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August 17t2
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
For Greenleaf District No. 1859. Of
Hand County, South Dakota. for the
year beginning july 1, 1921. and end
ing June 80, 1922, as ascertained upon
settlement with the Treasurer Of said
District.
RECEIPTS
Balance on hand July 1, 1928 5i.73
Received from all s~ources---- 6S00.37
Total receipts ------$ 1851
EXPENDITURES
For teachers wages---------$ 3028.15
For school houses, sites and
repairs 102.Ss
For all other purposes----- 3632.10
49,
Total expenditures 6763.14
Balance on hand June 80,
1922 ----------- 91.96
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The Fall Term at the Sioux Falls
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Reduced Fares to Huron and Return
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Reduced excursion fares will be In
effect Sept. 9Th to Sept. 18th, 1922, inc.
to Huron, SO. Oak. and return, for the
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and expenses of sale, including statu-
tory attorneys fees of $500.
Dated this 25th day Of July, A. D.,
1922.
Henry w. Kip,
Assignee and Holder of Mortgage.
Hanten & Hanter, Attorneys for As
signee, Watertown. S. ID.
M. j. Butte, Sheriff of Hand County,
South Dakota.
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The Fall Term at the Sioux Falls
Business College begins August %.
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Official Abstractor
Under $1,000 bond ONCE in First
National Bank Building. Miller. South
Dakota.
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NJ. J. Butte, Sheriff.
C. M. Carroll. Attorney for Mortgage,
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-05

coholic content for beverage purposes
and declared anything beyond that
limit to be intoxicating liquor within
the meaning of the 18th amendment
which is now an organic law Of our
nation. Great Scott! So there you
are todayl
English papers have invited PUSSY
foot" Johnson, the prohibitionist, to
go back to the United States and
mind his own business"
Senator Edge is the latest steady
republican to threaten TO vote against
the tariff bill unless its provisions are
ameliorated. Senator Lenroot of
Wisconsin. a consistant party man but
a senator of intelligence and discrim-
nation. preceded Edge with a similar
fections from the republican party
ranks which cannot but impress even
the most bull-headed protectionists.
It was not in Puritan New England
but In the sunny state Of Mississippi
that a newspaper has had to seek an
injunction against enforcement of a
blue law that was construed to forbid
the printing Of the Sunday paper after
midnight on Saturday.
1t would be interesting to know how
many of the striking shopmen, deep
in their hearts. wish they were back
at their work, unm olested by the pro-
fessional agitators2
The Marion Star illustrates how 10
succeed as a newspaper man. Get
elected president OF the United States
and let somebody else run the paper.
GEORGE A. RITTER.
st. Louis, Mo.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-05
RETTER,S PUNGENTS
Paragraphs That
Features ~


