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.. K*i.-- v ate •A V a a y *5"* W V «5*i .t4&> "tig f•*??*• V- -u^ 1 Without a Loss BED CROSS NEWS From a list of donations that we have seen it appears that the Elwood branch will have a fine sale on Dec oration day, May 30, at Mike Feeney's ranch. The branch must be adver tising $2,000 or $3,000 worth of live stock for sale. There should be a big attendance for we predict that it will be the biggest Red Cross sale ever held fifty miles' from a railroad in the United States. The public sale at Midland last Saturday was a great one. The total proceeds from everything was above $6,300. Not many towns in the whole country the size of Midland can make such a showing we doubt if there is another one. Indeed, we may say, without the .least intention of start ing anything, that we know a town that puts on some airs as the Capital City of a great state that was not able to make the showing that Mid land made. On Monday the Haakon county chap ter made the largest monthly ship ment 1 rom Philip to Minnesota that it has ever made. Here is the list: 170 hospital bed shirts, 110 pajama •suits, 66 pair socks, 13 sweaters, two pairs wristlets, ten kerchiefs for Bel gian women, 20 hand towels, one bath towel, 21 tea towels, 38 hospi i i iy jfr" I I I I I I I I I I I I I I W i i -... 5"' *4: "v' $1,000,000 Loaned by us in Haakon and adjoin ing counties during the past eleven years-, Buy Coal This Spring r~ •V- f^xi, On account of the experiences of the pa*f win ter, in maintaining a supply of coal for the trade, we wish to urge everyone to put in their supply of coal for next winter during the months of April and May. We don't think there will be a better price than the government will put In force those two months, and it cannot bf too strongly urged that purchase and delivery tfitt made during that period. When the crops are being moved In August andf September, it will be Impossible for the coal dealers to get many cars. We will accordingly make arrangements for these spring sales. We have a supply on hand that will not slack to of during the summer months. i A. C. Kingston Mmr Go. I HELMER ELEESON, Manager FHUP, S, IX V £_ xff "a*-- .i 1918 Spring If ycu have a loan coming due and want to renew# write us and we will save you money BIELSKI FARM LOAN CO. Philip, South Dakota tal bags, five wash cloths, one knitted baby afagan and five pairs of bed socks. There was five big boxes of the shipment, and it kept several of our women folks busy most of the day getting the shipment packed. Although we are not able to report the list of officers, we understand that a new branch was organized in the Marrietta- Wellsburg neighborhood last Saturday. This will make us eighteen branches. The second War Fund campaign for a hundred million dollars commenced Monday morning. Enough of the branches had reported an oversub scription by ten o'clock so that J. W. Barksdale could telegraph state head quarters at Sioux Falls that we had raised our allotment of $1,500. So far every branch has raised its alot ment. Just a little more than a dol lar a member was apportioned to to guard against the possibility that some branch might not be able to raise their share. No such branch has yet been located, and when the re turns are all in we believe all our or ganizations will be "over the top." Hardingrove branch is planning a public sale for early July. The ex act date and program will be an nounced later. The play and dance given by the junior Red Cross of the Deadman school at the Reynlck home last Fri day evening was very well attended and all report an enjoyable time. The receipts for the evening amounted to $51. Music for the occasion was furnished by Judd Pepper and donat ed to the junior Red Cross by Nels Carstensen. The second war fund now being raised offers a larger opportunity for a great service possible than the reg speak V Si* &>! rloPii." Best of terijifc, 1 FUTURE COMMERCIAL PROBLEMS Drugs, dyestuffs and chemicals have shared with and even exceeded muni tions as a favored field for expansion since the war began. Upwards of $377,000,000 have been put Into new establishments of this sort as against only $267,000,000 in new munition plants. After the war the munition plants will have to be turned to other uses, while the chemical factories the dye plants and the drug concerns