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ONE SUN GUN IN WORLD
Cannon in Portugal and 1t Is
Fired Automatically.

An automatic sun gun, the only one
known to be in existence in the world,
IS at the Pena castle at Cintra, Portu-
gal, some twenty miles from Lisbon
The castle is one of the finest monu-
ments of its kind In the world. 1t was
once a stronghold of the Moors; T.
fact, the last that the Moors held in
Portugal.
This sun dial and gun gives the
correct time to the surrounding towns
and hamlets from its height Of 1000
feet. The cannon between the quad
rant on the front of the dial is of
bronze and supports a convex lens on
adjustable arms, adjustable for twelve
months at a time. At noon each day
the suns rays are focused on the
touch-hole Of the cannon and thus it
is automatically fired. Pena castle
was the summer pa ace of the late
king of Portugal. from which he fed
In 1910.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-11-22
A Lone

On board ship the passengers quickly
strike up an acquaintance with m an.
other, and there was no exception &c
this rule on a ship that was cruising
round the coast of Sweden.
Among the passengers was a young
doctor, who struck up a slight ac
qu~aintance with a French student, who
seemed in remarkably good spirits.
you seem happy" remarked the
doctor as the student came up To him
with a laugh and a skip.
"WhO wouldn't be-" vas the reply
I'm IN my honeymoon"
'On your honeymoon said the doc
tor, surprised. "Then where is"
"Ah! !" said the student. "You wonder
where my wife is? Well, the money
wouldn't run to two, so | had to CONF
alone"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-11-22

secular history, was the most impor-
tant grain grown in Egypt, and the
mode Of harvesting II is interesting.
Instead Of the usual method the reap
ers cut the straw just below the
heads. II was carried In bags 10 the
out by ken. Sometimes the wheat
was reaped In the usual way and
bound up In sheaves, but oxen were
always employed to separate the
wheat from the straw. The chief fes-
tivals of the Egyptians. however. were
Nile.
The Teutons and Scandinavians Of
fered sacrifices to Frey. the god Of
the rain and the sunshine.
What Is known as ''the shouting of
the churn'' comes down from the time
when Apollo was worshiped in Eng
land. The churn or kern means a ring
or circle formed by several persons
holding hands. The word churn also
signifies a chaplet wor around the
head or carried suspended on q pole
In procession. So "the shouting Of the
churn" means the merriment that
always accompanied wearing a chap
let or dancing In a circle.
Another old custom is the "Semp-
Ing OF England. In Scotland called "a
NELL" Nell is sometimes spelled
melee. which is better. as a melee. or
row, often resulted from ~contendina
for leadership in dispatching the last
days work In the field Each reaper
left a handful of the harvest uncut,
and the bonniest lass was allowed to
gather these handouts aud to make
out Of them a corn baby" This was
brought home In triumph. set up In
the feast and preserved for the re-
mainder of the year, The lass was
called the harvest queen Sometimes
instead of being made into a doll the
PRODUCTS NJ the field would be formed
into q MARI. and the reapers would
amuse the guests by trying to cut
down the mare with their slckles. The
man who succeeded in the undertake
ing would declare what should be done
ith the mare. a
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-11-22

shape developed In black hatters
plush and trimmed with a brown os
trich plume. The upturned brlm rec.
omlnends II to those women who find
off-the-face hats most becoming. The
large satin hat, shown at the left, has
a brim Of beautiful outline which
turns up sharply at the back the trim
ming is n single pompon Of clipped os-
trich. Shown at the right is a black
velvet model which reflects the inlu-
ence of Paris In the high cuff which
extends from the crown to the edge
Of the brim. Two feather fancies, OF
burnt goose, extend from the brim az
the sides. The hat shown below should
find favor with movie fans. since II is
called "The Valentino and has for its
inspiration the vaquero hat. worn by
the actor In n Of his most popular
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-11-22
Smart J~acquettes of Fur;
%*****ss***.******s
Hats for Street Wear

pear In some form TO bid for popular
favor. II so happens that this season
~inaugurated a vogue for hatters' plush
and, naturally, this material Is the
most generally used for hats Of the
tailored type. Velvet and satin appear
in many of the new models, but as yet
have not challenged the supremacy of
plush.
In the group OF hats shown there are
models of all three materials. The hat
at the top shows a graceful tricorp
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-11-22

