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Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-07-17
jackson Gaylord Gets Post Cane

The Post gold headed cane which
had been in the possession of the late
Cyrus Wheeler for SO many years has
been given to Jackson Gaylord by the
selectmen of Oakland. he being the
oldest man in town, having observed
his 93rd birthday last April. Mr..
Gaylord has been a resident of this
town for many years and is highly
respected. He is a veteran of the war
of the Rebellion and is a member of
Sergeant Wyman Post, G. A. r. For
the past few years Mr.. Gaylord has
been in failing health and since the
death Of Mrs. Gaylord, who passed
away last winter, makes his home
with his daughter, Mrs. Lewis, on
Oak street.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-07-17
STATE OF MAINE

WALDO. SIS. SUPREME JUDICIAL
COURT IN EQUITY.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-07-17

JAMES II. HOWES, ct ais. Trustee,
of Belfast Savings Bank. and Fred f.
Lawrence. Bank Commissioner W
BELFAST SAVINGS BANK.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-07-17

tu!y5ved ed&moniw
Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-07-17

ORDER OF NOTICE ON MASTERS
REPORT
The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1922-03-23

Sergt. Willie Sandin of Devils
Juno Branch. Leslie county. is Suf-
fering Il serious lung affection rs the
result of gas inhaled While in the Ar
gonne forest. he was told when he Wis
tied Richmond, Ky. for examination
by government physicians.
Sergeant Sandln. advancing In
command of Il platoon at Bots tie
Forger. France. September 20. 1918
kept on when discovery of II machine
gun nest brought ii command TO halt.
In one day he destroyed three ma
chine gun nests. killed ~ Germans
captured six machine guns and hos
pitaI group. killing the German lieu
tenant with his own gun.
Sergeant Sandln was awarded the
Congressional Medal of Honor. the
C'roiy de GlIerre with palm. the Medal
Militaire and citations from General
Perslng and Marshal Foch.
The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1922-03-23
THE AMERICAN BOY

IF we had our way we would
make the American boy the idol
of his country" Egan's Weekly.
We find no fault with that sem
timent. but in that connection we
call your attention 10 the Ameri-
can Boy. Billie Nc Master. Sioux
City news boy. if YOU please. sell
ing the Journal of that city to
help widowed mother to support a
family, struggling every day with
pinchlng poverty. That newsboy.
self-educated, without capital.
without powerful friends. but
fighting the good fight and rising
finally to the Govcrnorship Of
South Dakota. There is not in
American political life today "A fin
or example Of the success that MAY
come to a comomn neWShoy than
this self-same governor of ours
Will the people of our state dis
credit him and the game fight he
made? We hardly think so. Watch
his majority grow on March 18th.
The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1922-03-23
Hogs Pillow Orchard.

Hogs take the place Of plows and
harrow in the cultivation OF one OF
the best producing small apple or
chards In Ontario. Most orchardsts
pillow and replow and harrow and ditch
the land between the rows of frees,
j. w. futile of Currie merely turns
in drove Of hogs.
"When bought my farm. four
years ago" said Mr.. futile, 1.-THE Or
chard had been allowed to grow wild.
| gathered only three bags OF apples
thar fall. In. the spring | SPRAYED and
pruned the trees and turned 30 hogs
into the orchard. They rooted for
their living all summer.
by fall every foot OF soil had been
turned up by their SHOUTS. Thn land
looked as if it had been powed. And
it had. for these fourlegged plowS had
done Il thorough job and had gone as
deep as a plOwshare. l gathered 3.
barrels Of apples that season. That
was the direct result of blowing and
mainring my lnnd with hogs.
"Nexl year got So barrels and the
third year 2O3 barrels. This year I
have more than 200 barrels. "-Detroi4
News
The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1922-03-23
WOMAN'S McMASTER CLUB
Is ORGANIZED HERE

