The Mellette County pioneer. [volume], June 08, 1923, Image 1

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VOLUME XII.
HAVE YOU VOTED?
The Pioneer Presidential Election
Test, now under way, gained in inter-
est as tlie first week of voting drew
. to a close, indicating that a heavy vote
will be polled before the balloting
ceases July 1.
Early votes showed a wide differ
enee of opinion, however the big men
in life maintained a majority.
Through the Pioneer’s membership
in the Publishers’ Autocaster Service
of New York election results from
every state in the nation will be to
taled when the polls close July 1.
True, it is only a straw vote, but as
Cartoonist Gilkison has so cleverly
pictured for the Pioneer this week,
it will “Giow which way the wind is
blowing” and permit all of us to
know' the voice of the people and
learn whether a nomination of presi
dent by direct vote of the people would
be the same as bv party convention
selection.
First voting from New York City,
leceivcd by the Pioneer, shows their
own New York City bov, Governor A!
Smith (democrat) leading.
The real indicative vote (balloting
being eon fined to two huge business
buildings in Times Square district a*
42ud and Broadway, N. Y.) gives
Henry f ord 140 votes; Wodrow Wil
son 120, President Harding 00, Hiram
Johnson f>o. This vote included work
ers in all walks of life.
Harding GO
Ford 140
Wilson 1 JO
Johnson 50
Borah 9
A 1 Smith 200
Hoover 8
Hearst 3
McAdoo 10
l)r. Albert Shaw (New York) S
Hughes 20
Debs 20
Cox 19
Vanderlip G
The first count in the Pioneer Presi
dential Election Test was made Wed
nesday morning of this week. We
found 24 ballots in the ballot box and
the count showed that President
Harding and Henry Ford were run
ning neck and neck. Hughes and
Hiram Johnson also tied, each receiv
ing two votes. The following is the
result of Lhe count of votes in our
office:
President Harding 7
Henry Ford 7
Hughes 2
Johnson 2
Vi Smith 1
Capper 1
McAdoo 1
Borah 1
General Wood 1
LaFollette 1
Interest in this nation wide Presi
dential Test Vote is sure to grow and
some surprises may be looked for.
We urge you to cast your vote in this
great test vote. Vote early. Remem
ber the polls close July 1. As soon as
the returns can he tabulated after
that date we will give you thd result
of this great nation wide test vote.
Have you cast your vote yet? It
costs you nothing to vote. All yon
have to do is fill in the name of the
man you think is best qualified to
sene the United States as president
for the next four years,l924-1928.
Mail or bring your ballot to the
Pioneer office and we will do the rest.
Vote early. In that way you will
encourage others to vote and it will
MELLETTE COUNTY PIONEER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
TEST BALLOT
Mg choice for President of the United States for the next four
gears 1924-1928 , is
Town and State where vote is cast
Polls close July let. 1923. Fill out this ballott today and mall to Pioneer. Wood, S. D.
(JftirHdk €oiutty jpioucyr
Have You Voted In The Pioneer’s Presidential Test Election? Do It Now
help show the rest of the nation how
the voters think in South Dakota.
Fill the ballot below and vote today.
If there is more than one voter in
your family you may obtain another
ballot slip at the Pioneer office or
await the next issue of the Pioneer
when the ballot form will be published
with the result of voting for the cur
rent week.
If your family votes are all foi
the same man, you may include all
>n the same ballot.
Here is the ballot —get out voui
pencil—and vote.
O. E. S. INITIATES FIVE
> The local chapter of the Order of
the Eastern Star held a very inter
esting meeting at Masonic Hall,
Thursday evening of last week. The
occasion was the official visit of the
Associate Grand Matron, Mrs. Wen
dall, of Aberdeen, who conducted a
school of instruction, and the initia
tion of a class of five Master Masons
into the order. The members of the
local chapter served an elaborate six
o’clock dinner at the hall proceeding
the meeting, to the members of the
local order and their husbands and
the visitors. Among the visitors pres
ent were Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Hocking
and daughter Winifred, and Mrs. and
Mrs. J. E. Kent of White River and
Mrs. Logsdon and daughter of Tripp
countv.
