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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-12-27
On Account of THE Holy City, Performance at the Grand
Monday Evening Several Churches Hold Their
Christmas Services Early in Evening
MANY PLEASANT REUNIONS
DURING CHRISTMAS DAY
The Services Were Very Interesting and Many New
duCed in the Various Programs Rendered

The Christmas festivities in Brook
ings were OF unusual interest and were
supplemented by the rendition of "The
Holy City, at the Grand opera house
on Christmas Eve. The program by
the different Sunday schools were
varied and OF a pleasing nature to both
old ard young. Below we give the de-
tailed report of the exercises as far as
could be learned.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
The exercises at the Presbyterian
church were held Christmas Eve and
consisted of mixed program OF drills,
songs and recitations. At the close of
the program Santa Claus put in his
appearance and helped to distribute
the presents among the little folks
present.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-12-27
Family Reunion

Mr.. and Mrs. f. T. Grove have been
enjoying family reunion this week.
The entire family excepting one son
who lives at Denver, Colorado, was
here spending the holidays, and it is
needless to say they had happy time.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-12-27
In An Interview at Sioux City Senator Gamble States His
Position in Regard to the Charges Brought
Against Him by the Machine
PRESIDENT WILL SOON OPEN
INDIAN LAND TO SETTLERS
More Liberal Appropriation for Improvement of the Missouri River
is in Sight Result of Trans Mississippi Congress

framed bill which will make pre-
liminary treaty with the Indians un-
necessary. 1t provides for the ap-
praisement Of the lands which are to
be opened, and their sale to the set
tiers at the appraised value. The gov
erument is to act as trustee, receiving
the money from homesteads and pay
ing it to the Indians. He has secured
a favorable report on this measure
from the senate committee on Indian
affairs, and its passage at the present
session is assured. In the meantime
an effort will be made by the depart
ment to secure an adjustment with the
Indians, and if it is successful the bill
may be amended before its final pas
sage,
LOYAL TO ROOSEVELT
Phonetic spelling and the Bellamy
Storer incident have not dimmed
President Roosevelt's glory in the
least, and his position at Washington
and in congress is as secure as it ever
was, occording to Senator Gamble.
He said the phonetic spelling incident
was not taken as victory for his
enemies.
Senator Gamble said the Kansas
City session of the Trans-Mississippi
congress had created an impression at
Washington, and would carry some
weight in securing a more liberal
appropriation for the Missouri river.
He said he would continue to work for
the betterment of the river and the
property along its banks as he had
done in the past.
Accompanying Senator GAMBLE was
his son, Ralph A. Gamble, and his
nephew, Hugh S. Gamble, students at
Princeton university, who will spend
their Christmas vacation at Yankton
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-12-27
To Aid Agricultural COLLEGES

Representative Livingston, of Geor-
gia, has introduced bill appropriate
ing $4,000 year for the support OF
agricultural colleges in each congress
ional district Of the United States.
The money is to be paid to states and
territories and disbursed as state laws
provide.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-12-27

manufacture of alcohol to be denat-
ured for light, heat and power purposes
which it was originally proposed they
would have.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-12-27

II you want to start the New Year
right 60 to Poole, the barber he'll tell
you how.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-12-27

Indian Dandruff Cure positively re-
moves the dandruh and stops the hair
from falling out. Sold by Poole, the s
barber.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-28
The High School Debates.

The Humboldt school of st. Paul won
the final highschool debate at the East
Side assembly hall last evening, and
with it the custody Of the Journal cup
for the coming year. The series Of
debates has been unusually interesting
this year, nineteen schools in all parts
of Minnesota participating in the dis
cussion of the primary-law question,
which was debated twenty-five times
by all the schools. The final decision
went against the primary law and in
favor Of the delegate and convention
system of nominating officials.
The subject was a live one, and &C.
cording to the testimony of those who
from time. to. time acted as judges in
the preliminary rounds, the semi finals
and the concluding contest was well
handled by both sides. The manner of
presenting the arguments as well as
the validity of the arguments them
selves was taken into account by the
judges, and, while the final result is
not necessarily verdict against the
primary system, it evidently shows that
there are strong and good arguments
for the old system still in existence an6
young people capable Of giving them
convincing expression.
The best thing about these debates
is, Of course, the practice afforded in
ready expression, quick thinking and
logical arrangement: The, debate, az
conducted: by the state; league, has
proved itself a better training schoo
than the old formal grafton. It's popu
larity. among the schools attests Its
value, and the interest taken in thu
efforts Of their mates by each Of the
contending schools is a healthful sig,
that athletics do not overshadow every
thing else in the thought Of the young
people. - .=..'- -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-28
Funston Made Good.

