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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-07-14
ROSEBUD VALLEY

BOYD O'Bryan purchased a harvest
II in Trip county.
Nh. and Mrs. F. Il. O'Bryan stayed
yer night at the Boyd O'Bryan home.
Mrs. Elmer Aeschbacher has been
The possessor of a freak chicken, as
t has four legs.
Small grain is good but cutting ex-
'eedingly difficult, as the showers
ave been frequent.
Mr.. Kosgan made a Journey to Win
Ter Saturday, and remained over
hight at Paseka' s.
Richard Langley and Jake Gillen
pent a pleasant day mt the Schaeffer
ZONE, near Little Crow, Sunday.
Messrs. Gustafson and Hakl are the
mes having cherry trees in our vicin-
ty, and they bore very we'll for young
trees.
Mrs. Langley, son Richard, and
laughter, and Lillian Gustafson, were
ruests OF Mr.. and Mrs. II. s. Void
f Witten, Sunday and Monday.
The Frank Gilliland family spent
he Fourth at the Elmer Aeschbacher
ZONE, also Alfred Aeschbacher and
family, Ernest Aeschbacher and
irandma.
Mr.. Sehaeffer called q week ago at
he Langley homestead for strawberry
plants as the strawberry crop was a
plendid one this year and many are
Encouraged to try planting a bed OF
he luscious fruit.
A prairie fire caused some of our
people anxiety and hard work on the
Fourth. Some ones carelessness nc
doubt set the fire ear the Bad Nation
trail, and only for timely work could
! very costly fire be averted.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben Shandorf,
Miss Dorcas Shandorf and Martha
Void and sisters and Rev. and Mrs.
Void were supper guests at the Lang
ley home and held church services
Friday evening at the school house.
We understand Mrs. Minnie Ritts,
4 former homesteader and teacher Of
our Valley, decided single bliss was
not so blessed, and is now Mrs. Jacob
Ellis OF South Sioux City. Mr.. Ellis
is m of the pioneer settlers of Trip
county and we wish them a happy life
together.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-07-14

c. NJ. Duff and his son, Orland and
wife arrived here Wednesday evening.
Mrs Orland Duff left here Saturday
evening for Long Pine, Neb., for a
visit with her parents.
Miss Mary Evers returned to her
home for her vacation from the Mich
olas Sum hospital, where she is TAX
ing training. We are glad to see her
smiling face among us again.
There will be a big barn dance at
the J. j. Jares farm. eleven miles
northeast Of Wittcn, Saturday, July
ID, given by the American Legion.
Everyone plan to attend. Good mu-
sic assured.
White River ball team and a mum
Der Of other citizens came to Witten
Sunday to witness the ball game.
There were people here from Winner,
Wood and Carter also. The score was
6 to 9 in favor of Witten.
While John Ruf was at the hospital
her in town, suffering from a rattle
snake bite, his thoughtful neighbors
met together and did what had to be
done of his farming, while the ladies
prepared the eats. Ideal neighbors,
we call them.
A most terrific hai1 storm visited
our town last Saturday evening.
Some hail stones that fell, or rather
chunks Of ice, were larger than base
balls. Fortunately there was no
wind and small damage was done,
but considerable amount of rain fell
or a few minutes.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-07-14
NORTH ROSEBUD VALLEY