Those initiated at this meeting were
P. V. Tuell, husband of the Worth}
Matron of the local chapter, E. S.
Cleaver, husband of the Associate
Matron, C. S. Schaeffer and son Orlo,
father and brother of the Marshal,
md Earl Gilliland. This was next to
the largest class of Master Masons
that has been initiated into any chap
ter in the state within the past year
and it pleased the Associate Matron
greatly.
The local chapter presented their
distinguished visitor, Mrs. Wendall,
with a fine large hand painted Indian
picture as a memento of her visit to
Wood. All of the officers of the local
chapter were also recipients of favors
sent them from a lady in Kentucky,
and presented by the Worthy Matron,
Mrs. Tuell, in her behalf. The local
chapter is prospering and they are
holding some very interesting meet
ings and were greatly benefit ted and
inspired by the visit of the Associate
Grand Matron, Mrs. Wertdall.
Going to Leam How They Did It
In an independent expedition to
find out what makes fanning pay in
tlie New Salem-Flasher district across
the North Dakota line farmers of the
northwestern border counties of this
state are going over to see how theii
neighbors manage it.
The soil is the same and the clim
ate the same and yet the North Dako
ta faitnois in this particular locality
are said to be happy and prosperou
in the last few years of such stren
uouft existence for the small grain
fanner.
OFFICIAL PAHOK OF 5- /VIELLETTE COUNTY
WOOD, MELLETTE I'OI XTY, SOUTH DAKOTA, .IPXE 8, 1923.
Which Way is the Wind Blowing?
li is sii i«l that the North Dakotans
have made farming pay since they
abandoned grain farming alter
broke in trying to rai e wheat and are
now devoting themselves to dairviil%.
Sontli Dakota tanners west of the
river have observed this change in
the affairs of their neighbors and they
will make a neighborly visit with tlie
object of lea n ng : ! l they ran about
how it was done. That is the kind of
visiting th<at shonid h • profitable as
well as pleasant. Aberdeen American
The alfalfa tour in Mellette county
June 20 and 27 is an educational tom
along similar limn as the one above
mentioned. The cow, the hog, the
hen and corn and alfalfa will make
any farmer healthy, wealthy and wise.
BUNDY RESIGNS AS FIRST
STATE BANK PRESIDENT
J. if. Dundy, vile and two daugh
ters leit last Sa iiida Ttnoruing in
their sedan l<»r Dm .tt, Nebraska,
where they expect to visit with Mrs.
Bunds’s sist< r ;»n<l family'. Tliey also
expect to visit several other points
before returning to Wood, and will
probably’ be gone some six weeks or
two months. Mr. Bundy tendered
Ids resignation as president of the
First State B; nk of this place before
leaving. I T p to this writing no new
president has been named, but the
directorate will meet shortly and ac
cept the resignation tendered and
name a new president of the bank.
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Corn Club Boy Has Hard Luck
Frank lYteia, who last year won
the thorougl ' red Chester White gilt
in the Mellette (' tinf.v Pioneer Boy’s’
Corn Club, met with lather hard luck
when his prize gilt died while farrow
ing a litter of pigs. Not only did he
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Most of us have cvpd IK-if * . .. w
Most of us have eves that see faults in others hut
tx'iunc I'.U'd warn v-e fare the mirror. The greatest
fault we '’nn possess Is to !t» conscious of none.
ll<- who is consolm:.? of his faults is gladly forgiven
for runs of tlioin, f ( - lotn like their kind, lie who is
without fault is lonely.
Men are sometimes loved more for their faults than
tlieir virtues. I‘ault is excess. It is as much a fault to
over-give as to over-get. Yet it is the generous hand,
not the grasping hand that is loved.
There nre passing failures in this old world that in the
light of time lilt up as permanent triumphs. That whieh
s< t“ms to he a fault today may blossom into an abiding
virtue tomorrow.
Folks are facts. Tin’s is the hardest truth for most
folks to grasp. There is none of us without our limita
tions somewhere.
Get out the best that there is in everybody and accept
the limitations that we cannot change or control. That
Is the right game in life.
An old proverb tells us, “He is lifeless who Is
faultless.”
