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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-09-10

The county Jail is havin W col
n%ections made this week.
The Redmond family moved into the
Reeves house this week.
H.. A. Witzel came down from Water.
town last evening and is spending the
day here.
County Judge Matson has moved his
office from the court house TO the
postofiice block.
Arthur Adams arrived from Lans-
ford, n. d., Friday and has been visit
ing old friends here this week.
College will open Monday for the
first semester, and the prospects are
excellent for a good attendance.
Special trains were run to the Huron
fair Tuesday, Wednesday and today
and a large number went from here.
A snap, If taken at once, $50 Bald
win certificate, good at Growers fur
niture store, for $25. Inquire at this
office.
c. c. Koenig was down from Water
town in his auto yesterday looking
after the threshing on his farm north
of town.
An SIS Baldwin certificate, good at
Growers furniture store until Sept. 20,
for s25 if taken at once. Inquire at
this Office.
A boy was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Hunstad Saturday. Mr.. Hunstad is
proprietor of the livery barn in West
Brookings.
Do you suffer from piles? II you
do write to r. M. Crawford or see
him and learn how he was cured.
Costs you nothing to learn. Brook.
ings, South Dakota.
Prof. II. H. L~oudenback and family
arrived home last evening from Cen
tralia, Kansas, where they have been
visiting for several weeks.
Miss Florence Miller arrived from
Export, Iowa, Friday evening and
Monday morning began her duties as
teacher in the city schools.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Neill spent yes
terday afternoon with friends at Au-
ora and last evening visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Alton at Volga.
Mrs. Mary Enos and daughter, Miss
Winnifred, returned home last week
from Valley City, n. d., where .lny
spent the summer with Mrs. Bradley.
Rev. Hugh Robinson was called to
Volga last week to conduct the funeral
of A.. N. Ware, a well known citizen
of the county living north of there.
Last evening we had an unusually
heavy rain for this season, and thresh-
ing will be delayed for a few days.
Frost has held off and we are sur of
a good corn crop.
Mrs. NJ. T. Wimsey returned home
last evening from her eastern visit.
Miss Susie Bennett accompanied her
home from Chicago and will attend
school in Brookings the coming win
ter.
State Superintendent Ustrud and
Miss Pauline Dahl were married last
Thursday at the home of the bride
at Gayville. Mr.. Ustrud's many friends
throughout the state will extend con
CALCULATIONS.
E. B. Abbott, the colored gentleman
who formerly lived here, has been ar
ested in Watertown, charged with run
ming a blind pig. He has been bound
over 70 the next term of court.
Mrs. J.. E. Taplin, who has been
spending the summer at North Troy,
VT, has returned to her home at
Bushnell. She reports a delightful
trip and a very nice visit in the East.
James Johnson arrived from Mon
tana last evening for a visit with the
family of his uncle, John Olson. He is
a son of Marcus Johnson, who was
engineer at the college for a number
of years.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-09-10

Mems suits made to- order and guar
anteed to fit and satisfy. S. II. Good
fellow.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-09-10

/ am prepared to give lessons In oil
painting. Studio at my home corner
Sixth Avenue and Eighth Street.
If. Sarah Caldwell.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-09-10

FOR SALE-A Lewellen setter dog,
well trained and eligible to registry.
Will eat anything, very fond of chill,
dren. Inquire of John l.. Murphy.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-09-10

Superintendent of Horticulture
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-13

Washington, July 12.-The victory of the American rfiemen at the Olympic shoot in England gives great satisfaction not only to rifemen and guardsmen gener- ally, but sto army men as well. Lieut.. Albert S. Jones. secretary of the Ma tional Rifle Association of Amcricl has received the following telegram from President Roosevelt:
 Accept my hearty congratulations and extend them to the team, which has done so well.
 THEODORE ROOSEVELT
 Gen William Crozier, chief of ordnance, had this to say today of the teams victory
 "The magnificent performance of the new rife and ammunition as shown hy the victory of the American team 1em- onstrated that the shortening of the army rifle has not been followed by any de- crease in its accuracy. as predicted once that the ammunition used, though not of government make, nevertheless car ried a sharp pointed bullet similar to the one recently adopted by this depart ment Consequently the results Of the Olympic shoot is highly gratifying. At
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National Pitchers.
Schedule Of Sporting
 Epen1S For The Week

