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American Legion NeuUs

subjects in Seattle, Wash, when Angelo Maria Pavona saIuted the
 Stars and Stripes and swore ale glance to the United States. He is
 the father of twelve children. Mem
 bers of the Amerieanism committee
 of Rainer Post No. 1 of the Ameri-
 can Legion were nj the federal
 court during the naturalization cere-
 monies and gave pamphlets to all
 newly admitted citizens. The flag
 of the Legion post and the Amer
 ican flag, guarded by a sailor and soldier in uniform, were displayed
 on either side of the judges bench during the day
 All posts of the American Legion may obtain copies of Memorial Day Service, prepared by the War Camp Community Service, Inc. Madison Avenue, New York City. The same organization will also pro- vide numbers of a Memorial Day Pageant, written by Miss Josephine Thorp.
 Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker. prem fer American ace in the World War and former automobile racing driv- CT, will make an airplane flight from Oakland, Calif., to Indian apolis to attend the 500-mile auto mobile race there May 30. The Ma rion County Council of the Ameri- can Legion in Indianapolis is plan ing reception for the air service Legionnaire when he arrives. The ace proposes to make the hop in two days.
 White wings, outside and police up" was the familiar command giv- en by former service men at Chilli | cothe, O. More than 100 members | of the Ross County Post, of the | American Legion responded, with | shovels and brooms, to give the city a thorough cleansing. Twenty teams , of horses and fifteen dumping trucks were borrowed for the work, | which was undertaken by the Le- zion members because of the city's depleted finances. The cleanup saved Chillicothe S2,000.
 Motlon picture fllms were made of Harry Kelly, member of New Orleans, La, post of the American Legion, who risked his life several times daily in the interest of the Legion's campaign for new mem hers in New Orleans. Kelley hung by his toes from the tallest build lngs, climbed up the highest flag pole he could find and rocked if un- til it broke, then he dropped into net below.
 Ty Cobb, manager of the Detroit Tigers, is a recent recruit signed by Charles A. Learned Post of the American Legion, in Detroit, Mich. The post received the famous ball players application through Harry ruthill, former trainer of the Tiger team and now football coach at
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Rangers in the government serv- ice in the Yosmite national park are among the former service men to receive charters for posts of the American Legion. The post, which will be known as Yostmite No. 25S, IS the first to be organized in the National Park. The next state con- vention of the California Legion will be held in Yosmite Valley.
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Tiger team will become affiliated with his home post of the Legion.
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en soldiers who saw service in |orld War in the United States and who were naturalized dur De war period will be granted papers upon application to the n of Naturalization, Depart of Labor, national headouar- Ii the American Legion is ad-
 Applicants for the final pa- pf which there are 2,00O await ellvery in Washington, must
 the naturalization bureau of ste and place of the naturali-
 proceedings.
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Alng of Italy lost fourteen
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All industry and travel in the state of Oklahoma were stopped for minute at eleven o'clock on the morning of April 2s during which Oklahomans with bowed heads re- peated creed of loyalty to the American flag. The ceremony was a part of Americanism programs in 225 cities arranged under the auspices of the American Legion.
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American Legion extended Eivities into the fifteenth for Eountry last week with the is B of temporary charter for |t at Marcaraibo, Venezuela. are now 10,3S8 posts and D. |nits of the Legion's Women's |ary. Kansas led all other de- ents in new posts for the week, Wisconsin a close second. was first in obtaining Auxil- |nits, while Kansas and Michi- led for second place. The de- ents of Indiana, Massaehu- Ohio and Oklahoma were cited fganization activities.
 ranee of the Legion in the
 Sea Islands is forecast in a that former service men in nd, New Zealand are organiz-
 Legion post there.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-12-30
Eleas Have Their Uses.

The next time you are worried by a
flea, do not be impatient with 1T. 1t
has it's uses, remarks London Answers.
Glasgow, which justly prides itself
on It's municipal efficiency, has lately
discovered that even small insects may
be utilized in the interests of empire.
The filters at It's sewage p~uriication
works become periodically choked with
a gelatinous matter, the clearing away
of which was very costly. The local
authorities have now enlisted large
numbers Of insects Of the flea tribe,
and the results are remarkable.
Each of these insects absorbs four
hounds per week Of this disturbing
gelatin, and allows the sewage to be
converted into water that possesses
crystal clearness.
Acharutes, as they are called, have
hitherto been regarded merely as
pests. 1t is fortunate that we have
found some useful employment for
them at last!
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-12-30
TO PROTECT SACRED SNUFF
Reason Given for the High Bench BE-
hind Which Supreme Court Judges
Have Their Seats.