VY e easily forget those faults which are known only to
ourselves and while we are indifferent to our good quali
ties, we keep on deceiving ourselves in regard to our
faults, until we at lust come to look upon them as
virtues, I hat is weakness and weakness is a fault to be
feared.
Ihc greatest virtue is not the freedom from faults but
lose lii.s prize gilt but the entire litter
o.i thouroughbred pigs. This is cer
tainly hard luck and rather discourag
ing. Young Petera was to furnish tho
prize gilt this year tor the Corn Club
winner, but of course now will be qn
i hie* to do so. We are going to wait
and see how well our boys work this
\ and how good reports they make
on their year’s work and perhaps we
can arrange a little later to give an
other gilt as an award for the largest
acre yield.
PAUL MEYER BADLY HURT
Paul Meyer was the victim of a
quite* se lions and painful accident last
I hursdav morning out at his ranch
some l it teen mile's northeast of Wood.
They were hitching up a rather frac
tious team, and Paul was standing at
their heads while they were* being
hooked up to a plow. The team be
came (Tightened and ran away, knock
ing Paul ove*r and dragging the* plow
over him, with the result that Paul
had his right jaw bone broken, and
<(vi*ral bruises about the heael and a
gash cut under his chin. He* got in
his car and drove to Witten unac
companied, and from there was taken
to the Winner hospital, where his
wounds were dressed. It was neces
sary to wire his jaw in order to hold
it in place. lie is now in the hos
pital and while he is suffering con
iderable pain, yet his friends here
hope for his early recovery. His wife
who was at Wood at the time of the
accident, )prnt to Winner Thursday
afternoon, and is helping to care for
her husband. Paul is indeed lucky in
not having been killed in the accident.
It' you don’t believe that human na
ture is much the same the world
over just travel ell over this globe
and verify the statement lor yourself.
CopyTliht, lilt, toy Rlohsrd Lloyd Jonas
the strength, the will, the courage, the character to over
come them.
Among the commonest classification of cormnor faults
are cruelty, constant nagging, faultfinding and selfish
ness. These make disagreeable men and disagreeable
men make a disagreeable world.
Life is what you make it and you make is as you think
it*
The first sympton of fault Infection is to be unaware
of its presence.
Cheerfulness, ambition, sincerity, and brotherly feeling
are the best medicines-—and surest cures.
One fault never justifies another. Some faults in
dulged in are merely the keys that open the gates to
permit greater faults to enter. A wilful fault has no
excuse and deserves no pardon. Bad men excuse their
faults while good men attempt to get rid of them.
The foolish man’s fault ia the wise man’s lesson. The
weak man who tries to Justify his faults by pointing to
the lonesome defect in a neighbor is like the sieve that re
minded the needle that it had a hole in its head. *
Nothing is worth being named a fault except that
which injures yourself or harms your helpfulness to
others. Jie your own physician-diagnose yourself care
fully—seek out your fault germs ruthlessly— do not rest
until you kill them. And the way to kill them Js to- gain
““ COntr °‘ U,at c “ «*« • helping
MORE RAILROAD RUMORS
It is said that persistent minors ot
a railroad invasion of Gregory, Trip)),
Mellette and Todd counties is respon
siblc for the great interest manifested
by outside capital. It is told that a
prominent official of one of the in
terested railroads was one of the
heavy bidders at the sale. Si*i<pe the
last state legislature passed the Rose
bud bridge appropriation bill it hu
been conceded that tin* Northwestern
railroad was apt to have competition
in this territory. A railroad built in
to Mellette and Todd counties would
naturally send the price of land in
those counties up to a price equal to
Gregory and Tripp countnies, while r
n ilroud cutting through Gregory and
Trip]) counties from the north would
greatly enhance the value of the land
in those counties.
Let the railroad building start.
Rosebudders will welcome additional
mileage from the Northwestern or a
new road built by the Great Northern.
-Dallas News.
Eighth Grade Commencement
The eighth grade commencement
exercises will be held at White Riven
on June 23. The list of graduates and
the program will be published next
week. Mrs. Fridy, our county supei
intendent, is also planning for a spell
ing contest on the same date. Al.
sixth, seventh and eighth grade pupil
are eligible to enter the spelling <*iu
test. There will be a written test oi
100 words and an oral test. The twe
best spellers are entitled to a trip 1<
the State Fair at Huron in Septcmbci
where they may enter the stale contest.
