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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-09-09
CHAPTER /.
David Moreland's Mountain.

David Moreland's Mountain.
Carlyle Wilburton Dale-known to
himself ana q few close friends as Bill
Daie-hRd laid out a curse Of action
almost before the northb0und train
had left the outskirts of the state cap
itai behind. 1t incurred facing big
odds; hut other men had faced big
odds and won out, and what others
had done he could de. Indeed. he had
already done several things which
other men might not have thought OF
doing, and one OF them was leaving q
bride. not figuratively but literally, at
the altar Ia a fashionable church But
ne knew Patricia hadn't wanted to
marry him any more than he had
wnnted to marry her.
1t was only natural for him to think
Of coal. now that he had cut loose for
ali time from the set in which he
had always been q colossal misit, now
that he must pull his own oars or vir-
tually perish. He had heard coal
talked since the day Of his birth; to
him coal and business meant exactly
the same.
One of his fathers associates had
ofUen spoken Of a fine vein In the
mountains of eastern Tennessee-had
often tried to persuade his father to
look into 1t. to nc avail, Young Dale re-
membered that this vein lay not far
from u long railroad siding called the
Halfway Switch, In the vicinity of Big
Pine mountain. The Owner were
mountain folk of English descent. his
fnther's associate had said. Decidedly
strange. thought Dale, that his fatsser
had never cared to investigate Il.
The cindery little train reached the
long siding about the middle Of q fine
spring morning. Dale took up his bag,
FASTENED out. and soon found himself
standing alone In the heart Of an ex-
tremeiy wild section of country.
When the noises of the little train
and the fast mail 1t had just met had
dced away. there came the saucy chat
tering OF boOmer-sQuirrels and the
sweet twittering Of birds. Dale caught
tho Joyous spirit. He could have
falriy shouted out of the fullness Of
IFS very human heart. Here all was
pnspolied and unprofaned. and some
thing whispered within him:
They won't call you a savage
Aere-make this your own country I"
HtOm somewhere on a nearby
mountainside a rifles keen report split
the air: a bullet whined like a mad
Aernet: Dale's hat jumped a little on
hin head.
The awakening vas exceedingly
rude. Dale wheeled. his gray eyes
abiase. and saw only a tiny cloud Of
nzo0kc-nist rising from the laurels
nsre than fifty feet away.
~COme out, you coward" he roared.
~C0me out and let me see YOU" curl
city taking the place Of anger In his
voice. I've always wanted to know
last what a real highwayman was
me-
THe mufled sound OF q twig break
nhe . short distance Off to his left next
klalnsed his attention. He was being
uDosesy watched by a pair of the fin
- dearest brown eyes he had ever
uDea- He saw her eyes irst: he r.ever
Gbreol that
- was standing on . low cii6 be-
W.A.". 1IHMH
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-09-09