will be able to go on with their busi ness. That is, they will be able to go on if by that time some consider ation has been given to their neces sities by the lawmakers. The re-ad justment of our commercial relations when peace comes will not be a mere matter of drawing treaties which shall make the world safe for democ racy it will require close attention to the conditions which the war will have created in our whole industrial system. The new plants which have sprung up in response to Insistent war demands will present problems which can be solved only by a just view of their needs in relation to the conditions which will then prevail. Lieut Hiram Row* arrived Monday afternoon from San Diego, Cal., for a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Rows. His future location will be at W«w,. JWre Time*. -I.-' rf&l jtV *4 VOL. XIII. NO. 13. PHILIP, HAAKON COUNTY, S. D., THURSDAY, MAY 23,1918 $1.50 A YEAR We Offer The K Best of rates ,'V Best of service Jf jk •51® iE»ai ular work of the branches. That"might hardly seem possible until we consid er that all the War Fund in the form of ambulances, canteens, rest stations aid for refugees, and relief in a hun dred other forms goes right up to the battle line. Considerable of the regular branch work is expended in this country. Besides this, for evtry dollar contributed to the War Fmntl, by taking advantage of accumulated interest $1.02 is expended is jp«rope. GIVE TREBLY The annual drive for the Red Cross is now on. The country was told plainly, a year-ago, that the treadfod millions then raised for this magni ficent benefaction would have to be duplicated every year of the war. And, so swiftly does time move, that the first year is ended and the demands of the Red Cross are renewed. The re sponse will be as prompt and as gen erous this time as it was before. The hundred millions given to the Red Cross last year have been the bent used of all the milliona that the war has cost. Without graft and with manifest efficiency the Red Cross has done its work. Its personnel is sin gularly free from the self-seeking, swivel-chair type of administrator whom this war has bo prolifically produced. Men and women of the highest type of mind and action man age the Red Cross. From its doors politics has been ridgldly barred. In contributing to the Red Cross, the generous people of the country may be sure that their dollars reach the intended beneficiaries with the slight est attrition for expenses of adminis tration and that the highest percent age of return Is had for every dollar used. I*' BEAUTIFUL RED CROSS NURSES A war correspondent for a Phila delphia paper, writing from France, says he never saw a Red Cross nurse who was not beautiful within 24 hours after she had donned her uni form and gone to work with her min istries among the ill or wounded. As mere women Red Cross nurses are not fairer to look upon than their sisters in other walks of life. Nurses of this great organization are not se lected for their prettiness of face or figure, although many of them meas ure up beyond par in feminine pulch ritude. Why, then, did this correspondent find all the Red Cross nurses that he saw beautiful within 24 hours after he first watched them on duty? The question scarcely needs answering be cause the answer is obvious. The work they do is the kind that glori fies womanhood. It is the spirit of love, of mercy and of tender sympa thy actuating them in their ministries that makes them beautiful to those to whom they minister and those who look on. The ideal Red Cross nurse is phys ically strong, cheerful, alert, brave, competent and mistress of the situa tions as they arise. She has intelli gence, initiative and moral fiber. Above any one of these she is domin ated by woman love—-the love that dares greatly for the weal and com fort of a stricken fellow creature. If the American people could see the Red Cross nurses in the war zones giving the full measure of their devo tion as this correspondent has seen them, they would be even more cor dial In giving of their bounties to make this wonderful work pQBfjj^rr Minneapolis Journal. WILL OBSERVE LILAC DAY Lilac Day will be observed Sunday, May 26th, at the J. W. Canney farm, five mlleB northwest of Stamford on the Midland-Stamford trail. Church services will be couducted at 11 a- m. by Rev. O. E. Tell, of Philip. A basket