The pioneer-review. [volume], July 08, 1920, Image 1

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OFF TO THE PICNIC. WHOOP LA
The American picnic is one of
our greatest national institutions.
Wc believq that it is greater than
the Bunker Hill monument or the
Yellowstone Park. Greater, ill fact,
than the constitution.
A picnic means the country- No
|icnic worthy of the name was
•ver held in town. Ag well try to
have a husking bee in a church
basement. So after the picnic has
been duly announced by the Farm
Bureau, and the Great Da^ arrives,
everybody loads up with his wife,
his fork and knife, and his neigh
bors wife, and hurrys away as fast
«s gasoline will carry him to some
#hady country grove.
There are a lot of things that
tnake a picnic a success, but the
most important is the dinner. It
is this that puts joy in the affair.
jBpeakers and singers, ball-players
Und foot-racers, and others of their
/kind always abound at a picnic,
nre always impressed with their
...... importance, and always imagine
t'^t the picnic could not be held
Avithout them, but they are very
email potatoes, when placed along
side the real event, the dinner.
Everybody goes to a picnic to
get a good meal, and they always
#et it here in Haakon coultty. Now
adays the dinner i# served "cafe
teria style." Time was when a pic
rnc was served without any style.
"'The generous women of the coun
~*Jtry-side just brought on the dinner
#n great market baskets, and the
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START A SAV/*k?5
FOR YCi/P -.'rUlJS f.Oi
OPPT. OF MlftTORY
Delicious Drinks
.. Our pure ice cream and real fruit flavof*
make the refreshments that you get at our
v fountain really nourishing food. And we
try to keep our serving dishes and recepl^H
tacles as clean and wholesome as the best
housewife in this town keeps her kitchen.
Stop In Here
and get a thirst-quencher then take a pail
of crearn cr sherbet home to the family.
NOT TttE C&EAFEST CANDY IN THE WORLD BUT THE UEST
TRY IT AND BE CONVINCED
McPEEK'S CONFECTIONERY
The education to fit your boy or girl
properly for life's wprk is more certain
if you are already SAVING for that de
finite purpose,
THE SAVEST WAY--^EA#SrAt
is to opin a Baring Aoeoant ior *da
eation, add to it r«guUrljr, and 1f the
time you need it you will hare an ample
fund on hand.
BIT DONT DELAY THE START
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crowd fell to and ate it up like
hungry harvest hands."" But one
day a town woman wondered off
to the Twin Cities, and when she
came back her church society put
on a dinner and served it "cafe-! like it.
teria style." Now the idea has got
out into the country. Nevertheless
the picnic dinner is a great suc
cess.
The average ra*» goes ^o fc
nic dtnnii* to^eat, and he doesn't
care how the food is dished up to
him. If he gets plenty, he doesn't
care for frills. And the town-men
will alweys get plenty when he
goes to a country picnic. The av
erage town-man, when at home,
has a piece of grape fruit for
breakfast, a thin trace of dried
beef and an olive for dinner, and
a cracker and a leaf of lettuce for
supper. Then he kids himself with
the belief that he is living well.
Consequently when he sits down
to a real country picnic dinner, his
appetite is a scandal to his wife
and the people who brought him
out from town We will not say
that he makes a hog of himself,
because we do not wish to cast
disparagement upon a useful farm
animal that has a fairly decent re
putation so
far as its eating'
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is
concerned.
It is hard to tell just what dis
aster the town-man's appetite
would lead him into, if a rainstorm
did not come up just after he has
his fourth helping "cafeteria
style." But of course, it rains on
the picnic, or it would be no p^c-
if.-.
And you may not have noticed
that a little rain on a town-woman
at a picnic affects her much more
than the rain does her country
sister. The country woman takes
to the picnic only the complexion
that nature has given her. Her
face wears only the tan laid on
generously by the Dakota wirds
and the freckles hatched by the
warm sun, so when the rain de
scends, and the wfnds beat upon
that complexion, she care3 not, be
cause those freckles are founded
upon a rock. But it is not so with
the town-woman. When the r:Miiri
descend upon her complexion, and
the winds beat upon it, it fall3,
and great and streaked is the fall
thereof. A perfectly good com
plexion, after it has been taken
twenty-five miles into the country
to a picnic, and subjecoted to th"
inclemency and unkindness of n
rainstoft% -does A6t like
much.
But the rain drives the j*rowd
into the barn, and that gives the
politicians a chance. AH the poli
ticians in Haakon county go to a
picnic, and some come from o\?t
side the county. When the crowd
is herded in the barn, so that it
cannot well get awav, tha .politi
cian begins to spread the hand
shake. No other band-shake is in
the same class. The brotherly
hand-shake of the church congre
gation is a poor relative, a weak
imitation. There is nothing quite
Its warmth and clinging alTec
tion are equalled only by the fond
embrace which an ardent youth
bestows upon an auburn haired
and equally ardent maiden"* at a
Farm Bureau picnic. For be it
known that picnic which gives the
politician his opportunity gives the
lovers their opportunity also. Or
at any rate the youth makes it
his opportunity.