Mrs Shirley. She and Mrs Cuneo are the women competitors in the tour.
 On Tuesday night Tommy Murphy and Fighting Dick Hyland will be the main attraction at the stag smoker of the Ma varre Athletic club Both men have been giving good accounts of themselves and the belief that the winner will be matched with Leach Cross promises to make the contests lively exhibition of pugilisuc skill and vigor.
 The American cricket team, known as the gentlemen of Philadelphia, will meet the Hampshire team Monday Tuesday and Wednesday at Southampton. Eng land, and on Friday and Saturday will play the Folxestone team on the latter home grounds.
 The Georgia state tennis championship will begin at Macon on Monday.
 The western amateur golf championship will begin Monday over the links of the Rock Island Arsenal Golf club, and will occupy the entire week, continuing through Saturday. The qualifying round will be 36 holes, 32 to qualify. The win ner wlll be entitled to hold the champion ship title and the George R. Thorne tro- phy for the ensuing year.
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Victory Of American
 Rifen1en Gratifying

the coming National Rife association matches at Camp Perry. Ohio, it is ex- pected that the new rifle and ammuni-. ton will establish new records at tll distances.
 Gen. Robert Shaw Oliver. assistant sec retary of war, cabled to General ora in the following:
 Hearty congratulations to you and your men for the great victory"
 General Oliver said today:
 This victory means much for the cause of rifle shooting in this country. It shows that the United States still leads the world in individual skill but what we want Is a greater number Of sharp shooters instead of a few experts, and we are generally reaching that point through the instrumentality of the an nual matches, the liberal appropriations of Congress for ranges and practice and the rife clubs of the National Rife ssso- ciation."
 A meeting of the executive committee of tine National Rifle association will be held in this city on Wednesday to ar range details for a welcome homecoming reception to the victorious team.
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New York. July 12.-Over course nearly 1000 miles long. 2OOO boy athletes, members of the Young Mems Christian association, will race against time this week in an effort to break all records between New York and Chi cago. The. boys are to carry mes sage from the mayor of New York 10 the mayor of Chicago.
 A relay race so extensive as thls has probably never been attempted and interest in the affair Is great, especial ly in athletic circles. Each of the run ners will carry the message half mile and the average time for each half mile will be about minutes and 3S seconds, according to the tests that have been made.
 At 10 a. m. next Wednesday the nrst boy will be sent away from the start ing point at the city hall here. He will be handed a silver tube contain ing the mayors message and then pistol sho ot will start him on the first stage of the journey, the course from the city hall being up Broadway.
 How enth usiastically the members of
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American,

New York, July 12.-The chief interest of American athletes and sport lovers this week will be centered in London, where Americas picked athletes will compete for the Olympic championship against the tried champions of the old world. The Americans enter the fortnight's competi- ton with confidence and every prospect of success, heightened by the notable sue oesses during the past week of American marksmen against the selected sharp shooters of Great Britain and the conti- nent.
 Scarcely less interesting will be the New York to Chicago race of the boy relay runners of the Y. M. c. A., which will start Wednesday.
 Automobilists everywhere will watch the Glidden tour with renewed interest this week. Eight teams start the week with clean records after a hard six days over what has been considered the worst portion of the road. Two-thirds of the tour, so far as days go, remain to be com pleted, and 1850 of the TOO miles of the tour are still to be traversed. Nine cars have clean scores for the flower trophy for runabouts. One of these is owned by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-13
ATHLETES GATHER
 FOR GREAT GAMES

