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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1920-07-10

Close observers Of crop conditions in
northern South Dakota are OF the be-
lief that the corn crop will not be
big this year but that wheat, rye. oats
and barley will return bumper yield.
This condition, they say, is brought
about by the fact that all growing
weather thus far has been in favor OF
small grains, and that at this date,
weather favorable to corn would be
disastrous to small grain crops. Moth
ing excepting hot winds and terrific
hot weather, without winds, can pre-
vent a record yield OF small grain. So
much moisture has fallen that small
grains have advanced fully two weeks
since the opening OF the season and
there is every indication that 1920 Will
be q wheat year. Should this predic-
tion prove true, the corn crop will be
lower than an average Conditions are
Just right for rust, we'll informed crop
men believe, but thus far there has
been no indication OF this. Should the
weather turn extremely hot, rust
would likely appear quickly, as the
ground is thoroughly soaked. Practi-
cally all of the rye is headed out and
much OF the early wheat is In head.
Little il any oats or barley has headed.
Corn is making wonderful growth,
but the fields are very weedy as the
result of so much dampness that mas
kept farmers out of the fields. The first
crop OF alfalfa has been cut, but 1t Will
not be up to standard quality because
of dampness. Many farmers are leav'
ing their first alfalfa crop for seed.
The same is true of sweet clover. The
whole northern part OF the state, even
west of the Missouri river, where con-
ditions have not been normal in the
past several years, shows every indi'
cation Of bumper crop. Abnormal
rainfall and warm weather between
rains has caused a rapid growth OF
every kind of grain crops and forage.
Pastures are in excellent condition
and live stock is showing a great i'm
provement over few weeks ago.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1920-07-10

The A. j. Jones Pharmacy is display
ing 5-pound box of candy to be given
to the lady or girl selling the most
American Legion tags on July 18th. Get
your tags of Gerald Delicate.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1920-07-10
WIND CAVE VICINITY.
By E. p. KING.


E. f. Serry went home to spend the
Fourth.
Mrs A. 2. Chambers and children
spent the Fourth in Pringle.
John and Miles Raver were helping
with the haying at the Game Preserve
last week.
Roy Brazell and Paul Martin played
with Pringe during the ball game at
the big celebration.
Mr.. and Mrs T. W. Brazell went to
Belle Fourche to spend the Fourth with
their daughter, Esther.
Mr. and Mrs. Theo Phillips and fam
! lily, and Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. +. Deland
spent Sunday at the Game Preserve
Mrs. Deland is sister of Mrs. Cham
bers, was formerly Clara Sieg, and lives
now at Osceola, Nebraska.
Miles Raver and Miss Cecil Warren
we're married last Thursday at Hot
Springs, the Rev. Donovan officiating
Miss Warren, up until few months
ago, was telephone operator in Sioux
Falls. She came here on visit this last
spring, and decided that this was good
place to stay. The young couple will
| make their home on ranch east OF
| Pringle.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1920-07-10

The American Legion is going to give
a 5-pound box Of candy to the girl or
lady who sells the most tags on Ameri.
can Legion Tag Day, July 18th. Get
your tags at the Custer County Bank OF
Gerald Delicate. Helpyour lacy friends
aud the American Legion.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-11-12
Results In Maryland.

