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The St. Joseph observer., 1920-09-18
MEASURE OF DISASTER
What the GENERALIZATION of Rates of
Exchange Means to the Diff
fCrcnt Countries.

While we are considering the other
features of European restoration it
will be well IL we have constantly in
mind the significance. of such an
item of news as appeared in the Wall
Street Journal recently:
Not since February 4, when ster-
ling declined to S3.1s, have there
been such violent fluctuations in for
eign exchange as were recorded at
the opening OF the market on
Wednesday. Quotations on sterling
varied between $3.50 and s3.57A for
demand and in francs between $.O711
and S.0709. When the market had
finally become settled sterling had
declined to $3.50 and francs sold at
s.07O5. From then on, however,
there was a steady recovery until at
2:30 demand sterling was quoted at
$3.61A, off rs cents on the day,
but up q cents from its low. Francs
had advanced to s.O732 for demand,
off s.OO1, but up s.OO92 from the low
Of the morning."
When we remember that the sec
retary of the treasury proclaimed
the value of the pound sterling TO be
s4.s665 on October /, 1918, and the
value Of the franc to be $3.50, it is
easier 10 understand what the rumor
of another war has done to a finan-
cial situation already thoroughly de-
moralized.
Even if Europe should at once
compose its differences and the Unit
ed States should at once render its
good services 10 bring about order
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-09-18

and to stimulate production TO fun
speed, how long might we reasonably
expect to wait before the world would
again be doing business on the old
basis?
AS it is can anybody wonder that
the threat OF another war upsets the
money exchanges, and that the two
most stable currencies of Europe bob
about on the sea of international
credit like corks on an angry wave?
If anybody would fully measure
the disaster that has come upon the
world let him try to measure the
decentralization of international COM
munication, and try to picture the
time when we shall again travel and
trade with as much security as we
did before the war.-Des Moines
tRep.) Register.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-09-18
A DICKENS OF A
TIME OVER BAHLER
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ton and which would allow him to
remain a figure head shorn of his
power. In a statement issued at ST.
Louis Thursday Babler vigorously de-
MED any such agreement, and also
attacked the state body which on
Tuesday adopted resolutions ratify-
ing the reputed agreement, which, It
was declared, would make Babler's
title an empty one.
There was no agreement with
Chairman Hays of the national COM
mittee that l would abdicate, or that
the chairman Of the state committee
would be invested with any of my
rights as national committeeman.
though l did state to Judge Matt c..
Reynolds Of st. Louis and David NJ.
Proctor of Kansas City, who con-
ferred with Hays and myself in Chi
cago, that it would be my purpose
in 1920, as it was in 1916 and 1918,
to pay all contributions from the
national committee direct to the state
committee for distribution and ex-
penditure," the statement said.
Viewed IL With Scorn
1t added further that Babler view
ed with Indignation and scorn the at
tempts of the state committee to
usurp the powers of national commit
teeman."
The trouble between Babler and
the committee was precipitated by
the formers connection with the dis
tribution of Lowden campaign funds.
In his statement, Babler asserts ne
was entirely within his rights in at
tempting to bring about the nomina-
tion of Governor Lowden, and that
none of the fund was illegally ex-
pended.
And there will be still more chap
ters-and lurid ones-written before
the silks get rid of Jake Of the
strangle hold.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-09-18
SKIRT BECOMING EXTINCT
the Critics of Naughty Paris
10 Gasp.

PARIS, Sept. l6.-The radicals
have won a tremendous victory in the
annual battle Of Paris costumers.
Paris knows the worst, after an amaz-
ing fashion opening which brought
gasps from the thousands who press
ed their noses against the windows Of
the fashionable designers, or watched
the gorgeous mannequins rolling
about the rope-encircled display
rings"
Todays display proved that the
skirt is becoming extinct, "Conserv-
ativo" skirts are two inches shorter
than they were last year, and every
body knows how short that is.
This years supreme creation is a
peek a-boo" skirt, which is built
somewhat after the fashion of Gunga
Dhins well-known costume--a couple
of panels. one in front and the other
behind, which are so stitched or left
unstitched, as to display a generous
length of leg.
The higher the skirt, the higher
the price. They explain this phe-
nomenon by stating that the less ma
terial used, the more thought in its
manipulation. Designers charge for
their ideas, not for the cloth.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-09-18

