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Smyrna times., 1926-03-03
TO CURTAIL INFANT DEATHS
Careful Study of Diseases Will Start
on Monday, March the First

Beginning March 1, the State Board
of Health is now Undertaking a care
full surveillance and study of infant
diseases, which by the end of the year
is expected to develop information
that will enable the state health Of
ficials to greatly reduce the infant
mortality of Delaware which for
long time has been anything but a
credit. Final figures for 1925 are NOT
quite completed, but the average death
rate in every 1000 births will total
about 80 or 81. This compared with
sc in New York state, with the ter
ribly cOngested conditions and hous-
ing situation that maintains in New
York City and with 76 for the aver
age throughout the entire United
States, gives an idea of how abnormal
the infant death rate in Delaware is
But even at that tremendous strides
have been made in the past two years
In 1923, the infant death rate in Del
aware was 104 per thousand. The
year 1924 witnessed it being cut to 95
per thousand and the year 1926, will
see a still further reduction to about
90 or 81.
"The figures show the great value
of prenatal care that is needed" said
DR.. Arthur T. Davis, executive head
of the State Board of Health. "Our
records Indicate the tremendous death
rate that occurs in the first week and
first month of the life of a baby and
which may mean either failure to pro-
vide proper preparation for the i'm
portant event or else neglect immed-
lately afterwards.
During the year just closed there
were AIT deaths under one year in
age and of these 23O were stillbirths.
The total dying in the first day were
SO and in the first week 1870, almost
One-third. The total for the first
month was 1872 or nearly so per cent,
both figures, those for the first week
and first month being entirely toe
high.
"It will be our purpose to watch all
mortality figures, and learn the facts
concerning the cause of each death
and after we have obtained enough
data to warrant the department tax
ing steps to remedy some of the con
ditions where neglect or ignorance
may be the reason, we shall, we hope
be able to counteract some of the
mortality and bring the death rate
more nearly to the normal for tht
country"
Smyrna times., 1926-03-03

cooperative banks, credit associations
nor insurance companies.
Fifty-four of the associations list
ed are federations with local units,
49 are sales agencies operating in
central markets, 35 are bargaining
associations, and SO are large-scale
organizations of the centralized type.
Of the total number of associations
listed, 1925 are primarily engaged in
the marketing of grain, 2197 in hand
ling dairy products, ITO in shipping
livestock, 1850 in marketing fruits
and vegetables, 121 are performing
various functions in the marketing of
cotton, 81 in marketing wool, II in
mark keting poultry or poultry pro-
ducts, and "a in marketing tobacco.
Over seventy per cent of all the as
sociations are in the twelve North
Central States. Approximately six
per cent of the total number are in
the three Pacific Coast States, and
less than three per cent are in the
five New England States.
The largest number OF ASSOCIATIONS
reported from any one state is 1883
from Minnesota Iowa is credited
with 1894 associations, Wisconsin with
1892, and Illinois with 822. The num-
bers reporting from some of the other
states are: Missouri, 537; Nebraska,
488; Kansas, 466; California, $50;
New York, 286.
The grain marketing associations
are largely in the twelve North Cen
tral States, as are also the greater
number of the livestock shipping as
sociations. The organizations engag-
ed in the marketing Of dairy products
are scattered through the forty-eight
states with a fair percentage of the
total number in Minnesota and Wis.
oonsin.
Smyrna times., 1926-03-03
Had Oral Proof That
Ode Clips" Had Arri0S2

When I was a boy, living with my
parents near Waterloo, Iowa, writes a
Companion reader, we had some Scan
dinavian neighbors living across the
road from us. They were excellent
neighbOrs, kind-hearted and obliging,
honest and hard-working, but with
very little education. There was to
be an eclipse of the sun on a certain
day one summer. Naturally, people
were discussing It in advance, and
neighbOr Lars and his good wife had
heard 1t talked about, though they had
not much comprehension of what 1t
was all about
During the forenoon of the day Of
the eclipse the wife rushed across the
road and excitedly informed my moth
er that "de clips is comm; I hear 1t
clippin'l l''
Curious to learn what had caused
the good woman's excitement, mother
stepped out of the house to look and
listen.
Don't you hear 1t clippin'T" earn
estiy exclaimed our neighbor.
Then 1t dawned ON mothers compre-
hension what she meant. In a field q
hRlf-mile away, but out Of sight Of
either house, mother heard the click
Of a mower where some neighbor war
moving hay. The "clfp" Of the knivei
was -ds ciipp8n' that our good neigh
Dor had connected IN her mind With
the mysterious eclipse Of which she
had heard 30 much and Understood %
little.-Youth's Companion.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-09-02
CONDITIONS OF FORT PECK
LAND PAYMENTS SET FORTH

