The Mellette County pioneer. [volume], March 29, 1912, Image 1

About The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971

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I LOCAL ITEMS ji
!«. )< > Ik 11 '1 v i*i, a I
j. tu M uoiu.
t>jdh:.m o! Ur-gory. t*.i ! liu*.
Woi'l the lad of tlii- «ivL
Lima. Oe*>. I*. Sully and S.
«t<>p»il or* ll L' ic tut tlx r \\j,)
W Kites'.
s A till* I *h*ii o*UUtV ,
iinrrj* m White If:v**r the lit
of the week.
ul iu< hoim-dcadcr** i** being
more ru-rt day. the Fniniev. .
I
coutitunillv crovvdei 1.
tu! Mi - . William W. Jordan.*
U-wn. v\cie made happy a
I.m ago niter the arrival of u|
y b*v.
i
Film leturued from Omaha.!
of the Meek, after spending
I »\m with hi** wife. who bat
•l»eiti hi hospital Mr me«!ieal
it.
\pril l*-t. the Wow! pc*«*t |
II i*.cue atul pay money ord**ra.
I male it tuiieh more eonvien •
lit '«• UiahlUg to tteiul, or ex
to re ( ‘fix* money.
\ i/iikj. who In* number fit* w
» T’u-tilka nutnlwr 1*214. are
Ihiough the homestead couii* j
•aid that tlie laud around
ili l»e**t that they had *utn
heir trip.
|
•loliuwtcu. .lake Holm and
t
paid, * ho li.iw been niniiin;*
I fiuiihing the note work.
? Friday to »|»*nd Sun -lay in
they will hi* bark Monday
e the work.
Ifappe, from Arcadia, lowa,
tmmlier rt s .*i, doped at the!
hot* I. on hi* way to White,
Mr. Ui.ppo said that the land ;
No<* 1 h*okrd good to him and
»juried to return here U fore
his homestead.
i ere closed Mareh 2btb, for j
mail «crvice In-tween ('niter j
•d. Thin will pro Wood and (
in«t about a* (food mail *cr
woe living on the rail road
leave here.it ?:. r *H, A. M. and ,
*irihg may get their mail j
mug,except Sun«l iy.
WELLS &VANDERZEE
WITTEN, S. D.
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i[ Butte Creek District
• The Indian-* »f it t i!*- fV*d.i) >u
!*•*!• I«• p***« \.IH. 11l 1,. |., , I
m 1 -*s m**i iii • , • «I, ; , •
»*n tin 22u-i. Match T;e* -n
,eomiiiis>ion. »m ;J t, jn | .
was t* id in
• guage, .t ' • , .
(iallim <
\ftevtle
' main ♦»1 • ] .
ion *\ t. : . n. u .ti
, r***id' nts a , pM c.Hii
ty. wl-iili w • ... t! 1 ireepp-f] and
ftidin'-e i 1 . I i « nt. t !.♦• foilovv
ui.' WI * ’pp.*;ti ■fi I .til. • i«i if the or*
gmt/atio.i. i i .t V.'iiirluind Soldier,
pr s. .1 .in* - Wrt/ht. viee pies.,
1 lb*t.rv i ■ • 'lor-i*. itmu*i_'»-r, .las.
loin lb ut, »•> -I . (11. i i.itlicaux,
***i' V. i lie |- ;: - f r | fan k•»f \\ <•* hI.
S. D.ik was e|io>en lot the depository
lof all the organi/nfion** funds. Tim
i object of the oigam/ation w for the
ipmeral well.mot '.he Indiaus in de
jpaitment mattu> as well as political
*
Law Revised
N\.i*hin.Mon. .Mareh 21. The house
dey,it'-d t h*> day to a bill lib* raliring
• the homestead laws bv reducing from
»*ve to three years the ptmiMl of i**sj
. d-i.ee mjoired **u public laud t«*
I prove title. Settlers will le |M*rutitt
ed to absent tln*ms»*bes from tleii
hoiiit-steaus ii*•- mouth-* m ca> ii vrar.
I
Daniel and the Lions,
And it r.un** to pr.fcv. tlia* rtinlcl
v.a.* epyt into tin* ilea oi* liens by or
«;»* of Kins l»arms.
