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Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-12-17
THEY ALL WERE AMERICAN.
Interesting Observations a,
"et OF the Melting Pc, w. r''a'
Frederick Palmer "

Where were the foreigners,
oered us looked ut the faces - "on'
streets upon my return from ,, III the
Inc French. who had heard rr ''Pe.
our polyglotry, asked this u'" "f
when they saw our soldiers "'>n'n
ing along the roads of rroro ,'"'ch-
french eyes the men were nh 81 1n
type American. Yet they inclnd.n He1
elgn born. as well as sons ~ 'Vf'
race In Europe, Frederick Livery .,ers|
writes In Harper's. "'uie'
Are you Americans? the,r ~
country asked of them in those ,.p'
days. They gave their answer n LIVING
I,hce mt home and in battle os sae'
lighting against an enemy OF the,. o.'en
blood. Zallnskis. Einsteins. Scha, u"n
Bertellis. katsanjans won tho n''a.
guished Service Cross, thrill,nu S'ln'
pride with new sense of natiop,,, vur
Had they now reverted to loyo,,r =.
the lands OF their origin: If 60 ~, 70
had wrought the change in ,h" a
hearts? " thelr|
,,.o - ms .resn view oil the people
were distinctively Americans in aa".
and taste; In their complexion w s"o
our climate so promptly affects.
their brusque and frank ciyilItv ,,..
Intensity. their pleasures, and , he,t
restless motion. Later, as I booa,a
settled at home and more dIsccrn,u"
! might note that this or that MONEY!
was Of Swedish, italian. Hunro.,O Ou
or siav stock. Then would 81.
through the veneer, rs / was to,s
But aren't most Of us-again. ~,
new idea--who are "ofr tho reso...
,tion." Of foreign stock7 Nv nso,,.
missed the Maynower and came 1917 oro.
IN 1868. could not discern that N.
descendants Of the Pilgrims were mo o
American than was or than a darp
eyed telephone CIR: whose father w,.
an italian immigrant.
Not even in the mean streets ala
nod patches. 1 saw no shriyelinr b,.
Dies In .emaciated mothers arms q,
bread lines In the European sense
though conditions were bad enough
from the point Of view Of desired
standards which must ever call our
ambition away from stagnatIon Of
everything Is for the best In the heat
OF worlds" In place Of saloons IN
mean streets and average streets. new
stores and restaurants had appeared
How clean the restaurants were com.
pared to those Of the same class in
Europe? How wholesome was their
atmosphere
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-12-17
Fue, OH Tor Railroads.

The great scarcity of coal has caus|
ed the Paris. Lyons. and Mediterra1
mean Railway company to transform
some OF Its motive power from coa
to fuel oil consumption, which "
about to be followed by the Chelia
de Fer de l'Etat. or state.owned ralf
way. and engines at It's shops at sam
tes are now undergoing changes to'
experimental purposes. Much AFTER
ton is being directed to the announce
ment that the f1rst-named railway
company Is planning to equip 2'V ~
comotives for fuel oil and insta'' nv y.
merous storage reservoirs Of from "
to 100 tons capacity at various pom"
on its lines.--Sclentific American
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-12-17

On Dec. 5. '88, at the home Of the
brides father Robert w. Rcnick, by
Rev. Vim. McMillcr, Joseph A..
Brown and Miss Carrier Rcnick.
Died: On Dec. 3. 'SS. at her
home in Blue Sulphur district. Mrs.
VIM. Hcdrick, aged y years.
On Dec. !. '8S, at her home in
Frankford. Miss Addic Shaughnessy
aged % years.
On Dec. 6. 'SS, at the home of his
father, Geo. a. Winall, 7 miles north
OF Lewisburg. of pneumonia
Herbert Preston Winall, in his 9th
year.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-12-17
Census involves Much Work

The 11O.OO0,OO0 cards needed u
ord tho population Of the Un''eo
States In the new census made :
stack more than ten miles high. WIZ
out machinery It would be almost na
possible to manage 4 census no~aaa. ,s
II took seven years to conipicte nu us
publish the census Of 1890. and n na~
years to complete, the census OF loS
By means Of electrical mechso, ga
which punches something like 4'oV,v%S
cards d day, tho cards are now so''e !,
and tabuIated in weeks instead y.
years. The device also saves etpe"'
and eliminates error.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-12-17
XMAS MEMORIES.
By NJ. LACY JoHNSroS..,