and the conditions are reversed. Long
coats OF fine furs are always In style,
but they are taking second place In
the shops, while iacquettes become
more and more popular.
There may be an explanation for
this in the fact that women may buy
better furs In the short coats than
they can In the long ones. for a GER
tain amount of money. A moderate
sum will buy a jacquette of really fine
quality, while In a longer coat there
would have TO be a sacrifice In the
quality of the fur. II II were made to
sell at the same price. Women gen.
orally understand thst good furs are
the cheapest In the end aid for that
reason do not like TO buy inferior
skins.
The Jacquette shown In the ~il!Tstrn
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-11-22

TT Is not always safe to forecast
j fashions very far In advance, unless
n is willing TO admit the mistake
when the forecast fails TO materialize.
In furs, for instance. every Indlca-
tion during the early part Of the sea
son was toward longer and longer
coats. Jacquet;es and three-quarter
length models were not featured and
the return of these styles was not an.
ticipated, for a year at least. Now
there Is a sudden demand for them
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-11-22

NidhNS " otuC SUI ot NhC
close Of the autumn season
for the fruits Of the earth is ageIess,
and can be traced back as far as civili-
cation goes. In Exodus the ~Israelites
are commanded to keep an autumnal
feast, explicit details for such
a feast being given in the book of
Leviticus. The feast was to last seven
days, and on the first day the people
were TO gather boughs of cedars and
willows of the brooks. Ii nay be from
this custom that the decoration of
churches with greens and vegetables
arose.
Herodotus mentions th!s autumn
custom of thanksgiving, and Homer
writes that "cakes and Jumps of dough
thrown at the head of the sacrifcial
victim formed a part Of the Greek Of
ferings of Apollo, the sun-god, at the
feast of the ingathering."
In ancient times Apollo received the
honors of the harvest festival, but the
rustics sacrificed to Vacuna. the god
dess. Images of vacuna were made
VI stTdW, WIeht, UaTiey dDu rye, anu
were carried about with singing and
cheering. Even In England images
made Of straw crowned with flowers
are occasionally carried about and
called Ceres-the goddess of agricul-
ture. Apollo was formerly ~worshiped
in Britain. and the Maypole is a pretty
relic Of those days. They decorated II
with garlands to welcome the north
ward coming of Apollo-the sun-at
whose appearance the flowers and
fruit began to grow.
Various customs, all containing the
same idea. have prevailed In different
countries. In Scotland, when the reap
ers have finished their work, a small
package of corn. called the "Corn
Lady" is hung up In the house. The
ancient Egyptians offered sacrifices
and made offerings of corn and wine
to Leith, the mother OF the sun.
Wheat. according to both sacred and
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-11-22
A Song
of

i The grasses are brown
The leaves are all sere.
The nuts falling down.
But. spite of IL all.
There's a song In the Falli
Not the song of the Spring.
In woods newly green.
Where happy birds sing
And flowers are seen
Not a Spring song at all
Is the song Of the Fall.
Nor a summer time song.
with sunshine of June
Just dreaming along
A drowsy sweet tune
No Summer time song
To the Fall would belong.
Nor a gay Winter rhyme,
All tingling with cheer
OF sweet Christmas time
And Happy New Year
Not a gay Winter rhyme
For the brown Autumn time;
But a Thanksgiving hymn
The brown Autumn sings,
OF church windows dim,
OF sweet folded wings,
or praise and Of prayer,
And our thanks for Gods carei
Frances McKinnon Morton, in
Girls Companion.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-11-22
When the Nights Were Long.

The successfaf nan was addressing
a class, exhorting the members to cul-
tivate a taste for good books. "My
young friends he said, "yOu should
not only read good books but you
should own them In order to have ac-
cess to them at all times. Why, when
| was a boy used to work all night
to get money to buy books aud get up
before dawn to read them"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-11-22
Following Orders.

