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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-01-16

Alfred Holm visited with the Ref
ling family Sunday.
Fred Howard husked corn for Louis
Magistad couple days last week.
Will Sneve made his usual trip in
Oslo Sunday. We are glad to see you
Will.
Misses Minnie Bohlke and Ida
Ehrenreich OF Bookings, were plea
SAINT Oslo visitors Friday evening.
Come again girls.
The Magistad young people attended
the Leap Year dance at Tjensley
Saturday night. The report was a
large attendance and good time.
A basket social will be held at the
home of Carl DAZZLE, Friday evening,
Jan. 18th, for the benefit OF the church.
All are cordially invited to attend.
Marvin Hoff, who has been quite i'll
with tonsilitis, was obliged to have
the tonsils removed. His many
friends wishes him speedy recovery
A large number OF young people
from this vicinity attended the dance
atthe Volga Opera House Friday even
ing. All reported good time sin spite
OF all coquetry."
Misses Minnie, Clara and Amanda
Refiiing were among those who at.
tended the surprise party in honor oil
Mr.. and Mrs. Syend Sneve last Wed.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-01-16
RURAL GLEANINGS
ALTON

Mr.. Drinks little boy is quite SICK
with the Group.
Mrs. Ed Richards called at the
Lucas home Saturday.
Eya Mcknight called on Maude
Lucas Friday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mr.. Gerd Null visited at
the Richard home Sunday.
Frank Papka and family visited at
the Fred Falk home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jno. Ramsey visited
relatives at Brookings Saturday.
Ira Smith and family OF Bushnell,
visited friends in Alton Thursday.
Mrs. Jno. Miller spent several days
last week with her mother at White.
Maude Lucas spent Wednesday
evening with her friend, Cora Thayer.
Gene Francis OF White, is spending
the week with his friend, Frank Lucas.
Mrs. Griffith and children visited
with Mrs. Ramsey Wednesday after
noon.
Florence Mcknight went to Gary
Friday to visit with relatives for few
days.
Ethel Albertson OF Bookings,
vi sited at the home Of her sister, Mrs.
Brink, Sunday.
Jessie, Eliza and Birdie Duff OF
Prairie Home, called at the Glass
home Wednesday evening.
Frank Richard and lady OF White,
called at the home OF his brother Ed
and family Sunday afternoon.
Grin Ward went to Bookings We'd
nesday to see his sister, Mrs. Harry
Mcknight, who has been very i'll Tor
some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gerd Null OF Argo,
spent Wednesday afternoon at the
home OF their brother, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Null.
Maude Lucas was unable to attend
to her school duties Friday on account
of sickness and Mrs. Brink taught
for her that day.
Mrs. A. +. Mcknight spent several
days this week in White taking care
OF her mother, Mrs. Steadman, who
has been on the sick list.
Ben Falk left Thursday morning
for an extended visit with relatives in
Iowa. He also expects to go to North
Dakota before returning home.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-01-16
ALTON ADS

Little Evert Brink is i'll at this
writing.
Mrs. Griffith spent Friday afternoon
with Mrs. Glasier.
Ben Falk is visiting relatives in
Iowa and Minnesota.
Eugene Francis was an Alton visitor
Friday and Saturday.
Mrs. Will Coleman is under the
Doctors care at present.
Mr.. Glass and wife were shopping
in Bookings Wednesday.
Miss Cora Thayer was Prairie
Home visitor Friday evening.
John Sellick OF Sherman is cleaning
out well for Samuel Doughty.
Mrs. Miller spent Thursday and
Friday with relatives in White.
Minton brothers have been baleing
hay for George Blasdell the past week.
Miss Florence Mcknight departed
Friday for visit with relatives at
Gary.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Class spent the
day Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs, f.. c.
Brink.
Grandma Falk has been among
those numbered among the sick the
past week.
Gerd Null and wife OF Argo, were
over Sunday visitors at the Edd
Richard home.
James Lucas, who has been in poor
health for some time was enjoying a
buggy ride Sunday.
Frank Richard and Miss Cowels OF
Sherman, were calling on relatives in
Alton Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Ward has been caring for her
daughter, Mrs. Harry Mcknight at
Bookings, the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Mcknight and
daughter, Eva, were pleasant callers
ut the Lucas home Sunday.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-01-16

