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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-10-05

They say that La Toilette Of Wis
cousin, wants to be president-a laud-
able ambition. He is an able expo
nent of the Rooseveltian idea.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-10-05

1t is easier to start a rumor than it
is to head it off.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-10-05

if it is for sale. We can sell
your land because we keep
prices within reach of purcha-
sers, we do not try to get rich
on one deak Our aim is to
satisfy both seller and buyer.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-10-05
"PleaSe Smile
b AND
Look Pleasant"

When a woman says II am racked with
pain" the word tracked recalls the days
when they stretched the tender bodies Of
women on the rack with rope and pulley
until the very joints cracked.
Fancy an attendant saying to the tor
tured woman, uPlease smile and look
pleasant"
And yet the woman cracked with PAIN"
is expected to smile through her agony
and to make home happy. She can't
do it. II is against Nature. Generally
speaking, the racking pains Of ill-health
such as headache, backache and rbear-
ments or disorders Of the organs dis
tinctly feminine. When this condition
is removed the general health is restored,
and with health comes back the smile of
Any woman may regain her health at
home without offensive Q~uestlonlngs or
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uIt affords me pleasure to relate the Won
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women. She was very weak. could not do
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mother but we do not fear the result las
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HYour Pleasant Pellets are also worth
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They are my constant companions once
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OF stamps to pay expense on uHIorstt
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of no particular account when they walked out
but when they wouldn't work. they became the
most important part of the show and after
the show was over the managers who had told
the striking teamsters to go plumb, found that
they had gone plumb, and they had to rush all
over Pittsburg and find them, and grant their
demands, and get them to go to work.
Pa was sent out to find bunch of them, and
it cost pa over $50 to get them out of beer
garden and back to the lot, and it was almost
daylight before we got our train started for
the next town.
Well, at the next town we could see there
was something the matter with the animals
They acted as though they had lost all inter
est in the success of the show, and wouldn't
do any of their stunts worth cent The ele-
plants went through their act carelessly, and
when they were scolded or prodded with the
iron hook, they got mad and wanted to fight,
and when they got back from the ring to the
animal tent they wouldn't eat the ba1ed hay,
but threw it all over the tent, and acted riotous
The kangaroos would not do their boxing
act, the horses kicked at their hay, and
wouldn't eat their oats, the camels growed at
their food, and scared the people who passed
by where they were tied to stakes the sacred
cattle got their backs up and acted as though
they, being pious, couldn't swear but would
like to hire the hyenas to swear for them the
giraffes laid down and curled their necks so
they were no attraction to the show, cause a
giraffe is no curiosity unless he stretches him
self away up towards the top of the tent. The
zebras rolled in the mud and spoiled their
stripes, so people couldn't tell them from COM
mon mules; the grizzly bear walked his cage,
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Skull valley! The name sent the
cold shivers up my vertebrae.
I couldn't get. the stories of Geroni-
mo and the Apache Kid out of my
mind, and my friend Nagle made his
tales as vivid as Fenimore Cooper or a
modern dime novelist. That night,
when we wrapped ourselves in our
blankets under the crisp stars, dreamt
OF the Mountain Meadow massacre and
Clusters last fight on the Little Big
horn.
We made forty miles our first day
OH the trail. L thought the jolting of
the wagon was pretty rough, but 1
never dreamed what there was in
store for me the next day. L forgot
TO mention that before camping that
night we passed through a little half
deserted town called Kirkland and
also through Peoples valley. A
brooding melancholy hung over the
valley. The year before there had been
a drought that withered up the crops
and killed off the live stock. The
Desolation, dreary and dismal pre-
vailed when we passed through there.
A sewing machine that looked as If
1t had been used yesterday stood on
the porch of one of the houses. Wag-
ons and farming implements stood
around rotting with rust. And nature.
as if mocking the weak ones who had
fled the year previous, was this year
virtually revelling in luxuriant wild
Vegetation-life was teeming every
crumbling. Miles and miles of soft,
green fields, with rows of rustling
cottonwoods, green alfalfa full of bios
som and bees, wild Sonora pigeons,
quail and doves; such were the evil
dences of natures bounty in this de-
serted valley. 1t would require the
