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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1924-01-25
BRIDGE CREWS OPEN CONTEST

Geddes, S. D., Jan. 2l.--Work on
the new Missouri river state bridge,
near here, is progressing rapidly. The
tramway is completed out to the first
pier to be constructed Excavation
has already started for pier No. 4 and
work on pier one, two and three Will
start in q few days. Excavation and
pouring Of concrete for the first four
piers will be carried on at the same
time and it is expected that these four
piers which are in the main channel
will be completed by March first, be-
fore the ice breaks up and takes the
tramway out, the farther and channel
piers being constructed while the ice
is on, thus facilitating the work on
these the most difficult ones
Rock has been gathered from miles
around and piled in huge piles cover
ING several acres. A biz rock clushcr
has Just been received and will be
used to crush this rock for the CON
crete.
A fleet Of trucks has been busy all
winter hauling sand and practically
all of the material needed for the pier
construction is on the ground
1t is estimated that fifty trucks and
two hundred men are working at
times, hauling rock, sand, timber, ma
teria1 and working on the bridge con
struction proper.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1924-01-25
CODY COMMUNITY CLUB PROGRAM.
Cody Community Club Progra

Cody Community Club Program
Friday evening, January 25, 1924, at
500 o'clock.
|. Instrumental Music-Orchestra
:. Song, Sunshine and Smiles
3. Business Session
4. Relation Getting On"
;. Talk" Standardization of Farm
Products
&. Quartet--Selected.
7. Papcr-"Current Happenings in
the Agricultural World"
8. Recitation" Dedication"
8. Community Singing.
10. Social Hour. Games and Eats.)
Everybody welcome. We expect to
have a debate at our next meeting
February %, and will select our ques.
tion and debaters at the coming meet.
ing Committee.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1924-01-25

When Henry Ford bowed to Calvin
Coolidge as the logical choice for the
presidency in 1924 the best business
administrator in the country salut-
ed the best government administrator
Ford would not make a good presi-
dent, and Coolidge would probably DO
an Indifferent captain of industry
The nation is better off while both
employ those talents with which they
have been gifted by providence in the
vocati0ns to which their qualifica
tions lead them.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1924-01-25
HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS
MAKE SUGGESTIONS

Sometimes it is a good thing foI
the community to get view Of our
selves as others see us, and with this
object in view the Editor. about the
first of the year propounded mum
Der of questions and asked Prof.
Hoover OF our public schools to have
the class in English answer them
net giving the class any hint from
whence they came or that their
answers might later be used in these
columns. The questions propounded
were as follows:
What line Of work do you expect
to take up when you are through
school?
What do you consider the greatest
need of Wood?
What is the greatest need of Mel
lette county at this time?
What, if anything, is the matter
with Wood?
What remedy would you suggest to
better conditions?
How can the population of Mel
lette county be increased most rapid
ly?
Have you any suggestions for the
improvement of the community
either physically, mentally or NOR
ally?
The answer to the first question
is quite interesting. While the
students ia the main are from the
farms, not one seems to have any IN
tention of taking up farming as his
life work, and no two seem to have
the same life work in mind at this
time. All seem to agree that one OF
our greatest needs is the railroad, and
the town of Wood seems to stand in
great need of a bank, a drug store,
and a more harmonious spirit among
our own people to really progress in
the eyes of these students who will
be the men and women Of tomorrow.
We herewith present their answers
to the above questions without
further comment, and it might be
we'll for us older heads to take note
of the comments of these young
people on conditions as they exist
viewing the situation through their
eyes
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1924-01-25

Mellette county it should have rail
road, this would be the best method
of settling the county.
8. The best thing for the communi
ty is a athletic club physically and
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1924-01-25
CULLS, from STATE COLLEGE,

No farmstead or city lot should be
without its vegetables and It's fruit ;
these cold winter evenings start think
ing about what crops shall it consti
tute.
The South Dakota experiment sta
tion at Brookings is maintained to
study agricultural problems. May
be it has solved some Of yours. Write
for information
The pit silo is solving the problem
Of winter feed III western South Da
kota.
1t is the duty Of the scientist and
the dairyman to educate the public to
the necessity Of increased milk con
sumption, for milk is the most valu
able single food we have. '-R. Adams
Lutcher.
Fowls confined in poultry house
in the winter can withstand low temp
crature without injury much bette
than they can dampness.
An integral part Of your home com.
munity is the home paper.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1924-01-25