The Anti-Saloon League of Mary
land feels justly proud of the fight
through which it has passed. Mr..
Weller is elected United States SEN
ator by a majority about 45,0)0 less
than that received by Senator Hard
ing. A large number of the coun-
ties in which Harding received a
substantial majority, Weller lost to
Senator Smith. This poor showing
of Weller was clearly on account of
his open stand to get the floating
wet vote of Baltimore City,
In the Congressional fight Ben,
son, the longtime opponent of the
Anti-Saloon League, received an UNI
merciful whipping at the hands of
former Congressman A. A. Blakeney.
Mr.. Goldsborough, committed to
drys, defeated our friend VIM. N.
Andrews. Coady, one of the spokes-
men of the vets in the last two Con-
crosses, was defeated by John Phil
lip Hill, also wet. On the face of
the returns William o. Atwood, dry,
is in close race with Charles Lin
thicum. Mr. Atwood made a phe-
nomenal race in one of the wettest
sections of Baltimore City.
Congressman Zilhman defeated
Frank Mish who ran as a wet and
got one of the worst political
trouncings man ever had in Mary
land.
In the Third District, Mudd de-
feated Klinger; both were wet, al
though Klinger incensed hundreds
of his district because he boasted as
being one hundred per cent wet.
Only the landslide saved Mr..
Weller.
If some selfish political leaders of
his own party had not knitted Sena-
tor Smith he would have been able
to Withstand the avalanche.
We congratulate our friends
everywhere for the part they have
had in demonstrating that it is safe
under normal conditions to be de-
cent in Maryland Issue
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-11-12

The total number of farms in the
United States has increased 98.496
since 1910, according to figures re-
Gently announced by the census bu-
reau. The total number of farms
in the United States is now c.
459,998. The increase in the num-
Der of farms since 1910 has been,
however, only Y per cent, while
the increase in the ten-year period
from 1900 to 1910 was moro than
10 per cent.
In Maryland the total number of
farms has shown slight decrease,
amounting to slightly more than 2
per cent. At present the census
gives Maryland total of 47,908
farms as against 48,923 in 1910.
The number of farms in Worces-
ter and Dorchester counties for
which the figures have been COM
piled, have decreased, although land
values have increased markedly.
Worcester county is shown as hav-
ing 1894 farms, valued at $751;
095,761. Dorcsester has 2,019
farms valued at $1S,SS2,549
Charles county, for which figures
also have been announced, has made
an increase in the number of farms
amounting to more than % per
cent. There are now 1885 farms
in Charles county, valued at So.
213.337.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-11-12
Distilleries Turn From Booze
Food.


1t is far cry from high wines to
molasses, and from whisky to food
for fattening live stock, yet the
great distilleries of Central Illinois,
the largest in the world, have sue
cessfully accomplished the tran
sition. Lining the Illinois river are
six of the largest plants ever con-
structed for the manufacture of in
toxicants. The dry wave has en-
quilted them all.
The great warehouse, 10 stories
in height, where whisky was "ageu,
still stands. In the years that have
passed this structure has held mil.
lions of dollars worth of intoxi-
cants. Now it contains barrels of
syrup, cornstarch, linseed oil, food
for live stock, and various by
products of grain, glucose, etc. 1t
was possible to transform the great
distilling plants into those for the
manufacture of food products with
OUS hSNNy OApSAoO' OOnO
were made in the machinery and
appliances, but the gigantic build
ings, covering many acres of land,
with lofty smokestacks and towers,
show little outward change from the
era when they were adding 1000
barrels daily to the worlds supply
of whisky.
The manufacture of alcohol has
not wholly ceased. There is still
large demand for alcohol as a lead
ing ingredient in many patent medi-
cines, fiavoring extracts, in the arts
and also in the manufacture of
smokeless gun powder. Many ma
tions, other than the United States,
buy alcohol here for the manurac-
ture of powder. Uncle Sam himself
is a profitable customer, even if he.
has declared that it is a taboo as a
beverage. The Government does
not collect tax from alcohol where
it is used in the arts or by colleges
for preserving specimens.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-11-12

Colds not only cause tremend-
Gus financial loss but are also a
serious injury to every one who
contracts them as they lower the
vitality and prepare the system for
the more serious diseases. 1t is
not at all unusual for people vino
have serious lung trouble to say II
had hard cold last winter" Why
not take Chamberiain's Cough Rem
edy and cure your cold while you
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-11-12
Congress Will Have Dry Majority.