In the very midst of the crowd,
well down toward the front while
the community singing is going
full blast, he puts his arm about
her and presses her to his throb
bing heart, by all the world ob
served. They don't care a darn.
Is it not their picnic as well as
ours? So they snuggle closer to
each other, and every nail in that
old barn sings to them like a vib
rant jews-harp by angel's lips at
tuned. We realize that Romeo had
nothing on that fellow. With suoh
an exhibition as that we marvel at
what his clinch would be whei.
Nick lets the lights go out. We
are just a bit sorry for that "little
girl, because we realize that he
will take her home sometime early
next morning, after the dancing
is over, with her( ear chewed to a
pulp. But we waste our sympathy
on her. She only snuggles closer.
But even so the American picnic
justifies itself. The town-man gets
a square meal and can exist on
salad for many days thereafter
the politician gets elected to his
office the town-woman finds an
other complexion equally jfo*.d in
the jar at home, and the p.tir of
ardent lovers after their first
burst of soft, exhuberant picnic
love may marry and found a home
that will in due time contribute
spoons, food, appetite^, tan, freck
les, handshakes and children to
the American picnic.
Yes, the picnic is a great insti
tution. The country can get on
without a president. We arc n *t
sure it could not get on without
congress. But it cannot get on
without the picniq. It 13 a great
democratic institution of our free
country. If it ever falls into dis
use, we fear that revolution and
anarchy may come upon us. Lot
us therefore rise up and c.i'l the
Farm Bureau blessed, and pray its
picnic may become an annual ev
ent In Haakon Couiilgy.
Will buy horses and mules, from
IMUrHag up. Must be fat and prce'
right. Piione or write me at
Wall, S. B. 30 tf
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Wanted Pour or five g«o# milk
«ostomer». Ifr*. T. H. Holiday, tf
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THE PIONEER-REVIEW
CONTINUING THE PIONEER AND THE PHILIP WEEKLY REVIEW
nie. Since ari6ient days it has
rained upon the just and the un
just, and when the rain descends
upon the picnic it rains upon the
country-folks and the town-folks
alike.
Philip, Haakon County, South Dakota, Thursday, July 8,1920
Ninety
-five laws and resolutions
were passed by the recent special
session of the legislature, a pretty
fair grist for a week of legislating.
A few of these laws may fall by
the wayside in the Governor's of-
will be soon.
Some of the enactments are of
particular interest at this time.
AifoOng these may be mentioned:
An act authorizing preliminary
steps to be taken to provide a
Governor's Mansion an appropria
tion to purchase Sylvan Lake as a
part of a State Park, which will
give the state one of the
Several of the new laws are of
peciiliai interest to the people of
Haakon county. Among these may
amendment of the law in
U N O E S
Sunday Services
10:30—Preaching.
11:30—Sunday School.
7:00—C. E. v
NEW LAWS ENACTED Jstill running full a day alter the
'JU BY SPECIAL SESSION storm. Twe-ry-tl.re- bridges ar*
fiee, as he is threatening to veto
some of the appropriation bills, company had an immense cement
but in the main the lawyers and culvert*
others interested, will have a con
siderable store of legislative en
actment to digest as soon as the
session laws are published, which: breaking it in two.—Pierre Capitol
be noted: an act placing the school reported by the official federal cen
systems of small cities and towns
under the judisdiction of the co
unty superintendent of schools an
relation»have
to mortgage registration taxes an people or nearly 1,000 per year.
act regulating the use of highway
funds an act regulating and chan
ging the system of state hail in
surance an act allowing the coun
ty commissioners to make extra
ordinary appropriations for brid
ges*
destroyed by floods a law au
thorizing increased levies for brid
ges an act increasing the power
of county commissioners to erect
buildings out. of current revenues
without bond issues, and an act
regulating the salary of boards of
education and an act regulating
the transportation of school chil
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Mid-Week
There will be no Mid-Week sejr*
vices until after til vacation-—
August. 22k
Next Sunday will ne communion
and the doors of the church will
be open to memberships, for those
wishing to unite with the church
there will be a few minutes in
structions at 10:30 sharp just be
fore ^Jjnrch services Sunday morn
ing.
The Presbyterian church will
close for the vacation July 18 to
August 22. We would like very
much to keep the Sunday school
open, but that depends on you—
come to Sunday school—we are
planning the Sunday school picnic
soon.
Mr. Woodworth is depending on
many young and older people to
go to the Rapid City Conference
August 2-8. It is not necessary fof
you to be a member of his con
gregation but so you are interest^
ed in a good time those days of
Christian fellowship. Ask Mr.
Woodworth about the Conference,
or write P. S. Johnson, Rapid City
Board and room, $1.00 per day.
They furnish bedding, etc, bring
your own towels for bath, etc., as
we have a right to ("Gym") and
showers. Some of the best men in
the middlewest will be on the pro
gram and the afternoon will be
spent in hiking and Ashing.
