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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-01-06

Dearest she whispered, presently.
"Put your arms round me and let me
tell you something. Do you know, all
the time l was lying here this morn
ing, l have been thinking how unkind
l have been to you, and how unhappy
/ have made you. l want you to for
give me, John. And l believe you can
this year of our marriage have been
so dear"
1T is you who must forgive me,
dearest said John, humbly.
That night the doctor explained the
situation to him.
Your wife," be said, "is on the high
road to recovery. Her mind is as
sound as it has ever been. The brain
trouble which l anticipated amounts
simply to this: The whole Of the past
year has slipped out Of her memory.
Has she had any great trouble that
could account for thisT'
"Yes," answered John, humbly, and
the doctor shot a keen glance at him.
Then that is the explanation" he
said. "Her mind was troubled; she
wishes to forget the episode. whatever
1t was. It Is necessary for her to for
get it in order that she may get well.
Are you prepared to let her go
through life with no memory Of that
one year"
Indeed, I am" said Cleave, "espe-
cially since you think 1t Is for the
best"
"You have a very charming wife,
| Mr.. Cleave," he added. Guard her
and care for heT--and let the past
bury rs dead"
And John, kneeling at Mary's bed
side, thanked God that his chance had
come, and renewed his vows. never
more to be broken.
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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE.

Whereas, default has been made In the CON
ditions of a certain mortgage made by Robert
D. Stroup, mortgagor, 70 Marclef Zimiga. oil
Norris, south Dakota, mortgage. dated the
10th day Of April, A. D.. 1921, and fled for rec
ord In the Office of the Register Of Deeds In
and for Mellette county. South Dakota, on the
2ist day OF April, A. D.. 1921, at two o'clock y
m, and recorded In Sock % at Page Oh. aud.
Whereas, no action at law, or other proceed
ing has been brought TO recover the money
secured by the said mortgage or any part
thereof. and.
Whereas. there Is now due upon said mort
gage at this date the sum of Seven Hundred
Dollars principal and forty-nine and Ga 1G
Dollars interest. making q total sum due OF
Seven Hundred and forty nine and 64-100.
Now, therefore,, Notice IL Hereby Given
That by virtue OF the power Of sale contained
in said mortgage, and pursuant to law In
such case made and provided said mortgage
will be foreclosed By sale Of the mortgaget
premises therein described, at public asctior
door OF the Court house In the town of Whit.
River. Mellette county, South Dakota, on chs
18th day Of February. A, n. 1929. at the hour OF
TWO o'clock In the afternoon OF said day.
The mertgaged premises described I'm ths
said MORTGAGE and which will be sold are stu
Ated In Meliette County South Dakota, anC
described a. follows: Northeast quarter O
section Twenty, -four In Township Eorty-ons
North Of Range thirty-three west Of the Sixth
Principal Meridian.
Dated. December 30th, 1921.
MARoLEF ZIMIGA, Mortgagee.
CHRIS BUUh.
sherir Of Meilette County. South Dakota.
! .. Z. kELI, Attorney for Mortgage. 400
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FROM NJ
Mrs. Jerry Koskan called at the
uara ranch EridaV

Mrs. Jerry Koskan called at the
Hare ranch Friday.
John Ham and son Raymond were
sick one day last week.
Writing bum checks Is the order of
the day In No.Mans-LaId.
It's nice to get up In the morning,
but It's nicer to lay in bed.
People are getting on the cores
pending list in No-Mans- Land.
The Hares received many Christ
mas presents, among them was a bum
check.
Mrs. VIM. Hare called on Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert ~Jonescheit wien In Wood
Wednesday. Albert has a fine butcher
shop opened this week and is doing a
good business.
You NAV be a fine performer
When your skies are bright and blue
But disaster is the acid that will prove
the worth OF you
So just meet your disappointments
with a CHEEKY sort Of grin,
For the man who keeps his temper,
Is the man that's sure TO win.
Last Friday while Mons Week, the
foreman Of the Hare Ranch was after
hay and the wind was blowing an
awful gale, Mons decided to take an
areoplane ride in the hay rack, but
something went wrong with the spa-
ratus that elevated the machine and
the plane hayrack landed bottom side
up. Mons continued his ride on the
plain running gears Of the wagon.
Mr.. GLnhammer and Mr.. Roubi-
deaux from near Carter while enroutc
for Chas Roubideaux place on White
River, New Years night, had car
trouble near the Hare ranch and stay
ed with the car trying TO get Lizzie to
to talk, but to no success, and after
spending the night on the prairie,
Mr.. Gunhammer called at the Hare
ranch for repairs and his breakfast
and with the repairs he got he also
purchased two OF the famous Brown
Leghorn eckrels Of Mr.. Hare.
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You are hereby notified that the
following Mellette county warrants
are called, to and including register
nu 8 Der, as indicated below. Inter
est ceases ten days after date of this
call:
General Fund, Register No 5276
Salary Fund Register No cog
Road and Bridge Fund. Register
No. 572
Bridge Fund, Register No. AS .
Wolf Bounty Fund. Register No $50
White River, s ID, Dee 20, 1927,
4S-2t G.. ". MERLIN,
County Treasurer
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Give Child Exercise