Mrs. Brink taught school for Miss
Lucas Friday on account OF sickness.
Miss Lucas was unable TO teach.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Richard and Mr..
and Mrs Luckinbill visited friends at
the hospital in Bookings Wednesday.
Mr.. Luckinbill and daughter, Mrs.
Milton Mcknight left Monday for
Hartley, Iowa, for brief visit with
relatives.
Mrs. James Lepley drove to Brook
ings Sunday to visit Mr.. Lepley at
the hospital who is expected home the
coming week.
Miss Ethel Albertson OF Bookings,
spent Saturday and Sunday with r..
G. Brink and family, returning home
Sunday evening.
The /. O. O. f. brothers held their
public installation Thursday evening
in White. 4 number from Alton was
present and report an excellent time.
A large crowd gathered at the NJ. NJ.
Mcknight home Monday evening and
spent the evening in social games ana
music. Supper was served at mid
night. All went home late and report
an excellent time.
Monday evening about ten O'Clock
fire was the alarm to reach the people
OF Alton from the elevator owned by
Denheart and Alguire OF White. AS
has been the case for years Whites
only protection was bucket brigade,
being impossible to check the fire.
Insurance was held on the building
and contents so the loss will probably
be covered.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-01-16

where a large number of raiSerS fail to
show a profit is by feeding almost all
grain. Three-fourths of hogs ration
can be made up of alfalfa, bronze grass.
clover or some other good hay, with
grain as the other quarter Of the ra-
ton. Prof Shepard said that he has
now in process of manufacture a ma
chine which will cut alfalfa hay so
that it will be to all practical purposes
as good as bran. He stated that the
average hog-pasture was too small and
that he found the best results by plac-
ing not more than two brood sows and
their litters on an acre of ground.
\ very good pasture, he said, was
to be obtained by planting a bushel
of oats, bushel of barley. ten pounds
OF Siberian millet and six pounds of
rape to the acre. The hogs will clean
up the rape and millet in good shape,
but in pulling down the oats and bar
ley enough will be stamped into the
ground to raise a good volunteer crop
for fall pasture.
Prof Shepard deplored the action
Of the farmers of the United States
in disposing of their hogs during the
financial furry last fall The price
they received was not within fifty
per cent of what the animals were
worth and the loss to the farmers will
reach into the millions.
The closing address of the institute
was given by A. E. Chamberlain, state
institute director, who spoke upon the
subject of Cultivated Crops" He
urged the planting of cultivated crops,
such as corn and potatoes, and showed
by figures taken from the results OBJ
tanned at the college experiment sta
tons at Brookings and Highmore that
the yield in bushels was increased
from two to ten bushels where a cult
waited crop was used once in three
years. The value of crop rotation is
something which the farmers would do
we'll to inquire into.
Mr.. Chamberlain closed by short
talk upon the meat question. He ad
yised the farmers to cure their own
meats, that if they did so they would
be able to get at least three or four
cents more for their product. At the
present time the meat raised by the
farmer is sold to local buyers, shipped
to Chicago, where two or three brok
ers make a profit, cured by the big
packers and finally shipped back to be
bought by the farmer at price that
staggers him. Mr.. Chamberlain stated
that the coming year he would have
a man with the institute corps who
would give practical demonstrations III
the curing and packing of meat, and
believing that a. would be one of the
best and most important subjects
taken up.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-01-16

