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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-07-22
WOMEN need SWAMP ROOT

thousands of women have kidney and
bladder trouble and never suspect IT.
Nomcns complaints often prove TO be
nothing else but kidney trouble. or the
result of kidney or bladder disease.
II the kidneys are not in a healthy
condition, they may cause the other or
CANS to become diseased.
PAIN in the back, headache, loss of am,
hlt,on, nervousness, are often times symp.
toms Of kidney trouble.
Don't delay starting treatment. DR..
kllmer's Swamp Root, a physicians pre-
scription, obtained at any drug store. may
be Just the remedy needed to overcome
such conditions.
Get a medium or large size bottle i'm.
mediately from any drug store.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
kilmer & Co. Ringhamton, n. Y. for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.
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Didn't UNDERSTAND Encore

who was to sing a song an an enter
Iaininent given hy the Sunday school.
When the time arrived the sister
WEISS sick and could not ~. 80 Mar
gaI,ct StiH Il will sing the song for
sister" and She did.
When she finished il tn" applause
WAS great. Some II near t4st stage
said "luu Will have To sing il again"
She loobed around and said: NO,
| wont >ihg il again. ! did II right
the first tGme."
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-07-22
Odd Marriage Customs.

In all Slav weddings the bride is
fetched by the bridegroom, emblemat-
ic of the time when his forebears car.
ried their mates away fOrcibly. At
Albanian weddings IL Is correct for the
bride TO weep and show great reluct-
ance to leaving home. The bride
groom must present the bride with q
handsome dress for the marriage, no
matter what his circumstances are, so
that ii is known by all the guests that
the dress the bride is wearing shows
the taste OF the bridegroom.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-07-22
ASPIRIN
Name "Bayer" on Genuine

Take Aspirin only as Told in each
package Of genuine Bayer Tablets Of
Aspirin. Then you will be following
the directions and dosage worked out
by physicians during II years, and
proved safe by millions. Take no
chances with substitutes. If YOU see
the Bayer Cross on tablets, you can
take them without fear for Colds,
Headache, Neuralgia, rheumatism,
Eurachc, T~oothache, Lumbago and
Tor Pain. Handy tin boxes of twelve
tablets cost few cents. Druggists also
Ne!l larger packages. Aspirin is the
trade mark Of Bayer Manufacture OF
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of Salicylicacid,
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-07-22

THE GIRL ON THE JOB
. How TO Succeed-How TO Get :
Ahead-How to Make Good |:
By JESSIE
LIBRARIANS

THE demand for the trained Il.
brarian is on the Increase. Blu,
many young women are leaving the
regular library TO take up allied work
that pays better.
The new demand outside Of the reg
u!ar library from big business
corporations who want their business
organized. Special literature OF all
sorts is part Of their daily material.
and they see the need Of a proper in
deXing for all this material, and for
making ii available for immediate use
as the books in a library are available.
Aside from the bigger concerns are
with Il large practice. Such men will
often have IA whole lii rary that is use
less unless properly indeXed.
Many WOmen who began as librar-
ians are now holding excellent posi-
tionS, where their library training
proved the essential in their new
work.
As the librarian can as yet look for
ward al best to hardly more than ST.
U a year, the best trained and more
ambitious women are following the
commercial path.
But a librarians training is proving
TO be excellent for other work. Many
girls DO not stop at organizing special
Libraries for their new employers.
They go on TO become heads of depart
mentS, undertake the installing of bus
mess systems, Of filing and cata-
loguing, and ever run offices Of their
OWL. (Copyright.)
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-07-22
FARMERS WIFE
NEARLY STARVED
Mrs. Peterson Says she Was
Afraid 10 Eat on Account of
Trouble That Followed.

