The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-18

Set a thief to catch a thief and you
are liable to become a victim OF both
thieves.
Some people seem to think that the
Declaration of independence was only
a scrap of paper.
Life holds many things besides hard
work and profits, but is too short Tor
some people to fud them.
Heaven and hell are a long way
apart, but some people try tn straddle
through life with a foothold in each
place.
Modern civilization is popular In at
least one respect. 1t is becoming a
great aid to the double standard OF
morality
An exchange says 1t Is less danger
Gus to steal whisky than to buy 1t.
No, there was no information as TO
where it was cached.
Wise men tell us that every normal
4 person born into this worlds endowed
with certain commendable attributes
Say, what's an attribute?
An exchange suggests a referendum
lon the, cost of living. But we object
4 Prices might be advanced to include
the cost of the referendum.
/, There is one sweet consolation In
being poor. We don't have to worry
over how to prevent the government
from ~annexing the most of our income.
The world, we are assured, VIII
become reasonably decent in time.
But who of us has hopes Of living a
thousand years to see the fulhllment
Of a doubtful prophecy?
a MIST men have a grievance against
J one thing or another. But some, un-
! Able to find anything In particular,
compromise by making 1t general.
Hence the village crouch.
The escape of Grover Cleveland
BerQdoll from a military prison where
he was serving a sentence for evading
the draft law, Is tragic. According
to the reports. the man got awav
Before his honorable discharge and
hbnus bad been given him by the
Secretary of War.
Now the philosophers are comment
ing on the fact that ancient Rome also
went through the experience of drift
of population to the cities, just before
It's fall. Yes, and Rome had her die
tators, who tried to fix prices and still
keep up the production of food. They
drove the farmers off the farms and
the people went hungry.
Another war Is adding its contribu-
tion to. the woes of humanity. This
time it is in Silesia and the combat
ants are Poles and Czechs, citizens Of
two of the new republics set up by
the peace conference. Their political
independence and territorial integrity
were guaranteed under the terms Of
the league covenant, but there Is no
indication of the leagues doing any
thing to quiet the present outbreak.
Lack Of fire protection is one of the
NEST serious drawbacks to the average
country town and yet 1t is n of the
most essential requirements of a sue
cessful and prosperous community Of
comes We have many citizens In
this town whom the Lord has en-
dowed with more than the average
allotment of brains. We suggest that
they employ a portion of their wisdom,
sagacity and ingenuity In raising this
town to a higher plane Of protection
against fire. We need 1t.
fSoutherD mercantile organizations
are urging that the Government
Resume controtpof the marketing Of
1t Is easy to understand why
southern organizations should want
the government to take control Of
practically all lines Of bushes during
the present administration. 1t was
this administration that decreased
the price of northern wheat ana in
creased the price Of southern sugar.
III this administration has ever missed
an opportunity TO favor the southern
|ststss the Instance has failed to come
|tosv0hlic attention. !