Lee Anderson vaccinated calves
Wednesday.
Ozro Wilson called at Glen Sher-
woods, Wednesday, morning.
Glen Sherwood and family were
Sunday evening callers at John Sher-
woods.
Miss Blanche Wilson has been stay
ING at the Hickman home since Sat
urday.
Lee Anderson, Harry and Ben Lar
cen bought the new binder which they
brought out from Wood, Tuesday.
James Clinch is a new hired man
at Will Kemnitz. Mr., Kemnitz will
o be busy at the carpenter trade
rs he has several buildings to con
struct.
Lee Anderson and James Clinch
were Sunday afternoon callers at the
Reinoehl home. Miss Cornelia Nc
Donald was also a caller there that
day.
Mrs. Otto Fulsos received the sad
news that her sister, Mrs. Romm, had
suddenly died at Winner. Mrs. Full
sos has the sympathy of the entire
community.
Harry Larsen had the misfortune
to get kicked by a horse Sunday
causing him considerable pain, but is
getting along all right and no serious
results are anticipated
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Kemnitz and
children were dinner guests at Oliver
Larsens, one day last week. That
being little Kermits birthday a dinner
was prepared by his grandmother.
James Clinch, with Harry Larsen's
Fordson and Glen Sherwood, with his
Titan tractor, have been breaking sod
for Jerry Koskan but have about
given up for a time at least, as they
have found it very wet.
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Bids Wanted

The School Board of Cody School
District No. Z will open bids for the
remodeling and r%efinishing of the
Week school in said district, accord
ing to plans and specifications now on
file with the clerk of said district.
All bids to be accompanied by a cor-
titled check for fifty dollars ($5O.Ol).
The undersigned will receive sealed
bis for this work up until II O'Clock
noon. on Saturday, August 5, 1922.
Contractor to furnish all necessary
material.
The Board reserves the right to re-
lect any OF all bids.
Harry E. Atwood. Clerk
Cody School Dist No. Z.
IA Wood, Soth Dakota.
There are two things every young
should accumulate-wisdom and
a wife. One is difficult to acquire and
the other is impossible to manage
and between the absence of one and
he presence of the other he often
inds himself in a devil of a fix.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-07-14

The man who has iustbeen Tilted
has at least one great Isolation
the other fellow will HAVOC foot the
bills.
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NO-MAN'S-LAND

John Ham started cutting his rye,
the Fourth.
Albert Joneschiet is building a dam
on his ranch.
Alex Brave was a caller at John
Hams, Friday.
Jerry Koskan cut Albert Jones
'hict's rye, Wednesday.
Joe Brave and family visited at
'Iare's. Friday afternoon.
Warren and Hazel Joneschiet were
,~allcrs at the Hare ranch, Friday.
Max Dustrudc has been chief chore
boy at the Hare ranch the past week.
John Ham and Mr.: Kortan made
4 business trip to Wood, Tuesday
morning.
Mrs. Joe Brave says she has us all
beat, rs she has had fried chicken for
two weeks.
The Fourth passed off rather quiet
" in No-Man 's-Land. A good many
Kept at their work.
Mrs. John Ham and son Lester,
brought Harc's mail, Friday, for
which she has our thanks.
Mrs. VIM. Hare and Max Dustrude,
he chore boy at the Hare ranch,
mtocd to Wood, Saturday.
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j l. BIBLE THOUGHTS
u For This Week --
81 Bible Thoughts memorixed, will prove q
ri priceless heritage in after years.