duty of 20 per cent ad vaIorem.
If Muscle Shoals should become
national issue. Henry Ford may be-
come logical candidate for president
Of the United States.
by their works ye shall know
them" Most deserving men make
forever impossible another "Newber-
ryizlng" Of the senate.
"Old Age. Its Causes and Preven-
tion," is the alluring title Of a red-book
volume arrived at our desk. It's author
Is a gentleman who prints two pictures
Of himself, one showing him younger
at 70, after taking plenty of outdoor
exercise than the other at so, before
taking exercise.
Life saver: Two miles of oxygen
three times a day on the hoof. Wilful
long-distance sitting is a kind of a
slow suicide. for it helps toxemia to
get in its deadly work on the cells
and tissues Of the body including the
arteries.
The statement Of Sir Robert Horne,
chancellor OF the British excheauer,
that Great Britain will pay her debt
TO the United States was confirmed
in the House of Commons by Premier
Lloyd George. Horne announced in
the House of Commons that "the Brit
ish debt TO the United States was a
solemn obligation and would be met"
1t is said that the new republican
tariff bill will raise the price Of your
new overcoat by $3.50. And do you
suppose that any statesman who wants
to keep his place is going to help to
pass a bill like that2
International trade follows the lines
Of least resistance. Canadian farmers
can't sell their wheat in the United
States. So they sell 1t in other coun-
tries, and the ships that carry wheat
from Canada 10 other countries do
not return to Canadian ports empty.
Our own government operated ships
can not make expenses, even with
whisky as a side-line. Our taxpayers
have TO make up the loss our ships
sustain.
Wheat growers pay their proper
ton of this tax. They could well az
ford to do II II they got 35 cents a
bushel more for their wheat than the
farmers across the line in Canada get.
But do they7 They do not.
The time to cure cancer is IN Its very
beginning. Eat what you like. Take
Digestall. Prompt relief.
An Ohio Methodist clergyman said
the other day In the course OF SER
mont "The assertion Is not 90 start.
ling as It sounds, for no one denies
that creeds were made by men"
The English coal trade Is shot" or
account OF the light European demand
and the strike here may open up ar
American market for IL.
No farmer wants to be rescued from
anything. All he asks is a fair pric,
fOS what hs produces. he can tah,
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-05
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that Letters
OF Administration, upon the estate of
John Wright, deceased, have been
granted to the undersigned by the
Probate Court Of Buchanan County,
Missouri, bearing date OF the 21st day
OF June, 1922.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
them to me for allowance within six
months from date of said letters, or
they may be precluded from any ben
eft of such estate; and If said claims
be not exhibited within one year from
the date of the publication of this
notice they will be fore ever barred.
(SeaD MARY A. WILLIAMS,
Attestod Public Ad mjnistrator.
Fred M. Wanger. Clerk OF Probate.
(624l
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-05
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| To the Editor of The Observer:
Judging from statistics gathered
the Volstead law has not long to live.
1t cannot maintain itself without ma
jority consent. That consent has new
er been given and evidently does not
exist.
For the first time In the history of
tho United States there are more peo-
pie working in factories than on the
farms.
Secretary Of Labor Davis must de-
eide and is the final decision on ap-
peal in immigration cases and he will
restore the Armenian maiden to her
parents and brothers in America, in
| stead Of forcing her under immigra-
tion laws to live in Turkey amongst
the brutal, unchristian Turks.
The problem Of this nation is the
cxtravagant cost OF distribution. and
nobody pays any attention to it.
Two young Jewish fighters
drew an audience of 10000 human"
beings who paid s45O,OOO to see these
two men hitting each others dun
faces. Neither fighter won. The
fight was no more important than a
struggle between two rats in a sewer.
A doctor in a railroad station swal-
lowed twelve ounces of chlorate and
died. The public would be amazed
to learn how many doctors are drug
victims. They are overworked. Their
| sleep is broken. Worry about patients
wears their nerves. The drug is at
hand, and they know what it will do,
Just for this urgency" and they are
gone.
Cost Of last war. 9,s9s,771 killed;
2O,297551 wounded. 8S7946,179,657
dollars. "Never again" or as the
Germans say, ME wieder."
Imperfect costly distribution is the
curse Of this country. and causes the
high cost OF living.
The Soviet government Of Russia
has at last recognized the principle"
OF the right OF private ownership to
property Lenln It seems is now on
the way to recovery.
Money is good for a lot OF things,
but It a poor substitute for brains.
Our position Is that a man ought
to be as proud 10 show his wife how
to vote as she is to show him how to
hold the baby.
BE kind TO every man, woman and
child with whom you come in con-
tact" says a formula for success. In
the case OF the joyrider that means
returning and picking up the man,
woman or child, even II you first have
to do some scraping up.
Your farmers are getting no more
for their raw wheat than they got
when the Democratic tariff was in
force. but are paying at least 20 per
cent more for flour.
There is an emergency duty Of e6
cents a bushei on imported wheat. On
wheat flOux thera a AZ Emergency
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-05
EXECUTORS, NOTICE

Notice Is hereby given that Letters,
Parliamentary upon the estate of
David NJ, Kinnaird, deceased, have
been granted to the undersigned, by
the Probate Court OF Buchanan Coun-
ty, Missouri, bearing date of the LIST
day OF June, 1922.
All persons having claims against
said estats are required to exhibit them
TO US for allowance, within six months
from date of said letters, or they may
be precluded from any benefit of such
estate; and II said claims be not ex-
hibited within one year from the date
OF the publication of this notice, they
will be forever barred.
D. b. DEAKINS,
(SeaD j. w. GIBSON,
(Attested: Executors.
Fred M. Wanger, Clerk OF Probate.
(624)
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-05
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS NOTICE

