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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-12-12
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

c. b. Pope and VT to : u. Sly
Lots : and s blk. II SIX. 2nd
addn to Brookings, .........S 80
Frank Sherwin and VT TO f. F.
Baldridge NE of uw4 OF NV
u OF swA of 25-l 1870. ...... 200
Ina V. Carlisle and hus to Twins
a Loban W t66l il OF lot
blk | ienry's add'n To Brook
ngs ...................... ESQ
Chas = Welch and VT TO w :
Loban Lots ,. >, (. -, IL. =.
and Is blk Pleasant Hill add
to BrookmgS ............... 300
William IT. WelCh and VT 70 "
5. Loban sig Of nwi4 OF swi4
of swh 25-ll0-5o. Lot Is and
y of lot > blk SIX. ond add
to Brookings ............... 25oo
Frank f. Griepentrog and VI -
Julius f.. Chez and Amelia
Chez Out-lOt II" White. ... 900
George {. Eastwood ..........
C. :. Paulsen and VT 10 Is. D.
Lowell lots ! and So of blk
L. Elkton Observation-Disclosures. 400
Herman Marshall and VT 10 C.
s Paulsen out-lot "" Elkton l0oo
W. +. Lot Co. to Theodore j
Strupp lot IS blk Il Elkton -
w. T. Lot Co to Theodore !
Strupp lot blk II Elkton 49, -
W. \. kastner and VT 10 Carl
a. Schwanz Lots L. and II blk
Browns plat of Elkton ..... 1850
Chales McReth and VT TO l.. \.
Larson sig of nell and els
OF sci, of 5-1ll-47 ......... 80
Henry & Bohlke and VT TO
George Brown Lots and
blk Nolga ............ 300
George Albert and VT to Angus
tus Oily sw4 of 51O9-41... 6720
Gertrude BENTON ct al TO Chas
II. White Swli of II II . Of
10 and sl2 of ll.I11-49 ...... ,
Ada +. White trustee TO Chas
II. White Sw4 Of IL nl2 OF l.
and y OF 1l-l1l-49 ........ 299S5
Chas + White to Ada r. White
and nel2 of 10 se4 of Bill.
~ and sig of 34.lll.4S...... 3I7l9
Ada +. White to Fred II White
nWA OF ne4 of Il el2 OF
SEA of Is pit We of sell OF So
a OF IL sw i Of Is and nwl4
=, OF $,lli.4N ................ 263l4
Chas, II. White ct al to Gertrude
Benton el2 Of and nla OF
10 el2 of se4 of 16-l11.49.. >
Ada +. White trustee to Cert
rude Benton e1a of and nj.
OF 10 el2 of seA of l6-lll-49.. 27Sll
Fred II. White ct al to Ada r
White W of ne4 of 10 and Sc
4 of 3.lll49 and of 34-lll.
70 .........
Gertrude Benton ct al to Fred
II. White nwA of s nell of l.
el2 of sell of Is pit Wiz of Sc
a of 13-1ll-49 and sw of IS
and nwA of 13-111.4S .... >
J. II. Swanson and VT to Chas
NJ. Fawcett neA of l7-ll0-
~ 'cc,":................ 64O0
Henry c. Moffatt to Ernest Moi.
fatt sell of 5-110-49 ....... 64OO
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-12-12
ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE

The event Of the season in the
Grand will be The Metropolitan Adj
vanced Vaudeville Co. Manager Walker
has secured the famous Advanced Vau-
devilles Same as N4e been playing
all the large cities. TO those who do
not know what advanced vaudeville
is, a treat is in store for them. 40
plot, but one continual laugh Provok-
ing program. combining musical com.
edy, opera, singing and dancing sDe-
cialties. making an evenings enter
tainment that is a JOY TO anyone.
Seats will be on sale at Villas drug
store Thursday Il. m. Prices 25-3J-5O-
I1ctS Manager Walker guarantees
the show to be one of the best ever
brought here and hopes TO be able to
give this company a packed house
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-12-12