The Federal Supreme court Is ceie-
brating its centenary of the hlgh
bench" Originally the Justices sat
behind a long bench on the floor OF the
court-on q level with the lawyers
who tried their cases before them.
This straight desk had set into 1t a
snuff box opposite each justices seat.
Henry Clay was arguing a case before
the court. During a pause in his arSu-
ment one of the justices reached for-
ward, took a pinch of snuff and settled
back to weigh the more carefully the
reasoning presented. In his next
pause Mr.. Clay reached over n with
q THANK you" took a pinch himself.
The court was indignant. That after
moor they met to decide what could De
done to preclude the possibility OF a
second breach Of the etiquette OF the
court" and decided to have a bench
made of such height that no mere
practitioner could reach their pet u
Since then they have sat behind the
high bench that Is In use today.-New
York Tribune.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-12-30
LAUGHTER OF MANY LANDS
Wide Difference in Manner in Which
People Of Various Nations
Show Merriment.

All the world laughs, though the
nations have different ways OF mirth.
The Chinese Is not so hearty as that
Of the European. 1t is Oftener a litter
than genuine burst Of merriment.
There Is little character or force In II.
As for the Arabian laugh, we hear little
Of it's hilarious ring. The Arab Is gen
orally a stolid fellow, who must see
good reason for a laugh or be sur
prised into it. In Persia a man VINO
laughs Is considered effeminate, put
free license Is given to female merrl-
ment. One reads Of the grave TURK
and the sober Egyptian" but 1t IS not
recorded that they have never
moments Of mirth when they hear o,
some particularly good thing. Italian
mirth has been described as langulu'
but musical, the German as deliberate
the French as spasmodic n I'M
PERTAIN. the upper-class English as
guarded, and not always genuine the
iower-class English as explosive the
Scottish of all classes as hearty, anu
the Irish as rollicking.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-12-30
ain the Jug"

"In the jug" is ar expression that
has all the characteristics of slang
but 1t was adopted into our own patois
from that Of the Scots.
jug, in this connection, doesn't
mean a vessel, though 1t Is tempting
to trace the thought Of someone being
In Jail to the term of bottled up"
The word itself Is derived from the
Scottish "joug," a kind Of iron yoke
or pillory for the head, which years
ago was used in the punishment OF
ogues and criminals. When, years
later, q round house Of stone was set
up In the market place for such often
ders, this prison was popularity called
"the stone Jug" This particular build
Ing is supposed to have been the first
prison ever constructed on British
oOi1
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-12-30
Photoaraphing the Little.

The art of photomicrOgraphy has
made a great advance through the APP
plication Of the electric arc light.
Heretofore 1t has been very difficult
to make good photographs of minute
objects magnifed more than
thousand diameters because the oxy-
hydrogen light employed to illuminate
the objects was not sufficiently n
form In intensity. With the electric
arc light this difficulty has been largely
overcome, and fine photographs have
been made Of objects magnifed hve
thousand diameters.
Microscopy Is far ahead OF as
tronomy In the magnifying powers
that it can employ. 1t Is seldom n a
a power Of so much as one thousand
diameters can be usefully applied with
a telescope, and In photographng the
heavenly bodies comparatively slight
mapniication can be used. A photo
graph Of the moon with a magnifyins
power Of five thousand iameteis
would be a wonder indeed.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-12-30
DON'T DESPAIR OF DULL BOY
Not lnfrequentIy, Backwardness IN
Youth ls Followed by Brilliancy
in Manhood.