oughly and his lecture was one Of the
most interesting and instructive of the
Institute.
Miss Hoover then gave lecture on
the "Fireless Cooker" and started it's
practibility by serving food to the au-
dience cooked in this way. Hher lee
ture was especially interesting to the
large number of ladies present, as
anything that will tighten their house
work is always hailed with joy. Miss
Hoover explained the construction of
the cooker as follows: Take box or
some other receptacle of sufficient size
and line it to depth of at least four
inches on evry side with some mater
ial that is a poor conductor of heat
There are Il number of substances
which are adapted for this purpose,
but sheep wool, just as it comes from
the animals back, makes probably
the best material obtainable here. All
that is necessary is to thoroughly neat
the substance to be cooked and place
it inside the cooker in vessel which
has a tight lid. 1t is ready for use
whenever wanted. The great value OF
the cooker lies in the fact that house
wife can place meat, beans or any
other food which cooks at low tenn
perature, in the cooker and leave il
alone for hours without the danger
| of leaving a fire. 1t is also very val
liable as time saver in the morning
as the breakfast food can be placed
in it the night previous and is ready
at a moments notice.
Saturday morning the first speaker
was H. T. Washburn, of Deuel. county
who spoke upon the subject of forage
crops for Brookings county. Mr.
Washburn is a practical farmer in a
county where the conditions are prac
tically the same as ours, and he was
we'll qualified to talk upon this impor.
tant matter. He took up the various
forage crops, alfalfa, bronze grass,
ETC., and explained their value as feed,
the proportionate cost of raising and
other points of interest.
Hon. w. w. P. Mcconnell, editor of
the Minnesota and Dakota Farmer and
an institute director of the state of
Minnesota, was the first speaker Satur-
day afternoon. Mr.. McConnell's sub
ject was dairying, one in which he is
thoroughly at home, as he is a prac-
teal dairyman and in addition served
for years as food and dairy commits
sioner of Minnesota, the greatest dairy
ing state in the union. Mr.. Mcconnell
urged the farmers of Brookings county
to build cooperative creameries and
after they are built to support them.
The creamery is the best friend of the
farmer. 1t provides him with ready
cash every month with which to meet
his bills. the. profit is greater proper.
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than any kind Of farming and
there are no poor years, and the only
way the farmer can lose is to sell all
his COWS. Mr.. Mcconnell urged the
necessity of choosing good COWS. The
breed is not so particular, but the
animal must be able to show results
and those that do not should be con-
signed to the tender mercies OF the
beef trust. Another important feature
Of the dairy business is that it keeps
the land constantly enriched by the
return of the manure to the fields, and
this is an important item in this coun-
try where the land has been impover-
ished by too much wheat growing.
Mr. Mcconnell then talked along the
lines of cooperation among the farm
ers, and urged them to cooperate to
secure better sires, better seed, better
prices for their products and their
rightful share in making the laws of
the country. There has never been in
the history of the country, said Mr.. Nc
Connell, when the farmer was con
fronted with conditions which he could
not control as at the present time
The soil is producing ample feed with
which to feed the people, but the UNI
| scrupulous manipulators of the mar
kets force the grower to accept an in
adequate consideration for the pro-
ducts of his labor, and on the other
hand force the consumer to pay eXorbi-
tant prices for the necessaries of life.
With improved conditions of the soil,
with pure seed and the intelligent de-
velopment of live stock, the farmer
can and will produce crops and ami
mails greatly in excess of the present
! performance. This will enable him to
sell to the consumer at lower price
than the market commands, but this
will be in that glad time when they
are not manipulated by the trusts.
The only remedy, as Mr.. Mcconnell
sees it, is for the farmers of this state
to follow the example of their neigh
bors in Minnesota and take up dairy
ing, the only industry, which has not
nor is it likely to come under the con.
troll of the gigantic corporations. The
farmers of Minnesota to the number Of
$1,000 own and operate over 1000
creameries and cheese factories, and
their success and general prosperity
has given to Minnesota the name of the
Bread and Butter" state.
The audience was then entertained
with very pleasing recital by Miss
Underwood.
Prof. Jas. H. Shepard took for his
subject, THE Hog" Prof. Shepard is
a practical raiser of hogs, having one
OF the best herds in the northwest
and he was listened to with close at.
tention. He began by saying that the
hog is grass-eating animal, and that
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-01-16
They reported a fine

nesday evening. They reported fine
time.
Some OF the young men Of Oslo have
organized a temperance society, under
the rules that the members OF the
society must not touch any intoxicat-
ing LIQUOR, beginning Jan. LIST, 1905.
n any OF the members breaks his
nron,isa he is fined not less than five
dollars. By this organization we are
inclined to think that the boys are
beginning to realize that this is leap
wear, that they find it necessary to DO
30. 1t seems az though it would be a
good idea for the young men in otnef
Communities to follow the example.
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Farmers Go to School
Continued from Page y