The importance Of harmonious de
velopment as promoted by outdoor ex.
ercise, for the welfare Of the nervous
system of the growing child, has been
recognized by both physicians and
laymen since the old Greek times. Cor
rect postural attitudes, good fespira.
tory and articulatory habits also have
a conspicuous place In the educational
methods against nervousness This is
true not only because of their esthetic
value. but because they encourage
greater s~elf-respect, s~elf-control and
self-reliance.
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TO Take Bruises Out Of Furniture.

Oftentimes In moving furniture 1t
gets bruised, leaving a dent or small
hole. This dent or bruise can be easily
raised to the surface again by wetting
the part with warm water: double a
piece Of brown paper FIVE or six times,
soak 1t in warm water, and lay 1t on
the place; apply on that a warm, but
not hot, flatiron. till the moisture Is
e%vaporated. If the bruise be not gone.
repeat the process. After two or three
applications the dent or bruise will be
raised to the surface. II the bruise be
small, merely soak 1t with warm water,
and hold q redhot iron near the sur.
face keeping the surface continually
wet the bruise will soon disappear.
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In the granting OF the Christmas
pardons 10y President Harding, there
vas not a failure Of Justice; there
was administration of justice tempet-
ed Win mercy.
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TAKEN UP-Thrae dark bav lo,

TAKEN UP-Three dark BAY Tor
SEES, weight about 100 each; one black
yearling; n black about three years
old; one spotted mare weight about
100; n bald faced mare; one buck
skin; q bay mare with star in fore
head weight about 200. No brands.
Owner may have these horses by prov
ing ownership. paving for keep and
advertising. See Dug Burgess, Wood
S. D. 46tf
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PLEASANT VALLEY ITEMS.

