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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-05-04

the matter have been sent to the
Congo
Probably the most used peanut is
what is called The Spanish. an or
shoot Of what used to Be exclusively
grown IN Spain. This is the little
round peanut so much .usea for salt
ing. In Virginia a greater part Of
the crop grown there Is called Span
ish No. l.
When the crop IS short in Virginia
the original Spanish is imported from
Spain, but. in fact. il is grown in
northern Africa The conditions OF
the Virginia soil make it superior for
this nut over any other section in
the world except the Congo district
The jumbo variety brings the high
est price. however. and naturally it
was that variety that Mr Ryan select
ed for his crop. He viii later grow
the Spanish peanut, which. although
cheaper. has greater sale than the
jumbo But Mr. Ryans advisers.
knowing that the jumbo would have
the greater sale if the price were
lower have advised him to try that
grade first And that is the grade
that Mr. Ryan will grow in the Congo
district. and from the proceeds
thereof he hopes to be able to pay no
inconsiderable part of the expenses of
the working Of his rubber plantations,
gold mines and copper enterprises. II
is said that Mr. Ryan will 90 10 the
Congo before very long.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-05-04
information Wanted.

They were joint occupants Of the
parlor sofa-he a man about town.
she the heroine of three divorce
suits
VIII you be my wife?" he quer-
led
Before giving you my answer"
she rejolned, u would like to know
If your income is sufficient to pay me
the alimony to which | have always
been accustomed Chicago Daily
News.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-05-04

little sentiment which Mr. Cleve-
land put forth on his SEVENTEEN birth.
day and by which the occasion might
Well be remembered. q believe that
we must set ourselves against the fall
lacy that g city life is the easier and
more productive OF happiness Mr.
Cleveland has had ample experience
of life, both in the city and m the
country
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-05-04
WlIllno to obIIoe.

Backward, turn backward, o
Time, in thy flight, make me a child
again just for tonight, quoted the
maiden who was beginning to carry
weight for age.
Certainly, my dear" rejoined Fa-
ther Time, as he paused to whet his
faithful scythe. About how far back
would you like me to Chicago
Daily News.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-05-04

Put a quarter pound butter. the
juice Of two lemons. two tablespoon
ais chopped parsley. salt and pepper
in a basin. mix well and stand on
the ice until needed. This viii keep
almost a week and is nice spread upon
"a Juicy porterhouse steak.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-05-04

Courageous Pedestrian Omcer I
protest against that mans arrest Wbs,
was his oifense2
The Cop-Aw, he was drivie. his
auto at only 20 miles an hour. ab de
layin' the machines behind him
Puck.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-05-04

An Evanston. lli, minister is fixing
sap marriage ceremony in which the
girl VIII not have to promise 10 obey
That is a good idea L will be lots
easier for some wives 10 obey If they
have to when they have not promised
10 DO SO.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-05-04

His mother-in-law had been with
them for three long weeks.
Tomorrow" said his wife. will
be mammas birthday I wish I could
think Of something appropriate to
give her"
Why not give her a ticket back
homer" suggested The husband Chi.
cago Daily News.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-05-04

CONSERVATION was caused an over
the English-reading world not long
ago BY the report that the Valparaiso
earthquake had destroyed Juan Fer.
nandez, Robinson Crusoes island. The
terrible rumor has been denied an.
ihoriiatvely by the secretary OF the
Royal Geographical society
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-05-04

so you are going to lecturer
Yes, answered Senator Sorghum.
not that I care for the money but
it is pleasure TO get away from
your siony-iaced colleagues in con
gress and face an audience that really
wants 70 hear you talk Washington
Star
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-05-04

A minister IN South Dakota was
held up by two cowboys. who tried to
force him to drink with them. He
thrashed both. and muscular Chris
ranity is now at the top notch Of
popular venerauon In that section.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-05-04

John D. Rockefeller Jr. Is to be su.
perintendent Of his fathers country
estate ga the Hudson Il IS learned
from a reliable source that De win not
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-05-04

Why ala you name your play. A
Hot sceniY"
Because we are trying It on the
DOS Baltimore American.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-05-04

stranger-I guess should very
much like to see over this grand his
toric mansion Is it feasible?
Old Caretaker-No. it's not fees
abie' Sir; but most gents gives me
something for taking EN- round
Scraps
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-05-04
queror.