A couple Of drummers were walking
to a small town in a feud district.
They had heard stories of what hap
pens TO revenue officers and were
somewhat timorous. AT a turn of the
road there burst into view a native
with a couple of ugly dogs. He imme-
diateiy began to- yell: "Lle down and
keep STILL"
The drnmmers promptly stretched
out nat on the muddy road. The
mountaineer strobe up and demanded:
"What is the matter with you guysi
Are you crazy?"
You told us to lie down and keer
STILL"
81 meant the dogs"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-11-22

piy as a riding hat and has q most
practical feature In the strap which
buttons under the chin.
Sailors and hatters' plush always 60
hand in hand. for there Is no medium
In which the trim sailor looks better
than In plush. This material Is brill
liant and wear-resisting and has made
it's appearance In several colors, hut
brown and black are so p~re-eminenf
that the Others are hardly In the run
ming. Certain types OF faces look bet.
Ter In the sailor than In anything else
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Comparatively few men nowadays
combine the dexterity and speed de-
manded. Faced by the necessity of
having to carve, the modern man ell
Their shrinks back appalled, or takes up
the steel with ~martyrlike resignation,
and often with disastrous results.
1t was not so in the good old days.
A certain immortal chronicle records
that "Mr. Wilkes was very assiduous
In helping Doctor Johnson to some
fine veal. Pray give me leave, sir.
1t Is better here-a little Of the brown
some fat, slr-a little Of the stuff
fing.'" But somehow, midway In the
mid Victorian age, the ability to
carve passed from the commOnalty.
The roast left the dinner table for the
s%ideboard. Perhaps buffers were then
both numerous and cheap, or perhaps
IL was evolution. Mr.. Strachey doesn't
tell. But no. one disputes the fact.
The young Englishman Of today finds
"the roast beef OF Old England as
%impregnable as would-be Invaders did
her wooden walls"
Yet the act of carving gives to hos.
pitality a certain LONELINESS, an lnfor-
mality, which meals served from side
board or kitchen seem to lack. 1t In
dicates the hosts personal interest In
each guest; II carries with 1t, more
over. a suggestion of ~unselfshness.
While working for others, the carver
must perforce forego, temporarily,
conversation, banter. repartee. He
must concentrate; he must make
haste; for the art Is long. the time is
fieeting, and the plates cool.
Fortunately. the custom Of carving
the Thanksgiving turkey at the table
has become a fixed part of the days
ritual. That this gracious art Is thus
kept from complete disuse, and is. in.
deed. exalted by reason of Its associa-
tion with the most distinctly American
OF the years holidays, may even ap-
pear to some old-fashioned, unprogres-
sive souls as an additional cause for
giving thanks.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-11-22

HE American Thanksgiving
day is without doubt the Off
spring of that feast which
In England is known as
Harvest Home" and In
Scotland is called Nell Sup
per-" But the giving Of
thanks to some god at the
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-11-22

Never yell for help until you are
sure you need it.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-11-22

Some people never value anything
until they los II.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-11-22
Correct!

Teacher-Johnny, name a collective
noun.
Johnny-A cleaner.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-11-22

Thanksgiving dinner ex.
ats an art which In more
hurried and less hospitable
seasons declines and falls
the art Of carving. The
question, "Who Is to carve?"'
figures not least among the
domestic worries attendant
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-11-22

Your grocer sells Postum in two iorrnss
Instant Postum lin rns] prepared In
SANDY In the cup by the addition Of
boiling later. Postum Cereal lin pack
asesl Tor those who prefer the flavor
brought out by boiling fully 20 minutea
The cost Of either form is about onehalf
csnf q cup
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1923-09-13
Local AoIstein Breeder
Selects Trade Mark Name.

"Polaris" is the trade mark
name that has been seseryed ex.
clusiyely for the use of MIR. Henry
Packard, of Mahnomen, Minneso.
ia, as a prefix to the regular reg
istration name of all pure bred
Holsteins raised, according to an
pouncement by The Holstein-
Friesian Association of America.
All registered animals bave a
name and number. The name
usually indicates the ancestral
bloodlines. The prefix trade mark
is used as a further means OF
identifying the animal, by indicat.
ing the farm that bred the animal.
Since establishing the system
over $4,000 breeders have reserved
trade marks for use as prefix in
the names of registered animals.
The trade mark prefix is a good
advertisement to the breeder and
also serves to identify the breeder
of the animal.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1923-09-13
SUBSCRIPTION: s1.5o PER YEAR IN ADvlncE
Conference on
Chippewa Matters,

