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Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-01-26
By EDWARD G. LOWRY
Copyright. Western Newspaper Union

Mr.. Lever-1 concede 1t.
Mr.. Mclaughlin OF Michigan-Will the
gentleman reserve his point Of order7
Mr. stanord-I will reserve It.
Mr.. McLaughlin-TMe committee made
the recommendation to increase the sal
airy $500. took testimony on 1t and con-
sidered 1t very carefully. In our judg-
ment the increase in salary ought to be
made for an official who has been In the
department. as the chairman says. for a
long time at the head OF this bureau. He
has performed able and faithful servicee.
The salary is less than that paid to tho
heads of other bureaus We felt after
listening to all that was said. and with
knowledge OF the work he has been doing
and has done. the salary proposed 10 not
too large.
Mr.. stafford-How long has he been
theref
Mr.. Lever-He has been there forty-two
years. e.
MIR. Stafford-What 10 his age?
Mr.. Lever-Over sixty. perhaps nearer
seventy, but he is still vigorous and able
ito do good work. He 10 one Of the
greatest entomologists In the world.
The Chairman-The point of order 10
sustained.
Five minutes later the matter of
Doctor Nelson's salary was reached.
The secretary of agriculture recon-
mended an increase Of his pay from
$500 to $4,000. This happened:
Mr.. stafrord-Mister Chairman, I re-
serve the point of order on the para
graph. Will the chairman Of the COM
mittee inform the house as to how long
this biologist has been in the service
of the government and how long he has
been receiving the present salary of $500.
on which you recommend an Increase OF
$500?
tleman, whose name is Nelson, has been
in the service of the department since
November 1880. He has served as chief
field naturalist from 1907 to 1912, and was
assistant in charge of the biological in
vestigation, from 1918 to 1914. On August
6, 1914, he was appointed assistant chief
of the bureau, and on December l. 1916.
was made chief Of the bureau. He took
the place of Doctor Henshaw.
Mr.. stafford-And the salary has been
So, 500 since 1916?
Mr.. Lever-Yes.
Mr.. Stafforq-What is his age?
Mr.. LeVer-I should think that Doctor
Nelson is round fifty years of age.
Mr.. Stafford-He Is not superannuated
Mr. Lever-Oh, no; he IL very vigor-
Gus man.
Mr.. stafrord-Mister Chairman. with
draw the point of order.
Doctor Howard was refused his IN.
crease Of pay because he was too OLD
"over sixty, perhaps nearer seventy"
Doctor Nelson was allowed his in
crease because he was not superan-
nuated but in his prime. ground fifty
years of age"
Now, as a matter of fact, Doctor
Howard is more than two years young
er than Doctor Nelson. Is it any won
der that scientific men of any attain
msnts are reluctant to enter service
where the measure of the value Of
their services is set down in any such
haphazard and casual way?
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-01-26

the field of private enterprise. They
were too fine and too patriotic to leave
their posts.
"Under the compelling force of pa
trfotism they made willing sacrifices
during the war, but with the return of
peace the government cannot expect
to retain these employees Indefinitely,
becaus" in justice to themselves and
their families they will sooner or later
accept the larger opportunities that are
open to them in the world Of business
and industry unless the government
proposes to pay them salaries that at
least reasonably approach the value Of
their services.
"Only prompt action by the congress
to build up permanent and dignified
civil service which will include men
of great ability and high attachments
can prevent mistakes and failures in
the transaction of the public business,
the consequences of which may be
calamitous"
misrepresentation Good, who was
chairman of the appropriations COM
mittee Of the house, is equally frank:
Today duplication in the govern
ment service abounds on every hand.
For example, eight different depart
ments Of the government, with large
overhead organizations, are engaged
in engineering work, in navigation, ir-
rigation and drainage; eleven different
bureaus are engaged in engineering
research; twelve different organiza.
tons are engaged in road con.
struction. while twelve, with large
overhead organizations, are engaged
In hydraulic construction and sixteen
are engaged in surveying and map
ping. Sixteen different bureaus exer-
else Jurisdiction over water-power de-
vel0pment. Nine different organiza-
lions are collecting information on the
consumption Of coal. Forty-two differ.
:ent organizations, with, overhead ex-
penses, are dealing with the question
Of public health.
The Treasury department, the War
department, the Interior department
and the Labor department each has \
bureau dealing with the question Of
general education. These departments
operate independently; instances Of co.
operation between them are exeep-
tional. Each Of these departments is
manned at all times with an organize
ttton prepared to carry the peak Of the
load and maintains an expensive
ready to-serve personnel. A lack Of
cooperation In the executive depart.
ments necessarily leads to gross ex.
itravagance. The system Is wrong, and
congress alone can change the systsm.s
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-01-26
VII.
WHY GOOD MEN DODGE