1. w nat, IL anylnlng, Is the matter
with Wood at the present time?
Wood has no cooperation. The
business men do not cooperate, and
instead Of backing upta good cause
stand back and let the other fellow
do it Then, if, anyone does try to
do some good they say it can't be
done and discourage it They call
him egotistical and big-headed This
usually results in the ruin of the man
and his cause.
2. What is the greatest need Of
Mellette county at this time?
The greatest need of Mellette coun-
ty is a railroad. All Of the county is
twenty to sixty miles from a road
This makes a great expense to get
products to market and to get neces-
sites for the home 1t also makes it
very unpleasant to travel on the rail
road 1t takes much time to meet
trains and most of the time in the
spring and fall it is impossible to go
at all
3. What would increase the popu
lation of Mellette county most rapid
ly?
The discovery of great coal fields
here would increase the population
most rapidly. 1t would take many
men to mine the coal and besides this
cheaper price for coal would also
bring many farmers, manufacturers
dealers and others. 1t would also
bring the railroad and this alone
would increase the population greatly.
4. This community needs some
thing to better conditions morally,
physically and mentally A literary
society would be interesting and
would also be entertaining and help
full mentally A glee club or even an
orchestra or band would draw all
people together more or less. An ath
letic association which all the people
could take part in would be great
help physically. Organizations such
as boy scouts, girl scouts and camp
fire girls are helpful to conditions
morally.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1924-01-25

!. What line Of work do you ex
pect to take up when you are through
school? / intend to take up some
kind of business or craftsmanship.
2. What do you consider the great
est need of Wood? / think that
Wood is greatest in need Of a new
and fully equipped school house
Secondly Wood would be greatly
helped if a good live merchant would
locate here
3. What is the greatest need of
Mellette county at this time? Mel
lette county's greatest need is a rail
road. 1t would bring people, make
better markets, better towns, better
schools and would raise the price Of
land
4. What, if anything, is the mat.
ter with Wood? Too many knockers
S. Remedy to better conditions 10.
cally. A cooperative spirit between
the citizens of Wood would lay the
foundation of a better condition in
Wood S future.
6. How can the population of Mel.
lette county be increased most rap,
idly2 A railroad and a few good
boosters would answer this question
Z. Any suggestions for the com.
munity physically mentally morally
The physical condition could be bet
tered if the town would support high
school athletics The mental condi
ton could be improved by large and
better equipped school The moral
condition could be helped by more of
a cooperative spirit in church work.
l. | have not decided what work
to take up after finishing school
though | think it will be some busi
ness as book keeping, banking OF
maybe some professional business.
2. The greatest needs of Wood are
a bank, a doctor, a drug store, SIDE
walks and a larger population. 1t
is much in need of bank because al!
the farmers do their banking at other
towns and naturally do most of their
other business there, thus Wood is
pretty dead.
3. The greatest trouble of Wood
is lack of cooperation. Some people
think one way and some another and
when anything comes up that will
better the town there are always two
sides to it, one for and one aginst
and usually nothing is done. Any
such organizations such as literary
society basket ball teams OF any
school organizations are hardly
backed by the citizens of Wood and
when anything is started it must be
carried out by the younger generation
and very few Of the citizens.
4. Try and get the citizens out and
take interest in proposed projects, tell
them what and how it is and ii you
can interest them give them some re-
sponsibility or duty which hey must
carry out.
s. The population might be in
creased by getting eastern people IN
~
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1924-01-25

|. When / finish school | intend
to follow the profession of doctor
2. The greatest need of Mellette
county is a railroad for better trans
portaton.
3. The greatest need of Wood at
this time is large accredited high
school modernly equipped, drug
store and doctor.
4. The only thing the matter with
Wood is lack of community spirit.
S. To increase the population OF
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1924-01-25

The pit silo is solving the problem
of winter feed in western South Da
kota.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1924-01-25

