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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-09-21
WOOD COMMUNITY CHURCH

Sunday, September %, services as
usual. Sunday School at 1880.
Preaching at 1:30. Cody, Sunday
School at 2:30. Preaching immediate
ly after Sunday School
We have been having some pretty
good attendance lately at our serv-
ices. Let us all get into the habit of
going to church and Sunday School
The religion question is one of the
greatest questions of today, and it re-
quires broad mind and deep think
ing to get something out of what
might be termed a conglomeration Of
theories. And it is only through i'm
partial and unbiased thinking that
we can ever expect to get down to the
real and true religion, which God,
through Christ, revealed to man.
P. j. Kussman, Pastor.
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United States Department of Agrl|
culture. She enrolled in the potato
club and grew a small crop of pota|
toes which she planted and worked
herself. The following year, 1917
she Joined the corn club and IN l9lc
succeeded in producing IS bushels OF
her ! acre.
One year later PEGGY joined the
canning club, grew tenth of al acre
of tomatoes and picked about ?
quarts of green tomatoes. She
learned to can so successfully tAa
she won premiums two years in sue
cession.
Prompted by her natural love fol
live stock, Pegy engaged actively II
poultry and baby beef production
Starting with one setting Of eggs, il
1919. she has developed q flock OF o.
standard bred Langshans and a
Rhode Island Reds which furnish
eggs and fowls for the home table an'
bring in substantial little income
AS a member of the baby beef clu9I
she grew, in 1919, two fine ShorthorI
baby bceves. She bought an Angr
baby beef and fed it profitably &c
market. In 1921 she fed HeretQT
heef calf with which she won flrs
place at tho Virginia State fair. |,
Richmond. This animal gained q
pounds during the feeding period. I
Taking money she had earned
her several enterprises, Peggy botgl
purebrbed Guernsey cow, and is no
the proud owner Of the COW, a yea
ling heiier, heifer calf and yea
ling bull. re-bred Guernseys, all y
own property. 4
Not content with success in ch
work and with cattle, Miss Pegc
who has an Inherited love for horse
decided, in 1921, that there was pro
pect for profit in raising ponies t'
the market. To date she has her
of 20 which she is developing an
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-09-21
GOVERNORS ACTIVE ,

Governor McMaster has gained
nationwide prominence for his recent
acticn in bringing down the price OF
gasoline from 26.6 to 10 cents in this
state, and this price cut has since
also been made in other states. Gov
crnor Bryan OF Nebraska is trying
hard to break into the national lime-
light by threatening to have the state
of Nebraska 90 into the retail coal
business and thus beat down the price
of coal in that state Governor PIN
chot Of Pennsylvania has gained some
nationwide publicity by bringing
the anthracite coal strike in his state
to a close, but the settlement will
cost the coal consuming pubic many
millions of dollars in increased prices
for anthracite. Governor Walton OF
Oklahoma is Just at this time occupy
ing front page position IN the daily
papers of this nation on account of
his fight on the kuklux khan. He
has the past week placed the entire
state of Oklahoma under martial
law. He is annarently waging a
single handed fight The legislature
has threatened to meet in eXtraordin-
ary session with the object of i'm
peachir~ the ~overnor, and the gov
ernor has threatened to iail the en-
tire legislature if they attempt to
meet. A circuit court was adjourned
so as not to conflict with the military
rule of the state. And thus the great
game of nolitics continues and the
dear public will continue to foot the
bills.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-09-21
FARM GIRL QUEEN SITS
ON THRONE AT BIG FAIR
Written Specially for The Pioneer by
Aleda Chamberlain

Springfield, Mass.-This is the
greatest week in the life of fifteen
year-old Peggy Keith, of Warrenton,
Va. Surrounded by her own barnyard
friends, all of which she developed
into champions, she is here represent
ing the L. S. Department OF Agri-
culture. as America "Most Disting-
uished Farm Girl"
The Eastern States Exposition
opened Monday. Peggy Keith, with
her herd of pure-bfed Guemseys; 10
Shetland ponies; 3 baby beeves; 20
prize chickens; a champion white col
lie and puppies and special exhibit
of canning club work and farm pro-
ducts is one of the big attractions OF
exposition.
The Y. s. Department of Agricul-
ture selected her from among 100000
bows and Oirls representing every
state in the nation and the title OF
l"Amcrica s NJ os t distinguished
Farm Girl was conferred upon her
All expense incident to the trip here
is met by the Agricultural Depart
ment.
Peggy Keith first entered competi
ton at the age of A, when she rode
pet pony in horse show at War
renton. She has been in competition
ever since.
For the past three pears by her Owl
effort with live stock, canning anC
farm products, she has paid all hel
schooling bills. besides financing hel
own farm operations.
When 8 years old, Peggy Keith be
came interested in the club work car
ried on in her county among farm
boys and girls as part OF the co
operative extension work Of tn
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BOY SCOUT NOTICE

