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COMMISSIONER PROCEEDINGS

April 4Gn, lSz2
Board met as per adjournment.
Present: j.. w. beckwith, Z. >,
Hight and NJ. II. Weed.
Tie following claims allowed: j.
G Cordell salary III %; A. l. Smith
salary 10 o.; Emma StrOug saIary
81 80; r.. w. schwartz hgi t. 'or Jan
nary, FeUr uar, and March Is 81; G.
". kerlin County Treasurers salary
l25 90; Don + Terpiu Sd ary rs Ou;
Mary A Cordeii salary 25uO; } &,
CurdcIl postage aud brS rent ! 80; \
A Withrow j%auitur - 90: Don h Ter
pm express and hauling advanced
"A -; e.. " ketlin postage and boX
rent 20.45; Mayme Miller salary ll2.5J
e +. Manson salary 70.S3; Don h.
Terpin crow bounties advanced 1850;
Crow bounties No. 81 I'D 90 allowed
$50; Mayme Miller postage 300; Louis
A. Smith assisting surveyor II 80; NJ.
L. Strain salary liz. 80; j. A. Wheeler
surveyor and supplies a.. Al; G.. G. Eat
IN hauling oil barrels and casting IT,
Murdo 400: +. /. Terpin Highway
superintendent salary and mileage
) .25; Wolf bounties No Ala to and
including ALB, 81 90; Robert Peterson
constable fees l7.7u; Dan Ryan drag
4inV roads 1920, Chas Dano dragging
roads rs; w. j. Teutseh dragging
roads 9.7h; c. +. Stevens dragging
rolds SIS.
Board adjourned to 100 p. m:
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Board met IS per adjourned.

Board met IS per adjourned.
The following claims allowed: F.
K. Bouxa service as health officer
claimed 81. 90 allowed 80. 40, and +. e.
Bouza Investigating and placarding
and mileage claimed 1000 allowed
$500 claims applied on overcharge
according to examiners report; Mrs.
Steve Jones meals for Jury 10 so; +.
s. Richardson sheriff fees claimed
43.75 allowed 26 10; Jackson county
for grading on south side of Belvidere
bridge So SO; McCallistar and HeateD
estimate ON Belvidere road l52 90.
Moved and seconded that Mrs. G.. G.
Berry and v, r. Branson be and
are hereby appointed rs members Of
the County Text Book Committee to
meet at the office of the County Sup
erintendent on the second Tuesday In
June. All members voting aye. g.
+, Stevens dragging roads 6 IS; G. M,
3 st. p. r. r. demurrage 2.N.; G. $.
! Hight per diem 100; j. w. Beck
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

ESTATE OF JOHN SCHMIDT, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned
Daniel Schmidt, Executor Of the Estate OF
John schmidt deceased, TO the creditors OF
and all persons having claims against the
said deceased. 10 exhibit them, with the
necessary vouchers, within six months after
the first publication Of this notice. 10 the said
Daniel Schmidt. executor at the office Of c.. +.
kell. at White River, in the County OF Mellette,
State OF South Dakota.
Dated March nth, 1922.
DANIEL
Executor Of Estate OF J ohm Schr>idt Deceased
c, f.. XELL, Attorney for Executor. 9-4t
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

ESTATE OF H, c, SCHMlTTERs. Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned
c. E. kell, Executor Of the Estate OF Ii. c.
Schmitters deceased, 70 the creditors Of and
all persons having claims against the said de-
ceased, 10 exhibit them. with the necessary
vouchers. within six months after the first
publication OF this notice, to the said c. <. Kell,
executor AT his office 1t White River in the
County OF Mellette, and State OF South Da kota
Dated March 9th, 1922. G. Z. kELL.
Executor Estate Of II c, Schmitters. deceased.
CAT
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hear you talk.
Help yourself by helping others who
are willing to help you.
Town farmers now have most o,
their 1922 crops harvested.
Keep moving forward. Everything
behind has been picked clean.
Life is full Of JOY to those who are
willing to forget their sorrows.
The fellow who talks of himself
seldom finds an opportunity to talk.
There is a time and place for every
thing, ever to the paying of the editor.
Never threaten to lick the fellow
who calls you bad names. Do it in
stead.
Why should we refer to them as
jazz houndsY Most of them are only
pups.
1t won't be long now until bathing
girl cover begin to appear on the
magazines.
The most exciting thing in climb
ing the ladder of fortune is when it
begins to break.
There is however, one way to check
the divorce evil in this country. Fire
all of the judges.
Another disappointment. Skirts
are getting into the price class and
are coming down.
If the joke is on you the other fell
lows won't do half the laughing If
you tell it yourself.
whats in a name?" Try to use
some one else's at the bottom of a
check and you'll soon find out.
Some men are like a dog chasing
his tail-they try to make ends meet
by running around in a circle.
We are quite willing to have all
wrong severely punished, provided we
are the Judge of right and wrong.
The most remarkable thing about
an election is the rapidity with which
we forget the rottenness that crops
out.
Many a fellow puts a diamond ring
on a girls finger during courtship
and a washtub in front Of her after
marriage.
We fail to understand why congress
spends so much time in scrapping over
the bonus. The members are not paid
by the hour.
Some people claim that our pro-
hibition law will keep US out Of wal.
No foreigner would we risk guzzling
our booze.
Don't imagine you can ever scare
your wife into telling you the latest
piece of scandal. She'll beat you to
it every time.
The government explains that the
bird on the new peace dollar is an
eagle. We are laundering to make
its acquaintance.
Regardless of the fact that we have
a republican form of government, we
are the most democratic nation on the
face of the globe.
Red headed girls of the country are
up in arms because a Boston critic
claims they all have crooked legs.
We're from Missouri.
Why continue to call them murder
ers? The art has been reduced to
such a science they are entitled to a
more aristocratic designation.
This radio stuff is great stuff. any
way. 1t is only a question of time
when We will be able to pick up our
receiver and hear the president order
his soft boiled eggs for breakfast.
And we might, perchance, even hear
him cuss the chef when they are over
done.
The a~nti-tobacco campaign in Chica-
90 has hit the rocks. An alderman
introduced a resolution in the city
council making il. unlawful for women
to smoke in public, and femininity
Immediately exploded in a burst of
protest against such an unjust cur
tailnient of their Liberties. 1t worked
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Notice-Special Township Meeting

There will be a special meeting of
all the voters of Fairview township
held at the Fairview school house,
Saturday, April Is, 1922, for the pur-
pose of discussing the purchase of
road machinery and the laying out of
road work for the coming season.
Every voter is requested to be pres
ent.
1O-1 Fred Matouseck, Clerk.
You couldn't make her believe il,
but when a woman needs a beautifier
she is too old for it to do her any good
A girl of modest demeanor now
adays attracts "a lot OF attention be-
cause there are so many Of the other
kind.
There would be more statesmen II
tic an knew j { G Be-
tiles in the long run il mere, ,.,
lowing conscience and conviction.
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Seed Corn-A good mixed seed corr
for sale at $1.00 per bushel. j. A,
Edmonds, Wood, S. ID. LA
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For School
Children
By Brice Belden, M. d.

THILDERN should never be al
lowed to go to school with
out having had an adequate
breakfast. Too many are sent to
school without any breakfast at all.
Unless children are properly fed
they cannot study well. and. be-
sides, they will not be able to re-
sist infectious disease.
The eyes and ears need special
care. II the eyes are crossed. or
red and inflamed, and II there il
any defect Of vision. the trouble
should be attended to at once.
Running ears should not be neg
lected, as they will not heal Of
themselves without deafness, as
q rule.
Defective breathing is vitality inn
portant, and a search must be made
for distractions.
The head should be washed with
hot water and soap once a week,
preferably before bedtime. The
hair must be thoroughly combed
and dried before retiring.
A bath should be taken twice
weekly at bedtime. The water
should be warm, but followed by a
cold water sponge. A healthy skin
depends upon cleanliness; unless
1t Is kept clean It cannot perform
its vitality important functions.
The hands should always be
washed before eating, since un.
clean hands infect the entire body
with disease germs carried in this
way to the mouth.
A child's clothing should be of
light weight, but warm. In the
winter time the garments should
be OF wool and cotton mixed.
Mufflers and scarfs worn out
doors should be Immediately re-
moved indoors.
II a child remains In the class
room with wet stockings and shoes
he may become chilled, with con-
sequent illness.
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Going Back
To Nature
By w. A. McKeever.

w Ow can we indulge the In
hGent savagery and wild
- ness in young human ma
ture and yet make the procedure
a constructive part Of a growing
personality. During early Adde'S
cence this disposition to run of
to the hills and the primitive out
door life is SO marked in the young
individual boy or girl as to amount
to almost an overmasterlng pas
sion.
AT Sapulpa, Okla, a radical and
far.seeing movement has been set
on foot with the idea OF giving
every adolescent child his oppor-
tunity to make q bold dash for the
wild timber. For the boys q TWEEN.
ty-acre woodland has been bought
outright for use as camp. Inc
wildnes Of nature will be preserved
rocks, hills, lakes. streams and
untouched forest. For the girls
similar tract Of forty acres has been
leased with much Of the same prim'
tive situations.
II is not so uncommon to have
a camping park for boys. but to
provide such a place exclusively
for girls Is as unusual as IL Ii slg-
nificant. To preserve and yet re-
lieve the wild nature common TO
adolescent girls; to build up the
health Of body. mind and spirit
through vigorous open-country ex-
ercises; to lay the foundation
through, such training for better
motherhood and improved citizen.
ship-these are some Of the splen-
did ideals which the city fathers OF
Sapulpa have made possible for a
large group Of growing girls.
Perhaps the best general mean
ing of the Sapulpa woodland camp
for the parents Of girls of the big
city is this. Retard the social
pace. For the over frequent, excit-
ing party dances substitute at
least half the time the quiet seq
regated parties of girls, where body.
mind and spirit may blossom forth
evenly and undisturbed.
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HE BRIDES PLAY zs sR'a's aad f %sd ss"'
Read the Serial Here and Watch for the
Motion Picture Soon to Be Shown
at Leading Theaters.

ming like q hive in summer with
knights and ladies coming to see the
Brides Play.
1T was not a difficult matter for
OrBrien to cross the big drawbridge
and mingling with the others, to
reach the courtyard where the cere-
mony was to take place.
Luckily in the press he was not
noticed, so he bided his time and
swore he would win Enid in tho
face of them all or die in the doing
Of It. It was when she made the
round of the guests asking here
and there as is the custom: Are
you the one that I love best?' that
o'Brien cried out: I am the one,
Acushla.'
"whereupon Enid. admiring him
for his daring, answered, You are
right, o'Brien. take me away
A Swift Escape.
Swift as thought. the young knight
swept her into his arms and be-
fore the astonished guests could
imagine what was happening they
were both on his charger and dash
ing madly toward the drawbridge.
1t was then that Sir Mansfield,
slow-moving and a little heavy
footed from wine, cried out to the
guards to lower the gates. but by
the time the keepers had got to
the big chains the bold wooer had
vanished in the darkness and they
knew it was worse than useless ID
pursue him.
Silence followed the tale. That's
what makes me afraid" explained
the old woman. Suppose that
should happen in this day--I'm
afraid, I'm afraid" she moaned.
and shook her head; other heads
followed suit, and the old-time story
filled more than one with terror as
they heard the trumpets announc
ing the call to the courtyard.
Go Be Continued Tomorrow
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A Stirring Romance.
BY Arthur Stringer.

feet drumming laziiy and intermit-
tently on the turf. She stared at
her husband. who after q morning
of farm toll seemed glad enough Of
his half hour Of contented animal
like inactivity.
You lazy hound" she said sleep
lily and affectionately as she tossed
a handful Of grass along his hat
rim. But he neither moved nor
spoke. Then she sat UP and stared
at the red brick house shaded by
its cluster of. lordly pines.
She could see Absalom, the aged
negro man servant who had so re-
Gently been transported from the
neighboring county seat to Pine
Brae. slowing and crooningiy clear
ing the dinner table that had been
set in the cooler shadow of the
side porch with its bright new avn
ings Of taupe and willow-green
stripes. Absalom, who boasted Of
having been a chef OF fame in his
younger days. still wore the white
cotton gloves with which he in
rariably served a meal Torrie.
Who had promptly shortened his
name into Abe" and later expand
| it to Uncle Abe" found 1t pos
BILE to talk with this old negro by
he hour.
And now, as he moved about the
"ool shadows and from time to
me disappeared into the cooler
gloom Of the house itself, he
.aemed a fit and venerable figure
= be presiding about so old and
nerable q household.
The open air the the somewhat
heady bottled ale which her hus.
band had laid in for her, on a com.
pact to abstain from more ardent
spirits during her period of con-
valescence, had left her singularly
,rowsy and contented in spirit.
she turned lazily about to rescue
her slipper from Skookum, the
collie pup which Owen, after much
travel and trouble. had obtained
from n neighboring farm, on her
ultimatXm that she must have q
dog.
(To Re Continued Tomorrow
Copyright 1870. by Arthur strinEer)
Publish by arrangement with InternA-
tiopaI Feature Service. Inc
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THE RHYMING
c. OPTIMIST
BY Aline Michaelis-
AU Sorts of Folks.

"HERE are folks of every kind
keeping old Earth spinning;
men of Drawn and men of mind
all must have an inning. None
should ever dare to boast, jeering IT
his neighbor, I'm the chap that's
needed most" Every one must labor.
Scrubbing floors is not an art, yet
'twould pain US sadly II none play.
ed the scrubgirl's part when sarl
floors look badly. II the dust AMI
trash each day round our shins
should gather. would we want it
cleared away2 I should say s..
rather! Mops and pals look good
to me; though some people tell US
works beneath their dignity. I be.
lieve they're jealous. Black is twice
as rich as cream, White has not a
copper, still upon the whole the
scheme seems quite right ard
proper. Jimpson puts his cash away,
johnson is spender; Hopkins
doesn't like things gay, Hickso-
dotes on splendor. There is work for
every hand, Just to keep things
going; some paint pictures that are
grand, some are built for hoeing. So
don't try to puzzle out other fellows
uses: stick to things you know
about, making no excuses. Ever
one 10 needed here, do not dare to
doubt It: do your part to spin this
sphere, keep right on about Il!
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WHEN A GIRL MARRIES
An INTERESTING STORY OF EARLY Welded LIFE

with Evvy's colorless and alto
gether nondescript parents.
Hello, you twor' he cried. You
look like couple of dryads OF
wood nymphs or what-do-you-call-
ems. Donna Anna suggests a noble
Florentine lady who has condo
scended to froliC lightly for the
nonce. But what astonishes me is
fresh as daisy!
Tom WINGED at his own words.
and a cynical smile twisted its way
across his already bitter lips. There
was sudden hitch in his smooth
phrases. He was faultlessly
groomed as usual, but the look of
steely alertness under his big and
almost feline gentleness was blurred
somehow.
Being on q picnic with Anne and
forgetting myself did me a lot Of
good" cried Envy, losing no time,
but opening the attack at once.
1T made me realize how well /
could be again If / were happy or
occupied--or something like that.
Anne was saying she thought a
change would do me 80 much
good
Il wish knew some one to chap
erone Evelyn on n trip, since she's
SO set on one," whimpered her
mother.
"Oh, looking afterr cried Envy.
her eyes beseeching mine. II need
independence. Anne finds that the
best tonic-being on your own, l
mean. And she jumped at the idea
of my taking a trip. In fact, got
her to say she'd take my little
roadster out and give 1t exercise
while I'm gone"
was taken off my guard by the
way Envy was making up things
as she went along. I turned to.
Tom. He was bending forward.
quizzical smile lighting his eyes,
his lips twisting a bit. He seemed
to be challenging me to refuse.
(To BE Continued Thursdayl
copyright. 1891. King Features syndi-
cate, Incl
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THE. WINE OF LIFE

quiet, impersonal and authorita.
tive. Then he awakened to the
fact that DR.. Eggert was speak
ing to him.
"Torrie wants you," he heard
that coolly indifferent voice call
out to him.
He crossed to the bed and stared
down into Tories face. still swol-
len and slightly purplish in hue.
Her eyes seemed unnaturally dark
in the strong light, and some diff
Guilty In focusing them made II
hard. for a moment. for her to dis
tinguish her husband. She reached
out weakly for his hand.
"Oh, Owen" she cried as the
tears welled from her eyes and ran
down the still swollen face. II
wanted my baby! My poor Ill
baby! My poor III baby"
Storrow took her cropping fingers
and held them. 1t was all there
seemed to do. For a vast and de-
nuding apathy had taken posses
sion Of him. II was the past, he
remembered. the implacable past,
reaching out q hand for it's own.
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BY Ann Isle
Whose Present Serial Has Won n
Big Popular Success.

TTOOK both of Evvy's clammy
hands in my grasp and looked
at her searchingly.
Just what is 1t you want me to
help you do? And how do yoL
think I can serve you best?
Il must get away. I must. There
are reasons. Oh, Ann, II you knew
what want to do you'd be the last
to try to stop me!'
II don't sec why you need me
or that there's really anything for
me to do" replied, trying to laugh
off the situation.
Il do need you. Tom will listen
to you. There-are reasons-why
he'll listen to you. His liking for
you isn't the only one. I'm not
asking you to play the siren. Just
tell my big cousin you'd like to
see me go, II he doesn't mind. Say
you don't think it's fair for him to
interfere. Tell him you think tie
wise from every point of view for
me to go. That's all you need to
do. You will do this little thing
for me, won't you, Amer"
"Ill do what you want" I flung
at her almost CURLY. Put don't
you think II would be wise to give
me some data in case Tom asks
questions?'
HE WON'T" cried Envy, flush
ing little at her own duplicity
as she confessed. Toms coming
out to dinner tonight. We dine at
s Sundays, you know.
Evvy's face lighted up at my
words.
She laughed lightly as she spoke,
but / sensed an undercurrent of
great seriousness. I felt sure that
Envy had some deeper purpose in
the days arrangements than she
had chosen to tell me. But I didn't
question her and her sincerity
then.
The rest Of our picnic day was
attuned to holidaying and to ma
ture In her frisly green and blue
and gold mood. We were both
flushed and happy and wind-tosscd
when we drove up to the side
porch late In the afternoon. As
we climbed the steps voice
hailed us from the sun parlor. and
there was Tom Mason visiting
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THE WOMAN
OBSERVER
CT IFE II monotonous. IT'S ono
continual chore Of cooking
- onA xuo ohip0 Hiahaap 90

ana washing dshes. 80
complains the housewife.
"Life's montonous. It's just one
rehearsal after another. We've had
over $50 performances Of our show
and we still have to rehearse, re-
hearse, rehearse. It's a never end
ing Job" So says Tootsie OF the
stage. To her q little home. q
chance to do what she wants when
she wants to looks pretty soft, as
she goes into q one-arm lunch to
TO get q cup Of coffee before going
into the dreary, unlighted playhouse
TO do her stunt Of smiles and dances.
"If ia only gone on the stage In
stead Of marrying Jim I'd never
have &ad a dull moment. Just
pretty clothes and bright lights and
plenty Of fun.
Drudgery enters into everyone's
life, whether he be prince or pauper.
Il Is drudgery for a prince to smile
and be pleasant to all the people
who want to see him. To them 1t
IL q red letter day never to be for
rotten. To him II is one Of many
colorless days, soon to be forgotten.
It Is the "other fellows" Job which
always looks good to us. So it Is
that our job looks good to the other
fellow. Take another look at the
Job, pick out its good points, keep
them firmly in the foreground Of
your consciousness and thank your
stars for the good luck which is
yours in holding 1t. Then you'll be-
gin to be happy.
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CHAPTER XIV.

Torrie Throssel and her husband
had been three weeks at Pine
Brae." as Amasa Kirkner had once
christened the Ontario fruit farm,
which sloped down from The Ridge
to the slate cliffs overlooking the
tumbling blue waters Of Lake Erie.
1t was high noon OF a flawless
June-end day. Flat on his back. on
a Navajo rug stretched out in q
grassy hollow along the cliff edge.
lay Storrow with a sweat-stained
felt hat pulled low over his tanned
and stubbed face. to keep the sun
out of his eyes. Slightly higher up
on the sloping shelf of greensward
lay Torrie, bare.headed, in a soiled
MILDLY blouse" and much
crumpled skirt of duck.
She had kicked off her incon-
gruous jet-beaded slippers. and lay
on her stomach with her chin in
her hands and her silk-stockinged
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IA Romantic and Gorgeous Film Drama
Based on Dom Byrne's
Famous Story.

the will of her powerful father.
who was set on her wedding a man
she hated?"
Her Reason to Fear.
That's what makes me have the
fear this day"
Tell US the story. mother?"
IT'S right We should hear It"
The listeners grouped themselves
closer. every eye fixed on the old
woman not a little proud Of herself
that she could give this ancient leg
end with such an appreciative audi
ence.
"A lovely bride was Enid, that
daughter OF the rich landowner, who
boasted this very castle as a small
part of his domain-but rich as he
was the lust for more was In his
heart and he cast about on how to
Increase his wealth.
There was another rich man, Sir
Mansfield, a knight with no reputa-
ton who had fallen desperately In
love with Enid, the daughter Of his
friend. and who swore he would
have her in spite Of man and devil.
Her father listened to him and smil-
ed, for he knew Enid was q Jewel
above price. And 1T last. by crafty
pretending he had the girls good
at heart and could not bear she
should wed one so much older, he
persuaded Sir Mansfield to deed him
a goodly share Of his holdings before
he would give his consent to the
union.
when he told his daughter Of
the match he had made for her the
girl refused to obey him: he threat
ened and cajoled and finally by brute
force cowed her into saying she
would marry Sir Mansfield.
But her heart was sore, for she
loved q poor man, O'Brien, of the
Fews, and she had the habit Of