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Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-01-27

selves.
JEFF belonged to a boys club which
had been organized by the county
agent. He was encouraged to raise
litter Of fine pigs under the club sys-
TEN by which the boys applied APP
proved methods and kept account Of
the results. The pigs sold for a fancy
price. JEFF, who had made sure prog
ress, saved some money from his labor
and in 1918 entered the Kentucky
State College Of Agriculture for Its
short course.
He had been used to seeing his moth
q and other women carry water $50
yards up hill for washing and cook
ing. At the agricultural college he
realized the convenience and benefit
to be gained by running water conduct
ed to tap in the kitchen. When he
returned home he persuaded his father
to let him put in a water system. A
stand pipe 60 feet high was built with.
5O0-gallon tank on top, which gave
sufficient pressure to force water to
the dwelling 400 feet away. He rugged
up a gasoline engine and pump Mt the
spring under the hill. He had learned
little about plumbing, SO he did all
the pipe fitting I'm the house. One
months work ut odd times, coupled
with little 'of the knowledge he had
gained at the State College of Agricul-
ture put the water right into the
kitchen. jeff has gone back to COM
plete his college education; and they're
still raising better pigs at the Ander-
SON farm ll
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-01-27
FlREWOOD MAKES
G0OD.cA sAcR|oP
Farmer Can Make His Farm Pay
Substantial Profits by
Producing Fuel.
USEFULNESS OF MACHINERY
Modern Apparatus Not Only Cuts
4 Wood and Standing Trsss, but 10
Used for Various Other Pur-
poses About the Farm.

prepared by the United States Depart
rs, ment Of AsrlcGlture.)
The farmers problems appear, all
Of a sudden, to have become the lead
ing national problem. Congress- is
talking of little else than legislation
aimed to help the agricultural inter-
ests. The bankers are busy explain
ing why they can't lend the farmer
the cash he needs. The plight of the
farmer is the chief topic Of discussion
in railroad circles and among business
men at all the big markets. Farmers
themselves are organizing everywhere
to force the prices of their products
up to a point where selling4win not
mean loss to them.
Meanwhile what the individual
farmer needs is not talk. but cash.
Certain things he must buy right
along for himself and his family. He
can't wait for the! national debate to
run down. iJEgt5S
In this situation farmers who are
hard pressed for cash may. be over
looking the fact that all around them
money Is growing on the trees" and
the crop is just waiting to be picked.
This is almost literally true. In 9TH
er words the farmer can harvest an
other crop-his timber. All over the
country thousands Of farmers ara
turning to this immediate source Of
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-01-27
FARM SELECTION PERPLExINe
Study Of Several Intricate Points
Called For-Knowiedoe Of Basic
Principles Needed.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
6s mert OF Agriculture)

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
In choosing a. farm one has the OPP
lions Of buying with the intention Of
operating the place as his entire busi-
ness, buying small farm and renting
enough additional land to meet his
needs, or renting farm either on the
share or cash basis. Ones choice in
the matter is usually determined by
the funds available.
II one has only G small amount Of
capital and wishes to undertake farm
ing as business from which to de-
rive his entire income, he should, in
nearly all cases, begin as a renter
However, If he wishes to buy a farm
on which to live. deriving part of his
income from other sources, then, pos
sibly, purchasing is desirable, even If
capital is limited.
Whatever course is followed 1t is
highly desirable that one thoroughly
understand the basic principles gov
erning the farm business before de-
Gliding some Of the finer points. A dis
regard Of these basic principles Is re-
sponsible for large proportion of
farm failures. 8
A man may unconsciously work all
his life against some economic barrier
when success would have been COM
paratively easy If he had selected a
farm where the economic principle
would aid him instead Of working
against him. @
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-01-27