AS the Christmas time is nearing.
And old memories most en-
dearing
Steal upon us Of our child hood,
lis then we feel the time that
we should
Send remembrance to the home
land
Which 10 us. of all, is most grand
And no friends to us as mirthful
AS around those old time homes
so cheerful.
Still we read the independents
To which We'll offer no amend
ment,
For it brings the same good It'd
ingS.
All depend on its abidings.
Like old friends long tried and
tested,
When we read it we feel rested
From 0raxt the wild rush of the
Makes our lives seem all more
pleasant.
Long ago We sat at Yule-tide,
Happy children round the fire
side,
With a world of dreams before
us,
Truly did they all encore us.
Time has since licked many an
hour.
Bloomed and faded many a
Fast ,,t,n our youthful days are
AS the dew-drops from the
morning. 49,
Not long ago l had the pleasure
To share again life's greatest
treasure:
"Old' SCENES old friends along
the Greenbrier."
Where many years ago our
Grandsire
Did hunt the game among those
Mountains, 40
The ne'er forgotten Greenbrier
Mountains,
Where Christmas time were
never complete
Without wild turkey. deer or
bear meat. IL.
The Christmas backlog was a
The hounds were gaunt and fed
on powder,
So, when that Christmas chase
was started =
The. whole world then seemed
happy hearted.
(Still l dream ! hear that music
In these waves along the Chesa-
peakc,)
See the old time camp-fires
And those saddle horses turning
Prick their cars and stop their
feeding,
AS if TO hear whose dog was
In t E, distance, Can you beat
Hear the leader fast repeat it,
Hear the main pack following
onward
Like the wild geese "conking"
southwark.
When we look on these old places
Many We're the scenes and faces
Thirty, forty years had altered,
Heads were gray, and' steps were
faltcred.
Time Is always sure TO cheat us;
MANY were not there to greet
Every where it had us guessing
Who was there and who was
missing.
Still old Santa Claus is faithful,
All should smile: always be
cheerful.
All old friends should still re-
member
Gifts of owe in glad December.
For in those homes, 1--WE filed
with glory,)
Other children hear the story.
And the mother who did teach us
AT the Christmas time did leave
us,
Was born again with those TO be
Where "Mountaineers are always
y free" =
'qltimore, Nd, Dec. IL, 1920. ~
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-12-17

A little girl was sent to fetch so ia
milk from lneighbor. She TOOK WV
her two cans. .r,n.
On. arriving home ,she was e''''
and despatched with mud. aor.
Mother saw at once that w, :, si,s
ling had had a fall and asRea -
had lost all the milk.
"No, mother, not drop" w dos
"And how did my clever ''tt'e w.
Ting manage thatT mother nsS. ,,'o,sI
~ knew I was going to faI'' luI
er. 30 I stood tho caus down
swers, London.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1920-09-11
CATHOLIC CHURCH DEDICATED.

On SUNDAY August 29th, 1920, the
Catholic church, OF Custer, ;. d., WIS
dedicated to the most Sacred Heart OF
Jesus. The Pastor, Rev. j. Hoey, who
for the past three years has worked 80
faithfully and indeiatigueably with his
people, experienced the happy fruition
of his labor, the 1T. Rev. j. j. Lawler,
of Lead, 5. d., presiding.
Rev. FIR. Hoey sang beautiful High
Mass. The sacred music and response
we're sweetly rendered by the Choir
consisting of Mrs. +. Gushurst, of Rapid
City; Mrs. j. Kurka, of Philip; Miss
Lucille Garlock, Mr.. Ed. Walsh and Mr.
Rivett. The Rev. Bishop delivered a
sermon, which was really masterpiece
of sacred eloquence, taking for his text
az have loved Oh Lord the beauty of
Thy house and the place where Thy
Glory dwelleth"
One of the pleasing features was the
Confirmation class of which there were
seven. The young folks were given a
searching examination in Christian Doc
trine and the Bishop was we'll pleased
with the knowledge they displayed.
Those who were confirmed were Mrs.
Elizabeth Gira, Miss Alice Book, Mr..
John Haeckor, Mr.. Chas. Book, Richard
Neayill and two sons of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Michsud.
After the services there was meeting
of the parishioners and the remaining
Indebtedness entirely wiped out to the
satisfaction of all. The Pastor, FIR.
Hoey, was we'll pleased with his people
and after benediction of the Blessed
Sacrament, the people wended their way
home, thankful in their hearts for a
happy day we'll spent
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1920-09-11
SAMPLE BALLOTS OUT
Voters in the County Will be Doubled
by the Granting of the Fran
chise to Women.