dinner will be served at 12:30 and an address by Governor Peter Norbeck will follow. Short talks will be made by Prof. N. E. Hanson, of the State college, R. A. Bielski, of Philip, E. B. Townsend, of Murdo, and A. G. Gran ger, of Kadoka. There will be special singing, and music by the Murdo serve lemonade shrdlu shrdluhrd band. The Red Cross ladies will serve lemonade during the day. Li lac Day at the Canney farm has be come an annual event. Last year over 500 people accepted the invitation to spend the day with Mr. and Mrs. Canney and found over 20,000 blos soms out in full. Each was given all the flowers they cared for. This year arrangements have been made for a big time for everyone in attendance and the committee urges that the folks come early and stay all day. HE FIRED THE FIRST SHOT Gabriel Prinzip, the hare-brained Serb whose pistol at Sarajevo, nearly four years ago, awoke the world to war, has just died In an Austrian! prison. Prinzip was long ago forgot ten as a factor in making of Arma geddon and his death has produced only casual comment anywhere. Whether he was inspired to his mad act by any authoritative 8erbian of ficial will probably always remain a moot question, but its consequeces are too stupendous to be speculated upon now. It was the Austrian de mand for participation i nthe Tribu nal which was to try Prinzip's al leged accomplices that led Russia to come to the defense of Serb sovereign ty—and now Russia herself is beneath the heel of the Teutonic powers. The mind which could have visualized the events of today when Prinzip fired his fanatical shot would have been deem ed as unsound as Prinzip's. R. A. Bielski, of Philip, called In town this week in the interests of his candidacy for nomination as State Senator on the Republican ticket. Mr. Bielski is well known over the dis trict and needs no introduction to our readers. We don't mind stating right here that we are for Mr. Bielski, with both feet We believe that he will work for the general good of his con stituents and accomplish something. He has in mind an amendment to the school laws, which if put through will be Invaluable to the development of our high schools, a matter of no lit tle Importance. For that, especially, W« believe that he should rec«kf*-A)H) nomination.—Interior Index. if- 't i '_' -y\. -,v^ '?rs•£.*** 1 N* AT THE GEM THEATRE Friday and Saturday— Guaranteed the greatest and most wonderful pro duction of Its kind that has ever been In this theatre—Edgar Lewis' greatest achievement, a mighty indictment of race hatred, red blooded dramatic mo ments leading up to tremendous cli maxes of THE BAR SINISTER. The season's most sensational, soul stir ring story by Anthony P. Kelley. Am erica's most exacting newspaper, the New York Tribune, says that the Bar Sinister is one of the best things that has ever been seen on the screen. Matinee Saturday at 2 p. m. Evening shows will start at 8 o'clock. Ad mission 25c and 50c. The Red Cross phonograph will be raffled off Saturday evening. Bring your numbers. Monday and Tuesday—A six-reel show, Vengeance and the Woman, a two-reel drama, the physical culture reel and John Bunny comedy. 15 and 20c. Just one more week of the serial. Wednesday and Thursday—A west ern picture and one of the best that money can get, Wm. S. Hart in WOLVES OF THE RAIL, one of his greatest productions. Story by Den ison Clift, directed by Thomas H. Ince. Thrilling from start to finish. 15 and 35c. On Friday and Saturday a big spe cial production for Manager Brown's last showing at the Gem. I want to thank my many patrons for turning out to the Gem so well in the past two years. 1 have always tried to give you the best of service during my stay here, and I can say to you that there are some real good programs booked for this theatre each and ev ery week up to the first of January, 1919. I have been booking for some time to fill in all the dates and you will find some of the best that money can buy. Chas. Hoover will manage the Gem and I think you will find him a live wire, and will make you a good show man. I am leaving to take the Colonial Theatre at Aberdeen, the best and most up to date show house In that city. 1 hope to see some of you at the Colonial once in a while. Come and say "How de do," anyway. SIRENS OF THE SEA, the attrac tion for Friday and Saturday even ings has been priced to me for a