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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-19

local self-govermment. He cannot be
deceived into believing that he is en-
loving the kind of liberty guaranteed
him bv the makers OF the constitution.
when the government violates natural
and economic laws in debating to him
in personal matters.
Eventually. perhaps, every week in
the wear will be Constitution Week
not by public designation, but in gov
ornamental practice. The most effective
means toward that end is that which
the present occasion represents-popu-
lar demand. backed up by the sovereign
voters of the land"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-19
FORBIDDEN FRUIT.

Exasperated by youthful invasion
of his apple orchard, farmer IS sad
to have discharged Il shotgun in the
general direction of the young visitors.
Two of the boys were taken to hos
pital for treatment of painful pune
lures and the irritable agriculturist
was taken into custody for possible
prosecution.
This occurred in Rensselaer, county,
New Yora. But it has happened
many times in many states during
many years past. Boyhood, as we re-
call. regards the "cooning" or "swin-
ing" of apple, watermelons or other
delectable products as rare sport, IN
volving no moral tnrpitude but entail
ing risk enough to provide zest. To the
boyish mind, such an expedition is de-
lightful adventure rather than petty
crime. They expect to suffer if caught
in the act-quite as they count on
sense of superior cunning in case they
escape unscatched.
Manhood, we believe we may say,
generally looks with excessive indul-
gence ON the pranks it has outgrown.
While not blaming the, boys particu-
larly for going after forbidden fruit,
it censsures the farmer for undue
violence. Orchard burglary is not a
capital offense nowadays and does not
lay the burglar liable to instant deatL,
| as does burglary of a dwelling. I'm
written law for generations has pre-
scribed rock salt, or bird shot at the
most. as the maximum load in repell-
! ing fruit thieves.
Agriculture, of course, has its spe-
cial viewpoint. The man who raises
fruit at some pains of investment,
labor. patience, vigilance and profess
sional training, who counts on its mar
ket price as some part of his hard
earned annual income, naturally and
rightfully objects to its appropriation
BY others. He considers himself entiS
tied to defend his property by any
effective means. If boys are free to
enjoy a good joke on him whenever
they can raid his orchard successful
ly, he feels free to turn the tables as
painfully and enjoyably as possible
and we cannot say that we blame him.
cleveland News.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-19
COMRADES.

One steed have of common clay,
And one no less than regal;
By day ] jog on old Saddlebags,
By night / fly upon Eagle: -,
To store. to market, to field. to mill,
One plods with patient patter.
Nor hears along the far-off heights
The hoofs of his comrade clatter.
To field to market, to mill he goes,
Nor sees his comrade cleaning
Where he flies along the purple hills,
Nor the flame, from his bride streaming IL fina
Sees not his track. nor the sparks OIL IRE
So terribly flashing from 1t; -,
As they flashed from the track of Alborak
When he bravely carried Mahomet.
One stood. in a few short years, will rest
Under the grasses yonder;
The other will come there centuries hence
And vet both steeds are mine today,
The immortal and the mortal;
One beats alone the clods OF earth
9He '' Henry Ames Blood
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-19
A WORTHY ENTERPRISE

The San Antonio Art Leagues giving
residents of this city and their tourist
friends a treat such one might expect to
receive only at some old established
gallery or museum. A notable collec-
ton OF paintings, the property of NJ.
Kruger, is being exhibited to the pub
lie for the first time, and this showing
in addition to its present significance,
ought to- suggest new possibilities for
the development of San Antonio.
Development" Usually is associated
with material expansion and improve
fhent. Those who think exclusively in
such terms when they seek ways and
means of adding to the city's attractions
might be interested to learn. If they do
not already know, that San Antonio has
no place in which to hold art exhibitions
that is, no permanent place designed for
that particular purpose. And why hasn't
she?
There are several reasons. Perhaps
the dominant one is that San Antonians
as a whole, heretofore have not beer
effectively interested in such matters
For, whenever the people Of any sizablt
city truly desire any legitimately obtain
able thing, they go out and get it.
Most American cities have neglected
too largely the side of life which tn
: enterprise Of the San Antonio Art Leagu
represents. Most of them are so busil,
r engaged in commercial and industria
= pursuits, in skyscraping and in genera
b material expansion, that they have ha
: little time, and consequently little dc
sire, for what might be called man-de
/ velopment But San Antonio, in som
a important respects, constitutes an exceT
e ton to the general rule.
l. San Antonio has gone in, most credi
IT ably, for several forms of recreation
l. some mental. but mostly physical, recre;
y ton. We have Our parks, our swimmin
/ pools, Our golf links, and few retreat
( where sheer beauty, in Natures seasor
& makes an aesthetic appeal to all who al
II mot bound down by strictly vital want
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-19
A HALF COLUMN IN "WHO'S
WHO"