Continued on page FOUR
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1924-01-25

An integral part Of your home com
munity is the home paper.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-10-31
You Will Get a Letter

In this great organization you-as a customer
of our company-have a special right to be profit
sharing partner In letter which will reach all of
customers in a few days, shall set forth the
why feel it will be their advant-
age to become partners in company. If you
already this security, we believe you will be
especially interested in this opportunity to increase
the amount of your monthly dividend checks.
The following Banks throughout the valley will
accept subscriptions for stock:
Alamosa-Alamosa National, American Ma.
tional. First State Bank. Monte Vista-W allace
State Bank, First National Bank. Monte Vista Bank
& Trust Co. Del Norte-Bank of Del Nortc. Rio
Grande State Bank. Center-Peoples State Bank
First National Bank Manassa-Colonial State
Bank
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-10-31
Meanwhile, the
Company Is
Making History

The increasing demand for power and light
makes us hustle to have enough gas and electric
plants ready. But we like it. We are growing with
the communities serve.
Over half a million people now look to this COM
pany for such necessities of daily life as light heat
and power.
The first unit of the big super-power plant near
Boulder is nearly completed and will soon be feed
ing electrical energy to the system.
The properties of the Colorado Power Company
purchased last spring have been made an integral
part of the Public Service Company
Additions to transmission lines and general
system constantly under way. corps of trained
engineers and business men is ever watchful to an
ticipate the growing needs of Colorado.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-10-31
Was 1t Luck?

Was it luck good judgment that enabled three
thousand, one hundred and siXty-five people to
nearly double the income from their savings?
1t isn't hard to this question.
These people anayZed the advantages of the
investment when it offered by employees.
They used good hard common sense. They inquired
about the standing of the Public Service Company of
Coorado-its properties earnings, operations-ts
policies and management. They got the nforma.
ton from empoyees-many of whom stock
holders themselves. They took advantage of the OPP
portunty offered and have made money.
Not wasn't luck.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-10-31
Other Reasons WHY
Buyers Are Pleased

If you should ask other investors, who may be
found throughout the district served by the Public
Service Company and in almost every walk of life
why they pleased with their purchase of Pub
lie Service Preferred believe you will get answers
similar to these:
II surely do like my money to come month
ly by mail. I used to have money invested where
had to collect the returns due Now the checks
come in promptly the first Of every month BY MAIL.
All do is to cash deposit these dividend checks"
Il needed money to pay doctors bill. The
company ready to sell my stock for me--and
the price higher than when bought it: but
wanted To hold it-so took the stock to my bank
and asked them to lend me money it. They did
and said ths stock good collateral"
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-10-31
Another Opportunity
Not wasn't luck.

An opportunity similar to that offered our
toners last June is to be offered again from Novem
Der to a. The price at which the security sells is
higher than il five months ago-but the yield
is still high for such safe. sound investment
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-10-31
Was 1t Good Luck or
good judgment?

Il bought on the partial payment plan and
have learned something about saving"
I'VE know money is safe now and we
like to feel that it is working to produce light power
and gas-necessities of modern civilization.
With over 50 10 worth of physical property be-
hind each of invested dollars-to say nothing
of the earnings from many properties operating
continuously-we feel that investment is solid
rock
These answers represent faithfully some of the
reasons why customers of our company who pur-
chased Public Service Preferred Stock are satisfied
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-10-31
Perhaps YOU Are
a Stockholder

Perhaps you who read this are one of our Pub
lie Service stockholders and know how it feels to be
part owner of safe, sound business which pays
10 your money Whether you are partner or
not, have this question for you:
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-10-31