She-Indeed I'm not. Our family
only goes back to William the Con-
queror.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-10-31
Brookings lined up as follows:
A RAGGED GAME

The State College team defeated a
team representing Toland's business
college of Sioux Falls, at the Fair
grounds Saturday afternoon. the
score was 20 to 0, but it could have
easily been so or even IS to 0 had
the home team played in anything
like it's true form. Their work was
the poorest shown by a college team
in several years, and away below any
thing ,Aey have displayed in their pre-
Vious games this season. They Ium-
bled repeatedly, a fault they had not
shown in any previous game and their
lack of ginger and fighting spirit was
something awful to witness.
A slump such as the college team
displayed, comes to every football
team sooner or later. and the sooner
it comes the better for the team. The
coach can reasonably expect better
things from this time on, and the boys
should give a good account of them
selves in the remaining battles. One
of the reasons advanced for the poor
work of Saturday is that the Brookings
team expected that the Sioux Falls
bunch would be easy, and this over
confidence threw them out of their
Strlde. ne olOuA Il dis Doyo NoiO
easy, in that they knew very little
of the game, but they displayed a
fighting spirit superior to that of the
home team.
The visitors were stronger on de-
fense than in their offensive play, as
they made first down but once during
the entire game. Egge, the big tackle
and a brother of the Brookings center,
played the best game for Sioux Falls,
his work being the best seen on the
field. The game was marred by con-
slant wrangling with the officials, and
the period of play dragged out nearly
two hours.
The lineup was as follows:
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-10-31
H1MC RAILWAY LINE PROGRESSING MIE CONFERENCE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SQUAD At HURON
GO TO HURON SATURDAY

The high school football team will
go to Huron next Saturday for game
with the strong Huron high school
team. The Brookings team will be
badly crippled by the absence of Ed
win Reeves, who is just recovering
from an operation for appendicitis.
Reeves is the fastest man on the
Brookings team and one of the best
high school nalfbacks in the state, and
his work has always been a great fac
tor in Brookings victories. 1t has not
been decided who will take his place,
but whoever the player is he cannot
be expected to fill Reeves shoes. A
great deaf depends upon the outcome
of the game, and the winners will
only have to defeat Sioux Falls to be
champions Of the state.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-10-31
SCHOOL LAW ALL RI. (

In the last few weeks = re has
been a great deal of cr'S m, most
of it unmerited, upon the ew school
law of the state. This law, which
was passed by the legislature last
winter and which went into effect July
1st, requires that the papers of all ap.
plicants for teachers certificates must
be passed upon by the state educa-
tional department. This law is very
similar to the one passed by Minnesota
several years ago, and Iowa and Ne
braska have recently adopted the same
idea. The principle complaint against
the law is that it creates a shortage of
teachers. This is very easily account
ed for. Under the old law county
superintendent granted all third grade
certificates, and in a great many of the
counties of the state teachers held
this class of certificates which were
granted under very easy examinations
or none at all. The result of this was
these teachers failed to keep their
work up to standard, and when obliged
to write before state board where all
papers are marked alike and upon
their merits they failed. Surely the
new law is not to blame for this con-
dtion.
In the July examinations, the papers
of which were marked at Pierre, two
counties had something over 100 ap-
plicants each and of these, 90 odd
failed in each case.
We have taken the trouble 20 inter
view County Superintendent Aldrich
as to the workings of the law in this
county, and he tells us that while he
is short about - teachers he does not
lay the blame to the new school law.
There have been but three old teach
ers, that is teachers with at least SIX
months experience, who have tailed
to pass the examination since July lst,
and there have been 81 who wrote.
This is no greater proportion than lii
former years under the old law, and
it proves that the Brookings county
teachers who have received certifi-
Gates in the past have merited them.
The real reason for the scarcity of
teachers in this county is that in those
counties which are short of help have
substantially raised the wages of their
school ma'ams. AS a result large
number of Brookings county teachers
have migrated to where they could
get better pay. This is better shown
by the figures from the report of the
state educational department which
states that there are but II counties
out of the SO in the state which pay
less monthly wage than Brookings.
All the rest are higher, by amounts
ranging up to $14 per month.
We have also taken pains to ask
a number of experienced teachers as
to the fairness of the examinations
conducted by the state board. With
out exception they have informed us
that the examination were very fair.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-10-31
SMALL FIRE