Johannes Gelert, who Intellectually
attempted suicide in his room at
home for the aged in New York, the
other day, had won fame as sculp-
tor in his earlier years. A closely
packed half-column in who's Who"
describes his numerous achievements.
But that crowded half-column did not
protect his declining years from
loneliness, weakness, poverty and de-
spair.
Scion, the ancient lawgiver of
Athens, had the right view Of sue
cess when he said, Count no man
fortunate unit Ibis death"-meaning
not that death itself is good fortune,
but that a mans fortune can only
be accurately weighed when he has
passed beyond the vicissitudes and
reversals common to mortals. Scion
would never have accepted "Who's
Who" as a catalogue of fortunes fav-
orites. He would have said, "Wait
and see. "-Boston Traveller.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-19
Pungent Paragraphs

Floribel objects to the lines. ain
the spring a young mans fancy lightly
turns to thoughts of love-" She says
slightly is right too doggoned light
~ '"-Lafayette Journal and Courier
Every business develops its own
peculiar kind of humorous anecdotes.
In one of the banks the other day a
girl clerk in the accounting department
called a customer and said:
II just wanted to inform you that
your account is overdrawn cents.
There was a long pause and then
an excited feminine voice inquired:
"Gosh Do you have to have it thi'
morning ?"-Youngstown Telegram.
Somebody suggests that a photo
gravure section OF newspaper with
ont a few bathing beauties would bt
less interesting than the average "fun
ny section. Jacksonville Florida
Times Union. ... ~
The law of supply and demand
doesn't always obtain. Look how
many reformers there are, and how
little reform.-Youngstown Vindica-
tor.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-19

tared a single instant in his arms,
and he felt repaid for everything.
"Iet me co." she whispered tense
". when his arms tried to hold her.
"Don't let Doomsdorf see. He might
kill you--"
Rut il came about that she didn't
finish the warning. Presently she
felt his arms turn to steel. She felt
herself thrust back until her eyes
looked straight into his.
She had never seen Ned in this
mood before. Indeed, she couldn't
eyer remember experiencing the
sensation that swept her now; Sc
crctlv appalled, at him, burnt with
his fire. wavering beneath his will.
She didn't know he had arD,s like
that His face. when she tried to
meet it. hardly seemed his own. Inc
flesh was like gray iron, the eyes
what has Doomsdorf 10 do with
it?" he demanded. HAS he any
claim on you?"
"Of course, not" she FASTENED to
reply. Hes treated me as well as
could be expected. But you know
he makes claims on us ALL"
The fact could not be denied. Ned
turned from her, nesting to the fire
| for warmth.
The happiness he had expected in
this long-awaited night had failed to
materializc. He ate his great meal,
sat awhile in sporadic conversation
with the girl in the snug cabin; then
went YEARLY to his blankets.
Often. in the little hour after sup
ner about the stove, he wakened from
his revery TO find that he had been
| thinking about Bess. She had come
in from her line the previous day
and had gone out again: and he had
not dreamed that her absence could
leave such a gap in their little circle
He had hardly regarded her at all,
yet he found himself missing her
She was always so high-spirited, en-
couraging him with her own high
| heart.
But his blankets gave him slum.
Der, and he rose in the early hours
breakfGsted, and started out OH his
lonely trap line. He was not LITTLE
excited as to the results of this morn.
ing's tramp. Every skin he took was
his, to protect his own body from
the bitter, impending cold.
The first few traps had not beer
sprung. Outwitting the wild crea
lures was seemingly not the easy
thing he had anticipated.
For moment he couldn't locate
the beaver trap. Then he saw that
the wire, fastened securely to the
| honl- had hncome mystpriOuSly tout
Not daring to hope he began to tn;
it in.
At the end of the wire he fount
his trap, and in the trap was large
beaver, drowned and in prime condi
ton.
Continued i'm Our Next Issue)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-19
WHY PROGRESS is SLOW