Il weighed Just 4 hundred and three
pounds when | began taking Tanlac,
but now | weigh Il hundred and lWru-
tN-tw" pounds" declared Mrs. Amy
Peterson. the wife of a prosperous
farmer Of Lakcvillc, Mass, a suburb
OF New Bedford.
81 had acute indigestion" Size said,
and no on" knows low | suffered.
| had rrampinS pains IN m! stomach
THAI We're almost unbcarublc, and |
Uttered no end of distress from gas
aNd bloaiinG. Why, | was actually
starving 20 keep from being in such
awful misery, and | lost thirteen.
pounds il weight. Sometimes | won
der how J lived through il all. ANA |
Just lhoaghl there was 40 hope for
Inc. was restless night and day and
was easily %irritatcd. and some nights
slept 50 little il didn't seem that /
had been to bed at NIL.
But now ] feel as strong aud well
rs If ! had ncver beer >icE a day in
my life, and / just know Taulac il
the best mediciuc il the world. |
haven't Il ionch of Indigestion now.
ana every time | sit down to the table
| cant help but feel thankful TO
Iai'Ia", | hay" Il wonderful appetite
and haN" gained back all my lost
weight and six pounds besides. am
simply oN"rjoycd 10 be feeling 80 we'll,
ahd just praise Tanlac everywhere
] GO"
Ianlac is sold by leading druggists
c'rA Observation-Disclosures.
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SOMETHING TO
THINK ABOUT
ByF. A. Walker
iHIITI1lIIII

If the widow had decided. despite
the directions Of Elisha. that the pot
Of oil had no possibilities of solving
her financial difficulties. she would
have lost her sons to her creditors
and the whole plan of the restoration
OF herself and her family to happi-
ness and comfort would have mis-
carried.
II is we'll TO know accurately just
what our %Sourc are. We should
know just what we are capable of
accomplishing and then be sure that
the accomplishment itself IS 100 per
cent of our possibilities.
Look through your mental house
and your physical house and you
might ever take u hurried glance at
your moral house.
See what is there Of which you
are not making the fullest and most
profitable use.
See, too, what is there that should
NOT be there, that is hindering in
stead Of helping YOU, and get rid
of it.
Maybe YOU have a lot Of oil quite
as valuable as was the widows and
are lahoring rs she was under the
impression that YOU are without re
sources. The old-time miracle can be
repealed in YOUR case, if you 90
about ii in the right way.
fCnnprIuht
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-07-22
THE ROMANCE OF WORDS
''YANkEE."

w HILE n the genesis Of the
by ahe English to Americans in
general, by Southerners to those
residing in the North and by
NortmernerS to New EngIanderS.
is Shrouded in the mlStS of
colonial antiquity, there are at
least two explanations which
bear the ear-marks Of truth and
logic.
The first, and most generally
accepted of these, is that the
word is corruption Of the
French .AnglaiS or English"
used by the northern Indian
tribes during the early days of
the colonies. History states that
''Yengecse" WAS as close as the
Indians could come To the pro-
nunciatiOn either Of the word
"AnglaiS' or English" and it
is easy to see how this, in turn.
could have become transmitted
into Yankee"
Another explanation, Il trite
more scholarly, is that Yankee
came either from the Scotch
''yankie" meaning smart or
Shrewd or from the Dutch
".Iankin." which was the diminu-
tive of Jan or John. One au-
thority goes so far as to declare
that "Jankin" was the generic
name applied to the English set
tiers Of Connecticut by the
Dutch settlers Of New York.
The first known use of the
term in print occurred in a
poem entitled Oppression"
published in 1865, In which APP
peared the line From meanness
first the Portsmouth Yankee
rose" The coupling Of the
words Portsmouth and Yankee
would appear TO bear out the
contention that the term was
one applied principally to New
Englanders and therefore orig
Inally of Dutch origin.
(Copyright)
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Any

Freslt-Id like 10 get "a job waiting
on tables.
PrOpriotor-WclI, have YOU ever had
any experience in waiting?
Preserves, I've been eating here
ever since ! came 10 sch0oI.-Iowa
Trivol.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-07-22

hICA, "Hoiesoiile uloo
basis Of vitality. If you
have it, you sturdily
withstand summer tenn
peratures. But if your
blood is poor, loaded with
poisons that should be
cast out, you are limp
and useless in shirt
sleeve" weather.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-07-22
The ADVANTAGE Was His.

jeanette, I'm afraid you are q vain
little wife. You gaze into your mirror
so much
"fou oughn't 10 blame me for that. I
haven't your advantage
whats that?'
You can see my face without look
ing into a mirror"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-07-22
Get Ready for Hot Weather
BY Purifying the Blood

To avoid this, get from your
S.S.S., the famous vege-
table blood tonic and Alternative. IL
is just the thing for poor blooded
neonle. After starting SIS
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-07-22

