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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-06-22

Mrs. Hoffman was here the past
week and superintended the packing
md loading of Paul Meyers house
lold goods. The Meyers have moved
to Winner.
Wallie Woolstencroft and wife de
parted last Sunday morning in com
panv with Mr.. Strain Of Gregory, fol
the Black Hills, to attend the meeting
f the South Dakota Bankers Associ.
ttion, which is holding its meeting al
Rapid City, this week. During the
lbsence Of the W~olstencrotts the
.hildren are visiting with their grand
parents in Trip county.
Edward Boyd Of Milwaukee, Wis
ronsin, who has been visiting with
MS sister, Mrs. Cody Shining, at Cody,
was here Friday in company with
Cody Shining and family, who were
anroute to Mission to take in the big
celebration there. Mr.. Boyd is a
printer and is employed in a large job
Office in that city that in by-gone days
vas made famous by a certain amber
fluid.
Jake Holmes, who homesteaded in
Butte Valley, but who for the past
cvcral years has been making his home
n Trip county, passed through Wood
last Friday on his way out to the
Haisch 4 James ranch north of Wood
with his power sheep shearing outfit,
where he expected TO make the spring
clip. Mr.. Holmes has been following
this sheep shearing business for sev-
2ral years and he is quite an expert
at the game.
We have received our sample line
of 1923 Christmas greeting cards and
are now ready to book your orders
for greeting cards to be delivered to
YOU in December. Remember we are
equipped to give you these cards in
plain printing or in our famous type
embossed or engraved work. We can
serve you as well as any house in the
cities. We want you to place
your greeting card orders with us
now and avoid disappointment later.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-06-22
THE SCHOOL ELECTION

The annual school election was hello
In the various school districts in thu
county Tuesday. AS far as we have
been able to learn harmony prevailed
at all of the elections this year.
In School Dist. No. l the election
was held at the Wood schoolhouse.
There were about forty-one votes cast
at the lection. Two candidates for
clerk were voted for, Ed Galbraith,
the present incumbent and Chas. Alb
oufezk. Mr.. Galbraith was an easy
winner and was declared reelected
as clerk of the district. The meeting
also instructed the board to have all
schoolhouses in the district put in good
repair, and to have cisterns built at
the Satree, Krieger and Brink schools.
1T was voted to have a nine months
term of school at all the schools in
the district. 1t was voted to make a
tax levy sufficient to raise ST., 200. 90
for school purposes. The board was
also given authority to establish a
two-year accredited high school in
Wood. Harmony prevailed and all
seemed to be interested in better
schools.
In Berkeley School Dist. No. 3 there
was a fair attendance. Their meeting
was harmonious. Claud Stills was re-
elected clerk of the district and Fred
Matouseck was elected treasurer. 1t
was decided to have a nine months
term OF school in all schools in the
district. A tax levy sufficient to raise
100000 for school purposes was
voted. They also decided to build
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All aboard for the Alfalfa Tour
next Tuesday morning at eight o'clocl
a. m, sharp. Be on time.
Miss Ruth Weed is spending tn,
week with her aunt, Mrs. f. l.. Viii
moth, on the farm in Butte Valley.
F. r. Sinkler and wife anne "a
from the ranch in Trip county, Tues
day, to visit with their children here
Several from here attended the bil
celebration at Mission last week ant
all who were there pronounce the Gel
ebration a success in every way.
NJ. d. Payne, cashier of the Fins.
State Bank, returned home last Fri
day from a weeks business trip t,
Sioux City and other points.
The Wood Sunday School enjoyed
a picnic last Sunday in the tourist
park. A good picnic dinner and
general good time was enjoyed by al
present.
That was a rather wicked LOOKING
cloud that came up from the soutl'
last Monday evening. There was con
sidaable wind and about .45 Of al
inch of rain fell.
Ed Schaeffer, wife and two children
arrived Monday of this week from
Kildeer, North Dakota, for a weeks
visit with Mrs. Schaeffer's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Hare, in No-Man's.
LAW.
If you want to see a genuine Indian
celebration come to White River July
S-4-5. They are going to celebrate at
the Frontier Park. A good dance a.
the Legion Hall every evening. Good
music. 20-3p
DR.. Courschon and wife OF Winnel
passed through Wood Saturday even
ing enroute to White River, where
the doctor had been summoned to min
lister to Sheriff Bum, who has been
quite seriously i'll for some time.
John Retz and wife, who formerly
were teachers at the Bad Nation Day
school, but who are now located at
Wanblee, South Dakota, arrived here
Tuesday evening and are guests at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. c. Z. Mcdonald,
south of town.
Rev. Kussman of Highmore, S. d.,
will be her next Sunday to preach at
the school house at IL 80 a. m. All
are most earnestly requested to attend
this service. If everything is agreeable
Rev. Kussman will probably accept
the pastorate of the local church.
F. c. Rogers and daughter of Rose
bud were here Monday. They came
to take Col. Jordan over to the Agen-
cy, where an Indian Department of,
fetal was holding a consultation with
some of the prominent old timers re-
garding the progress and welfare of
the governments wards on this reser-
walton.
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TO TAKE MOVING FIGURES
OF THE ALFALFA TOUR

