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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-11-25
Got EN- Guessing.

Miss Alice Robertson, the only wom-
an member Of congress as the records
put 1t, was In conversation with a
group OF male members including Rep
resentative Towner of Iowa and sew
eral others. Something made Miss
Alice peevish at the way part Of the
house was acting.
Pm not the only old in this
house." she said rs she looked around
the group defiantly.
Now the question that is agitating
those present is exactly who Miss Alice
looked at at the moment. There are
as many different versions as there
were members present.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-11-25
Municipal Bond. Heavily Sold.

Washington.-Recent sales Of mu-
nicipal bonds in Is states have totaled
over $50, 900, 900 and in addition $34,-
600, 900 Of the securities have been Of
fered for sale, according to statistics
made public by the national employ
ment conference. Also $4,000, 900
in state bonds have been sold and a
like amount offered for sale. These
figures, 1t was explained in a state
ment. were compiled in connection
with studies made of possibility of
Fastening public works as a measure
OF relieving the unemployment
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-11-25
MASKED BANDITS HOLD UP
ILLINOIS CENTRAL TRAIN
Robbers Set Fire TO Mail Car When
Clerks Refuse to Open
Its Doors.

Champaign, Hl.-Five masked band
it's held up the crack Illinois Central
New Orleans limited train two and
one-half miles south Of Paxton, ILL.,,
shot two of the train crew, burned the
mail coach, slugged a mail clerk and
escaped.
1t is said the mail robbers secured
all the contents of the safe, all the
registered mail and other valuables,
and that the total may I'll above $4,-
600, 600. All the second class mail
was burned and the mail car was des-
troyed.
Those wounded were:
Ben Bobinet, Mattoon, ILL.,, mail
clerk, shot in wrist.
Arthur Moon, colored porter, Chi
cago, ILL.,, shot in chest, may die.
Thomas Baker, C~arbondale, ILL.,, mail
clerk, slugged and cut on head.
The train, known as the New Or.
S:5S. Unnoticed by the authorities,
leans Limited, arrived at Paxton at
two men clambered on board the
tender. About three miles beyond
Paxton there is a long bridge and
the tracks are fringed by heavy shrub.
berry at the bridge approaches. AS the
train whistled for the bridge, the two
men clambered over the tender and
poked army automatics into the ribs
Of the engineer and fireman. Put
on the brakes" they commanded. The
engineer promptly complied and the
train slowed down and stopped at the
farther end Of the bridge. From the
bushes beside the track came three
other bandits, all masked and all
heavily armed. They ordered the en-.
gineer and fireman off the engine and
forced them to slide down the steep
bank. Then they ~uncoupled the ex-
press, baggage and mail cars and ran
them down the track a half mile. Pas
sengers in the sleepers and dining
car, alarmed at the sudden stop, at
tempted to alight, but found them
selves marooned on the bridge.
One Of the bandits went back to the
mail car and hammered on the door.
This for Fogarty" (tne e%ngineer), he
said, open the door,"
One of the mail clerks opened the
door a trifle, but saw it was not Fog
arty, so slammed the door and bolted
it. The bandit leader then began fir
ing through the door of the car. Fail
ing to get results, he produced a bot
tie Of gasoline, poured some over
the door sill and threw the remainder
through the window Of the mail car.
Then he applied a match and in a mo-
ment the car was ablaze.
The mail clerks were forced to open
the door. Baker, one Of the clerks,
leaped to the ground. Bobinett, the
other, attempted to slip to the
ground, but one OF the bandits cursed
him and ordered him to get back and
throw out the mail sacks. Bobinett
handed out one sack, but the bandit
said it was not the right n and to
go back for others. Bobinett, his
clothing afire and his hair singed, fell
out of the car and the bandit slugged
him savagely as he fell.
Arthur Moon, a sleeping car porter,
and other members Of the crew and
some passengers had been creeping
along the %stringers Of the bridge. As
they approached the bandits opened
rifle shooting Moon in the abdomen.
He may die.
The robbers then hurried away In
an automobile they had concealed In
the nearby woods.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-11-25
N. D. Bond Sale Halted.