There is a trace OF irony in the
complaint of a New York man who
sells suspenders that he was being
held up by a profiteering landlord
Kansas City Post.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-09-18

in the play run: Where are you
from ?" I'm from Missouri" what
town." And the prettiest little girl
in the east replies, From ChilliCothe,
Missouri, The Highway City" (Great
Applause. The Chillicothe Tribune
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-09-18

makes the guess that the pictures
taken for the Pathe company which
played mp Chillicothe as a Highwly
city caught the oye of the author II
The Gold Digg,ro who made use
of the line ID h:s ,r, duction.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-09-18
ON WHICH ALL GOOD
VOTERS CAN STAND
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OF all other Dem ocratic state officials
in Missouri in their respective offices.
These men have, without exception,
rendered to the state signal and eff
fectlve service and are entitled to the
gratitude of the people of Missouri.
1--WE pledge our candidate for gov
ernor and the members of the Mis-
souri, legislature to enact a fair, i'm
partial and just road law, which will
secure to each county in the state
the benefits of the expenditure of the
road bonds.
GaIIantry and Heroism
"The record made by Missouri sol
diers. sailors and marines during the
World War has reflected undying
glory on the state, and words are too
feeble to express our proud admira-
ton OF the matchless gallantry and
heroism of those whose fortune it
was to serve on the field of battle
and our appreciation of the devotion
aid sacrifice of those called to the
colors who would have given the
same gallant account of themselves
had the opportunity offered.
I'VE advocate an immediate, in
tellgent and impartial revision of
our election, registration and primary
laws.
Recognizing the inadequacy of
our constitution to present needs, we
favor a new constitution and indorse
proposed Amendment No. IS.
I'm order to secure a more simple,
speedy and efficient administration
of justice, we favor the enactment of
brief and simple civil practice act
governing civil procedure in courts
of record"
The platform congratulated the
! people on condition of the public
schools and drew attention to the
amount of state aid given" They
pledged adequate support.
1--WE advocate adequate financial
support for the state Board of Health
and the organization of the Depart
ments of Child Hygiene, tuberculosis
and Venereal Diseases, with funds for
their sufficient administration.
They recommended the adoption
of the blind pension amendment on
the ballot.
Tax Increase Approved
The platform pledged the peo-
pie a continuation OF low tax rates
and a continuation of economy in
handling the peoples finances
They approved the income and
corporation tax laws.
They declared for complete re-
proposed by a nonpartisan commits
sion appointed by the governor
They opposed any increase of
taxation on real estate and promised
"a fair equalization by the State
Board
I'VE favor the passage of other
bills embodying the principles in the
children's code"
The platform indorsed the Prison
Board record at the State Penitentiary
and favored the issuance of paroles
in careful and judicious manner:
it also indorsed Gardners care o.
state institutions, recommended the
| appointment of a salaried police
commissioner and increased pay to
! patrolmen, suggested making patrol.
men of eX-service men when posi-
BILE, made a chance for the support of
negroes by favoring the conversion
of Lincoln Institute into a university
and establishing state Industrial
homes for negroes; favored agricul-
ture experiment stations for the ne
groes and advocated a consolidation
of offices and departments.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-09-18

A ChIlicothean had the pleasure OF
hearing the "old Home town" boost
ed in a New York theater. The lines
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-03-04
WOOD FRIEND OF
THREE PRESIDENTS
IS NOW CANDIDATE TO SUCCEED
MEN WHOSE INTIMATE
HE WAS.
cIevsisn nd. Mckinley and Roosevelt
Learned 70 Appreciate HE Qualities
Of Heart and Mind.

There probably is no man In the
United States today whose work has
been appreciated by as many presi-
dents AZ has the work of Leonard
Wood Nor was this appreciation con-
fined 90 the presidents OF his own po-
litical p%ersuasions. In fact. IL was
Grover Cleveland, one OF the greatest
OF the Democratic presidents, who was
first attracted by the personality and
genius aud sbility of Wood. For two
and a half years he was stationed in
Washington whese he vas in almost
Tally contact with Cleveland and his
official family.
He had the same intimate contact
with Mckinley and was enabled. in
this manner. TO acquire a comprehen-
sive understanding OF all the great
questions of the day. And then came
his acquaintance with Roosevelt. an
acquaintance which ripened into a re.
m~arSable friendship Roosevelt found
in Wood qualities OF leadership that
compelled preference and the presi.
dent awarded that ability as far as II
was in his power to do.
Whh these facts and this intimate
knowledge, gained not from books. but
from experience. eLonard Wood is De
ing recommended as a At candidate to
The OF the three presidents.
whose friend and companion he was.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-03-04
South Dakota Absent
Voters May Ballot

