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The Washington times., 1908-08-29
Today 5 Vital Records.
Births.


Thomas j. and Eila Crowley, boy.
Raymond and Ana Moses. boy.
William c. and Frances Worthington,
girl.
Richard and Mildred Jackson, boy twins.
Gustav and Mamie Pannabaker. girl.
James W and Helen Brown, boy.
Thomas and Cora L Humphrey, boy.
Frank II. and Eva NJ Thomas, boy.
Edward +. and Edith c. RowZee, boy.
Henry q. and Theresa Din, boy.
William and Sarah Washington, boy.
Henry and Lucy Humeg. boy.
William and Della Jose, girl
Thomas J. and Mary Cummings, girl.
Edwin +. and Ethelyn Smith. boy.
Henry G. and Ethyl Polly. girl
Norman and Anna Campbell, girl.
Leroy " and Hazel Cook, girl.
William and Theresa NOten, boy.
Cornelius and Mary Ell. Mccarthy. girl.
Herman .. and Adah Plugge, girl.
Robert L and Myrtle Hay, girl
Dennis and Katie Smith, boy
William l.. and Mary L. Salisbury. boy.
William W. and Lily Day, boy.
James F. and Josephine Costello, boy.
Andrew and Florence Stewart, boy.
Thomas and Malinda Wise, girl
William and Caroline Goldsmith, boy.
". II aud Vera kaufman, boy.
The Washington times., 1908-08-29
In MemOriam

BROWNIE loving remembrance Of JAMES
BROWN. who u;ed one year ago today.
August .. 1907
In the graveyard softly sleeping,
Where the flowers gently wave,
Lies the one I loved so dearly
In his lonely. silent grave.
II by His Wife, TIllie Brown
The Washington times., 1908-08-29
ST. JOHNS CoLLEGy

English. Scientific Commercial ana Prenara.
tory Courses Conducted By the Brothers OF
Ca.lstsn Sc4lOJL scudles resumed Tues
day. September S. suis-30t
The Washington times., 1908-08-29
UNDERTAKES.

THos 4. COSTELLO.
FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMPA .AdER
q II STREET NORTHEAST.
Phone East 1929 Livery in connection
feg-za m yy-90t
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-02-06
SCHOOL SHOULD ATTRACT.
Supt. Ustrud Wants Rural Education
InvjtjnQ

"To make the country crossroads
school house. where 80 per cent of
the school children of the United
States are educated, as attractive and
as inviting as possible is the duty
which lies Immediately before"
These words, spoken by County Su-
perintendent of Schools MAR OF Min
of the school officers and directors OF
Minnehaha county, in Sioux Falls,
have been the keynote OF several adj
dresses delivered during the melting.
THE country school on the side of
the hill should be more important to
us than the college, because 80 per
cent of our citizens secure their edu-
cation in the country schools. STATE
Superintendent II. A. Ustrud said:
"The city teacher does not succeed in
the country school because OF the dii-
ferent surroundings. The country
teachers are best for the country
schools. We do not want the farmer
to leave the farm and move his ram
lily into the city in order to give his
children an education
Mr. Ustrud stated further that the
thing to be accomplished is to keep
the farmer on the farm and keep his
children in the rural school until they
are ready for college and The ad-
vanced studies. and that to do this the
rural school must be improved.
The state superintendent has been
carrying on systematic campaign
for the identifying Of the surround
ings OF the country school houses, and
the Improvement of the buildings
themselves, particularly with refer
ence TO ample light, the heating or
the buildings by modern methods, and
the substitution of modern seats tor
old and uncomfortable seats winch
outliyed their usefulness many years
ago but which yet are doing service
in many Of the country schools.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-02-06
In and About the State
COUNTIES At WAR.
Several Bitter Contests On over Coun
ty Seat Removal.