Reported nervousness on the part
Of the BOlshevik leaders at grow
ing restiveness under Soviet institu-
lions In the region Of the Caucasus,
raises the question whether similar
conditions may not be present in Box 4
hara, just across the Caspian sea,
where plots and counter plots, have
followed one another tbewilderingly 4
during the last few years.
Bokhara, dusty and tawny in tone,
is nevertheless a colorful city because
of the striking costumes Of the male
Inhabitants. The women, clad In SOM 4
Der tones and hiding their faces be-
hind horsehair wells which resemble
window screening, avail themselves of
q protective coloration which enables
them to move like shadows about the
ancient city. But the B0khara male.
be he 'Usbeg, Sart, Persian. or Talk,
utilities all the colors and tints Of. the
solar spectrum in his costume.
Bokhara is an important religious
center. It has 1874 mosques. With a
practically unknown railway running
south to che Afghan frontier, Its To-
cation in the midst Of Central Asia
gives 1t a strategic Importance that
Is little appreciated.
The Khanate Of Bokhafa has an
area about equal to that Of Utah. Sdt
with four times the populat ion.s Since
the outbreak Of the war, Its fortunes
have varied. Part Of the time 1t has
been an independent khanate, showing
its prerogative by taking up the rails
Of the Trans-C Caspian railway whiSh
passed through its territory. Several
times 1t has been under the control Of
the Bolshevik forces. The Amir had a
picturesque army Of about II 600 SOL
diers, many OF whom carelessly
lounged along the stone passageway
which leads DIP to the Ark, or castle.
On this incline, In front Of the royal
residence, formerly there was enacted
every Friday morning a ceremony ina
pressiyey in its dignity and dazzling
in Its color effects. Hundreds Of sol
emn mullahs, clad in bright silk robes
Of stick candy stripes or gorgeous gol-
den suns r0n purple fields, belted with
silver, and with buckles as large as
salad plates, gathered here In impress
sive rows, each with a priceless prayer
rug beneath his feet.
These were not the .dashlog types
which once made Mohammedanism a
power from Mecca to Gibraltar but
the ceremonialfsts whose religion is
thing Of dignity and prosperity.
founded on trade rather than life
Ia the saddle. In unison they bow
low so that only broad backs can be
seen, but a moment later all are erect
i with their spotless white turbans the
most prominent feature in Z scene so
colorful that only an Oriental sun
could harmonic 1T.
Bok:iara is INTELLECTUALLY unimpres-
stve but nowhere are there more at
tractive Oriental !, bazaars. Brass
smiths vie with goldsmiths to add. the
CLINT Of glowing metal to the half
light Of the covered souks and there
the makers of peculiar Bokhara caps
display their brightly .colored wares,
the edges glisteaing with. soft fdh
4 from Siberia. TN s. vi ts::;.,
II
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-01-27
Two Low Fences Across the Gateway
Will Stop the. Hogs, butt Allow
Horses and Cattle to Pass. .

, TWO Low Fences Across the Gateway
Will Stop the Hogs, butt Allow
Horses and Cattle to Pass.
inches from each gatepost. inside the
lot where the hogs were confined, a
short post was driven. Long boards
nailed from one to the other Of these
posts made another panel Of board
fence, 1s inches high and parallel with
the boarded-up gate, with an 18-inch
space between the two low walls.
When a hog comes to this detached
panel, It will 60 to the end and pass
round into the narrow passage be-
tween the two board walls, continuing
on through and out at the other end
till It tires Of the performance. One
that is short enough to turn in the 49,
inch passage is too small to Jump or
climb over the boards before it. and
one that cannot turn, is unable to face
the wall and make the attempt to
climb. 5.
All other stock, except small calves
or colts, will step over the low walls.
No wide cracks, offering footholds.
should be left between the boards
H. f. Grinstead, Columbia, Mo-, in
Popular Mechanics Magazine.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-01-27
HONDURAS j LA.ND, OF
RIVERS AND BIG 5
DEBT

Honduras, least developed Of the five
Latin American countries which are
now considering the. formation Of a
United States of Central America"
is a country Of hills and valleys; of
rain and sunshine; Of large and small
rivers. ,,s58
"A half dozen. rivers may be crossed
in one day, and while, they are usually
narrow and shallow, a few hours rain
viii turn them into roaring torrents,
absolutely impassable. Atraveler may
! be held up for many days by a stream
that when he first crossed 1t was less
than three feet Ia depth.
Honduras ia said Ito be the, most
backward Of all the Central American,
republics, and she will remain SO until
railroads cross the country and the
government becomes stable. Then
there will be great opportunities there
for many, and Americans and Ameri-
can capital will always be. welcome.
The country Is Just a little larger
than the State Of Pennsylvania, vet It
has a population Of only little more
than half million. It has the largest
per capita debt of any country on the
face Of the globe except New Zealand
1L-at least It had before the present
European war upset all statistical con-
a1itions. It owes 800 per capita Most
of this, debt was created BY loan-shark
method however, for Honduras would
agree. 10 pay $40 to get one or some
such ridiculous proportion. s,5
n The name Of the country is said to
be derived from a Spanish term mean
ing depth the early explorers hav-
ing found dimc1lty In striking water
shallow enough for q anchorage. They
were 10 deli hted when they reached
the sNicaraguanisho re nearby that they
called the; headland Cape Gracias a
Dios' Cape Thanks ID Cody, name
III still holds. IS 4
As q rule, the night wills be spent in
a native house, sometimes little more
than q hui, bnilt of mud, thatched or
Sroofed with tiles. One II apparently
always welcome to the best the hotse.
saftords;; but q hammock ia part 81 the.
traveller ositflt m q necessity, for the
beds of stretched bulIsh hide ~ canvas
arc usuaily fully i ,ouccnpia IL not by
those at whose homes you are Il g,uest.
then by other residents greatly d -
feared 3 h
' Nyeryb0I1y sleeps Insone ~ na aaen,
x0rhsn ana childIsn tegs Your.
hosts Are cufious, hut politely is,
ElSffl0 fljiY IN ,AS,Sl SsSsTtn
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-01-27