The voters of South Dakota who are
absent from their legal polling place
en- March 23, the day Of the primaries,
will be given an opportunity to vote
pi divided they make application TO
their county auditor and receive and
make out their ballots ten days prior
to the date for the election. This bal
lot must be East ten days prior to cleo
ton though to make 1t lawful.
The following law relates to voting
by absent voters:
Such application need follow no
specified form but must be sufficient
in substance to show the identity and
residence of the applicant, that he
expects to be absent from his voting
precinct on such election day, and
desires and intends to vote at such
election; and in such application the
applicant shall state the place to
which he desires such ballots sent by
mail.
1t is also important to state in the
application what political party bal
lot is desired, for without such infor'
nation we will be unable to provide
the necessary ballots.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-03-04
February 1913
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE

State of South Dakota, County OF
Mipnehaha, IS. In County Court.
In the matter of the Estate Of ID. O.
Crooks, deceased.
Whereas an order of the County
Court Of M%irnehaha County, South
Dakota, was made on the 18th day oil
March, 1919, directing Arthur X.
Crooks, as administrator of the es-
tate of the above named ID. o. Crooks,
deceased, to sell at private sale GER
tain real estate, the property OF said
deceased.
Now Therefore, in pursuance or
said order of sale the undersigned
| will on or after the 9Th day OF March,
1920, sell at private sale to the high
est bidder the real estate in said or
der of sale described, to-wit: The
Southeast Quarter SEA of Section
Seven ca, Township One Hundred
| Eleven (111) north of Range Sixty
eight (6S) west of the Fifth p. NJ, in
Hand County, South Dakota.
The terms on which said property
| will be sold are as follows: All cash.
Said real estate will be offered for
sale at Crooks State Bank in the VII
lage of Crooks, Minnehaha County
South Dakota, the residence of said
administrator, and bids in writing
will be received at said place.
Arthur X Crooks,
Administrator of the estate OF
ID. o. Crooks, deceased.
| Boyce, Warren & Fairbanks,
Attorneys, Sioux Falls, S. ID.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-03-04
Feby 1874
Notice NJ Primary Election

Notice is hereby given. that a pri-
mary election will be held at the reg
ular polling places in all the voting
precincts of Hand County. South Da-
kota. on the twenty-third day OF March
1920, between the hours OF eight
o'clock a. m, and five o'clock p. M,
for the purpose Of allowing the mem
bers of each political party in the
state by a direct vote to choose the
paramount issue for party platform
an propose their several party can
didates for all presidential, state, con-
gressional, judicial, legislative. county
and district offices, which are to be
flied by election at the next general
election, and to elect party, national,
state. county committeeman and state
"a rty chairman and delegates n al
ternates to the national convention.
Dated this seventeen day OF Feb
ruary, 1920. F.,
A. C. Sweetland,
County Auditor.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-03-04
WATERFOWL WOMEN
STRONG FOR Wooc

The women of WATERFOWL, S. ID. or
ganized a Standardization club
last week following a dinner at the
Kampeska hotel. This club will work
with the mems organization and from
the same headquarters. The officers
are: Mrs. T. A. Harmon. president;
Mrs. 8. X. Way, vico president; Mrs
F. c.. Blodgett. secretary. Mrs. Hip
ple. OF Pierre, attended TO the prelim
mary organisation work and Mrs
Roach. OF Illinois, will remain IN Wa
tertown for several days to start the
club activities. In her address Mrs
Nipple told Of meeting Mr.. and Mrs
Leonard Wood in Chicago and hearing
him speak. She said that she had be
come a progressive Republican when
in her suffrage work, she discovered
that this was the only party which
could be depended on to promote leg
islation desired by the people. She
characterized Leonard Wood as a true
r -essive and urged the women Of
WATERFOWL to support him for presi
dent.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-03-04

February 26t3
Notice OF Hearing Petition for Letters
of Administration
State of South Dakota, County OF
Hand, IS. In County Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of
Maude K Vinegar, deceased.
The State of South Dakota sends
Greeting to A. G.. Vinegar, Harold
Wayne Vinegar, Earl Vinegar, and
Erdine Doris Vinegar heirs at law
and next of kin Of Maude z. Vinegar,
deceased, and to all to whom these
presents may come.
Notice is hereby given that A. G.
Vinegar has filed with, the Judge of
this Court, a petition praying for
Letters Of Administration of the Es-
tate of Maude r. Vinegar. deceased,
and that Friday. the twelfth day OF
March. 1920 az Two O'clock p m. OF
said day, being a day OF regular term
OF this Court. to-wit: of the March
term, 1920, at the office Of the County
Judge at the Court House in Miller
In the said County of Hand, has been
set for hearing said petition, when
and where any person interested may
appear and show cause why the said
petition should not be granted.
Dated at Miller. s. D.. this 25th
day OF February, A. D., 1929
n. C Anderson.
Judge of the County Court.
Attest: emma A. Morrow,
Clerk CT Courts.
County Court SeAl.)
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-03-04
PICKS RIGHT MEN FOR JOB.

One of the marks OF a great man is
his ability to pick experts and rely up.
on expert advicsg il he Is not an ex-
pert himself. The man who goes far
thest and the man who accomplishes
the most. is the mar who does not
Try 10 actually do everything himself:
rather the man. who with an eve to
all things, is able to direct skilled en-
srgy in the proper channel. saving
himself always for the bigger thing.
the general direction or overseeing
If the great whole.
This characteristic Is a thing which
has marked Leonard Wood in all his
work.
Look at Wood in Cuba. for instance.
TRANSFORMATION was one OF Cuba's
greatest problems. It had TO be met.
Did Wood attempt 1t himself. He did
not. He secured the services OF two
of the greatest railroad experts the
world has ever seen, Sir William Van
Horn. then president of the Canadian
Pacific and Granville NJ. Dodge. the
man that built the Union Pacific. He
told them what he wanted and they
did It.
He followed the same course IN re-
organizing the courts. Chief Justice
White. then an associate justice, was
Woods adviser In this work.
Cuba was filed with tens OF thou
sands of orphans and they had to he
cared for. From New York came Ho'
me Folks. Wood laid the situation
before him and told Folks to go ahead.
But always. everywhere was the spirit
and presence Of the directing genius OF
that great reorganization, the master
builder. to whom the schools, the rail
ways the laws. the courts. everything
in fact in Cuba today, stands as a
monument.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-03-04
February 1874
Notice of Hearing on Petition For
Authority to Convey Real Els.
tate Under Contract of

Deceased
State of South Dakota, County OF
Hand, In County Court
In the Matter of the Estate of Dor
thea Jensen, deceased.
Notice is Hereby Given that J.. NJ.
Magness has made and filed herein
his petition for a decree of this Court
directing and authorizing %. H. Lynce
of Rockham, S. D., as executor of the
Last Will and Testament of Dorthea
Jensen, deceased, to make proper con-
veyance of the real estate hereinafter
described and belonging to the estate
Of Dorthea Jensen, deceased, to j. NJ.
Magness. B F. Magness and F. A. AL
tenow, or to any person or persons
to whom said purchasers might elect
to convey said real estate, under and
by virture of a certain contract for
The sale of said real estate, made by
the said Dorthea Jensen in her life
time, and dated the 18th day of April
1919.
The real estate described in said
contract and in said petition Is more
fully described as follows:
The Northwest quarter Of Section
Three (NWA 81
% The Northeast quarter of Section
Ten (NEH 10.)
The Southwest quarter Of Section
Ten (SWA 100
The Northwest quarter Of Section
Ten (NWM 10.)
The Southeast quarter of Section
Three (SEA 81
The Northeast quarter of Section
Three (NEA 81, all in Township One
Hundred Fifteen (115) North, Range
Sixty-Seven (6D West 5th p. m.
The price agreed to be paid to the
said Dorthea Jensen for said real es-
tate is the sum of Forty-five Thousand
dollars t$45. 600. 00).
Notice is Further Given that said
petition will be brought on for hear
ing before this Court at the Court
House in the CITY of Miller, Hand
County, S. D., on Saturday the 18th
day of March, 1920, at the hour of
$50 o'clock p. m, of said day, when
and where any person interested may
appear and show cause why said pet
ition should not be granted.
Dated at Miller. S. d., this 10Th
day of February, 1920.
r. C Anderson,
Judge of the County Court.
Attest: Emma A. Morrow, Clerk.
Sterling e Clark, Attys.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-03-04
February 26t4
Notice OF Time for Hearing To Con-
vey Real Estate

