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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30
PROMOTER OF IRRIGATION.
Death of Man Who Developed Largest
IRRIGATED Farm in Northwest.

Death of Man Who Developed Largest
Irrigated Farm in Northwest.
Information has reached the state
of the death at Menominee, Mich, oil
W. o. Carpenter, a Chicago millionaire
who was heavily interested in South
Dakota farm land, he being the de-
veloper of the largest irrigated farm IN
the state or Northwest. This is stu
ated adjacent to the thriving town OF
Pukwana, Brule county. The farm
contains thousands of acres. has upon
1t abundance of water, which Is Sc
cured from artesian wells, n mas
been developed into n OF the great
est stock farms in the West. Mr.. Car
penter's investment in the vicinity OF
Pukwana reaches fully $500 900. This
huge investment was the result OF a
love romance. In the early days or
Brule county Miss S. A. Richards was
one of the prominent pioneers, she
having secured title by complying
with the land laws of the United States
to a homestead e "a Pukwana. some
years after taking up her residence IN
Brule county she met Mr.. Carpenter.
This acquaintance ripened into love,
and. after having served as county SUI
p%erintendent of schools Of Brule coun
ty, Miss Richards married Mr.. Carpen-
ter. Mrs. Carpenters devotion to
Brule county and her esteem for her
acuuaintances in the county made a
great impression upon her husband.
It is said that it was her wish that her
homestead be made the foundation for
the greatest irrigated farm and ranch
in South Dakota. and in developing the
mammoth farm Mr.. Carpenter carried
ont her desire. Mr.. Carpenter is sur
vived by Mrs. Carpenter two sons, a
brother and a niece.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30
IMPovERlSHES THE COUNTRY.

The prosperity of any town depends
largely upon the success of local bust
ness enterprises, and every citizen of
a community should realize this and
help advance local interests and work
against influences which endanger
these interests, such as the mail order
catalogue houses, etc.
There are numbers Of so-called
farmers papers and other cheap Pc
riodicals which are continually advo-
eating city buying and advising their
subscribers to %patronize the city mar
kets. setting forth as inducements
wonderful bargains. These ~publica-
lions do this for the benefit of their
advertisers, who support them, and
they know that they are doing a great
deal of harm to the country merchants
by drawing away from them their
trade without which they will fail in a
short time.
The longer a dollar Is kept In cireu-
lation in one place the more good it
will do. but when it is taken to an out
side point it is taking that much from
the place, and making it much less
prosperous. When a customer goes to
an outside town TO buy goods the
profit of each transaction which would
remain in your own town and go from
dealer to dealer is sent away, business
is curtailed, and the RESULT in time is
that the city becomes poorer and poor
er, and eventually is known as an in
significant place, not worthy of the
title Of village.
A town will keep pace with its chief
trading point. If the principal bust
ness interests Of the town fail so will
the town itself. the price Of lands and
produce depends to a great extent on
local conditions, and if these are not
good the land will dwindle in value,
but if the merchants and citizens gen
orally are prosperous, the value OF
town property will increase, new set
tiers will come and the town will be
built up and prosper.
The success and supremacy Of mail
order houses means the enriching of
some corporation or distant firm at the
xpense of home merchants,
it mean concentrating capital and
population at the expense of the cOun-
try towns and villages, it e the
failure of individual mercantile enter
prises, and in time will do away alto
gether with a home market. upon
which depends almost entirely the
prosperity of any city.
The interests of the country mer-
chants are closely allied with their Gus
toners, they select and sell the best
their market car supply, their adver-
tisements a be depended upon and
their goods are reliable, and can be re-
turned if they are not all right. You
cannot return catalogue house goods.
Customers can visit their home store
and see for themselves what they are
purchasing, but when they order
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30
Could Not Do L.

Boys" began the Sunday school 81.
p~erintendent, impressively, 81 sincere.
ly trust that no N Of you will ever
get into that increasing and most rep
rehensible habit of alluding to your
father as the old man When you
grow up, NO matter how big or old you
may be, you should always look up to
and respect the silver hairs of your
father, who has grown bent and gray
working for you in your helpless in.
fancy. Now, all Of you who think you
can do this raise your right hand"
Up went every hand but one
Sternly cycling the delinquent, the
superintendent solmenly observed:
"Why, my boy, l am horriied-abso-
lutely h~orrified-as well as astonished
at your behavior. Don't you wish to
raise your hand and put yourself on
record as being willing to respect the
gray hairs Of your father when you
grow up to be a man."
mo. It's no use tryin'; can't do it,
nohow," unblushingly answered the
youth.
"Why not, my lad?"
"Cause, he won't never have no
gray hair. Dads bald" chirped the
youthful philosopher, triumphantly,
and, amid a general litter, the discom-
flied superintendent gave it up and
changed the subject.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30
AssAiLs FEDERAL SURVEY.
Man Who Buys Farm Alleges He Has
a. Acres Due Him.