went with him whar he went, and he
TO him, and he'd fight TO- me. It's
hard to tell, even after this long
time. .
David, he was a strappin' big man.
like all O. the Morelands. He was
about yore size, and grey-eyed like
you, and he had brown hair like you.
When you walked UP TO the gate. Il
made M think O. him the day he was
married; he was all dressed up in
dark blue like you. -. Then David
he went up here n summer and
found this vein o. coal. He got law
full p'session O. the mountain, and
moved his wife up here. The rest of
US lived over in the Laurel Fork coun-
try then.
"One day l got q letter from David,
which said that a man named John X.
Carlyle was a-goin' to buy his noun
tain and the coal, and said that his
wife vas pow'ful sick. A week later
she died, and left a baby which died,
too, accordin' to a old Injun by the
name o. Cherokee Joe, who knowed
my pap and knowed David. And a
month later we was all dragged from
our beds by this same Cherokee Joe.
tellin' Us that Carlyle had shot David.
Carlyle, Cherokee Joe said, was
a-drinkin' hard. The Injun seed the
shootin' through a window.
1T was might nigh to three days
later when we got here and found
pore David a-layin' whar he'd fell.
We secured the mountains TO miles
and miles around in a s'arch TO- the
dawg WHO killed him, but we never
found hiSl. -. The land up here
looked puvtv. and it belonged to us
by David's death; so we all moved up
here to live, and built us cabins.
Major Bradley found out about the
end o my brother, and he wanted us
to put the case in the hands o. the
law. But we wouldn't do 1t. A More
He pays his own debts, and he collects
what is his due"
John MOreland arose and paced the
porch floor, which creaked under his
weight. He stopped before Dale, and
went on sadly:
Nov yell know why 1 was So much
tore up when l heered yore name, the
Carlyle part. John X. Carlyle killed
the best man at w lived. And meb-
be yell understand why we amt never
had the conscience to sell the coal,
which cost Brother David his life"
Moreland's guest sat staring absent
ly toward a brown-winged butterfly
that was industriously slipping honey
from the heart of a hOneysuckle
bloom. He gave no sign that he had
heard anything out OF the ordinary.
but in an odd. persistent way his mind
seemed to connect his father, John X.
Dale. with the story he had just heard.
John X. Dale had come originally
from West Virginia, and he had fatty
refused, time upon time. to make any
investigation of the Moreland coal
property.
The hillman interrupted young
Dale's thinking:
"Addie, she's a-gOn' to have dinner
ready purity soon. Would We like to
wash, Mr.. Dale"
YES" was the answer, and In the
tones of Bill Dale's quiet voice there
was a shade Of meaning that More
land did not catch. "Yes, I'd like tc
wash"
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an old, old sorrow, "is knowed as Da.
vid Moreland's mountain mostly be-
cause David Moreland is buried in the
very highest place on top of it, him
and his wife. He was my brother, and
was the best brother a nan ever had.
1t was allus the .alk O the neighbor-
hood how much we liked each other.
Up ontel the time he was married |
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In the Beqinninu.

1t was q beautiful New Year morn
Ing in the Stone 20
Hey, Strongarm," said Hairy Face,
"lend me your crOwbar. will your
"Watta you want with itT asked
%StrOngarm.
Il wanta take it home" informed
Hairy Face, "tO turn over q new leaf"
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The miser is known by the mOney
he keeps.
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neadIu

Artists Model-Do you do much
sketching from life?
Artist-Oh, no; mostly from the
wife.
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SpOOny lovers make quite a stir
In public.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-10-21
MOVE TO CONFISCATE
HOTEL AT CHIPPEWA

Madison, Complaint was flied
in circuit court of Chippewa county
by Attorney General Morgan in the ac-
ton commenced by him to bring about
forfeiture of the Northern Hotel at
Chippewa Falls. for violation of the
state lottery laws. If the attorney gem
eral is successful in his contention. the
big hotel will become the property of
was the prize in a lottery conducted
by the Elks. and the winning number
was owned by pool of Junction City
DpODlp
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-10-21
TRIBUTE TO THE
UNKNOWN SOLDIER

Whereas the Congress Of the United
States. by concurrent resolution
adopted ON the fourth day of March
to cause TO be brought TO the United
States the body Of an American who
was a member of the American EXpc-
dictionary forces in Europe who LOST
his life during the World War and
whose identity has not been estab-
lshed. for burial in the memorial am
p.litheater Of the national cemetery
at Arlington. Va.
And whereas the remains Of this
unknown American to be brought TO the
United States in pursuance of the said
concurrent resolution will be buried at
Arlington on the 18th day of Novem-
ler next.
.snd whereas these remains will be
representative OF all unidentified Am
erie an dead who in the World war
gaze their lives in their country )
cause.
Md whereas it is desired that CRATE
full recognition of their loyal deyo-
ton to country Of their sacrifice
sh"uld be appropriately shown with
due solemnity by their Godfearing and
patriotic fellow countrymen.
Now. therefore. |. Warren G. Hard
ing. president Of the United Stares.
do hereby call upon all devoted and
patriotic citizens of the United States
to pause from their accustomed Occu-
pationS and labOrs on Friday. the 18th
day of November next. from II O'Clock
noon to , minutes past that hour for
the Giver of all good for these valu-
able and valorOuS lives and of suppl
cation for His blessing upon our DO
loved country.
Furthermore, | hereby direct that
the national flag be displayed at half
staff upon all public buildings of tnc
United States and all stations Of the
army. navy and marine corps through
out the world, as we'll as upon all AMI
erican embassies. legations and consul
dtt>. lIoll SltHfiSt tlHtll SltlISEt: OH No
vemher H. 1921.
In witness whereof. | have hereuntO
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to he affixed Done IL
the District of Columbia this Both day
of September in the year of our Lord
one thousand nine hundred and TWEEN
ty-one and of the Independence of the
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-10-21

