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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-01-13

CHV OWE WIHV1 TTIgE MID
BY EASY METHODS OF REPAIR

The tools ordinarily required are
two outside-ground socket handled
gouges Gone X Of an inch and the
other 1 u inches), a knife, mallet or
hammer, and an oilstone. Only keen
edges should be used on the bark or
near the cambium.
Remove all the diseased or insect
eaten and also all discolored or water
soaked wood. In decayed areas Of
many years standing there may be,
only a thin shell of healthy wood
around the cavity, in which case the,
tree must be braced or guyed, and It
is often better removed and replacedc
by healthy one.
Do not leave cavity so it will re-,
tain water. In shaping a cavity that
is to be filled with cement, ETC., have.
the sides undercut If possible, so as to
hold the filing more firmly in place.
Inrolled bark at the edges of the open
ing should be cut away after the de-
cayed and diseased matter has been
completely excavated and the edges,
of the sapwood and bark adjoining the
cambium shellacl1ed. The remainder
Of the cavity also must be sterflized.
Creosote is recommended. Over this
a heavy waterproof covering should
be applied.
Filling the cavity is of much less
Importance. Often a cavity is better
left untitled, A cavity must be
watched from year to year and any
tendency of the waterproofing to
crack, split or blister should imme-.
diately be counteracted by repaint-.
ingr
Where sheet metal covering is used,
there should be narrow half inch
| ledge Of bare wood around the edge,
to which the margin of the metal;
can be tackled. TRsn cavity must be,
thoroughly steril1zed and water
PROCEED, and the sheet metal fitted
tight at the edges.
| If a long cavity is to be filled with
cement or asphalt, it usually is adj
visable to place one or more bolts
through it to hold the wood ard fill
! ing more firmly together. Long cavi-
ties, as a rule, should be bolted every
IS or "a inches.
Filling the Cavities.
The most widely used material for
filling cavities is cement, usually in
the form of cement mortar or con-
crete. Under certain conditions as
phalt and sawdust or asphalt and
sand used in combination with ce-
gnena blocks or with wood would be,
better than either used separately,
and they often are more economical.
Often large pieces of wood or smaller
sectional pieces can be fitted to the
opening and the interstices filled with,
plastic.
The department of agriculture in
vites correspondence concerning
methods in tree repair work, and will
! be prepared to advise for or against
any particular method SO far as ex-
perience and the results of expert
ments will permit.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-01-13
Pot AssaiIs the Kettle.
From the New York World

From the New York World
Frederick H. Gillett, speaker of the
at the annual dinner of the New England
society of New York in which he indicted
the labor unions for sitting production
when the crying need of the whole
world is production"
What Mr.. Gillett said about the ten
denotes OF organized labor Is in the main
true, but why did he stop with the
unions? Why not be honest and tell the
whole truth?
Without question organized labor IN
many industries has deliberately atifled
production. So has organized cap!tal
Has Mr.. Gillett ever heard of the Lock-
wood committee and its Investigation of
the building trades in New York; Has
he paid any attention to the testimony
showing how industry after industry
was organized to levy tribute up0n every
form of building? How strikes were
bought and sold at the instigai0n OF
rings of contractors How combina-
tons of steel manufacturers refused 10
sell their product to builders unless they
could also dictate the kind of labor that
should Ie employed? How the business
of erecting apartments and office strlIc-
TIRES and Factories &: sri. ..7fii55 city WIS so
completely at the mercy Of these or
CARNATIONS thar all free enterprise was
crushed?
After Mr.. GilIett has digeafe6 some OF
the testimony taken by the Lockwood
committee he could profitably devote a
little time to the coal trade and the
revelations that have been made Of the
practices OF the men who have been
sitting production by manipulating the
market. Coal is one Of the basic cI-
ements of production, and the coal crowd
has been using both hands in robbing the
public. Even the government has not
escaped. Excessive prices for fuel have
a great deal to do with the slowing down
of industry, but none OF SIR. Gilietts in
dignation is poured upon the coal or
ganizaton.
If the speaker too were inclined to look
further into the causes OF diminished
production, he need not leave bis august
place as presiding officer Of the House
of Representatives. In front OF him he
will find approximately 1856 reasons, 4a5
being the number Of members Of the
House in the 66th congress.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-01-13
RAIL HEADS PREFER TO
DEAL DIRECT WITH MEN