A petition was circulated here
last week petitioning United States
Senators Shipstead and johnson,
and also Representative Wefald to
try and pay a visit to the
Minnesota Chippewa reservations,
especially the White Earth reser-
vation, if possible in the near
future, and ascertain for them
selves the true conditions existing
among the Chippewas, and to con-
fer with representatives of the
tribe regarding important matters
that will come before Congress at
its next session.
The petition, literally signed,
was forwarded to Mr.. Henry
Hardy, at Mahnomen, who was to
leave on Thursday morning for the
Minnesota State Fair, where he
was to meet Senators Shipstead
and johnson and also Representa-
tive Wefald. in a conference on
other matters. He was to present
the petition to them and urge them
to act as requested in the petition.
1t is hoped that the gentlemen will
pay visit to this and other Chip
pewa reservations ih the state and
meet the tribal representatives in
order tiat they may get posted
as to just what is desired by the
Chippewa people, who, up to the
present time have been unable to
secure any favorable legislation
looking toward a settlement of
their affairs with the Federal
government.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1923-09-13
Christian indians
Convene in Dakota.
South Dakota Is Scene Of Presbyterian
Adherents Session.

A meeting of Christianized
Sioux Indians of South Dakota,
and which ranked in Importance
with the recent gathering at White
Horse of several thousand Sioux
Indians who are members of the
Episcopal church, was called to
order last week at Cannon Ball, in
Carson county, South Dakota. 1t
was the annual gathering of Sioux
and other Indians of South Dakota
who are members of the Presby-
terian church.
One Of the prominent guests at
the gathering was Rev. Samuel
Renville, pastor of the Sioux Pres
byterian church at the Sisseton
Indian agency. Although of In
dian blood, Rev. Mr.. Renville has
been prominent since pioneer days
in the work of extending religion
among his brothern.
This year Indians who are mem.
bers of the Congregational church
united with the Presbyterian In
dians in making the annual meet
ing a success. Delegates were
present from the Yankton Indian
reservation, the Lower Brule res
ervation and the Sisseton reserva.
tion in South Dakota, and froul
the Santee Indian reservation in
Nebraska.
In the meetings matters of i'm
portance in connection with the
spreading of the gospel among the
Indians not yet members of any
church or denomination was taken
up, and plans made for the growth
of membership in the Presbyterian
and Congregational churches a.
mong the Indians of South Dako-
ia and that part of Nebraska which
touches South Dakota, and which
has a large Indian population.
Before the Cannon Ball gather
ing closed, all those in attendance
contributed to a general fund for
the continuance of religious work
among the non-members of the
different reservations to which the
work of the two denominations
extends.
The business sessions of the
gathering extended over several
days.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1923-09-13
SOLOMEN SEAL s
lodge by
the Dunes" "

A Camp for little Indian Child
rem. Write r. +. d. No. 2.
Chesterton, Indiana.
The faculty in charge of this
institution are admirably qualified
for their work. 1t is in charge of
a college trained lady who is a
graduate of Smith College for
girls, and who also spent two years
at the Massachusetts, Agricultural
College, and a term at the Uni
versity of Chicago.
She has rs an assistant college
trained Indian woman who under
stands the Indian children and is
deeply interested in her work.
Charges are reasonable. Write for
pal ticulars.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1923-09-13
"Bang! Car Gone! Gimme
Mother"
ne

Here is a story from Shelby,
Mont. where Mr.. Dempsey ex'
changed compliments with Mr..
Gibbons on July 4th: -.
Charlie Lonewolf, a Blackfoot
Indian of Northern Montana, re-
Gently bec4me rich and bought
himself a Buick five passenger
sport model. A few days latter
the Buick dealer was confronted
by Lonewolf again. The Indian
was afoot. He walked with a
limp and his face and hands bore
various contusions ana bruises.
He had a pocketfull of money and
he wanted to buy another Buick
car. He was asked the how of it
all and this was his explanation:
''Drive out big red car. Buy
gallon moonshine. Take drink.
Step on gas. Trees and fence 90
by heap fast. Pretty soon see big
bridge coming down road. Turn
out to let bridge pass. Bang! Car
gonel Gimme mother one!"
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1923-09-13

