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Wanted Column FREE Unemployed Of Wilmington Limited Time Use Id
RAYMOND 8. CURTICE
COMMITS SUICIDE BY
SHOOTING HIMSELF
Continued from page 1

which ne might have been engaged
her~ Curtica, II was said, was attach
ed 20 the consulate at Nagasaki dur
ing 1919 and 1920. and returned TO
this country last year.
Mr.. Curtice was married. his wife
and several chaldren living with his
father at Hempstead, I. I. This
fnct was brought out through several
lettcrs to Curtice from his wife, ad-
dressed 10 a Washington hotel. which
were found among his personal ef-
fects taken by tho coroner.
There was nothing In the letters
that would establish n motive for
Curtico's act. III. wife. however.
In all the letters, made reference to
tho ptata OF his health and this con-
Arms tho belief that tho man had
been M and suffered nervous
breakdown.
Washington. Feb. is. - Raymond
s. Curtice. who shot himself yester-
day IN Wilmington. had been tho
American consul at Nagnsaki, japan.
and returned to America recently. ar
rlying In Washington shortly after tho
holidays. When here he reported TO
tho director of tho consular service,
Wilbur J. Carr.
Mr.. Carr said last night young Cur
tice was much depressed and out OF
health when he arrived.
He asked for n short lcsvo of
absence which was granted. Follow
Ing Il. II was expected he would re-
port hero for conference. The
department had heard nothing OF
him since then. and did not know
of his whereabouts until word OF his
denth came yesterday.
Ills wife was tho daughter OF ar
American missionary residing In
Japan. lfe had been In the con.
sular service eight years or more
and had held posts in Toxic. Seoul and
NagaEaki
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PULLMAN TO RETRTNCH.
Ahcut ioN Employees 10 be Dropped Al
Local shops.

N.arly 100 empioyes VIII be dismiss
cd ~ the expiration OF fve-dAy no
'ice from tho service Of the Pullman
Co. IN this city. II was announced to-
day Tho cur-sIlmont. unexpected by
the larre force working az the plant.
10 the result ~ special orders recesv-
"a nt the local Offices yesterday from
the companyis main ONCE in Chica-
30. Practically every working craft
wiil bc affected by the retrenchmen.
orders, ~ was stated, In some of the
dep~rtmcn< as many as 20 men
have be&n given notice Of the lay-off.
The reAAon for the reduction OF the
forces ~ the local saops could not
lao srcertalncd. All departments are
aaid 10 he wording fun time and only
recently tho compeuy reinstated many
of iis former employees
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CLASSIFIED DISPLAY


Business Service
WHITE PINE CYPRESS
N. G. PINE CHESTNUr
YELLOW PINE POPLAR
FIR OAK
SPRUCE BIRCH
HEMLOCK MAPLE
Roofsn, ShesshimG FLOORING
Cypress Shingles.
Mouldinp and Wall Board.
S. @. SIMMONS & BROS co
Front and TAtnali Streets.
D. & A.25l. AutomAtic 2soA
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Au'o tires repaired? Read tho
DkDmnAn~A n-AAu
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CigARsr--For sale, seconds good ones
OF I0c, NC and SC makes, box Of 90
$500. 100 and 81 80 Soak n Hoffman
Fifth and Orange strsets
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Auction Sales
Legal Notices

bids win % recssved
a. the ONCE OF the Board of HArbor
Commissioners. Room 35l. Municipal
Building, " lining ton. DeiAvsrs, st ar
before II = 10. Friday, March II, o22,
for tho rental OF ali that lot OF ground
and wharf property lying and being In
known as the Fourth Btrset WkArf"
the present leAss OF which expires March
IS, 1922. said wharf win b leaesd for
period 2, ono tnrss % Or hvs yeArs De.
ginning March 20, 1879. Btds shcuid
he submitted for any ono of fkess
periods, the rens TO be pad annually \
In advance. The board ressrves tns)
right 70 reject any or all btds. To Ao-'
cept the bid which IN its opinion ssxna
best. and 70 cancel any its0 made 3ou
three month"; notice II tho property IN
the opinion OF the Board Of HAroop
Commissioners IL doomed necaaaAsy ZOE
public pnrpOsea.
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MUST BE SOLD AT ONCE