Butter q baking dish and put into
it 4 layer of cooked noodles. cover
with Il layer Of ham or any chopped
meat, then add another layer Of
noodles. add enough thin white sauce
or broth 10 mOisten. cover and bake
until we'll heated through.
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I-


When we say we are undone. we mean
only that we have weakened and run up
the white flag.
We are contented because we are hap
Ply and not happy because we are con-
nten.-Burk
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-07-22

Aver starring o.o.O-s
write US about your con-
dition and we will send
you expert medical adj
vice free. Address Chief
Medical Advisor, a39
Swift Laboratory, Al
lanta, Georgia.
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Many people simply melt in sum-
mer. They can't work or enjoy life.
They lack vitality. Ten to one
their blood is impoverished.
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She Wants 10 Know.

sale Of Poems. Wordsworth, ST."
Thus read a p!acard in the book de
partmcnt.
IL see YOU claim those words are
worth a dollar" said a thrifty shop
per. "But what are they selling MI"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-07-22
IN YOUR HOUSE.

F. YOU are not a careful render Of
the Bible you may have the idea
thai Ill the miracles which it details
are in the New Testament. but if you
Will turn to the fourth chapter Of
III Kings YOU may rend an enter
tanning story Of one of The remarkable
things performed by Elisha in the
multiplication Of the pot Of oil.
Elisha performed many miracles,
but Of them all this one is perhaps
the most interesting.
\ widow, one Of the wives Of the
sons Of the prophets, tells Elisha that
her creditors have come TO take her
two sons as bOndmen in settlement OF
what She owes.
Elisha asks her what She has in
the house which might lac available
to settle the debt. Her reply is that
her only possession is a pot Of oil,
At his direction the woman sends
her SONS to gather AL the empty re-
~ceptaClcS in the neighborhOOd and
when they have been brought she
ObeyS the command Of Elisha that
she shall pour from the pot oil oil into
the empty vessels and this she con-
tinueS 10 do until all are filed and
then she sells enough Of the store Of
oil 10 pay her debts and there is suffi-
cicnt left Co supply her and her son
What have YOU in YOUR house?
The trouble With most of us is that
we never value very highly the posi-
bilities of what we have.
The apple or the high branch al
ways looks bigger and iairer to us
than the one i'm our hand.
The job that the other fellow has
always seems easier and more salts
factory than our employment.
The Other mans lot always seems
pleasantrr than ours and his pres
poets and chances brighter and mOr
attractive.
The trouble is We do not properly
examine and truly estimate and wise
~ use what We have "in OUR horse
Success is made up entirely Of what
we have and how we use if.
No man was ever born who did not
have the possibility Of success.
No man even lived who did not
have plenty Of opportunity 10 sue
coed.
The man who says Il never had Il
chance is just lying Ca himself as
an excuse for his failure.
Lord Bacon said. "A wise nan will
make more opportunities than he
finds ana that is much truer than
IN" famous poem senator Ingalls,
wroTe that pictured opportunity as
knocking only one at "A man's door
or the picture which Radicals drew
of Opportunity as Il woman with a
lock of hair on her forehead Dut with
TIE back Of her head completely
baiG meaning that Opportunity must
be grasped as it comes toward you
for once it has passed there is
nothing TO seize.
Every day has its opportunity.
Most Of us think that these every
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-07-22
But the Bad Man" Is Preferable.

EUI 0Ic 0au W"N IS FTeTe'dU7F.
Ihr bad man OF the plains is now
extinct, his place having been taken
ny mere dcfaullor>. cmhczzlcrS, SWind-
lcrN. Nc@&ro2n and other criminals
Boston Transcript
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-07-22
cuticura sootnes t.n.na Scalp

Cuticura Soothes itLn."y Scalp
IN retiring gently rub spots of dan
druff and itching with CuticUra Oint-
mcnt. Next morning shampoo with
Cuticura Soap and hot water. Make
them your everyday toilet preparations
and have a clear skin and soft, white
hands.
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SOMETHING GOOD TO EAT.
Noodles and Ham.

a PUDDING that YOU mag give the
"A children is:
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Every day has its opportunity.
Most Of us think hat these every
day opportunities are not big enough
Ia bother with and we wait ana wait,
thinking that something tremendous
will come along and ask rs to ac-
cept il.
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Frozen Puddino.