vey Real Estate
State of South Dakota, County OF
Hand, SIS. In County Court.
In the Matter Of the Estate of
Joseph Bernasek, deceased
Notice Is Hereby Given That Joseph
Bernasek, during his lifetime, con-
tracted with John F. Peterson to sell
an convey to said Peterson the South
Half of Section Twenty-three (23),
in Township One Hundred Eleven
ND, Range Sixty-Six (66), in Hand
County, South Dakota, and that the
said John F. Peterson has petitioned
he Court, and the Court has made
an order for hearing on said petition,
and that Saturday, the 26th day Of
March, 1920, at the hour of 2 o'clock
p. M, of said day is the time fixed for
the hearing of the return on said petit
ton at the Court Room of said Court
al his place of business in the City
of Miller, County of Hand, State Of
South Dakota. when anc where any
person interested in said estate may
appear and file written objections to
the confirmation of SAID sale, and be
heard in the premises.
r. G.. Anderson,
Judge of the County Court
Attest: Emma A. Morrow,
(SEAL) Clerk of Courts.
A. w. Wilmarth, Attorney for Petit
TONER.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-03-04
STRAW VOTE ALMOST
UNANIMOUS FOR Wooc

A recent straw vote. taken on
trans-continental train In which trav
elers represented practically every
state in the union north of the Mason
Dixon line and east OF the Mississippi
river resulted in an overwhelming
vote for Leonard Wood As the leading
presidential candidate. There were
Is6 votes cast. Seventy-one mer
voted. sixty-nine for Wood. and two
scattered votes. Sixty{our womer
we're pclled, OF whom sixty voted fol
wood. The striking tact that the aep
resentativss from the seventeen states
did not cast = single ballot for : dem
ocratic candidate. The second strxk
ing TACT 10 that out u tAs total ~
votes counted Ia for Weed
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-03-04

February 26
Notice Of First Meeting Of Creditors
In the District Court OF the United
States. for the District of South Da-
kota.
In the Matter of Bowers Bros and r.
y. Bowers and C. NJ. Bowers, bank
rupt.
To the Creditors of Bowers Bros.
and T. K. Bowers and C. NJ. Bowers of
Miller in the County of Hand and
District aforesaid, a Bankrupt:
Notice is Hereby Given That on the
9th day of February A. D.. 1920 the
said Bowers Bros. and T. K. Bowers
and c. M. Bowers. was duly adjudicat-
ed bankrupt; and that the first meet
ing OF their creditors will be held at
Pierre in Hughes County on the 9th
day OF March A. ID 1890, at 10 o'clock
In the forenoon, at which time the
said creditors may attend. prove their
claims, appoint a trustee, examine the
bankrupt, and transact such other
business as may properly come before
said meeting.
EeAsearS IT
Harry r. HoEnerA
Referee In Bankruptcy,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-03-04

March 4t3
Notice Of Sale Of Real Estate
In the Matter of the Estate OF
Blanche HiZer, deceased.
Whereas, An order of the County
Court Of Hand County, South Dakota,
was made on the 9Th day of January,
1920, directing Archibald w. Hizer, as
tie Administrator OF the estate of the
above named Blanche Hizer, deceased,
TO sell at private sale certain real es-
tate, the property of said deceased.
Now, Therefore, In pursuance Of
said order the undersigned will. on or
after the 10th day of February, 1920,
sell at private sale to the highest bid
der the real estate in said order of
sale described, to-wit: The Northeast
quarter OF Section Twenty, and North
west quarter of Section Twenty-one,
Township One Hundred Twelve, North
Range ~Sixty-seven, and the Southwest
quarter of Section Twenty-seven.
Township One Hundred Eleven. North
Range Sixty-seven, and Southeast
quarter OF Section Thinty-four, Town
ship One Hundred Fourteen North
Range S~ixty-seven; and the Southwest
quarter of Section Seven, Township
One Hundred Fifteen North Range
Sixty-seven, and the Northwest quar-
ter of Section Five, Township One
Hundred Thirteen North Range Sixty
nine. Northwest quarter of Section
Thirty-one, Township One Hundred
Fifteen North Range Sixty-nine, and
the Northwest quarter of Section One,
Township One Hundred Fourteen
North Range Seventy, all West of the
Fifth p. NJ, in Hand County, South
Dakota.
The terms upon which said property
will be sold are as follows: One
fourth of the purchase price payable
in cash and the balance thereof pay
able in five years, with interest at six
per cent per annum secured by mort
gage upon said property.
Said real estate wiz be offered for
sale at the Office of Harlan ]. Bush
field in the city of Miller, in said
county, and bids in writing received
at said place.
Archibald w. Hizer,
administrator OF the Estate OF
Blanche Hizer, deceased.
Fl. j. Bushfield, Atty.