vOlving certain records and blanks, is
strictly educational. To aid in con
Quoting educational campaigns, the
department has issued a number OF
circulars, posters and newspaper art1-
cles. as we'll as much mimeOgraphed
material A booklet entitled Better
Sires-Better Stock" explaining the
movement, can be obtained by address
ing the United States Department OF
Agriculture, Washington, d. c. Other
material on this subject is
Yearbook Separate 816. Harvesting
Heredity to Improve the Nations Live
Stock.
Department Bulletin 900, Principles
of Live Stock Breeding (semiscien-
tific). Price, Is cents.
Farmers Bulletin 1857, Essentials
of Animal Breeding.
Enrolment Blank for Better Sires-
Better Stock Crusade ION which live
stock owners agree to use good pure
bred sires)
Specific Facts and Figures on Bene-
fits Following Use of Better Sires.
County Live Stock Survey Blank.
Poster, Which Way Is Your Live
Stock Going?
Poster, Purebred Sires and Herd
Improvement
Several sets Of Y lantern slides
each have also been prepared by the
department and motion picture is
now in the making.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-10-21
LIVE STOCK
FACTS
CAMPAIGN FOR BETTER SIRES
Movement by Issuing Number
of Publications.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agricultural
In response to many requests for in
formation to be used in starting better
Sires movements in various localities,
the bureau of animal industry, United
States Department of Agriculture, has
prepared list of available publica-
tiOnS and other material in the depart
ment. 1t has also furnished data use
full to persons interested in legisla-
ton for restricting the use Of mongrel
sireS.
Except when the open range is in
volved, however, or there is need TO
control inferior sires from running at
large, specialists of the bureau prefer
a continuance of educational work to
legislation. They place emphasis on
the fact that the work. although in
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-10-21
HIGHEST American War Medal
Placed on Tomb of Un-
known Tommy"
IS THANKED FOR AWARD
Leader of U. S. Army VisibIy Affected
As He Steps to Grave and Lays
Blue Ribboned Medal
Upon Bier.

mountaineering revently before
the tomb of Britain's unknown warrior
in Westminster Abbey, the Mecca OF
English-speaking peoples Of the world,
General Pershing at high noon Mon
day paid Americas tribute to the en-
pire's fighting forces with Americas
highest honor-the Congressional
Medal
When the American army chief rose
to his feet after placing the medal
upon the tomb, he saluted and stood at
attention for two minutes amid the i'm
pressive silence of distinguished
throng gathered to pay homage with
the heads of the empire to the SYM
bolic sepulchre.
Thanked for Award.
At General Pershing's side was the
Duke of Connaught, who clasped Cen
eral Pershing's hand, thanking him in
the name of the king and the empire
for Americas gracious act.
Nearby around the guarded tomb
stood Ambassador Harvey, Premier
Lloyd George Sir Winston Churchill,
Sir Douglas Haig, Sir Worthington-
Evans, Lord Lee, Lord Cavan, General
Allenby, Admiral Niblack, Sir Henry
Wilson and many other distinguished
Americans and Britishers.
Pershing visibIy Moved.
The historic cathedral was filled to
overfowing long before the ceremony
Ac h ro
to the grave, took the blue ribboned
medal from a naval aid and laid it
upon the bier many wept unreserved-
ly. Tears glistened in the eyes Of the
Duke of Connaught and General Perish
ing himself was visibly moved by the
solemnity of the occasion.
AS the last notes of the Battle
Hymn of the Republic" were sounded
by buglers in far-off corner of the
Abbey, General Pershing and the Duke
retraced their steps from the tomb be-
tween the lines of Scots guards and
American troops down the long cen
ter aisle of the cathedral and out into
the sunshine of Parliament square.
In the square, opposite each other,
were drawn up picked detachments of
American and British fighting units
Doughboys with full service kits and
steel helmets, brOnZed, typical fighting
soldiers: British guards, discarding
scarlet tunics for the khaki of war
time days, paraded directly under the
statue of Abraham Lincoln The Duke
stopped occasionally to congratulate
the doughboys with their rows of
medals, and then General Pershing
went down the British ranks, accom-
panying the Duke, carefully inspecting
the cream of Great Brtains units.
Crowd Cheers Leaders.
Premier Lloyd George, Winston
Churchill and others followed the
Duke and General Pershing, while the
tremendous crowds that blocked
Whitehall and Parliament square con-
tinuousiy cheered the distinguished
men
From the Abbey General Pershing
drove to the Cenotaph, where he
placed an enormous floral wreath en-
twined with American flags at the base
of the shack On the wreath was the
inscription:
In glorious memory Of and in low
ing sympathy with his British com
rades who gave their lives in the Great
war"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-10-21
GREEKS DRIVE TURKS BACK