London, July 12.-Athletes from 20 coun- tries are gathering in and near London for the Olympic games, which open to- morrow and which 1t is believed will prove the greatest games of modern times. The competitors from the four corners of the globe constitute small army Tn themselves, almost every coun- try, following the example of America and Great Britain, having entered in the various events the full quota of men al lowed by the rules, in most cases round uozen. As there are 25 events on the pro- gramme the number of athletes taking part will total nearly 20O0 many of the men, of course, representing their re- spective countries in more than one event.
 Preliminaries all have been arranged for the opening day.
 The original idea was to devote this day entirely to the formal ceremony, but the committee in charge of the games even tuall, decided to run off some of the preliminaries and the first heat of the possible after formalites are ended. The preparations are on a gigantic scale. The stadium will seat 6SOO0 spectators, and there is room for 23,O00 more, but no seats. By making use of a strip surround ing the stadium standing room also call be found for 50,00O additional, but this probably will not be necessary. The ground in the stadium provides three ath- letic tracks, a swimming bath and dress ing room for 20O0 competitors.
 The turf track for hurdle racing, the cinder path for running, and the concrete banked course for cycling have been test cd and pronounced the best in England. Several records already have been broken on these tracks, and it may be confident ly predicted that more will go when th., chosen athletes of the world meet there.
 As was to be expected, some little fric- ton has arisen over the rules governing some of the contests. The Americans have contended that they ought to be permit ted the privilege of digging a hole for the pole in the vaulting competition, but the Amateur Athletic association, the rules of which will govern the meeting. has decided against this. To be com pelled at the last moment to adopt a new method of vaulting probably will go hard against Gilbert, the American yaulter. who holds the worlds championship and who recently made vault of 1S feet in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-13
NUTMEG IS FIRST
 IN YACHT RAGE

Fall River, Mass. July 12.-Eleven sloops and two yawls, which started from the Fall River Yacht club house on Mount Hope bay yesterday afternoon in a 1OO-mile ocean race for three prlzes, finished here this forenoon. The sloop Nutmeg, owned by Allen c. Jones of Bos- ton, won the first prize, the Rudder cup, presented by Thomas Fleming Bay, editor of the Rudder. Her time was 19 hours, 30 minutes and F seconds.
 Second prize was won by the sloop Terte owned by William J Rocks of Providence. Time, IS hours, minute and 45 seconds
 The third prlze was captured by the sloop Little Rhody, owned by c. F. Til linghast of Providence. Time, 19 hours, 2 minutes and IA seconds
 The course was to Vineyard Sound light ship and return, and the weather condi- tions were perfect.
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Y.M.C.A. Relay Race Is
 To Be Great Contest

the Y. M. c. A. have entered into the contest is evidenced by the large num- Der who made application to partici- pate. More than 100000 applications were received. Each branch of the Y. M c. A. in the cities along the course will furnish the runners for it's district taking as the standard or selection boys who represent the spirit of the association.
 The course has been carefully laid out from government survey maps. the easiest and straightest highway roads between here and Chicago being selected The route has been divided into sections of from 15 to 90 miles each In this state the runners Will pass through Poughkeepsie Albany. Sch chenectady, Little Falls, Utica, Syra- cuse, Geneva, Rochester, Buffalo and scores of smaller cities and towns Some of the largest cities west of Buff falo which are on the course are Erie Cleveland Toledo, Adrian, Coldwater and South Bend. Automobiles con taining emergency runners will fol- low the racers over the various diVis- sions so that fresh runner can be supplied in case of accident to any or the regular contestants.
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GHrner Pitches Today;
 BiU Says His Prayer 5
BY BILL AK.

Mobile. July 12.-Here we are, hap py if not victoriousl
 Tomorrow. if the sun shines. we go up against the classy aggreg egation of Thomas Fisher the only aggregation in the league. by the way which the barons have been able to defeat both at home and abroad.
 Turner will open up tomorrow after noon, unless Manager Molesworth un- dergoes change of heart, and as Tur- ner Is the winning pitcher of the staff just at the present time. the hefty leader hopes to send better news home tomorrow night.
 The team is in a shaky condition. No new infelders are in sight, and we need three or four, Deaver is still in camp, but l fear that he is not quite stout enough. although l would not do the fellow the slightest injustice. Holmes has recovered from his hurt sustained in that Little Rock fasco.
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VANDERBILT WINS
 ANOTHER BIG RAGE