Bismarck, N. Dan order restrain
ing further delivery of state bonds by
the Bank Of North Dakota to an east
sfn bonding company, pending a hear
ing on the merits of the case was
issued by Judge w. L. Nuessle in
district court here. Members Of the
state industrial commission and F. w.
Cathro. manager of the bank. arc in
cluded in the order, issued on com
plant Of taxpayers, who allege that
the bonds are being sold at a discount
in violation Of law. Judge Neussle said
he issued the writ pending q hearinT.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-11-25
Roads to Post WAGE Cuts.

Chicago.-Managers Of the western
group Of railroads met here and de-
cided upon the immediate posting of
notices of wage reductions Of 10 per
cent, according to an announcemen4
The roads represented at the meeting
included the Santa Fee, Great Western,
Rock Island, Northwestern, Union
Pacific, Northern Pacific and Great
Northern.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-11-25
new YORK HONORS
YANKEE WAR HERO
VAST CROWD GATHERS IN MADI.
SON SQUARE GARDEN.
MANY ARE UNABLE TO ENTER
Ceremonies at Arlington Heard Dis
tinctiy by Crowds
Inside Hall.

New York.-New York's throbblng
heart of trade was stilled in rever-
ent tribute to that heroic heart, for
ever stilled, that was laid to rest WIN
the highest honors the would could
nav in Arlington National cemetery.
A vast crowd in and around Madl-
son Square graden, obeying the same
trumpet call that summoned the
throngs at Arlington to attention at
noon, stood with bowed heads, motion
less, for two minutes, offering prayers
for the dead and for p~erpetuation OF
the peace he died to win.
At the same moment the citys
wheels of industry droned into ST.
lence; transportation ceased, tugs
and ferries idled in the harbors; tele-
phone service was suspended; tele-
graph instruments ceased their clat-
ter, citizens everywhere-in their
homes, in their offices, in the great
railroad terminals, even on the
streets-stood with barred heads bowed
in homage to the symbolic unknown
who had died that they might live.
Flags were at half mast throughout
the city. Public buildings, military
posts, visiting ships in the harbor-
ships that bear the flags Of nearly all
the nations Of the world-not except
ing the German, displayed their col
ors at mourning.
Observance of the sacred moment
centered at Madison Square garden,
where telephone amplyfying devices
had been set up to connect Arlington
and New York.
The great hall, festooned with the
flags Of America and the allies, was
packed far beyond it's seating capacity
Of $4,000 and the crowd outside filled
every available inch of Madison
Square park long before the first
voice came over the wires from Airing
ton, announcing that the body of the
unknown was being placed on the
catafalque and that President and
Mrs. Harding were entering the am
phitheater.
From that moment until the last
trembling strains OF taps" died away
the audience was, in spirit, with the
vast at Arlington. Every
word that was spoken, every hymn
that was sung; descriptions Of the
casket with the military medals Of
eight nations, and with the wreaths
of two nations wal mothers-all
came over the wires to the mourners
in and around the garden.
So securely was the throng held in
the spirit of the services that when
President Harding, closing his ora
ton, began the recitation Of the
Lords prayer, its myriad voices
blended in a thunderous murmur Of
Our Father who art in heaven with
the vibrant leads Of the chief execu-
tive.
Then the bestowing of the decora-
tions-"won in mortality; worn in
eternity"-the measured tones of the
president as he placed the congress
ional medal of honor and the distin-
guished service cross over the heart
of the unknown. Then the alien
tongues of Foch, Diaz, Jacques and all
the other old war figures who had
come to lay their nations honors
above the body of Americas hero.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-11-25
Strict Commercialism.

