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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-10-19
GOVERNOR WALTON REMOVES
TWO OKLAHOMA OFFICERS
State Counselor and State Bank Elk
aminer Are listed From
Office.

Oklahoma City, Okla.-Aldridge
Blake, executive counselor, and DR.. E.
II. Bynum, state bank commissioner,
we're removed from office by Gov. J.
C. Walton.
1t was understood, however, that
the executive counselor had broken
with GOV. Walton over the latter's
recent policy particularly with re-
gard to his military activities against
the kukuk khan.
Or. Bynum's administration has
been entirely unsatisfactory" the ex'
ecutive declared in a communication
to the bank commissioners.
No explanation was given OF
Blake's removal.
Blake told the correspondent
that he would go before a special
investigating committee appointed by
the lower house OF the state legisla
ture to inquire into Impeachment
charges against the governor. He de
clined to make known his purpose
and likewise would make no state
ment as to his removal. He de
clared he would have something tC
say tomorrow"
DR.. Bynum is before the Legislative
investigating committee now, mem
bers of his family told the correspond
ent, when an effort was made tC
locate him for a statement.
The removal orders were ISSUED
after an all day conference at the
governors office. participated in b!
Blaks, the governor and numerous o
the latter's political advisers. 1t wa
not known whether Bank Commits
sionsr F-num was one OF the con
ferees. In making public the order
at the governors mansion, Walter re
fused to comment, declaring that tn,
documents speak for themselves"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-10-19
Greek Cvnics.

e. The Cynics were q sect Of Grecian
philosophers, founded by Antisthenes
about 1896 b. c. The Cynics We're noted
for their morose and gloomy views Of
life for their disregard Of all sciences,
save that Of morality; and for their
contempt for the ordinary convention
alities of life. The word cynic is de-
rived either from Cynosarges, the
place where Artisthenes taught; or
from Navinos (Gr., doglike), in allu-
sion to the snarling or surly manner
affected by the philosophers of this
school. To Diogenes of Sinope, the
most distinguished disciple Of Ants
themes, the Athenians erected a col
umn of Parian marble surmounted by
a dog.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-10-19
Man Slain by Officers.

South Sioux City. eNeb.-Edward
Morec, 35 years old. a resi-
dent of South Sioux City, was
shot and instantly killed when he at.
tempted to flee from Prohibition En-.
forcement Officer r. j.. Hart and
Indian agent Walter Gum. Gum and
Hart were trying to discover the
sources of the liquor supply that has
been finding it's way into the Indian
settlements, when they fired the fatal
shots. Which OF the two men killed
Movec, is not definitely known as
both Of them fired at him.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-10-19
Woman Kills Greek Priest.

Chicago.-Wrought up to the point
of murder over a fancied wrong to
her husband, a Greek Catholic priest
in Remy, Pa, a wrong which forced
him to abandon a parish in Chicago,
and go to Remy, Mrs. Emily Strutyn-
sky, "A years old, shot and killed the
Rev. Basil Stetsuk, sc years old, as
she kneeled before him at the altar
Of st. Michael's Greek catholic church
to make a confession. Three hundred
Mortified worshippers witnessed the
tragedy.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-10-19
LAKES DIKES BREAK AND
WATER FLOODS FLA. TOWN
Five Fissures in Levee Surrounding
Moorehaven, Menace Life and
Property.

Moorehaven, fla frantic effort
was being made to rebuild the dykes
surrounding this city and save the
town from further disaster. The gale
which swept across the lake on which
the city faces was dying down at dusk,
but the water was still rising in the
city.
Waves from Lake Okeechobee were
still washing high and farmers were
attempting to reach the city with
their stock. A careful check showed
there was no loss of life.
Only a shift in the wind can check
the rapidly rising water for it has
been discovered that not only was the
dixie around the city Of Moorehaven
destroyed, but the bikes extending
down to Clewiston, 20 miles from
here, have crumbled away in places
SO that the flood bacome farreaching
over the entire west coast Of the lake.
Orlando, fla special dispatch
from Moorehaven said the levee had
broken in at least five places and
that water is from one to six feet
deep in the country. All two-story
buildings are filled with persons
corning in from the farm and in boats
and many are leaving town, the dis
patch said.
Clewiston road Is under water. All
crops are damaged seriously and
bridges are washed out, according to
the dispatch, which adds that the
water in the streets of Moorehaven
is 3 feet deep and is in almost every
business house. The flood resulted
from the overlooking OF Lake Okee.
chobee.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-10-19