Beat the yoIkS Of six eggs until
light. add Il strip made Of two cup
fulS of sugar and n cupfuI of water
boiled for five minutes. Beat one
moment. take from the fire and beat
until smooth, chill. add one quart of
cream, Il ~teaSpoonful Of vanilla and
freeze until mushy then add a pint
Of fruit that has been crushed and
put through a sieve. Peaches are
especially good. or any fruit finely
mashed. Freeze and let stand to
rinpn
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Rich. wholesome blood is the
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Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-04-28
COLONY HAS RECORD
FOR LAW ABIDING

The Llano Colony has always abid-
ed by the laws of the Parish, State,
and Country.
There always will be laws on the
statute book which are Objectionable
to some people, but they are the true
and loyal citizens who abide by a law
once it is passed.
In this connection the colonists have
abided by the laws Of which they did
not approve. as well as those which
they do approve.
During the war many of our young
er men joined the colors when their
call came. Some of them have been
injured. One died in this country
from the effects of disease.
The colonists took liberty bonds
and helped pay for the war, They adj
hered strictly to the Hoover" food
conservation laws.
Law and order are the very things
which the colonists believe in and
abide by, even though it hurts, and
no matter what comes, they can all
ways be relied on to obey the law.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-04-28
LOUISIANA IS SWEET
POTATO STATE


The following clipping is from the
Kansas City Southern magazine, "Op-
portunity, and goes to show that the
farmer can make much better and sur
er money on sweet potatoes than he
can on cotton. We can eat our sweet
potatoes or feed them to our stock, if
the world cannot afford to buy them
from us. The DeSoto house mention
ed is in the next parish north, while
the DeRidder plant is twenty miles
south.
The Colony has a curing plant Of
5000 bushels capacity. most of which
was in use last year.
The Louisiana sweet potato crop last
year was over 100000 bushels.
The sweet potato in the South is
now becoming commercial crop and
it was demonstrated during 1920 that
while a farmer can make about $I7
per acre on his cotton, he can make
$93 per acre on sweet potatoes. Cot
ton dropped SO per cent in price, but
sweet potatoes fell off only 1879.
The DeSoto sweet potato curing
plant at Mansfield, La. has cured o.
600 bushels this season. Three cur
ing houses of 10000 bushels capacity
each at DeQueen and Locksburg are
full to capacity and many farmers
have curing houses, some with a ca
pacity of $500 bushels.
IN DeRidder, La, which has a
sweet potato curing plant, canning
company with capital stock of $4,000
has been incorporated for the purpose
of canning sweet potatoes. The daily
capacity of the cannery is to be 3d.
900 cans, and from 80 to 20 people
will be employed during the season.
A plan to can figs next year in the
same plant is under consideration.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-04-28
COLONY IS INCORPORATED
TO TRANSACT BUSINESS

The LIano Cooperative Colony
transacts all its business through the
means of an incorporation charter.
This is accomplished for the purpose
of safeguarding the Colony. Corpora
ton laws are the same for all corpora
tons. large and small. and they have
mostly been literally construed in fa-
vor of the corporations.
All land. machinery, tools, all bus
mess transactions are under the control
of the corporation through its regularly
elected board Of director.
Capital stock in the company is held
by the colonists, and the stockholders
are hired by the company under signed
contracts Of labor just the same as any
other corporation hires its important
help.
Some people in this Parish have moi
known this, and have wondered why
the Colony seldom hired local work
ers to do their work.
Inhabitants of the Colony are in the
same position as the workers of any
other town. They may quit their job
with the corporation at any time, but
their holding of the capital stock in
vestment does not of itself entitle them
to employment here. If they decide
to leave they still have their stock GER
tificates, which they may sell to whom
they please.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-04-28

condition in the cut-over regions of tn,
South, especially in West Louisiana,
and particularly in Vernon Parish.
Here lands are low in price and farm
ing is not much of business. The
lumberman is having his day, but this
is rapidly passing. The time when
thousands of acres of lands will be put
on the market to be sold is fast APP
preaching. 1t seems that the oppor-
tunity for the man of small means is
now at hand. But with the boosting
of this southern country will come the
boosting of land prices. and the man
of small means will find it harder to
buy land than he finds it to-day.
These large lumber companies do
not care to sell to the small buyer, pre-
ferring to sell large quantities on con-
tracts.
The Llano Colony has entered into
a contract with one of these companies
for the purchase of 10000 acres, the
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-04-28