Owing to the bad conditions Of the
roads only few scouts were out
last Monday evening, but a profitable
time was spent by those present.
Next Saturday, September -, a
special meeting will be held at the
school house in Wood and all scouts
or to-be scouts and their parents,
business men and all others interested
in a scout band and also all girls and
their parents who are interested i'll a
Girl Scout organization and band
work are asked to be at this meeting.
Mr.. Joneschiet has consented to lead
the scout band and under his capable
supervision we can be assured of "A
very fine band and it certainly will
be a great thing in LIS community
And | don think that any true rcd
blooded American citizen could look
upon a troop of Boy and Girl Scouts
playing the Star Spangled Banner and
dressed in Scout uniforms and not
feel the blood Of pride rise to their
checks. This is very noble under
taking and every person who has the
true spirit within, VIII, if it is at all
possible, come out to this meeting and
give his or her hearty support. Let
us think this over, talk it over am
put it over.
p. j. Kussman, Scoutmaster
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breaking for the Shetland pony trade.
Another side-line is collie dogs, of
which she is very fond, and for which
she finds considerable sale.
Peggy beagn her work in live stock
Judging when she attended four
day short course for club members at
the Virginia State Agricultural Col
lege, in 1920. Last October she at
tended the national boys and girls
stock Judging contest at Atlanta, Ga,
and was the youngest and the only
girl among more than so contestants.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-09-21

Lloyd Lon departed for Farming
ton, New Mexico, Thursday of last
week. Whether he is just on visit
OF has left the country for good, We
are unable to say at this time.
John T. Willis and family arrived
here last Sunday from Malta Bend,
Missouri. Mr.. Willis is brother of
Mrs. l.. w. Wheeler, and they expect
to make Mellette county their future
home They drove through from Mis-
souri, in truck. For the next year
Mr.. Willis will be employed on the
p. s. Merrill ranch west Of Wood,
and the family will keep house for
Scotty.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-09-21

Mrs. M. d. Payne will entertain the
Ladies Aid society at her home in
Wood on Thursday afternoon, Sep
tember 2. All ladies are requested to
attend this meeting.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-09-21
EMPIRE WEST OF RIVER

Crops west of the river are the best
they have ever been. The small grain
compares very favorably with crops
Of like nature east Of the Missouri
and the corn crop is exceptionally
fine. A few fields were riddled by
hail but these will still make good
feed and we saw thousands Of acres
that would be a credit to any Iowa
farmers efforts 1t is unfortunate
however that there are not more acres
under cultivation in this vast western
country If such a thing were pos
sible we would favor the government
entering and purchasing all vacant
lands and then on the usual terms OF
entry and cultivation distribute in
S0-acre plats this great domain to vet
Grams of the world war. The soil is
rich and it needs only the slight touch
of human hands to produce abundant
lv. With good highways in every di-
rection and splendid railroad facili-
ties a prosperous future awaits the
new settler. This land is still cheap
and any worthy industrious citizen
seeking his own independence can
make start here and feel perfectly
assured Of ultimate success. At least
q million new settlers can be accom-
mcdated.-Wess;ngton Springs Re
publican
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-09-21