just as We 60 to press we are adj
vised that the State college people
will have a man with the Alfalfa
tour next week to take several hundred
feet of moving picture film of the
Mellette County Alfalfa Tour that will
be held here next Tuesday and We'd
nesday, June 26 and 81. AS this is the
first tour of the kind ever held in the
state no doubt Mellette county will get
some mighty good advertising from
this film.
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Early Morning Rain and Hail Storm

About four-thirty O'Clock Wednes,
day morning we were visited by an
other rain storm, which was accompa-
MED by considerable hail. thet did
some slight damage. 1t broke out two
windows at the Pioneer Office and one
at tae Masonic Hail. The hail stones
We're quite large, some as large as wal
nuts. 1t cut up the gardens some. The
precipitation amounted to 80 inches
This is the first hail storm we have
had in Wood for several years, as we
have been remarkably free from these
storms.
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barns at each of the school houses in
the district.
In White River District No, 2 the
various candidates received the fol-
lowing votes in Tuesdays election
Member of Board of Education, White
River Independent District for term
of three years: Don E. Terpin, ITO;
N. ]. Didier, 46. For two-year term,
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New Pool Hall

Jess Burns has fixed up the old res.
taurant building on Main street and
installed a couple Of pool tables, and
Monday morning opened a new pool
hall in Wood. He also expects to
carry a full line of soft drinks and
cigars.
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1.-TWO members to elect) Chris Bum,
90; Z, +. Kell. "; DR.. D. r. Sawyer,
%; Everett. Barr. Al. Fou one-year
term. 1.-TWO members to elect) Thos.
n dreen. 80; A. L. Mountain, So;
Mrs. NJ. |. Strain, 65; Arthur Turner,
Al. There was but one candidate up
Tor treasurer. c. H. Hodges, who was
elected.
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U. s. WEATHER BUREAU REPORT
For Week Ending June 20

Total precipitation from January /,
1923, to date IL. 81
Precipitation, previous years:
l913--17.96. 1914--19.57. 19l5--32.42.
l916-18.S2. 1917-18.21. 19l8-19.5S.
19l9--20.32. 1920-2S.15. l921-1S.2O.
l922--24.53.
Fred C. Kirch, Observer.
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gave him Mary's society for five minutes after dinner, while she displayed the LOT mer paintings to his rivals
 Cunningham, Charters and Daley amused her by admiring her art with their right eyes and watching the music room door with their lefts As for Teddy Weeks, he looked at the pretty pictures so obediently and showed so little interest in music that she concluded her husband had been mistaken.
 Freddy has no case at all," she declared, when the five squires had conveyed Mary away.
 q think you're wrong," her husband an- swered. "Ive seen looks from him that would melt iron x It might be the saw ing of the lad. Weeks has about ruined him.''
 "With his discipline, you mean?"
 q call it bullying. It goes on before any body and everybody. Today it was before Mary. Called him a jackass. The minute the old mans shadow darkens the door sill the youngster freezes, like motor out of oil"
 Maybe Teddy needs that sort of treat ment, Henry"
 q guess not. What he needs is kind word when he earns it. He strengthened out the Moreland shipment tangle last week and saved somebody trip to London. What did Weeks do? Sneered at the keen piece of thinking and called it an accident, then read the riot act to the boy next morning for punching the time clock three minutes late. Asked him if he took Universal Elec- +r;n ,,te n1o Doesn't MT. Weeks want his son to suc- ceed?" A
 You'd say so. to hear him talk. But
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for Teddy to take fancy to this girl and win her. It would give him new standing among the men. One good win like that might even encourae him to bully the old gentleman little."
 Freddy is too short for her." said Mrs. Lormer. "His eyes come just to hers when he stands his straightest."
 "You noticed him doing his best to be tall, though"
 "Yes, he tried pretty hard"
 By and by
 Henry, did Acton approve of Marys gown, do you think?"
 Lormer chuekled
 'T was almost afraid" said the hostess, ''that he would speak to her about it."
 Teddy Weeks meditated in his room at home, with his pipe for consolation. "What a grl,Y he thought, 'for a high-grade chap like Cunningham, or even Acton!'
 How shall man say of splendid crea- ture like Mary. What girl for me' on the same day when he has been loudly in- formed in the girls hearing that he is jackass?
 It had seemed strange to Weeks, Senior, that the boy won good marks in public school, made Group B at Prep, lost out only to the football captain in the vote for most popular man in his class at college, and received an honorable discharge from the army for duty well performed. Doubtless these awards and favors came to Ted be-
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Maki119 a Man of Him