Enid, Okla.-All stores were flooded
and numerous residences were partly
submerged by a nine foot wall OF
water which swept through parts OF
Woodward, Okla, when the North
Canadian river overflowed from recent
heavy rains, according to reports
reaching here over crippled wires.
Scores of persons are said to have
been made homeless, although no
lives are reported to have been lost.
Extensive damage, as yet unestimat'
ed was caused.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-10-19
Farmer Killed In Wreck.

Waterloo, Ia.-Henry Voege, age II,
wealthy retired farmer Of Reinbeck,
was killed in an automobile accident
three miles east of that place. 1t is
believed Voege suffered q slight
stroke Of paralysis while driving, as
his car was observed swerving from
one side Of the road to the other by
George Sibert and party from Water
loo. Just as the Waterloo party pass
ed the voege car it swerved and went
into a ditch. When they reached the
scene Voege was lying in an uncon.
scious condition. He died later.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-10-19
1uzzard Meets All Traina.

Saranap, Cal.-Incensed because Of
the actions OF an unidentified buZzard,
which insists on meeting all trains, a
to remove the volunteer reception
committee on the ground that it was
a bad lad" for the town. The buzzard
appears about train time, circles
several times and comes to roost on
a fence rail near the railroad track.
Saranap boosters charge that the
buzzard has been trained to do this
stuff by a rival town, jealous Of
~Saranap's growth during the past year,
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-10-19
NINE NINE LOSE LIVES
At RAIL CROSSING
PASSENGER TRAIN HITS AN AUTO
NEAR TOWN OF FALKLAND,
INDIANA.

Falkland, Ind.-Nine persons were
Killed and one seriously injured when
a Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and
st. Louis passenger train struck an
automobile at a crossing near here
The dead are:
]. w. Means, 20.
Mrs. j. w. Means, 65.
Mrs. Roy Brinton, 30.
Bryon Brinton, 9.
MAZDA Gather, %.
Byron Means, IA.
Mrs. Jessie Mcclure, 50.
Mary Brinton, z.
Goldie Gather, Is.
Marjorie Pearl MCGUIRE, z.
All are of London, Ind.
The only person in the car to es-
rape was Roy Britton, who jumped
before the train struck the machine.
According to reports to railroad
officials, the occupants of the ma.
chine apparently failed to hear the
train approaching and were driving
slowly across the tracks when the
car was hit. Pearl Britton was taken
to a hospital and died a short time
later.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-10-19
indians Battle With Officers.

Winnebago, Neb.-Drink craZed and
threatening the life Of city and federal
authorities, three Indians, terrorized
the inhabitants Of that city, until
two of the Indians were captured and
the third fled. The Indians, brothers,
are Charles, Ben and Pat Kelsey, Of
Winnebago. All have the reputation
Of being bad characters, it vas said.
Charley Kelsey is an ex-convict, hav-
ing recently completed a sentence in
the Lincoln ~penitentiary for assault.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-10-19
Forest Blaze Under Control.

Pasadena, GAIA forest and brush
fire, which for a time threatened four
or five communities in this section,
was brought under control in the
gorge of Sycamore canyon. Earlier re-
ports oil damage were found to be
exaggerated. Only II large, partially
completed home on Verdugo knoll and
a half dozen small houses were des-
troyed. although the flames, famed
by a high wind, swept over several
thousand acres in a few hours.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-10-19
Ford TO Return War Profits.

Detroit.-Henry Ford will return his
war profits to the government as soon
as an audit which is now in progress
is completed, Ernest G.. Liebold, Sec
rotary to Mr.. Ford, said in a state
ment just issued. The statement is in
line with a letter sent by Liebold to
Senator James Couzens a number OF
weeks ago when the senttor requested
information on the reported plan OF
Ford to return his war profits to the
government.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-10-19
Poetic Interpretation.