Dry leaders are counting on hav-
ing at least 800 members of the
House ready to confront any move
ment for the modification of the
Volstead Prohibition Enforcement
law, according to summary Of
election results prepared by the
Board of Temperance, Prohibition
and Public Morals of the Methodist
Episcopal Church.
Tuesdays election spells defeat
for the beer and wine amendment in
the Sixty-fifth Congress" was the
declaration of Wayne B. Wheeler,
general counsel for the Anti-Saloon
League. "Of the ABS members of
Congress, more than 225 who voted
for the Volstead act were reelected
In addition, there were many new
members elected and former mem
bers who did not vote who have
gone on record in this campaign
against raising the alcoholic content
of permitted beverages or otherwise
weakening the national prohibition
code"
So far as the actual returns from
the election were concerned, the
Methodist Board summed up the
situation as follows:
The Volstead law was passed in
the House by vote of 2S7 to 100.
OF the 287 members who supported
the law, 231 were candidates for re-
election. OF the 231, only II are
known to have been defeated and at
least 21O are sure of reelection.
OF the 100 members who support
ed the wet cause, GA were candidates
for reelection and of these II were
defeated and 43 were reelected.
In the Senate the only notable loss
to the dry cause, according to the
board, is that suffered in the defeat
of Senator John Walter Smith, of
Maryland. Four other dry Senators
were defeated, but it is the opinion
of the board that their successors
will be dry. The only notable wet
Senator defeated was Senator Phe-
Ian, of California, and there is be-
lief that his successor also will be
wet.
The situation in the Senate was
not acute in any respect, as the dry
cause always had about 65 Senators
supporting it and the fights in the
various states will have had little
result when the next Congress is
convened, the dry leaders assert.
The fight expected by the drys,
according to the opinion obtained at
the board headquarters, will come
only in the House and probably will
be in the direction, of obtaining a
modification of the law to permit a
greater alcoholic content in bever-
ages. That such an effort will go
down in a worse defeat than it suf-
fered in the last House is the predic-
ton of the dry leaders.
So certain are the drys of their
position and so sure are they that
prohibition, as represented by the
Volstead law, has come to stay, that
the activities of the various organi-
cations have been turned away from
legislative channels and into a gen.
era1 effort to obtain a stricter en-
forcement of the law. To obtain a
judicial policy which would result
in violators being both fined and
sent to prison and to obtain ma
tional enforcement organization
equally as good as that of the pres
emit, is the desire of the various or
ganization leaders.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-11-12
Marriage Licenses.

Harry E. Riale, of Rising Sun,
and Florence M. Weir, of Sylmar.
Philip j. Kurtz, of PhiladG lphia,
and Elizabeth Myers, of PerryVille.
Delbert Eugene Rose, Of Will
mington, Del, and Sydney A. Nc
Cunley, of Andora.
Clarence C. Abrams, of bay View,
and Mrs. Myrtle Sprinkley OF Oxford,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-11-12

In just the degree that you talk
about your neighbors will your
neighbors have cause to talk about
you.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-11-12
The man who argues to learn is
omething like the prehistoric beau
Who did his counting with a club.

Some people behave so independ-
ntly all through life that they
iever reach a stage of real in6e-
pendence.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-11-12

Many a man rises in his own
estimation without getting any near
er the top.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-11-12

telling what will
board
o o
providing
to his work.
Five
building
knowledge Of the trade.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-11-12

Take three of Chamberlain Tab
lets and a quick recovery is certain.
can.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-11-12

One mans gain is another mans
loss.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-20
Out of the Game.