A, 1925 (Forty-third Statutes,
page 1850, may obtain an extern
sion of time for the payment of
the total amount of principal and
interest required by that act for
one year from the date when such
sum became or shall become due
under the provisions of said act,
upon the payment of interest on
the total amount involved at the
rate of 5 per centum per annum.
Provided, That the claimant
shows to the satisfaction of the
Commissioner of the General Land
Office by affidavit corroborated
by the affidavits of at least two
persons, the fact of and the rea-
son for his inability to make the
payment: Provided further, That
such claimant for the same rea-
son and upon making payment of
like interest and furnishing a like
affidavit may obtain an addition
al extension of one year, but no
more, for the payment of any
amount so extended.
Sec. 2. Upon failure of any per-
son to make complete payment of
the required amount within the
of any extension granted
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piration of the extension period
entryman is still unable to pay
he amount required he may OBJ
tain e further extension until No
vember l, 1928, upon filing a SIM
liar affidavit and paying a like
amount of interest.
5. Where relief is sought by
persons falling under section 2 of
the act of March 4, 1925, who
were required to pay on November
/, 1925, the entire amount of
principal and interest due, an ex-
tension will be granted to Novem-
Der ], 1926, on the payment of
interest in advance on or before
November 1, 1926, at the rate of
5 per cent per annum or the total
amount due and the filing of an
affidavit, as described above, with
the privilege of a further extern
sion of one year to November l,
1927, on the payment of the
same amount of interest and the
filing of a like affidavit.
Affidavit Copies to Moller
6. A copy of each affidavit ask
ing for the extension allowed by
this act to those unable to pay the
ann unts due under the act Of
March a. 1925, must be sent by
the applicant by registered letter
to the superintendent of the Fort
Peck Indian Reservation, Poplar,
Montana, and the registry receipt
must be filed in your office, to-
gether with an affidavit that such
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be sent to the en- ryman at his
record address and if service is
not obtained at that address, a
further notice should be directed
to the entryman at the post office
nearest the land.
9. Where the required interest
is paid and the affidavit filed, you
will transmit the affidavit to this
office with a statement of the in
terest received, which you will
hold in your unearned account
until advised of the acceptance of
the affidavit.
10. Where full payment has
been made and satisfactory proof
as to residence, cultivation and
improvements has been submitted,
you will issue final certificate in
the absence of objections shown
by your records without special in
structions from this office.
IL. The act is supplemental to
the acts of March 2, 1917 $50
Stat, 994), December II, 1919
al Stat, 1867, and March 4,
1925 (43 Stat, 1850. See cir
culars Nos. 544 GAG L. D., 75);
667 (47 L. D., 1850 and 986 (51
L. D., 76). Payments maturing
after March 4, 1925, must be
paid as indicated in Circular No.
544.
II. Any entryman may if he
so desires file a REIMBURSEMENT of
a portion of his entry and apply
to have the money heretofore paid
applied ON the part retained (46
L. D., 282).
Very respectfully,
WILLIAM SPRY, Commission
er.
Approved: July 20, 1926.
E. c. FINNEY, First Assistant
Secretary.
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in accordance with the provisions
of this act, the homestead entry
Of such person shall be cancelled
and the lands revert to the status
of other tribal lands of the Fort
Peck Indian Reservation"
Interest Must Be Paid
l.. Under the provisions of this
act any entryman on the Fort
Peck Reservation or his success
ors or transferees who has not
paid the amount due and requir-
ed to be paid on November 1,
1925, by the act of March a, 1925
(43 Stat, 1267), may obtain an
extension of time for one year
for payment of the total amount
due both of principal and inter-
est on filing in your office on or
before November /, 1926, an aft
fdavit, corroborated by the aft
davits of two persons satisfactor-
lily showing that he is unable to
make the required payment and
accompanied by the payment of
interest at the rate of 5 per cent
per annum on the amount sought
to be extended.
2. At the expiration of the first
extension granted by the act an
additional extension of one year
may be allowed on a like showing
of inability to pay the amount
due if accompanied by the re-
quired interest.
Regarding Half Payments
8. In the case of the half pay
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-09-02
COMMISSIONER EXPLAINS
STATUS UNDER LEAVITT
BILL, JUNE Is, 1926