word and We took our seats at the
table and they brought in healthy
a mess OF vegetable soup as ever
tiCkled your nose. | We're done with
mine in a iitfy and was ready for the
rest of it when a bell rang and believe
me, the whole gang got up and began
putting on their things cOuldn't
make il out at all, at all, and when
| asked Biddy she said We We're 10
have the next course at Donovan $.
And Donovan's was a good long mile
away Well. had TO go and when we
got there we mdressed again and sat
down and they handed MS all about
two square inches of fish and one of
them spoiled plums called olives and
then some - phoOl rang that
bell again and up rose the whole mob
as one man and started To dress again
My but | wuz tired and hungry but
| was more mad than either, and
took Bill Juneau of to the side-lines
and asked him would we stand it.?
It's the latest thing, said he, and we've
got to-"
Where next. says 10"
"Out TO Mulligan's' And Mulligan
lived just across the road from Me
Diary"
Well we had sample Of corn
beef and cabbage at Mulligan' $, then
away and Il fritter and some salad
at IIogan's and finally a piece OF pie
and cup of coffee at Flanagan $,
and | had walked eleven miles in me
wrath and a pair OF wet boots, half
a nights good sleep was gone forever
and me appetite was a'hollerm like
a stalwart for a seat on the band
wagon. q my. . my
It's no good. it it, Hogan
NO good? Hinnisey, if YOU ever get
a bid to one get Il pint of alcohol, some
sugar and pail of water and go out
back of the barn and hide. Your con
csience and the Judge can't hurt yez
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-12-12
BADLY MIXED UP

Abraham Brown, of Wintertou. \.
!" mad very remarkable experience;
he says: Doctors got badly mixed up
over me; one said heart disease; two
called 1t kidney trouble; the fourth,
blood poison, and the fifth stomach and
liver trouble; but none of them helped
me; so my wife advised trying Electric
Bltters, which are restoring me 10 per
feet health. One bottle did me more
good than all the five doctors pre-
scribed." Guaranteed for blood pois-
ON, weakness and all stomach liver
and kidney complaints, by c. y Ken
dali druggist. soc.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-12-12
HOGANS lNSTAllMENT SUPPER

If say, iImnis"y?'
What
Did yez ever go to progressive
supper"
NO"
Don't"
What is ii like"
Il dunno. less it be something loik
the torture skeme of old where they
took a pinch out of man every day
till there was no place left to place
the pinchers.
Co. shure, and it cant be as bad
as that, Hogan
Well maybe not, but-lSten.
Last ChueSday when | were eating
me supper Biddy says, says She we
be invited to Il progressive supper to
morrow night and it will be after start
ing at Reillys, SO go over there from
your work | didn't say anything for
Mrs. Reilly be a good cook and I'd as
soon eat there as anywhere.
And how wuz it,
We'll, we had a hard day Wednes-
day, the dtcher was working on the
street forninst Frank Barton's place
and when the muck and mire weren't
clogging the shovels the banks were
caying in and-my. oh my but it
were mess and when Aanes blew
his whistle the only thing about me
that was really alive was me appetite.
We'll, | went down TO ReillyS and
YOU would have swore it was a wake
had You seen the mob There was
lawn Kelley and Verne Kelley, Tom
Madden, Della Allen, lawn Murphy.
Joe Murphy. Rev. Morphy and a lot
more real Irish, some near-lrish and
a lot more who had married Irish.
and the thing looked good for a grand
time, but"
We'll. and what them"
Finally Bridget Reilly gave the
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-12-12