Poetry interprets in two ways: IL
interprets by expressing with magical
felicity the physiognomy and move
ment Of the outer world, and it inter-
prets by expressing, with inspired con
v~iction, the ideas and laws of the in
ward world of mans moral and spir-
itual nature. In other words, poetry
is interpretative both by having nat
ural magic in it, and by having moral
Observation-Disclosures Arnold.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-10-19
Girl Ia Not Shaver,

Seward, Neb.-Adolph Vajgrt, farm
err, residing near Milford, Neb., his
wife and his daughter, will be charged
with the murder Of Antoine Lana,
Vajgrt's farm hand, who vas slain in
a hayshed on the farm. County At
torney McKillup, Of Seward county,
announced. His announcement follow
ed a hearing at the courthouse here on
vajgrt's confession that he killed the
farm hand.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-10-19
coolidue for Law Enforcement.

Observation-Disclosures that the
Coolidge administration, like hat Of
the late President Harding, stands
squarely for prohibition enforcement,
was given ky Prohibition Commission
er Haynes IN an address at the open
ing session of the citizenship confer
ence on enforcement called by the
federal council Of churches.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-10-19
Labor Chooses Gomoers Again.

Portland, Ore.-Samuel Gompers, re-
elected unanimously as president OF
the American Federation Of Labor
just before adjournment Of the forty
third annual convention here, declared
In his closing address that the gather
Ing had given notice that a cleavage
had been made between those loyal to
organized labor and those who, Dor
ing from within, had sought to stab
the labor movement in the back. The
results OF this convention" he said,
will make for solidarity in the ranks,
OF labor"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-10-19
Rich RecIuse Burns to Death.

San Pedro, Cal.-Philip Yarwald, SO,
a wealthy recluse, was found burned
to death in the house he had occupied
alone for years. The police said the
indications were that an oil lamp had
exploded when Yarwald tried to ex-
tinguish it. Acquaintance OF Var
valid said he was reputed to be worth
about 100000 and that his nearest
relative was a nephew.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-10-19
A Running Record.

Berlin, Oct.-What is claimed to
be a new worlds running record for
500 meters was made by Hoff, the
Norwegian runner, at the Berlin sport
ing club. Hoff's time was one minute,
five seconds.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-10-19
Banker Dead In Garage.

Valentine, Neb.-W. H. Jackson,
president Of the Farmers National
bank here and pioneer business man
of western Nebraska, was found shot
to death in his garage here. He evil
IDENTIFY had shot himself accidentally
while removing an automatic shotgun
from his automobile.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-10-19
Plot to Kill Cabinet.

Bucharest.-A plot to assassinate
the whole Rumanian cabinet and a
number of leading Bucharest bankers
has been discovered. According to a
communique issued the government
has made nine arrests in connection
with the case. The investigation is
being continued.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-10-19
Opposes Wheat Price Fixing.

Kansas City, Mo.-A fixed price by
the government OF wheat would only
aggravate the farmers burdens,
Henry C. Wallace, secretary Of the
United States department Of agricul-
ture, said in an address to delegates
to the seventeenth annual sessions Of
the International Farm congress in
progress here.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-10-19

Creston, Ia.-Merle Olmstead, IL,
was killed and Chester Fedley, Is, was
fatally injured, it is believed, when
a motorcycle they were riding plunged
head-on into a team of horses hitched
to a hayrack on the road near Alton.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-10-19
False Cry Causes Panic.

London.-Shouts Of Earthquake"
in q crowded street market in the
in which a number of people were
trampled, hundreds Of Gagged animals
and miscellaneous property ruined or
stolen.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-10-19
Free Train Holdup Suspect.

Portland, Ore.-Allen Hodges, ar
rested here on suspicion Of being i'm
plicated in the tunnel holdup and
murders at Siskiyou has proved that
he was in Marshfield the night Of the
robbery and has been released.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-10-19
Detroit Man Acquitted.

Ogallala, Neb.-Mel Werden, OF
Detroit, Mich, was found not guilty
by a jury here of the murder of
Grover G. Rodman, Bule, Neb., real
estate man. who he is alleged to have
shot and killed on September 10 on
the streets Of that city.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-10-19
BAD Fire at NooaIes, Mex.