New York. Jan. 8 (Associated
Fress.o djustment of differences
between the coEntry's railroads and
their laber is a problem that can be
taken up more satisfactorily by in
dividual railroads and their employees
than by the L. S. labor board This
was the decision Of executives of APP
proXimately 100 railroads, meetA.g
here Friday
Passage Of a bill providing that the
secretary of the treasury make par
tial payments TO the roads in settle
ment of the governments guarantees
by the present congress was urged.
These settlements, It was said in
volve about 100000, o0o. Appoint
ment of an auditing staff to report
on the business of the American Rail-
way Express company was another
decision of the executives.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-01-13
JUDGE NOT OPPOSED
TO VOLUNTARY DIVORCES

Des Moines, Ia, Jan. 6.-When
Judge j. G. Hume, newly appointed
member of the Polk county district
bench, who took charge of the equity
division, warned attorneys in di-
Vorce actions to 'lay their cards upon
the table" in court instead of making
ali arrangements outside Of the
courts knowledge in statement to
members of the bar today
Judge Hume registered approval
of voluntary divorces quite en-
phatically.
He declared the belief that if all
existing marriages were dissolved by
legislative fiat, 80 per cent of them
would be renewed tomorrow night.
Il am not opposed" he said, ito
voluntary divorces. To be frank, I
am and for years have been a be-
lever in them. The idea of a man
and woman being forever bound to-
sether as man and wife, with all that
this idea connotes, is as abhorrent
to me as it is to most people, I'M
perfect unhappy marriages are the
causes of untold crimes and meal
culable social misery
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-01-13
Forty acre Farms.
Fr.m the Philadelphia Bulletlr


The secretary of the Interior, John
Barton Payne, as a result OF depart
mental investigations into the drift from
country to city, ventures the opinion
that the isolation of the farm house Is
primary cause and that il 40-acre
farms were the average, living condi-
tons in the country would be more at
tractive.
As sum IN applied arithmetic, the
living of a family of five can't very well
be taken out of the average 40 acres to
be found lying about this part of the
country, at least. 1t is done sometimes,
to be sure, but more often 1t is not. out
of the 14,24S farms reported In Pennsyl-
vania, the average is 1914 acres. About
third of the total number are under 80
= acres in size, but the fact that those
small farms are not competent to sup
port the families which they produce is
one of the chief reasons for the contin-
uous trek to the city and Its opportun-
tiles.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-01-13
FEAR MISSOURI RIVER
FLOOD NEXT SPRING

Vermilion, S. D., Jan. S.--The re-
port of heavy SHOWS in the regions of
the headwaters of the Missouri brings
spring.
A heavy food in the region of Yer
million next year would spell disas-
ter to the residents in the bottoms
where great damage was done last
season by the cutting of the river
In the early days OF the town the
river flowed to the bluffs on which
Vermilion is now situated. An un-
usual flood shifted the channel almost
three miles away from the town and
the Nernilion river now follows
through part of the old Missouri
channel In the last few years, how
ever, the Missouri has been cutting
back toward the old channel and last
year for a time water flowed across
into the Vermiiion about a mile west
Of town.
The cutting Of the Missouri was
carefully investigated by DR.. Freeman
Ward, professor of geology at the
University OF South Dakota and state
geologist. He found that the rate of
cutting during the flood season
reached 2 ne. i tIl1IIn of 800 tons per
hour per auarter-m mile of bank He
predicted two years ago that this rate,
if maintained for five or six years
would bring the Missouri into the
bed of the Vermilion and so threaten
the tracks OF the Milwaukee rail-
road and the city of Vermilion.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-01-13
NEW HEAD OF CANTON
NORMAL is INSTALLED

Canton, S. D., Jan. 10 (Specia9.-
The installation services held Tues
day at the Canton Lutheran church
for Rev. j. n. Brown, new president
of the Canton Normal school, were
largely attended. Elaborate exercises
marked the occasion. Churchmeu of
prominence from large scope of the
northwest were in attendance, the new
president having formerly been pas
tor of St. Olaf's Lutheran church at
Austin, MINI. Rev. II. Il. Rasmussen
of the local Lutheran church, was in
charge of the services. A banquet fol-
lowed the services, with Prof j. n.
Glassoe, former president of Angus
tana college here. acting as toast
master. The banquet was served at
the dining hall of the Narrl2al school.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-01-13
'1ONH 1HAPAYER5
ASKED To DIG Up
Institutions and Office Hold
ars Make Wants Known
Would Require SO Per
Cent Increase.