on the northern end of the battle zone
in Asia Minor have been driven back,
following an attack on the Greek right
wing, says an official statement issued
here. Heavy losses were inflicted
upon the enemy, it is asserted. At
the other end of the front, near Afiun-
Karahissar Greek airplanes have bonn
barded enemy concentrations
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-10-21

Sour stomach, coated tongue, foul
breath, pimples, headaches, constipa-
ton. are natures alarm signals-rc-
move the cause, eliminate the poison
from the liver. kidneys and bowels
HOLLISTER'S GOLDEN NUGGET
TABLETS do it slick and quick
Criffin's Drug Store. 1920
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-10-21
LOUISVILLE TAKES SERIES
American Association Club Defeats
Baltimore in Deciding Game.

Baltimore Louisville American
Association club captured the minor
league championship of the world here
by defeating the Baltimore Interna-
tiOnal leaguers fCI the fifth time. The
score was II to with the Colonies
let up trifle and permitted the
Orioles to count
The Louisville victory was gained
against Jack Ogden, ace of the local
club, who suffered his first defeat of
the series and who had been the only
Baltimore twirler the Kentuckians
could not beat
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-10-21
TRAIN TURNS OVER IN TEXAS

Ell Paso. Textile Sunshine spe-
cial, which left here over the Texas &
Pacific railroad for the east turned
over near Van Horn, Texas, according
to reports received here
Doctors nd nu. ses are being rushed
from here and Van Horn to the scene
of the accident.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-10-21
Knox Successor Named.

Philadelphia-GO Sproul an
nounced he had appointed State Sen
ator William E. Crow of Uniontown as
United States senator from Pennsyl-
vania to fill the unexpired term of the
late Senator Knox
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-10-21
Fire DESTROYS Much Mail

Denver-More than $4,000 articles
OF mail, including parcel post packages
and second class matter, addressed to
Denver residents, were burned Sun
day at Akron, Colo, when q United
States mail caught fire.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-10-21
lDLNESS FARLEY ADJOURNS
Completes Labors Undertaken at Re-
quest of President.

MISUNDERSTANDING agreed on
definite remedial policies for the
emergency and permanent relief of the
unemployed and the return of COM
merce and business to normal, the ma
tional unemployment conference COM
pleted it's labors, undertaken at the
request of President Harding and ad-
jOurned without date.
To continue the work of the con-
ference until the present emergency
Is passed the organization committee
was ordered to select a standing COM
mittee, to be named later, which will
be authorized to reconvene the con-
ference at any time.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-10-21
indian Kills Wife: Fined 81 900.

Ponca City, Okla.-Legal procedure,
said by attorneys to set precedent,
was recorded here when jury hear
ing the case against Napoleon Buffalo
Head, charged with killing his wife,
assessed a fine against him of $1,000.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-10-21
G. N. Trains Crash: No One Hurt.

Fargo, N. D-The Oriental limited
train No. of the Great Northern
crashed into the fast mail, No. II,
westbound, at SELF, N. d. Pilots were
broken off both engines but no one
was injured.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-10-21
NOTHING "soFT" ABOUT. THIS
Heavy Outfit and Intense Heat Make
Life Miserable for Sentres at
Buckingham Palace.