A large number of the ladies OF
Thu $ community met at thc litY
Hall last Saturday afternoon and
completed the organization of q
McMaster For Governor Ciuh. The
women are taking ycr., active
interest in politics and arc gectine
into the game to the cNtcrt #
organizing the various voting pre-
cincts over the couaty.
Letters were sent OFT previous
to the meeting and IN ncally every
instance favorable REPLIES were re.
cieved. Following is a list Of the
precincts heard from, and the
name or names Of III Sc ladies who
have signified that they are behind
the ORGANIZATION Of TIE club.
Precinct No. !, Leslie, Mrs. Hen
~ Hudson.
Precinct No. 3. M!esr,l'e, Mrs.
James Harvey.
Precinct No. 5, Elbon. BERTHE Geb
hes, Laura Case
Precinct No. q, Ot;unwa, Ms.
{. p. Mum
Precinct No. 10, Eloon. Ms
John Hansen
Precinct No. II, Hilland, Mr.
J. T. STEELE.
Precinct No. II, Hiland, Mrs
Jennie Post
Precinct No. Is Grndstone, Mrs.
Will Reynick
Precinct No. II, Mrs. G. N. Ben
Precinct No. Is Powell, Mrs
Virgil Colvin
Precinct No. 20, Midland, Mrs. A.
Beeler.
First Ward Philip. Mrs. Will r.
Walpole, Mrs. Ned Benedict
Second Ward. Mrs. J. T. Forsell,
Mrs. Frank Kurka
Third Ward, Earl Roush, Mrs.
+. F.. Pohle
The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1922-03-23
JUST HOW LONG IS A DAY?
tifioaliy but Really II Depends
on Circumstances.

Scientifically, of course. II day - 4
hours long, hut ii is the popular Gus
tom 10 separate this period into the
two parts OF day" and might" and
when one says "all day" only The day
night hours are meant. and this meath
ing may he further qualified and limit
ed to specific number of hours If a
person is hired 10 work "a day" he eN-
poets 10 give service for the usual ar
leSal number Of hours. a very necessary
arrangement in order thai endless con
tcntions and misunderstanding he
Gay Varies widely. Actually, modern
understanding is that one shall work
so many hours, not so many days.
Al London. England. the longest day
light day has l61e hours. while III
Stockholm. Sweden. 1t is 1917 hours
IN length. At Petrograd, Russia. the
longest day Is 10 hours, and the short
est five, While at Wardbury, Norway.
the longest day lasts from May II to
July -, without interruptions In
Srirzhergen the longest day is 3is
months.
In the United States the duration of
the longest day depends upon lie
locality bu that of Kansas City, Il
little less Than Ii hours is about an
average longest day for the Whole
country.
Legally "a day may be - hours or
almost any shorter period, depending.
upon specific statutes, custom and com
non understanding. Ii one engages a
hotel room for IA day he is entitled
To its use, unless there is Il specific
understanding To the contrary, for II
hours continuously. but horse hired
for ~ day could not be retained for
more than II hours and. unless other
wise agreed that II hours would run
between sunrise and sunset, and ii
would be necessary to surrender the
animal at sunset, no matter when ii
WAS taken out.
For general purposes, the law divides
The 2l-hour period into equal parts as
day" and might" and assumes that
The daylight hours are meant in gen
Grad agreements. A man who con
tracts 10 deliver ice "once day" for
example, would be required To deliver
il during the daylight hours and AT
some reasonable and convenient time
but If IA gas company reserved the
right TO shut off the gas for an hour
'oncc each day" III order to make re
pairs, for instance, ii could do so at
amy hour of the -.
Ii is thus clear that it is no more
possible To answer specifically the ques-
ZION, How long is day? than the
classical query, How large is a piece
of chalk kansas City Star.
The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1922-03-23
FEAST FIT FOR THE GODS
Traveller in Asia Tells Of Wonderful
Food Served Guests at House
Of Shek in Bagdad.