U1SeSSeU uMU IL yll1G iC00k&1s r Ing tlIe
of the natives; the little touches OF
more gentle human character; the tiny
child who offered me fruit, which At
tlrst declined. until noticed the ex-
preston Of disappointment and NOR,
ttfication upon the boys face, and
then the radiant and almost rldicu-
lous satisfaction Of the little fellow
when I pretended to enjoy his half
ripe offering the many attempts Of
the wild people about me to propiti.
ate me; their curiosity as to our, own
manners and cilst0ms, as when one
venerable inhabitant Of the village led
me gently aside to inquire why we
walked SO theoretically, up and down
the village green. For health's sake I
was my reply. Indeed? said the old
Mohammedan, .and may I ask how
many such daily turns, up and down,
1t may require to keep a Christian In
good health !'all afforded matter Of
interest and reflection. (
'I3aisun was confronted by the prob
lem as to what disposition he was to
make OF the seventy thousand silver
Spanish dollars which he demanded
for our release. Here at Tsarradan
there were no iron safes, nor so much
as q house. with q cellar, while the
thatch of skaff, OF: dried reeds, the
only roofing Of the houses, offered but
poor security should he leave so much
coin stored In a village where he him
self was but a transient sojourner.
Eat last the mules bearing the sill
yer dollars, carefully packed in boxes,
arrived and the, bullion was counted.
= was summoned by Raisuli, The
silver. he said, has. been counted
twenty thousand dollars, as stipulated,
In Spanish dollars; but these letters
showing me as he spoke a check book
containing cert fed checks on the Com
toir d Escompte, the French bank at
TangieE sof the value of these, which
are supposed to represent fifty thou
sand dollars, i know nothing. How
ever 1; will accept them on your per-
Isonal guarantee. hut on that condition
only. 4. i5ss p rs.
s i,i n ~ MtSA At1u SAtiu1ucU, TIC CllcChS
Y gave the required assurance YER
bally, and Raisuli, leading me to the
door, where ! found my horse walt
ing for me, babe me adieu, saying that
hesshad learned to look upon me as a
friend, and that he hoped cherished
no iii feeling .on account Of my deten-
ton. He furthermore assured me that
should any danger menace me in the
future, that not only he himself, but
any Of the men of the three tribes
under his orders. would hasten to my
relief. .5i y
Thus ! left him. and pushing on
as rapidly as we could we were soon
! In the midst Of large EARNED escort
which had come from Tangier to see
sus safely home" 81 Il 81: II
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-01-27

cash. In money value, firewood ranks
Sas Americas sixth crop. Government
statistics show rank Of crops in this
order: Wheat, corn, cotton hay.
oats, firewood. #
Money In Producing Fuel.
With one Of the practical, low priced
power log saws now oh the market,
the. farmer can make his farm pay
substantial profits by producing fuel
"a commodity that has held up well
III price and for which there is an al
most unlimited demand. Then, too,
there Is always a. steady market for
ties, fence posts and timbers that
can easily and quickly be cut with
these lightweight, portable machines.
n this way the farmer, with little
work or expenses. can realize good
profits and still hang on: to his grain
and live stock IL he wants to, until
prices get better.
~ On nearly every farm in most Sec
lions Of the country there is timber
IA more than suficient quantities for
home use. There are live trees that
need to be taken out to give room for
L younger ones to grow, or to clear the
land for cultivation; there are dead
trees that are allowed to decay; and
oa Thousands Of farms, the banks Of
rivers and creeks are lined with great
logs and other drift wood.
II For many years the farmer has heon
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-01-27
H0G-PRO0F GATE IS N.
HANDY ARRANGEMENT
Cattle and Horses Permitted to
Pass at viii.
Two Low Fences, About 10 Inches
High, Serve to Keep Swine In
Thsir Own Pasture * Other
Animals Can Step Over.