Notice Is hereby given that Letters
Of Administration, upon the estate OF
Sherman Mcdonald, deceased, have
been granted to the undersigned, by
the Probate Court OF Buchanan Coun-
ty, Missouri, bearing Cate OF the 6th
day OF May 1922.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
them 10 me for allowance, within six
months from date of said letters or
they may be preqluded from any hem
eft OF such estate; and II said claims
be not exhibited within one year from
the date OF the publication of this
notice, they will be forever barred,
A true copy. Attest:
MARY A. WILLIAMS,
(Seal) Public Administrators.
Fred M. Nranger. Clerk of Probate.
(520)
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-05

care of his isolation and his social
diversion himself
simple remedy for snake bites is
to eat lump of alum and rub some
Of 1t on the wound.
Emergency treatment was refused
an injured man who had been taken
to a Kansas state hospital by the po-
lice of Kansas City, Kansas, and the
Kansas City (Mo.) Star wants to know
something about the system under
which Kansas state institutions are
run. If there are any institutions
elsewhere, public or private, in which
'red tape" could prevent the giving
of treatment TO an injured man, they
should take warning from the incl
dent.
1t is said that Henry Cabot Lodge
ran with quick steps from his place
to thank Senator Hitchcock, a Demo-
crat Of Nebraska. and putting his
arms around him, kissed him on both
cheeks. IT is unthinkable in America
that one politician should kiss an
other and survive as it is unthinkable
in France that a politician who is Sec
retary Of state should serve grape
juice instead Of champagne at a state
dinner.
According to the Literary Digest Of
Boston, Mass, the country is 2 to
against the Volstead act and two
thirds Of the American people are in
favor OF a modification Of the Vol
stead law and favor light wines and
beer. So we see that the free Ameri-
can people are against national pro-
hibition by a big majority. During
wartime excitement and pressure and
for the purpose of feeding the allies
and our soldier boys in Europe, and
for the purpose Of winning the war
serve food so as to carry on the war,
the prohibitionists saw their oppor-
tunity and only chance of ever fasten-
ing upon the American people (while
our soldier boys were fighting for lib
erty, humanity, freedom, justice and
democracy in France) a bone-dry ma
tional prohibition organic law. They
got Congress to pass resolution to
submit to the respective states Of the
Union for ratification by three-fourths
OF the state legislatures OF the Union,
the eighteenth amendment. After
having accomplished this technical
trick legally they then proceeded
by act OF Congress In order to clinch
the whole matter and by putting
something over on the free American
people without referendum of the
people) to enact what is generally
known as the Infamous" Volstead
national prohibition enforcement act.
Andy Volstead, who is a lawyer, a
member Of Congress and is said to be
a Norwegian born in America, be-
came the author Of the Volstead act,
which has ever since and up TO this
date, tyrannized. oppressed. and
despotlcally ruled over the American
people as to what they should drink
and prohibiting the manufacture, sale.
importation, expectation and use OF
all liquors containing more than one
half of one per cent alcoholic content
and defined and fixed the maximum
limit at one-haf Of one per cent al
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-05

All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
them to me for allowance, within six
months from date of said letters. or
they may be precluded from any ben
eft Of such estate; and if said claims
be not exhibited within one year from
the date of the publication of this
notice, they will be forever barred.
(SeaD GENEVIEVE DRYSDALE,
Administrators with Will Annexed.
Attested:
Fred M. Wanger, Clerk of Probate.
(610)
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-05
ROWS DAL SAORN

Norway, the "land Of the mid.
night sum-" with its beautiful
fiords, valleys, snow capped peaks
and waterfalls, is getting her share
of the American summer tourists.
Regular sailings which include
visits to Iceland. the North Cape
and the fjords, and special tourist
tours to Spitzberger, are proving
popular and bookings are heavier
than the record season Of last year.
I The land of the Vikings has also
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-05
ST. Louis, Mo.