The Walworth county seat fight Is
the only one in the state this year
which shows any signs of being on
fair road to settlement The only pc
tition presented to the commissioners
at their January meeting was for re
moval from Bangor to Selby, and as
the petition was amply sufficient to
meet legal requirements, the question
is practically settled for that county,
as the railroad town will without
any doubt secure the location by the
votes of the people at the fall cleo
tons
In Charles Mix county the four war
ring towns have failed to find any com.
mon ground on which to get together,
as none of them appears to be willing
to trust any proposition which comes
from any OF the other towns, and with
all of them out with petitions, it will
be practically an impossibility for
either one TO secure the legal number
of signatures To it's petition. SO for
the present ut least Wheeler the pres
ent location. sits tight and watches
the outcome which will mean the end
of that town if The other warning
towns ever get together.
In Gregory county the question has
gone into court TO discover whether q
change from Fairfax the present loca.
ton, would be a relocation or a IRE
moval," different requirements being
necessary. In that situation ii will
probably not be hard for Fairfax &c
keep the matter in the courts until II
is too late to do anything for this year,
In Lyman county. Presho is out after
a change from Oacoma, but as the peo
pie in the western part of the county
are more concerned in county divis.
ion than in county seat removal it will
be hard to get signers on a petition
which might injure the chances OF
what they really want.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-02-06
TALK OF HORTICULTURE.
State Convention 1T WATERFOWL
Brinos Out Many Discussions.

The sixth and last state convention
Of the winter 20 be held i'll water
town was held last week by the South
Dakota horticultural society IN the
annual three days session. The may
or made an address of welcome, when
was responded to by Vice President
Gurnev of Yankton. The treasurer
and sccretary's reports were received
and the following papers read:
"Home Gardening on a Town Lot, y
l. p Cheever. Brookings; Garden
Notes for 1907" A. }. Glidden, Hitch
cock: Market Gardening, "a. H..
stoner. Highmore; Tomato Culture
for Market and Home Use" Thomas
Hobart. Sioux Falls; shelter
Belts" NJ. p. Beebe, Ipswich; street
Frees" George II. Whiting. Yankton;
shelter Belt Experience" George L..
Carson. Bradley: THE Russian owe
for Ornamental Hedges" c. b. Cham
bers. Faulkton; prairie Tree Plant
ing" A. w. Krugar, Groton; Wind
brakes and Shelter Belts for Farm
Homes" liver Eitreim, Cotton; Shade
Trees for the North" Fred J. Hutch
ms. Huron; Forest Tree Planting in
the Black Hills" G. V. Gardner, Pied
mont. President G. A. Tracy OF
Watertown delivered his annual ad-
dress. Miss Minnie Avery OF Council
Bluffs. Iowa, delegate from the Iowa
state Horticultural society, spoke on
.,Womans Work in the World" and
the remainder of the evening was de-
voted to papers on ''The Culture OF
Flowers" speakers from Pierre, Sioux
Falls. WATERFOWL, Aberdeen, Brook
ipgs, Huron. Mitchell. Forestburg and
York. Neb., taking part.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-02-06
OPEN UP RESERVATIONS.
Gamble Bill Doesn't Include Enough
II Is Urged.

The bill which has been introduced
by Senator Gamble for the opening of
a portion of the Cheyenne River and
Standing Rock Indian reservations in
this state does not meet the approval
of the residents of the upriVer towns.
The bill as presented provides only
for the opening of strip along the
western side of the reservations, leav-
ing "A strip more than fifty miles wide
along the Missouri yet retained within
the reservation lines. This is not
what is wanted along the river, and
the people Of lie Beau at a recent
meeting passed resolutions requesting
the extension of the provisions of the
bill to include the whole of the reser-
yations
Even if action were to be commenc-
ed at once on the whole reservations
it would be several years before any
settlement coUld be made. Many In
dams are hard to please in the selec-
ton OF their al!Otments, and change To-
cations several times before they
finally are settled down. The Trip
county situation will give an idea of
what will have to be met when the
move is made on the northern reserVa-
tons. That reservation is not more
than onesiXth the size of those in the
northern part of the state, and ii is
taking two years or more to get the
Indians located on that tract whe"N
they number but few as COM
with the Indian population Of CA..-
enne River and Standing Rock. At
the present il will take four or five
years to get the tracts open opened,
To take it mp in different openings
will not hasten the situation much, eX-
cept locally. and will increase the time
when it all is 10 be opened.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-02-06
Nav Close Three Stations.

Recently the Great Northern Rail
road company asked the permits ion
of the South Dakota board of railroad
commissioners to close its stations
at BoOge in Minnehaha county: Piana
and Hutton, in Brown county. and
Grover and Rauville, in Codngton
county. The commission now has
given the railroad company permits
sion for the temporary closing OF the
stations at Plana, Hutton and Booge
but has decided that the receipts al
Grover are large enough to warrant
keeping the station open and employ
ing an agent, and that the business
transacted at Rauville warrants the
withdrawal Of the regular agent, but
the employment of custodian.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-02-06
DRY SPOTS BECOME TOWNS.
Civil Organization to Get Vote on IL
CenSe Is Secured.