The government service must look
largely to the graduates from colleges
and universities in recruiting for its
technical work. Replies to an inquiry
addressed to some forty Of the leading
colleges and universities of the coun-
try to discover what class of men took
civil service examinations, whether
the number is decreasing and. If so,
the reasons, disclose wildly what the
Training schools Of technical and scien-
tific men think about the government
as an employer. They warn their
graduates against government service,
and the graduates heed the warning.
Carnegie Institute of Technology
at Pittsburgh, reports:
1t is certainly true that the best of our
graduates are not interested In govern
ment employment because they feel that,
nrst OF all. 1t does not pay adequate sal
aries, nor does 1t offer opportunity for
advancement that private enterprise does.
This spring. interviewed all the men,
bers of the graduating class, except the
women. and none Of them would consider
government employment, although there
were many positions open. There
are now about $500 male graduates of the
institute, and will venture to state that
not more than ten are employed by the
government.
Replies Of similar tenor and import
We're received from the University Of
Chicago, Leland Stanford university,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Princeton university, Indiana univer-
sity, and the University of Wisconsin.
Inequality Of, compensation is one
of the chief reasons that deter scien-
tific men from going into the govern
ment service. Congress. fixes the sal
aries Of most Of the government en-
ployees. can give a concrete illus
tration of how it determines the sal
aries of scientific men.
DR.. Leland o. Howard and DR.. Ed
ward w. Nelson are two scientists in
the employ Of the government who
have national regulations.
The appropriation bill for the De-
partment of Agriculture was under
consideration in the house on January
Both, 1920. The secretary of agricul-
ture had been recommending for five
or six years that Doctor Howarnd's
salary be increased from $4,000 to S.
600. He proposed it again in that
years bill. When the item was reached
In the discussion on the floor, this col
loquy ensued:
Mr.. stafford-Mister Chairman, re-
serve point of order on the paragraph.
Is the entomologist whose salary you
propose to increase the same person rec
commended for an increase last year?
Mr.. Lever-Yes; he has been in the gov
ernment service many. many years.
The Chairman-I make the point of or
der.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-01-26
SYSTEM IS ALL WRONG

The great difficulty that stands in
the way Of discussing Uncle Sam as
an employer Is that there is no such
person. The men who stand in the
relation of employer to their subordi-
mates are nothing but employees them
selves, and temporary ones at that,
with very fleeting tenure of office.
Cabinet officers and members Of con-
gress. to whom the rank and file of
employees look for guidance for a
solution of their problems, are simply
heeting figures that come and go, with
their own interests to serve. They
testify freely enough as to conditions
Of government employment. Senator
Carter Glass, recently secretary Of the
treasury, for example:
'The largely multiplied business of
the government cannot be conducted
with efficiency and economy unless
there be attracted to and retained in
the public service group of highly
trained, well-paid and permanent OFF,
Gals Of supervisory grades. Uncer-
tainty Of tenure in some instances and
iliadequacy Of compensation have
closed the public service to many men
Of the best type or forced them out Of
government employ at the moment Of
their greatest usefulness.
The war has increased the public
debt more than twenty-five fold and
has augmented the functions and ac-
tivitfes Of the government in many
ways. The duties are greater and the
responsibilities are larger than those
OF other days, to the standards of
which 1t Is not to be expected that
the government will ever return. The
conditions are such that failure to take
the necessary action to invite and
hold in the public service men Of ex-
ceptional ability and Of real distinc-
ton In their fields can result only In
grave burdens to the taxpayers Of the
country and in possible disaster
Already the. transaction of the
business Of the government is ham
pered BY deficiencies of personnel due
to the return to private life of many
men Of large capacity who during the
period OF active warfare were willing
and clad to serve their country at
great personal sacrifice. have come
to learn that there are heroes in the
civil establishments as well as In the
military services, .self-sacrificing pa
trtots who toll year In and year out for
9 bare pittance when they could COM
mand salaries double or treble the
amounts they receive from the govern
.ment, bur who. for the love Of their
country and Tor the love Of their
work have rejected alluring Offers In
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-01-26