A representative from Pierre will Ik
present to deliver an address to tin
graduates.
Subscribe for the Pioneer.
INTEREST STILL GROWING
IN COUNTY ALFALFA TOUR
T lie Editor is in receipt of a com
munication from Irwin I). Aldrich,
Commissioner of Immigration of
•South Dakota, at Pierre, stating that
he cortainlv will he in Mellette coun
ty .June L*ti and 27, to take in that
much talked of alfalfa tour with the
people here. He also says he hopes
to he aide to bring with him a good
iepresentation of eastern Minnesota
people who are desirous of seeing this
W'*st of the river country, and who
might he interested in the opportuni
ties offered here.
M e are also advised that the In
ternational Harvester Company has
taken nnt.ee of the alfalfa tour here
June L-’tj and '27 and will have a repre
sentative with the tour on the above
dates. They will probably also send
one of the writers of their magazine
“The Harvester World,” who will
write up the lour for the magazine.
This magazine circulates not only in
the l idled States and Canada, but all
over the world, and is printed in sev
eral languages. This will be publicity
I hat should prove to he worth a good
many dollar;; to Mcilcue county, and
it is publicity that could not bo
purchased at any price.
\\ e want people everywhere to
know more about Mellette county and
her opportunities; we want people
everywhere to know that Mellette
county produces as good alfalfa seed
as can he produced anywhere in the *
world; we want people everywhere to
know that Mellette county is an ideal
dairy country; we want people every
where to know that in Mellette county
the conditions are ideal for the pro
duction of pork and that this industry
is growing hv leaps and bounds, and
it is publicity such ms the Harvester
Mor'd will he able to give us that is
going to tell the people of the four
corners of the earth about Mellette
county, and it is going to he the
menus ot attracting some new. settlers
to this county. We neou iri/ore set
tlers, more real fanner**, who actually
till the soil, milk the cows and teed
the pigs. More settlers will reduce
our taxes ' v ill hasten the building of
a much needed reailrond and improve
our conditions in every way.
we believe the alfalfa tour is
i eo« d thing and for that reason we
have been giving it considerable space
in our columns for the past six
weeks or two months, and with fav
orable went hi-r conditions it is going
over t *,(» top in t ine shape, from all
nrosont indicat ions.
* hi account of lack of space we this
week omit the list of those who have
registered jo make tlu* alfalfa tour,
i lie list will appear a.train next week.
Mnee last week we have received
twelve new registrations, all owners
ot cars who will have room for
thirty one additional persons in their
cars.
HEAVY RAINS THIS WEEK
I uesday and Wednesday of this
week this section of the country re
oivod another thorough soaking,
*vhieh put all tanning operations out
of commission for the tunc being,
dany ol the fanners have not yet
•oniploted their eorn planting, and
•he alt all a is almost ready for the
l iist cutting. Weeds are growing by
leaps and bounds and this wet weather
is having a tendency t ) put the farm
• r still farther bch.i.d with his work.
Tuesday's rain was more or less of
a showery kind. Here in Wood the
precipitation measured .50 ol* an inch,
hut to the north, northeast and east
undoubtedly the precipitation meas
ured considerably heavier. Tuesday
night it clouded over, and Wednesday
all day long it continued to rain
steadily. The precipitation at five
o’clock Wednesday evening measured
1.37 inches, making a total rainfall
n the two flays of 1.77 inches, and
t is still raining at the time of this
a riling, with no indication of any
<‘tup. <Htr farmers would he porieefc
'\ satisfied with sojjjc sunshine and
M Utinwed settled weather for a while.
The prospects for bumper crops lh
.933 in Mellette county continue to
row brighter as ti e season advances
ind those who have been predicting a
dry sea on for thin part of the coun
try have taken to cover.
Newspapers which are ‘‘knockers 0
alwavs interest a certain class of
people, hut lew of them over '.ret any
v\ I •ere Tim work] unv temporarily
cheer the pes imist and laugh with
him, Imt it reserves its real prizes
lor the men with a construetivo pro
gram.—Sioux Falls Argus-Leader,
NUMBER 19.
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