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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-05-25
New Conscience Needed

A prominent New York internation-
al banker, recently returned from
Italy, declares that "the rehabilita-
ton of Italy was not a political revo-
luton but a spiritual revival" Ho
says that the Italian deficit is to be
cut in half next year, and will be
wiped out entirely IN two years. A
spiritual revival is just what is needed
in most of the European countries,
and when it comes the result is likely
TO be as beneficial as it has proved in
Italy. The revival came to Italy with
out any suggestion from the United
States or any other government, and
it must come to the rest of Europe in
the same way. If we chose to d. 80.
rc could r~ant over more money and
men to Europe than we orc no &
ND. Material aid could be given
either through tie 'eague Of nations
or to the nations direct, but it would
e nn poigoanNnt value n estab
'ich'rr nos ~ z rtcntront 4
Old World until there has been a
renaissance Of the European con
science. So long as Old World dip
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-05-25
STATE OFFICIALS SELECT
STAMPS FOR CIGARET TAX

The new law placing a tax on Gig
arettes goes into effect the first on
this coming July, and the state Off
Gals have selected the design and col
or of the stamps to be used. Accord
ing to the law the tax is based upon
the weight of cigarets per thousand
and not upon their price or quality.
That portion of the law which deals
with the color of the stamps to be
used and the amount Of tax to be
paid reads as follows:
Class A. On cigarets not weighing
more than three pounds per thousand,
me mill on each such cigaret.
Class B. On cigarets weighing more
than three pounds per thousand, two
mills on each such cigaret.
Class G.. On cigaret papers or
wrappers or any papers made or pre-
pared for the purpose of making Gig
arets made up in packages, books or
sets; on each such package, book or set
containing not more than so papers,
one-half cent; containing more than
SO papers, but not more than 100
papers, one cent; containing more
than 100 papers, one-half cent for
each SO papers or fractional part
thereof.
Class d. On tubes, one cent for
each so tubes or fractional part there
of.
The one-half cent stamps are of
gold, the one-cent stamps of green, the
one and one-half cent stamps of
purple and the two-cent stamps ma
room.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-05-25
COW TESTING RETURNS
SHOW GOOD PRODUCTION

Interesting facts in regard to dairy
production and profits and loss on
each cow are shown in the Day. county
CIV testing association records, re-
ported by Horace NJ. Jones, exten,
sion specialist in dairying at State
college. During January and Feb
ruary, 1876 cow were tested, and in
January SO cows produced more than
one pound Of butterfat per day.
Twenty-Five cows produced more than
a pound of b~utterfat each day in Feb
ruary, this being lower than the first
report because of the short month and
two billiards..
Tn February tire ratio of profitable
COWS was higher than in the previous
report, and of 233 tested, 202 COWS
bowed on income over cost of feed,
The value of b~utterfat was figured
at IS cents per pound.
The COW rcfunin~ the groatcet ~
come over cost of feed was poyan
cornucopia DeTol. a prrehrea Ho'-
tom, nw1lcd 'w Grv Nc-;hbpn Con.
suminr feed valued ct $1,000 a',e nro
WOOD hrt+nrcNt av,o~~.'r~ ~ 900 =,
The highest ~avernring he-1 was grrl
ration Of 80 Wounds # ailage and
e9'e' ,scr COW ncr dav
tho dairy specialist points out, and,
y rHlE Dletior consisting in part Of
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-05-25
Neck Broken in Fall off Truck

Pete Gabrich, a workman with the
Hanlon & Okes paving crew, was al
most instantly killed in a fall from a
truck on the Winner-Presho road
Monday afternoon.
The several White trucks used in
the paving work here were being drlv'
en- across country to Pierre. Gabrich
was riding in one Of the trucks and
was sitting in the seat with the driver
when in crossing a draw on the road
the truck struck a nut and he was
thrown from the seat, and striking the
ground on his head and shoulders, his
neck was broken and he died almost
instantly.
Coroner O~verton, Of Winner, was
called by telephone and drove to the
scene Of the accident and the body
was brought to Winner and placed in
the Daley undertaking parlors until
the arrival of relatives. Through let
ters found in the coat pocket of the
dead man, q brother was located at
Chicago, Ill. A message was sent to
the brother and he arrived in Winner
last evening.
Deceased was between thirty and
thirty-five years of age and had been
in the employ of Hanlon & Okes for
the past five years.
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon and interment made in the
Winner cemetery.-Winner Advocate.
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Squads