1t would be much more convenient If the
United States were represented on the repara-
tons commission which is looking after the
collection and distribution of indemnities Ger
many has agreed to pay Just hint of what
the department of state is up against has been
given so far. Under Secretary Polk admits
that protests have been made regarding the
proposed seizure of property owned by Ger
mans in countries having no claims OF their
own to settle, but that so far there have been
no results. Not only is the United States with
out representation in the undertaking because
Of failure to ratfy the treaty, but it finds it
impossible to keep informed as to what is TAX
ing place. 1t has no warning Of measures
that may be derogatory to its own interests
and no means Of protecting itself save by
bringing pressure to bear in some roundabout
way, plan which operates with Indifferent
success, wastes great deal Of time and holds
possibilities of endless friction.
Anu-Briush propagandists are numerous
and active in this country Much Of what is
said and written rejecting upon England
should be heavily discounted. Yet it is just as
we'll to candidly admit that the English, in
common with other nationallties permitted to
take hand, are playing the international game
according to the old rules All are looking as
far into the future as their vision carries and
striving to avail themselves OF every possible
advantage. Custom justifes them and so do
their present needs 1t is the way Of nations
and nations must be accepted as we find them,
for the present, at least.
No other country has bigger stakes up than
the United States, which is denied seat at
the board. We are asking no indemnties, but
We have trade interests second to none and
we have prestige to maintain. We should like,
too. to have the privilege now and then of say
ing word for the under dog. If we are to
be forced to stand aloof till after a new admin
istration is elected and seated our interests
abroad will be so impaired that it may take
years Of patient nursing for their restoration.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-20
T'lEQE DAILY SHORT STORY

lark as ever. That she was well
come was very evident. Agnes the
first plainly showing her genuine
delight upon seeing her old chum
This genuine welcome had the eff
feet Of making her feel glad she
had come, glad to be with her
again. 1t even dispelled her medi-
tation Of the past.
She was agreeably surprised to
see the coy little home which her
old chum was mistress of, also
pleased to note the look of content
ment upon her face. They had so
many things to talk about that it
was supper time before they real
lied it.
As they were setting the table.
Jim came hustling in. He was the
same old Jim. as full Of humor as
ever. Somehow she had rather
dreaded meeting him. he benig so
closely linked with the memory Of
Fred. But his way of making ev-
eryone feel they had always known
him quickly put her at her ease.
He seemed in a terrible hurry to
change his clothes claiming that he
had to go down to meet the even
ing train to see q man on business.
While awaiting his return Agnes
noticed that the table had been
laid for four. Before she had time
to voice her wonder at the fourth
plate Jim returned. triumphantly
escorting Fred. The embarrass-
ment OF Fred and Agnes the Sec
ond was mutual, but Jim did not
give them time to let the embar-
rsssmsnt grow upon them. He
urged them all 70 hastsn with the
suppeE. - hs vas eoing to talS
thsm down he by in his nsw
power boat.
His enthusiasm was contagious,
embarrassment being forgotten In
the speedsd-up meal They were
SOON aboard the Trixie headsd Tor
The isIand. Jim md Asnsa,. the
nrst Keeping Che convsrsatinn from
lagying. ~ n syate 4 thsir com
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-20

the old women Of the medica, ,
fession. Either exposure. in ~ ~.
familiar sense, is a causafiv, e
contributing factor Of such diss.,
AZ pneumonia, diphtheria, bron,S;
tbs, coryza and other respirstc,,
infections, or it is not. main,.,s
that exposure has nothing vh,.
ever to do with any such dises.s
and / challenge all corners to n,~
duce any proof, meaning scieptiso
evidence and not mere ex ncs,
facto arguments, that wet IA,
drafts, sudden changes OF temns,
AZURE or any other weather or III,
matte condition predisposes "a.
such disease. 1t is fair to ada tAs,
in the last few years numeror.
physicians and research works.,
have carried out experiments IN,
the attempt to show that such cnn ]
ditions do predispose in some vav.
to respiratory disease. but in No IN.
stance has the result of the exp,vi-
ments borne out the supposition
1t ought to be easy to prove II II ia
true.
l certainly feel sorry for anyone
who worries his brains about "eY-
posures, SO far as health IL con-
cerned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-20
Failure of the Treaty.