Friday was a good day for kites.
Geo. Kinner was in Wood, Thursday
Cispkis butchered a porker Monday
Matt Gillen called at Weeks Mon.
day.
Vim. Bauman called at Weeks, Sun
day.
Hama Tomsen went to Wood, Tues.
day.
Iver Week cal ed At Wis ms. Wed,
,esHay
Nti u l~ 90 Wa, X ve,
TUESDAY
Il Week - eI al he J. Il. RAM;
thursday.
Frank Koppen went to Murdo, Fri
day for coal.
The school board met at Cody schooI
mouse, Friday.
Mr.. Cispkes put up the new black
cards, Friday,
Geo. Springer is cierklng for Wn
Hart these days.
Otto Fulsos called at Weeks Tues
d,y buying corn.
liver Week finished corn shucking
at home Tuesday.
Edd Graf is hauling the corn he
purchased of Ellis.
Weeks were Christmas day dinner
guests at Jielleksons.
Jake Gillen and Geo Kineer spent
Christmas eve at Csipkes.
VIM. Krieger and liver Week TRADED
saddle ponies, Wednesday.
Jake will have to use his lumber
wagon for the snow Is all gone.
Matt Gillen passed through oul
farm on the way to Wood, Friday.
Mrs. VIM. Bauman and Dora called
at Weeks, Friday afternoon, for the
mail.
A few In our community r plan
ming to attend the dance at the Palecl
school.
There was no school at the Weel
school Friday, as some of them wa
intending to 20 to White River.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. o. Wilson and dau
ghter Blanche accompanied Weeks t.
the dance at Palecks school New Yea
eve.
After looking over Don Terpin'
communication ON the cause Of higf
taxes, we beg to call attention Il
School District and District No. IL
Compare these two farms and theiI
valuation. What we need Is a period
ical land valuation Of say four year
each. by . State Appraiser Board
like Nebraska. AS far as District
goes we are this year getting SOM
thing like 1920 from sources outsid'
Of taxes, and az our school at Paleck
Is one among 1872 In the state, our lev,
ls not high. In ons District In Ne
braska the school levy IN OBS m. an
In Boon county. Nebraska In 1913 4
District "a, four old home district
the levy was Is, next District IL mill
only two districts In the county wher
the levy was less tina LOS mills and
number Of them was taxed over
mills. On an amount Of s9.S5, 81
was school tax. In school cost, "
believe 1t Is not 30 much what 1t COZ
o. what you get for your none.
This Is not written to In any Wa
throw any mud OF that sort, but mel
ly to show q comparison OF condition
elsewhere.
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and cats? +.
A ~bull-headed nan usually has a
calf like wife.
OILY half-baked men are likely tc
get ''hard-boiled."
The biggest coward is the n who
is afraid to do right.
You pay attention to what you eat:
Others will pay attention to what you
drink.
Some men love home so we'll they
don't like to spoil its happiness by
going there.
If you expect the live present to
bury the dead past you are part of
the dead past.
dead men tell no tales" Neither
do deaf men, and anybody can be deaf
to tale bearers.
knowledge every father should I'M
part TO his son: Learn 10 save before
yOu itdIH w oIdNc
When things are breaking tough
you have TO bend your efforts to
straighten them out.
There are probably as many modest
girls today as ever. but they're not so
bold about their modesty.
There's one tning about having q
fot Of tralp.e tp bo ones met e
.
Pep isn'I etpr,t i4 4 ius some
mes 0 axes things ,ilappy tut VITO
wants to be that kinu of a dog?
l. SPITE of all those memory cour-
ses the magazines tell about as many
men as ever forget to pay their debts.
A girl about to be married goes "a
round in a dream and she's lucky If
she doesn't wak1 up in . night Ma e
A big II " eventually gets out OF IA
little jol bdt a little man seldom
gets int i big job unless he inherits
it.
The boy or girl in'the teens hardly
ever knows what TO do about his par
ents, but as a rule he allows them to
live.
If you don't know all about yourself
you can only conceal your lack OF
lack of knowledge by keeping away
from it.
When a man Is advised to ''take a
change and rest" the doctor takes
the change while the patient takes
the rest.
Most people ''eat them up" when
compliments are offered, but they will
never get really fat upon them-only
pulled up.
The reason old bachelors are harder
to capture than widows is because
most bochelors can mend their own
clothes and yer cook In a pin,h.
The Injunction, Bear We one an
others burdens" doesn't mean that
you should unload your burdens upon
others II you can carry them yourself.
There are two kinds of men-those
who think a dinner is a failure IL they
are not called upon to speak, and
those who thinkit Is a failure II they
are.
One indication that we're getting
back to normally Is finding the ma.
jority OF men "hard up' again who
spent money like princes for a few
years.
There 10 always a good deal Of dis
cussion about what Is the best kline
Of bait to use, but a girl knows tina,
powder aad paint are the best bali
for the poor fish.
Possibly nothing inclines a man,
mind toward murder than having hi
balky automobile surrounded by
crowd OF grinning urchins while he Il
trying to start 1t.
You can't get something for moth
ing, but every fond father realize
when the bills for his daughter
dance frocks come In, that IL Is cas-
to get nothing for something.
There is no credit In the victory Q
q machine geared TO sixty miles q
nour over one geared to thirty. but
YOU q gear your t.irty-mi'e machin
to sixty and beat tl,e other you q
worth 'Vhilet
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What Every Parent Knows.

What Every Parent Knows.
'Pa, what Is the restless age7'
asked Johnnie.
Infancy, ] guess" replied pa. ANY
way, that appears to be the age when
children and their parents rest less"
Brooklyn Eagle.
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sUNNYsIDE OF NO.MANs.LAND
Cheer up, we're here again.

Cheer up, we're here again!
Mons Week and Mr.. Satree called
on Carl Wilson, Wednesday.
Mrs. John Ham made a short bust
ness trip to the Satree school Thurs
day.
Can California boast OF better wea-
ther than We have the privilege Of EN-
joyingP
A cold epidemic visited most of
our homes during the lost week, bat
we have been very fortunate as there
has been no serious cases.
The Satree school did not have
school Monday following Christmas.
We understand that is the extent of
their Christmas vacation.
Little Edwin Sherwood missed
school Friday on account Of a cold.
We hope the little lad will recuperate
sufficiently TO attend Monday again.
Writers do not let your items lay,
We mot mean to scare you away
Nor to cause you pain,
''If'' we're welcome Wen come again,
Go east man, go east, we get the re
port that one of our people, is making
regular trips east. We also don't
know what the attraction is, but go
east.
Several Of our people were Wood
shoppers Friday. Among them were
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Sherwood and son
Arthur, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Wilson and
j. l. Sherwood.
If the 'No-Man's' were erased from
this wonderous land,
And 'Some-Mans' slipped into the
vacant space
What could be more grand?
A very amusing and interesting in
cident occurred i'm our community re-
Gently. Those interested may know
the lesson taught in the Baldwin
and Bender Third Reader" on page
81, and can smile with us.
Trouble is not our motto here;
We are sincere honest and true
Our deeds are known far and near.
Some think we've blundered, do you
Come what will, no harm mean we;
We do not mean to push, crowd or
jam,
AS You will quickly see.
If you all will help US help Uncle
Sam.
, 1922-10-15