"You moved your audience to tears"
said the admiring friend.
yes" replied Mr.. Stormington
Barnes. "We're going to make some
money out Of this play"
Your art is being compensated at
last"
"Yes. And besides that we're going
to carry a side line Of pocket handker-
chiefs TO be sold to our weeping audi
tors"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-11-25
sehIitz aMakes Medielne.v

Milwaukee.-Once famous for "the
beer that made Milwaukee famous"
Milwaukee came into its own again
when the first bottle of real "medici-
NAL beer was bottled. The Schlitz
brewery, n of the first in the Unit
ed States to obtain a permit to man
ufacture medicinal beer, has filled,
sealed and labeled its first bottle
under the new regulations.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-11-25
Three Held Murderers.

Memphis, Tenn.-T. T. Harris, Ed
win Won Steinkirch and Orville Jose
Jones, were found guilty on a charge
of first degree murder in connection
with the killing Of p. A. Carraway,
payroll guard. shot to death in the
hold up Of a paymaster's automobile
here last August. They were sen-
fenced to life imprisonment.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-11-25
Soldiers Are Burned.

MISREPRESENTATION soldiers were
burned to death when the Badevsky
barracks, where loyal government
troops are stationed, was destroyed.
The blaze is the climax of the opera
tions of unknown incendiaries, who
have set fire to three mills and four
factories.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-11-25
incendIary Fires at Tripp, s. D.

Trip, S. D.-Three elevators and
the Milwaukee railroad company's
coal sheds here were destroyed by
fire. The total loss is estimated at
$4,000. There Is some insurance,
but the amount is not known. It Is
believed the fires were the work Of
incendiaries, but no arrests have
been made.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-11-25
Meat at 1914 Levels.

Chicago.-The average wholesale
price Of carcass beef is back to the
level prevailing in 1914, according to
figures made public in the review of
the meat and livestock situation dur
ing October, issued by the Institute OF
American Meat Packers.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-11-25
Ford TO Cut Fares.

Columbus, Ohio.-Henry Ford's
railroad, the Detroit, Toledo 4 Iron
ton sought q reduction in passenger
rates.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-11-25
Mine Wrecked by Explosion.

P~ittsburg, Kan.-The small m'ne al
the Burgess Coal Company. n 49,
south of Mulberry, was coDip.,-
wrecked by two explosions.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-11-25

New York.-Mayor John F. Hylan,
democrat, was reelected by the larg-
est plurality ever given a majoralty
candidate here.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-11-25
California Everlasting Flowers

sent prepaid. Hold their colo., not a dyed
flower; stay fresh looking indefinitely; no
water required. Make fine Christmas gifts.
beautiful decorations; excellent hospital
artisticaily arranged. $500. Funeral wreaths
of the same, $2.50 to $500. Sent promptly
on receipt Of money order. White or black
sun-dried figs. sl.25 for 2-lb. box. prepaid.
Orange Blossom Perfume, $500 an ounce.
CALIFORNyA EVERLASTING FLOWER CO.
A2s 8. Broadway. Los Ang eles, Cal.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-11-25
Mercury SWiftast Planet.

Mercury, the swiftest traveller
among the planets, moves through
space at the rate Of thirty miles a
second.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-11-25

Coles Carbolisalve Quickly Relieves
and heals burning, itching and torturing
skin diseases. 1t instantly stops the pain
Of burns. Heals without scars. soc and Coo.
Ask your druggist. or send Soc to The ].
w. Cole Co., Rockford. ILL.,. for a pack
northumberland.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-11-25
Keep Your Troubles TO Yourself.

IF you wastes too much time tellin'
yoh troubles said Uncle Eben, soon
er or later yOh friends is gineter
lose patience an say dey serves you
right" '
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-11-25
F.rrar starts Divorce Action.

New York.-Geraldine Farar began
her suit for divorce against Lou Telle-
gen. She names correspondents in
practically every state in the union"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-11-25
Works Well,

MAUD seems to have the right COM
bination." What do you mean?"
"She keeps her age dark and her
spirits light"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-11-25

Poverty prevents n lot of people
from getting the govt.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-11-25
Early Enulish.

II see they are going to film Chau-
GER" "His spelling has long been in
vogue In the subtitles."
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-11-25

Common sense is the gift Of heaven /;
enough Of ii is genius.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-04-13
Paris Not French Capital.