MUST BE SOLD AT ONCE
To Insure Possession This Spring.
ONE OF THE MOST REAUTIFUL AND
SUBSTANTIALLY BUILT HOMES
OVER THE BRANDYWINE.
NORTH VAN BUREN STREET.
CHARMINGLY SECLUDED. YET
MOST ACCESSIBLE: IN EXCLUSIVE
AND HIGHLY DESIRABLE NEIGH
BORHOOD WITH A LARGE PLOT OF
GROUND: HIGH ELEVATION, FOUR
MASTER CHAMBERS AND TWO
MASTER BATHS. AMPLE SERVANTS
QUARTERS. GARAGE.
E. LINWOOD DASHlELL co.
Phonsa SO60-5SlA S21 AAzkst 6tsssA
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Situations wsnted--FemaIe

COLORED GlRL--Wlshes position as
chamber maid and waitress, or dishwash-
ing. Apply 1924 Lombard street
OUSEKEEPER-Wan position. small
family or companion TO elderly couple
200l West Fifth street.
WoMAN-White, desires housewor6 or
any kind of cleaning Has hoy Is who
would like work of any Kind afternoons
and Saturdays Mrs. George Lucas.
23l2 West seventh street, city
YOUNG LADY wishes position. clerical
work or saleslady. Best references.
Iaone 62l4-J,
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LIVE STOCK.
Doss, Cats, Pets
MERCHANDISE.
Articles For Sale

MO JUMBO TABLETs-T big fat
thick ones, weight nearly one ound Just
tho thing for school work. On aie al
Every Evening ONCE. 7c each
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HeIp-Male or Female

AGENTS-Thr greatest selling campaign
IN the history OF our company is nov
on and we want experienced house 10
house canysssers and crew managers for
our new fast selling product. Very at
tractiye and economical sells on sight.
Territory must be allotted this weet
Mr. Ross. Hotel Wilmington, room !,
day or evening. Telephone 1900.
MEN and women who are working and
wish TO earn additional money during
spare time call I04 West Eleventh street
any evening from Z to O..
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-03-03
NEWSPAPERS MIRROR OF
COMMUNITY PROGRESS

Irwin ID. Aldrich, Commissioner of
immigration at Pierre, for South Da-
kota, under date of February "a, has
this to say about the country newspa-
per. Did you ever think of your home
paper in that light
Is the newspaper the mirror of
community progress? Requests re-
ceived at this Office from prospective
land buyers for copy of the local
newspaper indicates that it is so re-
garded.
In fact, these requests have come so
often that we have made it a practice
to send South Dakota weekly to
every inquirer as a part of state lit
erature--if we have the weekly to
send. Inquiries from prospective
South Dakotans number between two
and three hundred on an average
week, and eighty odd weekly news
papers we receive don't cover their
usefulness as fully as we would wish.
When an inquirer has decided on a
county of the state to which he ex-
poets to move, if available, we send
him a newspaper of that county.
This gives him more INFORMATION than
we would be able to send him in any
other form. He learns about the
churches, schools, merchants, and a
good deal about the people he hopes
to live among from that newspaper.
Recently several weeklies have pub
ished a number of success stories
about farmers and merchants
in their communities. No edi.
tion should go to the press without
some such story, and the Immigration
Department will be glad to have extra
copies for effective circulation.
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WHY NOT?

The ground hog this year certainly
demonstrated beyond the question of
cavil that he is some weather prog
nosticator. He saw his shadow on
February 2 and went back into his
hole to rusticate for six more weeks.
Now in this day Of regulation, in
spection, etc, why not memorialize
the state legislature, or the national
congress to pass stringent anti
ground hog law, have bunch of in
spectors appointed to see that the
law is complied with, and eradicate
this prophet of evil. Had not the
ground hog seen his shadow the
chances are we would have had decent
weather. as it is we have had one
storm after another, and more than
our share of real cold weather.
Let's regulate the ground hog, and
besides it would be the means of ere
ating a lot of good fat jobs. There
is no question but what the ground
hog and the coal barons have formed
an unlawful combination and one or
both need regulation.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-03-03