Dispositions have been taken in a
case of a unique character which was
instituted by Michael ErnstSr Of Lo-
gan township, in Minnehaha county,
against Nels P. Christensen, formerly
of Dell Rapids, but now a resident of
Marshall county, s. d.
The suit will be tried during a term
Of the state circuit court which Is to
be held in Marshall county next Janu-
airy. Ernster seeks 20 recover the
value Of an alleged shortage in the
acreage Of a farm in Logan township,
which he purchased five or six years
ago for $500.
The deed described the tract as con
tanning 1872 acres, according to the gov
eminent survey, and, figuring on the
basis of 152 acres, Mr.. Ernster paid
$22.5 so for the farm. Ernster says he
afterward discovered that the farm
did not contain as many acres as was
believed, and this was confirmed by
County Surveyor Howe, who, after re-
surveying it, found It contained only
108 acres. Ernster sue Christensen
for reimbursement for his alleged loss.
The trial of the case promises to be
quite interesting and will bring out
some important points with reference
to conveyancing and covenants in war
ranty deeds. The case will probably
be decided largely on the question
whether the 1852 acres" referred to in
the deed is merely descriptive or a
covenant binding upon the defendant.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30
IRRIGATION BOOMS LAND.

Several Eastern land buyers within
the past few days have been trying to
pick up improved ranches in the vicin.
ity Of Whitewood. One man was here
three years ago and bought ranches
for $500 to $500 apiece. This ground
now cannot be touched for less than
81, 500 to $4,000 a ranch. The ranches
have more than doubled in price in the
last three years. When the irrigation
scheme Is completed in the vicinity Of
Big Owl creek it will be impossible to
get ranch ground for less than $40 an
acre. Eastern South Dakota parties
have been trying to get options on
several thousand acres of ground
north Of this place for speculative pur.
poses, but little ground has been tied
up.
The elevator of John Pietz at Eu.
reka collapsed owing to the great
weight of the grain contained in IL,
and IL, 900 bushels of wheat rolled u
on the ground. A box car loaded with
bran, standing near the elevator, was
overturned by the rush of grain. Most
Of the grain was saved, the damaged
norton amounting to no more than
200 or 800 bushels, At Garden City an
elevator collapsed with 1900 bushels
of fax. Many Of the elevators In the
northern part of the state are over
loaded, owing 20 the scarcity of cars
to haul the grain to the city markets.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30
BRAVE ACT OF YOUNG LADY.
Her Presence Of Mind Probably Saved
the Life OF Prof. Calm.

Her Presence Of Mind Probably Saved
the Life OF Prof. Calm.
After binding up a gaping wound in
the face of Prof. H. B. Calm of Eu-
reka, with whom she had been hunt
ing, Miss Ruby Cole, a country school
teacher, barely twenty years Of age
and of slight build, drove the horse and
buggy with the unconscious man lying
in the vehicle twenty-five lies across
the South Dakota prairies to Eureka,
where medical assistance could be Sc
cured.
The couple were out shooting, when
the horse SHE'D, causing the dog,
which was riding in the buggy, to
jump from the vehicle in fright. AS
the animal jumped it knocked down
the gun of Prof. Calm, and the weap-
on was discharged. Most of the charge
entered the unfortunate mans face
at the chin, completely tearing away
that organ, as well as the right jaw.
Miss Cole at the same time was slight.
ly wounded in the wrist.
Quickly tearing her handkerchief to
pieces and tearing strips from her
clothing, the girl bound the wound to-
gether as best she could, made the
wounded man as comfortable as pos
sible as he lay unconscious In the
buggy, and drove as rapidly and as
carefully as possible to Eureka, twen-
ty-fve miles away. Arriving there,
she summoned a physician, and then
made arrangements for Prof. Calm to
be taken to st. Luke's hospital at
Aberdeen, where he now is, under the
care of skilled physicians and tender
ly nursed by Miss Cole.
Physicians say that if lockjaw or
blood poisoning do not set in Calm
will recover, but he will be horribly
disfiguerd for life. II 1t had not been
for Miss Coles presence of mind and
courage he would have bled to death
within a few minutes after the acct
dent occurred. Calm is thirty years
of age. He has been studying for the
Baptist ministry, teaching school to
pay his expenses until his ordination.
During the summer vacation he filled
the Baptist pulpit at Ipswich, where
Miss Coles home is, and the couple
met there.
When Miss Cole reached Eureka
with the injured man the buggy was
soaked with blood and her dress and
hands were covered with blood from
the wound. She was almost exhausted
from the long drive alone under such
terrible conditions.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30
PLACING the Blame.