c. and y w r. r Co. 10 c. w.
Dick strip - IT wd across ne
Il OF $4,000 ...............
Ben Sinjem and vi TO r. l.
Briggs el2 OF Swi4 of 2-1O9-
Oline exc and huS To Hans Hal
version Lubbock and John G.
Lubbock swl, of POL ll-50. ....
+. b. Jacobson and WI 10 George
ChriStopherson nwl4 of 21-
Horace Fishback and VT 10
Mary +. Seaton nw14 of nwl4
Bel 1880
Daniel l.. Walker 70 G.. II. Left
ermann sl2 of nwl4 and lots
,, OF 2-ll2-5l...............
Anna NJ Taylor to Lottie Jeanne
Taylor Wig OF sel4 Of 32-l1l-5l
John Piehl to +. l.. Crepps Se4
of lN-lll-52
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-12-12

half as bad the next morning a. IN,
memory Of a progressive supper
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-12-12
Railroads Grant SPECIAL Rates

For the second annual meeting OF
the South Dakota State Corn Grow
erS and Breeders Association to be-
held at Mitchell December II. IS. 10.
1900 lines interested will make Spe-
clal rates of one and One-third fare
for the round trip on the certificate
plan. Under this arrangement tickets
must be purchased one way only and
receipt taken for fare paid On pre-
Sentation Of this receipt. signed by
the secretary OF the Association, re
turn ticket from Mitchell can be pur-
chased at one-third fare. This applies
rom all points in South Dakota.
English SPAWN Liniment removes
Hard. Soft or Calloused Lumps and
Blemishes from horses: also Blood
Spavins, Curbs. Splints, Sweeney.
Ring Bone. Stiles. Sprains. Swollen
Threats, Coughs, etc. Save $50 by use
of one bottle. A wonderful Blamish
cure. Sold by f. l.. Villas, druggist.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-14

report upon the back creek and the Sassafras
River routes and the dssiCabiIiry OF purchasing
the present canal and the construction OF free
and open waterway. with sufficient depth TO accom-
modate the largest ships afoat. The present route
IS held TO be more desirable because il has equal
commercial and strategic advantages, and Will, in
the opinion Of the commission. De S2.l5e1,o cheaper
than the other
It is recommended in the report that not more
than $2514, ,2S9 be paid for the present canal The
commission further recommends that the present
canal be purchased without delay and that 1t be
gradually widened into & large waterway capable OF
accommodating ships OF any draft.
Although there many arguments before the
commission for a shallow canal between the Della
ware ana Chesapeake Days, which would supple
nleIL the proposed barge canal between Beaufort
y c.. and Norfolk Va. the commission is firmly
OF the dimensions named would. in the opinion OF
should be constructed Estimates for canal OF
THIS depth ana with a minimum width OF 15O feet
are submitted.
The width is extended TO 800 feet in marshes. and
IN curves Is increased 35j feet \ level canal
IS the dimensions named would. in the opinion OF
The commission, cost S2O,62l523- With S0-foOt
cnanne- such canal would cost $lI3l2oS4
Sucn a canal would shorten the distance be-
tween Baltimore and Philadelphia 323 miles and
would lessen the distance between Baltimore and
the mouth Of the Delaware by 1S4 miles. The
port states that all hearings conducted by the
the East, which railways are unable to handle
satisfactorily and the development of waterways
IS urged as necessary to meet the great demand
for transportation
New-York tribune., 1907-01-14
CHARGES SCHEME FOR 5000 FRAUD.
Washington Doctor Causes Arrest of Two
Men. One from White Plains.

Washington. Jan. 13.-Wirat is charged by the
police 10 be a scheme 70 defraud Washington
physician OF 5000. led 10 the arrest to-day Of
Frank F. Honans OF Paris, France. and David
T. Hammer. alias Townsend. OF White Plains.
y Y. the charge OF conspiracy. The two
men were taken into custody in an uptown
hotel after Dr. Thomas J. Kemp. OF this city
had reported 10 the police that Tanner had made
a proposition him 10 enter into a deal TO
put New York gambling house out OF busi-
ness
DR.. Kemp declares that the men assured him
that by investing 5000 he could easily win
from 100000 to 100000 within one week The
physician however. SAYS he did not put up any
money, but encouraged the men TO secure evil
dence. The h-qtick-schene" according
70 Dr.. keTnp's report 10 the police. was that DR..
Kemp was to pay $3.50. and Tanner. who said
he vas manager % the gambling house was
TO tip Homans and The physician OF on rhe
Of the cards in A faro game" Tanner and
Homans we're locked up a. the 1st Precinct po-
lice station. Both men deny the chsrgea
New-York tribune., 1907-01-14
figures refer 70 the NUMBERS o. the contracts et)

e embraces aces the work on forty miles of canal
from the western end of Oneida Lake to the Seneca
River, at Mosquito Point. The work embraced in
tnis contract includes 7022o0 cubic yards of exca-
Eatlon OF all kinds, one lock and much auxiliary
Work, and is estimated to cost about four million
aoIIarsc Another contract, Section 2S embraces
IN nv when the estimated amount OF excavation is
o,Vo0vD CUBIC yards, at estimated cost Of about
Two million TWO hundred and fifty thousand dollars
Ihere are ls sheets OF drawings illustrating this
work: another section, No. 30. embraces about
IEWenty-two miles of excavation in the Mohawk
flVer, the estimated amount Of which is nearly
Twelve million cubic yards, estimated cost OF
about three million dollars. There are 157 sheets OF
drawings illustrating this work
, l6-Ihe plans which have passed the advisory
ECard are briefly outlined in the following table
New-York tribune., 1907-01-14
SENATOR HALF INDIAN.
Mother of Dir. Curtis, Chosen by
Kansas, Full BIo0ded Kazc.
IFrom The Tribune Bureau. J

Washington. Jan. 13-Representative Curtis.
just named by the Republican caucus as Senator
from Kansas. viii be the first member Of the
upper house who can say that he is at least half
true Amertcan-that is to say. his mother was
full blood Kaw Indian. He is forty seven years
of age. and has had remarkable career. AS
mere boy he first began his business career
selling fancy work at the old Kansas Interstate
Fair; he later earned good pay as a jockey at
the same fair, and after suffering from a bad
spill the marks of which he bears TO the
present day, he became cab driver. Incidental
ly, he ran for a time peanut stand.
1t was while he still driving a cab that
he began the study of law, and, although most
Of his previous education had been gained only
by his own unaided efforts, he made such prog
ress and showed such aptitude for the law that
at twenty-one he was admitted 10 the bar, and
was Immediately taken into partnership by Mr..
Case, the attorney in whose office he had
studied. Three years later he entered public
life as county attorney. After two terms as
county attorney Mr.. Curtis entered the race for
member of Congress from the 1st District
That was in 1898. He elected the 50th
Congress, and has been reelected ever since
the last time in November, when he was elected
to the Goth Congress. His election to the SEN
New-York tribune., 1907-01-14
rFro.n,rhe Tribune Bursau.l J

Washington. Jan. 13.-Coionel Thomas ". Sy-
mons. consulting engineer in the construction %
the Erie, Oswego and Champlain canals. reports
TO Secretary Taft that work the huge project
10 well under way More than s35000.OO0 worth
when completed, will comprise 200 of the 40
miles OF ditch 10 be dug. An enormous amount
Of preliminary work has already been done. A
faint idea OF the magnitude OF what has been
accomplished may be gathered from the state
ment that the civil engineers engaged the
task have run levels over 1928 miles have taken
transits 1.034 miles. and have mapped to-
geographically less than 130 square miles Of
territory. The drills used in boring at hundreds
of points along the canal routes. to determine
the character Of material II win be necessary 70
move. have sunk through 216125 feet, or about
forty-one miles, of earth and sand and stone
New-York tribune., 1907-01-14
BOY SHOOTS HIS BABY BROTHER.
Playing Indian, and Didn't Know the Gun
Was Loaded.

While playing game Of wild West in which
he was redskin. four-year-old August Heinz.
CT No 154 Nichols avenue, East New York vas
accidentally shot yesterday by his brother
Henry aged thirteen. \ bullet from FlOberr
rife Is lodged in the boys forehead. JUST over
the left eye He was taken 20 the Bradford
Street Hospital In a serious condition II ia
feared that ne will least lose the sight OF one
eye
Henry got the rife a Christmas gift His
Young brother August suggested that they
gage in a game. and volunteered himself as
redskin. Henry was 70 play the role OF a
cowboy scout. He did not know the gun
loaded when. calling upon his young brother To
surrender. he levelled the rifle at his head
Il won't" yelled the young redskdn, as hs
attempted 10 behind cnair.
Henry pulled the trigger Of the gun saying.
"Tu drop you" August fell to the floor His
brother was almost frantic with grief.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-14
OKLAHOMA rs TROUBLED.
Fears Negro Question May Yet De-
feat Statehood.
49, relesraDh . rhe rrlnun..l

Oklahoma. City, Jan. 13.-Win President
Roosevelt refuse to proclaim the constitution
Of the new state OF oklahoma on account OF the
race question: Senators Tillman and Stons
have been appealed To. The chief men OF tho
new state think that there is yet grave chance
for the defeat OF statehood over ths Negro
problem Under the act of Congress providing
FOR a constitutional convention. now In session
at Guthrie. IL is provided that instead OF an
approval by Congress, the new states constttu-
tion requires only approval and proclamation by
the President
The constitutional convention at Guthrie.
through the vote of the people. IA pledged TO
certain race Determinations. notably the sep
aration OF whites and blacks in railways, IN the
public stations and in the streetcars. Norman
PrIltt a member OF the executive committee OF
the Democracy, sent kilograms TO Senators Stone
and Tillman tonight apprisins them OF the sit
uatiOn.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-14
COST KEEPING REPORT.
Commission Recommends Business
Methods for Government Work.

Washington. Jan. 13-Presideut Roosevelt rnads
public to-day report Cost Keeping II thu
on Department Methods. known as the Keep Com
mission.
\ cost system. If properly devised ard operated.
the report says viii furnish information enabling
the responsible head OF the organization 20 know
where economies may be effected by introducing
new arrangements in organization or new methods
in operation. 10 estimate more intelligently the
probable cost of future operations along similar
lines and 10 fix proper selling prices on products
transferred TO other government organizations. or
sold TO foreign governments TO private indvidu-
ais The recommendations OF the commission have
the cordial Endorsement Of Secretary Shaw Of the
Treasury Department. as is shown by the follow
ins letter addressed by him to the President;
Treasury Department.,
Washington January r ise5.
The President Replying TO your request for my
nisndatiors OF the COMMITTEES on Departments
Methods. cost keeping as a branch OF accounting.
I am heartily in favor of it in all bureaus where
in several bureaus Of this department.. and bids
two bureaus where the government can scarcely hs
sad to be a producer, like the Marine hospital
know that the annual report viii disclose not only
Che per sapt3 cost or out & the & per
physicians service, etc, will tend TO create a
the several hospitals. use this illustration
u '0 '''s'''S 'i''' may O'''' /. NJ SHAW
Cost keeping as a branch Of accounting is a COM
parativeIy modern development the report SAYS
and while largely employed in the commercial
world, has not been introduced TO any considerable
extent in the government service. In IL the gov
ernment has much TO learn rrOm private business.
especially where IL has a number OF establishments
in different parts OF the country ell doing the safcs
class of work such the manufacturing done in
mnts. arsenals and navy yards. In work OF this
character the institution or thorough cost Keep
ing system would make intelligent comparisons
possible and would tend to bring the less effective
~ conducted establishments I'D to the standard OF
the best.
The report recommends that cost keeping systems
ha 1sfa a1la1f in ALL hos OF ha
vice where It Is possible to do
The Public Printer is working out ths details Of
an elaborate cost keeping system which he IL about
to install I'm the Government Printing Once, and
the Mint Bureau has put a new system In effect at
the various mints-
Attention is called to the methods OF appropris-
tions the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
which are made under three heads. and for ths>
Government Printing Office. where lump "a
given The report expresses the opinion that ap-
propriations made specifically for each OF the main
heads would of material advantage rhs
present system In which case the bookkeeping
would harmonic with the cost keeping system.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-14

work actually under contract based upon con-
tract prices is about $2,750OOo less than the esti
mated cost for those portions or the canal made
at the time that the 1908 Barge Canal act was
passed, aid about 81 10000 less than the engineers
estimate. made after the detailed plans were COM
tracts.
The following interesting table gives for each
contract SO far as made. first, the original esti-
mate for the work included in the contract, as
made in 1893 and which the total of 500 900 OOO
Tor the entire work was based; second. the
glneers estimate, made after the plans had been
finally decided upon in all their details and just
before the final approval and letting of the con-
tracts; third, the amount of the contract price
at which the work was actually let.
These figures embrace the work covered bv the
contract only and do not include the cost of en-
gineerfng and superintendence. lands and deferred
New-York tribune., 1907-01-14
WANT THEIR PAY BROUGHT TO THEM
Jamestown Plasterers Object to Going After
MOney-Also Want More of Il.

Richmond Va. Jan 13.-Plasterers TO the num-
Der of hundred the construction work Of
the jamestown Exposition have struck and declsrs
that they viii not return work tomorrow unless
their demands are complied with They object to
going the Office OF the contractors To get their
money a week and wish il brought 70 them
while they work
They also ask increase in pay from s. 10 g a
day. The contractors think the difficulty will be
adjusted without serious delay 70 The exposition
New-York tribune., 1907-01-14

ate will leave a vacancy in the House which
will doubtless be filled before the Goth Congress
meets. He will succeed to the seat in the SEN
ate formerly occupied by Senator Burton. and
for the current session by Senator Benson.
Mr. Curtis is regarded authority on Ind
ian affairs. and has always exerted considerable
influence in shaping the Indian legislation of the
House, and for some years has been ranking
member of the Committee Indian Affairs
New-York tribune., 1907-01-14
NAIL IN cHILD's BRONCHIAL TUBE.

Because Of a successful operation performed
their child. Isidor Mr.. and Mrs Berkowitz OF No
40 Forsyth street. purpose TO have family
ioicing at tne Purim Ball Madison Square Gar
den on March 3. The little fellow viii Ds the
happiest or the gathering some time
Zl.-inch nail lodged IN his bronchial tube and was
discovered ~ Berh-Israel Hospital By X-raJ ap-
paratus- An operation was performed and the nail
removed The child IS said to be almost rsSov-
New-York tribune., 1907-01-14
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F4FORS c. s D. CAN4L.
Commission Finds 1t Cheaper than
SQSsQfras Route.

Washington Jan ia report favorable TO the
present Chesapeake and Delaware Canal or back
creek. route across the Maryland and Delaware
peninsula has been submitted Secretary Taft by
Ire Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Commission
consisting Of General Felix Agnus chairman.
Major {. 4. r. Flagior, L. 8 a. and Civil Engineer
Frank Taylor Chambers [. s y
CHS commission was appointed last summer To
New-York tribune., 1907-01-14
THAw is MUCH BETTER.

Harry K Thaw vino is awaiting trial for thS
murder OF Stanford White. have
cred from the attack OF t0nsitis which
ported on Saturday. Dr. Frank Mcclure. prison
Dhvsciau az tns ToInbs. visited ThaW yesterday
and found that he was so much improved that ks
decided the patient did not need any further treaE
rnent Thaw attended services IN the prison
Quoted by the Rev John A Wade. one OF the
uris chaUlaInE.