An ex-headmaster Of Is years ex-
perience has confessed that he was
anything but a model boy at school.
He is not exceptional. Some boys
who have no lack Of brains have not
the examination mind" and in some
the intelligence Is too v~ivacious n
original to be interested In routine
work. There are boys who are really
dull and will never be anything else,
but there are also boys who are mere
ly unconventional and boys who are
apparently dull only because they are
slow.
Human beings are like plants. 1t
is not always the tree which grows
and fruits the quickest that gives the
best crop In the end. The brilliant
boy Ices not always fulfill the expec-
tations Of his friends, while the boy
who was supposed to be dull occa-
sionally surprises everybody in after
life because his mind was Of the sort
which takes a long time to mature.
No hard-and-fast rule can be laid
down. But. as DR.. Chalmers Mitchell
has pointed out, it IS a general rule in
nature that the longer the period OF
youth the greater Is the intelligence
Of the adult.-London Daily Mail.
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Chiefs of the Cherokee Nation.

In the sixty-eight years OF. the ex-
istence or the Cherokee nation west
Of the Mississippi river, ten men were
called, at various intervals, to fill the
highest Office in the gift of the Chero-
KEGS. When the constitution of n
Cherokee nation was adopted Septem-
Der II, 1889, 1t provided that the su-
preme executive power Of the nation
should be vested In an official whose
title should he "The Principal Chief
of the Cherokee Nation" The ten prin-
cipal chiefs we're: John Ross, Louis
Downing, William p. Ross, Charles
Thompson, d. w. Bushyhead, Joel b.
Mayes. G. j. Harris, S. III. Mayes, L.
NJ. Burlington and w. G. Rogers. OF
these only two were fullbloods. All
the chiefs, with the exception of Down
ing and Thompson were Of mixed
white and Indian blood. John Ross
and Louis Downing were the only ones
who had ever filed the office Of as
sistant chief. John Ross had been
principal chief Of the old Cherokee
nation east of the Mississippi river.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-12-30
EARLY NEW YORK HISTORY
Part Of Manhattan Known as the Bat
terry Mas Once Just What the
Name Implied.

That part Of Manhattan known as
the Battery was originally what Its
name implied. 1t extended from
Whitehall and Water streets to Green
wich street and bristled with guns.
Where the elevated structure now Is
was water. Three hundred feet off
shore stood the building now used for
the Aquarium. 1t was a fort, and be-
came known as Castle Clinton. With
Fort Lafayette and Castle Williams 1t
constituted a part Of the defense OF
New York.
1t had been coded to the Federal
government by the state, and in lS22
was ceded back. Here 1t was General
Lafayette landed when he visited the
country more than 40 years after the
close of the Revolution. The fort had
then beer rooted over, and 1t had been
rechristened Castle garden and was a
place of amusement. Jenny Lind, the
Swedish Nightingale" made her New
York debut in It.
The work in filling in the ground
| from the old Battery to what Is now
| the sea wall, and the making OF the
park, continued and In 1855 1t be-
came the immigrant station for the
reception Of future Americans.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-12-30
The London Cockney.

As used by writers OF the hii|a.
bethan period, the word "cockney
meant a ~mollycoddle, or a child Una
had been coddled too much py lts
mother. Then, because men VINO nVeo
in the city were supposed to be less
virile and strong than those who iiveo
in the country, the rural population
began to apply the term to the resi-
dents of London and other cities.
Gradually this meaning was restrict
ed and localized until 1t was unoer-
stood as being applicable only to Lon
doners. The opposite term--the one
applied by townsmen to the farmer
was CLOWN" meaning an uncoutn'
ill-bred man.
Today the name Of cockney Is ap-
nlied to Londoners generally, u more
particularly to people OF q certain
class. The London cockney may hot
always be well educated or refined 10
his speech, but he is not a moliycoddie
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-12-30
LOCAL ITEMS
AS taken from anothers lip,
And jetted down upon a slip;
AND !. someone has lied 10 us.
Please shun this once when you Gus,