that fathers, mothers, nurses, or gov
ernesses. not comprehending that this
mental deafness is for the time being
entirely genuine, are liable to hoarse-
ness both Of throat and temper. Thir-
teen is an age when the fading Of this
gift or talent--one Of the most beau
ttful Of childhood begins to impair
Its helpfulness, under the mistaken
stress Of discipline but Florence re-
tanned something Of 1t. In, q moment
or two Noble Dill's disaffecti0n toward
poetry was altogether az II II did not
exist. ss,s
She coughed, inclined her head a
little to one side, in her mothers
manner Of politeness to callers. and,
repeating her deprecatory laugh re-
marked, .'Well, Of course It's kind Of
a funny question for me to ask, Of
course,
'.what is, Florence7" Noble inquired
absently.
"Well-what I was saying was that
course it's sort Of queer me askin'
If you liked poetry, Of course, on <ac-
count Of my writing poetry the way I
do now
She looked up at him with bright
readiness to respond modestly to
whatever exclamation his wonder
should dictate; but Mobiles attention
had struggled again. He failed to
comprehend what she had set before
him.
Has she written your mother late
Tyr he asked. .a
Florence's expression denoted a
mental condition slightly disturbed.
mo-" she said. "It's goin' to be
printed in the North End Daily ORR.
OLE" 81
'What2"
my poem. It's about vast amen
anyhow that's prob'ly the best thing
In 1t, I guess and they're goin' to
have it tomorrow, or else they'll have
to settle with me; that's one thing
certain! I'll bring one over to your
house and leave it at the! door for
you, Mr.. Dill"
Noble had but confused notion
Of what she thus generally promised.
However, he said, "Thank you" and
nodded vaguely.
"Of course, don't know as it's SO
awful good" Florence admitted insin-
cerely. 'The family all seem to think
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-01-26
T',44EpoEm.

synopsis.-Proud possessor Of .
printing press. and equipment. the
gift Of Uncle Joseph to his nephew
Herbert Illingsworth Atwater. Jr..
aged thirteen, the fortunate youth.
with his chum. Henry Rooter.
about the same age. begins the
publication Of q full fedged news
paper. tAe North End. Daily ori-
ole. Herbert's small cousin. Flor
ence Atwater, being barred from
any kind OF participation in the
enterprise. on account Of her in
tense and natural feminine desire
to .'boss," Il frankly annoyed. and
not at all backward in saying 80.
However. 4 poem she has written
10 accepted for insertion in the
Oriole, on b strictly commercial
basis-cash In advance. Thereupon
she appoints publicity committee
of one.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-01-26

it's something pretty much; but don't
know II it is or not. Really, / don't!"'
sNo," said Noble, still confused. II
suppose not" as .ss7s
"1'm half way through another one
y think myself'll be a good deal better.
I'm not goin' as fast with it as ! did
with the other one, and I expect it,A be
quite a ways ahead Of this one She
again employed the deprecatory little
laugh. II don't know how do II,
myself. The family all think it's sort
OF funny III don't know how I do It;
myself but that's the way it is. They
all say Il they could do 1t they're sure.
they'd know how they did It; but I
guess they're wrong. I presume II
You can do Il, why It just comes to
y6u7 Don't you presume that's the
way It IS. Mr. Dilli"s.
!. y guess So y They had reached
his gate, and he stopped. You're sure
none Of your family have heard any
thing today" he asked anxiously. 81
& rom Aunt Julial u don't think
they haye.s ,,E|5.3. sS;3js H 81
He sighed, and opened tho gate.
well, good evening, Florence. !"
Good evening Her eyes followed
him wistfully as she passed within. the,
inctosure then she turned and walked
quickly toward her own home !; but at
the corner of the next fence she called,
over her shoulder. ..I'll leave &c with.
3yonr mother Tor you, Il you're not
home when hiring 4" n n
1hat! be shouted. from tlss "
cintty fshis front door.
81 ...I.ll leave Sits With your mother
q II eavA what
ms poemi e. ss
oh ~ sid Noble.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-01-26
Feeds Needed BY Colts.