Paris, July 12.-W K. Vanderbilt added another classic stake to his long list of victories when his bay colt, Seasick H., today won the prize of the president of the republic, valued at $2o.00O, at Maison' 5 Lafitte. The race was at one mlle, four and a half furlongs and Seasick H.. fol- lowing the tactics of Mr Vanderbilt S Northeast which won the Grand Prix de Paris on June IA, took the lead at the fall of the flag. He was soon overtaken by Camille Blanc's Grillroom and the horses ran with but little distance sep arating them into the home stretch.
 The Vanderbilt colt had much the bet ter staying qualities and forged ahead in the run to the wire, winning easily.
 After the race President Fallieres warm y congratulated MT. Vanderbilt.
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and will probably be on third this aft z ernoon.
 It all depends on Turner's luck. We expect the Fishermen to hit him, but somehow we believe a victory will fall to our lot this afternoon. At any rate, for that we intend to pray to- night.
 The team is in good spirits, and if q couple of victories can be won here. the trip, at the time we penetrate the New Orleans stronghold, will not have proved so disastrous.
 But in New Orleans, where Frank has got all the umpires scared to death we put ourselves in the hands of some greater power. We hope to escape alive.
 Whenever you hear of us winning put it down that we have hammered out the victory.
 A tail-end club gets no advantage from the umpires, neither at home nor on the road.
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Ryan Signs RockenfeId.

Montgomery, July 12.-lnfielder Rockenfeld has been secured from Jer- sey City and will report to the Mont gomery team in New Orleans. He played in Little Rock last season. Man. ager Ryan of the Montgomery team reports to President Chambers that he has suspended Catcher shannon for failure to report at roll call. Until Shannon arrives and makes his defense MT. Chambers will not know what action to take.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-13
COULDN'T MAKE JOHN QUIT.
kern's Sister Tried To Keep Him Out
 of Politics.

Roanoke, Va, July 12.-Mrs. Sallie Engle, only sister of John w. Kern of Indiana, democratic candidate for vice president, heard of her brothers nomi- nation yesterday when she came to Roanoke with load of produce from her farm near this city. q have been trying to get John to quit poll tics" said Mrs. Engle, "and the last letter wrote him asked him to get out of it. His reply was received but recently, and he said Don't be un- easy; there are no bees buzzing in my bonnet"
 Mrs. Engle and Mrs. Kern now own the old homestead in Caravans Cove, near Roanoke, and the candidate s father is buried there.
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BLACK HAND LETTER.
Natchez Saloon Man Gets Missive
 From New Orleans.

Natchez, Miss. July 12.-Will II. Cont, a local saloonist, who was in New Orleans during the early part of the week, today received black hand letter forwarded from that city The letter is dated New Orleans, July s, and directs that Cont had better pass the old Royal hotel on Royal street Friday night between II and 12 o'clock and to pay two men there $500 and keep walking toward the river
 The signature was the mark or a hand scratched with a pen at the pot tom of the letter
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THE AMATEURS.

On account of the fact that great deal of interest was stirred up by the baseball games of the Sunday School league, the first schedule of which came to an end with the championship game played Sat urday, it has been decided to arrange an- other series between these teams for the rest of the summer. During the past sea son several of the finest amateur games played in this section were pulled off by these youngsters, and a great deal of friendly rivalry was aroused.
 The new schedule, which will begin July IS, is as follows:
 July IS, Cumberland Presbyterian vs. First Presbyterian, Second Presbyterian vs Twenty seventh Street Baptist, East Lake M. E. vs. Wesley Chapel
 July 25, East Lake M. E. vs. Cumber- land Presbyterian, Second Presbyterian vs. First Presbyterian, Wesley Chapel vs. Twenty-seventh Street Baptist.
 August 1, First Presbyterian vs. Wes- ley Chapel, East Lake M. F. vs. Twen- ty-seventh Street Baptist, Cumberland Presbyterian vs. Second Presbyterian.
 August 8, Second Presbyterian vs East Lake M. E., Cumberland Presbyterian vs. Wesley Chapel, Twenty Street bdDLlSL NS. fTSl fTtSDy ltildll.
 August 15, Second Presbyterian vs. Wes- ley Chapel, Twenty-seventh Street Baptist vs. Cumberland Presbyterian, East Lake M E. vs. First Presbyterian.
 Dwight defeated Albertville Saturday in very snappy game by the score of 10 1. The feature was Browder's work at shortstop. Batteries: Adams and Riddle; South and Mann.
 Decatur, July 12.-(Special )-Satur- day afternoon Decatur handed a goose egg to Huntsville in, a rather slow game which resulted 10-0. The feature of the game was the pitching of Bouch- CT for the locals. Batteries: Bouch CT and Watson Mitchell and Hineberg.
 The Decatur team, which was re- gently organized, will play series of games with Lynville on the home dia- mond beginning tomorrow. The Lyn- vile team holds the Tennessee cham pionship so some fine ball Is antici- pated.
 In a double header Saturday after noon the Tyler Grocery company broke even. They won the first game from West End by the score of 3-2, and lost the second to Dolomite in rather ex- citing game which resulted Az. Aston the Tyler company pitcher. was in fine form and allowed only three hits.
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WHAT OTHERS SAY.