Preparations are o under way
fCa the conduct OF % citizens mill
tary training camps this summer.
The marked enthusiasm that has at
tended those camps III the past is an
ticipated again this year. The camps
are open to young men between the
ages Of II and "a. The government
paws railroad fares to and from the
camps and furnishes everything but
underwear and toilet articles. Mill
tary training and athletic instruction
are featured, and the boys receive
substantial mental and physical bene-
fit from their experience.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-05-25
. Steering Business Ships to Success

Fred P. Mann is a drygoods merchant in Devil Lake, NorG
Dakota. He sells a half million dollars worth Of goods every
year in a town of five thousand population. He has built MS
business from nothing. His capital has been intelligence. Ee
stands today an inspiration for any small town merchant who
seeks to build a paying business on a sound foundation.
There are thousands of merchants who flop along without any
definite aim except an instructive desire to accomplish. IN <.
are the merchandising derelicts. The ship that reaches pol. 81
time to win the cargo is one that is steered with a definite our-
pose and along a course thoroughly charted.
Mr.. Mann frankly says his success is one of two thihgs-sen-
sible buying and vigorous newspaper advertising. He spends
more money IN newspaper advertising than any small merchant
in the United States. The answer is ne does more business than
any small merchant in the United States.
Half the local merchants in small towns see in advertising
nothing but typographical announcements. The money they
waste in direct by mail advertising Is astounding. There is not
a skilled advertising man in the whole of the United States VINO
uses a direct-by-mail advertising except as a supplement tc ths
newspaper. Without the newspaper the rest is useless. # we fail
to learn by the experience of Others who have succeeded than We
fall behind in the march of progress.
} John Wanamaker, Marshall Field and Fred P. Mann are o.
FOOLS Hitch your wagon TO . star, not to 2 doubling Itowas. (.
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Do Your Duty Now, Duty Delayed Spells Failure
Let the Farmer Watch His Step

The announcement of the Federal Farm Loan Board that
$l2OOO,OOO Is now available for farm loans under the new agri-
cultural credit law, and at interest which while high is heavenly
compared with existing rates, will put heart into many a man
who for years has been struggling under the burden of fnan-
clal oppression; but it is hoped the tempting bait will not be
swallowed to the point of saturation.
The new system will have the effect of reducing interest
charges in some states from 10 per cent, to 7 per cent, or per-
haps less. This sounds as cymbals h~eralding approach to the
promised land, but it should not be forgotten that in many
states interest on private loans in excess of six per cent is
considered usury, and the lenders are punishable under the
statutes. However, there appears to be one law for the COM
mercial business maH and another for the farmer.
The law has inferentially acknowledged that commercial
money cannot thrive on a seven per cent interest rate, and while
the relief Of the farmer will be appreciated, it will be found
mighty hard Scraping for the farmer to get adequate reward
for his labor at this lowered rate. Danger lies in the likelihood
that the farmer, so long used to extortion, will o~verborrow at
the new rate, and will be disposed to seek temporary ease in
finance, not realizing that the mills of Wall Street, like the
mills of the gods, grind slowly but they grind exceeding small
and that the day of settlement is as certain as the day of judg-
ment. The farmer may obtain money at 52 per cent when
borrowing through a cooperative marketing association: but
here again the overhead steps in and the additional charges foot
up to a sum that still must make the tller of the soil bend to
the burden.
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p ENL"rR that birthday when
~ there We're twelve candles on
the cake ard the big piece rested
on the plate Of that wonderful Girl
whose golden curls were the most
beautiful In all the world-and then
that birthday, when that girl with
nut brown hair glanced shyly as
Dad told you you were now a man.
And then the birthdays came quick
ly, until there were no candles on
the cake, but just a touch Of thought
fitness and love reflected in the
making. Now in the mellow OF
years we car think OF birthdays and
their joys just as the mirror Of the
only birthday-the day we pass into
life-into Eternity. Snlile as thu
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lomacy is actuated by commercial
greed, and those countries are willing
20 90 to war to settle business rival
ries, it is useless to talk of world
peace.
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The man who speaks well of others
leaves a good impression of himself.
!. If You have q poor neighbor, what
do You suppose he thinks of you?
Don't worry. 1t distresses other
people and doesn't do you any good.
When a fellow talks about nothing
he is generally telling all that he
knows.
1t is not surprising that people have
faith in the man who has faith in
himself.
Never make excuses for the things
you have failed to do. Get busy and
do them.
Some people are firm believers in
helping themselves-until the police
get them.
1t is possible, Of course, hal the
fellow who admires himself has a poor
understanding.
No, that young man in love does not
carry a placard on his back. No pla.
card is required.
Keep the home fires burning. It's
a good way to get rid of the rubbish
in the back yard.
I.ere's no such thing as p~rofiteer.
ing any lore. They grab it off now
in bigger chunks.
Forgive Your enemies, but give
them to understand that it would be
dangerous to do it again.
The average son doesn't care to be
known as a chip Of the old block. Old
blocks are getting out of date.
1t may be true that there are people
who know more than we do, but most
OF us are unable to find them.
Some people object to following in
the footsteps Of others. They want to
make bigger tracks of their own.
Some men live to eat and eat to live,
and if there is any time left in be-
tween they do an odd Job or two.
Use the soft pedal when speaking
of the faults of others. They might
be provoked into d~iseoaTs;eg on yours.
We don't blame Mr.. Harding for
hesitating over the matter of a second
term. We are hesitating over even a
first one.
Washington dispatches tell us that
the country is undergoing a wonder.
full revival in business. We hope ii
is soon converted.
When q fellow goes around savino
lie iAlnst as good as scnc other man
the chances are that the other man il
tie he &C the two.
No wal is ever in vain. Science j
pow crrine diacases of mankind witt
the same gases that killed them OF
during the big scrap. uwunx
$3.50 MXM4EMu
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silage and alfalfa results in the high
est herd averages and the greatest
net income.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-05-25