There have been times when the
average man did not know the name
of the United States attorney general,
hut this is not the case now-Worth
County Times.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-05

est. The Bergen railway, for ex-
ample, connects the ancient and pic
turesquc town of Bergen, In the
western part of the country, with
Christiania, the capital, in the east.
1t is distinctly a mountain railway,
winding its way through forests,
valleys and mountains, along lakes,
rivers and fjords, through sn W
clad wastes and fertile fields.
Norway appeals to the sports
man as we'll as the tourist. Its
rapid streams afford opportunities
for salmon fishing and its valleys
are stocked with many kinds Of
game. Over $4,000 tourists visited
Norway in 1912, and since the world
war the number is increasing each
year, with indications that 1922 will
be the greatest year in the history
of the Viking country.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-05

been known as the "health resort Of
Europe" The summer season has
true spring weather, with an
equable and tempered climate and
its highlands, ranging from 2,0Co
to 1000 feet above sea level, have a
clear, dry and most bracing at
mosphere.
Special preparations made for
tourists include hotels, reception
and posting stations. highways ana
railroads to the remote parts Of the
country and to the points Of inter-
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-05
ADMINISTRATIVE NOTICE

Notice Is hereby given that Letters
of Administration, with VIII annexed,
upon the estate OF Catherine Drysdale
deceased have been granted to tha
undersigned, by thL Probate Court of
Buchanan County, Missouri, bearing
date OF the 10th day of May. 1879.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-05

"a tax on intelligence wouldn't hit
some folks hard" snips the Hopkins
Journal.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-05

landlord she was bitten on the leg.
That's what she got by keeping her
legs exposed.-Howell County Gazette
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-05
shouId Have covered Her Ieps

A ST. Louis woman complained to
the police that in a fight with her
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-23
Wants American Shipping
 Respected by Hungarians

BUDAPEST, Feb. 23.-U. Grant Sm' h. the United States Charge d'Aff 'ires in Hungary, Is making rep resentations to the Hungarian gov ernment that the United States Ship ping Boards lines should be included among the licensed shipping com panies.
 Before the war, Hungary exercised a preferential treatment by which almost all emigration traffic was in the hands of the Cunard line and at tempts to restore this policy have been made since the war.
 Frank E. Ferris, of the United States Shipping Board, who was here some days ago, had a long dis cussion on the subject with members of the government, and it is expected that equal treatment will be secured for the United States lines in the near future.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-23
DEATH THREATS
 ARE RECE|vED;
 DEMAND MONEY
Prominent Man and Women Receive Letters Demanding
 Large Sums of Money.

WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. B. The police this afternoon said prom inent society leaders have received within the past few days threats of death unless large sums of money ranging from $15,000 to $25, ,00o were paid.
 Department of Justice operatives are Investigating
 Henry White, former Ambassador to France and one of the American commissioners to the Versailles con- ference; Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh widow of the late millionaire Mon tana copper king; Mrs. Scott Town send, prominent society leader and Mme Christian Hague, widow of the former Norwegian Minister, are among those who have received the threatening letters.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-23
BONUS ACTION
 SLIPPED BACK
Consideration of Raising of Funds Is Postponed
 Until Tomorrow.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23. The Soldiers bonus question simmered to a special committee dealing with means of raising funds and today's session was deferred until tomorrow. There is no indication when a de- cision will be reached. Some of the committeeman through the bill mi ght not come out of the commit tee for a fortnight at least
 There is growing sentiment among the members to postpone ac- tion until after the debt refundins negotiations are reSunderway.
 In an open letter to Chairman Fordney, Representative Ansorge, of New York. suggested a seleetive bonus for the sick, wounded and needy former soldiers.
 There are many ex-soldiers w1o do not need the bonus and do not want it," says the letter. ''In the present conditions of our finances we should not force a bonus upon them"
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-23
"When Do We Eat" Costs
 Money for Uncle Samue!