Farly the next uiun.iin; Kinc Itarius
went to the ilen, ioiled away the
pteue. and called out: "Do the lions
bite?"
' .Not unreasonably." replied Daniel,
who was well up fn the le"nl vernacu
lar of the day.
"(Jood." ej:iriilattt<i Kim: Marius as
he roiled ba* k the str je. Thereup«*n
he went forth and | inclaiun-d to the
multitude that the '.ion «|tu rtion had
been solved- —1’ ich
Keep Mewe**' c' C r*‘ Artist.
On tin* lacaib e . * We.
chio at Horencc. • if th*.
central itntrutu', \* i f a
iuhu'b head is trac* .:»• tu:*..'.*;•*,
the authorship of v. i.* i i u.t *1
to Michael An; , . •, «
that he at:d a frU • <: * to
whuh of them v. •!
best wph their 1 -i
b**t easily vv.n l-y i ' An;; !**.
for he traced .* pe.L . f , ollle. wl * .*•
as the other }.• -d ,, < - . <. Iv a v,
inK. imperfect ourli t . fiie •’ v
further relates That tin mo! •• e! .
a tt:;il! it .tli :
preserved.
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'*'«'<.'l), MKU.KTTi: COIXTV. SOI'TH DAKOTA. MAItCH l'J. TJI2
CAUDY FUNERALS IN BURMAH
*-• ' " t :n*l H.-.* j the A'Ch Byr
* - r. f>n*. v ,-c ; j Tl.crf
T irr jl..
.- ;* :u««.ti tuuc-rals in
' . •* «•:»»*:;; «if MarrttaJi India..
i - It It itiia:t i- btiri* d. for in*
• .«< . ti.. i im-ra’ ; roei*sr.i«»n might be
.* «• i t i ii*- Mti-d it.-ira'le of settle
•‘I e; Hr ’ * tiuirti a kind of ballet
« • 1 n ,e. t in bright colored silks,
f' .-ir’tig *h-. wildort kinds of contor
•i« ns. anythin*: t*ut Kraceful. Next
•here i ,: the tuarsr.*, drawn by several
bhicl; bonu-r. oddly enough, in some
tans it will la* a huge blnrk Knglbh
heart#• with aitendant' iu black utxl
v.liit* girdles, ins'-ad c.f the wruial
g. udy Iturmetc hearw*. v, itb its rnml
els «if dancers and race hotses. Fob
Jewing this ti brner ’ ;•-I will blare out
tome lively • eve, to which the hallc?
can dune.*, the nho’e 1, *t g about ns
nri*ro|trir* f * to the •< \-tiri't e of such
an occasion ;:*• would t «• a dirge to en
liven a bridge-whist | arty
Stringing .Long alter the band will
be a tni'e. more «>r lets, of ox-carts
with quaint tops of colored matting.
*a< h crow<ttd with "gay mourners"
who ate provided with no end of rc
freshmentr. A big Herman in t>ril!!ant
pink silk and currying a large fan us
uaMy plays the pan of master of cere
monies, his chief duty being to tee
that all aie happy. As companion he
will Lave a muscular ehnp l**-nring «
huge case of bottles containing drinks
lor the whole party. Luckily, since
dead men tell no tales it is alt»o true
that they find no fault: and so thm-e
grotesque funeral.-, are never inter
rupted by the b* x occupants in whote
honor the spectacles t*iv arranged
EFFECTS OF DRINKING TEA!
Consumer of High Quality Tsas Runs
Least Risk of Digestive Dis
turbance.
Tho lame: publishes a concluding
article u|>on ** whirl* «11111* up Uie I
results of an iuveHiitcailoa into tb»i sub- I
je< t under the till* *if 'The Chain-
If try, Physiology and Ksihetii-s of u
Cup of Tea”
Tho suggestion that an iufusion of
Kund tea consist* chiefly of caffeine
1 anna to in confirmed. it is pointed out j
'hat when caffeine and tannin oro In a 1
Flute of combination, neither being In
!h<* free Mate, the iiartnful astringent |
qualities of the tannin disappear and |
the M'ter taste of fr»»e caffeine I* not •
j. rceptihie
The teas of high quality yield as a ,
rule a simple Infusion «*f caffeine tan- j
unto, not of caffeine or of tannin. Such I
teat* must be regarded ne the most do- •
.'.'rable from a j hysiologiral pfdnt of
view. It is interesting to find that as
a rule tho exjnrt taster picks out I
there tens as teu> of high quality.