: Friday. SELF-MASTERY:- -
" Keep back thy servant also
> from presumptuous sins; let
" them not have dominion over
: me: then | shall be upright,
" and | shall be innocent from
: the great transgression. Let
> the words of my mouth, and
: the meditation of my heart,
" be acceptable in thy sight, 0
" Lord, my strength, and my Re-
: deemer.--Psalm l9:13,14.
a Saturday, BEGIN RIGHT IN
: YOUTH Remember now thy
. Creator in the days of thy
" youth, while the evil days come
> not, % the years draw nigh,
: when thou shalt say, / have
' no pleasure in them. Let us
e hear the conclusion of the
. whole matter: Fear God, and
> keep his commandments: for
= this is the whole duty of man.
. -Ecclesiastes 1918.
: Sunday. MORE THAN CON-
y QUERORS:-All things work
' together for good to them that
> love God. If God be for us,
' who can be against us? Who
> shall separate us from the love
; of Christ? shall tribulation,
or distress, or persecution, or
= famine, or nakedness, or peril,
: VI sword? Nay, in all these
: things we are more than con-
querors through him hat loved
us.-Romans s: 1881 1851.
Monday. 1T SURELY WILL:
BE sure your sin will find
you out.-Numbers 1928.
Tuesday. THE GOD OF
PEACE:-Now the God of
peace make you perfect
in every good work TO do his
will.-Hebrews 13:20,21. :
Wednesday. THE GOODNESS
OF GOD:-Oh that men would
praise the Lord for his good
, ness, and for his wonderful
works to the children of men.
Psalm 107 :2l.
Thursday. A MIGHTY ARM:
Thou hast a mighty arm:
strong is thy hand, and high is
thy right hand. Justice and
judgment are the habitation
OF thy throne: mercy and truth
shall 60 before thy face
Psalm SO: 1914.
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Do it today. You will never see
tomorrow.
Speak softly or don't speak. Bark
ing dogs make loud noises.
Tell your troubles to the unwelcome
guest. He will soon depart.
Every head is filed with something
or other--a few of them with brains.
Misery loves company but compa-
ny does not love your kind of misery.
A. well nan derides the doctors but
a well woman cultivates them Just
tho same.
Roses are beautiful and sweet, but
they are discounted by the nutrition
of the spud.
The fellow who knows it all has
one thing yet to learn-what others
think Of him.
Do not pretend a virtue you do not
possess. Others see the faults YOU
try to cover up.
One beautiful thing about country
life is that it is never necessary to
60 picnicking.
Marriage is sometimes spoken of as
a great leveler, but often it is also
a great finisher.
A grasshopper hops without know.
ing where it is going. A lot of men
arc grasshoppers.
1t is a mystery to almost any man
OF moderate means how he manages
to meet his bills.
This is the season when the straw.
berry shortcake tastes good-when i,
is where we can taste it.
When you don't know which way
to turn, turn anyway. Standing still
never gets you anyw here.
The fellow who knocks his home
town would put up a mighty howl il
compelled to go else where.
Then there is tho MIA who asks
Tor advice SO he a / argue with you
and show where yo'i are wrong.
Influential citizens are people who
know what to do a I'd do it when Il
ought to be done. W hat are yous
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Estate OF John shaffer, Deceased,
Notice is hereby given by the UNDERSIGNED
Jesse A, Shaffer, sdministI ator OF the est OF
Shatfer. deceased. 10 the creditors and
Gil persons having claims against the said de-
ceased, TO exhibit them, with the necessary
vouchers within six months after the first
publication OF this notice, 20 said administra-
tor at Belvidere South Dakota.
Dated June 2lst, 1922.
JESSE A. SHAEFER, Administrator
2lt4m OF the estate OF John ShatYer, Deceased
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Taken Up-Three horses, two bays
and n black, branded C on left jaw.
Owner may have same by proving
property and paying for this notice
and keep. Delmar Lookabill, two
miles west and six miles south of
Wood. ot-3
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STATE ENT

OF the Condition of First State Bank
of Wood, 5. D., at Close of
Business or June 80, 1922.
Date OF call by Examiner, July 3. 1922.
Date Of report by Bank, July 5, 1922
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-16