! never missed a chance In Bagdad
To meet and know The hedouin. lie
has much of the dark Ieonine' in
temperament as well as complexion.
Yet with AL his dignity and reiicence
he is very gracious 10 friend or a
guest. How snmptuous a feast he
can spread ! discovered on Il nlenior-
able evening when | was asked with
four other officers TO dine at the
house of sheik.
Though we were conscious that
there were servants and women about
and fclt quite certain thai they had
viewed rs from The latticed windows.
we did not 50 much as catch glimpse
of Them our hosi brought in The din
ner on huge round copper trays and
he himself waited on us. There were
no forks. Instead of plates there
were khubZ. or pieces of bread. which
We knew were made of round Thin
Slabs Of dough stuck to the Hat sides
Of hot earth oven and baked until
they fell off. The first course was Il
chicken apiece. followed by Tigris
salmon and meat cooked in appetiz-
Ing ways with strange favored spices
and herbs
Sometimes The Sheik selected a
choice bit and thrust il into the mouth
of Il favored guest. Not the servants.
but the wives of our host, had done
all the cooking. and before offering Us
any dish he himself tasted If ia make
sure that IT was up To his standard.
lie pulled a wry face over the sherbet
and sent ii back The second part
Of the feast consisted Of the most de-
icious vegetables. salads and fruits.
The sheik did not sit down with us
for two mortal hours TO bring in dish
after dish, until we had TO beg him
to have mercy. The fact that we knew
he would consider it the height Of good
breeding if We gave loud and demon
strative signs of repletion saved the
%Sy for Us. He wis pleased to find
US surfeited with his generosity and
at last he permitted us 10 eat the
khubz.
What was left of the dinner he be-
slowed upon crowd Of beggars who
had gathered round his door Aver
dinner there We're cigarettes, provid-
ed as an especial compliment to the
guests, for the Arab is devoted 10 the
leisurely waterpipe.- Roland Garbod
in Asia.
The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1922-03-23
SeaQuII and Golf.

Every golfer knows the stony Of the
Sussex man who WAS put off his play
by the ships passing up and down the
English channel. but there are other
dangers than ships TO Il game on the
seashore. Seagulls, to wit just as a
bail was being Clipped on the green
at Port Erin. Isle of Man. Il seag,lll
swooped down. seized The stationary
ball and carried it Off. After flying
for about hundred yards the bird
dropped the ball, but at once recovered
it, flew another hundred yards and
dropped it again. Then the player
came into his own. There was IA pro
blrm that might have served as Il
summertime subject for newspaper
correspondence, for while one player
argued that the ball should he played
where it was dropped, another con
tended that as 1t had been displaced
by an agency outside the game. ii
should be replaced where it originally
lay This was DONE but there should
be definite ruling on the point. Sea-
gull golf which may do for Mainland
may not do for all the golling world.
The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1922-03-23
A Terrier Decorated

A TERROR named Peter, belonging to
Rev. w. Adams of Liverpool, has been
awarded the medal of the National
Canine Defense league. While on
holiday at Borrowdule in the lake
district Peter was locked in garage
adjoining the hotel and startled the
guests by barking violently. Mrs.
Adams went to sootlie him, and in
searching for the cause Mrs. Adams
discovered that young man named
Arnold had fallen 30 feet down the
hillside and was pinned by the rocks
which had fallen with him. His leg
was fractured and there were many
severe wounds on his body. Mrs.
Adams attended to the injured man
until the arrival of the nearest doc
tor. who lived four miles away. Had
Peter not given the alarm the youn"
man would probably have died before
he was discovered. Glnr'
dian
The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1922-03-23

The dangers Of forest denudatlon
and the need OF increased timber pro-
duction were outlined by JAMES w.
Tourney. dean Of the School of For
estry. Yale university, In an address
before the School OF Citizenship of
the Connecticut League Of Women
Voters. He declared an increasing
scarcity of wood ultimately would re-
suit in permanent shrinkage In many
industries.
"Out OF the original S22.00.O 00
acres OF forests In this country. we
have left only 137.OO0.OOO acres ne
said. 1.-THE last vestige Of our virgin
forests win disapDear In 50 years"
The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1922-03-23
Headlines in Egypt.

Headline writer's on English news
papers published in Egypt have their
own peculiar difficulties. Every day
,hey are faced with the words: Con
stantinolle and Mediterranean. In
deed the problem of Mesopotamia WAS
only settled during the war by the
frequent use of Mespot. Recently we
note IL capitulation in a Cairo daily to
AleXandria-it appears simply as
Alex. Length. moreover, is not the
only difficulty. The names themselves
are misleading when read in distant
cities. What can an American man
on-the-street do but laugh when he
reads in type an inch high. Greeks
FAN to Get Angora.' And feminist
anywhere finds diversion in another
recent headline on London dispatch
which read "IIome Unemployment
Alas. how little there is OF it Chris
tian Science Monitor.
The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1922-03-23
Human Bones of Vast Ace.