cause he was the son of his father; there could be no other explanation.
 The filial Ted may have shared this view; to accept it was easier than to combat it. But tonight, having seen Mary Starr in a dinner gown of black velvet, he was moved to take stock of himself. Inferior to his father no doubt he was; but wherein lay his inferiority, if. any, to Cunningham, Acton, and the others of his generation in the Universal office?
 Was it it his height? He was as tall, at least, as Charters. Was it that he had four years of classical education to live down? Cunningham wore Phi Beta Kappa key and still seemed to get on. Was it that he was the son of big man in the company? Daley was such a son, and mo- body ascribed inferiority to Daley.
 Why, then" reasoned Teddy, with Mary's smile bright in his minds eye, .'do I take the ditch for those chaps? What's holding me? Whats the matter with mel"
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thanks, his mother was better, and wished to be remembered. Yes, he was slowly get ting the hang of things at the factory; they still kept him at easy work.
 Mrs. Lormer noted that Cunningham was blithe, Charters bold and Daley brilliant, and tbat Al Acton held himself in restraint. He looked rather sternly at the black velvet gown.
 Acton was dynamo In his first year as manager of the wire department he got 53.7 per cent more work out of the high resistance creatures under him than had ever been extracted before.
 '1He is the hardest hit thought the ob- servant hostess. Being kind of heart, she
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RHLHR0bbius

it's chronic whine with him. It's always, Oh! for a sol with gumptionp How's a young fellow going to get it in an atmos- phere of contempt? How's he going to hold his own with that live bunch 10 years from now, when he remembers that they've seen him browbeaten.'
 