Tiand Duke or Gutenberg was wed 10
Prince Eitel Friedrich, the Enperor's sec.
ond son, in 1906.
The marriage was conceded TO have
been dictated by diplomacy instead of
by love. Sophie Charlotte was five years
the Princes senior. She outranked him,
too. in the army. AS a wedding present.
the Kaiser had made her q colonel in the
Twelfth Dragons. At reviews and par
AIDES. which the Princess always attended
in full uniform the Prince had the pleas
nrc OF riding at the heels OF his wife and
commanding officer.
There were other marked differences
hetween the royal pair The Princess has
always been vivaciOus, dashing. volatile
Eiicl Friedrich is the phlegmatic tyne.
Once known as the man with the perfec:
physique" when he was a youth III iwe,-
ty he took on so much flesh that waggisl
british and French photographers referred
To him during the war as the prince OF
poundase" Eitel Friedrich tried To re-
ducc. lie spaded in the Potsdam gardens
and gained thirteen pounds. lie rode
until he fell from his horse and bruised a
rib without breaking il. AT one time he
weighed more than two hundred pounds.
Prince Etels plumpncss and rumors
OF "a romance behind the throne" de-
Veloped in Germany at about the same
time. When Elinor Glyns famous novel,
Three Weeks" was published with its
story OF royal Lady" whose Paul" was
only commoner. the cognOscenti i'm Bcr-
lin lifted their eyebrows. smiled behind
their hands and wagged their tongues
in private.
But as long as Germany was a mon
archy, scarcely breath OF scandal
reached The public There was a hint of
something in the wind" when Princess
titel Friedrich was suddenly discovered
living incognito in Paris. But this es
capade was hushed up when emissaries
from Potsdam persuaded her to return to
her husband. One noted journalist who
dared to go farther in n name'ass para
graph was arrested and sent to Jail for
six months.
Not until the war was over and Ger.
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NV OF the famous red room of Pots
I dam Palace, former capital OF Kais.
crism. burst a princess of Prussia
her blue eyes blazing, her cheeks aflamc.
her breath painting through clenchcd
teeth as she turned and flung one naughty
gesture OF finality at the four men gaping
al her from their armchairs. For many
minutes after she had gone and the
booing In the streets had died TO a
muffled mum. the four men stared at the
open door through which Sophie Char
lottc OF Gutenberg, wife of Prince Etel
Friedrich and Gaughtcr-inlaw OF the
Kaiser, had swept like blond Juno
Why had she, a princess Of the i'm.
rcrial HOhenzolerns, rushed in a frenzy
from the presence of these four probe.
tarians? What had they done TO stab her
cheeks with scarlet and put angry dia.
monds in her eyes? What had she said
to leave them pctrified with astonishmcnt?
What had happened in that tapestried
chamber whore once the war lords of Ger
many jnggled crowns and kingdoms?
Sophie Charlotte was summoned he.
fore that tribunal of commoners as the
correspondent in a divorce case! Four
years ago no Judge would have dared
issue such subpoena: had 1t been issued,
she-daughter-in.law Of the call highest
would have torn it to bits and laughed
the courts OF Germany TO scorn. But the
same war which made an emperor an
exile, changed her from one OF the regal
chosen" to plain citizen OF the IRE.
public. with no more rights and prerOga-
tives than the lowliest Berlin haus-frau
Even so, they subpocnaed her with
Difference. The divorce suit was being
heard in Ruhr. Sophie Charlotte was at
the home Of Prince Eite Friedrich in Ber-
lin Size was not required to go to court.
private hearing was arranged at Pots
dam, where, in the presence of her ac-
cuser and four officials, she would answer
the charge that she had sullied her rank.
dared the rage of her royal but cOrpuent
husband, and found in the person o: a
cavalry captain. socially far beneath her,
the love state" marriage had denied her.
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many became democracy did the spot.
light of unfavorable notoricty fix itself
directly on Princess Eitel Friedrich Then,
Ple,tenberg filed suit for divorce against
Mehr,m Won Plettenbcrg. ex.captain in
the potsiam Palace Guards. and named
Princess Eitel Friedrich as cores pendent
The Baroness offered astounding allie
cations when the suit came up for trial
She charged that the Princess had always
loved Won Plettenberg; that their ro-
nance began when she was simply
Sophie Charlotte OF Gutenberg: that the
Princess had Won Plettenberg transferred
from the cavalry TO the Palace; that The
Kaiser, striving TO end the affair, ban
ished Won PlettenOerg 10 America. where
he represented the North German Lloyd
Steamship Company for several years be
fore the war
when he returned from America
married him. rccitcd tho Baroness. I'VE
went on our honeymoon. Back in Berlin
my husband tcephoncd Princess Eitel
Friedrich to request that she receive me