Paris is not the capital of France.
This is not paradox nor a joke. but
an official fact. ParisiaIis who are
given 10 an alarmist disposition are
disturbed in their minds, for from the
fact that Paris has ceased to be the
capital of the country since 1914. re-
suits that all official documents of the
republic of France signed since the
above date are theoretically Illegal.
September ., 1914. when the govern
ment left Paris before the menace of
the German advance. the Official Jour-
nal announced that Bordeaux was
henceforward and until further notice
the legal capital of France, and Off
ciai documents dated from Bordeaux
Until December this procedure was
followed. One by one the ministries
came back TO Paris, and by December
IL all documents were once again dated
from Paris.
No one, however, in the stress of
the times, thought to insert a notice
In the Official Journal to the effect that
Paris once again had become the cap
ital of France.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-04-13
FALSE vANITVs HOME.

Tfc boy and girl adventures we're
very anxious to see Madame False
Vanity. Among other things Master
Tkoughtfulness told them that she
would call them fine and beautiful
And that she would want them to be
lieve. 1t. They laughed at that.
When the boy and girl had started out
on their adventures at first they had
had no idea that they would meet 50
many creatures. They had thought they
might meet q few. but they had no
idea they would meet different ones
all the time and the old friends from
time 10 time And they didn't think
that they would get to know all Of
them so well that they could call
everyone they met by name.
They talked about this as they got
up the next morning in time TO meet
Master Thoughtfulness for breakfast.
I'VE know them by name. and they're
ali like their names. too" said the
girl, and just then, for they were now
on their way TO breakfast. Master
Thoughtfulness said: "Good morning,
and must tell you before l forget 1t,
which. Of course, it would never
do for me TO do. that everyone can't
recognize us along the road. even If we
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-04-13
.Gazlna ar nerselr..

are like our names. You see us as
brownies and elves and gnomes and
witches, and yet you see that we've
real names which we try to live up to.
That's because you understand those
you meet and their ways, for you're
real adventurers."
They had breakfast and hurried
through it, though from time to time
Master Thoughtfulness said Madame
False Vanity lives only short dis
lance from here, so we have a whole
hour, or almost whole hour, for our
breakfast 1t wouldn't do to wake her
VI and get her up ahead of time. She
would be quite insuted if we did. So
we mustn't hurry too much"
The boy and the girl tried to eat
their breakfast more slowly, though 1t
was hard. They were looking forward
to having their fortunes told and hear
ing what MadamesFalse Vanity. had
to say to them.
Its about time now" said Master
Thoughtfulness, as he saw that the
OF the eggs on his plate and that the
girl had finished her toast, which had
been made by some little wood elves.
They were Off In a few minutes.
walking out from the fields to the road.
THE road doesn't seem so bumpy
and so rough this morning." said the
girl. II suppose it is because we had
such a wonderful rest"
They walked along a little distance
until they came to a thicket
This is where she lives" said Mas
ter Thoughtfulness.
They had a very hard time getting
through the thieket. but Master
Thoughtfulness, who had brought his
jack-aui' along, cut down much Of
the uuderbrush, which would have
scratched their faces as they went
along.
"Hello," he called, as he got quite a
distance into the thicket, we've come
TO have our fortunes told"
The boy and the girl followed Mas
ter Thoughtfulness along. They .heard
voice.
I'm ready to tell fortunes now" the
voice said. II will tell such beautiful
fortunes Come and have your for
tunes told"
That's Madame False Vanity said
Master Thoughtfulness. "She is sit
ting on q moss covered stone a little
further through the thicket, and We
will see how she Is gazing at herself In
the pool, which is very tiny, and by
which she sits all day. It's a rather
dirty pool. and she can see herself but
dlmly"
They went just little further. and
there they saw Madame False Vanity
sitting just as Master Thoughtfulness
had said.
AT first they thought she was very
pretty, and then they changed their
minds. For nothing about her seemed
very real And then they saw the rea-
son for her name.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-04-13
lawalIan Volcano ActIve.