Wednesday was another of those
rainy, misty, damp, disagrcable days.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-09-21

new Sctllef. l his ldnu Is Sllll cheap
and any worthy industrious citizen
seeking his own independence can
make a start here and feel perfectly
assured Of ultimate success. At least
q million new settlers can be accom-
mcdated.-Wess;ngton Springs Re
publican.
The above proposal strikes us as
one of the best vet and we certainly
would heartily favor something along
these lines. There are no doubt
thousands of world-war veterans who
would be GLAD of an opportunity to
acquire farm in this rich agricul-
tural section in lion of the proposed
national bonus.
Just take Mellette county. We have
here thousands Of acres OF the very
best land in the county that was alot-
ted to tho Indians before the county
was opened to settlement to the white
man. 1t is a well known fact that in
most every case where an Indian is
given patent to his allotted land,
about the first thing he does is to
sell the land to some white. Ii the
national government does finally de-
eide to give the world war veterans a
bonus, would it not be the part of
wisdom for the government to buy
these allotted Indian quarters outright
and then give the war veterans deed
to q quarter section of this rich agrl-
cultural land in lieu of a cash pay
ment, the veteran to reimburse the
government the difference in price
actually paid the Indian for the land
and the amount of the bonus said vet
erah would be entitled to receiver
Such an arrangement we believe
would prove very satisfactory to the
Indian. 1t would be the means OF
placing hundreds of thousands OF
acres of the richest land in the county
on our tax rolls. 1t would provide
us with several thousand new settlers
of which we stand in great need. 1t
would help to develop this, the rlch-
est section Of South Dakota. 1t would
start thousands of young ex-soldlers
in building homes Of their own. Mel
lette county has never had a crop
failure. Our corn, wheat, oats and
other crops have produced better
Yields since the opening Of the county
in 1912, than have the same crops
grown east of the river during the
same period. We have ample rainfall
to produce most all kinds OF agri'
cultural crops-we DO not irrigate.
Alfalfa alone has been known to
give the farmer an annual return OF
from $50 to $75 per acre. This is
acknowledged to be one of the best
dairy countries in the world, and it
needs only intelligent development.
The government has spent millions
of dollars in promoting great irriga'
ton projects, why should they not
spend little money in developing one
of the richest sections of the country
where IRRIGATION is not needed, and al
the same time pav~off a Just debt tc
the world war veterans, who will thus
be hel~nd to help themselves, tC
build han~-- and contented homes.
The idea proposed by the Wessing
Springs Republican has real merit IL
it. and we hone that our congressmer
will work along these lines and WORK
out the idea for the benefit OF al
parties concerned. Mellette count!
has room, and con surrort from three
to five thousand young farmers, ano
every one of them who will come here
and raise alfalfa, hogs, corn and
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-09-14
UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO
MAKES GOOD AT SALT
LAKE CITY RAM SALE
1.-THE END1