Sometimes it seems inexplicably
strange that the inventor of a truly great
and useful thing could doubt that it
would ever be adopted by the public /;
and. per contra. that the originator Of a
mere fad could be perfectly confident
that his product would prove indispcns-
able to the entire world. One might say
that the difference is merely one between
individual inventors. The personal eQua-
ton is to be considered. of course. But
for the pessimism of the first type Of in
ventor. il not for the excessive optimism
of the second, there is basis brader
than the idiosyncrasies OF the individual
namely. habit It is well-righ impossi-
bic to foretell what old habits the public
will lay aside, or what new cnes it will
take up. The public's taste is ever a
riddle.
So, It is no wonder that O. Henry
once confided to friend that he must
sell his stuff. quickly Before the public
should tire of it. He knew that the
public is tickle in some matters. What
he did not realize was that he had the
gilt of art
Recently New York county historical
society held jubilee to celebrate the
fiftieth birthday of the typewriter. The
occasion was one for recalling, among
other relevant things, the fact that the
first typewriters, although demonstrably
useful in the doing OF the worlds work,
did not take" with the public. 1t was
many years before people with much
writing to do laid aside their pens ior
the queer-looking machines that are how
regarded as indispensable. But, for that
matter, the steel pen was not recognized,
except among "faddists," for some time
after it was invented and placed upon
the market, although everybody who
tried one must have realized that it was
far superior, in efficiency, to the old
quill.
1t seems that Mark Twain. who in his
time was one of the most prolific writ
ers in the country, came into possession
of one of the first tvpewriters offered
to the public. He liked it-after he
learned to use it-but found it a MUS
ance in that people regarded his type
written letters as curiosities and heaped
upon him questions concerning the
chow" of that sort OF writing.
For a time the pioneer manufacturers
of typewriters despaired of ever being
able to popularize their product. i
would not be surprising to hear thai
they considered going out of business
If they had not persevered, possibly thu
idea upon which the typewriter was
based might have been abandoned gen
orally as having proved to be fallacious.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-19
A Puzzle a Day

The drawing shows seven pieces of
cardboads, all containing consecutive
numbers in the twenties. A man laid
them in a row, and setting each num-
Der on a piece of paper. added them
correctly. His total was 175. Can
you add them up to obtain that re-
suit?
Yesterdays answer:
**s **%ADIAN. *s*INES s*STER?
The three-letter syllable needed to
complete the above sentence is
can" BY filling in the four gaps
with this word, we obtain:
CAN CANADIAN CANNES
CANTER2
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-19
Where to Go

Vaudeville.
Majestic-"50 Miles From Broad
way" and other acts.
Motion Pictures.
Palace Frank Mayo in ask
Days"
Empire-Pola Negri in "The
Cheat" Robert Agnew in person.
Rialto-May McAvoy in "Her Rep
utation." ~
Princess-"The Silent Partner"
- .1t ~ Stock.
Royal-Edna Park and Players in
"Seven Keys to Baldpate."
Musical Comedy.
Grand-Bob Casey" Greer in
"Bean Soup"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-19
sIGVST CIRCULATION
sid circul9tior OF The San Antonio Light
, sTonth Of August. 1928, day by day. was


sunday only average. .e9.Sb2
.-. -,ore .o+9is aud averages are for paid cir
,,,ton exclusive Of ali spoiled copies and any freo
GOV Nc hereby swear that the foregoing statement
Of pad circulation is correct. =, - ,1ovr<-
Circulation MANAGER.
c. T.. BUCHANAN.
Business Manager.
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 4th day
Of September, A. D. 1928. ,pro po,rvrP JR
Notary Public.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-19
WHEN THE COURTS FUNCTION