poetic genius of a Goldsmith to
faithfully paint in words the pathos OF
the scene.
Next morning we broke camp be-
fore dawn, and guided by the brill
fancy of the morning star we continued
cur journey. Our objective point was
Yardnell, an apology for town on the
summit of another divide. We decided
to eat breakfast there. Up, up, for
several miles through a rocky, winding
road, surrounded on either side by
huge gray boulders weighing thou
sands of tons. Alternating with these
were walls of beautiful white tufa,
volcanic breccia and lava.
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1t simply staggers the mind to con-
template the gigantic forces of nature
that makes such solemn and weird
scenes possible. These awe-inspiring
monoliths seem like ancient sentinels
guarding the treasure vaults of nature.
The simile is correct, for the pass
was really the natural gateway to a
very rich mineral country, of which
Yardnell is the trading center and
basis of supply.
At Yardnell we bought two little
boxes of ancient deviled ham and a
box of crackers. This was our ready
made breakfast and we ate it while
making a descent of a steep mountain.
1t even makes my hair nervous now
when I think of 1t. / have read wild
western tales of dangerous trails and
the peril of travellers while riding
around the edge of precipices, but the
descent of this mountain beat anything
I ever saw or read about.
Imagine a winding spiral road hewed
cut of the side of an almost perpendic-
ular mountain thousands of feet high.
There is barely room for a horse and
wagon to pass slowly and cautiously
over it. A loose stone, slip on the
part of the horse, a false move by the
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belligerents in our show, there will be rows
every day.
Pa came to the car on crutches that night
just before the train pulled out for Phladel-
rhia, and wanted to know where | was during
til, fight. He said he rushed right in and
grabbed Jap in one hand and a Russian in the
other, and bumped their heads together, and
threw one of them towards the ring, and the
other up among the seats, and he wanted to
know if l thought he killed either or both of
them.
hate boy that will deceive his father, but
one a Russian and the other Jap, that were
sire about it, and pa said Il was afraid l
selves by breaking the rules of the show
against fighting during a performance" and
pa rolled over and groaned i'll his berth, and
went to sleep and snored so the freaks wanted
to have a nose bag, such as horses eat out Of
pulled over pas face.
The queerest thing that ever happened in
the circus business in this country took place
at Germantown, Pa. The teainsters went on
a strike at Pittsburg, for increase in wages and
shorter hours, and for two days the manage
nent had great time.
We had to get drays to haul the stuff from
the train to the lot and then Our teamsters
got the local drayn1en to join them, and when
we got ready to haul the stuff back to the train
nobody would do any work. and the walking
delegates from the Teamsters' union lust took
possession of the show, and we were stuck, like
an automobile when the gasoline gives out.
We had got to looking at the teamsters as
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mated. There was plenty of that
thorny vegetation so peculiar to Ari-
zona. All kinds of cactus, from the
prickly pear to the giant cactus, mes
quite laden with beans, vicious catpaw,
palo verde, greasewood, chaparral,
cream-colored yuccs.s and green sage.
The brush furnishes shelter for all the
living things of the desert, the snake,
the lizard, the lean jack rabbit, the
horned toad and the coyote, not for
getting our long-legged friend, the
hairy tarantula. The bones of wild
steer or a cayuse bleached as white as
chalk and scattered far and near gave
evidence of the consuming thirst.
When we passed through it was so
hot that even the little birds were
dropping dead and the hawk and the
vulture were busy. These were the
stern tragedies of the daytime but the
evening brought it's cool and it's calm
and its silence so profound that the
outer world, with its wars its money
grabbing, it's cares and it's perplexities
Is soon forgotten. Restfulness COM
plete for body and brain-such is the
nirvana of the desert dreamer.
We did not stay long at Congress
Junction; just long enough to water
the horse and drink two bottles OF cold
bottle of beer you must spend at least
four or five hours ON the desert. Then
the nectar of Gambrinus becomes the
golden ambrosia of the gods on high
Olympus.
Sixteen miles more along high
mesa paralleling the railroad track
Are we going into training for the
brought us to Wickenburg They were
the longest and hottest sixteen miles
of the entire trip. The mesa was liter
ally a baking oven, 110 degrees in the
shade.
next world?" | asked my companion.
"The worst is yet to come" was the
comforting reply.
I took off my low-cut patent leather
shoes to ease my feet When l wanted
to put them on again the heat had
shriveled them up so they had to be
thrown away and 1 had to fall back
on my soft slippers for the rest of the
trip. The same fate befell my straw
hat but sombreno quickly took its
place.
Before reaching Wickenburg had my
first glimpse of the famous Hassiampa
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-17
TRUTH