Well don't forget to write it ]92-
after tomorrow.
Our city schools are this week en-
loving a weeks holiday vacation.
rhe County Commissioners will
meet At White River next Tuesday,
Prof e. H. Hamilton and family
spent Christmas with Editor Gerig
aud wife at White River.
II. Bundy and family went to
Winner, Sunday, to spend Christmas
1ay at the j. T. Hooking home. They
returned home Mon lay.
B. A Olson OF Whit River was a
west bound passenger ON Humphreys
stage Monday, on his way home from
a business trip to Minneapolis.
The Wood Schools received the new
Piano they recently bought at Sioux
CITY. 1t was unloaded Tuesday
night and placed in the school build
ing.
Thos. Green and family OF White
River, and Fred Lewis and family OF
Winner were entertained q: tho =. q.
Brown home Christmas day for din
ner.
This is the last issue of the Pioneer
in the year 1921. So here is wishing
everybody a most prosperous and
happy 1922, Let's all endeavor to
make it the most prosperous year yet.
Christmas was appropriately cele-
brated by our people this year. There
were a number of private trees 10
homes for the little folks, and MANY
Of our people either entertained or
were entertained at Christmas dinner'
James Shepard, wife and darghtei
Miss Mayme, Fl. r. Stahl and wife,
Miss MAY Fit1kee, Fred G. Kirch and
wife. and little Cruel Stahl were roy
ally entertained at a big dinner at the
j. A.. Siegmund home, Christmas day
After a week of more or less stormy
weather we were again favored with
some very nice winter weather begin
ming last Saturday. Christmas ev,
and Christmas day we're certainl
ideal days, and everything look rea
Christmassy.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-12-30
VIEWS CARRIED By DRUMBEAT
African Natives Have a Really Won.
derfui Way Of Communicating
Over Long Distances

News is carried by drumbeat In AZ
RIGA at a rate as fast as the telegraph,
writes a correspondent. The natives
Of Central Africa have a wonderful
system of signaling from village 10 viii
lage by drumbeat, he says. Generally
the property of the chief, these official
drums, which are many, forming a set
Of varying size, are, as a rule, of the
species known as i~nciSiOn-drum. This
is a long, narrow hollow cylinder,
made from a tree trunk, with the ends
closed. BY relay a message may
travel a thousand miles in little more
than the velocity of sound. The drum
telephone depends upon an elaborate
code of sounds. European travellers
often order their dinner and nights
lodging at the next village by a drum
message. The villagers use it as we
use postal, telegraph and telephone
Service-and there are no charges. To
q European the rhythm of a drum eX-
presses nothing beyond q repetition Of
! the same note at different intervals Of
time, but to a native it expresses much
more. To him the drum can and does
speak, the sounds produced from 1t
forming words and the whole measure
Of rhythm a sense. Thus, at a dance
Of companies" in one measure they
abuse the men of another company
/. then the rhythm changes and
the gallant deeds of their own com
pany are extolled. All this, and much
more, is conveyed by the beating of
drums, and the native ear, trained to
detect and interpret each beat, is
never at fault.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-12-30

Lee Mcdonald is here to spend his
holiday vacation with his parents.
He is attending college at Rapid City
Mark Payne returned home We'd
nesday evening from Lake Andes and
Platte, where he spent christmas with
relatives.
Miss Irma Sturdevant, teacher of
the Grammar Department of our city
schools is spending Der holiday vaca-
ton with her mother ut Spencer, Ntb.
County Auditor Don E. rerpin and
his father Comfy Highway Superb
tendent f. I. Terpin were Wood visit
ors yesterday and made this office d
pleasant call.
Our linotype machine arrived last
Friday, and while we have il here, in
the Office it is not vet in running shape
we hope to heve the machine running
smoothly before long, and when we
do we expect to be able to give you a
better paper.
Raw Rankin and vile entertained
for Christmas dinner on last Sunday
NJ. n. Weed and family and Miss
MARIA Nelson; James Orr and wife
and son Rex and Miss Katharine Cor
des.
We received a letter from j. l.. Har
DIV this week who homesteaded in Hap
pv Hollow, and who is now living at
Glenrock, Wyoming Jim saws they
have ten inches of SLOW On the level
there now and it is sill showing de
saws il is not az good a farming coun-
try as Mellette county, but they do
have better markets. He is getting
along very we'll.
A marriage license vas issued pV
| Clerk of the Courts NJ. /. Strain last
Friday, to Wilfred r. Wilder and Miss
Elizabeth Merchan both OF White
River. They were united in the holy
bonds Of matrimony by Rev. j. +
Robinson, minister of the Congrega-
tional Church at White River, on
! Christmas dav. The groom is a pros
porous young farmer living three
miles west of the county seat, and the
bride is a young lady who has taught
several terms of school in Mellettt
county. The many friends OF the
happy young people join the Pionee'
in wishing them long happy ant
prosperous welded lite.
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Our Indian friends celebrated Christ
mas very appropriately at both the
Catholic aud Episcopal churches In
this vicinity. They had an appropri
ate program aud tree and what goes
with il at both places.
Jess Burns Chas Hagman and wife
who have been at Hot Springs, 5. ID.
since early 10 December where Mr.
Burns has been taking treatment for
rheumatism, returned to Wood, We'd
nesday. Mr.. Burns is greatly inn
proved in health.
We this week received a letter from
Harry o. Lester who resided here
with his parents for several years just
after the county was opened up fol
settlement. He and his parents lived
on a homestead in the Pure Water
District. Harry says he is now work
ing for the 2. E railroad IS station
agent al Wilmington, California, anc
is getting along nicely. He also tole
us that his father lied last Januar.
9Th from heart failure. This will bt
news to many of his old friends here
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-12-30
Uu.considered Request.