Although Attorney General Daugh-
ertys adverse ruling on the use of the
United States Navy for prohibitiou-en-
torcement purposes was designed pri-
marily, if not exclusively, for the benefit
of the President, some state governors
might profit by giving it studious, atten-
ton Or greater profit might accrue
to citizens who prize democratic govern
ment If such governors could be made to
limit their activities to the performance
of their proper official functions as sug-
gested by the principle upon which the
attorney generals ruling in this case is
predicated.
Last spring the President wanted to
know whether the executive branch of
the government could lawfully use the
navy to enforce the Volstead act. lust
why it should have taken so long to
answer. that question, the attorney gen.
eral has not explained. Earlier in this
country's history almost any government
official would have been expected to
answer such question "by return mail, -
if not more quickly Perhaps this asser-
ton is not quite accurate nobody would
have expected a government official to
answer a question that nobody would
ask. But habit creates circumstances,
and circumstances alter cases" 1t has
become habit among modern govern
ment officials to disregard old principles ;
| therefore, perhaps, the attorney generals
| department had to scratch through files
and files OF decisions to get al the bottom
of the matter.
The question asked by the President
was a double one. He wanted to knew
first whether he could lawfully use the
navy for law-enforcement purposes
where no emergency existed; and second,
whether the prohibition situation pre-
scented an emergency.
1t was in replying to the latter phase
of the Presidents question that the attor-
new general indicated the broad service
ability of the principle which dis
tinguishes his ruling.
There can be no emergency authoriz-
ing the President to call out the naval
forces to enforce the civil and criminal
laws" said Mr.. Daugherty, until the
courts and the civil departments are nc
longer able to enforce them"
What is the test of the ability of The
civil departments of the government
Mr.. Daugherty was we'll aware of tn
fact that there had been "numerou
: violations of the national prohibition act
: both on land and within Our territorial
= waters" After reciting that fact, h
said:
!, There have been no unlawful obstruc
r tons OF the functions OF the courts @
restraint of their processes, or of t,
d coast guard, the division of customs, tn
: prohibition unit, nor of the marshals an
n their deputies of the Department {
q Justice"
IS The principle invoked by the attorne
o general is expressed in a single phase
IS "no unlawful distractions. In 9th
); words, as long as the courts are fun
,r tioning, a chief executive whether he
t the President of the United States or t!
governor of state. has no right to tai
IS the law into his own hands. And VIII
5, chief executive undertakes to do tn
n he is interfering with the functions of t
S. courts and thus doingviolence to one
lie the oldest principles Of democratic GO
n eminent.
ri - COMRADES.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-11-09
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

state OF south Dakote, -. IN CIRCUIT
County OF Mellette COURT
ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
In the Matter OF the LiQuida-l
ton ofthe First State Bank NOTICE
Wood, South Dakota.
WHEREAS, The First State Bank, a bank
and has been taken charge of by
the superintendent OF Banks OF the state Of
South Dakota. for the purpose OF liouodstion
under the provision OF Article 1. Chapter 1.
part is, OF Title 6, OF the Revised Code OF 1919
OF the State OF south Dakota,
BE 1T REMEMBERED, That all persons
claiming TO be creditors OF the First state
Bank, Wood, South Dakota, are hereby called
upon and required to make proof Of claim OF
such credit, and file the same with the Super
intendent OF Banks at his Office In Pierre.
south Dakota, on or before the 10th day OF
January, 1924. This notice Is being published
for ten consecutive weeks In the Mellette
County Pioneer Wood South Dakota. and .
copy OF this notice Is being mailed to the last
known address Of an persons whose names
appear on the books OF said bank as creditors
thereof. together with n blank appropriate for
making proof OF claim and necessary instruc-
lions. Also u letter setting out q statement
of the condition OF the bank 90 the time OF
suspension, and brief data as provided by the
statute relati &c to the cause OF suspension.
Claims not fled on or before January 10th
1924, are by statute forever barred,
Dated at Pierre. South Dakota, this lkth day
OF September, A. ID. 1923.
JOHN HIRNING,
1910 superintendent OF Banks.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-11-09

For Sale-Eleven registered Ches-
ter White spring boars, cholera i'm
mune. These are extra fine boars
and if sold in the immediate future
will be priced at $40 and $25 each.
Come and get your choice of the herd
Also have three good spring bull
calves, regis' red Aberdeen Angus.
These calves are the choice ones out
of the entire herd of some 70 head
and are well worth the price asked,
$50 each. S. X. Langley, Wood, S. ID.
$50
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-11-09
SHERIFF. NOTICE OF EXECU-
TON SALE