HONOLULU, T. H., Feb 23.-Uncle Sam spent 11,7291S2.71 to maintain his khaki-clad nephews in the IIa- walian Islands during 1921. according to the disbursement reports of ,5e Hawaiian department of the ar.1y. which were made public today
 or the total expenditures, sl,206,- 0G0 went 10 answer the perennial cry of the soldier. When do we ea.?' The largest item of food expense was for frozen beef. which cost s465.- 91S.09
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-23
Drug Addict Under Arrest Claimed to Give Sen-
 sational Evidence.
TWO MEN AND WOMAN
 ARE NOW IMPLICATED
Detroit Prisoner Claims He Received $900 for Auto
 Trip of Plotters.

DETROIT, Mich, Feb. 23.-Two men and woman plotted the death of William D. Taylor, movie di- rector, who was found murdered in his bungalow at Los Angeles on the morning of February 2, according to a reputed statement of Harry M. Fields, under arrest here in con- nection with the mysterious tragedy.
 The Sheriff. in making public the details of Fields alleged statement said the suspect told him he knew nothing of the motive behind the staying. The only interest Fields had in the affair was $500 he re- ceived for driving an auto in which the plotters went to Taylor's home.
 Fields said after the shooting, he drove the party to "hop joint" in Los Angeles.
 Fields admitted he was drug addict.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-23
Weather Stations to Be
 Established in Orchards

SPOKANE, Wash, Feb. 23.-Eight subordinate weather stations will be established throughout the orchard districts near Spokane this spring by the United States weather bureau, to furnish protection to orchardis;a from frost damage, according to an nouncement made by r. M. Keyser, in charge of the local weather bu- read.
 "The success of this service will depend on the cooperation we re- ceive from the orchardists," said Mr. Keyser. "The government is loaning the instruments and bearing all the heavy exuense, but there will be some slight expense the fruit men will be asked to bear in return fnr the service"
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-23
TREATY RESERVATION

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23-Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, after confer ence this forenoon with President He I'd ng, laid before the Senate for eign relations committee a modified blanket reservation to the four-power Pacific fresty
 Tho modified reservation provides that nothing in the treaty will be construct as committing the United States to exercise armed force with out consent of Congress.
 The reservation met immediate opros..tion from several of the Re publican and Democratic members of the committee.
 It is understood the reservatihn of Serator Lodg, is acceptable to President Harding.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-23
BLIZZARD IN
 MIDDLE EAST
Snow Fall Subsiding and Dakotas Report Falling
 Tn Temperatures.

ST. PAUL. Minn., Feb. 23.-Bliz gard conditions prevail in this sec tion today but the snowfall is sub siding. however The eastern part Of the Dahotas reports temperatures falling rapidly with thermometers registering from to IS degrees be- low zero.
 In Western Minn' sota and the Da- kotas it is reported several deaths have heen reported Of persons being frozen
 Members of the National Guard Tank Corps have taken out their ta-Iks to buck the drifts in Duluth.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-23
BAIL FOR TEX
 RICHARD GIVEN
 ANOTHER RAISE
Grand Jury Indicts Sporting Man on Charge of Ab-
 ducting Girls.

NEW YORK, Feb. p. The grand jury of the Supreme Court to- day indicted Tex Riekard on charges of abducting Anna Hess and Nellie Gaeko, two young girls. Rickard' s bail was raised from s10,000 to $25,000.
 Rickard was previously charged with criminal assault on two other girls.
 The case is the outgrowth Of all leged charges presented by the State Children's Aid Society.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-23
Great Accomplishment of Arms Conference Says
 Secretary Hoover. g' BLANKET RESERVATION PACIFIC TREATY GIVEN Senator Lodge Gives Modih- cation to Senate Com-
 mittee Today.

CHICAGO, Feb. 23-'Looking at the result of the Arms Conference solely from an American point of view, we can content ourselves in the great omplishments,' declared Herbert c. Hoover, Secretary of Com merce, last night, before the Union League Club in a Washington birth day address
 '"The jeopardy of war has most assuredly been driven beyond our generation concluded Secretary Hoover.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-23
Jinx Follows "Jinx" Jenkins Who May Die

SAN JOSE, Cal, Feb. 23.-- "Jinx' Jenkins, San Francisco stunt flyer, is not expected to live today as a result of fall 2,700 feet when his parachute failed to open. The stunt was given at an air circus. Jenkins dropping from an adsplane.