John Philip SOusa was condemning
the voice of a comic opera comedian.
1T is such a voice" he said, smil-
ing, "as belonged to a young man
whom I kne win my boyhood in Wash
ineton.
One night. at a mems party, this
young man sang a solo. 1t was eXecra-
bic. In the midst of the hideous rack.
ct bluff old Squire Baer entered.
Squire Baer sat down and folded
his hands on the know of his stout
stick. He waited patiently till the
young man was finished, then he said
to him:
We'll. boy, l don't blame you. You
did your best. But If | knew the man
who asked you to sing I'd crack him
over the head with this club"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30
A Good Note.

Before he was raised to the peerage,
Lord Kelvin was one day discovered
by a friend experimenting with a long
coil of wire. He was making deep-sea
soundings. His friend Immediately
became interested in watching the
great scientist at work, says a biog-
rapher, and asked:
what is that for"
"Oh," answered Lord Kelvin, this is
for making soundings."
"Ah," said the other, with the evil
dent intention of cracking a joke at
the scientists expense, what sort of
a note does it give OFF,"
THE deep c. Of course" answered
Lord Kelvin, promptly.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30
NEWS OF Hi STATE.
1HoLD,Ne DOWN" LAND IS HARD.
"Tenderfeet" From East Do Not Know
Hardships.

"Tenderfeet" From East Do Not Know
Hardships.
Another party of homeseekers left
Huron recently on a tour Of inspection
Of lands subject to entry under the
homestead laws on the Sioux reserva-
ton west of the Missouri river. In
the company were fifteen employees Of
the Chicago & Northwestern railway,
who will follow the example of many
steads.
Many of those now going to the res.
ervation are Eastern people who have
little If any idea of pioneer life, and
who will find that holding down a
claim" is no picnic or summer outing.
A continuous residence for five years
must be made upon the land, with cul.
tivation sufficient to establish the fact
that the entry is not made for specu-
lation but for a home for the entry
man and his family. Communication
may be had at the expiration Of four
teen months by establishing proof of
continuous residence for at least eight
months, and by payment Of not less
than so cents per acre for the land at
time o. making final proof.
AS to railway and market facilities,
the settler will be quite remote for a
number of years, unless fortunate
enough to secure a tract near the rail-
way line now being extended from
Pierre to Rapid City through the Black
Hills region.
Not a few who have come from the
East with a view Of entering govern
ment lands have changed their minds
when they understand the require
ments, and have purchased farms,
either improved or un~improved, in this
locality or north and west of here.
One has little idea Of the limited
knowledge Of some h~omeseekers. For
example, three Illinois men who came
here with the intention Of making
homestead entries were astonished
when they learned that the land was
not within a stones throw of prosper
ous cities, with schools, colleges and
churches, and that palace cars would
not pass the doors of their shack
two or three times daily. Four wom'
en-, two from Iowa and two from Wis
consin, after learning what must be
done to secure government land, de-
cided to abandon their purpose, and
all are now teaching school, in this
county for $40 per month. Two of
them seem likely to get possession OF
farms and prosperous young farmers
without The vicissitudes If pioneer life,
but by the aid of Cupid, who Is always
on the alert in this region.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30
sWINpLED LAND BUYERS,

Chris Whittmeyer to be Tried In
Grand Forks Court on Serious
Charge.
Chris Whittmeyer will be the de-
PENDANT in the most interesting
criminal action tried at the Deem
Der term of the district court at
Grand Forks.
From information that has reached
State Attorney Wineman. it appears
that Whittmeyer has been engaged in
selling lands in the state two or more
years, and he has not been at all par
ticular whose lands he sold. so long
as he received a cash payment from
prospective purchasers. In this
county he hau something like twenty
victims, and they were bled for sums
from $50 to $500. Whittmeyer's plan
was to sell lands located usually in
kidder OF Burleigh county. BY good
descriptive work he usually succeed
ed In getting first payments before
h purchaser had inspected the land.
1t was afterwards found that the land
described belonged to some other set.
tier.
He will be tried first on the charge
OF defrauding Jacob Rau and John
Weiss, farmers living at Emerald
and Thompson, respectively, out Of
$40, representing the first payments
on a section of land situated in Bur-
leigh county. They, with others,
were taken over the land. and it is
claimed that from these two men he
secured an additional sum after they
had inspected the land. which it was
found Whittmeyer had no authority
to sell. There are numerous other
cases, Whittmeyer being arrested at
Fargo, after he had started to Kidder
county with a dozen or more Grand
Forks county farmers. He left them
there Just before a start was to be
made to the land. and very promptly
they secured a warrant for his arrest.
A warrant was issued In Stutsman
county a few months ago for the ar
rest of Whittmeyer on a similar
charge, he having victimized Chris
tian Borth to the extent Of $500.
Should he fail of conviction in this
county, he will be turned over to the
Stutsman county authorities.
Joseph st. Lawrence will be tried
on a charge Of horse stealing. He
stole a horse. it is claimed from the
Geyer farm near Arvilla. took it to a
farm near Oslo and put it in pasture,
and then returned to Arvilla and as
sisted in an effort to catch the horse
thief.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30
TELL OF "UNIoN" COMPANIES.
Agents Are Examined by South Oa-
kota Insurance Officials.