: Es.ErE
There seems to- be Misunderstanding
as to why General Funston was sue-
ceeded at San Francisco by General
Greedy. Some newspapers have limited
that it was because Funston's work
was unsatisfactory, but this is not true:
General Funston COPIED with the situa-
ton in manner to win the applause Of
the war department.. He was not sue
ceeded by General Greedy. The fact
is that General Greedy is Funston 8
superior officer and when the former
arrived in San Francisco, he naturally,
according to army law, took the chief
command. General Greedy, who is the
commander Of the Pacific coast divi-
on his way east to his daughters wed:
ding. When he learned Of the catas.
trophe. at San Francisco, he turned
back, which he considered it his duty
to do, and on his arrival in San Fran.
cisco he became the head of the army
there. There was no question Of sue
ceeding. Funston is still in San Fran
cisco, but acting under Greedy, hi:
superior, just as Greedy is acting under
General Bell, the chief Of staff. Fun
ston made. good while he was in com
| mand and is entitled to no little credit
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-28
q SHOULD ONE SACRIFICE HIS
- GOOD NAME TO SAVE A

FRIEND?-The Evasion, a new
novel by Eugenia Brooks rockingham,
author of 1nThe Turn Of the Road, -
turns upon quixotic sacrifice of young
man for a college friend who cheated
at cards. The situation prompts an
immediate negative to the question
above, and the novel is strong plea
for the simple and direct and obvious
courses in life. Had the Quixote of the
story in hand done the obvious thing
and forced his friend to make restitn-
tlon years Of concentrated suffering
would have been saved many others as
well as himself. But he was an extrem-
lst, one of the kind who go to the limit
which ever way they go, and he went
the wrong way.
The book is one of the most thought
ful we have come upon thus far this
season. 1t raises dozen questions that
demand answers and it puts them in
light to compel attention.
AS a story the interest is sustained
turnout. There are places in which the
dialogue is overdrawn and theatrical,
but the force of the action carries one
along rapidly. AS for the conclusion
well, we like it; not that it is what
we could have wished but the early
part of the story being what it is, the
conclusion is logical and much stronger
than it would have been had the au,
thor been conscious Of the popular de-
mand in Hendings.'
J Heughton Miffin & Co., Boston. $50.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-28
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From the publishers:

trOm the publishers.
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-28
Notes on Some Of the Important NeD Books
GR1sLY PICTURE OF
By w. P. x.

GRIsLY PICTURE OF SUB
MERGED RUSSIA.-Maxim Gorky
likes to shock his public into attention.
Sometimes he shocks Internationally
and to an extreme that reacts, as he
did in his recent advent into the
United States under conditions that So
ciety on this side of the water would
not sanction. In his story, Creatures
that Once Were Men, he compels at
tention by the power Of. his portrayal.
of the horrors of the life of the sub
merged in Russia. His characters are
Just what his title indicates. One sees
in them men of intellect sunk to the
level of brutes-the minds still quick
and active, but morals gone and ami
NAL instincts ruling, and black pessl-
lnism in all. Here is a glimpse into the
lodging house group with which the
story deals:, *
$50. ;. he is dead. I too shall die
soon. -"
SIT is quite time for that!" said the captain
gloomily.
..It is,' Tyapa agreed. "You ought to die
too... Anything is better than this. ..'
.'But perhaps death might be worse? How
do you kEow?' .+-. '-.r -
-"It could not be worse. When you die you
have only God to deal with -. but here you
! have to deal with men,. and men--what are
they?'' a.-.. .
The man appears In that-the hope
! less man; the animal, the low animal,
the brute, appears elsewhere hor-
rible creature.
G. X. Chesterton, in an introduction
to this translation of the story which
is by J. K M. Shirazi, raises an inter
esting question. It is: Why is it that
much that is most morbid comes from
the fresh and untried and unexhausted
nationalities7 He suggests several an
swers, quite characteristic of his love
of the paradoxical. The answer seems
after all rather simple. In Russia, fol
example, are men emerging from dark
ness, They see the light of other civ
ilizations from afar, and it makes theil
own gloom and suffering seem the
| deeper. They grow weary in ploddins
! the upward way, become hopeless ane
morbid with the weight of the strug
gle. Certain it is that Gorkv is mas
i ter of the morbid. His book is one t.
stir again the sympathies of the worl'
for Russia. -. >'''
Funk Wagnalls company, New York.
-, -. rs cents.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-28
Free Steel for San Francisco.