Frank says: Sure Kavanaugh can give
 an umpire the hook just as easily as a
 manager can a player He does not have
 to ask for waivers on umpires, especially
 the kind he has been getting for this league, generally speaking. A poll of the league is now being taken to compel Kay anaugh to get better officials to boss the
 Southern league games. I don't believe
 O Brlen, Brown or Pfenninger, the three
 excuses New Orleans has had to put up
 with for the past six weeks, are dishon- , est, but they are thoroughly incompetent and unreliable 1 expect the clubs of the league, combined, will wake up the judge. for action is being taken this week to- wards that end.
 "Kavanaugh can be gotten out of the
 presidency of the Southern league with
 out the Little Rock franchise being pur-
 chased by another city. He will have to come to tune, and mighty quick. ."-New
 Orleans Picayune.
 "Cholly' is evidently bent on getting
 the scalp of the president. Manager Smith and Frank were both
 disappointed when Carpenter failed to ap- pear yesterday, but were relieved when O Brien phoned pitiful excuse about be-
 Ing injured and unable to umpire Kavvy has been handing New Orleans raw deal
 on the umpire proposition this season, all though the Southern metropolis has the
 most critical fans to be found.
 Hats off to the Birmingham cast-off, "Ginger" Clarke has won his last four games straight and seems to have fairly
 struck his stride" The visitors celebrat- ed vigorously when Dyer landed a clean hit in the latter part of yesterdays game and sull more strenuously when McMur- , ray landed his lucky run.-New Orleans Picayune.
 An Atlanta boy will be seen in the uni form of National league club next sea- sen. The fortunate young man is Tom
 mic McMillan, and he will be with Brook lyn. Last year McMillan was drafted by Brooklyn and later returned to the Jack
 sonville club, where he had been playing. There was always some doubt about the transaction being legal when baseball law $ considered but the young Atlantlan went ahead and began the season with | Jacksonville and has done so we'll that 1 TOW Brooklyn is going out after him | again.-Atlanta Journal.
 i The Crackers are having rough sailing l through the west.
 | Roy Castleton, the most dependable 1 pitcher on the staff has been taken sick and has been forced to leave the team and l to come back to Atlanta for rest l Grant Schopp, who was in great form | at the start of the season, is not doing I as well now.
 l And Harold Johns, who has never real 1 ly rounded to, is in no better trim than
 before.
 l Ford continues to be cratic having | very good days. alternating with very
 bad ones.-Atlanta Georgian
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practice The association also has decid- ed against the American protest in the question of heat drawings. The American committee pointed out that by the method to be adopted 1t might happen that all the athletes of one country would be drawn for the same heat, which would be manifestly unfair, but the association held that the possibility was so remote that it need not be taken into considera- tion. Slips, therefore, bearing the names of the various contenders will be drawn from a hat, with the object of selecting the competitors in each heat.
 The sports are to last fortnight.
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Record Of Players And
 Teams M Big Leagues

The following tables show the bat ting averages of the leading players Of the American and National leagues compared with the previous week; also the team batting averages in both leagues with the pitchers records It may be noted, however, that both Donovan and Dineen in the American lea que have lost a game since July ?:
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

At Louisville; Indianapolis B. Louis vile 1.
 At Minneapolis: Kansas City B. Minne- apolis 4.
 At St. Paul: First game-st. Paul ?, Mill waukee l. Second game-St. Paul 4. Mil waukee B.
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Mobile, July 12.-The game this after noon developed into a comedy of errors on the part of the locals, who gave Cas- kill rank support. Gaskill continued to pitch good ball all the way through, how ever The hitting of Doubert and the fielding of Butler and McElveen were the features Score: