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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-06-17
VIOLA CENTER ITEMS

A good attendance at Sunday
schol and preaching service last
Sunday. The programs for Chill
dren's day were late coming, but the
school arranged to have the program
Sunday evening, June 27th. There
is preaching service now every
Sunday morning at IL o'clock, fol-
lowin gthe Sunday school which
meets at 10 a. m. Mrs. w. C..
Smith will preach newt Sunday
morning instead of the pastor. 1t
means much for the good of the
community to keep up a good at
tendance at Sunday school and
church service. We should all join
in the good work and be found doing
our part to make the world better.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-06-17

sumner and connection a minimum
charge of $500 for each six months
period, which shall be paid and col
lected in advance for each quarter
or three months period, viz: on the
18th day of May, August, November
and February of each year and pro-
portionate charge where the water is
turned on for any consumer at any
other than said times for the time to
said dates. All meters shall be
read on the first days of May and
November of each year or as near
such time as possible and charges
for metered water in excess of the
minimum allowance shall be due
and payable on the 18th days of May
and November of each year. All
water rates and rentals shall be due
and payable at the office of the City
Clerk
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-06-17
ORDINANCE NUMBER AZ

On ordinance establishing water
rates, rules and regulations and pen
alties for the government of water
users obtaining water from the
municipal water works of the City of
Audubon, Iowa.
Be it ordained by the City Council
of the City Of Audubon, Iowa:
Section
That all service pipes connecting
any water consumer with the water
works system of the City of Audi
bon, Iowa, shall have meters applied
thereto and all water supplied to
consumers shall be measured and
paid for at meter rates and from and
after the taking effect of this ordin-
ance all fiat rates are hereby re-
pealed and the sale of water on a
fiat rate basis is hereby abolished
and prohibited. Where water meters
are not placed in a basement or 9TH
er accessible place they shall have
extension tops applied thereto bring
ing the reading dial to IL inches
from the surface of the ground. All
meters shall be. of standard type
and approved by the council.
Section Two
The following semi-annual water
rates are hereby adopted:
For the first 5000 gallons or less,
$500.
All over 5000 gallons and up
wards to $1,000 gallons, each six
months, $1.O0 per thousand gallons.
All over $1,000 gallons and up
wards to $4,000 gallons, each six
months, 80 cents per thousand gal
Ions.
All over $4,000 gallons each six
months, so cents per thousand gal
Ions.
There shall be charged and col
lected for and from each water con-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-06-17
EyANGELICAL CHURCH

1t was indeed pleasure to have
our new presiding elder, Rev. Hack
len with us. He proved to be
splendid speaker.
The children's day program at
Viola was a success in every way.
The program was certainly splendid.
The church was packed to the doors
and many were unable to get in.
The Offering which was S30.69 was
IS more than last year.
Prayer meeting Wednesday even
ing. ..
Viola Mt. Zion-Preaching at 8 a.
m. Sunday school at 10 a. m.
Audubon-Sunday school at 10 a.
m. Preaching at 1900 a. m, and
500 p. m.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-06-17
Section Three

oCLtiOu IuIOo
This ordinance shall be in force
and effect from and after it's passage
and publication as provided by law.
Passed and approved this 10th day
of June, 1920. e"
r. d. HAWKS,
Mayor.
Attest: B. E. RICE,
Clerk.
The foregoing Ordinance Number
AZ is hereby approved by me this
10th day of June, 1920.
R. d. HAWKS,
Mayor.
Attest: B. E. RICE,
Clerk.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-06-17

Gray and Audubon will play base
ball here Sunday, June Goth. 1t will
be a good game. Everybody go.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-06-17

All good shows-Crescent.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-06-17

meeting all needs, from
the man who owns his
own power and wants
todohis own threshing,
to the custom thresher.
There's an Ideal In
vour neighborhood
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-04
GREAT MAN NEVER HESITATES
tant Possessions That Can
Be Acquired.

Insist on yourself; never initiate.
Your Own gift you can present every
moment with the cumulative force Of
a whole life's cultivation but Of the
adopted talent of another you have
only an extemporaneous half posses
sion. That which each can do best
none but his Maker can teach him.
No man yet knows what it is, nor can
till that person has exhibited it. Where
Is the master who could have taught
Shakespeare? Where Is the master
who could have instructed Franklin
or Washington or Newton or Bacon?
Every great man is unique. The Scip-
ionism Of ScipiO is precisely that part
he could O borrow. If anyone will
tell me whom the great man initiates
in the original crisis when he performs
a great act, I will tell him who else
can teach him. Do that which is as
signed thee and thou canst not hope
too much nor dare too much. Dwell
up there in the simple and noble re-
gions Of thy life, obey thy heart and
thou shalt reproduce the Foreworld
a~gain.-Ralph Waldo Emerson.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-04
WORLDS GREATEST SALT BED
Supply In Lower California, II Is As.
serted, Is Beyond Possibility
Of Exhaustion.

On Carmen island, In the Gulf of
LoretO, Lower California, are the great
est salt beds in the world, being two
and a half miles wide. The salt is Of
natural formation and lies In super
posed strata CT inches In thickness and
with a strata Of water between each
Of salt. Although excavations of IL
feet have been made without failure
of salt, the extreme depth of stratifica-
ton Is unknown. The surface alone
Is worked and as the salt from this is
carried away, the water from the lower
strata rises to the surface, and, after
coming In contact with the air and sun
shine, within a fortnight fills the old
strata with new salt. The salt is dug
out practically pure and by means OF
q %diminutive railroad is delivered on
shipboard at a cost Of but % cents a
ton. The Jesuit missionaries offered
to entirely support all the California
missions In return for a perpetual
grant to them of Carmen island, but
the king Of Spain refused TO consider
the proposition. 1t has been said that
If all the fleets Of Europe gathered
there to load salt they never could ex-
haust IT, not only on account OF the
great size Of the deposits, but prin-
c!pally because the salt is reproduced
as soon as taken ont.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-04
SURELY "NOTHING Is NEW"
Discoveries In Baby,onia Give Re-
newed Proof Of Truth Of the
b. Ancient Saying

Six thousand years ago the ladies"
painted their cheeks and pencilsd
their eyebrows, according to DR.. e. ].
Banks, who gave an illustrated lee.
ture before the photographed section
Of the American institute of the. city
of New York, says the Evening Sun
OF that city.
1t was Doctor Tanks who conducted
the expedition into BabylOnia and
helped dig up the ruins of some Of the
ancient cities for which enterprise
John ID. Rockefeller contributed 5000.
600 TO the University Of Chicago. In
telling of Modern Babylonia and Its
Buried Cities the archeologist had
thrown upon the screen pictures Of
many kinds of earthen wares found
among the ruins Of the ancient dwell
ings. One kind of twin" vases at
tracted especial attention.
THAT" said the lecturer, SHOWS
that the ladies painted their cheeks
and penciled their eyebrows 5000
years ago, just about like some of
them do today. The inside Of n of
the cups was red, while the other was
black. The twin vases were found in
q room thtt was undoubtedly a
boudoir Of the period. Verify there Is
nothing new under the SUM-"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-04
Perfect Human Fioure,

There Is much difference Of opinion
on the subject of perfect human meas.
urements, but according to Professor
Sergeant, M Of the best known au.
thorities on the health Of the Ameri.
can woman, the following measure.
ments constitute the perfect figure
Height. 63,6 inches; breadth Of neck,
3.S inches; girth Of neck, 12.1 inches
breadth Of shoulders. IA inches
breadth Of waist. s.8 inches; girth o.
waist, 24.6 inches; breadth of hips,
12.1 inches; girth Of hips, 354 inches
girth of calf, 1873 inches; girth of up.
per arm, 10.1 inches = girth OF thigh,
21.4 inches, and Of forearm, 90 inches.
Many other Authorities insist that a
woman should IN height s
feet FIVE inches, or an inch and one
half taller than Professor Sargeant's
perfect woman.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-04
TOTEM POLES TELL HISTORY
Have Peculiar Significance Among
the UpLCoast Indian Tribes Of
British Columbia.

Totem poles Of the up-coast Indian
tribes Of British Columbia tell the his
tory of that race. The poles are of
ethnologic and folklore significance,
have legendary symbolism, and carry
details of the tribe, clan, family and
individual. Their painted grotesques
OF birds, beasts, fish and men are done
in blue, red and white upon a black
background.
The right to use the totemic crest
always descends through the m
A tribesman uses the tribal crest Of
his clan group in addition to those Of
one or ore guardian spirits he may
have acquired. III he Is easy in max
ing friendships with birds. beasts and
fishes he may have a NOah's ark of
them on his pole. The crests are also
carved on canoe prows, painted on
house fronts and woven into baskets
and blankets Of goat hair or cedar
bark.
A man gets his reputation and
standing in the community, among
the up-coast tribes, not by what he
owns, but by what he gives away. If
he wants to be regarded as a "hiyu
tree" or person Of special conse-
quence, he aims TO do 1t by giving
away more blankets than anybody
else on the coast.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-04
How to Treat StammerIna.

Before the kindergarten section
meeting Of the National Society for
the Study and Correction Of Speech
Disorders, DR.. Walter B. Swift Of Bos-
ton, read a paper on the treatment OF
stammering in Its very early begin
nings. Stammering- in very young chill
dren often results from v stress
and strain, great fright, the imitation
Of others and sometimes from acci-
dents. Almost all of these things con
be prevented. The imitation Of anOth-
er case can easily be stopped by the
parents. Nervous stress and strain
can be eliminated by proper home n.y.
giene, which when put into practice
has been know to stop stammering In
two weeks. Great strain from fright
can be avoided by having the compan-
ions Of the children refrain from pur-
posely frightening them, and after any
unavoidable fright 1t can be minimized
by proper conversation and advice
after that fright has occurred. Doctor
Swift described one case In which q
cure was effected In two weeks.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-04
Manners.

Morals and manners, which give
color to life, are Of much greater inn
portance than laws, which are but
their manifestations. The law touches
us here and there, but name are
about us everywhere, pervading So
ciety like the air we breathe. Good
manners, as we call them, are neither
more nor less than good behavior
consisting Of courtesy and kindness,
benevolence being the preponderating
element in all kinds Of mutually
beneficial and pleasant intercourse
human beings. "Civility."
said Lady Montagu, "costs nothing
and buys everything" The cheapest
of all things is kindness, it's exercise
requiring the least possible trouble and
s~elf-sacrifce. "Win hearts," said
Burleigh to Queen Elizabeth, "and
you have all mems hearts and purses"
II we would only let nature act kind
ly, free from affectation and artifice,
the results on social good humor and
happiness would be incalculable.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-04
Ancient Grape Sirup.

That the making Of grape sirup Is
not a new thing is shown by the writ.
ings of ancient historians. Galen, the
Greek physician and writer, who lived
in the second century after Christ,
says that a good many Asiatic wines
were stored in bottles which were
hung In the corner of fireplaces, where,
ny evaporation, they became dry, This
process was called fumarium." The
Greeks had two kinds Of wine, "pro-
toplon,'' or first juice of the grape be-
fore pressing, and "deuterion," or
pressed juice. The Romans called
them "vinum primarium" and "vinum
secundarium." The juice before fer
mentation had started was called
"mustum." After this must, or Juice,
had been through a heating process,
1t was known as "fruitum," and when,
after long heating, IL was reduced to
one-half Or one-thlrd its original vol
INT 1t vas called "sapa." This was
equivalent 10 grape strip and was
used by the Romans on their bread.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-04
HEN AND KITTEN CHUMMY
Really Remarkable Case OF Friend
ship That Is vouched for by
Woman Writer.