~ BIBLE THOUGHTS
u --F For This Week -a
Ell Bible Thoughts memorized, will prove q
III priceless heritage in after years.

Friday. FEAR NOT NOR BE
; DISMAYED Fear thou not
; for | am with thee; be not dis
; mayed; for | am thy God: |
will strengthen thee; yea, | will
; help thee; yea, | will uphold
thee with the right hand OF
my Isaiah Al 10.
Saturday. FERVENT IN
LOVE:--Above all things be-
ing fervent in your love among
yourselves, for love covereth a
multitude Of sins.-l Peter
As (R. w.
Sunday. THE PRINCE OF
PEACE:-For unto us a child
is born: and the government
shall be upon his shoulder: and
his name shall be called, The
Prince ii Peace. Isaiah go.
Monday. JOY OF THE RAN
SOMED:-The ransomed OF
the Lord shall return, and come
to Zion with songs and ever
lasting JOY upon their heads:
they shall obtain jov and glad
ness, and sorrow and signing
shall flee away.--Isaiah 1910.
Tuesday. MEN LOVE DARK
NESS:-This is the condemna-
ton, that light is come into
the world. and men love dark
ness rather than light, because
their deeds were evil.-John
$40.
Wednesday. WAY TO LIFE
He hath showed thee, 0 man,
what is good; and what doth
the Lord require Of thee, but
to do Justly, and to love mercy,
and to walk humbly with thy
God--Micah 6:8.
Thursday. LIVE RIGHT TO
DAY:-Boast not myself of to-
morrow; for thou knowest not
what q dav may bring FORTH
Proverbs 27:1.
, 1923-01-03

up. apd the rest Of he INTRODUCTION
was unintelligible. Jeanne never
learned the strangers names until
long afterward.
Morgan tool himself off. The stran-
ger stood at her side and chatted
pleasantly. He was rather original:
and certainly he was comely. In the
middle of a sentence he bowed alb.
ruptly and walked quickly toward the
door out of which Morgan at that
after the stranger less chagrined
than astonished.
weir she murmured. 1.-THE next
time l see Mr.. what's-his-name III
snub him numerically.
At midnight while Jeanne wa at
II supper. q man in a half mask en-.
tered the garden of her home. He.
appeared to be familiar with his
ground, for he went directly to the.
ladder hanging against the board
fence, raised 1t to tho window, climb
ed w and disappeared Inside her bed
room.
\ man who had followed. him
pressed closely against the fence and
waited.
The man in the hhlf-mask calmly
proceeded to open Jeanne's trunk.
There were several suits of male at.
tire. in blue. one in butternut and
three in nondescript. He shrugged.
Next hc opened the Florentine box.
The thing he sought, however, he
did not find. Ho found a blank slip
90 ,,v,1- 49, Hoo ..--.NtFn- --.
it. He tucked 1t into the side OF the
dressing-mirror, blew out his candle
and stole away.
The other man followed him eau
tiousiy.
Suddenly the shRdower ran for.
ward on his toes. The other heard
him, but was not quick enough. They
fought silently, but the advantage
lay with the assailant. with a grip
of iron he held the others arms
against his back, reached over and
snatched n paper from the inner
pocket-nCatly, as it he knew that
paper would be there. Then he
flung his victim roughly against the
wall OF the house and took to his
heels.
When at length he stopped, It wa
Under a street lamp. He straight.
ened out the purloined sheet, read it,
tore it into little pieces and dropped
them into the gutter.
lie looked at his watch: he had one
hour. In that time he must find two
horses and ride ten miles.
"Ah. my friend. I was right" he
said to hdmse.f. "I don't know what
you were doing in that house. nor
whose house II is but I had an idea
tina you carried the lie OF my com
rade in your coat"
Copyright, 1922, Bel Syndicate. Inc.
Another lnstallment tomorrow.
, 1923-01-03
INsTALLMENT NO. THREE.

