ties designated to handle the tourists
that will visit the battlehelds In the
country this summer plan to use hos
initial trains to carry the sightseers.
Each train will be arranged with all
the necessities for a week or ten-day
tour of the British. French and Amer
team fronts,
France expects 100000 American
tourists this summer. Steps have beer
taken TO prevent hotels in the largel
towns and cities from charging exces
| sive rates.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-05
Wants Cat Wet Nurses
To Nurse Baby Foxes

New York.-A call for moth
er cats to nurse silver foxes was
received In New York from an
upstate fox farm owner.
H. Nj. Bacon, president of the
New York Fur Auction Sales
corporation. TO whom the appeal
for cats was sent, said the fox
farmer was willing to take all
the cats he could get. A moth
err cat can earn $3.50 for six
weeks endeavor, he said. At
end of six weeks, a litter of
baby foxes becomes sufficiently
mature to take solid food.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-05
Refusal of Public to Meet Further
Advances Credited With
Turning Scale.
DEPARTMENT STORES LEAD
Clothing Stock Surplus, Especially In
Women's Wear, Likely to Bring
Reductions-SiIk Reductions
Are to Be Permanent

New York.-The substantial reduc-
lions that have been made recently In
the prices of all commodities by de-
partment and other stores throughout
the country have led the buying pub
lie to wonder whether or not these
reductions are the forerunners of con-
tinued reduction in the high prices that
have prevailed since America entered
the war. In an effort to ascertain the
cause and probable extent of the down
ward movement, the New York Times
has made inquiries among representa-
tive merchants in the wholesale and
retail lines as well as among financial
leaders. Their replies seem to agree
that a permanent reduction movement
has begun.
In the minds Of many, however,
there is still much doubt as to the
meaning of the reductions that have
been announced and made by the de-
partment stores and other commercial
houses. Even those who are not yet
ready to say that a general fall In
prices is to be expected are unwilling
to predict that present levels will be
maintained. A majority Of wholesale
and retail dealers admit that prices
are too high am that reaction must
come before the public will begin free
buying.
Surplus Of Clothing.
One phase of the reductions made
by department stores has been the ef
fort of mIddlemen to discover how thu
pan is worked. Dozens Of wholesale
and retail dealers confessed that the!
or their agents had made purchases a
department stores for comparison
with their own prices and qualities.
The representative Of big Londol
department store said he had bough
from q department store certain al
ticles much cheaper than prices quote
by manufacturers.
In the wholesale clothing trade 1t
generally admitted that there is a SUI
plus of goods. By some this surplus
said to be due to unreasonable weatf
er, and by others it is admitted tha
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-05
cave His Reverence Long Ride.

Lebanon. Ky-After riding a mile
on the pilot of the engine which had
smashed his automobile. Rev. Father
w. ]. Rowlett told the engineer that
he thought he never would bring his
train to stop. Father Rowlett was
not even scratched.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-05

With your fingers! You can lift on
any hard corn, soft corn, or corn be-
tween the toes, and the hard skin cal
Iuses from bottom Of feet.
A tiny bottle of "Freezone" costs
little at any drug store; apply few
drops upon the corn or callOps' In
stantly it stops hurting, then shortly
Won lift that bothersOme corn or cal
lous right off, root and all, wlthoul
one bit of pain or soreness. Truly
No humbug ADV.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-05

CutIcura ss1p for the Complexion.
Eo6hfng better than Cuticura Soap
daily and Ointment Dew and then as
needed 90 make Elle cDu1Faexioa clear,
scalp clean ana hznds soft and white.
Add 10 this ne fascinating, fragrant
Crficnra TMEcam and Ysm have the
Cursuzzm EofleE TkfaL-Adx-
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-05
Negro Girl Rich.

Muskogee. Okla.-The richest negro
girl in the United States is Sarah
Rector. eighteen, who lives near Mus
kogee. Okla. Through oil found on
the supposedly worthless land she own
ed she is now worth million and
a half.