NO. hats right. It's h pretty
hoes hat go 10 hell, according 20
my understanding o. II. Heaven n
for the honely Ink the unattrAetive.
Poor things. they need some eOnsolA-
ton"
Don't joke. for merey's sake. Doc
tor she pleaded. Il douldn't live
without Efwood. I don't dare to. I've
no right to-.
He eoved her hys,eria with a sharp
rein:
You've no right TO your own life
now. II belongs TO your father and
your raother-snd to the life hat has
already begun. Suicide would be
worse than oowsrdies and seinshness
n / case. my child. II would
he MURDER"
He was cruelty kind 70 her. like n
driver who fogs and tabs a sinking
beast of burden put Of the deep mlre
OF death and up seross the steep
oaEs to the valley beyond,
Mems vsry skin shivered n
seemed to rise In welts under his
Eoad. Her heart struggled back to
its tack. Fiercely as It aehed. {, beat
with a duier throb. Her soul brooied
Somberly. though:
"wen. IL it's my duty to live. it's
my duty TO tell tho truth. III tell 4
to everybody. Poor Elwood rha'n't
&c Into his grave without people
knowing how I loved him"
He let her frenzy OF devotion carry
her up n down the room until she
dropped into a chair. exhausted.
Then lie took up the whip again.
MY poor little child. I'ye got to be
terrible neal TO you for your own
sake. You can't do what you want
to ID. You said yourself that IL
would kill your father IL her knew;
IL would drive him from his pulpit.
And our mother would be crushed
too. you said. Ana as for poor FL
wood-wouidn't II simply turn the VII.
iage against his memory. Everybody
thinks OF him as a brave. clean young
martyr as he was. But just i'm.
agine what would happen II they
learned what we know.
mo. honey. you've got to fight II
out alone. It's pitiful. but you're
going to be glad some day when you
look back on IL from happluers-"
"Hspplnessf' shs sroensd. The
word was ioathsome. d~espicnblc. The
possibility of IT beIittied her grief.
/ The doctor withdrew 1t. "I don't
mean happiness. but some hiE. high
peak of goodness. Your lifa is Ening
to be lifted up because OF this. IL
you'll only meet It as you must"
Continued Next Sunday
, 1922-10-15
OILS FOR S4LE"--A Great Novel of Hollywood Lii

poverty nc had long known. He felt
encouraged after a first discourage
ment.
"Eiwood's a nice boy. he said.
Hen do what's right. IN call him
Up right away Duty is more than
skin deep with HIM
Even as he took up the prehensIble
telephone. Mem sratched it from his
hand.
HE wan TO do what's right. bun
his first duty is TO his mother Hes
supporting his Who'll family. They'll
starve without his help. And wha,
he's going { do when the factory
closes I don't know. He can't marry
me. Ind I won't mar y him and drag
him dtwn."
"snere's no dragging him down.
Noun make a wonderful wife and any
body ought to be proud 20 have you.
You'll be a great help in his career
but how can we live together
she cried. franticany.
Don't. The main things the csre-
money. Just you step out and sc;
married People viii say you're a
coupe 6f young fools. But that's
all they viii say. and they'll enjoy a
bit of IA in this dead burg"
He evaded Mems pleading hands
and called the faef>ry
Mems embarrassment was over.
whelming befois the prospect OF meet.
ing in h presence OF a witness the
fellow.victim OF the tidal wave that
had engulfeS them both one Sabbath
evening.
a fervor OF religious zeal and music
had exalted their emotions then and
made their hearts a prey to the
moonlight that waylaid them as She
slipped out to meet him after her
father and mother had kissed her
good night.
A wheediing. eoo,ng breeze had
stolen through the vine-wreathed
grotto OF h porch, and had whisper
ed ineAntations over them. Their re
morse had been fearful. but Its very
frenzy was a kind of madness hat
prepared their dizzled souls for furth-
err need OF It. For remorse. like other
bitter drugs. establishes a habit.
Mem writhed in a delirium OF re
morse now. Such poetry in the proem.
such hideous prose in the epilosue'
Such honey. then such po.sonl
She was wakened from her fisrcs
reverie, however. by the doctors
voice:
"Elwocd's out; he's gone TO the
bank for the firm. / left word for
him to call me as Vol as he comes in.
I've been thinking up a little plan
Like many another n soul.
, 1922-10-15