The San Francisco disaster may start
a tariff fight in congress. Various bills
have been introduced to place struc-
tural steel and other material to be
used in rebuilding the ruined city on
the free list. Two such measures have
been introduced by republicans, Mr..
Madden Of Chicago and Mr.. KnoWland
Of California, and one by a democrat,
Mr.. Gaines of Tennessee. Mr.. Payne,
chairman Of the ways and means COM
mittee, is evidently worried about these
bills, and while not denying that they
will be considered, declares there is
sno hurry about them But the fact
of the matter is, if the bills are to be
Of any good to the people haste is the
essence of the proposition. The Cali
fornia delegation is not a unit on the
question, the senator's taking the ground
that the sacred tariff must not be dis
turbed on account of San Francisco.
California, they say, .has benefited
greatly by the Dingley law and they
do not want to see it impaired. s The
democrats, on the other hand, show a
disposition stos;open up the whole tariff
question.
One popularity of the argument OF
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-28
Automobile Driving.

The killing of little girl by an, au-
tomobile last night has brought to
The Journal again today another
shower Of protests against the reckless
driving Of automobiles thru the streets
Of the city. We are not prepared to
say that serious blame attaches to the
driver of the machine which ran over
the little girl last evening, but it is
not surprising that people become ex-
cited and threatening when such an ac-
cident happens.
In spite Of the more or less strenuous
efforts Of the police to check fast driv-
ing, there is still frequent and bitter
complaint of the disregard Of the
rights of others by q certain class of
automobile drivers. Unquestionably a
great majority Of the drivers are care.
full and duly regardful Of the rights
and safety of other people, but none
the less necessary is it that the police
and the courts---fors they must help out
shall make reckless driving crime
Of such magnitude that we. shall have
fewer exhibitions Of it than are to be
seen daily in the residence quarters OF
the city and along the boulevards.
The matter is very largely in the
hands of the courts. 1t is in large part
a matter Of degree Of penalty. a rep
rimand or a nominal fine cuts very
little figure and there is poor encour-
agement for the police to make reports
or arrests unless the consequences of
proven misdemeaner are, made heavy
enough to mean something. The auto.
mobile is much more easily controlled
than any other vehicle, and there i
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-28
How the Ellzins Law Works.

In passing sentence upon the Burling-
ton railroad for granting rebates, Judge
Bethea remarked that if there was pro-
vision in the law for imprisonment as
we'll as fine, much more might be accom-
plished. AS the law stands, however,
he could do nothing but assess $40, 900
against the corporation and $4,000
each against the two oficialswho plead,
ed guilty to having done the acts COM
paid in one check Of 100000 of the
company's money.
The theory of the Elkins law under
which this conviction was obtained is
that the removal Of the imprisonment
feature makes it easier to obtain evil
dence. that then fines of sufficient pro-
portions may be assessed to discourage
the breaking of the law. But it may
be taken for granted that in these
transactions on big railroad sufficient
profit accrues in a short time, to make 1t
profitable to take the risk of mourning
, what would be considered a large fine.
The corporations, it may also be taken
for granted, consider the whole question
from a purely proft-or-loss standpoint.
If they can see probable profit in an
infraction of the law they will continue
to break it, not believing there is any
thing morally wrong in the perform
ance. They reduce themselves to the
exact status Of the gamblers Of the
city who will cheerfully pay fines i'm
posed by the courts on dummy proprie-
tors, but who begin to scatter as soon
as an administration Of justice arises
which seeks diligently for the real own
ers of the business and gives them the
workhouse. ,.-r 80. II
The Elkins law has been in existence
now several years. This is the first
conviction against railroad obtained
under it. But rebating has been going
on as before, as the report of Garfield
on the Standard Oil company will show
This fine probably is only a small PEI
cent upon the illegal business done by
the Burlington alone. The conviction
and the large fine imposed therefore
represent not an Endorsement Of the Ell
kins law, but practical confession O.
its failure either to facilitate convic
lions or to stop the practices com
planned of. =. =. .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-28
THE MAGAZINES

The May Housekeeper.-To, the May
Housekeeper Professor D. LANCE contrib
utes, a most interesting, article on Ram
bles Amongst Our Wild Flowers" The
article is illustrated profusely. with pho
tographs taken by the author and Is not
only delightful chat about pleasant trips
to the country, but is very helpful as a
practical aid to the Sphotographing of flow
ers. Emily Ruth Calvin continues the. alb
sorbing serial, 1.-THE Quaintness of Bob
by" A short story by Emma Lee Wal
ton, entitled, 1.-THE Rehearsal" tells the
history Of an unexpected elopement
Amongst the other stories are Miss
Mehitable's silver Wedding" "Push- Cart
Nello, "r.Ar Want and What Followed u
and "a Serpentless5 Eden" DR.. Kate
Lindsay contributes an article on Spring
Hygiene p, For the cookery pages Eliza,
beth w. Morrison tells s of Cherry
Blossom Tea Party's!and how it should
be served. There are also the many
helpful departments. The Housekeepel
Corporation, Minneapolis, Mimi Sixty
cents q year. t-.-------------------~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-28
PROBLEM OF THE MYSTERY OF
. ATM I'M NONEY. -INhat ;a onllad