The fire department was called to
the home of G. A. West Monday morn
ing about II 80 by small blaze at the
barn. The fire started in pile of
old straw near the barn, caused by
some ashes which had been thrown
out, and it sprang from there to the
side of the barn. When discovered 1t
had a good start and was burning
briskly, being famed by hard south
wind, and a few minutes more would
have put it beyond control. The neigh
bors did good service with buckets
and had the fire nearly out when the
department arrived. Before throwing
the ashes out precautiOn had been
taken by pouring water over the ashes,
but there must have been spark,
which famed by the strong wind ig-
nited the straw,
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-10-31

ing speakers on the American plat
form. He describes, vividly, the con
tent OF each number Of his program be-
fore playing it,
Following are few interesting
points concerning this decidedly inter
esting man:
Mr.. Perry is the originator and chief
exponent of the lecture-recital idea:
He is the only American pianist
who ever played before the Emperial
court of Germany.
He is the only pianist, American or
foreign, who ever succeeded in sus
tanning himself for ten consecutive
seasons by concert playing alone in
the United States.
He is the only blind pianist in the
worlds history who has succeeded in
winning an unquestionable position
in the front rank of his profession.
He is trained and educated musi
clan, not blind freak
Watch next weeks issue for more
particulars concerning this remarkable
man.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-10-31
GO TO GRAND FORKS

The college football team left this
morning by way of Watertown and
Benson, for Grand Forks, n. d., where
tomorrow afternoon they meet the Uni
versity of North Dakota football team
in the annual gridiron battle between
the two schools. The BrOokings team
left in very fair shape and confident of
winning. Last year BroOkings won by
a close score, but this year the team
is a green one and the North Dakota
team is very apt to win out on their
own grounds. The party was made up
as follows: Coach juneau, Captain
COughlin, Meharg, w. Wohlheter, Cliff
Johnson, Egge, Warrenson, Atkinson,
Chilcott, Furnstahl, Chas. Johnson,
Buck, V. Wohlheter, Hall, Bacon. The
team expects to return by way of
Minneapolis and take in the Chicago
Minnesota game, arriving home Sun
day morning.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-10-31
"UNDER SOUTHERN SKIES"

There is the gay spirit of Halloween
in Under Southern Skies" which
comes to the Grand Opera house for
an engagement Thursday, November
Z with an excellent company and a
beautiful scenic production of the
pretty idyll, now as famous as Way
Down East" Under Southern Skies
is by Lottie Blair Parker, of Way
Down East" 1t succeeds in staging
local color and southern life in really
charming and unhackneyed style.
Under Southern Skies" is a love
story. downright and wholesome; with
youth and gaity, humor and pathos,
and a succession of delightful pictures
of southern life, all set to the telling
of how Leila Crofton was Wooed Dy
two youths, one who wished for her
happiness, and another who wished
for his own selfish ends and forced her
to an unhappy bridal. The story is
laid in Southern Louisiana during 1879,
and the scenery is true to the last de-
tail of picturesque plantation life The
stately wide verandahed colonial man
sion of Major Crofton, in the first and
| fourth acts, the accurate presentation
of an old Halloween party and the
| wedding in the next act. reveals the
| completing possibilities of hospitality
and good cheer found in these man
sions of the old regime. The Hal
lowe'en party before mentioned, with
it's magic and mystery of witches, can
dies and mirrors, and made to frame
| true lovers kisses, its Jack-o-lantern
auadrile in the freight. and the intro
duction of the jubilee singers, are
great features of the production, the
old southern melodies and jubilee
songs lending the real plantation lilt
| to the occasion.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-10-31
PASSING OF THE PIONEERS