Bones sufficient in number to form
several skeletons and estimated TO be
at least $1,000 years old, have been
discovered by u group of American re-
search workers, headed by Prof
George Grant McCurdy OF Yale muse
UNI, who have been investigating the
cliffs not far from -AngOuleme. France,
for several months.
During the winter these will be elias
sified and distributed among Yale and
other American museums, although
valuable specimens will be kept at the
La Quina museum, established by DR.
Henri Martin, owner of the properties
un which the excavations have been
made.
Hundreds of bones Of animals Of the
same period also have been uncovered.
most Of which bear the marks of flint
spears and scrapers. which were found
in abundance throughout the region.
thus classifying the relics as belong
ing to the Middle Stone age.
The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1922-03-23
Natural coIored Silk.

Experiments made in France, II Is
rpuOrted. show that the yellow ana
green colOrs possessed by me SIX
spun by certain caterpiliars are due
to coloring matter derived from The
food and passed through the blood OF
the spinners.
rs impregnating leaves with arti-
ficial col0rs, the experlmenters caused
some species of caterpillars to pro-
duce silk of bright orange-yelOw and
fine rose hues.
BY the aid of the spectroscope the
presence and nature Of colored pig
nents In the blood of the little crea-
lures were Washington
Star.
The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1922-03-23
Safety First.

The marines are notoriouSly able to
live off the country. writes Mary Rob
erts Rnehart. In time of need they
have methods of acquiring what is
necessary. and most of us know The
story of the little pickinniny in the
road:
NANNY. come and look mt the sol
dierS coming, -
Nanny goes out and surveys the
approaching ranks. Then she shouts
to her offspring in shrill apprehen-
sion:
Them amt soldiers. honey Them
marines. You come right on in and
bring that dog in with You THE
Leatherneck
The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1922-03-23
Use for Old Boot soIes.

Many devices have been suggested
for the utilization of old army boot
sOies, the chief being concerned with
fuel production. But a periodical. the
Fertilizer. proposes to use them for
stimulating the growth of beans and
peas. The plan suggested Is that Of
carbOniZing part Of the leather into
lamp black and extracting sulphaie of
ammonia from the residue. 1t Sounds
rather like putting ones foot in ones
mouth; but even that is way Of
making both ends meet.-Iondon
Chronicle.
The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1922-03-23
CALLED MODERN ST. FRANCIS
ensr'es Caleb Pierce Tramped. and
Preached Through California AZ
Years-Wcicomed Everywhere.

Memories Of host of picturesque
figures in the history of California n.
evoked by the centennial Of the mis-
slohary society Of the EpiScupa I
church. which was celebrated No
Vember q. The mind goes back 10 that
morning in January, ls4S. when jim
Marshall picked up some bits of yell
low metal In the tail-race below SUI.
ters mill up in the Sacramento valley,
ana the cry of "G0ld,' like the shot
fred at Lexington, was heard round
the world. The rush Of the '49ers fol
lowed. and in the vanguard was Rev
tlaVel Scott Mines. who erected the
tlr>t church building on the Pacific
coast. Trinity church. San Francisco,
which WAS opened on October ~. 1919.
Probably no name has "A more last
ms place IN California annals. how
ever. than that of Charles Caleb
Pierce. called by bishop Moreiand "a
modern 81. Francis" who, beginning his
missionary career in 1861. devoted his
HE To the people Of Ell Dorado coun-
~ Without private means and Scorri-
my I" accept salary. Pierce estah-
llshed headquarters in rude parish
church at l'Iacerville. Sunday always
found him there. Regularly each Mon
day morning he packed his bag with
religious literature and chit the trail"
Six days Il week. week in and week
out he walked over the county. aver
aging 60 miles each week. every house
his home, IA place at the table of what
ever house he visited or Il spare bed
always being certain wherever he hap
nened To be. He always Travelled on
foot. His charity was unbounded. ard
he WAS the friend and helper of all.
For - years he tramped and
preached about FL Dorado county. and
IN all that lime he never left the coun-
ty hut twice. and on both occasions
against his Will. Then. March Is,
1903. the news flashed through the
county. Father Pierce is dead" Uni
versal mourning followed
The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1922-03-23
FOUND IN MAILS
Many Things Are Forwarded Be.
sides Correspondence.
superintendent OF Philadelphia Post
office Tells Of Some Amusing Elk
pericnces He Had Had.