Nogales, Ariz.-An entire block OF
residences and business buildings
have been destroyed by fire which
broke out at the edge of the main
business district OF Nogales, Sonora,
Mexico, across the international
boundary. No lives have been lost
according to reports.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-10-19
EXPLOSION Kills Six Miners.

Grand Junction, Colo.-An explosion
of gas in the Midwest Coal mine at
Palisades, Colo, killed six of the
seven men working in the mine. The
dead are: Robert p. Scott, manager;
]. X. Keys and three sons, Harvey
Keys, w. B. Keys and Robert 7.
Keys and George Mckee.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-10-19

Baltimore. Md.-Pancho Villa,
worlds f4yweight champion, was
awarded the decision over Benny
Schwartz of Baltimore, southern fly
weight champion at the end Of their
Is round bout here.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-10-19
Form and Fashion.

do you think hoop skirts will come
back into fashion?'
They may become Stylish" replied
Miss Cayenne. But they'll never be.
good form"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-10-19
NEGRO Killed Bv An Auto.

Omaha.-Russell Webb, negro ele-
vator operator. was killed when the
auto in which he was riding turned
turtle near this city. His neck was
broken. Two other companions were
not injured.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-10-19
900 Fire at Akron.

Akron, O.-Fire, which ragged for
three hours, threatening to wipe out
the east end business section of the
city caused damage approximating
500, 900.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-10-19
sisters In Suicide Pact.

Asbury Park. N. 1.-THE bodies Of
two sisters. Mrs. Gussie M. Durr and
Miss Tillie Bang, were found in their
home with the jets of a gas stove
open. Nearby lay notes indicating a
suicide pact.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-10-19
Bandits Hold up Hotel.

Kansas City.-Six bandits held I'D
the Baltimore hotel here and escaped
in two automobiles with loot estimat.
ed at between $4,000 and $4,000.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-10-19

Minneapolis PeddIers to Organize.
MISUNDERSTANDING word of the
success of organizing has penetrated
to bizarre depths, for Minneapolis
peddlers, 745 in number, are to
organize into a peddlers' union.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-10-19
Race Horses Burn.

Baltimore.-Five race horses, the
property of III. Guy Bedwell, were
burned to death in q fire near the
Laurel race track.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-10-19
So Have We All.

II see that a n~ine-year-old girl Is a
successful writer of popular songs"
II think l have heard q good many
written by her"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-10-19
Casually.

She-Have you spoken to father
yet?
He-Yes. I-er-said Good eve
ming"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-10-19
Bandits Make Clean Sweep.

Oakland, Cal.-Three bandits en-
tered the west Oakland branch Of the
Oakland bank and after taking $11, 900,
every cent in the institution, escaped
in an automobile.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-10-19
Girl Killed by Auto,

Boone, Ia.-Vivian Newton, aged 9,
was killed at Madrid, while on the
way home when she stepped in front
of an automobile.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-10-19
Death Calls John p. Irish.

Oakland, Cal.-Col. John P. Irish,
noted publicist, attorney, and farmer,
died of injuries received when he was
struck by a street a on a downtown
corner.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-10-19
Oil EXPOSITION Opens.

Tulsa, Okla.-The international
petroleum exposition and congress
opened here.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-10-19

That one can read seems to be of
little benefit, sometimes.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-10-19

The greatest misfortunes men fall
into arise from themselves.
The Washington times., 1923-06-13
WALTZ STTRS
MEMORIES
OF LOVE
BY LUCY LOWELL.