The %strangest friendship that the
writer has ever seen was that Of a
young Plymouth Rock hen and a white
kitten.
When the kitten was about two
months old she was very fond Of be-
Ing around I'm the chicken park, or
wherever the chickens were. She was
the friendliest kitten alive and showed
a disposition to chum with every liv-
ing thing. But the chickens paid no
attention to her except to get out Of
her way. The hen in question, how
ever, met her advances kindly and
they soon became boon companions.
Many times a day they were to be
seen walking together around the
place. The hen would frequently stand
still while kittie would rub back and
forth against her breast. And while
Biddy scratched for bugs and worms.
the little white kitten was neve far
away. We do not know what was
their means of communication, but
they evidently had a satisfying one,
for they never seemed to tire Of each
other. They associated together to
the exclusion of the other fowls and
cats on the place. One seldom saw
Biddy with the other chickens, and
little white kitten absolutely deserted
her little white twin. We sometimes
wondered If the kitten thought she
was a chicken Or the hen believed her
self to be a cat. At all events, they
were most c%ongenial.
This state Of affairs continued until
the sale of the farm necessitated their
being parted.-Mabel J. McIlwane, In
Our Dumb Animals.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-04
RETAIN FONDNESS FOR COLOR
In Fight a Fair Representative
Of His Pace.

According to several different organ
izations now actively engaged in the
work OF transforming the alien popu-
lation into real Americans, the melt
ing pot works slowly and sometimes
merely scorches rather than trans
forms it's material, remarks the New
York Evening Sun. II has been point
ed out many times that the first step
Of the process seems to be to rob the
foreigner of all his romance and pic
turesqueness and leave him a rather
untidy, awkward figure In q strange
land.
Occasionally there are found per-
sonalities too strong to be ~dismayed-
women usually, but nee in a while n
man whose soul Is above derby hats
and ~suspenders. Such a one is COM
PEELED to forsake much Of his gorgeous
ness Of apparel, but the spirit finds It's
way to flight with the best material
at hand.
who asserted after a modern Ameri-
can street fight with some OF his tribe
the other day that gold coin buttons
Of his clothes were missing after the
encounter.
Not often do we see a rival Of Solo
non arrayed as was this gypsy, but
there are some to lend a touch Of color
to an otherwise drab and mercenary
existence since Hi Henry used to lead
his minstrel parade in similar attire.
In the south of Europe the women
have the fashion of wearing their
dowry woven in chains Of coins In
their hair. In northern Europe and in
America some Of them wear the for
tunes Of their fathers or husbands In
similar fashion in the way of jewels,
but men seem more conservative.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-04

There's no satisfaction equal to the
consciousness of measuring up to your
limits. The man who does the merely
ordinary things can never take the
pride In his achievements men Of
vision take. They see what lies be-
yond the ken Of calculating mOrtals.
Struggle to them is second nature.
They delight In hard things because
they are hard. And to them come the
great victories that never tarry long
enough to be made sure to the weak
ling and the fearful. 1t may cost toll
and struggle to land the crowns men
pray for, but they have no value with
II sacrifice. When men purchase re-
wards that demand the strain Of every
capacity to win them, they are train
ing the personalities In e that
when set to work mark the superman.
Grit.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-04
Spread OF Species.

One Of the problems that coNfront1
the naturalist is that Of accounting fos
the distribution of identical forms Of
life through widely separated local.
ties. Investigation frequently shows
that this has been accomplished N
many ways that appear quite simple
when once discovered, although one
wOHld hardly have thought Of Thorn.
Same interesting facts CLEANED CON.
corning the dispersion Of fresh-wnter
ninllusks account for their appearance
in remote and isolated ponds. Water.
fowl play al important part In this
work. Ducks have been known 20
carry mussels attached to their feet
q hundred miles or more. Bivalve
mollusks No infrequbhtly cling to the
toes Of wading birds, ard are thus
transported for considerable d..
tances.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-04
Penquins.

Though so much has been written
about them, the penguins always ex-
Gle fresh interest In everyone who
sees them for the first time. There Is
eEdless interest in watching them the
dignifed emperor, dignihed n0twith.
standing his clumsy waddle, going
along with his wife Cor wives) by his
side, the very picture Of a successful,
se~lf-satisfied, happy, unsuspicious
c%Ountryman, gravely bowling like a
Chinaman before q yelping dog--the
little ufdignified matter-of-fact Adele,
minding his own business In a way
worthy of emulation. They are per-
fectly adapted to a narrow round OF
life, and when compelled to face mat
tiers oAtside of their experience they
yften behave with apparent stupidity.
but sometimes show a good deal OF
intolligencc.-From "The Heart OK
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-04
Proper Use of Handkerchief.