On account of the supreme court
ruling that under the state license
law, no saloon legally can exist eX-
ceDt where a favorable vote has been
secured, and that where there is no
political organization in which Il vote
can he taken, the law is prohibitVo,
there is a scurrying west of the Mis-
souri, river
In several counties. on account of
the activity of states attorneys. sa
looms were cut out of business entire
ly. As a result the boards of commits
siOners at their January sessions
found numerous petitions for civil
town organizations, and many of them
have been granted not only in the new
counties but in the older Black Hills
counties where the mining camps
have been getting along without any
town or township organizations
The Stanley county commissioners
granted several such petitions and
turned down others the activity at the
present time being TO get the organ
iZatiOns completed in time to get Ii
cense vote at the spring elections
unless this can be secured, the liquor
interests will have TO go without bust
ness in many sections for another
year.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-02-06
DANCING BY THE MILE.
Partisan Professor Studies $500 Pu-
pills and Breaks Into Figures.

AT the last meeting of the Paris
Academy of Teachers, Authors and
Professors of the Dance, Prof M. Z.
Giraudet, who is all three. broke out
into figures He read a statistical pa
per on the requirement of the art
of dancing, which he said was based
on observation of $500 pupils. These
are some of the questions that he un-
dertook to settle:
What is the number of steps, beats,
demi-beats, movements of the feet and
turns necessary to each distance?
What distance is travelled in each
What speed should the various dan
ces have?
What time and how much study are
required to acquire perfect proficiency
in dancing?
He found that six and onehalf hours
was time enough to become complete
master of the ordinary waltz with the
reversing movement. He considers
that it should be danced to very slow
music, and that in the three steps
which go to each bar Of the music
a ulSidHtb VI TWO lttl Slh ILNiNS
should be trayersed.
The speed should be forty-four
bars of music a minute, involving real
ly 1872 movements of the feet and
twenty-five complete re- MS OF
the dancing couple, The uu.dtion OF
a dance should not exceed six min
utes. The pupil should be proficient
after about sixty-fve trials, involving
1850 bars of music, 81 ,4S0 steps,
$3.50 turns, and distance danced
of about $3.50 feet, more than seven
miles.
The ordinary waltz, without re-
versing, may be learned in about four
hours and ten minutes, with about
$4,000 steps, 1000 turns and dis
lance travelled of 2S,500 feet. or about
five and a half miles.
Only an hour and forty-five minutes
is necessary to acquire the mazurka
1t needs 1449o steps. 1907 turns and
about 1O,596 yards or about two miles
dancing.
The polka Is another easy one. 1t
needs twenty-eight practice dances OF
four minutes each to bring perfection.
This means $500 steps. $500 revolu-
tons and a distance Of 13.500 feet. or
approximately two and half miles.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-02-06
ADVERTISING SOUTH DAKOTA.
Commissioner of immigration Send
ina Out 10000 Pamphlets.

Commissioner OF immigration Clar-
ence n. McIlvaine is in receipt of the
first consignment of an order for TO-,
900 pamphlets, and he and his assist
ants are busiy engaged in sending
out the folders 10 all who have made
inquiries during the past five months
concerning the State of South Da-
kota.
The pamphlet is the biggest kind
OF an advertisement, being forty
two page affair, having an engraving
OF the new state capitol building as
a frcntispiece. The booklet is flied
with descriptive reading concerning
all portions of South Dakota and has
nearly fifty cents representing the va
rious educational institutions of the
state, farm and crop scenes, several
of the state institutions. state fair
buildings, and everything that could
interest a prospective immigrant.
Among the most interesting features
Of the pamphlet are the copies Of let
ters received from farmers through
out the state, who tell Of the success
they have had since coming to this
land of sunshine. Another interest
ing feature of the booklet is a map of
the state, drawn by Ed b. Dinneen of
this city. 1t is the most complete
map of the state now in existence. and
demands for thousands Of copies are
coming in from all parts OF the cOun-
try. In drawing this map, Mr.. Din
neen has discovered something that
was never made known before. There
is narrow strip of land between
Meyer and Trip counties in the south
western part Of the state that does
not belong to any county and had to
be named mo County" on the map.
The various railroad companies, who
possess immigration bureaus are
working in conjunction with the
South Dakota department of tmmi-
grafton, and, realizing The Importance
Of this new map have asked for thou
sands Of copies.
Mr.. McIlvaine has more than flied
his position as secretary, as his an
nual report will snow. His CORE
spondence is immense, and the
pamphlet is something upon which he
has spent much time and labor.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-02-06
DEMAND WIRE RETENTION.
Towns That Lose Telegraph Appear
to State r. r. Board.