The great volcano, Kilauea, 30 miles
from Hilo Hawaii, which for two
years has been exhibiting tremendous
volcanic force. recently overaowed the
rim of its active throat and burst
forth in fresh activity and brilliance.
After weeks of steady rising of the
lava in the pit of Halemaumau, the
House of Fire" the molten column
reached the rim and poured over it
toward the southear- side of the great
crater. while simultaneously another
lava stream burst through the crater
floor some distance from the first.
Hundreds of fire fountains began play
ing on the numerous lava lakes and
sheets of flame gushed internationally
from beneath the crust surface.
Along the main line of the old rift
which the new flow is following. sew
eral lava Genes of small eraters have
formed and these add TO the weird
scenes with their laundering blasts of
steam and fire.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-04-13
sENT UP IN RECORD TIME
Comfortable House That Was Besur
and Practically Completed in
a Single Day.

A farmer in one of the MiL,'e West
erl states bought material for I
house and then discovered that for
lack of means he could not 90 on with
II. The stuff lay on the ground fo's
months, when one day generole
thought came into the mind of cor
tracing builder. He called his en-
around him and asked for volunteers
to build the farmers cottage. ceiling
them he would undertake TO do it with
IN one day IL they would contribute
their work Twenty-six carpenters. ma
sons and painters agreed. on the CON
dItion that the farmer would furnish
a chicken dinner. and time was fixed
sor all TO report at tine site OF the pro
posed building.
Every man appeared on time and all
went at once TO work. Each worker
was assigned TO particular part. and
the house began to go up with rush.
When noon came the framework was
all up and the chimney was started.
Then came dinner. The wife of the
farmer had fried two dozen chickens
There were ten loaves of bread. four
dozen ears Of corn and nearly bushel
of mashed potatoes. The dessert con-
sisted Of cherry cosbler and various
kinds of pie The contra "tor had to
call off his men for fear they would
eat so much they would rot be able
to finish the job
The hurry began again. Before the
roof was on the pIasterers We're at
work. and at exactly six o'clock the
cottage was finished, all but the sec
ond coat of paint and the skim plas-
ter. neither of which could be put on
before the first coat dried. Everything
else, even to putting on the locks and
hinges, was done before the men were
called off, and done well.
The contractor conpIimented his
men when the job was complete. He
said that although he had done
hurry" work before, he had never
known house to be begun and COM
pleted in day.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-04-13
BEGAN Great University

An anonymous pamphlet. written
and published by Franklin in 1749,
concerns the myriads of "Old
Penn's' sons very nearly. Its author
has described its genesis in the fol-
lowing words: Having acquired some
little reputation by projecting the Pub
lie Library in 1872, and obtaining the
subscriptions by which II was estab-
lished. and by proposing and promot-
ing with success. sundry other schemes
of utility, In l749. was encouraged to
hazard another project, that of Pub
lie Education for our Youth. Before
went about 10 procure subscriptions
thought it proper to prepare the mind
of the people by pamphlet. which |
wrote and printed and distributed with
my newspaper gratis: the title was
Proposals Relating to the Education
of Youth in Pennsylvania. From this
small beginning sprang the university
In Philadelphia, with its present day
registration of 1850 students.-Asa
Don Dickson, in New York Times.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-04-13
BEST VEGETABLES TO PLANT
Many Beginners Make Mistake OF
Planting Everything in cata-
Ioaue-Pulverize Soil.

Some beginners in gardening be-
come very enthusiastic in early spring
when they look through seed cata-
logues. They have desire to plant
every kind of vegetable elaborately
described and fayorably Illustrated.
AS rule not more than Is or 20
kinds of vegetables should be planted
IN the average home garden, say spe-
ciGlists of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. Few beginners
also realize the Importance of we'll
prepared seed beds. Pulyerize the soil
MS deeply as II is plowed. If the soil
is coarse and lumpy, even though its
surface is well broken up, the plants
will not thrive. Large air spaces in
the soil are injurious, but great num-
Der of small ones are beneficial.