The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1922-03-02
OTTUMWA NEWS


front Of him that he might have
seen bow nice She really was when
looking her Best while doing her
worst
The party o. entertainment Civ
en- at the Mattcson school house
on Friday evening Of last week Was
SAID to have been a very swell af-
fair, consisting Of games and dane
my ald an elegant lunch The
ocopic got home Just about n tlme
to got up.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. T. Neader enter
tanned i few Of their friends at
their home on Thursday evening
of last week. Progressive high,
low Jack and the game was tbs
amusemcnt No record Of games
won OF lost was kept as it was
generally agreed with oae excep-
tion the players were so evenly
matched it was unnecessary to do
So The exception being 4 matt
Who lives near Manila. This guy
seemed to be outclasSed and lost
in the shuttle when things came
a show down. Carl Stinson and
him would win boobie prize at a
dog fight.
The teachers Of this community
want it distinctly understood they
Ncre at the Midland entertainment
and spelling contest almost as d
whole. only two being absent !
guess they were ali right and there
with bells on.
When one sees bunch Of men
hcse days standing apart, CONVEX
sing on some subject, it Is safe
bet this is the theme Of their CON
gersation. Ny, ain this one he'll
Of winter. Wonder # it will
ever stop showing and warm up.
DO yea think there Is snow enuf
to run the creeks and fill he dams?
iew much feed have you left?
What i going to become Of it II
this continues a few months long
er? Wonder If there will be any
grass this year? | tell you, there
won't be a pound Of old hay in
the country by the first Of April
! Then should w. }. Anderson be
one Of the number. you'll hear
something like this: IN tell you
boys, we can't look for any change
] for a long time yet, in fact, don t
i believe it will ever warm up. |
don't believe the snow will ever
/ o Oft or the water run or the
gras grow; the birds sing or the
trees blossom However, friends,
don't forget the Lord has promis-
ed seed time and harvest. Two
ears ago we had one of the most
severe winters on record and if
I remember correctly was followed
/ by season of abundant harvests
in which Haakon county took Sc
cond place at the state fair and
placed western South Dakota on
the map
w. j. Elrod Of Midland who
has been spending a few days out
at the H. J .Brady ranch started
on his return trip for home Sat
urday, As the roads were bad, he
motored to Nowlin at which place
he parked his car and took the
train for Midland
/ All that goes up must come
down is an ancient saying not to
be disputed, yet in the matter of
the price of food the coming down
+ is pretty slow as compared with
the going up. Prices rose as il
the tail of a sky-rocket. They
come down as if with a parachute
with the parashute working over
time The naura result Of the
dealers to make concessions is as
sumed by the public to be wholly
to blame. But there are other
factors-the higher rent scale. the
larger taxes, the increased labor
charges, the increased freight rate
with the excessive taxes alone CON
sidered it seems quite improbable
that this generation will ever ag-
ain have it as it once did.
A person will believe any old
bad rumor about another person if
its only bad enough.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Stinson en-
tertained with a few exceptions
and the addition of II. B. Hudson
on Saturday evening, about the
same bunch as the eMaders did on
Thursday evening, but with .
much different result in so far as
Hudson and Jay Decker got anch-
ored in first place at the first table
from which position it seemed for
long time the Devil himself
could not pry them loose anyway
it was certainly very pleasant
and enjoyable evening.