A truthful young man was j. Heber
AS honest as Adam before the first fall:
But Heber began, as his victims wcil
know,
To sell automobiles, three seasons ago.
The first of his customers asked, with a
frown:
Young man, do your vehicles ever break
"Well. SIR said Mccall, with bright,
winning smile,
"Of course they need tending to, once in
while"
Next year, when purchaser asked him
The strength of the things-did they ever
give out?
He stammered bit, as he promptly de-
clared:
They'll run for six months without be-
ing repaired"
This season asked: Are your cars good
and strong?
Do they ever get cranky, stop short or
go wrong?'
"oh, no!'' he replied; they're perfect
They never give trouble; they're always
all right"
An honest young man was ]. Heber
He stuck to the truth in great matters
and small;
When tempted to lie he would always
Yes, such was J. fIeber-three seasons
Puck
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-17
On the Trail Between Prescott and Skull Valley, ArizOn

fled air caused my partner considerable
distress.
On looking back at the vista of the
valley we had left behind we made
a very unpleasant discovery. My
travelling grip, containing all my
worldly goods for the trip was miss
ing. 1t had evidently dropped out OF
the wagon while climbing one of the
steep inclines.
1--WE may have to go back as far as
Prescott" I murmured, disconsolate.
II don't care" answered Nagle. I'VE
must find that grip
1t was found about two miles back
on the trail.
After crossing the divide we slowly
dropped down the winding and rocky
trail about 5000 feet and the change
in the altitude brought coniderable re-
lief to the breathing apparatus of both
of us. Right along we were playing
hide-and-go-seek with the railroad. We
crossed under 1t and over it several
times during the day.
The first place we struck after cross
ing the mountains was summer re-
sort, Iron Springs. 1t is a cute little
place settled in among the rocks and
pines near river and is very popular
with the wealthier classes of Phoenix
and Prescott. About 2 o'clock we
reached farmhouse on the border of
Skull valley and there gave our horse
and ourselves a much-needed meal ana
rest. The woman of the house brought
us out big pitcher Of milk, which we
drank greedily. and suffered for it af-
terward-the milk was so rich. When
we offered her money she declined and
said she had more milk than she knew
what to do with. This was strange
after my experience in the Chinese res
taurants at Prescott, where you are
charged 10 cents extra il you partake
of glass of milk and water with your
meals.
Evidence of recent floods were now
everywhere to be seen, the roads were
IN miserable condition and in some
places completely washed away. We
were now in Skull valley, a thriving
farming community noted for it's fruits
and vegetables. 1t seemed to me as
If the wagon plowed through miles and
miles of wild sunhowers that grew
along the sakatone. "a sakatone is low,
level. verdant land where water can
he secured at one foot below the sur
face.)
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river. Hassiampa in Indian means
good water" and good it certainly
tasted. There is a legend that is
known throughout all Arizona that ne
who drinks of this water direct from
the river bed can never tell the truth
again. This legend probably originated
from the enthusiastic and, improbable
stories told by returning prospectors
and placer miners of their fabulous
strikes along the bed and banks Of
this river, that has it's source some
where near Prescott and empties into
the ella river southwest of Phoenix.
We reached Wickenburg before dark
and shot through the town like
streak of lightning and camped for the
night about quarter of mile beyond
on the banks of the Hassiampa river.
Wickehburg 1 afterwards learned was
a pocket edition of Prescott-wide open
and everything wet. Hence my part
ner's reason for not stopping.
THE best way to overcome tempta.
tion" he said, as to avoid it alto
gether."
1 quite agreed with him.
Next morning we started off before
dawn and determined to wait till we
reached our destination, Morristown,
before having breakfast. 1t was the
home run, but travel was slow and
tedious as we had to go along the
partially dry bed of the Hassampa
river for eight miles. We spent hours
zig-zagging, "tacking" to use a nauti-
cal term, and lodging the many quick
sands that are to be found along the
bed of this mysterious river, whose
water supply disappears and reappears
at times i'll the most puzzling manner.
The last three miles of the trip were
hard and rocky and we felt rocky"
too We pulled into Morristown, our
destination, at II a. m, thus complet-
ing the trip.
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got mad and began the chewing act on the
mastff's fore leg.