At his death. Pagenini, the great
violinist, left his magic violin to his
native city of Genoa, but with the con-
dition that 1t should remain enclosed
in glass and never be played upon.
A pecuiliarity Of all wood Is thai as
long as it Is handled and used 1t lives
and wears but slightly; 1t Is, however
no sooner laid aside than 1t begins TO
decay, and becomes the prey OF IN
scots. So that this wonderful violin,
which might have thrilled the worid
for hundreds Of years to come with It's
heart-searching tone. Is becoming
worm-eaten in It's grand glass case
and Don will be nothing but a neap
Of worthless dust.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-12-30
A Cinch.

"If a banana costs three cents SAID
the teacher, "what will a dozen COST
Willie hesitated, then gave IT up.
swell, do you suppose you could 90
the sum IL we were to play at keeping
store?"
Willie thought that he could ana
consented to enter the m~ake-believe
market and address the storekeeper:
"Have you got any good bananas
todayf"
"Some fine ones at three cents u
piece" was the reply. !.
'Tll take q dozen, II you please
said Willie, digging into his pocket for
imaginary cash. "And how muchli
that be?"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-12-30
Dry Rot.

The term dry rot is commonly used
to describe a condition OF decay IN
wood. Probably nine out Of ten per,
sons who use the term have no reai
knowledge Of It's significance. In the
nrst place, where there is decay there
must be moisture. This type or decay
is really the work Of a certain Fungus.
II IS true that where this fungus grows
tho decaying timber appears to be
without moisture. The Fungus INV
ever, will not terminate unless Tue
wood Is moist, blu. from then on II 10
able to travel in dry wood. IL draws
Its moisture through a conduit system
of slender, infinitely porous stranus'
1t is a curious fact, says Science SIt-
lngs. that wood kept sufficiently wet
eannot rot.
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Thu White PLAQUE.

Statistics show that tuberculosis ID
the United States Is the cause OF ~
per cent of all deaths, and between
the ages Of fifteen to fifty Is the cause
Of 80 per cent Of all deaths. Inat
100000 people die annually In the
United States from this disease, ana
the majority are In the prime OF LIE,
and It is also stated that at least ~
per cent Of these lives could be saved
II the disease were diagnosed early,
and the proper treatment carried out.
The Thrift Magazine.
Putnam patriot., 1921-09-23
PUTNAM MINISTERS
 FORM FELLOWSHIP"
Protestant Clergy Of This Part Of County To Cooperate
 More Closely
Will Elect Permanent otheers and
 Adopt Constitution Monday

About twenty Protestant ministers met Monday afternoon in Odd Eel lows hall and organized the Clergy Fellowship of Putnam and Vicinity. It was voted at the meeting to have as the purpose of the organization a means for better cooperation and closer fellowship.
 The ministers decided to hold an. other meeting next Monday in St Philips Episcopal church, al which detailed plans for future organization should be drawn up and permanen, officers elected. The meeting will be held at 9 o'clock in the morning.
 At the gathering next week a com mittee will report on a constitution for the organization which Is to be called the Clergy Fellowship of Put. nam and Vicinity This committee is made up of Rev John C. Stoddard, Rev. Boynton Merrill and Rev. John l.. Roney. The temporary officers are Rev. John [. Stoddara chairman pro tenn. and Rev. Stephen r Livingston of Thompson, secretary pro tenn.