The companys earnings hold steady-the COM
panys property increases steadily in value and
amount.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-10-31

ggIg2NssNSUR customers were offered last
NJ n IA June. an opportunity to become
M ~ M profit sharing partners in the
GGsY.@20 Public Service Company Of
Colorado through the purchase of its per
cent Preferred Stock. Three thousand one
hundred and sixty-five of them had the good
luck. or good jud gment to take advantage of
the offer and bought Public Service Prefer
red Stock
What have these customer investors
gained9 If YOU are one of them. what
have YOU gained as a result of making
this excellent investment?
Suppose you were to ask of the hundreds of
satisfied of Preferred Stock this pointed
question: What is the biggest thing you get out of
your Public Service Preferred?" What would he
reply?
If your friend feels as most of our stockholders
do, he will perhaps say:
well. almost doubled the wages of my money.
I'm getting 1892 year each thousand l
invested. Surprising how it counts up, too That
pay my coal bl-this year. year-for life.
Wish I'd gotten my money working extra time
sooner"
The Colorado statesman., 1924-02-16
Making SrUeet Potato
Pie Is Not Difficult

Somewhat similar in flavor and ap-
pearance to pumpkin pie, sweet potato
pie is deservedly popular in districts
where sweet potatoes are abundant.
The recipe below was tested by exten-
sion workers in the Texas Agricultural
and Mechanical college, working CO.
operatively with the United States De
partment of Agriculture.
Sweet Potato Custard Merngue Pie.
Line a pie tin with pastry. Fill with
the following mixture:
k-2 cupfuls mashed n cupful sugar
sweet potatoes ! teaspoonful salt
cupful sweet milk ca sp n u l
eggs grated d lemon
BIZ poonfuls rind
butter
Leave out the egg whites for the
meringue. Beat the yolks of the eggs
into the cooked and mashed potatoes !;
add the melted butter and the other in
gradients; pour into the pastry and
bake in a moderate oven until the Gus
tard is set Add a pinch of salt to the
whites, beat until dry; add two table
spoonfuls of sugar Mix we'll. Spread
over the top of pie and put into very
moderate oven until ii Is a delicate
brown. A very light delicate custard
may be had If the potatoes are rubbed
through a sieve or strainer, or put
through a ricer.
The Colorado statesman., 1924-02-16

of water is in all cases better than
in large quantity, according to the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture.
Sharpen your pairing knives, and pare
such things as apples and potatoes
as thinly as possible. Peaches, beets,
and tomatoes may be blanched and
cold dipped to get the skins off quick
ly and economically. When beets, tur-
nips and kohl-rabi are young and fresh
the tops may all be boiled and served
as green's, as may also cauliflower
stalks, the coarse stalks of celery, and
the outer leaves of lettuce. Small
amounts of different kinds of green's
can often be combined in one dish.
The Colorado statesman., 1924-02-16

slightly beaten, salt and pepper to
taste. Melt the butter. add the
crumbs and the milk and cook FIVE
minutes, stirring constantly. Add the
ham, the eggs and parsley, season well
and turn into buttered individual
molds, filling them two-thirds full. Set
In pan of hot water, cover with but
tered paper and bake twenty minutes.
Serve with:
Bechamel Sauce.-Take one and one
half cupfuls of the broth from boiled
ham, or broth prepared from the trim
mings and bone, with water, a slice OF
onion, slice of carrot, a bit of bay
leaf, sprig of parsley. six pepper
corns, one-quarter of a cupful of but
ter, the same of flour, one cupful OF
scalded milk, one-half teaspoonful of
salt and a dash of cayenne. Cook the
stock with the seasonings twenty min
utes, then strain. Melt the fat, add
the flour and, when well blended, add
the hot seasoned stock and scalded
milk. Cook until smooth and thick.
RaIsln and Banana CasseroIe.-Take
one cupful of raisins. one cupful of
bread crumbs, four cupfuls of bananas,
one-half teaspoonful of salt, two table
spoonfuls of sugar and one table
spoonful of butter. Brush the casserole
with the butter, put half of the bananas
into the bottom of the casserole, cover
with bread, then with the raisins, which
have been stewed with a little lemon
Juice and a tablespoonful of flour and
the salt. Cover with the remainder of
the bananas and sprinkle with sugar.
Cover, put into hot oven and bake
twenty minutes; reduce the heat and
leave twenty minutes longer. Serve
hot.
Baked Ham With Vegetables.-Tak
a thick slice of ham, place in cas-
serole, and around it two Bermuda on
ions sliced and five sliced tomatoes. OF
the same amount cooked, and one-hali
cupful of water. Cover and bake II
| a moderate oven one hour.
Put fresh carrots, one or two
through the meat grinder; add
spoonful of scraped onion-more, u
liked, and an equal quantity of chopped
celery. With few nuts and a nicely
seasoned salad dressing one has a fine
healthful salad, rich in vitamines
Serve on lettuce.
The Colorado statesman., 1924-02-16