portunities. True, they are all small,
but they can be increased with the
growth tof the country and with the
growth Of population. Favored as this
parish is with good climate and so
many acres of untitled lands. it is a
matter merely of time when there will
be hundreds of people where there are
but tens now. 1t means that cities and
towns will be built, that opportunities
of all kinds will increase.
But with this will go the increase in
land values, and those who buy merely
for speculation, as we'll as those hold
ing extensive tracts for colonization,
will profit by the incoming settlers.
Already Vernon Parish is planning
a good roads system, and the first
$225, 900 is ready to be expended.
Other appropriations will follow, and
with it will go higher land valuations.
An era of immigration to Vernon Par
ish is about to set in.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-04-28
LOUISIANA LAND OFFERS
DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES
SOME LOUISIANA
CROPS in 1920.


The production Of sugar for 1920
is estimated at 372.0OO,000 pounds or
10000 short tons Of 1000 pounds.
The production in 1919 was estimated
at III 900 short tons, that Of 1918 at
100000, and that of 1917 at 243, 1000
short tons.
The total production Of syrup in
1920 is estimated at 6,274,000 gallons.
In 1919 it was $4,000 gallons, in
1918, l0.793,0OO, and in 1917, 1852,
900 gallons.
The production of molasses this year
is estimated at l6,624,000 gallons, in
1919 at 100000 gallons, in 1918,
28,049,000 gallons, and in 1917, 3d.
$4,000 gallons.
The cane used in the manufacture
of sugar in 1920 is estimated at D.
935 900 short tons, in 1919 at 1885,
600 tons. in 1918 at 4,l70,000 tons,
and in 1917 at 3,8l3,000 tons.
In the manufacture of syrup in 1920
it is estimated that 10000 short tons
were used, in 1919, lo6,6O0 tons, in
1918. $4,000 tons, and in 1917, ISL
600 tons.
The acreage of cane used for sugar
in 1920 was estimated at $4,000 acres,
in 1919. at 1924 acres, in 1918, al
27,444 acres, and in 1917. at 1914
acres.
The Texas sugar production wa:
estimated for 1920 at l3,974,000 lbs.
derived from 100000 tons of cane
produced on $500 acres.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-04-28
Agricultural, Live Stock and Mineral Re
sources Of State Present Opportunities
Galore to Wide-Awake Pioneers

object being to hold much Of this land
for the cooperative movement. The
Colony now has bought and paid for
over three thousand acres-more than
it can handle with its present facilities.
Another 1000 acres will be bought this
year, and it is expected that members
of the cooperative movement over the
country will come and buy some of this
land in order that the Colony may re-
serve its finances for industrial devel-
opment
Farming opportunities are not the
only ones to be found in the cut-over
regions. Here are many industrial OPP
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-04-28
HIGHLANDS OFFER NEW OPPOR-
TUNITIES FOR HOME SEEKERS

Land prices are higher to-day than
ever before. Though the reports re-
garding the back to the land move
ment are conflicting, yet there seems
to be steadily increasing price for
farm lands in the North and West.
This may be due to the high prices
realized for farm products in the last
few years and to the publicity given
the need of food.
This is the condition in many parts
of the West and North, but is not the
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-04-28
STRAWBERRIES DO
WELL IN VERNON

This section of Louisiana is natur-
al berry country, strawberries being es-
pecially adapted.
At Many, La. in the next parish
north of Vernon, they shipped 500
crates in March; and express ship
ments from Hammond, Ponchatula,
and independence. La, began on Feb.
18th, and the bulk of the crop was
on the roads by March 18th. The
crop from these localities was said to
total 200 to 1900 carloads.
Several acres of strawberries have
been planted in Vernon Parish; and
although they have not yet been ship
ped out to any great extent, the pos
sibilities are exceptionally good.
The DeRidder, La. Sweet Potato
Canning Co. was organized January
10th. The capital stock will be $751;
900. The capacity of the plant is to
be 100000 bushels Of sweet potatos
per season, and when in operation will
employ from 90 to 70 persons.