The incorrect use Of the handker.
chief is, according to Or. William S,
Tomlin, one of the most prolific
causes Of acute disease Of the middle
ear, with consequent deafness. He
says in the indianapolis Medical Jour
nal that the average adult constricts
the nostrils >hen he blows his nose
thus producing extraordinary com
preston Of the air In the naso
pharynx.
When he has a cold there is infec
ton and swelling around the eustach'
ian tubes, and the effort to expel the
compressed air through the constrict
ed nOstrils Is likely to blow some Cd
the infected. mucus into these tubes
thus starting the trouble.
When a person has a cold he should
sleep on his side and not on his back
for thus he will establish good drain
age from the %eustachian tubesA
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-04
"SPiTE HOUSE, THERE YET
Boston Building Is Said to Go a, k
to Days IT the American
Revolution.

What is believed to ne one OF she
narrOwest and Oldest dwelling hogses
In this country is that at IA Hull
street, Boston. The house is less THAI
IL feet wide aad it's erection is said ia
date back ~ the American Revolution
airy period. The dwelling, constructed
Of wood and particularly peculiar IL
the midst Of the modern brick struo
lures in that vicinity, is locaOd direct
ly opposite the entrance Of Cops Hill
burying ground and within the shad.
Ow of what once was the ammunition
barracks Of the British army. 1t is q
feet long, with it's entrance on HUI
Street place, which Is also so narrow
that one has almost to enter the ans~~
way sidewise. There are three stOrfsS
Kitchen, is In the basement, and on the
street floor are the dining and living
rOoms. There is a bedroom above
these, and on the vhird floor Is another
bedsSOm.
The dwelling is referred to by North
Enders as the Spite House" 1t
earned this sobriquet, according to a
legend that has been persistent for
years to the effect that the original
owner, a Tory, had the house erected
to shut off the natural light from the
home of a neighbOr with whom he had
quarreled. AS the result of the al
legA spite the neighbor, SO the leg
end goes, was obliged to.keep q can,
die burning within his home.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-04
Oldest Work of Fiction.

The oldest work Of fiction extant Is
thought to be "The Tale Of Two Broth
ers," written $500 years ago by the
Theban scribe Enana, librarian of the
palace of King Menepthah. the sup
posed Pharaoh Of the Exodus. The
tale, 1t appears, was written for the
entertainment OF the crown prince,
who subsequently reigned as Set II.
His name appears In two places In the
manuscript, probably the only surviv-
ing autograph signature Of an Egyp-
tian king. This piece Of antique fc.
ton, written on 10 sheets Of papyrus
in a bold hieratic hand, was pur
chased In Italy by Nine. D'Orbiney,
who sold II In 1857 to the authorities
Of the British museum, where 1t IL now
known as the D'Q.alncy papyruI
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-04

There are many people who borrow
money and fail to pay it hack. 1t
isn't that they do not want to pay 1t
back, but they simply forget. a man
in an Office Of a large newspaper Dor
rowed a quarter from another man in
the same room, and failed to pay 1t
back after a reasonable length of time.
But the man who loaned the money
wasn't to be done out of the quarter.
He walked up to the fOrgetful Dor
rover and handed him a half dollar.
Naturally the borrower said: "What
Is this fOr?"
"Oh," answered the money lender,
shat will make rs cents you owe me-"
He got his quarter the next day, but
suppose the borrower had needed the
extra half dollar?
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-04

Absolutism, Is practiced by q
Catherine or a Napoleon, on an i'm
perial scale, may dazzle the imag-
nation. 1t Is a system which has
corresponded, historically, to a we'll
defined stage In popular advance
toward self-government. But as soon
as ever an imperfect form of consti-
tuition has been established, the
defects of absolutism appear colossal
by contrast. Above all, when Abso-
lutism in its decadence holds a small
state. 1t loses that appearance Of cen
centrated power which Is one of It's
chief Qualifications, and looks petty
and mean. 1t seems TO be actuated
by fear, not by strength.-From Life
and Times Of Cavour," by w. r.
lhayer.