William Spry, commissioner Cd
the general land office at Wash
ington, has issued the following
circular to the register of the dis
trict land office at Great Falls,
relative to the status of payments
by entrymen on the Fort Peck
reservation under the act of June
Is, 1926, introduced by Con-
gresham Scott Leavitt. Since
the document from the commits
sioner is difficult to condense in
to briefer form, and as the var
ious paragraphs are all essential
to a full understanding of the con-
ditions covering all situations, it
is reprinted in full as follows:
The act of June Is, 1926 pub
lie No. 393), provides:
Text of Act
"That any entnyman on the for
mer Fort Peck Indian Reservation,
or his successors or transferees,
who is unable to make payment
as required by the act of March
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a notice was mailed. The Indiar
superintendent should promptly
mail to this office any objection.
and the reason therefor, enter
tanned by him against the allow
ance of any extension requested.
Regarding Entry Cancellations
z. The provision in section 2 of
the act that the failure of any
person to make complete payment
of the required amount for the
period of any extension granted
in accordance with the provisions
of the act shall result in the cam
collation. of his entry and the re-
version of the land to the status
of other tribal lands of the Fort
Peck Indian Reservation will be
strictly observed. Entries for
payments are not made as
required will be cancelled with
out further notice to the parties
in interest other than the notice
advising them of the amounts due.
s. On such entry on which pay
ment has not been made as re-
quired by the act of March A.,
a notice showing the total
amount due on November l., 1925,
the said act and the amount
of interest required to extend the
time for payment until November
1926, will be prepared in this
and sent to your office for
service by registered mail. A
copy of this notice, together with
8 copy of this letter, should first
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-09-02
VITAL SEED CORN

A good way to dry ears of corn
is to string them, suspending the
strings of ears in an open shed
or loft, the ears not being per-
mitted to touch n another.
The vitality of seed corn often
is reduced by leaving it in &, sack
or pile for even a day after gath
ering. With some moisture in
the cobs and kernals, the ears be-
gin to sour or mildew in a re-
markedly short time during warm
weather. If left on the plant too
long after ripening, the kernals
may sprout or mildew during
warm, wet weather or be injured
by freezing.
Seed ears should be picked,
therefore, as soon as thoroughly
ripe and placed where they will
be safe. If they contain much
moisture when picked they must
be stored in such a way that there
will be a free circulation of air
around each ear.
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ment allowed to be made Novem.
Der /, 1925, under section l Of
the act of March 4, 1925, the en-.
tryman, if such payment has not
been made, will be allowed an ex-
tension until November /, 1926,
within which to pay the amount
due on the payment of interest in
advance on or before November
/, 1926, at the rate of 5 per cent
per annuIm on the total amount
due November /, 1925, provided
a corroborated affidavit as de-
scribed above is filed and found
satisfactory. If at the expiration
of the extension period entryman
is still unable to pay the amount
required, he may obtain a further
extension until November /, 1927,
upon filing a similar affidavit and
paying a like amount of interest.
A.. In the case of the half pay
menI W NC iindue NoNehl
Der 1, 1926, under section l of
the act of March A. 1925, the en-
tryman, if unable to make such
payment will be allowed an ex-
tension until November 1, 1927,
within which to pay the amount
due, on the payment in advance
on or before November L, 1926,
of interest at the rate of 5 per
cent per smnum on the total
amount due November 1, 1926,
provided a corroborated affidavit,
as described above, is filed and
found satisfactory. If at the ex-
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-09-02
LOCAL CHURCHES
Il q 4 4 4 q z 4 Z q Z q 4 q

FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH
Morning worship at IL 100
O'Clock.
The pastor and family return
ed last Saturday from a refresh
ing visit among relatives and
friends in Minnesota. The Sun
day morning hour of worship will
be resumed as usual. The Sun
day School vacation will continue
until September 18th when the
classes viii again meet at the 10
o'clock hour.
You are always heartily well
come at First Lutheran"
Other Services
September 5-Our Saviour's
Lutheran church at the Coll
school house at 1870 p. m. Sum
day.
September 5-Trinity Lutheran
church at the Chapel at 4:30 p.
m. Sunday.
September 11-First Lutheran
church of Divide will meet for
worship at the Boyd school house
at 200 p. m. The annual meet
ing of the congregation viii be
held following the services.
September list. Paul's
Lutheran church at the Liberty
school house at 700 p. m.
Everyone in the community is
cordially invited to enjoy these
services with us.
REV. A. o. JOHNSON.
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Sunday School - 1000
Morning Worship HOO
Christian Endeavor $50
Sunday School commences next
Sunday, September 5th.
Christian Endeavor, to be
known in the future as the Pres
byterian Young Peoples Society,
also meets on September 5 and
will take up the consideration of
future plans. September 18th
should be the commencement of
all our fall work. And a notice
able increase in church attend
ance is also hoped for.
The Pleasant Valley Sunday
School still shows great interest
and new faces are present each
Sunday. If you live in that vi
entity bring your children to Sun
day School. It is a union Sum
day School end the Rev. S. A.
Walker breaches every Sunday af-
ternoon at $3.50.
SYDNEY A. WALKER, Pastor.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-09-02

The hard central core of a cab
bage has a sweet, peppery flavor
which IS especially good when
chopped and used in salad.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-09-02

A garnish of whipped cream on
milk soups improves their ap-
pearance and adds to their food
value.
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COMMUNITY PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH

Hours of Service
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sky.
Riding northward in stuffy day
coaches was no fun. 1t was as bad as
being home, at school, excepting with
strangers always around his father
wasn't beating him or swearing at
him. This was the way to ride-atop
a boxcar named in big white letters:
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western!
Only a half-mile and the train would
be out of the yards heading westward
into the Wide World.
His car jerked, knocking his elbow
from his suitcase. Arthur's heart be-
gan beating faster. Up ahead a sud
den blast in the engine shot black
smoke in the air.
A man was walking toward him atop
the train. He was a brakeman, but
Arthur wasn't afraid.
well, what do you think you're
doing?" the brakeman said, standing
over Arthur.
nothing" Arthur said.
Whats the suitcase for?"
1--WE got some clothes and food in
IT,"
The man laughed, saying: You're
a fine kind of hobo, taking your
trunk with you. How old are you,
kidd"
sixteen last January"
The brakeman picked up the suit
case, testing its weight, laughing.
''Why didn't you ship this ahead?"
he asked. You'd be the hardest work
ing man on the train Juggling this
around"
Arthur was blushing. embarrassed
by the brakemans hearty joking.
when do we pull out?" Arthur
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asked.
"Ho-ho-ho!" the brakeman laughed.
''Ha-ha-hal o we're starting in just
minute. You'll be on your way in a
minute, Bub."
What's the joker" Arthur growing
annoyed.
"Ho-ho-ho!--see you when we get
there" brakeman walking along next
car toward caboose.
Resting elbow on suitcase, Arthur
sat looking ahead at the engine, pride
hurt by brakeman laughing. Kissing
steam was gushing from cylinders far
out on both sides. The train jerked
again, Arthur finding himself slowly
moving. Excited, going at last, he
gave surrounding train yards, facto-
ries, warehouses a sweeping glance as
in farewell.
But helll That was west, that way.
The train was moving east, gathering
momentum slowly, locomotive smoke
stack booming slowly beating time.
Getting up, adjusting himself to the
trains motion, Arthur stepped across
to the next car toward the brakeman
standing six car-lengths away.
where's this train going?" Arthur
walking up to brakeman unsteadily.
where do you suppose? Where do
you want to go kid?"
81 thought it was going west.
Isn't it,"
Hell, kid, you're f. o. B. Detroit"
what? Who do you mean?"
Of. o. B. Detroit means freight on
board, Detroit" Brakeman looking
over Arthur's head at yard signals.
why do you say that? Where are
we going?"
This train stays here. youngster.
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By Stirling Bowen