three day run in Aberdeen at $150, so you see it costs something to run a pic ture show. Features cost four times as much in Aberdeen as they do in Philip. SIRENS OF THE SEA is the picture beautiful. Bring the children. They will ike it. Come yourself. Tell Dad to come, he will like it. Admis sion 20 and 40 cents. Following is the synopsis: "It's an enchanted island, and over yonder sit Lorelei and her sirens. Destruction or not, I'm going to Lor elei," exclaims the handsomest young yachtsman, Gerald Waldron, to Hart ley Iloyce, as they sail past a rock bound island, where 3ybil, an exquis itely beautiful maiden, and her girl companions, ail donned in sea weed in lieu of bathing suits, are playing ukleles and dancing about the beach. The girls seek hasty shelter as the young men make a landing and rush after them. Gerald and Hartley both become enamoured of the golden-haired Sybil. Trouble ensues, a captlatlng brunette consumed with jealousy, conspires with Harley for the undoing of Sybil, who, to elude Hartley's desparate pur suit, throws herself into the sea. Ger ald rows about all night and fallB asleep at dawn, dreaming of Sybil aB Lorelei. A thrilling drama based on the Lorelei legend is then visualized on the screen with picturesque /h" A I Ah" 5 4 %Jiff "«fct *ar J", $•# V 5 4 Bet v- •:-•••.- "I .".'- .' .\\":.* 'V rAt\ *. "J tings and magnificent waterwltch scenes of dazzling splendor, the sea swarming with a huge ensemble of al luring water sprites performing sen sational swillming and diving feats that have never been surpassed. CHARLEY WILL DO THE RBST— ASK HIM. SWAT THE WEEDS NNDER THE GROUND Most garden weeds can be killed be fore they show above the surface soil with the garden rake, cultivator, or hoe, says R. S. Mcintosh, University Farm. Cultivation to keep the soil in "proper condition for the crops is bet ter than cultivation to kill the weeds. The old adage, "A stitch in time saves nine is all right, but it might as well be made, in gardening, "Cultivation in time kills ninety-nine." Cultivation or tillage aids in chang ing the soil so that the crop can have a better chance to find the food ma-, terials needed to produce the food men want. The rule of the special ist is: Cultivate often cultivate ajttor every rain. •, WHEN PEACE COMES Some day peace will come. Thous ands—millions of men—will suddenly be thrown back again into civil life. Consider the vastness of the read justment that will be necessary. Look back at the period of reconstruction after our own civil war. Prepare for this new period of reconstruction. The day of reckoning is bound to come. Begin to save now. Thrift is the need of the present, the hope of the future. Liberty Loan bonds, war saving stamps, the safest securities in the world, are a wise provision for the day peace comes. GEORGE DID IT, TOO! George Washington once complain-1 ed of his failure to get his newspaper.» Writing to the editor, he said: "It has sometimes occurred to me, that there are persons who, wishing to read'1 newspapers without being at the ex-v pense of paying for them, make free' with those which are sent to others."^ George, was a wise gftjytor of country, wasn't heT ©r THI5, Of IMC STATE v- First Step Toward Success Do you know of a single pro* jperous man who does not carfy 3a bank book? Do you know that imoney in the bank is a friend in peed? Do you know that a bank ^account is the first step toward ^success? If you* know all these .things and are not a patron of our bank, why npt call today and .^become one? -.V. f. A. i First State Bank or Philip .PHILIP, S. pAK. V rV-r-V- .''1IIM .i'J II i •yr- 'I A joint meeting of the coittaifn1eiH ers of Haakon and Stanley counties! was held in Midland Tuesday and a%. agreement reached relative to the road* to be built north of Midland The roadr will traverse both counties from Mld-fi land to the Bob Gray ranch and fro ins' that place will angle across Haakonr county to the northwest. Work on*, the road will be commenced In near future.—Midland Mall. Stanley county voters will express^ their choice at the primary election as to whether their board of commls-f sloners shall be reduced from (!Ve tfr three members. A- Ate Mi Five Perkins county residents wera convicted in county court of failure to send their children to school, and,' fines imposed in each case. Hi: *4 J* ft fy-S W pj/fr* 9 r- V J-