Des Moines, Ia, Jan. Omitted
Press) 1.-The thirty-ninth Iowa as
sembly will be forced to increase ap-
preparations for running expenses of
the state government more than $10,-
10000 for the next two years, if rec
concentrations made by department
heads in the budget being prepared
by Governor Harding for submission
to the legislature are followed.
Asktngs for 1921-1923 totals $31.-
223OO0 the budget shows Appropri-
atoms biennium just ended totaled
$40, ,474.
Revenues eaualling an increase in
the state tax levy of about 51a mills
annually must be provided if the as
sembly approves the increase, which
would tilt the present levy upward
over one-half, officials said today.
The biggest boost requested comes
from the state board of education.
The request for Iowa State college
was raised from S2,658,oOO to s5,O50,-
600 and for the state university from
1880, 900 to over $4,S00,0O0
The proposed budget contains many
requests for salary increases, particu-
larly among department heads. At
torney General Havner recommends
that his successors salary be $500
instead of $4,000, while members of
the board Of control believe their sal
aries should be raised from $4,000 to
$4,000. Adjutant General Lasher
asks $1,000 increase.
Retrenchment is shown in but two
departments, the board of control and
the executive offices. While the board
of control asks an increase of approx
imately $4,000 for administrative
purposes, it's requests for the support
OF state institutions receded nearly
half a million dollars.
Looks Good for McFarIane.
Cedar Falls, Ia, Jan. Omitted
Press) .-I1lection of Arch McFarlane
OF Black Hawk county, as speaker of
the house in the thirty-ninth Iowa
assembly, is believed practically as
sured today. McFarlane has received
letter from Arthur Springer of
Louisa county, the only other candi-
date openly in the field, saying that
he had withdrawn and wishing Mr.
McFarlane success.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-01-13
YANNToM MADE GREAT
PROGRESS IN YEAR

Yankton, S. D.. Jan. s (speciaD.-
rhe year 1920 just ended was for
Yankton notable for many reasons,
chief among which was the beginning
OF actual work on the Meridian high
way bridge across the Missouri river
here. Other evidences of progress
during the year include two new
hanks, two new garage buildings, two
new theaters, a fine large stock sales
pavilion ana q new newspaper. The
Ianilton postofficc has been placed
in the first class, the value of assessed
property increased s1,o00,o00, park
board has been authorized, and For
esters' park has been improved and
the people have voted TO install a
Missouri river water system, to
double the amount of paving and to
extend the sewer system.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-01-13
HEAD OF AUTO THIEF
BAND is PAROLED

Council Bluffs, Ia, Jan. Cara
Bond, former owner of the Kiel ho-
tel and well known real estate dealer,
later convicted OF being the head of
G syndicate dealing in stolen auto
mobiles at Chicago last April, while
living at Minneapolis, where he was
known as a wealthy and prosperous
broker, was released from Joliet pen
itentiary on parole to Judge Frank
Campbell December 81.
1t was testified at Bonds trial in
Chicago eight months ago that 80
per cent of the automobiles stolen in
Chicago We're turned over to Bonds
agents. The case was hard fought
and many lawyers took part in the
trial that lasted many days.
Bond was found guilty and sen
fenced te serve two years at Joliet,
but served only eight months.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-01-13
nE[SON PRUPER1Y
SOUGHT BY MOODY
County in Which Wealthy Re-
cluse Lived Wants Bulk of
Estate Which State
Law Controls.