If^ you are interested in a good
time these days, Aug. 2-8, please
call Mr. Woodworth, phone 131,
IPhilip, S. D.
FLEAVL RAINS IN LYM VH*
Joe Wallace rodo in from the
WhrtaWhrer country Sunday. His
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wife MNMII aU a«apod with n
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out of the railroad between Oa o»
ma and Kennotcc, The Milwaukee
has five hun l-e-.l men at w rk le
pairing washouts. T'u re is one
crew of three hundred negroes.
At one point Mr. Wallace passed
a place where, in a large draw
with a ten foot grade, the railroad
The flood tore but the
ground below the spillway so deep
and later washed away the grade
and dumped the culvert endwise
Journal.
SIOUX FALLS THE METROPOLIS
OF THE STA'fir
The federal census showing the
population of Sioux Falls has just
been announced, and the figures
show that city far in the lead of
most all other cities in the state. The
beautiful parks in the whole coun- nearest competitor for first honors
try an act authorizing an increase is evidently Aberdeen, and the pop
ill t|ie rate on municipal bonds an ulation of that city, announced a
act restoring the office of county week ago, is just over 16,(KM), near
justice of the peace wiped out by
the recent enactment of the code
an act authorizing state banks to
pay six per cent interest on certi
fictes of deposit and also several
acta correcting defects in the re
cently enacted probate code.
ten thousand behind Sioux Falls.
Sioux Falls is truly a thriving city
It is by long odds the leading city
of South Dakota, not only in popu
lation but also in a financial and
business way.
The Argus-Leader, makes the
the following modest comment,
when the figures were announced:
With a population of 25,176, as
sus, SiouxFalls gets into the
charmed circle of "cities over
25,000." During the 10 years we
made an incrsease of 11,082
The percentage of increase is en
ough to attract attention—78.6 per
cent. Those who expected the cen
sus to show a popultion of close
to 30,000 were a little disappointed
but the Argus Leader long ago
made up its mind 1o be satisfied
with a showing of anything over
25,000 and wehave made this show
ing. The basis is now laid for a
great growth during the next de
cade and this growth will begin
to show itself rapidly as soon as
building costs come down so that
people who want to move to Sioux
Falls can find a place to live here."
Farers Elevator will handle
Plymouth Twine this season. The
name "Plymouth" is a. guarantee
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We Are Compelled To Unload
On account of cool backward season, we are com
to sacrifice profits in a Quick Unloading Sale
V^as we are heavily overstocked.
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TO PROVIDE EXECUTIVE
MANSION FOR GOVERNORS
The recent session of the legis*
lature took the first steps to pro*
vide a home at Pierre for the Gov
ernor and his family at state esc*
pense. Never has the chief execth
tive officer of the state had an ad
equate home at our state capitol.
Each time a new governor is elect
ed he has to run around Pierre like
a common clerk to find a decent
place to live. The more suitable
homes are never to rent, and r«^
cently the situation has been such
that Govrnor Norbeck has had to
move his family to his former
home in Redfield.
This brought a recommendation
for him in his message to the legt
islature, and that body has taken
the first steps to secure plans, a
location, and estimates of the cost
of a governors mansion. Let us
hope that the plan will bo carried
through. Other states have Exe
cutive Mansions. South Dakota
should have one. Nothing e tse
meets the dignity that should go
with the governor's office.
The Pierre Capitol Journal In
commenting on the matter, says:
"Governor Norbeck, in calling
attention to the fact that his famp
ily had to return to Rerfield be*
cause they could find no suitable
home in Pierre this summer, dis
closed the necessity of the «tate
supplying a governor's residence
here. A few years ago when there
were plenty of good houses to rent
we did not think it was such a
necessity for the state to supply
an executive residence but it must
be generally conceded that no man
is desirous of doing business some
where other than where his family
resides. If the governor of the
state cannot have his family in
Pierre it is reasonable to exiect
that he will not be present as
much in his office as he otherwise
might and really should. The peo
ple expect state officers to reside
and give attention to public busi
ness at the jxiint where their of
fice is located. As things now are
the governor of the state cannot
rent a residence in Pierre that is
fitting for thte home of a chief ex
ecutive. We believe the legisla
ture will realize that public busir
ness demands personal attention of
the chief executive and that he is
entitled to have his fajniijr
with him in the city.
A Great Opportunity FOP YOU -W
,,i To Buy Ladies Pumps, Oxfords, House Slippers
and Silk Hose, Misses and Childrens Shrap Slippers,
'Etc., Boys Outing Shoes, Barefoot Sandals, Etc.
Mens Dress Shoes, Work and Outing Shoe*, Oxfords.
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price list and folder showing many styles that you
caif save a lot of money on.
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UNLOADING SHOE SALE
Beginning July 1st and running all thru month
sof luly, we wilt conduct a Great Unloading Sale •o.f
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