Every one who has watched the
crowd collect in front of the parcel
post window at holiday time knows
that the mail has more or less hu.
noit'liS side. remarks the PHILADELPHIA
Record. How humorous il can be Won
90 not realize till YOU begin to find
out about it.
Mr.. johnson, the superintendent of
mails al The central po>toticr. knows.
lie has - years experience.
Did the crying baby ever 90 through
The lnalls!' The Reporter questioned
him.
MIR. Johnson shook his head. No,
the only live things allowed are live
chicks and bulbs. Everything else I'M
der the sun does go. Sometimes very
humorous and pathetic incidents occur.
An old Virginia NANNY wanted to
ship herself home parcel post Every
christmas she had received Il nice
fat package through the mail. Ii
meant direct communication with her
own people. She pictured Christmas
down on the plantation in all the ROSY
glow of her far-of childhood. She
cfaVcd To 90 back and she didn't
know how to go. She had just enough
brains to know that she WAS 100 ig-
norant TO take the long journey by
herself. So she came to her mistress
"rouldn't ! just be labeled an
stamped an weighed She demanded
and sent along back to Nirgnny with
the rostman: I'd like To give my
self as Christmas present to my
folks this year
"llumorous, but pathetic as we'll
isn't it?'
Mr.. Johnson talks like a Nirginian
and has true gift of telling ii story.
"A negro said there We're three kinds
of pies. the civered. the uncovered
and the barred We have 10 do with
the barred variety. In country dis
trict some one made the most hrauti-
full barred apple pie. They decided to
send it through the mails To friend
in Philadelphia. Great was their
trust. They put Il string through one
of the bars. Tied on a label with the
name and address and the proper
amount of postage. Put the pie in d
pieplate and sent it off on its journey.
THAT pie arrived in perfect condi-
tion. 1t had appealed To the humorous
sense OF the clerks and had been
handed from one man to the next
with the greatest care"
Mr. Johnson also had amusing eN-
periences when he worked in the rail
way mails Bags collected at the rural
stations often contain queer guests
IL have seen clerk open IL bag and
small snake come out" continued
Mr.. Johnson merrily; "whenever that
happens they look US If they had been
struck by green lightning.
"The bag had been put down some
where and somehow the snake had
managed /" creep in.
AT places too small for the eX-
press 70 stop. the mail bag is hung out
Oh an iron crane. The postal clerk
grabs ii and throws out another as
the train goes by. | had just taken
off Il pouch and opened ii when on
stepped Il chicken. Not ii dny-old
chicken. but II good-Sized bird. You
could have Knocked me over with
feather when SAW that fowl
The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1922-03-23
Birthday Cake Candles.

The custom of placing candles on
birthday cake-one for each year
comes from Germany. The Germans
nlaced q thick one in the center. called
Lebenslicht, the light Of life.
Only he or she who declares his or
her birthday may put out the light Of
life it is unlucky IL done by any other
member of the family.
The lights are symbols OF life and
IFS portions the years. For persons ad-
vanced In years one candle must do
duty. A. otherwise too many would be
required.
The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1922-03-23
HEIGHT Of Women Increasing.

The increase in the height of wom-
fifty years, hut measurements have
altered most notably IN The last two de
cndes. our grnndmothers stood barely
five feet in their shoes, buf their daugi-
tiers measure five feet four inches, and
measure from five feet 10 five feet rc.'
in their stockings.
The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1922-03-23
The Difference.

Young Son---Father, what is the diff
ference between robbery and piIlage:
Father-Perhaps, can explain II.
my son, by saying that dentists bill
II robbery. while doctors bill is ab-
solute pillage.-Wayside Tales.
The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1922-03-23
America Has Premier Huntress.

Amerlca's premier huntresS is Mrs
Frederick Dalziel. who has recently re-
turned from big game shooting eX-
petition in East Africa with cargo of
trophies Of her prowess--the tusks of
elephants and rhinoceroses, the. skins
n leopard and u cheeiah.
The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1922-03-23

A lever pivetcd To handle and
controlled by thumb nut forms a
new wrench which its inventor claims
will hold nut of any size or shape.
The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1922-03-23
Not for the Natives.

The New York hotel which has in
stalled a thinking room is evidently
catering to guests from out Of town.
Life.