Pierre, S. D., Jan. 10 (SpeciaD-
The case of Louie Nelson. Of Moody
county, will be brought before the
South Dakota legislature. Louie Nell
son came to that county 35 or 40
years ago, 50 far as anybody knows,
a poor man. He lived alone most
Of the time in little shack on his
land, and it was far from a modern
home. He drOfe an old team of horses
with a harness patched with bits of
barb wire and rope.
He was kindly and generous, loaned
money to needy people gave a COW
to some worthy farmer boy wEc had
just married and helped his neigh
bors generally. He never would dis
cuss his identity or any relatives,
however.
Then one day neighbor found him
at home suffering from blood poison
ing with a badly swollen foot He
was taken to a hospital, where the
doctors found it necessary to amDu-
tate his foot.
Louie decided then it would be we'll
to talk, for they told him frankly that
he might not survive the operation.
He sent for his lawyer, but before the
attorney could reach the hospital
the patient suddenly became worse
and died.
Now, Nlson left an estate valued at
$4,000 to $250,000 He accumulated
it in Moody county, and much of
the value of his lands is held due to
the prosperity of that county. Dying
without heirs, his estate reverts under
the law to the state of South Dakota.
And Moody ulty feels that She, of
right, ought to share the major por-
ton of the benefit. 1t is urged that
there are frequent similar eases, and
that there ought to be a larger portion
of such estates left in the county
OF their holding than to the state at
large. So the Moody county delega-
ton in the legislature has a bin it
will present to this session providing
that such an arrangement may be
made
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-01-13
PRISONERS IN COUNTY
JAIL WERE IN MUTINY

Des Moines, Ia, Jan. 6.-(United
press).-Shouting I'VE won't eat"
thirteen prisoners in cell house at
the Polk county jail staged nlutiny
last night, it became known today, in
what was believed by officials to
have been an attempt to intimidate
the new administration. which took
office yesterday.
Dissatisfied with the evening meal
the men threw the food on the floor
and ran anluck in the cell house cor
ridor. The ardor of the incipient hum
ger strikers was cooled by the chilling
streams poured from two fire hose
and they We're washed safely into
their cells.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-01-13
POULTRY SHOW AND
WRESTLING TO FEATURE

Gregory, S. D, Jan. 10 (SpeciaD.-
Over 800 birds nave been entered in
the first annual show OF the Rosebud
Poultry association TO be held in Greg
DRY on January IA and Is. Professor
Stevenson, Of Brookings, VIII also act
as Judge The entries embrace II
varieties Of chickens and Is entries
of turkeys, ducks and geese.
Some classy wrestling matches are
also to be a feature of the program.
Johnny Hofer, of Freeman, S. d., win
meet Ed Downs, of White River, s.
d. and Ray Davis, of Columbus, Neb.,
will tansle with Johnny Olson, of
Aurora Neb
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-01-13

Tree surgery is comparatively SIM
pie and inexpensive and most persons
can, with a little preliminary prac-
tice, undertake the simpler types OF
tree repair work that will prove I'M
mensely profitable in saving hne
trees. A few fundamental principles
must be observed to secure perma-
nently good results.
Remove the dead, decayed, dis
eased or injured wood or bark. When
on a limb this can often be done best
by removing the entire limb; on a
large limb or On the trunk it may
mean at times digging out the de-
cayed matter so that cavity is
formed
2-Sterilize all cut surfaces.
3-Waterproof all cut surfaces.
4-Leave the work in the most
favorable condition for rapid healing;
this will often mean filling or cover
ing deep cavities.
5-Watch the work from year 10
year for defects and if any appear
attend to them Immediately.
Removing Large Limbs.
A large limb rarely should be re-
moved by a single saw cut from the
upper side, as this usually strips the
bark and wood as it falls. A pre-
liminary cut should be made from the
under Side, beyond the point for the
final cut. and a second cut on the
Upper side an inch or more beyond
the first one Then cut the stub close
to the trunk. a coat of good shellac
should be applied over the entire cut
area of the bark, outer sapwood,
and the cambium Immediately.
Creosote should be applied to the
rest of the exposed wood not already
covered by the shellac, as a protec-
ton, and the entire shallacked and
creosoted surface should be finally
waterproofed with thick coal tar or
asphalt. Grating wax, particularly
the thick liquid alcoholic kind, is eX-
cellent for waterproofing small sur
faces. Another good method of treat
Ing the scars is to char the surface
with a gasoline or alcohol blast torch
and then quickly cover the hot sur
face with heavy tar. pitch, or hot
asphalt. The treated surfaces should
be watched from year - year and re-
coated as necessary to preserve the
waterproofing.
In removing small branches and
twigs the cut should be made as close
to the supporting branch as possible,
so as to leave no projecting stub. The
pruning wounds must be sterilizeG
and Waterproofed For very small
wounds shellac is hand-.
When wound has been allowed to
remain untreated for a year or more
decay producing organisms are al
most certain to have started an area
Of decay and insect activity behind
the exposed surface. Such regions
generally require excavation of de-
cayed and diseased wood and steriliz-
ing and waterproofing of the cut sur
faces.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-01-13
SHIPPERS ARE NOT BOUND
BY BILLS OF LNDING