The treaty Of peace, including the covenant
the senate. Apparently there is nothing to do
now but pass q resolution declaring the war
ended and put the league question up as cam
paign issue before people who are even less
clear as to the details Of the controversy than
the senate and who. besides are too utterly
weary with the whole business to care much
what happens.
In other words, the United States after
giving the world one of the best examples Of
cooperative effort extant in meeting the stress
OF war has shown itself unable to pluck the
waiting fruits Of victory. Its hand. reaching
out to claim them. was stopped by stroke of
political palsy.
II the president and congress had been of
the same partisan leaning we would have been
spared this deplorable debacle. If it had not
happened to be campaign year it Is extremely
unlikely that the contest between the admins
trative and legislative branches of the govern
ment would have been carried to such lengths
The conclusion is inescapabe.
To assert that either party has been free
from blame would be preposterous The peo-
pie know better. Both have erred and the
greatest error has consisted in sticking to a
system OF politics regardless of the true in
terests of the country and the world. which has
been awaiting our decision. The president
may have made a mistake in failing to recog-
nize the Republicans in the peace mission.
Perhaps he was wrong in himself going to
Europe and devoting his personal attention
exclusively to the treaty for soslong a time
There always will be difference of opinion on
this subject. 1t will have to be conceded,
though. that Mr.. Wilson was free from any self
bh purpose. He considered the object su-
preme and he used the most effective means
be had at his command to attain it. He had
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-20
In the Days News

Robert Smile, who probably
would succeed Lloyd George as
Premier in the event Of the forma-
ton of a labor government in
Great Britain, is the acknowledged
king of the British labor world
man who Yields a more powerful
sceptre than many king. And
yet, powerful as lie is In his own
realm. the world outside knows lit
tie. OF him. Forty years ago he
was wLrking as lad in Lanark-
shire mine; and 10 years later he
was appointed secretary to a
branch Of the Scottish Miners IN
ion, Of which he became president
In 1884, when he inaugursted his
tenure Of once by organising a
strike, which lasted six weeks, In
1911 he was the leading spirit of
the great coal strike. which he con-
Quoted with such resolution and
ability that The following year Jaw
him promoted to the presidency Of
the Miners Federation Of Great
Britain. with more than q million
men under h1D control Hs IL nd
to hAvo gained an~ascsnaancy over
over the world a workers. euch a.
NO other man IN great Britain has
ovoe, 1oocod
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-20

to work IN his ON way. which may Or may
not hass beaa ~ mpst eastain ny to resnttA
he AZ his bsst aad historians probably WIN
aerss that what hs attained It Versailles. an-
der great di6Acultiss would have ben god
enough II he had had even haf-hearted 90
operation ct home. His worst o6ense consisted
in failing TO understand the human equAtion
he had to deal With In the United States senate.
Wholly absorbed in his task he took little &C
count Of the feelings Of the body Of men to
which hs had to look for fnal approval Of his
work.
Mr.. Wilson has been bitterly aasailed On
many grounds, but this is the only actual
wrong, II that term il justified that he chm
mitted. He was not considerable or even po-
lite. His mind was too much occupied with
things that he considered more important to
pay attention to such dsGails and the little
things that he overlooked have been magnifed
till. for the moment. they overshadow and null
lily his great work.
Without the slightest doubt the people of
the United States. as they comprehended the
matter, fully desired and do yet desire, that
some sort OF tribunal for adjudication OF in
ternational issues be realized as a result Ct
the war. Above all they wanted the world to
be spared a repetition OF what then took place
The president realized when the armistice was
signed that responsibility for getting what the
country wanted rested upon his shoulders. He
executed his commission to the very best Of
his ability. 1t is doubtful II any man or ag-
gregation Of men could have won more in the
negotiations
II he had failed to get what he went after
there would have been reason to try to dis
credit him. But he didn't fail abroad, he failed
at home failed because OF personal enmity in
the senate and because the political system
Of the country refused to function at critical
juncture.
In commercial life personal feeling is not
suffered to stand in the way of results. but
it's different in politics. There's too much pol
itics and too little business in Washington.