Silas D. Bennett, an old settler Of
the west part of the county, living
near Arlington, died October 20, and
the remains were laid to rest in the
Arlington cemetary October %. Mr..
Bennett was born at Black Lick, Penn,
1851. Two years later they moved to
Illinois, where they remained six years,
removing from there to Wisconsin,
where they made their home until
their removal to Brookings county in
1880. He was the father of eighteen
children of whom thirteen are living,
as follows: Peter of North Dakota,
Nathan of Wisconsin, Tunis j., of
Volga Linas of Wisconsin, Maggie of
Minneapolis, John of Minnesota, James
F., of Arlington, Mrs. Lulu Lee. of
Kelgere, Mimi, Mrs. Clara Gettman of
Arlington, Eunice of Enterprise, Ore
gon, William of Arlington.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-10-31
LAST GAME
OF THE SEASON
BrOokingS and Mitchell Will Lock
Horns Friday. Nov. 8
HIGH SCHOOL W0RSTS
LAKE BENTON TEAM
Second Team Plays All Round the
MinneSOtidnS

The annual football game between
the South Dakota State college and
Dakota Wesleyan college Of Mitchell
will take place in this city on Friday
afternoon of next week. The game
will be played on the Fair grounds
in west Brookings, where all of the
college and high school games have
been played this year. The game will
be the last and unquestionably the
best one of the season. The two col
leges are old rivals in athletics and
any contest between them is always
worth coming miles to see. The Nit
chell team this year, judging from
its games played so far is fully the
equal of the home team. Her victory
over huron by a score Of 10 TO 0
would make her look stronger than
Brookings, who was defeated by
Huron, 4 to 0, but comparative scores
count for little in football. Brook
ings was defeated by Huron, but it is
generally admitted that Brookings is
the stronger by at least two touch
downs. If this is the case 1t would
put Mitchell and BrOokings about on
a par, and the team which is in the
best of luck will carry off the honors.
Brookings has hard game with North
Dakota at Grand Forks tomorraw, and
if the team comes through in fair
shape they will be in form to give
Mitchell a great battle. Coach Juneau
has a line Of substitutes who are very
little, if any, below the regulars In
ability, and Brookings supporters may
be sure that their team will be IN
shane to give the MethOdiStS a hard
battle for the honors.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-10-31
A PECULIAR INJURY

Mr.. Walsh, the engineer of the
waterworks ditcher, had a narrow es-
cape from a serious accident one day
this week He was standing on the
footboard close to the revolving
shovels when one of them picked up
an old kettle imbedded in the earth
and hurled it with great force against
the bottom of his foot which was eX-
tending a short distance over the
board. The force was enough to bad
ly sprain his instep and it has not
been determined whether any of the
small bones have been broken. Had
it missed his foot the kettle would have
struck him in the head and inflicted
a more serious injury. He will be laid
up some time with the injured mem
ber.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-10-31
MILLERs IN sRookINGS

A number of millers along the
Northwestern line held a meeting at
the Leon Hotel in this city last Friday
afternoon to discuss freight rates as 1t
applies to their business. General
Agent A. c. Johnson of Winona, and
Travelling Passenger Agent b. F. Far
rell of Huron, were present at the
meeting and Mr.. Johnson gave a very
nice talk in which he assured the
meeting that the Northwestern would
do everything in its power to adjust
,Ae rates in this state to the complete
satisfaction of the millers. Henry
Neill, secretary of the State Miller's
association, was present. The others
who were present were: w. II.
Stokes, Watertown; James Christie,
Madison; G. NJ. Ostroot, Lake Preston; ;
.lugh Griffith, Huron; Geo. p. Sexauer,
Brookings.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-10-31
All, THERE, SIOUX FALLS