but none h less genuInel She stared
at the varied scrawls. Goo In heaven,
married! To what. to whom? She sud
dd7ly became limp, swayed, and
sank face downward upon the table
where her belated troopers in butter
nut found her.
Madam Who7
, 1923-10-02
Makes a Family Supply
of Cough Remedy
Really better than rendy-made
cough ayrups, aud saves about So.
Easily and quickly prepared.

II you combined the curative prop.
critics Of every known 'ready-made'
cough remedy, you probably could
not get as much real curative power
rs there IA in this simple homemade
cough syrup, which is easily prepared
in a few minutes.
Get from any druggist 2h ounces
OF Plnex, pour 1t into a pint bottle
and fill the bottle with syrup, using
either plain graduated sugar syrup.
clarified molas-es, honey, or corn
sgrup, as desired. The result IL a
full pint Of really better cough syrup
than you could buy ready-made for
three times the money. Tastes pleas
ami and never spoila.
This Pinex and Syrup preparation
gets right at the cause OF n cough and
gives almost immediate relief. 1t
loosens the phlegm, stops the nasty
throat tickle and heals the sore, irri.
tated membranes so gently and easily
that II is really astonishing.
A days use will usually overcome
the ordinary cough and for bronchitis,
Group, hoarseness and bronchial nsth.
ma, there is nothing better.
Pinex is a most valuable concen.
tTHted compound of genuine Norway
pine extract, and has been used for
generations TO break severe coughs.
To avoid disappointment, ask YOUR
druggist for "2K ounces Of piner"
with full directions, and don't accent
anything else. Guaranteed TO rive
absolute satisfaction or money
promptly refunded. The Pinex Co,
Ii. Wayne, Ind.
, 1923-10-02
SECURITY POLICE DISMISSED
FROM DUTY; FRENCH ARMY TO
PATROL DUSSELDORF REGION

DUESSELDORF, Oct. 2.@By The
Associated Press.1The security po-
lice force. which has been formally
charged with entire responsibility
for last Sundays rioting, in which
nearly a score Of persons were kilh
CO and more than 400 injured. has
been decreed out Of existence by the
authorities Of occupation. The def
mite dissolution of the force was
announced today by French head
quartera here.
The French troops will continue
to police tho city until n new Ger
man police force has beon organized
under French direction.
What disposition shall be made Of
the 800 members Of the disbanded
security force has not been decided.
but. It is expected that their green
uniforms will be seized and that
they will be either expelled from the
region or imprisoned.
The French investigation II Is an
nounced, showed that regional presi-
dent Roddet went to General Simon.
tho French officer in command OF
tho Dusseldorf bridge head. and
told him that orders TO break UP
%Separatist meetings at all costs had
been received from DIR. Gruetzner.
the former governor of the district
who vas recently expelled from the
Ruhr and now is established in Ell
borfeld in unoccupied Germany.
The French charge that the police
intcrferefi r~uthlessly without provo
cation.
, 1923-10-02

war were declared tomorrow we
would be in a pitiful plight as re-
CARDS numbers OF effective aircraft"
and said the navy has under way
plans for tho creation OF reserve
naval aviation units in each of the
10 naval districts OF the country.
with an adequate number of
trained personnel to maintain the
nucleus Of a war time organization
we have practically no class of men
to call on In the event OF n
emergency" Moffett declared. 1--WE
can only look to commercial avia.
tion to supply our reserve strength"
Rear Admiral W. u. Reynolds.
commander of the United States
coast guard. in another paper, said
the coast guard service has found
aviation a great possibility for more
effectively carrying out It's peace
time duties.
, 1923-10-02