1» ' : teas, in short, according to this
ivjr r \ are those which cn a live min- j
v*.' 1 ion yield ov’y caffeine in the j
"j < rafftiae trnnate to the in- 1
5. :nd I>rd ».r indifferent te-.s are ;
i’ c*o which j 1 or. infus'on a tea
•vtv* n r -''PM it; •* «• tffeire tun- I
: ;•» - c\Tc r.e nr MpuiT:, but cs- !
\ good
• i :.r»y Im *u. .<« a !•.<’. ,oa, but a bad
t , -.:n :or b ■ made a £ >oti tea ex- j
• ! y \ • ry skilful blending. (
!: (■ . t*e Jnfn. ien will . tv.il a good
t°a. 1 even a short 'ulusicn of r. ,
. i may be as nh'ectlnnnblc r.r
r.n < xce *ivo infusion e. a goi d tea.
* u: physiological grnmnls. therefore.
1 he consumer of high quality tear, run
less risk of digestive disturbance pro
vided the tea Is irnde properly.
HCW TERM "MUG" ORIGINATED
In the Dj>s of Old Faces of Men Wer*,
Fitted kpen v* c A!e
Jugs.
Whm you r:; 1 l lor draught of ale
jr a chop In u 1» in served quite a?
rfien as r.*»t in n toby, r, jijy modeled
roughly after the form of n little old
man in a cocked hat. This* chop
house toby of loday wan quite prob
ably "made in (Jermnny," but bis an
orators ramc from England.
Most of them belong to Stafford
r-litre and there is not a solemn one
among the lot. In the latter part oi
the eighteenth century and the earl>
years of the nineteenth famous men's
faces were fitted to plti hers mueh as
nowadays the likenesses of our na
tional cbnrneters ore cast In plaster of
paris and s?!d in the slumps.
So It is that we find Wellington and
Drake, doncral Hone and Lord Nel
son, hollowed Into ale mugs for the
greater glory of the*r deeds. It has
even been asserted that here originat
ed the unhandsome term "mug" na the
colloquial designation of the face.
From the collector's viewpoint there
are two classes of toby, the portrait
toby and the .lug, which Is merely a
comic. The portraits may be of his
toric worthies or they may simulate
ideal characters such as John Bull or
mythical characters such as Punch or
characters from fiction such sms Fil
ftijf -owure Iff* tn Aioartaft.
to VVs
€
A t-i» ptiOlic i u»* w-ll is* put it, op- *
••r.iti >ti “vh <*ti wifi < .jnntvt \V»*v*-L
ati'i ottiv. .: I .v , .ti.y o*r\ ice t<» tiiiitit *
f irm homes b*-:w»*en two towns.
l‘,it Steven- of t** r - cory was -eti .
t*-*-*«1 t- tie |-nit«...ii:ify for four
>«• *r- 10. ; >-• - vy. uiei fij.’litcvii
. months fur L. •mk 1% 1 11 H jail.
.'•l' '.*.*■ i ■*\ i * .:ni«sioners luife
*tnplovel -or li'vin ot Dallas,
to-urvi v ‘lire *. *’•>!.»• Uighwiivs. t>oe
b*tw*- •\\ I' L • •el Wikjil, on**
betvv* *ti \v • ll.t nt,*l Wt-lover,
ami the <*u. :» • : vvist into the
burnt sic.ul eonntry.
Mend.tv Mr- l v . the tlruF etore
.at liutnil. owtj.i! bv Dr. ('nine, sat
robls-l of sf7*> by h. I*. Daman. It
seems tlmt I». t*.:::i Jr.ul been
permission to the “tore, and
durimrtn* l><- t ah-enee the rob
l*erv vicemr-l. D man nu* e-ptured
, by an It dun.
During the an wutooiobile
- train wid curry lbu*»** wishing to k-j
from Wmner to Whit** River. The
i ,
cars will Wave Wmuer every morning
j via .lonian, C.irteJ and Mood, return*
to Winner that evening. A non til
er section vvill be run in the ufternoon
j Tin th»? «Htt!R rout* - , returning t«» Win
uer tha next morning.