The Misses Grace and Ethel Ogden
were visitors at school Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Dorothy Sawyer is back in school
again after being absent the last week
on account of sickness.
Ralph and Earl Wheeler were abb
sent from school the first Of the week,
helping their father on the farm. Ho-
ward Joneschiet was also absent the
first OF the week.
We are sorry to know that Beulah
kriegcr' mother has been quite sick
the past few days. Beulah has been
unable to attend school because of
her mothers illness.
Last Thursday and Friday we wrote
the sixth monthly exam. Most of the
pupils made a pretty good showing.
Owing to the fact that some were not
through with their exams till four
O'Clock Friday evening, it was neces-
sary to postpone the debate till next
Friday evening.
We read another operetta, "Poca-
hontas, +" for inspection before making
our selection. This would be very
easy to stage, as it deals with Indian
life in early Colonial days All are
familiar with the story Of John Rolfe
and Pocahontas, the Indian princess,
and how she saved the life of John
Smith. This operetta is comic pro-
duction Of this historic episode when
young America was taking her first
faltoring steps in the forward march
Of civilization. This operetta would
make big hit in the east and we see
no reason why it should not be well
received in the west as we'll The
musical accompaniment is quite
catchy. We might mention incidental
ly, that our editor, Mr. Kirch, once
played the role of John Rolfe, when
he was q native of the Sun Flower
state. He says they gave the perfom-
ance a number of times to highly ap-
preciative audience, and he thinks we
have a great advantage over Kansas
players, inasmuch as we have the ma
tive costumes available. We shall
probably be able to announce next
week definitely what our production
will be.
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1921 Wool Pool a Success

The 100000 pounds of 1921 wool
pooled by members of the South Da-
kota Sheep and Wool Growers Asso-
citation in one Of the national pools
arranged by the American Farm Bu-
reau Federation has been selling in
satisfactory manner, according to
j. {. Holmes, manager of the state
pool. The pool has been able to Sc
cure better prices for the farmers
for their wool among eastern buyers.
One of the Boston wool market pa
pcrs states the following
1T is probably true that the wool
business this year must be done on
a closer margin than was usual in
normal years. If, for no other rea-
son, the attitude of the western grow
ers towards pooled wools and coop
erative movements generally indi-
cate that they are bound to demand
n larger proportion of the selling
price than ever before.
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National Aspect for Coop Livestock
Marketing Grows

Local cooperative shipping associ-
ations over the country, combined
with the producers of live, stock over
he many states, have received their
Grs! results of the National Producers
Association, which they have long
been fnstering.& The ,.e-1zt net III
Chicago last week, In their general
Offices to put in effect the national
plan for marketing Of live stock.
The board has under consideration
the establishment of central commits
sion companies at Chicago, Indian
apolis and Buffalo, and met with
farmer representatives from these
territories for the organization Of
these commission companies.
Pres. John G. Brown predicts that
cooperative associations affiliated with
thc national organization will be or
ganized and ready for business by
April /.
The Producers L. S. Com Assn,
The first terminal commission company
organized under the national plan,
which is at East st. Louis, has in five
weeks assumed third place in amount
Of business transacted among the fifty
commission firms in that market.
The Central Com. Co., which began
business in st. Paul on Aug. s, 1921,
is now the largest commission house
at that market, doing 25 per cent of
thc business Of that market. They
cut commissions % per cent when they
went in and returned a patronage
dividend Of $l8,44O, amounting to %
per cent of the commissions charged
by their office. This is selling live
stock coperativcly at about one-half
Of the regular charges, which is III
accordance with the outline OF the
Farmers Livestock Marketing Com
mittee Of Is, which outlined the ia
tional plan.
Central Farmers COMMISSION Com
companies at Sioux City and
Omaha have also been marketing large
amounts of the total live stock bus
ness of those markets.
The farmers in Mellette county that
line up with the local shipping asso-
ciations are the ones who will save
he commission charges through these
,Cntral associations.
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ROSEBUD MAKES A SALARY CUT

Wholesale cuts in teachers salaries
will be made in the Rosebud next
term as the result Of a conference
Of school officers held at Bonesteel,
but cuts in teachers salaries will not
be the only economies effected, as
numerous other portions of the school
budgets will be curtailed also.
Bonesteel's superintendent will
only get $500 next year, as COM
pared to $2400 this year, while 500
will be paid to grade teachers and
800 to primary and eighth grade
teachers.
st. Charles will cut their superin-
tendent from $4,000 to $500.
HerricR will only pay $500 for
their superintendent next year, with
teachers drawing $50 to 500 in the
grades.
Burke will cut their superintendent
to $500, while Fairfax will make a
80 per cent cut from the $2400 paid
their superintendent this year. Greg,
ory will drop from $3250 to $2400 on
their superintendent, and Colome
will make a small reduction in the
$4,000 paid this year.
Salaries for rural teachers in Greg
DRY county will range from $50 to
800 next year.-Press dispatch in
Aberdeen American.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-03-03
ENDEAVOR NOTES