A farmer uses this arrangement to
keep the hogs in one lot. while allow
ing his cattle and horses to pass I'M
restrained into another pasture. The
gate was removed from the hinges,
and the space from post to post was
boarded up solidly to a height Of 10
inches from the ground. About 10
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-01-27
.KlACHOW: THE FIUME
OF CHINA

kiachow, China, was seized by Ger
many in 1897 and captured by the
japanese when the latter entered the
World war ip 1914. Its permanent.
disposition has been the. subject of
wide discussion, especially in the Uni
ted States because of our historic,
friendship with both China and ia.
pm. Now dispatches, state that a.
japanese ref esentative at the first
meeting. of the League Of Nations an-i
snounced that his country is ready to
prepare for the, transfer .of. this ter
srttory. back to China. s3 IS 81 ID J.
Following the murder Of two Ger
man missionaries in 1897, Germany
employed her retaliatory seizure. of!
Kiaehowa as a means of obtaining an
indemnity and a 99-year lease on
Tsingtau and the bay Of Kiachow. She
gave the; name of KiachOw to the sen-
tire German. concession, which is not
to be confused with the; nearby city.
Of the same name. The concession In
ciudes the Gernan-b built city OF Using
tau, outlying towns, and the bay,
which has a narrow outlet, into the yell
low sea on the west coast of the prov
since Of Shantuhg.
Tsingtau illustrates aptly Germany's
spre-wars methods Of getting a foreign.
foothold In anticipation of her dream
of world domino ton. The setting Of
this effort lay n 4 province conspicu--
sous In Chinese history for 1000 years,
and revealing traces Of pref Chinese
Inhabitants. For Shantung was the
birthplace and teaching field both Of
Confucius and Mencins. There also
{ the Boxer movement first was dllrected.
against foreigners. s = sssi$
But the harbor, Of Ixlachow, appar-
emily, interested the Germans more,
than history. It rs consid ered one Of
the best along the Chinese coast and
to have q stronger natural defense
than Port Arthur. K
Back Of the city rise hills asss high
as 600 feet and a range 600 feet
high dominates tie harbor. This range
was sntttixed b6yS the Germans Tor forts
where they mounted powerful Krupp
gums, command ling every point Of land
atid aea approa ch. When the Germans
completed their iefenses TsingtauS was
sconsideeed sone ii, the most strongly,
fortified ports pa the globe, 3
"a this protec ton was not To be
afforded d fishing village and i none.
too h1sy harbcr.a Natives were per.;
4dsd tn sneye and ID u lessors built
M sfjicai mn n sSm no site ~
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-01-27
HUNGARY: HlJNiPLED AND
B ISQI. AIED ssl. IL