French dressing and set away to
marinate for two hours. Then add
equal parts of chopped celery and fine
ly-diced apple and serve with a mayon-
naise dressing.
Whey JeIly-Take one pint of
strained whey; add one-half cupful of
sugar, one and One-half tablespoonfuls
of gelatin, softened in cold water to
cover. Add the juice and grated rind
of n lemon and orange. Heat the sugar
and the whey add the softened gelatin
and stir until dissolved. then add the
fruit Juices and pour into n mold.
Raaout of Veal With Onions.-With
cleaver or pestle flatten veal steak
to about one-quarter of an inch In
thickness. With a small, sharp cutter
cut 1t into rounds. Cook these rounds
In hot pork fat (salt) until the juice
shows on the upper surface, then turn
and cook on the other side; add little
broth and let simmer until the meat Is
very tender-about fOrty-fve minutes;
stir two tablespoonfuls of flour with
tomato juice, salt and pepper to taste,
into this dish; add a cupful of tomato
pulp cut into pieces and cook ten min
utes longer. Have ready small onions,
cooked tender in boiling water, drained
and Drowned in butter. Serve the veal
and sauce in the center of the platter,
with the onions around in circle.
Ham Pie.-Take five large potatoes,
sliced, one pound of ham, uncooked.
two medium-slzed carrots. Place a
LAYER of potatoes, sliced, in the bottom
of the pan; crate one carrot over the
potatoes; cover with one-half of the
ham. cut into serving sized pieces
rlace another layer of potatoes and
grated carrot and cover with ham. Pour
boiling water to half-till the dish.
Cover and bake until the potatoes are
soft The last fifteen minutes uncover
and add more water. II neeued.
N,,,. }Nezn,esQ
The Colorado statesman., 1924-02-16
Vegetable Water Is
Useful in Cooking

prepared by tho United States Department
of AEricuture)
Save your potato water and rice wa.
ter as we'll as that in which many 9th.
er vegetables have been cooked, for
water in which vegetable matter Is
dissolved will in many cases make
gravles and soups better favored
Some vegetable fiavors, especially those
which are slightly sweet, are less use
full than others in this way. Cooking
green vegetables in a small amount
The Colorado statesman., 1924-02-16


ternqtely with the milk, the beating
done when all the mixing is over;
beat well for five minutes, using a
large egg beater or beat in a cake
mixer.
In baking cake which should be
baked forty minutes, divide the time
into quarters. The first quarter the
cake should begin to rise, the second
quarter 1t should finish rising and be-
gin to brown, the third quarter or
when 1t has been In the oven thirty
minutes, 1t should be well-browned and
the last ten minutes 1t finishes cook
ing and shrinks from the pan. 1t Is
a good practice to thrust a toothpick
into the center of cake; If the tooth
pick seems dry the cake will be done.
Another test is to hold the cake near
enough the ear to notice any sound OF
cooking; If 1t sings slightly let 1t re-
main n short time longer In the oven.
The sponge cake which is lightened
entirely by beaten eggs is the founda-
tion for jelly rolls, lady fingers, angel
food and sunshine cakes. These are
the most easily digested cakes and the
best for young children.
The following is a form of cake
which Is very popular and is often
used for dessert:
krlmmel Torte.-Beat the whites of
six eggs until stiff, add one cupful of
sugar-a little at n time, one-half
pound of dates cut into bits, one-half
pound of walnut meats cut fine, three
tablespoonfuls of bread crumbs and a
teaspoonful of baking powder, with n
little vanilla for flavoring. Bake In
layers and serve crumbled up with
whipped cream, sweetened and fla
vored.
In putting loaf cake mixture into
the pan try to leave n hollow in the
center of the pan as it is natural for
cake to hump up in the middle; this
will insure more level cake. This is
true of layer cake also.