The Endeavor meeting was we'll at
tended Sunday evening. The topic,
Good Books and Their Value" was
carried out i'll 4 very profitable way.
The topic for Sunday evening, March
>, is Better Homes.
Dallas Moore, leader of the Outlook
Department Of the Endeavor, is plac-
ing magazine boxes in the various
places Of business, which will be used
for any reading material YOU wish to
pass on to your neighbor to enjoy.
Members of the Endeavor will glad
ly call for your magazines if you will
have them collected
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-03-03
TREASON TO OUR TRADITIONS


The National Society of the Sons
of the American Revolution is circu-
lating a pamphlet entitled, "Treason
to American Tradition in which is
given a review of seven histories now
IN use In our schools, each one Of
which has been subjected to a re
vision in recent years with the evident
intent of casting aspersions on the
leaders of the Revolution, emasculat-
ing the story Of that period of our
history of all dramatic incidents cal
culated to stir the patriotism of the
young student, and purposely omit
ting "many Of the yarns of Ameri-
can history"
Even the children of the National
Capitol are being taught from his.
tory that omits nearly all of the ia
miliar incidents of the Revolution
that have thrilled the generations Of
the past, and that seeks to instill in
to their minds the virtues of social
ism. Let us hope that the intense
Americanism that animates President
Harding and his administration will
be reflected in our school boards, and
that there may be speedy return to
the sort of histories that served us so
well up to the advent of the hateful
internationalism Of recent years.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-03-03
THE FARMERS WIFE
Weekly Service Hints Furnished BY
State College Specialists
Mary Ann Gray

Imperial Pudding envelope Knox
gelatine, "a cup cold water, p cup
boiling water, u cup rice, l cup su-
gar, - t. salt, t. vanilla. Cook rice
for 20 minutes in water. Drain of
water and add to rice / pint boiling
milk. Cook in double boiler until no
trace Of rice kernel remains. To this
mixture add sugar, salt and vanilla.
TO the geiatine add boiling water.
Ada dissolved gelatinc TO the rice
Let cool thoroughly and when mix
ture is partly thickened fold in l pint
whipping cream.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-03-03
MELLETTE
DR.. SCHMITTER PASSES AWAY

RI Hannah Schmitter of White
River, died at her home at the county
seat last Friday night about midnight.
She was we'll versed in her profession
and was good doctor, and enjoyed
good practice in this county. She
was getting pretty well along in years
and had been ailing for some little
time. Her death will be mourned by
number Of Mellettc county people
The funeral was held at White River,
Wednesday of this week. Her sister,
Mrs. Parks, of Omaha, accompanied
by her husband, arrived Tuesday to
attend the funeral services.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-03-03
HONEY PHILOSOPHY FOR 1922

Prayer is such a solemn, such a
sacred attitude of mind, SO difficult
really to attain, it seems strange
when we get into the proper atmos-
phere we should waste time begging
for what we have right at our feet.
Why should we pray to be unselfish
when all we have to do is to be un-
selfish why pray for guidance down
proper pathway when we know Just
how to travel if we will7 We can all
be what we want to be If we really
want to be that way. The good Lord
has given us that power without ask
ing. Seems to me that the only kind
Of prayer that's in order is word
for the poor fellow that don I want 70
be and determination on our OWL
part 10 measure up to the job OF
living. :.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-03-03
TWO BILLS OF INTEREST
TO ROSEBUD INDIANS