Pierre, S. d. Jan. (Special'.-
That shippers are not tied by fini-
tations on a bill of lading, in case
cf damage or injury by transportation
companies, is the view of the state
railway commission basad on the de-
cisiOn of the United States supreme
court in the case of the Chicago, Mil
waukee & St Paul Railway company
VS.. McCaull- Dinsmore Co. That court
held that any attempt TO place limi
cation of such character upon a bill
Of lading was of no effect and that the
shipper had the right of suit for the
to have occurred regardless of the
language of the bill of lading to the
contrary.
On this holding the state commits
sion is advising those who have such
claims TO bear in mind the decision
Of tho supreme court.
The state commissioners also call
attention of the shippers of the state
that the commission itself is not in
a position to assist them in collection
of claims for loss or damage through
injuries or delay in handling of ship
ments, that such claims are only en-
forceabla by the courts, and the rail-
way commission has no jurisdiction
under the law, and if any such claims
are being made they must be tested
in the courts and that the appeals
to the state commission for relief
through them cannot be given con-
Siderat ton
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-01-13
SOUTH DAKOTA IMPLEMENT
MEN ELECT OFFICER!

Sioux Falls, S. d. Jan. lO.--The
South Dakota Retail Implement Deal
ers' association closed their annual
convention, which has been in ses-
sion here since Tuesday, with the
election of TIE following officers and
directors. The officers were elected
fc- term of one year and the direc-
tors for two-year terms.
President, e. B. Raesly, of Car
thage; vice president, w. w. Barnard.
of Mitchell; treasurer, e. C. Bar
ton, of Vermilion; secretary, C. j.
Bach, of Sioux Falls: directors, S. A.
Hay, of Groton, and Henry Dugan, of
Watertown.
The association voted to open an
office in Sioux Falls and establish
permanent state headquarters here.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-01-13
From the Manchester Guardian.


common, if not clearly defined. as
sumption Of the man who imagines thu, =
a period Of falling prices must inevitably
be to his personal advanta ge, is that IS,
earnings shall be the same. The Is
sumption, 1t is perhaps needless to re-
mark, is not justified. But a serious
question remains. How far is, IT naesi,,ie,
for prices TO fall so long as wages ra-
main at their present level? 1t needs only.
very rough calculation to show thai.
they cannot fall very far. The first
shock of lower prices doubtless falls ir,
the main upon profits, just as it was
profits In the main that got the frst
benefit of rising prices. But wages rg,-
lowed not very long after, and II IL,
certain that II prices are to come down
for example, to those current in 1oti
the average rate of wages on the nres'
ent scale Of output, cannot l,e rn,n,,
higher than the average rate in 1914 ~
Is II Immediately obvious, if prices rSiH
ana wages and profits fell in equal mo-
portion, who would be the gainer rs
ohly tiphg mat is obvious is tina. II, net-
ING pack TO that position we s,orI ),
pass through protracted period of
acute labor disputes. Lower prices 80
generally supposed to be an ssse,, n
part or the policy of deflation. that
IS SO. they must be welcomed. ~ ~
WouIa pc q good thing IL ii we've moe,
sfnefally realized that lower !, rices do.
no. mean that everybody can ,,ay more
"l.h the same amount OF money. n ,s.
s.nbiiity IN prices, not a continued move
Iieht either up or down, thrt TX ,a,..v-
10 cause less friction in the pr,ouotio,,.
ana distribution of wealth.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-01-13

The police Of Budapest have just ar
oetcd clerk OF one Of the govern
nent departments. who had a doctor'a
egree. for masquerading As begga1
$yexy evening on q crowded street
5erneE. When searched 30 900 crowns
Eere found On him. the proceeds OF
F ||s7ec days solicitations The only c.r
stance which he quoted Ia us
efense was am cursed NTH
trAordinarly gpOG digestion as.d =
governusnt "a owed l.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-01-13
iMHERiTs WHOLE OF
Big BELGIAN ESTATE

Spearsish, S. D., Jan. @(Special) -
Charles Blatt, living three miles
southeast of town has recently in
herited an estate in Belgium. Owing
to the fact that the other heirs are
German citizens Mr.. Blatt received
all the property. Some months passed
before he was able to find his Ameri-
can citizenship papers, but that being
accomplished the remainder was
smooth sailing.