 MT. Lormer had to pace the floor to re- lieve his feelings.
 "Why don't you send him on the road, Henry, or transfer him to Pittsburgh"
 Weeks won't hear of it. Says the kid is failure enough where he can keep an eye on him. An evil eye, I'll say; failure eye. That's why it would be good thing
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From the doorway behind him voice suddenly spoke. Weeks, Senior, stood there, having come home late from Cham Der of Commerce meeting Teddy rose, startled.
 Shouldn't you be in bed, young man, resting up from your hard days work?o
 There was sarcasm here.
 ''Acton caught your mistake, I suppose you know," he added coldly.
 q know,' said Teddy glumly.
 Saved the company nine thousand dol- lars"
 "Td have caught it myself if you had let me alone. You ratted me-"
 'It rattles you to be bawled out in pub- lie, eh? Then don't do things to get your self bawled out. You're not finer stuff than the rest, you know"
 q don't say am, sir. All the same" Teddy drew . deep breath. "You'd have given any other of the men chance. Why not mel"
 "A chancep It was the opening the Old Man wanted.
 Five minutes of Spartan scorn ended in this:
 "Has Acton had the chance you've had you college graduate? Gad's sake, Ted come to life. Where's your pride?"
 Constructive criticism, MT. Weeks called it.
 About the time the big clock downstairs chimed three, Teddy dreamed dream, wherein his father appeared garbed as Magi- elan Merlin in a star-spangled robe, and holding a horned animal by a tether. Up to the Magician strode Teddy, and spoke:
 "sir, the report that I am inferior is
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There, also, was Teddy Weeks, feeling very significant in the presence of older and more experienced industrial geniuses, who sat at Mrs. Lormer's left, as befitting with | party of grown-ups, and his conver- sation was mostly with that matron. Yes.
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She must never be airy. flippant. coy,
or "difficile.
She must always, always strive to
please. To say the nice thing, the
right thing at the right moment.
evince the proper amount of sympathy
and Intelligent interest. To fatter skill
fully and continuously, while avoid
ing fulsome shoals.
Her will to please, I gathered, was
terriflcally strong-and in proportion
to her LONELINESS. She had forced
herself to be unselish. She was
sympathetic to nth degree. She
was an excellent listener. She had
read a lot, and-though she didn't
brandish her knowledge in the faces
OF the men-could meet any Of them
on higher mental plane than could
the other girls.
And always she was nice. Nice
manners, nice expression. nice ways
of doing unobtrusive little things.
II think Miss Blanks awfully
fascinating" said man to me.
II think she's charming" replied
and meant it.
And I knew he'd never. never know
she'd ever been the ugly duckIlng that
had turned into swami
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BEsSEMER, Jan. 12.-(Special)-
The Bessemer Y. NJ. c. A. band at a
banquet and business meeting held
in the Baraca class room of the First
Baptist church this week, elected the
following officers: President, Por-
ter Mclaughlin; vice president,
Frank Perkins; secretary, N. j.
Thornton; treasurer, Phin Fitspat-
rick; business manager, r. L. Goons.
w. f. Bolin is director of the band
and much of the success of the or
ganization is due to his thorough
understanding of music and his sym
pathetic understanding of the boys
who compose it.
The band has improved rapidly and
its services have been given to va
rious community and city affairs. 1t
will give short concert on Satur-
day morning in the auditorium of the
high school for the teachers who will
be assembled there
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PRIZE IS AWARDED
IN MOVIE CONTEST
To W B. kOMISKY

Closing with rush, in which
nearly one hundred guesses were
filed in the last hour the Age
Herald's Night Life in Hollywood
contest closed at p. m. Thursday
with total of ZIG guesses made as
to the identity of the local girl who
appeared in the picture.
OF these only II were correct ana
the others seemed about equally
divided between Lois Wilson. Elise
Sparrow and Margaret Helms. There
were three other names mentioned,
but in single instances only.
The four prize winners were: W. B.
Komisky. 207 Fifieth street, north,
first, (S10), j. w. Hilton, 5000 Third
avenue, north, second, $50 and Mrs.
Josephine Smith. care Loveman,
Joseph & Loeb. and Miss Hattie Will
liams. Pip Highland avenue, fourth,
$3.50 each.
Mr.. Hiltons guess was filed at
1885 a. m. January and that OF
Mrs. Smith, one minute later. The
others were well scattered with the
last one to win at p. m. of the
same day. The next correct guess
was at 2: 55 p. M, January 8.
Miss Sara Lou Williams, employed
in the offices of the Louisville and
Nashville railroad is the local girl.
Miss Williams lives at 612 Forty
fourth street, south, and is well
known locally as an amateur the
spian OF talent.
Night Life in Hollywood" will be-
shown at the usual times today and
the winners will be announced from
the screen. This is the last day OF
the picture at the Alcazar.
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Well, I'm not here to give away any
beauty secrets, though I'll. say she
was extremely clever and when She d
ironed her face over with ice and
done a few little tricks like that, she
looked considerably better.
But. even so, how was 1t that
hadn't thought of her as homely,
heretofore?
That day watched her. And
learned exactly why it is that the
homely girl isn't homely in America
(though she generally is, in other
countries y and why the men of the
party all liked the pug-nosed girl. and
the most eligible of the crowd attached
himself to her!
So I'll divulge the news.
First of all, she'd done her best with
her appearance. and then forgotten it.
(Oh, what an artl) No brandishings
of the powder-puff and lip-stick be-
fore the menl' No listening with one
ear to his prosy tale of business deals,
and two eyes on the nearest mirror to
observe exactly how she looked (Men
, hate "distralte" girl)
Early in life I thinl, she'd learned
that it was not for her the pert.
coquettish role of her prettier sisters.
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Prohibition Violation