It t« reported that Oao. W. r.gau.
independent republican cnn<lidat» f«vr
governor of South Dakota drew larir* 1
1 and enthusiastic audiences during his,
jentire trip through th<* Rosebud,
• country.
Ttipp county is t«» have *»e?*-ral *
j rural mail route*, commencing May
Ist.
The contract for building tbcf
I Dalln* high ?*ch(*ol has be»u given tu
0. K. Townsend of that place, opui*
atious to commence nt once.
Whi»c River will have n new hotel, 1
! the building to lie LMv*V>. two storie-*
high.
The mIooo« ar** again closed at j
i Winner.
Good Farming Pays
Winner Advocate:—M Sheridan.!
' living ftte and one-half miles south-j
wrest of Hntnill. whs in Winner Ttie«- i
'da v marketing grain. Mr. Sheridan
,is one of tho Tripp countr farmer*
I who has made it pay tho past rear.
I He bad *JIT» acres in corn, of which SO ;
! wa* on old ground and pave a yield !
lof 42 : hushcN per acre. lb* aNoj
) had a good yield from hi* “ml corn. (
He will market over 1,000 bushels, lie- 1
I
•iilr* nimt h** will u«e to fml hi*
, large bunch *»f stock. Mr. Sheridan
I also imformed us that he aimed 15 j
1 acres of alfalfa Inst year and that it
• made a line growth. He put iulTi,
acres ndditionui thi*» year, and will
, plant t;nd cultivate I<m*» acres of corn. 1
He suv*- tn.<t the grottu I at the pies
cut time is i > the host condition he has
seen it in I ’ pr* > unity, and that he
' expect* 10 :v. -■> u bumper crop this
sea hip.
1
Aib'fj Docs Well
1 »
•Mitchell;- The cultivation of alfalfa %
!in this auction of the state ba* been.
• spurred by the sticces** of *)t»hn Mey*
jers and F. C Hoffman, who have just
marketed the M-od crop from their*
1 fields. Mr. H .tTui iii had eleven ucre*
i from which lc made a lirst cutting of
! hay, after the second cutting he
! thresh'd the <ced and obtained a total
of tVi hii'dins. From the hay and
seed bis receipts for the season
amounted to s7fc an acre. This year
he experts to raiso a larger crop for
he lieliwes It is one of the greatest
tuoitev makers ou the farm.
Mr. Meyers planted twenty acres
to alfalfa and raised 5,'.100 pound*
of Mtni for which lie received
As for wheat he would have received,
ou the basis of 12.fi bushels of wheat
to the acre, the average wheat pro
duction iu the past ten years, >2W,4U.
Deputation of Creditors—Wo*vo
'otne to tell you that wo ara quite
willing to make as easy an arrange
ment with you aa possible.
Debtor—The easiest arrangement
you could make waaM he all to fio
•away again.
on 11111
And the Simplest.
W*m*
First State Bank
CAPITAL, SMUMMUM*
tf t
k W c wish tu announce U* the 4
V public that <*ur doors are now op«/n t
p and wc are at your service to any f
j matter pcrtals'ag to the hunkiag 1
f line. f
i N\ c inv it* you to come in and 1
I get acquainted. look over our new k
i buUdlng and in*. e«tigatc our way of I
• doing business. You ar* welcome t
f at all times. f
• _ •
YOUR BUSINESS SOLICITED
F. A. McCornack, Rrnalduat
A. K. Wood, Vic*-Pres. 0. L. Watson, Cashier
p=o== D o==jj
j NORTHWESTERN II
j AUTOMOBILE ||
COMPANY A
[' SUPPLIES a~d REPAIRING
w* have a forty-five horse power
tractor and gang plow* and arc r*tdy
to contract for breaking
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED AND CAN
X SAVE YOU MONEY CN BREAKING X
: wood, s. D. !
Iki .J
GenT Merchandise, 5
Groceries
and Provisions k
Fine Candies and Tobaccos a Specialty W\
Half Block East of Hotel Ja
ROBERT P. CARTER £
WANBLICIOULA TIPI £
h h i <■ -t i n h :->•»++■: ♦
X PALACE | j
H I POOL AND |
E BILLIARDS ji
A FINE LINE OF CIGARS, CANDY j[
a: and soft drinks x i
J** 4 ;|
Culbertson & Johnson. Prop* ;
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