Moscow, September 12-At its first
appearance at the annual National
Ram Sales at Salt Lake City, Utah,
recently the University of Idaho,
with a consignment of % head of
Rambouillet, Hampshire, Lincoln and
Suffolk rams, secured results which
rank the fiocks developed by the Ida
no institution among the best Of
those developed by any state insti-
tuition in the nation. The Salt Lake
ram sale is perhaps the outstanding
sheep event in America, and ony the
more aggressive state institutions
meet with success in competition
with the foremost Independent breed
ers. This years sale was marked by
an unusually large number of en-
tries, which kept prices down, but
despite that condition the average
returns from the rams sold by the
university are considered satisfac-
tory for the first consignment.
Returns were given in commune
cation to Dean E. j. Iddings Of the
College Of Agriculture from Professor
c. w. Hickman, head Of the animal
husbandry department.
In competition with about 1900
Rambouillets and 700 Hampshires
and proportionately high entries in
the other breeds the university Sc
cured satisfactory returns. The IL
sent to the sale aver
aged S63, five Hampshires averaged |
SS4, 10 Lincolns averaged s4S and |
he two Suffolks sold for $3.50 each.
A two-year-old Rambouilet, son of
the famous Monarch, was sold for
s135. This ram was the least de-
sirable Of the three rams owned by
The university
The uniyersity's Hampshires sold
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! Iesteu MS strange eyes upon NTeFcedeS'
beautiful and agitated face. 1t must
nave been a moment of intense feeling
for the Spanish girl She owed II to
him That she had life and love and
happiness She held out those speak
ing slender hands. But Yaqui did not
touch Them. Turning away, he mount
ed the broncho and rode down the
trail toward tine river.
Hes going home" said Bedding.
Home :" whispered Ladd; and Dick
knew the ranger had felt the resurging
tide of memory. Home-across the
cactus and lava, through solemn lonely
days they silent, lonely nights, into the
vast and red-hazed world of desola-
tion.
"Thorne. Mercedes, Nell. LET'S climb
the foothil yonder and watch him out
of sight" said Dick.
They climbed while the others re-
turned tol the house. When they
reached tie summit of the hill YaquI
was ridingpp the far bank of the river.
lie win turn to look-to wave good
by?" asked Nell.
Dear he is an Indian" replied Gale.
From tie height they watched him
ride through the mosquitoes, up over the
river bank to enter the cactus. His
mount showed dark against the green
and white, and for long time he was
plainly in sight. The sun hung red
in a goldenlsky- The last the watch
ers saw of Yaqui was when he rode
across a ridge and stood silhouetted
against the gold of desert sky-a wild,
lonely, beautiful picture, Then he was
gone.
Strangely It came to Gale then that
he was glad. Yaqui had returned to
his Own-the great spaces, the desola-
ton the sOlitude-to the trails he had
trodden when a child, trails haunted
now by ghosts of his people, and ever
by his gods. Gale realized that in the !
Yaqui he had known the spirit Of the !
desert, that this spirit had claimed NJ |
which was wild and primitive in him.
Tears glistened In Mercedes mag |
nihcent black eyes, and Thorne kissed |
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| been there Where. T1Ten, was ne VIZ
had first stalSed this claim? Gale
wondered with growing hope, Will
the fire easing with the cold passing
The Yaqui uttered the low, strange
involuntary cry so rare with him. 8
cry somehow always associated with
death. Gale shuddered.
The Indian was digging in the sand
and dust under the shelving wall. He
threw out an object that rang against
the stone. II was belt buckle. He
threw out old shrunken, withered
boots. He came upon other things,
and then he ceased to dig
The grave of desert prospectors
Gale had seen more than one. Ladd
had told him many a story of such
gruesome finds. 1t was grim, hard
fact.
Then the keen-eyed Yaqui reached
up TO a little projecting shelf of rock
and took from it small object He
showed no curiosity and gave the
thing to Gale
How strangely Gale felt when he re-
ceived into his hands fiat oblong
box Was it only the influence c.
the Yaqui, or was there a nameiess
and unseen presence beside thai
grave? Gale could not be sure. Bul
he knew he had gone back to the ole
desert mood He knew something
hung in the balance. No accident, no
luck, no debt-paying Indian could ac-
count wholly for that moment Gale
knew he held in his hands more than
gold.
The box was a tin one, and not at
all rusty. Gale pried open the re-
luctant lid. A faint old musty odor
penetrated his nostrils. Inside the
box lay a packet wrapped i'm what
once might have been oilskin. He
took it out and removed this covering.
A folded paper remained in his hands.
1t was growing yellow with age.
But he described a dim tracery Of
words. A grabbed scrawl, written in
blood, hard TO read He held it more
to the light, and slowly he deciphered
its contents:
we, hODerl DuIloh anu Joilds war
rem, give half of this gold claim to
the man who finds it and half TO Nell
Burton, daughter and granddaugh-
ter"
Gasping, with a bursting heart,
overwhelmed by an unutterable joy of
diyination, Gale fumbled with the pa
Eer until he got it open.
It was a certificate twenty-one years
old, and recorded the marriage of
Robert Burton and Nellie Warren.
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well in face of strong competition. A
pen of four was bid in by S. G. Rich
of Burley for an average of $50 q
head. The pick of the pen was later
sold by Mr. Rich to the Utah Agri-
cultural college and will head the
flock of that institution.
The two Suffolk rams, offspring of
the flock foundation donated to the
institution by the Suffolk Society
of England, created no small amount
of interest. One ram, yearling
weighing 27O pounds, was sold to
James Laidlaw, prominent southern
Idaho breeder, for $3.50, the highest
price paid at the sale for any ram of
the Suffolk breed.
Lincoln rams entered by the uni
versity sold higher than any other
Lincolns entered in the sale, ayerag-
ing over $50.
The showing of the university at
tracted much attention, and the
breeders were prompt in their recog-
milton of the merits of the univer-
sity hocks.
Although the university has been
a steady winner on its sheep entered
at the Pacific International Live
stock show at Portland and the In
terstate Fair at Spokane, this is the
first year that the fiocks have at
tracted national attention.
Foundations for the Hampshire
and Rambouillet focks were laid in
1910 when eight ewes were donated
by the Butterfield Livestock company
of Weiser The focks were enlarged
by the addition of occasional ewes
but largely through the saving of
eve lambs and the use of outstanding
sires.
The foundation Of the Suffolk
flock consisted of three ewes and one
ram donated by the Suffolk society
Of England in 1919. This donation
marked the foundation of what is
believed to be the first Suffolk flock
west Of the Rockies. Through the
efforts of friends of Idaho, the Suf-
folk society was convinced that the
west offered possible field for the
breed and that the Idaho college, be-
;ause of its effectiveness and reputa-
ion in livestock circles, would give
roper care and opportunity to
demonstrate its usefulness.
Because Of lack Of room the Lin
.oln flock is the smallest at the uni
Iersity. The nucleus of the present
lock was secured from fiocks in this
tate about eight or nine years ago,
md by careful breeding has been
aised up to its present standard.
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CHAPTER Xxx.
Desert Gold.