The issuing of the ballots for the fall
election is this year a much heavier
piece of work than it has hitherto been
in this state and has necessitated many
extra hours of labor in both printing
and distribution. This is in part
brought about by the fact that the
electorate is largely increased through
the extension of suffrage to women. A
change in the ballot law Of South Da.
kota is also responsible for a change in
procedure and this occasioned a furry
Of work during the week before the
legal time for mailing the sample bal
lots.
As regulated by the code commission
it is now necessary that sample and oil.
cial ballots be in the hands of the county
auditor sixty-four days prior to election,
which this year meant that they must
be printed by the last day of August
Most county officials of the state failed
to note the change in the law until a
short time before the date set and there
hen ensued a rush for ballot paper and
completed work The same law stipul-
ates that there must. be printed twice as
many samples as official ballots and that
sample ballot must be mailed from
the auditors office to each voter in the
county.
This year, besides the ballot for can
1idates, there is also a ballot for pro-
posed amendments to the state consti-
tuition and one for referred laws, making
three official and six sample ballots for
each voter in the county.
The samples, which are by this time
in the hands of the voters of the coun-
ty, carry with them explanatory notes
and should receive the careful attention
Of the voters There are five amend
ments TO be submitted, dealing respec-
lively with the comforting ofpower upon
the state legislature to fix the salaries OF
state officers; the creation of a state
board Of control under whose general
supervision it will be possible to place
state educational, charitable and penal
institutions; the provision for iDcreas.
ing the proportion Of property of the
state taxable for school improvement
purposes from five per cent as high as
ten per cent; the establishment of a
system of credits for home building
which shall be similar to the system OF
rnral credits now in operation and an
authorization of the state to incur in
debtedness for compensating honorably
discharged soldiers, sailors and marines
Of the United States service, and war
relief workers, up to the amount of IF
teen dollars for each month of such ser.
vice.
The first referred law proposes to
amend the regulations for the handling
Of alcoholic liquors; the second proposes
material changes in the existing state
primary law.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1920-09-11

CUSTER WILL ENTERTAIN
TEACHERS INSTITUTE.

Miss Ethel Montgomery, County Supt.
for Custer county, has announced that
the three day Institute for Custer and
Fall River counties, will be held at Gus
ter on October 18th, 10Th and GOTH The
Institute is arranged by the Supts of
the two counties and attended by the
public school teachers of the two coun-
ties outside the larger towns in which
case the attendance of the teachers is
optional. This will probably apply to
Hot Springs, Edgemont and Custer.
Outside speakers will be present and all
day sessions will be held 1t is likely
that arrangements will be made for
holding afternoon and evening sessions
at the High School Assembly room and
the school dismissed in the afternoon.
This is a privilege TO have in Custer the
teaching force of the two counties and
much good should result to those who
will attend and hear the lectures and
addresses.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1920-09-11
MINERAL cos. PATENT TO
CLAIM HELD INVALID

At the end of a hotly-fought legal
battle, which ended in long session
Saturday night, Judge Miser held in
the decision given in the case of Frank
liebert, Plaintiff, VS.. the Rare Mineral
Company, interviewer for Frank Z. Bond
and Carl A. Hunter, defendants, that
the patent held by the company to a
ten-acre mining claim near Oreville was
invalid, but quieted the title in the com
pany to the balance of 160-acre tract
in which the claim is situated.
The case had its roots in the days of
the mining excitement about Harney
Peak. In 1885 Hebert located upon the
ten-acre tract as mining claim. About
the same time Mrs. Mary McDermott
settled on this and adjoining land. In
1910 she made formal homestead filing
on the land, and in 1916 sas granted an
agricultural patent covering 1t and other
land around it.
In 1918 Hebert bonded the claim to
the Rare Minerals Company, which
paid him 5000 and agreed to pay S27,-
600 more. In February, 1919, however,
while the contract was still in effect,
workmen of the company went on the
ground to work, and were elected by
Mrs. McDermott. Up to this point all
agree; but the remaining developments
are matters of dispute.
Upon examination of the records he
company found that Mrs. McDermott
had the agricultural patent covering the
land, and bought the homestead, paying
Sic, COO for the 100 acres, including the
ten-acre mining claim. The company
clear, without the payment of any addi-
tional sum to Hebert.
At this point additional complications
arose. Before the company bought the
land it was jumped by Hunter and
Bond, who claimed that Hebert had
failed to do his annual assessment work
and that his title was therefore INVALID.
After the company had bought the land
from Mrs. McDermott Hebert brought
action against Hunter and Bond for title
to the property, and the company inter
vened, claiming title on the patent OBJ
tained from Mrs. McDermott.
In the decision given Saturday night
the court held that the company should
not be held trustee for Hebert, and
would not require re-conyeyance to him,
but would let the matter stand in the
same situation as at the time of the last
payment to Hebert under the option
contract, and would extend the time OF
the final payment on the contract 10
January 1921, at which time the com.
pany may pay the balance Of $27 900
The company will appeal the case to the
supreme court,-Rapid City Journal.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1920-09-11
REV. G. f. BOYDEN DEAD.