Neil Stewart, president of the Brook
ings & Sioux Falls company, has been
in this city for conference with P.
A. Grose, right-of-way man for the
road. Mr.. Grose will go to Brookings
Monday to take up some matters there
connected with the building of the
road.
President Stewart said yesterday
that the company was building its
roadbed north from Egan and south
from Brookings, That will be the
first section to be operated.
He says that his company will enter
Sioux Falls and that he believes that
within a year cars will be i'll operation
between BrooKings and this city.
A meeting of the directors will be
held in Brookings Monday.-Sioux
Falls Press.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-10-31
FINE BLOODED STOCK

On Saturday Fred Killing & Sons
proprietors of the Prairie Center stock
farm northeast of town, received fine
shipment of four head of Shorthorns
from the noted herd of Walpole Bros.
of Rock Valley, Iowa. The animal
that particularly impressed us was a
young cow of perfect lines, weighing
in the neighborhood of LOO pounds
When fully grown she will tip the
scales around the ton mark. The Ril
lings are great believers in fine stock
and no matter what the price is they
get the best obtainable.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-10-31
ELECTRIC LINE WORK

The work on the electric line is
being pushed steadily forward, al
though the grading crew has been
bothered by wet weather the past few
days. We took a drive out along the
line Saturday afternoon and were
greatly surprised at the work already
accomplished. At that time the big
grader was working about two miles
south of Lunden' 5, making the first
grade while a crew of men with teams
and scrapers were following them up
to complete the work From here to
Medary the grade runs over very Level
ground although it is lower than far
ther south. For this reason it is hoped
to complete the work as far as the
Sioux river this fall and in the spring
when it is wet the country south OF
the river can be worked to better ad-
vantage.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-10-31
ANOTHER BRIDE FOR eRookINcs

Edward Dalton of this city, was mar,
ried to Miss Florence Brisbine at the
home of the brides sister at Chicago
Wednesday of last wekk Mr.. and
Mrs. Dalton arrived here Friday even.
ing, having stopped for days visit
at Minneapolis, and they are now get.
ting settled in their home in the Ran.
dali cottage. near the residence of J. ID.
Wilson. Mr.. Dalton has been con.
nected with the Corner grocery the
past year, and during that time he
has made a large number of warm
friends who will extend hearty con
gratulations to him and his bride.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-10-31
INJURED ON RAILROAD

Mrs. d. NJ. Cowan went to Tracy
Thursday morning to visit her hus-
band, who is in the hospital with an
injury received in wreck near Man
kato some time ago. The Cowans
are a new family who moved here
from Gale, Wis.,. a few weeks ago and
are living in the Eric Hovden house
in east Brookings. They also pur-
chased what is known as the old
Hobbs farm north of town. When
injured Mr.. Cowan was on his way
here with a car of household goods.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-10-31
HOW ABOUT THE FlEAS

p. G.. Johnson and j. X. Haugen re-
turned Monday night from Kingsville,
Texas( where they spent some time
looking over the country. They were
pleased with that country, and Mr..
Johnson brought back a number of
samples of fruit and vegetables grown
there. including lemon weighing
something over two pounds. Mr.. John
son expects to run number of land
excursions to that country the coming
winter, the first one of which will
leave here November 10Th. He has
rented his home on Seventh avenue
to Mrs. Beebe and will take his family
to Kingsville on the first excursion to
spend the winter.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-10-31
LECTURE AND RECITAL

On Friday evening, November Is, Ed
ward Baxter Perry, the world-famous
blind musician and pianist, will give
lecture recital in the Grand Opera
house under the direction of the must
cal faculty of the S. d. S. c. In pre-
senting Mr.. Perry to the Brookings
public they are confident that they are
presenting one of the most noted or
living pianists, master and an
artist.
Aside from his ability as an artist,
Mr.. Perry is one of the most interest