State % South Dakota. &C
County OF M~ellette, !"
In CircIit Court. Eleventh judicial Circuit.
{. VI. Gunderson, Plaintiff
VS. sherirsNotice OF
Anzie swan and Ida Swan Execution Sale
Defendants.j
Notice Is hereby given. that by virtue OF On
Execution, issued out OF aud under the seal
, ( The Circuit Court In and for the county OF
Mellette. state OF South Dakota, upon 1ndg-
ment rendered and docketed I'm the said court
on the 18th day OF March A.. d.. 1922. In an
action wherein c. III. Gunderson IN the plain
tiff and AnZie swan ana Ida Swan are the de-
PENDANTS, I'm ia o ~ the said plaintiff and
against the said defendants. for the sum OF
s2955. bon which judgment there's now actu-
al duc the sum OF Sl+S2. SO with accrued costs
and Interest. which execution was oirecte q
a1d delivered to me as sheriff i'm and for sad
county of Mellctte. South Dakota, have this
End day of October A. ID, 1923 levied upon all
the right. title and interest OF the said de-
fcndants in and 10 the following described
realestate.
The Northwest Quarter OF Section ~. In
Township4 Al North OF Range q West OF the
9Th Principal Meridian. containing 100 acres In
MelletteC county. South Dakota.
That, j. the undersigned. as sheriff, as afore
said. will sell the above described property 10
the highest bidder. for cash, at Public AUG
the city of White River. In the County OF
Mellette and state Of South Dakota: on sat
urdaS the 10th day OF November A.. ID. lS33. at
ten clock a. m. Of that day. Ia satisfy the
said execution. together with the interestano
cost thereon.
Dated White River. South Dakota. October
2nd. A. ID. 1923. CHRIS bum
Sheriff OF Mellette County. south Dakota
Attorneys for the Plaintiff SS-st
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-11-09
Let Wheat Growers Ger Together

Senator Arthur Capper, than Nlca t}e farmer has no
better friend, has hope that in tc eaIll2g session OF Con
bring about a better situation -. agriculture. More than
likely the senator's line Of rcac*piig Will prove correct.
Some of the big industries have E&a1 hard hit by the check
in agricultural buying power. Fer instance the makers of
farm machinery have seen their business decline, and when
the interests of big business are affected one may reasonably
expect inquiry into the cause and definite effort to bring
some measure Of relief.
Legislation, of course, never can overcome economic law,
nor can Congress cure all the ills of the farmer, but it can
aid in wiping out the differential between 80 cents wheat
and ten cents a loaf for bread. Even the most callOus Of
capitalists realizes that this situation cannot continue.
Fundamentally, of course, the cure of this i'll will come
when the grain growers realize the necessity of wiping out
of the pie. Eventually they must get down to real COM
modify marketing through some non-proft government
agency:
Of the y. S. Grain Corporation, or an extension of the work
Of the Bureau of Markets, or it may mean the building Of
a new federal marketing agency" This is getting down to
government, plus a drastic revision of the transportation
act, including repeal of the socalled guarantee and recap
ture clause, the international Harvester Company may find
its business improving, and this will make a stronger appeal
in some quarters of Washington than the thought that such
legislative changes will aid the men who feed the nation.
1t must be remembered, however, if any move is to be
made IN the way OF cooperative marketing 1t will have to
come from the large wheat growers themselves. No one
more than the members of the farm bloc realizes this to
be a cure-al. Perhaps the best cure will be the education
of the east. If the east once realizes how Gripping the
farmer affects life of the Harlem fiat dwener our agricul-
tural population, which means a seventy billion dollar in
dustry employing one-third of American man power, would
receive more consideration.
Every large merchant in New York made a thorough test Of his
advertising during the pressmens strike. They got out circulars by
spread distribution. When the strike was broken they swarmed back
The strike was more beneficial to the newspaper proprietors than t1y
realized. 1t demonstrated the selling power of newspaper advertising.
Local taxes re the best of all investments. Every dollar spent adds
fully. @N' : N'A'' - 'e 'AN' y - A"A' " 'De-.