The news Of the death Of the Rev. e.
+. Boyden will be read with regret by
the many friends in this community.
Rev. Boyden was born near Mime.
apolis, Mimi, in 1862, and in company
with his parents came to the Black Hills
while he was yet small and grew up to
manhood near Custer On May LIST,
1887, be was united by marriage to Miss
Annie Parker, of Custer. Three chill
dren were born to them, two boys and
one girl, one of the boys losing his life
twelve years ago by drowning. Two
children and the wife survive him and
mourn the loss of q good husband and
father.
Rev. Boyden began years ago his
ministry in the NJ. +. church, bet in
later years has been also in the Pres
byterian ministry. When overtaken by
death he was Pastor of Federation of
NJ. +. and Presbyterian churches at
Eden Frairie, Mimi, at which place the
funeral was held on August 18th, 1920.
Those present at the funeral from Gus
ter were Mr.. Chas. Parker and wife and
Mrs A. o. Kerr. Mrs. Kerr and Mr..
Parker are sister and brother of Mrs.
Boyden.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1920-09-11
INCREASED DEMAND

HSNh WI " LA IL A-'
DR.. A. T. Roos, of Deadw ood, spent
several days in Custer and vicinity the
latter part of last week examining some
mining properties said to contain colum-
bite
The increased demand for columbite
in ferro alloys and In alloys with tung-
stem and molybdenum warrants pros
pecting for the same or at least careful
sorting wherever it occurs in the mica
schist and pegmattes and saving. The
present market price is soc per pound OF
pure material There is also an increas-
ing demand for pure feldspar wherever
found in large quantity and accessible
to transportation. Both the albite and
orthoclase are equally satisfactory ac-
cording to tests made by one of the larg-
est producers of pottery. During the
period of depression in the gold mining
industry, principally due to the high
cost of materials and supplies, which
will be overcome as soon as Congress
passes on the McFadden bill asking for
a $1,000 bonus on gold per ounce, the
rare minerals available in the southern
Hills should not be overlooked and
wherever possible marketed.
A meeting called in Denver in Novem-
Der by the American Mining Congress
with representatives from all the wes-
tern gold producing states will add to
the publicity given to the bonus bill
and materially assist in the passing OF
same
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1920-09-11
CUSTER SCHOOL
RECEIVES ANOTHER GIF'

RECEIVES MOTHER GIFT.
Jennie A. Pitcher a gift Of rare min
q rails and specimens which is one of the
finest collections in the Hills and not
surpassed anywhere. While some Of
the minerals are from the Black Hills,
they represent various states and for
eign countries and are in fact the sCleC-
tions of an expert in travels which were
world wide in extent Mr.. Pitcher had
gathered these rare articles at consider
able expense and much painstaking
time and care in selection.
1t is beautiful sentiment which actu-
ates the donor for as she gives up her
long years of residence in Custer in
parting with her home and moving with
her son to Los Angeles, Calf, Mrs. Pill
cher says: 'The happiest days of my
life were spent in Custer, and my heart
shall always hold large place for these
people. | want that these minerals and
specimens, representing so much of the
time and effort of Mr.. Pitcher may find
the largest possible place of interest and
value to the people who meant so much
to both of us" So Custer school, as it
has in several other instances, received
as free gift this treasure of relics and
values. AS far as possible the articles
will be completely catalogued and made
accessible TO the students and visitors
and made a part of the Custer school
property. 1t is a worthy and splendid
gift and will find a constant appreciation
among those who shall profit and enjoy
by its possession
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1920-09-11