Civ South Dakota towns are en-
gagged in an active fight against re-
cent order of the Chicago & Milwau-
kee railroad closing the telegraph Of
fees at their respective stations.
Oldham. Vienna, Erwin, Garden
Citv Elrod and Lily are the villages
affected and some of them have been
doing a large and profitable business
tn the road for years. Oldham and
Vienna particularly have freight
business amounting to number OF
thousand dollars each month, and are
among the most remunerative points
On their respective lines.
The order of the road has been re-
ferred to the railroad commissioners.
who. under the law passed by the last
legislature, must first concur before
railroad is allowed to close te3e-
araph office. This is the first time
the new kw has been Invoked. and
the action of the board, which Is now
investigating the facts, is being
watched with interest not only by the
villages in question but also by
number of other places which have
been threatened with similar action.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-02-06
SAYS GUILTY; ONLY FINED.
II. A. Jones, Brewery Agent Indicted
for Embezz ement, Is Released

Howard A. Jones, agent of the John
Gund Brewing company, against
whom dozen or more indictments
were returned by the grand jury at its
sitting last March, was released from
custody in circuit court at Huron and
all charges of ENLIGHTENMENT against
him were dismissed. Mr.. Jones was
tried on one of the indictments and n
verdict of guilty returned. An appeal
was taken to the supreme court and a
new trial directed. Friday afternoon
Mr.. Jones asked the privilege of with,
drawing his plea of not guilty and en-.
tered a plea of guilty to the charge
upon which plea had been taken.
The application was allowed and after
entry of a plea of guilty, the court
imposed fine of 500 and the nay.
ment of costs of these actions to the
amount of $500. Payment was made
and Mr.. Jones was released from Gus.
tOdy
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-02-06
STEPS ON TONGUE; FALLS.
AGED Farmer Who Tries to Adjust
Harness May Die of Injuries.

John Groesbeck. an aged farmer re
siding in Sanborn county, was perhaps
fatally injured as the result of a mis-
hap while driving team of mules
While going along the road one of the
check reins came unlocked, and with
the object Of righting matters Groes
beck stepped down on the tongue OF
the wagon. However, he slipped from
the narrow tongue and fell TO the
ground at the mules heels and direct
~ in front Of the wheels of the wagon
His fall frightened the mules, and
they started to run. Groesbeck's face
and head were severely cut, two If hi,
ribs were broken and his shoulder
blade was seriously bruised. His con
dition is critical.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-02-06
Threshers Elect Officers.

At the midwinter meeting OF the
South Dakota Threshers' association
at Huron the election of officers took
place. with the following results:
President, B. F. Lyons Of Redfeld;
vice president, A. c. Pattee of Lake
Preston; treasurer, Hugh Sweeton OF
Hitchcock; secretary, w. N. Farmer
Of Huron. Arrangements have been
made for a state organizer, whose
duty it will be to organize subassocia'
tons in each county in South Dakota,
Plans for the next meeting. to be
held In June. are being perfected.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-02-06
MUCH WORK STILL AHEAD.
Orman & Crook or Bondsmen Must
Continue irrigation Contract.