al court. The Princess commanded him
to come 10 her AZ once. We entered an
automobile and drove TO her castle. There
my husband left me in the car. IN he
back in a minute lie said. He did not re-
turn for four hours, and was never re-,
ccivcd al court"
The testimony Of the Baroness was
backed up by that of q court official who
said he overheard the telephone CONVEX
sation in which the Princess cried, II re-
fuse to meet your wife," and commanded
Won Plettenberg's immediate presence at
her side. Letters were also introduced,
according 10 Berlin dispatches, purportiDg
10 be from the Princess 10 Won Plettcn-
Derg One of them said:
you know that have nothing in com
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mon with the man I married. Only in
appearance am | his wife But you also
Know how much we mean to each other
and that we can give boundlcssly to each
other"
This was not Gormanys first royal
family scandal. Prince August Wilhelm,
fourth son of the Kaiser, and Joachim. his
sixth son, both divorced their wives But
never in the history of the nation had a
woman dared to accuse openly an Imperial
IrlnccSs of "vampinG' her usband:
never. until the Republic. had the Ger
man newspapers dared to print line re-
ilcctinS on royalty
Most OF them continued 10 suppress
the news of the FlettenberG divorce suit
BIT several OF the boulevard journals rang
with II. Half Germany and all Berlin
*cethcd with the story on the Spring morn.
Ing when Princess Gi;el Friedrich left her
villa on the outskirts of Berlin and mo.
tered in closed car to the Potsdam Pal
ace twenty miles away; there to submit
TO such an examination Of her heart af-
fairs as no Princess of the blood had ever
bcen called upon to undergo.
She had been summoned as a citizen,
but she arrived every inch the princess
The street and the palace grounds
swarmed with curious crowd Greedy
eyes were on Sophie Charlotte as she
aighted and-her face screened by n
heavy voil--traversed tho marble walk.
Smokers followed her as she assembled
the marble steps. But by the set of her
proud head and her regal carriage, none
might have suspected She was not about
to attend some exclusive salon.
The door OF the red room closed behind
her. Those who had penetrated that far
got only glimpse of the middle-aged
Baroness Won Plettenbcrg, gripping the
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arms of her chair, and of four judicial
looking men who rose automatically at
the entrance of the Princess. Republ
cans though they were. she spurred them
to an obcsance no ordinary witness
would have been granted. 1t was still
the Princess who entered the red room
Butt was Sophie Charlotte, the woman,
who burst forth thirty minutes later
Past the groups of startled corridor
lOafcrs storned those blue eyes and thos o
flaming cheeks out into the sunshine
where tho waiting throng was augmented
by scores OF men and women and bCvs
They had been awed by the Princess; bit
this was Il new, human person. blazing
with the same emotions with which the
pro!etariat bla2ed: whether anger. humil-
alton, grief OF scorn They did nor know
nor greatly care Somebody Kissed. Some
body cheered In an instant the entire
mob was in n tumult, ended only with
the disappearance OF the imperial auto
mobile In Il squirt OF white dust
Men anu women turned to one another
clamoring to know what had happened in
the palace. Reporters bcsicged the door
to the red room One declared Prime ass
Eitel Friedrich had confessed every init
mate detail Of the romance. She had
sncered at baroness Won Plcttenberg She
had faced the Judge with a smile. declared
gayly she admitted all the charges with
the greatest OF pleasure" He had it on
authentic information declared the news
paper correspondent.
Prince Eitel replied ii was "all coarse
lie" The magistrate refused to deny or
affirm. The three other officials we're
sworn to secrecy. Baroness Won net;en-
berg fastened away. her head bowed and
her shoulders hcavinG Whether she was
crying, laughing or trembling with anger.
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II was an amazing accu.
sation-the first specific
public ut:crance on a sub
ject that had been gos-
siped sub rosa in Eui opean
court circles ever since the
beautiful daughter Of the
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was as much a mystery as the cause OF the
emotions OF Princess Eitel Friedrich
Slowly the crowd dispersed The next
day rumors, denials and counter denials
closged the cables and the columns OF the
berlin boulevard papers. But nothing
suTe-nothing authentic. The record re.
manned sealed. The principals kept num-
And no other witness to the toyal love
trial' at Potsdam could be found-saye
the mute portraits of the dead Hohenzol.
Tern war lords which had looked down
from tho walls OF the red room on the
spectacle OF Prussian princess confront
ing. for The first time in history. a Judg.
OF the people and an outraged wife.
, 1922-05-10