A reporter of the London Daily
News writing sketches of the heat
wave is especially sorry for the SEN
tries outside of buckingham palace.
Their plight, he writes, would have
melted the heart of Mr.. Winston
Churchill could he have seen them.
In the full glare Of the sun, clad
in thick serge trousers, heavy scarlet
tunics, with tight belts and bearskin
BUSHES, the guardsmen stood perspir-
ing and half stified.
Their outlook was upon roadway
stained with oil and reeking Of petrol,
fiaring beds of scarlet geraniumS,
scorched brown grass and the SHIN
mering heat rejecting copper work
surrounding the Victoria memorial.
The fountain was not playing and the
surroundings were as devoid of cool
ness as an alfalfa plain. One almost
expected to see scurrying tarantulas
and lizards. 1t was tropical military
service in English kit.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-10-21

The Trouble Collector figures that
Everybody is trying to Put Something
Over Or MIN and SO goes Around with
his Suspicious Mind hunting Trouble
and Always Finding it. In a World
so full of Everything, we can General
ly find Whit we are Looking for.
whether Joy or Sorrow.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-10-21

hingtOn-Immediat translation
Of the reduction authorized last July
il wages of railroad employees into re-
duced freight rates was suggested by
the public group of the Railroad La
Dor board as zone feasible plan by
which the present controversy can be
settled and strike averted."
IF the railroads will Immediately, in
good faith, adopt this suggestion" the
public group said in the first state
ment issued since their arrival in
Washington, "the situation can be
cleaned up, freight rates reduced to
shippers, the cost of living reduced to
consumers, and a stimulating effect
exerted upon all business"
Under the plan suggested by the
public group, the railroads would with
draw their request for further wage
reduction until freight reductions have
been completed, and pending action
Of the board on such petition for fur
Their reduction as the carriers may sub
sequently submit" the unions would
withdraw the strike order
The suggestion OF the public group
for a settlement of the controversy
was based, the statement said, on one
put forward by W. w. Atterbury, vice
president of the Pennsylvania rail
road, before a convention in Chicago
last Friday.
Immediate reduction in freight rates,
it was asserted, would inure to the
benefit of the railroad employees and
would constitute one of the statutory
grounds for a further reduction in
wages, while, through reduction of the
cost of material, it would to that ex-
tent relieve the railroads of the neces-
sity of relying solely upon wage cuts
for a reduction of their operating ex-
penses."
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-10-21
PEACE PLAN OFFERED
u. S. Arbtrators Urge Rate Cut
Now to Avert Strike.
Trimmed Transportation Schedules
Would Reduce High Cost
of Living.

Failure of the peace proposal
offered by the Railroad Labor
Board to avert the impending ma
tionwide railroad tie-up marked
developments in the strike situa-
ton.
The Labor Board offer was
turned down by presidents of the
chief railroads of the middle west,
who issued a statement declaring
the proposal "impossible.'
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-10-21

United States of America. the one hun
drcd and fOrty-SiXth
BY the President:
WARREN G. HARDING.
Charles f. Hughes. Secretary of State.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-08-12
Survey OF NEW
RAILROAD GOES
TO PENNINGTON
First Division Nearing
Completion; Big Map
ping Job Next

The survey for the Santa he and
Northwestern railroad. on which work
In the first division. rernainio 20 San
lsidro. Is nearing fomplcuon. will be
continued 10 FarminKton. San Juan
county, Sidney N. Wen. promoter OF
the railroad. announced today. That
the road will be built on to Farming
ton Immediately or mt any timc IN the
mediate future ~ not at all certain.
Mr.. Well said. although the construc-
tion 70 Cuba 10 goinE ahead right
away. II ~ expected. nOwcver. that
the Pennington extension viii he
built before the operation ends and
TO hat end the complete and final
survey witl be made now.
The survey has been completed to
Cuba and the surveyors today moved
then camp 10 a point nine miles
from Bernniillo. when the section
Into B~ernaliilo has been completed
the preliminary field work VIII have
been concluded aud the surveyors
win come into Albuquerque TO do the
extensive mapping work required.
The land surveys are also we'll under
way and on their completion on or
about August 2b formal petition will
be made to the Indian bureau Of the
Interior department for an appraisal
commission TO appraisr rights OF way
value through tho Indian lands.