PROBLEM OF THE MYSTERY OF
PAIN IN A NoVEL.-What is called
the mystery of pain is the theme of
The Angel Of Pain by E.. F. Benson,
author of "Dodo' and other novels.
No new solution is found for the mys-
terry, but the story has some elements
ity. One of these is certain joy in
pain on the part of those who suffer,
but it is not the Joy of the ascetic.
This joy comes from a happy accept
ance of the old, old doctrine, that the
spirit is refined by pain as Sgold is by
fire. AS one of the characters states it.:
/ ,Ah, we have all got to be made perfect. !
take Tit that no man in his senses can have
any doubt Of that. The thing which Is you,
that essential, vital fame, has got now or at
some future time to burn it's best. have to dc
the same; We shall all be strung up to per
lection either. thru joy, or, perhaps. II we
are approaching it from the other side, thru
some binding pain. We all have to attempt
to approach perfection to the best Of oul
abilities Our abilities may make mistake
very likely they do. But l, when attempt tt
approach the best Of me thru the pleasant
ways of Joy and simplicity, would not go bach
one step to save myself from the pangs thai
may follow.
| That is the utterance of an almost
fantastic character, a character, that
except for the absence Of q somber side
and a crime, suggests Donatello OF
ssThe Marble Faun.' Part, but not all
of the pangs of the characters Of the
story grow out Of a complicated love
affair, In which the wronged one learns
| thru his suffering to be kinder and
more indulgent to others. The author 8
Estyle is rather conventional, stiffy SO
at times. -
]. B. Lippincott company, Philadelphia
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-28
4 rArrF111, FAREWELL DINNER

when prospective Benedicks sglVe
farewell dinners for their bachelor
friends, it is well to provide, in ad-
vance for results, especially if the land !,
lord is to 81 fill the flowing bowl until
it doth run over. - Dick Pentreaeh,
whose romance is told in a novel which
bears his name, did not give the dinner
IN the story; his bachelor friends gave
it FOR him, and perpetrated a mixture Of
drinks on the youth that had disastrous
effects. The most rabid temperance adj
yocate, however, cannot take excep'
tion to the story on account Of this lit
tie incident The whole tone is moral
enough to suit the most exacting. and
the atmosphere of the story is idylical
~ delightful and wholesome. It is BY
Katharine lyman, author of Julia
and ga Dear Irish Girl. =
A. c. Mcc1urg & Co., Chicago. $3.50.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-28
SOME EXTRAORDINARY FISHING
CTNPIES THAT APE NOT FICTION

SOME EXTRAoRDINARY FISHING
STORIES THAT ARE NOT FICTION
Anyone who is a lover of sport, and
especially anyone who finds his sport
in hunting for such game as is to be
found in the water, will find The Log Of
a Sea Angler, by Charles Frederick
Holder, book of exceptional attrac-
ton. They tell a story at Arundas
Pass, Texas, that shows the character of
MI. Holders sporting spirit. They say
there that up to the time of the ar
rival of Mr.. Holder no one had taken a
GATED tarpon into a skiff. The men
, were afraid of being capsized in water
Astounding in sharks. Holder, fresh
from the field of the leaping Tuna, one
of which had towed him twelve miles,
brought big tarpon to gaff in twenty
| minutes and ordered the boatman to
take it in. The boatman mutinied, but
being forced "to gait or be thrown,
overheard" he gated it and in a, mo-
ment the boat looked like volcano
everything was in the air. Finally. to
save his life, the boatman threw him.
self down on the fish and held it while
the angler rowed in. .---S
| Houghton. Miffin & Co., Boston. s1.5o net
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-28

Senator Bailey few days ago ac-
cused Senator spooner Of having read
garbled extracts Of decisions to, sus-
tain his view Of The Injunction power
of the courts. Yesterday Senator
Spooner denied that he had ever in
thirty-eight years Of practice conscious
ly misread a decision to affect case.
He said the extracts had been prepared
by:sa lawyer friend and eefssh i'd not
looked them over carefully before read
ing them in the senate. Senator Bailey
promptly acquitted spooner Of having
intended to deceive the senate, but it
looks a little as tho the country was
being bunkoed into believing spoone1
knows it all while he is being led on
himself by lawyer friend. , 81