Two bills of immediate interest to
the Rosebud section Of South Dako
ta passed the lower house of con-
gress this week. Both bills were
fathered by Congressman William
son, who was compelled to resort to
considerable manuevering to get them
placed upon their passage. Under the
bill creating a revolving fund of $780,
900, the Secretary of the Interior may
make loans to Indians who have allot-
ments OF other assets that are not
available for their current needs.
This bill will bring much needed help
to good many Indians, particularly
to the old and INDECENT. At the same
time moneys loaned are amply safe
guarded as they are first lien upon
the trust property of those to whom
help is extended.
The other measure provides for an
appropriation of not to exceed $1,000
for the erection of memorial mon
umcnt to those of the Rosebud Sioux
who lost their lives in France during
the late war The monument will be
erected under the auspices of the
Chauncey Eagle Horn Post No. l25,
under direction of the Secretary of
the Interior. 1t is expected that the
various Sioux posts will contribute
additional funds. The monument will
be most fitting to those brave Indian
boys who paid the last great price
and laid their all upon the altar of
the country. Marshal Foch declared
that no finer troops ever marched to
martial music or fought more bravely
OF skillfully upon the field of battle
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-03-03
CIRCUIT COURT CONvENES
NEXT TUESDAY, MARCH

The March term of the Mellette
County Circuit Court will convene at
White River next Tuesday, March 4
There are eight criminal cases on the
calendar and twenty civil eases and
three applications for naturalization.
Forty jurymen have been summoned
1t is probable that the calendar will
be pretty well cleaned up al this ses-
sion Of court.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-03-03
FARM BUREAU NEWS NOTES
A. S. Gray, County Agent
Repair Week

1t may be long time before the
spring work begins in earnest, never
theless the South Dakota State Farm
Bureau has designated next week,
commencing March 5, as Repair
Week. -
That's the time to give the farm
machinery the once-over and see that
it is in tip-top shape to start the
spring work off with bang. 1t prob
ably won't be much fun to get out
and work on the plows and disks in
this cold weather, but we all hope it
won't be quite so cold next week.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-03-03
LET PRIDE BEGIN AT HOME

We all take pride in our country
because it is a great country-the
greatest of them all.
But what constitutes this country
The forests, and the fields, and the
mountains, and the valleys, and the
prairies, and the lakes, and the rivers,
and the hamlets, and the villages, and
the towns, and the cities, and all of
the human and other life that exists
therein and thereupon.
This town is a part of this country,
and our pride of country should ex-
tend to the community in which We
live.
Our individual homes are a part
of this town, and our pride of country
and town should begin with the homes
in which we live.
If we make them as near perfection
as our resources will permit, then
the town and the state and the coun-
try reflects the warmth and the glory
of our firesides.
We look at the big cities and mar
vel at their immensity-at their
wealth, and their enterprise, and their
growth.
But do we remember that before
these cities became great they were
small, even as we are?
Their citizens saw the opportunities
that were before them, and were quick
to grasp them. Pride III their i'm
provcments impelled them to press
onward and make other and greater
ones.
As the giant oaks sprung from little
acorns, so have these great cities
sprung from what were once little
hamlets and villages--often from bar
rem wastes of land.
But they did not spring up Of their
own accord.
The people of the tiny hamlets took
pride in their homes, and their sur
roundings, and worked to make
them better and more prosperous.
1t is this stalwart quality of thrift
and energy that has made them what
they are today-metropohtan centers
of population and commerce which
are known all over the civilized world.
And the root Of it all was pride.
Few things are impossible to a
people who have the will to accomp-
lish. But without the will to perform
no great endings will come from little
BEGINNINGS.
Let us consider the future of this
town-let us begin with pride in the
home, and the improvements we may
make therein. Today we are small
but there is always a tomorrOw-and
tomorrow is ever flowing with new
hopes of advancement and achieve
ment
Our geographical situation is suci:
that we may never become great
city, but it does not prevent the pos
sibility of making our home town
paradise inwhich to live.
Pride i'm the home has done it for
other towns.
1t can do it for ours. Why not /!
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-03-03
WOOD COMMUNITY CLUB

There will be meeting of the Wood
Community Development Association
held at the schoolhouse on Tuesday,
evening, March Z, at 500 O'Clock p.
m. All are most cordially requested
to attend. Come out and boost for a
bigger and better Wood.
G. w. Sawyer, Pres.
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AS THE EDITOR SEES TT

Interest abroad III the Genoa con
ference seems to have waned since
it became doubtful if the United
States would send delegates to the
meeting. There is more than a suspi-
cion that the European nations are
less anxious to help themselves than
they are to prevail upon the United
States to extend them further aid
in one way or another.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-03-03

A family man who buys an auto
mobile thcreupon loses possession OF
il unless he can buy several.