Hungary, cut prac tically to half Its
former size by: the Treaty Of Versailles,
and now sdisassocfated from Austria
and having no alliance with other
.neighbors, is pe0pled by race un-
usual In many ways, according to the
following communicable to the, Ma
tional Geographic society by @. Town.
cley-F ullam: IS
Pastoral Hungary has features all
Its own. It stretches across the vistas.
Of the Great Plain In the. region OF
the Hortobagy.. There Is the genu-'
Inc original Magyar, the Sentaur-M Ma
zeppa, who, like his sires Of old, that
rushed Alexander on the plains Of Sog-
diana. rides like a devil Of the twi-,
light; eats, drinks, sleeps on his small,
tireless charger. and chokes with pure.
delight in lust Of life and rush Of
wind. The long white .gatya no pen
itent sheet 1.-THE, embroid Tered sleeve
less waistcoat, the plumed or be-rib-
\ boned hat the gorgeous mantle, the
deep bowled pipe. mark this tanned
sBaechanaliah cavalier more surely
4 than does the antnrop ologist. He
cultivates no circus trick, but he and
his horses are eemasons In one craft.
There lie nothing Spectacular In this
mans work. nor annals. His blood.
brother, the shepherd Of the night, sus-
ttains himself on sheep cheese; and milk
and in his lonely vigils could still do
service to astronomy. The Queens
land squatter has no such run as the
shepherd sFof the plain whose vistas
i are wide, illimitable and peaceful.
/ ~. What may be the psyche illogical
keynote Of a pastoral and peasant
people, shepherd kings, whose whole
corporate national life has been one
long test of endurance; that in the end
has tired out Turk, Teuton, Slav, and
even Destiny herself3 A musical,
wine lowing, hospitableE race "A warm,
generous and cumulative; proud and
vain; dowered with the curse Of Reu-
hens with a total incapacity to unite
on great issues and the power to fight
on any soils hut his 6wn.5 ~ 1 i33.
Imagine this people, It's gods still
the sbards Of the yictor's camp, cut
off from all the world Ne know by It's
Tnranian tongue, whose beauty
chained the admiration Of Cardinal
Mezzofanti (who Is said to have spok-
en- S. ianguages) but maintaining its
own as a minority by sheer force Of
character in that strange pentecostal
mosaic OF race, creed, and caste which
until recently held the Danube and
: the Central Plain as Austria Hungary.
.Iinagi d virile stock which CAN
still sit and think, can fall into gleam-
ing frenzy as Its harp OF picture post
STORMS q delicate Imagination witt,
1 thless deed; . race which COM
abines the Buddhist aversion from ac-
#.tion with the Celtic Instinct Of oppo-
ssition; improvident, lavish. naiyely
charmed ut the courtesy !. Of the
stranger simple. with the barbarian
lust Of. pleasure to the eye; sensitive
tn Its inmost chords to gentleness
q passionate dreamy race of fatal
lists; the true Asiaa mystery = II
* IN.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-01-27
COLLEGE EDUCATION FOR BOY
kentucky Lad Saves Enough From
Sale Of Litter Of Fine Pigs to
Pay for Schooling.

Here is the story Of how litter Of
pigs produced an agricultural college
education, a system Of farm water.
works and general Improvement on a
backwoods farm that had only print.
tive advantages.
The education went to JEFF Anderson,
Kentucky boy of Pulaski county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-09

odds and ends-neither is consignment of goods to be sold price big enough to divide with the manuac urer out and out spot cash purchase of such stag perng proportions that but punger with unlimited resources could have accomplished it.
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Much Activity at Hewitt.

NT---U-T nm I"lvT M fNI nov
r,'1,..,,o, -, r,. ttcvit, fiold last
n,,ti" ,. ,, ,s t,,,,o ,s u,ni,l A
"'..'Il LII, ,,,,,,n,r of GOOD pro-
du,crs we're drilled In. Tho Tcxas
ciet corner ~ tho southwest OF tho
northeast of 2S-is-Gw, found sand
from oiIO fo 2.4qO feet and started
ONT making e2S barrels Baker and
s'ravufs No DNlard, located In
tho northwest corner OF the north
cas. ~ the northwest OF 22-4e-2w
is good for gbO barrels In sand from
1890 to i9iO feet. The No 2 oil
lard Of tho Humble Oh & Refining
Co. located iu the southwest corner
Of the southeast Of the northeast ~
%. ia n 225. barrel we'll In sand from
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IN THE OIL FIELDS
Office: 6241 w. II. PECK Residence 2442


r'Nai minlng concern. and VINO Wa'
a. worthy or a monument IN MS
honor as any man whoever stepped
''Io Io'H iN' hnidrT ana VINO is now
-''nG ~ iook after MS interest," ana
see ih't no gets proper redress tor
nlS wrongs y VIII not he TINS
tln'h WI" are going io Mexico as
.t'prescnthl,NcS OF tho only country
on Garth, that would not Nght Mex
l'o "hen one OF her citizens is thus
thatrtated,
Ana whIc all THIS opcra-buttet
Nip 10 h'N'oo i9 being made, the
president U.s. telling the world that No
cannot pr"t"ct me OIL industry, be-
cause nc iS hus'ly engaged IN holp-
lng extend the operations ~ IN"
american oil computes VIII he
d'. IAr" war u pnr'ton docs not q,
as lhlS STANDARD bNuch asks WIZ
ne de. laro war ON cuba "her" ih'
people are carrying banners winch
read 'hoNcott the standard on.
ana use aIcuhol IN your cars ana
tasnlne hcIIlng az ~ cents alIon
WIZ tho president demand that
'e'mahy never again undertakes tu
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:, insulated tank cars. Have twenty
,ve s,000-gallon insulated cars.
WI lease and make contract with
responsible parties J, J, Hide
brandt 704 Daniel Bldg. Phone
usage 1889. Tulsa, Okla .-Adyt.