a success, and in the course of a
few more years we hope to trans
form our undeveloped lands into
real garden spots of prosperity and
happiness. We already have a
good start with buildings, wells,
fences, horses, cows and poultry,
and every man EXPECTS to have ten
acres under plow before snow flies.
9. We are getting along splen-
didly, and all we ask is to be left
alone by publicity seeking inspect
ing committees and job hunting
politicians who are trying to criti
cize without Offering any help
whatever. and whose only apparent
purpose seems to be that of getting
their names into the papers at our
expense.
10. The constitution for which
we fought, provides for the pursuit
of life, liberty and happiness, and
hereafter anyone making any false
statements about our project, and
the men connected with it, will be
prosecuted accordingly.
Yours for fair play,
Thorwald Rosby, Glen McCor-
mick, Ernest Woodill, Mafnus
Granaas. Hans F. Hanson, Bengt
A. Salberg, Herb Goettelman,
Otto H. Ellig. Eldred E. Everson,
Robert T. Mollison, T. A. Olson,
Axel Holmberg. p. H. Malone,
Charles G. Hatfield, Thomas j.
Adams, J. A. Amundson, William
A. Crosley, Alfred Anderson,
Gust A. Anderson, Jos. S. Sand.
kamp, John Paulin.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1923-09-13
Buy Lands Now.

The time to purchase land is
when land values are depressed
and practically every land owner
wants to sell; not when boom
prices are on and everybody wants
to buy. This being fact there
never was a better time to buy
land than at present. The land
boom was at its height four years
ago and since that time all the
boom" has gone out of land
prices, and good deal more. 1t
is certain that later, and not long
ahead, there will be tightening
up of land values, and while the
advance will be gradual, it will be
as certain to come as that our pop
ulation is increasing. To make
farms pay it will be necessary to
farm differently than many have
been doing-get out of the small
grain and go into dairying and
other lines, but this is coming. No
farmer can continue to farm at a
loss, and they will not do it. Big
farms will be split up and small
paying farms will be in fashion,
with cream checks, cattle, hogs,
poultry, ETC., the chief profit
makers. Then farms cannot be
bought at present prices.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1923-09-13
New Lake Resorts

Mr.. E. A. Froshaug, of Twin
Valley, has opened up a summer
resort at Elbow Lake, about 30
miles north of White Earth. 1t is
claimed that Elbow Lake, Many
Point lake and Round Lake. which
form a chain of lakes through
which the Red river runs, afford
about the best fishing in the state.
They have never been fished to
any great extent and the roads to
them are just being opened up for
easy travel.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1923-09-13
The Inside Storyof VeteranVi|Ie

We, the disabled veterans of the
World War, located at Veteran
vile, Mimi, desire that you make
public the following statement:
l. Several assertions have been
made lately about Veteranville,
which are not only misleading and
unfair, but decidedly false, and for
this reason we desire to inform you
of the true facts.
2. We banded ourselves together
more than a year ago, for the pur.
pose of winning independence on a
farm home of our own and after
much investigation we formed a
colony near McGrath and named
it Veteransville.
3. We selected our farms our.
selves, and we are we'll satisfied
with our choice as we have a splen-
did opportunity to make good, if
we are kept in training long
enough.
4. The soil is clay loan, we'll
drained and very productive.
5. The land was sold to US on
easy terms, and in such a way that
we are bound to win out.
6, E. o. Buhler, the banker at
McGrstb, has rendered US every
service within his. means by financ
ing US to buildings, livestock, etc +,
and he has always treated us in a
fair and square manner.
7. G. D. Hibbard, manager of
the Veterans Bureau, has given US
every opportunity available to
enable US to achieve the success
we are working for, and bis man
agment of our affairs and interests
has been commendable in every
way. -..----.-.--
8. We are working hard to make
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1923-09-13
AN APPEAL,

President Coolidge has placed the responsibility of raising financial
aid for the Japanese Earthquake Suffers with the American National
Red Cross requesting minimum fund nationally
Million Dollars.
Red Cross Chapter raise Becker County $95000 Announce
being made from the pup of all the churches the
requesting that the public leave their contributions
the county, mail checks direct G. Corre Treas
Detroit Minnesota Surely there should be thousand
Becker County who willing contribute least
Dollar each to help meet quota for the relief of of
this horrible disaster.
If you prefer not of the banks
the county, you use the coupon below.