A strenuous effort is being made
to rid the city of stills and to curb
the violation of prohibition laws, ac
cording to the city's mayor, who is
imposing full penalties upon those
arrested for this offense. Friday
Charles Moreno and Joe Shateno.
were arrested and nine gallons Of
whisky seized by the officers. The
men had the whisky concealed, it is
alleged, in a store on Carolina ave-
nue. and Twenty street.
A charge of violation of the pro-
hibition laws was placed against
them.
Emma Williams, a negress, was ar
rested Friday for violation of the
pro hibition laws. Officers Williams
and E,ubanks made the arrests.
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bible Class Contest

The members of the Wesley Bible
class of the First Methodist church
have divided the class into two di-
visions and a membership contest be-
tween the two sides is arousing much
interest and enthusiasm among the
members.
c. L. Gaines is captain of DivisiA
"A" and Charles NJ Ray captain OF
Division "B.' w. f. Surratt is colonel
in charge of the contest. The con-
test will continue for several weeks
and at the close, the losing side will
entertain the winners.
The class is engaged in contest
with the Bible clTss of the Ensley
Methodist church and the contest be-
tween the members Is to stimulate
interest in winning the contest with
Ensley.
DIR. L. l.. Vann is the teacher OF
the Wesley Bible class of this city
and its membership is one of the
largest in the community
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Bessemer Defeats Oak Grove

The Bessemer High school basket
ball team defeated the Oak Grove
team last night by a score of II to
IL The game played at the Bes-
semer High school was one of the
most exciting of the year
Both sides played hard and at the
end of the time both sides had the
same score. 1t was decided to play
five minutes longer and during that
time Charles Ray won the game for
Bessemer by shooting three field
goals. Howard Hatcher and Neil OF
the Bessemer team played good
games. This is the second game that
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The Point of the Needle club was
delightfully."- entertained by Mrs.
James DeJarnette, at the home on
Sixth avenue yesterday at 1 o'clock.
at a lovely luncheon.
The table was most attractive with
narcissi and maiden hair ferns as n
center piece and place cards bore the
following names; Mrs. e. M. owens,
Mrs. Harry Massey. Mrs. Esau Harris,
Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, Mrs. o. II. Hal
brook. Mrs. r. NJ. Childress, Mrs.
John Reese, Miss Mary Lovett and
Miss Elizabeth Herbert.
A delicious three course luncheon
was served after which the club held
its annual election of officers with
Mrs, Esau Harris being elected presi-
dent, Mrs. Harry Massey, secretary
treasurer, and Miss Elizabeth Her.
bert, vice president
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NIidtern Exams

The midterm examinations for the
senior class Of the high school be-
gin on Monday morning and will
continue through the week and the
examinations for the remaining
classes viii be held from Friday,
January 10. through January rs.
Graduating exercises will be he'd for
the midterf class on the evening OF
January 26.
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LEGAL NOTICES
Notice

State of Alabama. Jefferson County:
Estate of J. b. Robinson. Deceased.
Letters of administration upon the es-
tate of said decedent having been granted
to the undersigned on the 29th day of
December, 1922. by the Hon. j. =. Stiles,
Judge of Probate of jefferson County.
notice is hereby given that all persons
having claims against said eetate Will be
required to present the same within the
time allowed by law. or that the same
Will be barred. tSigned)
HENLEY =. SMITH,
.. G. ROBINSON.
r. b. PERRY.
Administrators of the Estate OF j. B.
Robinson, Deceased.
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BESSEMER

The Age Herald maintains special rep
resentstives in Besssmsr for handling
correspondence, advertising and sub
scriptions. Mrs. L. D. MeCollum, CORE
spondent, receives news items; phone
Bessemer 1912. Circulation depart-
ment 323A N. 10th ST., Room No. 8.
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BIZ Mou Christie.

daily battle No-battes the world should say
"victory.")
She staying in the house. party for tho
and s-ayed into her in search of
thing with tied up in towel and
her face all smeared with weird connection known
tissue builder after what think she called mud
facial" though I don't know what that is. h.i
She laughed
'Im hon1ely mud fence, don't you thinkf"
said She staring at her little in the glass
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Mrs. DeJarnctte Hostess

the team has played and won this
year.
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looking
startled mel
Watch how do it. she proceeded, chatIy as TisEG