It's an old song with a lifting
measure - one. two, three,
4 one. two, three - an old
waltz song.
There's an orchestra in q far
corner somewhere quite con-
cealed, 90 it seems like fairy
music drifting through the spring
night. One, two, three, with O bit
OF accent on the last note.
What does she dream Of as she
sits before the fire in a distant
room, q tiny hand as thin and
delicate as porcelain resting
against her white hair? Faded
eyes looking into the Long Ago
faded lips smiling little-why
does she smile?
One, two, THREEl The dane.
ers will pause and dip on that
last note and swing round into
some intricate figure, graceful
as the frail, silver music of the
harp whose obligAte is like the
perfume of faded rose.
Old eyes close. She Is in a
garden, powdered white by moon.
light, and down the terrace waves
whisper gently. ever so gently.
Her hair. curling over her Shout
der, 10 black as the shadows on
the grass, and coming toward
her past the flowing honeysuckle
Is q tall young man with love in
his eyes. He Is singing in a high,
sweet tenor II love you, I love
YOU" The old waltz song!
Fifty years ago--the day Of the
old waltz song. And Of her
youth! She atirs and onens her
eyes. Only for a moment. Memo
ries!
Candles nirrored in dun ma.
hogany and freight Pickering
on the polished andirons. Winter
winds in the pine tree outside
the window, whistling in the
chimney. A gay company gath
cred round--her own fingers on
a keyboard.
"One, two, THREE! love
YOU" The old waltz song. They
danced that night, not with the
pause and intricate figure, but
none the less gracefully.
Memories 20 the memories!
Does one of the dancers yonder
in the distant room know that
an old.fashioned song may hold
such happiness, for an old, old
woman? Happiness beyond their
happiness, for memory be.
comes always more real with the
years, always more dear. Bless
them for having II played! How
could they know that she loved
1t so?
Copyright. 1923, King Features
Syndicate, Incl
The Washington times., 1923-06-13
Poor MilliOn-DOllar Incomes
In 1922, TH1RTY-THREE American citize
They're Fading Away.

In 1922 THRTYTHREE American citizens told the Gov
eminent they had million year income or more and paid
income tax accordingly This year. twelve of them have dis
appeared and only twentyone report of one million
Some perhaps have had hard and others have
learned how to dodge the tax million year is no
longer big income in the United States Perhaps some don
know how to add up very we'll
And what about the really big incomes of the United States
that run to many millions? The Government SCENE
never heard OF them The avoidance can be
within the law of course ~ eO
man. with great deal money keeps it INSIDE OF coz
renvestng INSIDE Of corporation never
Inc income to be paid to himself which would mean
struggle with conscience = S"4AA ~
The Washington times., 1923-06-13
WORDS FROM
THE LIPS OF
WISE MEN

IN MY has no holidays.
- A man is but what he
The arch flatterer Is a mans
self.
No receipt opens the heart
but q true friend.
Where imperfectIon ceases.
heaven begins.
Man prefers to believe what
he prefers to be true.
Wealth IL q good servant, a
very poor mistress.
Every man Is 4 debtor to his
profession.
what is more heavy than evil
fame deserved?
The same heart beats in every
human breast.
Nothing moderate II pleasing
to the crowd.
The worst solitude is to have
no true friendship.
Men In great places ara thrice
servants.
Discretion Of speech 10 more
than eloQuence.
Houses are built to live in not
to look on.
Night brings out stars; sorrows
show US truths.
Copyright, 1919, Newspaper Feature
Service. 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1923-06-13

A GENTLEMAN with long
a hair and an expression in
- dicating heavenly resigna-
tion stepped off the 1880 train
at rho Grand Central depot yes
terday. He had a little bunch
of temperance tracts in his
hand and he struck a strong
scent and followed it up to q
red-nosed individual who was
leaning on q truck near the
baggage room.
"My friend" said the long
haired man, "do you know that
if you had placed the price of
three drinks out at compound
interest at the time of the
building of Solomon's Temple,
you would now have $47,908,-
645.22?"
II do" said the red-nosed
man. ~ am something of
calculator myself. / also figured
out when the doctor insisted on
painting my nose with iodine,
to cure that boil, that the first
lantern-jawed, rubbernecked SON
of-a-gun from the amen corner
of Meddlesome company that
made any remarks about it
would. have to jump seventeen
feet in nine seconds or get
kicked thirteen times below The
belt. You have just four Sec
onds. left"
The long-haired gentleman
The Washington times., 1923-06-13

made u brilliant retreat within
his allotted time and bore down
with his temperance tracts upon
a suspicious looking Houston
man, who was carrying home
bottle Of mineral water,
wrapped in a newspaper, to his
mother-in-law.