got mad and began the chewing act on the
mastiff's fore leg.
Worst Mix-up Ever.
1t was the worst nx-up ever was and the
managers told Pa to put stop to it, and pa
pulled off his coat and grabbed the first Jap
he could dig out, and began to pull him, like
you would take hold of the leg of a dog i'll a
fight.
Pa said: Here quit this foolishness, cause
there is an ar1nistice, and the war is over, any
way"
O!O! but the Jap didn't do thing to pa He
grabbed pa by the wrist, and he seemed to be
having an epileptic fit, and pas leg shot out
so his feet hit a guy pole and then the Jap
pulled him back like he was rubber ball on a
string, and then he took pa by the elbow and
held him out at arms length, and then swung
him around few times and let go of him, and
h. fell down among the reserved seats which
representatives of the press occupy. Pa stood
on one ear OH a crushed chair, with his legs
over the railing, and when he came to, the
newspaper men wanted to interview Ia. Pa
said all he remembered was that the air ship
was sailing over the town, and they threw him
out for ballast, and he struck church spire
and bounded onto a warehouse filled with
dynamite, which exploded when he struck it,
and the neighbors picked his remains up on
dustpan and emptied them in here. Then he
asked if his head was on straight, and the cir
Gus men took him away to the hospital tent.
The circus hands separated the Russians and
Japs, or at least pulled off the laps and the
Russians linped to the dressing room, and
their act was cut out. Unless the terms of
peace between Japan and Russia include the
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driver and the entire outfit would be
plunged headlong into what seemed to
be a bottomess chasm. On top of the
mountain, at its very summit, is mine
and a working stamp MILL
Before making the descent we took
every precaution for safety possible.
We tied up with rope the rear wheels of
the wagon so that they would act as an
extra brake and make it easier on the
horse. AT several of the most danger
Gus curves we got out and walked. I
have often wondered since what two
wagons would do if they met on this
road. Neither could pass, as there is
barely room for one. 1t took us fully
two hours to make this descent and
then we struck a truly rocky road that
left it's imprint on my mind and on my
anatomy for fully a week afterward.
Bang! Jolt! Smash! Up and down!
Sideways, crossways, please!
Such was this ''rocky road to Dublir4 -
But this road did not lead to the Irish
capital but to a nearly deserted town
called Stanton, that stands on the edge
of the desert, that had just loomed
into view for the first time.
The only living things we saw at
Stanton were three girls in the parlor
of what seemed to be a boarding house
for the miners that worked in the
vicinity. One of them was playing the
piano. Being an admirer Of beauty
and the fine arts / wanted my partner
to stay here for lunch but he would not
listen to the proposition. He was anx-
ious to water the horse at stream that
flowed nearby and then push on.
At the stream we ref1lled our cam
teens and took much needed rest. I
took my shoes and socks off and waded
around like 6-year-old. We had the
desert and a long ride to Congress
junction ahead of us. From where we
were the desert looked like a fiat plain
and the distance to the horizon seemed
short. But the desert is a deceiver, and
so was the distance.
That desert was composed of mesas
and washes that alternated with the
regularity of the waves Of the Ocean.
We had to zig-zag along the winding
washes now run dry and climb up and
down over mesas till it seemed as if
the journey was endless. The burning
breath of the desert scared our faces
and made our eyes bloodshot.
We were gradually getting accli-
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The Reformer

Rushing into the smoking car. an old
man cried, excitedly:
"A corkscrewl Who's got cork.
screw?"
A score Of kindly hands sought poca-
etc, and score of kindly voices said
Here you are, SIR"
Il thought So" shouted the old man.
And now lay before you, gentlemen,
fifty temperance pledges. Who will
sign the first t?"-Minneapolis Journal
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-17
Written for The Herald by Fitzgerald
Murphy


ORRISTOWN, Arizona, is one
NJ hundred miles south of Prescott.
IVA In railroad parlance it is called
Hot Springs Junction, but in Uncle
Sans mailing directory it is known
officially as "Morristown." I could
have reached it by train in a
few hours but 1 decided to take the
trail with a horse and wagon instead
Ia three days ride over the mountains,
through valleys, desert and rivers.
Accepting the hospitality of Ed Nagle,
a young miner from the San Domingo
district, near Morristown, L leave be-
hind me at the hotel the parapher-
MALTA of city and civilization, such as
trunks, and start off bright and early,
dressed in the khaki togs and blue fan-
mel shirt of the desert, with a change Of
underwear, a flask of whisky and a
copy of Walt Whitman's Leaves of
Grass" OF course we are amply pro-
visioned for our three days journey,
and barley and hay for our horse are
not forgotten.
II always think of my horse first"
said Nagle. 1--WE can help ourselves.
He can't
Already 1 could hear the call of the
wlids, the silent mountains, the smiling
valleys and the desert.
The word desert" conjures up trage-
dies of thirst and death to the average
mind, but to me it always had Turing
fascination. It's shimmering heat haze,
its glorious sunrises and its mellow
sunsets, all have shackled my imagina-
tion since I first got the western fever
in the early nineties. think one must
have a strong spiritual or mystical
strain in his nature to appreciate the
subtle charm, the brooding mystery Of
the solitude of the desert.
After leaving the outskirts of the
town we started slowly to ascend the
divide that separates Prescott from
Skull valley to the south. We were
not on the trail more than an hour
when the sun shone white and hot, the
heat quivered from the tops of the
ridges, and behind us trailed always a
cloud of thin white dust We passed
through pine grove where there was
a camp of sufferers from pulmonary
troubles, and balsamic odors perfumed
the air. Just before noon we reached
the summit of the divide and the rari-