DESERT 1Olo.
A summer day dawned on Forlorn
River, a beautiful, still, hot, golden
day with huge sail clouds of white
motionless over No Name peaks and
tine purple of clear air in the distance
along the desert horizon.
Mrs. Bedding returned that day to
find her daughter happy and the past
buried forever in two lonely graves
The haunting shadow left her eyes
Gale believed he would never forget
the sweetness, the wonder, the pas
sion of her embrace when she called
him her boy and gave him her bless
ing.
The little wrinkled padre who mar
ried Gale and Nell performed the
ceremony as he told his beads, with
out interest or penetration, and went
his way, leaving happiness behind.
ashore l was a sick man." Ladd
said, IAN darn near a dead one, but
Pm agoin' to get well. Mebbe I'll be
able to ride again some day. Nell, l
lay 1t to you. An I'm agoin TO kiss
you an wish you all the Joy there is
IL this world An Dick, as Yaqui
says, she's shore your Shower of
Gcle"
He spoke of Gales finding love
spoke of it with the deep and wistfuI
feeling of the lonely ranger who had
always yearned for love and had never
known it. Bedding, once more rrac-
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them away-kissed the fire back to
them and the flame to her cheeks.
That action recalled Gales earlier
mood, the joy of the present and he
turned to Nell's sweet face The desert
was there, wonderful, constructive, en-
nobling, beautiful, terrible. but 1t was
not for him as 1t was for the Indian
In the light of Nell's tremulous re-
turning smile that strange, deep,
clutching shadow faded, lost its hold
forever; and ne leaned close to her,
whispering: "Lluyia Shower
Of Gold"
1.-THE END1
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No cat h olden rImea.

Cats are supposed to have been first
Iomesticated by the Egyptians; but
lie Greeks and Romans do not seem
10 have cared much for them.
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ticaI, and important as never before
with mining projects and water
claims TO manage, spoke Of Gales
great good fortune in the finding of
gold-he called 1t desert gold.
"Ah, yes. Desert Gold" exclaimed
Dicks father, softly, with eyes Of
!. pride Perhaps he was glad Dick had
found the rich claim; surely he was
happy that Dick had won the girl he
loved. But it seemed to Dick himself
that his father meant something very
different from love and fortune in his
+ allusion TO desert gold.
Yaqui came to Dick TO say good
by. Dick was startled, grieved, and
In his impulsiveness forgot for mo-
.ment the nature of the Indian Yaqui
was not to be changed.
Bedding tried to overload him with
gifts. The Indian packed bag Of
food, a blanket, gun, a knife, a can
teen, and no more. The whole house
hold went out with him to the corrals
and fields from which Bedding babe
him choose a horse-any horse, even
the loved BlancO Diable. Gales heart
was in his throat for fear the Indian
might choose Blanco Sol, and he
hated himself for a selfshness he
could not help. But without a word
he would have parted with the treas
ured Sol.
Yaqui whistled the horses up-for
the last time. Did he care for them?
It would have been hard to say. He |
never looked at the fierce and naughty |
DlablO, nor at Blanco Sol as he raised |
his noble head and rang his piercing
blast. The Indian did not choose one
of Belongs whites. He caught a
lean and wiry broncho, strapped a
blanket on him, and fastened on the
pack.
Then ne turned TO these friends, the
same emotionless, Inscrutable dark and
silent Indian that he had always been.
This parting was nothing to him. He
had stayed to pay debt, and now he
was going home.
He shook hands with the men, swept
/ dark fleeing glance over Nell, and