The investigation before Insurance
Commissioner Perkins at Pierre on
the charge Of violation of the anti
compact insurance law of the state
was principally confined to examina-
ton Of local agents. Their testimony
was as to the use of a common rate
book for what are known as union
companies, the book being furnished
to them by a Minneapolis publishing
house, that their commissions were
less from the union companies when
they devoted themselves to union
companies alone.
The principal witness for the CON-
panies was j. c. Ingram of Chicago.
assistant Western manager for the
German-American company of New
York. who admitted that his company
was one known as union. and that
rates of such companies were alike
in different sections. but he could
not remember whether there had
been any agreement as to rates In
South Dakota since the anti-compact
law went into effect, or whether there
had been any fixing OF rates within
the past five years.
The investigation Is yet under way.
IN case 1t is proved that the anti
compact law has been violated. the
law shuts the offending company out
of the state for a period of n year.
The investigation of the st. Paul
Fire and Marine company will not be
ho,d ,nti, the nth of next March.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30
BOYS COMMITS SUICIDE.

Frank Blume, Jr., aged about II,
committed suicide near his home IN
Milford township, Beadle county, his
dead body being found in a corn field
sunday. He fastened a stick to the
trigger on a shotgun, then stretching
himself upon the ground. discharged
the gun with his foot, the shot taking
effect in the breast near the heart.
indications point to almost instant
death.
Coroner Tolmie held an inquest up
on the remains. but no cause Tor the
act could be discovered.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30
(From the Chicago Journal, Nov. 6,
1908

lCOoJ
When Commissioner Garfield went
to the Chicago packers and asked
permission to inspect their books, the
condition was made that no informa-
ton he might obtain therefrom would
be used in court proceedings against
them.
Mr.. Garfield gave this pledge, 1t is
stated, and the packers allowed him
to study their business in all it's de-
tails from the inside.
Now, it is announced, the results OF
his study have been turned over to
the government department o. justice
to be employed in legal prosecution Of
the packers.
Commissioner Garfield would not
have ventured to give the pledge that
was demanded by the packers without
instructions from Washington. He
pledged, not his own word, but the
governments. 1t Is not his good faith,
but the governments, that is in ques-
ton now.
The Journal has no concern for the
packers. except as they are citizens
of Chicago. If it can be proved that
they are guilty of engaging in a con-
spiracy in restraint Of trade, they
ought to be punished.
But their guilt, if they are guilty,
must be fairly proved. They must be
given a square deal.
Since the government has elevated
it's vision to such a height as to over
look the nest Of defiant criminal trusts
in New Jersey, almost within the
shadow Of the capitol dome, in order
to fasten itself a thousand miles away
upon Chicago, the government and
the President cannot be too careful
to avoid suspicion that they are more
anxious to prosecute western offend
ers than offenders in the east.
Some Of the methods already en-
ployed in this case have not been par
ticularly distinguished for decency.
When the government breaks into a
mans house and steals his private pa
pers, when it drags the wives of pack
%ing-house employees into court and
puts them under heavy bonds, it is
hardly dignified, not to say honorable,
nor even respectable.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30
VICTIMS OF MISFORTUNE.

The members of the Johnson family,
residing about midway between the
towns of Waubay and Webster, are the
victims of a strange series of misfor-
tunes. Only about three months ago.
Albert Johnson, ST., was killed in a
runaway accident, and now Albert
Johnson. Jr., the 1~9-year-old o OF
the dead man, is lying at his home In
q serious condition as the result Of mis-
riding horse running away and plung-
ing into a wire fence. At the time OF
the accident the young | an was riding
bareback with only a halter to con-
troll the animal, which broke away and
ran into the fence, badly injuring the
rider.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30
High Society,".

He had just returned from a CONT
mental trip and was telling his adven-
lures.
"And above ALL" he said, 81 actually
had the distinguished honor of playing
whist with a king"
The man in the overcoat had listen
ed IN silence up to this point. and now
his lip curled sc%ornfully as he replied:
That's nothing; ! once played with
four kings"
Really"
"Yes. Four kings and IN ace. ia
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30
OnIv Half Done.

One of the newly rich, John Johnson
by name, to establish a sort of literary
character, had bought a lot of books,
among them a copy of a are old die
tionary. 1t was somewhat out of re-
pair and he took it to the binders.
When finished he noticed that the
words "Johnson's Dictionary" had
been stamped on the back. He fell
into a furious passion and demanded
of the man:
"Why didn't you put the full name
sn-'John Johnson's Dictionary"