Doctor Bretherick was addicted tc
plotty stories When he had wrestled
in ar with some wolf q disease for
some agoniz:vg patien; he would for.
sake the pever-endinE mystery serial
of pain ara death and take up some
volume OF so-cailed trash
Like nearly everybody else IN tho
country. Doctor BretherIek had tried
his hand at the newest indoor sport.
the writing Of stories for moving pic.
tnres-a popul7~ vice thai had largely
replaced the oder custom OF writing
plays. So now he improvised for
Mems future what a moving picture
man would call a continuity"
This afternoon. after the factory
closes. you and Eiwood can meet and
drive over to Mosby. know the town
clerk over there-he owes me a bill.
III telephone him TO make gu, the
licenses and have EN- all ready for
you when you get there. He can
marry you or get a judge TO. or a
parson. You'd prefer a preacher.
suppose. Well. I can arrange that,
too. IN vouch for you both. and he'll
say the necessary words and give you
a nice certificate. and hen you can
telephone your father from Mosby and
ask for his blessing. He won't give ii
over the telephone, put he will the
next day when you two win drive back
like a couple of prodIEals. Your faith
er will see you coming from afar. and
hen run put and fall on your neoks.
You can ask forgiveness. and then
you can explain about Elwood's Job
and how you'll hnve 10 live at home
TIL HE gets another. Heaven knows
you earn your board and keep at
home and they'll be mighty sisd 70
have you there. By and by Elwood
will find a new jot, and you'n get rich
and live happily ever after"
Mem was almost smiling at the
shabby heaven he threw on tho screen
Of her Imagination. 1t WAS so much
better than anything she had hoped.
Then her old enemy. the arch-reallst,
the sneering consor. Poverty. sisshed
at the dream.
II on believe Elwood could afford
the money. He'd have to pay she
livery stable for the horse and buggy,
and there's the license fec, and the
ring, and h preacher. and the-the
hotel. and-oh. 1 don't believe we
could afford st."
I'll lend you all that" the doctor
insisted. I'm one of those authors
that has enough confidence in MS
story to back 1t himself. You &c
ahead and get happiness and quit
grieving. And don't you dare te
change my manuscript. I'm one Of
, 1922-10-15

doomed 20 ron Up the hin OF remor-.
IN his own hell E heavy stone Of re
pentancs that always broke loose at
the top and rolled dovn aSaiR, drag
ssns him with it.
Mem was benumbered with her
sorrow. II was a proper punAhment
upon her. she was sure; ard she
spread her arms out as on a cruei.y.
thinking OF herself as one OF the
thieves justly nailed to the tree next
to that tree where h Innocent one
suffered
Doctor Bretherick had paused In
his desperate battle TO listen FOR
sounds from the room above. He
had gone 20 the stairs to ask his
wife how Mem was. He had been
glad OF the p~rostration OF her grief.
but he was not deceived 81 to It's
sincerity.
Mem was stnt calm when his bus.
mess was done In the below
and he has turned the spoils OF de.
feat over TO his alds-de.eamp. the
undertaken. Doctor Bretheriek IN,
tered the bedroom and ssat his wife
about her business while he dropped
his exhausted body Into = chair and
spurrod his exhausted mind to fur+h.
err effort.
He took one Of Mems eold hands
in his and petted 1t and chafsd II.
shaking his head in wsrdisss sym.
pathy.
"At least re didn't suffer- he lied.
Her woe. for lack OF otner expires.
zion. made use of tho smiling muscles,
as she said.
That's not true. I heard"
"weil.r the doctor sighed. his suf
ferings are over. anyway. He was
a good boy, ard you're a good. brave
airl. And now what are we to do for
you"
She spoke without excitement.
There's only one thing for me. ]
can't live. OF course I was sorry
was so sick. and I was afraid OF my
cough; hut now I see that God sen /,
to mo as a blessing. DO you think II
will carry me Off soon"
The doctor shook his head. This
frightened her. She sasped;
Then 1t must bel must do n
myself. It's wicked. I suppose. but
Have you got anything that isn't
too slow or distlguring2 I don't mind
the pain, but I don't want to go Il
hell with an ugly face"
Tho doctor was so familiar viii
deaths that he was capable OF an oe
casionai irony that looked like flip
pancy to those who met them only
rarely. He was bitterer than Mem
could Imagine when he sighedi