A revised casualty list compiled by
the French shows ten killed. OF
whom seven were German civilians.
two members OF the security police
and one blue policeman. while "A
were seriously injured.
BERLIN. Oct. 2.-By The Associ.
.ated Press.)eIt is officially an.
nounced that the participants in the
insurrection at Kuestrin yesterday
numbering about 400 men. have
been captured and disarmed. The
rebels lost n killed and several
wounded. There were no losses
among the government forces.
In tho opinion of officials here,
the revolt actually served n useful
purpose. inasmuch as It gave notice
that the government was prepared
to put down Immediately any at
tempt Mt insurrection.
, 1923-10-02

ST. LOUIS. No. Oct. 2-The Fri
the navy's mammoth ship of the
sky, departed on its return trip to
Lakehurst. N. J.. at $50 a. m. to-
day. 1t will fly over Chicago.
South Bend. Toledo, Detroit and
Cleveland.
Rear Admiral bToffett, chief of the
naval bureau OF aeronautics is MAX
ing the return flight. 1t Is his
first trip in the giant craft.
1t was the first time in history
that n rear admlral's flag has been
flown from a rigid craft, it was
stated.
Il accepted the invitation of the
chips commander for passage"
said the Rear Admiral. SOLELY to
demonstrate to the American people
my confidence In the Fri.
The big craft swung majestically
from st. Louis field and headed for
Chicago. which city 1t expects to
reach by 4 p. m.
Officers said they expected to
reach Cleveland by midnight and
land at Lakehurst in the early morn
ing.
The trip TO st. Louis and return
to Lakehurst overs about 1000
miles It was said.
, 1923-10-02
NEW OFFER ON
BOARD
RECEIVED
New York Interests Are
Back Of Proposed
Purchase, Said

WASHINGTON. Oct. a. A new
inquiry from New York shipping in
terests looking to the purchase of at
least part of the governments pas
senger fleet was reported to the
shipping board. at its regular week.
ly meeting today. Active negotia-
lions are in progress although they
have not reached the point where
terms have been submitted.
The Hartman lines nre under
stood TO be either the initiators or
the supporters Of tho new proposal
which involves the shipa nov oper.
ated by the United States lines. spe-
officially. the Jeviathan, George
washington. America, Republic and
President Harding are mentioned as
the tonnage being sought.
Tribune Want Ads bring results.
, 1923-10-02
civilian AVIATION EXPECTED
TO FURNISH MEN FOR WAR

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Oct. 2.-By The
Associated Pressl-Civiiian aviation
must be increased to insure q suffi-
cient number of naval nviators IN
case OF war. Rear Admiral William
A. Moffett, chief of the bureau Of
aeronautics OF the navy department
declared in a paper prepared for the
annual meeting OF the air institute
of the national aeronautical chamber
Of commerce.
Admiral Moffett asserted that eff
, 1923-10-02
Burglar Is
Revealed by
Dill Pickle

Los ANGELES, Oct. 2. = Be
aus Of a dill pickle, Torozas
Popdjo was in the city Jail today,
charged with burglary.
The police received information
that two burglars had entered an
East First street grocery store.
Ono escaped in an automobile Just
as officers arrived. They searched
tho store for the other man nearly
an hour and e about to give up
when n of the policemen slip
ped en- a dill pickle. lying on the
floor. In falling he bumped into
a packing case which tilted up
Disclosing Popdio.
, 1923-10-02

word received here by the Radio
Corporation OF America.
At. lao n. m. the vessel reported
a violent explosion that occurred
when the hatch covers were lifted
to pump water Into hold number six
where a fire was discovered ysster.
day. flames spread rapidly through
the ship. the message said. and the
order to stand by to abandon ship
was given by Captain Anderson.
Life boats had already been lowered
the message stated. II
, 1923-10-02

ST. LOUIS. Mo, Oct. 2-CBy The
Associated Press)ERear Admiral
William A. Moffett, chief ofsthe bur
eau OF aeronautics OF the United
States navy, announced today that
when the ZR-3 under construction
in Germany, was completed. it would
be put in mail service between New
York and London on n schedule of
two days. He added that the next
long flight or the zR-1 would be
from L%akehurst. N. ]. TO Panama
and return via Cuba.