We're just getting into the yards
now"
at stays here?"
sure. We had to lie out here
for a while, that's ALL" -ze
You're not going away at allf--
even after a while?"
You're ON fast freight bound east
for Detroit, and you've just arrived.
Bub."
Gosh
Where did you think you were
going?" brakeman looking down into
Arthur's face.
why, I'm leaving homo. AAd-
Gosh!"
tough luck, kid"
Gee whizI saw the engine mp at
that end OF the train and I thought
sure you were going. Gee whiz---"
mo, that's only q switch engine.
You'd better get your suitcase and hop
on here if you live around here. You'll
have trouble getting back II you
don't"
Arthur, turning, walking away atop
the slowly moving train said: 'T live
around here, but I'm not going there.
Didn't You hear me say I'd left homer"
all right. kid-better think 1t
over, though"
Not answering. Arthur continued
forward toward his suitcase. Climb
ing down steel rungs. holding on
finally with one hand, he held his suit
case as far down as he could, dropping
it to the ground. Continuing down the
cars side, he jumped, landing safely.
walking slowly back to where his suit
case was lying tilted across a rail on
the next track.
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FOB DETROIT

CCALING the dingy red boxcar's
~ side with his large heavy black
suitcase was laborious for Arthur
Henry, who was going away forever.
He was going into the Wide World,
which was the recognized general
name for somewhere else.
Certain the long string of freight
cars on the siding would soon be pull
ing out, Arthur Henry began climbing,
suitcase humping legs. rung by rung,
laboriously upward.
Father was working at Dodge Broth
ers. Mother was sleeping after scrub
bing First National Bank building
floors all night. Sister Susan, Brother
Merrill were bending over books in
school. Nobody knew where he was.
Teachers, parents, policemen were
eliminated from life. He was alone,
himself. II there were birds in rail
road yards they would be singing. For
appropriately singing birds Arthur had
to think of childhood in Logan county,
w. Va: brown thrashers, cat birds,
robins, flickers, warbling, crying in
trees behind a striking miners tent
colony on an open hillside.
Clutching the top rung, head rising
above car, face flushing with exertion,
excitement, Arthur joined company
with Keats on first looking into Chap
mans Homer, Balboa glimpsing the
Pacific over the summit of his peak in
Darien. Arthur looking out upon the
surroundings from the box cars top,
was finding new perspective. From
that position leaning SYSTEMATICALLY
on his suitcase he would soon be see
-. ing Detroit vanish behind him, smoky
atmosphere giving way to vivid blue
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that some of the aristocrats would join
his ranks.
After many battles Kosciusko lost
the fight. Warsaw fell4into the hands
of the bloody Czarist General Suvorov
who massacred the population. Kosciu-
sko was taken prisoner and kept in
the famous Peter and Paul fortress in
Petersburg. He was released by the
Car Paul LIST, and come back to the
United States in 1895. Soon afterwards
he went back to Europe.
Napoleon was quite anxious to en-
gage Kosciusko for his army. But
Kosciusko refused because Napoleon
did not agree to free Poland.
Kosciusko died on April 2, 1917,
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Of the little he did for them, the peas
ants considered Kosciusko their hbe-
ratOr and joined his ranks. Many i'm
portant battles against the Russian
army were won by Kosciusko because
of the peasants, the famous "scythe
men,"
Cities were also joining Kosciusko.
In Warsaw a battalion Of tradesmen
and workers under the leadership of
the shoemaker, Jan Kilinski, took just
ice into their own hands and hung
several traitors of Poland, Bishop Mas
salski, the aristocrats Czetwertynski,
Lasopolski, Roguski and others. Kos
ciusko condemned this action as too
severe in his opinion. He still thought