rRAPsaoorING TOURNEY
AT LAKE woOD.-clarence d
P.att. Of Bridgeton, New YORK, iee'
large field of gunners' breaking 30
out of 900 targets.
, 1922-05-10
FAILURE LOOMS
IN SUBSIDY ACT,
MARINE EXPERT
Tells CONGRESS
VIII Seriously Retard"
Proper Development of
Merchant Marine, Says
Phillip Manson
WASHINGTON. Nav 10.

WASHINGTON, May 10
Creation of a privately owned
merchant marine by means of
government subsidies is i'm
possible, Phillip Manson, New
York, president of the Pacific
and Eastern Steamship company, de
ciared today before tho Joint congress
sional hearing on tho administration
ship subsidy bin He asserted that
subsidies would not only fan to
create a merchant marine but would
seriously retard' its proper develop
ment.
al hat subsidies win do Mr..
Manson said. will be to Increase and
perpetuate the dishonesty and ineffi-
cheney that pervades American ship
ping and add to the private fortunes
Of ship owners When ultimately the
taxpayers refused to continue 10 en-
rich a few ship owners, tho Ameri-
can merchant marine is In u worse
state than ever before"
During the last three and a half
years. Inc witness asserted. the gov
@nment has given to American ship
interests "a subsidy so vast hat even
the most bruzen subsidist would not
have dared to ask o it"
, 1922-05-10
SERVICES HELD
MRS.. F. c. BRIGHTWELL

The funeral OF Mrs. Florida elf
ford Brightwell, IS years old. who
died of pneumonia Sunday Mt her
, 1922-05-10
CAR OCCUPANTS
ESCAPE AS AUTO
takes PLUNGE

TODD W. Bowman and Burt De
muxnbren. Of the Bowman chapel here
MISSED death or serious accident by a
narrow measure last night when Mr..
Bowman's Cadillac car which he was
driving to Salt Greek in response to
a call requiring his service, slipped
from the road and plunged over a 80
foot e~mbnnkment-
Sensing that he would be unable to
hold h machine because of h wet
and slippery condition of h road Mr.
Bowman called I o Demumbren to
leave the car. Both men jumped and
Just as they cleared the machine 1t
plunged over the embankment
The fact that Mr.. Bowman had set
The brakes on the "a In an effort to
hold 1t enabled h machine to go
over the bank slowly and it stopped at
the bottom of the descent right side
After minor repairs were made
and assistance given in pulling the
machine out of the ravine it was able
10 proceed to Salt Creek or its WI
power.
Neither Mr.. Bowman or MI. De-
m,,mbren were injured other thar
being slightly shaken up they
Jumped from the machine.
, 1922-05-10
SENATE OPENS
TARIFF fight

WASHINGTON. May 1o-wfth
night sessions looming ahead, h sen.
ate started to row over the tariff at
he outset today. Senator's Mccumber
Republican. North Dakota, IN charge
OF the measure. and Simmons of North
Carolina. the Democrats Leader. en-.
gAstns in a spirited debate.
Charging that the majority were
driving with whip n spur and with
indecent Saste" to pass n bm that
was designed mot for protection but
for exploitation Senator simrAons de
ciared the Democrats would fight {,
and discuss it untl they had made
it clear to tho country what the
bin is