Mr.. and Mrs. Dixon, who have
been camping at the Ideal for the past
two months, broke camp a few days ago
and left for an overland trip to Cali
fornia. Mr.. Dixon came to the Sana-
torium about year ago for treatment
and his recovery has been rapid and
apparently permanent.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-12-24
OH. PROSPECTS FAVORABLE
THE VICINITY OF 1'IN1ELE

The oil problem is slowly working
out in this section of the country
and we believe that within another
year, oil machines will be working
near this town, says the Piniele
Leader.
Since early last spring, prospectors
and expert biologists have been
securing the country and the Oil ex-
element IS steadily increasing but
i, takes time for such Occupation to
thoroughly develop.
Several thousand acres of land
have already been leased from the
government and companies are being
organized III different sections to
start the ball to rolling.
The land already leased which is
said to be about 10000 acres. en-
tends from Crow creek east, taking
in the Soda Flat and portion of the
Box Elder creek country.
Piniele is 33 miles east of Eroadus.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-12-24
Lesson in Arithmetic

Arithmetic, according to the av-
erage small boy, was simply invented
in order to give teachers good ex-
cuse for furnishing their unhappy
pupils. And, certainly, little Tommy
Smith found it the unpleasant fea-
ture of his young life.
"Now, Tommy Smith, said the
school teacher one morning, during
the usual hour Of torture, what Is
the half Of eight"
Which way. teacher asked tho
youngster cautiously.
(Which way!" replied the aston
ished lady. What do you mean?"
well. on top or sideways, teach
err" said Tommy.
what difference does that make?"
"Why," Tommy explained, with a
plying air, half OF the top Of eight
is nought. but half of It sideways is
three. Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tele-
gram.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-12-24

The cat tep, designed for crowd
ed dance floors. may become the lat
est innovation in dancing i'll this
county because Of that reason there
being few if any floors large enough
to accommodate the deyotes of the
terpsichorean art.
Concerning the cat step how
ever. there IS some apprehension. as
i, s said to on,do all other efforts III
what is termed modern dancing"
An exchange has this To say Of
the cat step:
1t was believed that When the
bear dance. the bunny hug, jelly
wobble. the creeping snake. the
shimmy shake. and few others wer..
suppressed that the ensenuity Of the
Jazz artists had been exhausted, but
not SO.
The cat step has sltly slipped in,
and before the supervisors realized
what had happened they found they
had an entirely new problem upon
their hands. 1t was so s'nuous, SEN
suous and subtle that everybody was
doing it before the folks OF The east
realized that new dance had come
to town.
The censors in Cleveland attend
ed, in "A. body aud rendered verdict
which was in effect, lo-wit. as fol-
lows: The Cat Step is improper.
disgusting and repellant. Then. of
course, folks wanted to know why.
Dancing masters were called in to
explain the principle. They said: 1t
is a very economical dance. which
recommends for crowded floors as
the movement is vertical and not hor-
izontal We never turn anybody
away as long as there is an inch OF
floor space, because only standing
room is needed. The Cat Step man
ifests itself principally at first by a
slow bObbing up and down. first or
one foot and then on the other, like
a feline feeling her way in the dark
Dancing double time to the music
the couple moving forward or back
ward very slightly or perhaps not a.
all is the next evolution. The par
ticipants stand in an unusually close
up position.
"Some dancers occasionally inter
polate in their dance moment O.
so of 'double-timing' il which the,
make each foot touch the floor twic
to one beat of the music. In dom!
so the couple hobs up and down s.
that spectators from the balloon
simply see a bunch OF people dane
/ ing with the principal movement ver
teal instead of horizontal.
"Perhaps the most unusual ob1ee
ton urged against the cat step
that it causes vibration in the build
ing to such an extent that an en-
tira structure may shake like
bridge being crossed by bunch G
elephants"
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-12-24
HOW BITTER NLANCFACTCR EltS
MUST COMPLY WITH THE LAW

A notice from w. II. Fuhr. COM
missioner at Helena, gives provi-
siOns under which butter may be
manufactured and sold. 1t follows:
"All butter made in the state of
Montana and offered for sale must
have the manufacturer name, net
weight. IL ounces. appear on each
pound offered for sale. On any
amount, as TWO. three. five or more
pounds packed in one container. the
net weight of the butter and the
manufacturer name shall appear on
each receptacle. Anyone breaking
this law shall be considered guilty
Of misdemeanor, punishment OF
which is a fine of not less than $3.50
or more than $3.50. Said law is con-
tanned in section IL. chapter 1873,
laws of 1919