The somewhat startling assertion is
made that fifty per cent OF the babies
Of the country die before they are one
year Old and twO-thirds of these
deaths are due to stomach disorders
Miss Iooyer's address was worthy of
very serious thought and she was list
ened to with close attention by the
large number Of mothers present
DR.. A. A. Brigham, dean of the new
school of agriculture of the State col
lege next explained the objects of the
new school, and urged upon the farmers
the necessity of giving their boys and
girls a practical education along agri-
cultural lines.
DR.. Brigham then spoke on the sub
ject of Poultry as One of the Most
Paying Adjuncts to the Farm" He
stated that the products of the Ameri-
can hen last year sold for over $780,.
coo, 900, which placed that individual
up alongside of the COW, sheep and hog
as producers of cash for the American
farmer
DR.. Brigham said that the principal
points necessary to the successful
chicken-raiser were shrewdness, care
fullness in buying, and close attention
to details, such as care of chickens in
sickness and their feed, etc. The
breed of chickens he said. were not
OF so much Importance, but whatever
kind were selected to always get the
best of that particular breed Mr.
Brigham urged the need of good quart
ers for the hen. The hen-house should
be warm, we'll ventilated and free from
water 1t should be tight enough to
keep out the small mites which infest
| chicken-houses, and the floor should
be six or eight inches above the sur
rounding ground. A dirt floor is the
best, but in order to keep out rats
where this kind of floor is used it
is necessary to lay small-mesh wire
fencing under the dirt. This will pre-
vent one of the biggest losses to chick
en- growers. The house should be kept
clean and thoroughly aired out every
| day Plastering the inside will help tC
keep out mites, but should they ge
in a two per cent carbolic acid solu
ton sprayed on the inside or fumi
cation with sulphur will kill them.
Mr.. Brigham stated that one of thu
principal reasons that hens do not la.
| in the winter months is that the pull
lets are Matched out too early the pre-
| vious spring. The majority of CHECKER
raisers imagine that II they get thei
broods out in February they are jus
that far ahead of other raisers, but
is all a mistake, declares Mr.. Brigham
Pullets, II they are expected to keel
on laying throughout the fall and win
ter, should not be Matched until April
Another way to prevent them from
laying off, Is to not change thei
quarters in any way, as hen will
never resume activities in the fall /
placed in strange place. Another i'm
portant point in the raising of chick
ems is the matter of food, and DR.
Brigham recommended the followins
ration, which will feed 25 hens one
day: three pounds of corn, two
pounds of wheat, one pound of beef
scraps, one pound of clover hay, to-
gether with plenty of pure water and
enough grit to furnish material for
the egg shells. For this latter purpose
graduated bone is the best.
DIR. Brigham knows poultry thor
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-01-16
CARD OF THANKS

Our most sincere thanks are tender
ed the kind friends and neighbors for
their thoughtfulness and many kind
acts during our recent trial and be-
and more particularly do we
appreciate the kind and tender care
bestowed by the Masons and members
Of the Eastern Star.
Mrs. Mary Mckee.
Miss Lillis Leal.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-06-20
COMPANY
PAYS TAXES
O. r. G. NJ. MAKES FINAL SETTLE
MENT WITH WALlA WALLA
COUNTY.

For the first time in several years
the 0. r. & n. company owes the coun-
ty no taxes. A check for $S545.S8 was
received by County Treasurer Honey
cutt this morning. which makes the
railroad square with the county
This ends a long dispute between the
railroad and the county as to taxes. one
Of which dates back several years
Stipulations and agreements have been
made and money has been rendered
but all is ended with the receipt of the
check this morning.
The cneck was for a balance on 1906
taxes. Agreement was made between
the company and the county as to the
to be paid, which was $33,S4040
The company had already made ten
der of $25,29452 and this was imme
diately turned over by the court to the
county. The balance, $S,545SS, was the
check received this morning.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-06-20
ROOSEVELT To
OYSTER BAY
THE PRESIDENT STARTS ON HIS
ANNUAL SUMMER
VISIT.