Continue Irrigation Contract.
The petition in bankruptcy filed in
Denver by Orman 4 Crook, the big
contractors, was not unexpected at
Belle Fourche. as it has been known
for some time that the firm has been
steadily losing money on more than
one of it's contracts.
Orman & Crook had the contract
for the big dam and eighteen miles
of the Owl Creek canal on the Belle
Fourche project near here where the
government IS reclaiming 10000 acres
OF land. Orman e. Crook had five
big reclamation contracts. The one
here called for $1,O14, 900 and required
the employment of half a hundred
men. The canal is completed, and the
dam which is 6,200 feet long and l15
feet high. Is about One-fourth through.
The bOndSmen of the firm is the Ma
tiOnal Surety company of New York,
who are under a bond for $4,000.
and in case the firm does not succeed
in Strengthening out its finances be
fore spring when work is expected
to resume the bonding company Will
be obliged TO continue the contract.
Among the assets of the firm here
are $4,000 worth Of machinery and
$1,000 worth of live stock while The
government still owes them $G5.000
on the job.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-02-06
PEOPLE WHO DISAPPEAR.
Love Affairs and Family Differences
Often the Reason.


Women do not disappear so much
as men," said Mr.. Hartley, an inter
national detective, who was inter
viewed in reference to mysterious
disappearance which is now attracting
much public attention.
When woman goes il is usually
a love affair. Either the parents OBJ
lect TO the man. or there is some 9th
err cause. And it is important 10 re-
member what cunning schemers
women can be. Even quite young
girls may be wonderfully clever in
keeping things from their parents
During the course Of my work | am
very skeptical of women for this rea-
son. A girl might arrange for her
lover or some one sent by him to
meet her, and II would be a very sim
pie matter for her to give her friends
the slip in a crowded street. OF
course. very often we get cases of
sudden loss of memory happening TO
people who are in the best of health
and spirits but one rarely finds this
occur to young girl, and where the
tendency does exist the family or
friends usually know of il and keep
watch accordingly. Again. il is pos
sible girl does not like the pros
pect of going home after she has
been away for a holiday. and some
one with whom she was in touch
might assist her in carrying out
plan Of her own.
Disappearance are very common
not only in London but in Paris and
New York but the public seldom
heard of them. Not only girls but
old men and others disappear. Gen
orally these are not cases of kidnap-
ping; they bad to do with family or
business matters, and as the families
as a rule did not wish the police TO
know the circumstances they EN-
pOyed private detectives. Thus the
outside world does not get to know
Of half of the disappearance and
their causes.
Crime sometimes enters into these
sudden disappearance. A cool head
ed man of the world who has com
mitted theft or felony either in bust
ness or private Lille will ltake 1t into
his head to disappear and make
fresh start in life somewhere else. a
few years ago a gentleman whose
family was high in the socia world
vanished He had been suspected OF
robbing his brotherin-law during
period of pressure in the latter's bust
! ness. The victim knew that If he in
| formed the police his brotherin-law
, would stand in danger of being prose
cuted, so he handed the case over
to me. It was proved that the man
had actually been robbing him right
and left. but for the sake of his wife
he was allowed-and even assisted
| to disappear.
IA husl nd walked out of his fiat
in Marylebone one day and he was
not heard Of His wife searched for
three months herself then came TO
me. She knew her husband could
not have endured hardship or adven-
ture. because he was physically una
BILE to do much for himself. 1t was
a troublesome case, but eventually !
found The husband in a nursing home.
What had happened was that the
mans parents were strictly living
people. who did not go TO the theater
and did not drink stout. They did
not think their sons wife-whO did
those things-was good enough for
him, and they chose this means OF
getting him away from her
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-02-06
SHY AT MAIL ORDER IDEA.
South Dakota Business Men Reject
Part of Resolutions.

The state commercial clubs selected
Desdwood as the next place of meet.
ing. The resolutions presented by the
committee did not meet the approval
a number of places, principally where
they attempted to condemn the cata.
logue houses and the parcels post,
those subjects being held to be out.
side the province of the organization.
President Rice appointed the stand
ing committees for the coming year
and matters of finance and representa-.
ton of clubs were referred to the
committees appointed on those sub,
jests.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-02-06
MILL OWNER MISSING.

Sheriff Stewart of Meade county is
busy seeking James McGarr, well
known and prosperous saw mill man
who for years past operated his plant
on Stage Barn canyon near Piedmont
An employee has started suit, and has
levied on property belonging to Nc
Carr, who has been missing since Dec
10. The sheriff desires to locate him
In order to notify him Of the suit. II
u thought he went to Minneapolis to
visit q brother.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-02-06
Child Drank Gasoline.

A three-year-old daughter of William
Schneider OF Milbank was accidentally
poisoned by drinking gasoline. the
child died before medical aid could
arrive.