The draft colt should be we'll fed
in order to keep 1t growing and in good
health. It is the early feeding and
care an animal receives which deter.
mines its quality and development to
q large extent. It needs bone and
uscle.building feeds, IA.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-01-26

His mother handed him a copy Of
the first issue Of the North End Daily
Oriole, the next day when he came
home to lunch. He read 1t without
edification; there was nothing about
Julia in 1t.
THE North End daily oriols
Atwater 4 Rooter Awners 4 Propreitors
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-01-26

SUBSCRIBE NOW Is Cents Per Year.
Subscriptions should be brought to the
East etrance Of Atwater & Rooter News
paper Building every afternoon 4:3O to 9.
Is cents.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-01-26
Fat on Brood Sow.

A brood SOW ought to put on some
weight and fat during the winter, hut
not an excessive amount, 50 that she IL
exceedingly heavy or overburdensd
With weight.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-01-26
Feedino sIIaoe .to sheep.

In feeding silage to sheep care
should be taken not to give the ami.
mails any that is spoiled. Sheep are
peculiarly susceptible to injury from
feeds which form gas.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-01-26
NEWS OF The CRY

4
1.-THE Candidates for mayor at the
election are Mr.. p. N. Gordon and
John T. Milo. The contest is very
great between these candidates.
+, "Holcombs chickens get In MR.. Jo-
seph Atwater's yard god deal lately.
He says chickens are out Of place in
city Of this size.
Minnie the cook Of MR.. F. Il
Smiths residisence goes downtown ey-
cry Thursday ats about three her reg
ular day for it.
"a new ditch is being dug across
the MR.. Henry D. Vance backyard.
Ills about dug but nobody is working
there now. Patty Fairchild received
the highest mark In defamation Of the
IA at Sumner School last Friday.
"Balf's grorcey wagon ran over q
cat of the Mr.. Rayfort family. Geo.
the driver Of the wagon stated he
had not but was willing to take it
away and burg it somewheres Geo.
stated regret and claimed nothing but
an accident which could not be helped
and not his team that did the dam.
age.
Miss Colfield teacher Of the z A
at Sumner School was reported on the
sick list. We hope she will soon be
well.
''There were several deaths in the
city this week.
5 "MR. Fairchild father of Patty
Fairchild was on the sick list several
days and did not go to his Office but
lis out now.
"Ben Kriso the Chauffeur Of the
Mr.. R. G. Atwater family washes their
car on Monday. In using the hose he
turned water over the fence accident.
ly and hit Lonnie the was Woman
in back Of MRS. Rruffs who called
him some low names. Ben told her IL
she had been man he would strike
her but soon the disturbance was at
an end. There is a good deal more Of
other news which will be printed In
our next NO"
Advertisements q Poems
20 Cents Each Up. ~
JOSEPH K. ArwATER 4 co.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-01-26

1.-THE Candidates for mayor at the
election are Mr.. p. N. Gordon and
John T. Milo. The contest is very
great between these candidates.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-01-26
Advertisements q Poems
20 Cents Each Up.

JOSEPH K. ATwATER q co.
LIT South Iowa st.
Steam Pumps.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-01-26
THE oRaANsTEP
BY Florence Atwater.

The odganstep wass Gated at his organ
In some beautiful words Of vagle and brir
But he was great organstep and
always n
When the soil 10 weary
And the mind is dreary,
would like to be IN organSteD seated
all day At
Whether my 5stprsm light be Taircheibt
or Nor
would play music like q vast amen
The way it sounds In Q church Of new
Subscribe NOW Is cents Adv. &
Poetry 20 cents up. Atwater & Rooter
Newspaper Building q, cents per year.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1922-02-09
EASTERN KENTUCKY NEWS
Continued from page 81


Robert Bowman are clearing some
brush land-Frank Croucher has
gone back to housekeeping since his
house burned.-Scaffold Cane is fur
nishing a part of the grand jury for
the February term of court. IL
seems that some of the boys are
very restless. Guess they are un-
easy.-Tom Croucher has been very
sick with throat trouble. Our neigh
borhood has had the worst colds since
the flu year.-Clint Northern's fami-
ly is on the sick list. w Mccall
Ions entire family is down with flu.
Some unthoughtful parties are still
trying 10 moonFhine, but Felix Lays
says they must stop.-Chris Wood is
out again selling groceries.-Little
Violette Todd is on the sick list
J. W. Todd has rheumatism.-Prep-
arations are being made for ten
day singing school at Walnut Grove
schoolhouse.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1922-02-09

that w T. Bowman arrived in the
neighborhood on the evening Of the
4th with two Of his children.-Wil-
lard Becknell. who has been at Lex
ington for some time. has returned.
Mrs. Mary Carroll and Recus Beck
nell. who went To Lexington some few
weeks back visiting relatives, have re-
turned.-Frank Campbell has moved
TO Beattyville-William Rains got a
barn burnt down at the upper end
Of his farm recently. accidentally
caught on fire.. G.. Peters sold his
tract Of land Mt Island City To his
brother, Sheridan.-The farmers here
are busy blowing, clearing and repair
ing.-We congratulate The Citizen on
the idea Of bad legislation and
good citizenship; one tends to de-
stroy, the other 10 build up.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1922-02-09
CUP|D'S own DAY
Fourteenth o. February Belongs
to Him Alone.
Anniversary Briohtens the orab Month
With Memories OF the Past and
Joy Of the Present

Frightening the dull. drab month of
February and doing their very best
TO cheer up and bring love into DOR
hearts, the valentines-the valentines
smile at us with their lace-and-forget-
me-not daintiness from the shop win
dows.
There are elaborate millionaire"
valentines of celluloid aud blue ribbons
that come in big lace boxes, like
French dolls; there are valentines that
when pulled out like an accordion be-
come Cinderella coaches Of cardboard.
laden with Loves and vepuses and
Cupids. Others resolve themselves in
to airy pink-and-blue palaces-you
never knOw-peopled with delightful
goddesses and doves.
But the best and most sincere, per
haps, are the old-fashioned valentines
--vlstas of foamy paper lace. through
which you look upon hearts redder
than lovers lips, in a prospect of VIC
lets and fOrget-me- nots. And hidden
away, like a billet doux in a bouquet.
little verse:
This heart. sweet love, send to you.
Together with these violets blue:
And II you like this heart of mine,
! pray you be my valentine.
Could anything be more simple or
direct to the point? As unerringly as
Cupid's darts or a beau's rapier the
verse carries its message home. 1t
may be that the EliZabethan lyrics.
the love songs Of Herrick and Love
lace and Sucking, survive today only
in the valentine.
And, all, what memories these har-
bingers Of love bring with them. They
lead US back along the cOlumblne-
bOrdered road to yesterday, over the
asphodel meadows of Youth and First
Love and Childhood Fancies, and we
meet and kiss our first sweethearts
again-alas, they have gone out of
our lives these many years.
And so. dear little Valentine accept
these viOlets and forget-me- nOts, and
hug this message close to your heart
for surely sweetheart Is the sweeter
for a valentine. and. as all wise men
know. It's love that makes the world
go round
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1922-02-09

bedside Il being up dressing MYSELF
little VIII Mercer 10 be her valen.
tine. and brought her name written
upon blue paper I'm gold letters, done
by himself, very pretty; and we were
both well pleased with II. But am
also this year my wife's valentine
and II will cost me FIVE pounds; but
that ] must have laid Il out II we
had not been valentines"
Americas Noted Valentine.
Americas most noted valentine was
General Winfield Scott Hancock. born
February IL. 1924. The witchlng In.
fluence Of the saints festival hover.
ing about him manifested itself in the
elimination of his romance. In her
"reminiscences" written in old age.
Mrs. Hancock (who was Miss Almirn
RusselD tells Of her strange wedding
and proves that. after all, the Ameri-
can girl has determination to rise
above superstitions.
To start with. her wedding day was
one Of the stormiest OF the winter. II
hailed violently, Numbered and blew
a perfect gale. During the ceremony.
which was held at her fathers home
In st. Louis, the lights went out three
times and repeated the performance
ut the wedding reception. The guests
were filled with terror for the young
bride who was beginning life under
such suggestlvely evil omens. And by
way OF enhancing the evil influences
that appeared to he abroad the crowd
outside the house got the word that
the bride was wearing spun glass
dress, and their curiosity reached the
point of mob violence before the police
could beat them back to make room
for the passage of-guests.
But the bride laughed in the face
Of these witches pranks and lived to
share the honors thai her husbands
career brought him.