WASHINGTON, June 20.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt accompanied by his
wife and daughter Ethel, and son
Quentin left Washington at 9:15 this
morning for their annual summer visit
at oyster Bay.
The president was accompanied to
the depot by a crowd of officials and
friends and was guarded by secret SER
vice men.
Secretary Loeb and Assistant Secre-
tary Latta, remains at the White
House to be chief ''Poohbab'' until the
president returns.
Friends last night reminded the pres
ident he had earned a vacation.
Don't waste any sympathy on me, -
the president replied Il enjoyed every
minute of my term of office. My thanks
are due the American people not theirs
to me, for the opportunity 1 have had
to serve them. have had a perfectly
corking time
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-06-20
DESERTER MAKES HIS SECOND
ESCAPE FROM GUARD HOUSE
Private Mem Manamy Is Slippery Custo
nner-SIips Oregon Boot

Private Robert ]. McManamy, of E
troop of the Fourteenth cavalry, last
night made his second getaway from
Fort Walla Walla. He escaped from the
guardhOuse and the "Oregon boot last
night about II o'clock and has not yet
been captured, although he was seen
in Milton this noon and the patrols
worked down that way Immediately.
There is little doubt of his ultimate re-
capture.
McManamy is a bad one" He has
an unenviable police record here and
not long ago he was tried by court
martial and sentenced to Alcatraz
prison, where he was to have been
taken as soon as the papers in his case
had been reviewed at Washington. On
June II, he and three others escaped
from the patrols who had them in
charge on police duty. He was captured.
together with one other who had es-
capped He was then placed in the guard
house and from there ne escaped again
last night
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-06-20
HYPN0T|SM AS
DRINK CURE
CURING lNEBRIATES PROBLEM OF
SOCIETY NOW IN SES-
SION.

SARATOGA SPRINGS. n. Y. June
20.-HNpnOtism as cure for drunk
enness was recommended in a paper BY
DR.. John Quackenbos. of New York
read today before tie convention of the
American Society for the Study Of AL
coholism and Inebriety. Many other au-
thOrities on the treatment ana cure OF
those addicted to the excessive use of
intOXicants delivered addresses.
At the session of the Worlds Tenn
perance congress this morning the
review of the temperance conditions of
the world was continued. the period
discussed embracing the years 1868
to 1888 The relation of the Methodist
Episcopal and Baptist denominations to
the temperance reform was also con-
sidered. Other topics We're THE Citizen
as a Reformer" and "The Second
Emancipa ton.
One of the most important events of
the congress is scheduled for this af-
ternOon, when the delegates will gather
at the old home of DR.. Billy" CLARK, the
founder of the first temperance soci-
ETY. in the worlds history. and unveil
a memorable tablet to his memory.
The society established by Dr. Clark
in 1908 is still in existence. and its
members will attend the services in d
body.
At tonight's session the principal
address will be delivered by DIR. Wilbur
F. Crafts, the prominent Washington
reformer who will speak on "A World
Wide War on Intoxicating Drinks and
Drugs.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-06-20
TWENTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONTH
Long Relay Race.

CLEVELAND, O., June 2O.-One of
the longest relay races ever held will
be that starting Monday from Cleveland
with Cincinnati as the objective point,
to be participated in by the best of
the sprinters of the Young Mems
Christian associations throughout :ht
st,'te. On Monday at IL O'Clock Mayor
,rom L. Johnson. of Cleve' I'D. will
Et Id a me .'l:;e to the frs section of
tic relay, and it will be passc.; fr'.n
f@nd to han1 tf the long relay until
it reaches Mayor Markbreit of Cincin-
natl on Wednesday at noon, if the
schedule is adhered to. Each boy will
have two miles to cover this limit hav-
ing been fixed in order that the race
may incur no danger to the contest
ants.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-06-20
MANY OELfGATER At
COAST. CONVENTIONS
COLLEGE CHRISTIAN ASSOCIA.
TIONS SEND FULL REPRESEN-
TATION THIS YEAR.

Two Whitman college delegations to
the Christian association conventions
at the coast are attending the respec-
tive conventions of their associations
over Sunday. The boys of the Y. NJ c..
A. are at the Breakers and the girls
are at Seaside
The Y. NJ. c. A delegation left last
Friday night and was to be gone 10
days, returning about Monday or
Tuesday of next week. The delegation
is composed of John Lyman, Otto
Johnson. Sam Neterer. Donald Marvin.
and Vernon Cooke Secretary Robert
Carey of the local city Y. M. c. A.
leaves tonight for the convention,
where he is to give an address.
The Y. w. c. A. delegation left
Thursday night for Seaside. where they
will be for about 10 days. The fol-
lowing young ladies are representing
Whitman: Olga Johnson, Ruby Por
ter, Natalie Soules, Bertha Dooley,
May Worthington, Mary Stambaugh
and Mary Lyman.