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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05
c., 3. G. @. BUYS CROUCH LINE?
Burlington Is Said to Have Forced
Sale.

On good authority ii is announced
that the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy
railroad has taken over by purchase
the Missouri River & Northwestern
railroad, known in the Hills as the
Crouch line and operating between
Rapid City and Mystic. The sale is
said TO have been forced by the Bur
~lingtOn.
The Crouch line runs but thirty.
nine miles and is known as t road
Of curves 1t twice has been washed
out, had several bad wrecks and dam
age suits as a result, and an unusually
hard uphill fight for maintenance ever
since it vas opened, nearly two years
ago. 1t always has been the popular
supposition that the road was owned
by the Milwaukee line and hat it
some day would become a strategic
factor in that lines western progress.
Several announcements of its extern
sion into the Wyoming coal fields have
been made recently. c. ID. Crouch,
the builder and Of the stockhold-
ers, is now in the East on a financial
mission, which was recently said to
have terminated successfully.
The agents OF the road at Rapid
City deny the report of the sale, but it
is generally credited in railroad cir
cles throughout the Hills. A firm of
Cleveland bankers for some time have
been largely interested in the opera
ton of the Crouch road.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05
OLD SURGEON
Found Coffee Caused Hands 60
Trembie.

The surgeons duties require clear
judgment and a steady hand. A slip
or an unnecessary 'urisiOn may do ir-
reparable damage to the patient.
When he found that coffee drinking
caused his hands to tremble, an His
surgeon conscientiously gave it up and
this is his story.
For years | was a coffee drinker
until my nervous system was nearly
broken down. my hands trembled SO I
could hardly write, and insomnia tor
tured me at night.
Besides, how could I safely per
form operations with unsteady hands,
using knives and Instruments of pre-
cision? When ! saw plainly the bad
effects OF coffee, | decided to stop it,
and three years ago I prepared some
Postum, of which ] had received a
sample.
The first curful surprised me. 1t
was mild. soothing, delicious. At this
time ! gave some Postum to a friend
who was in a similar condition 20
mine, from the use of coffee.
n lew udyS ditcr, i mct hin ana
he was full of praise for Postum, de-
claring he would never return to cof-
fee bit stick TO Postum. We then or
dered a full supply and within a short
time my vousn and %onsequent
trembling, as well as insomnia, disap
peared, blood circulation became nor
NAL, no dizziness nor heat flashes.
MY friend became a Postum en-
thusiast, his whole family using It ex.
clusively.
1T would be the fault of the one
who brewed the Postum, If 1t did not
taste good when served.
THE best food may be spoiled IL
not properly made. Postum should be
boiled according to directions on the
pkg. Then it is all right, anyone can
rely on it. IL ought to become the
national drink There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek, Mich. Read The Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05
Income Tax Case Appealed.

The case wherein the settlement of
an income tax upon the estate of +.
Bollnian, deceased, is to be decided in
the circuit court at Rapid City and
presents some knotty legal points to
that court. Judge Lewis of the county
court held that the property of the de-
ceased, consisting of $4,000 in notes
and mortgagers secured by Pennington
county real estate. was in the county
the income tax of Pennington county.
The states attorney differed and ap-
pealed the case to the circuit court.
The taxes on the property amount to
about $500.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05
LOVE Is PART OE PRICE

Love and affection and $1,000" is
the unique consideration entered in
the records as the purchase price of
240 acres Of valuable farming land in
Carlisle township. a few miles north
Of Aberdeen. This morning the reg
lister Of deeds received a warrant.
deed from Joseph T. Peck of Marion
county, Oregon. the grantor. The
grantees are Peck's two married
daughters. Mrs. George Tooker and
Mrs. Whitman Stone, both of whom
live at Salem, Ore. This is the first
time in the history Of the country that
cash and affections have figured in
the transfer of land. In this instance
the money consideration is about one-
sixth the value of the property and on
that basis Of figuring love and "af-
lection are each worth about $500.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05
OPEN TRIP LANDS IN SUMNER.
President Will Issue Order Soon, II Is
Believed,

Indications strengthen the belief
that the president has definitely decid-
ed TO issue his proclamation opening
Trip county Indian lands to settle.
ment, and that the registration, draw.
ing and filing will take place during
the coming summer.
When the Indian department took up
the matter of a~lloting the Rosebud In
dams they decided to wait until the al.
loting was entirely completed before
confirming any of the ~allotments. The
decision has been the only obstruction
to an early opening. Pressure has
been brought to bear or the Indian
department for some time to induce
the officials to confirm the allotments
as o o as the papers were forwarded
by the alloting agent. This the depart.
ment had decided to do, and all the al
lotment applications received by Agent
Scriven up to date have been forward.
ed to Washington. With the exception
of a few changes in allotments to be
made, practically all of the applica-
tons were in the hands of Agent
Scriven.
1t is believed from information re.
Ceived that the registration will take
place in July. the drawing in August
and the filings during the last of Au-
gust and the month of September.
Agent Scriven is doing his work IN
just as fast as possible in order that
there may be no delay resulting from
his portion of the work.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05
AN
Was Sure That Some One Entered His
Room, Although Doubiy Locked.

Was Sure That Some One Entered His
Room, Although DoubIy Locked.
Il was lying in q hotel bedroom n
morning" he said, about half awake,
when | heard a key rafting In the
door. Much to my horror, the door
opened and the maid came in to make
up the room. or least SO 1t seemed to
me. | called out to her to leave and
she did so. All this happened in a
minute or less and ] fell asleep again.
When I woke up ] remembered the in
cident clearly.
when | came TO look at the door,
however, found that 1t was not only
locked from the inside with the key
still in, but that "A bolt was also shot
| was sure hat ] had seen the maid
enter, but when ! asked her later II
she had, she said that she had tried
the door from the outside and hearing
me call out had departed. AS far as
! can make out it must have been a
very complete hallucination about sec
ing her, called up in my mind in my
sleepy condition by my fear that she
might enter. wonder IL that has hap
pened to many DerSDns?"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05
ON r FARMING.
State Engineer Lea Is Member OF the
Congress and VIII Supply Literature.

The Dry Farming Congress. which
recently met at Salt Lake City, made
provisions for extending it's member
ship beyond the appointments to the
annual meetings of the congress, and
provided for the publication and dis
tribution of pamphlets and literature
covering the methods and results of
such farming.
They provided for an affiliated
membership, which is to include am
nual members, who will be expected
to pay an annual fee of 81, and life
memberships which will require a nav
ment of $40. Any Of the affii.a.ed
members who come into the organiZa-
ton under these terms will be fully
accredited delegates to any sessions
of the congress, and Will receive all
the circulars and pamphlets printed
covering the work of dry farming.
This literature will be a valuable ref
erence for any farmer who is work
ing in the Northwest, and will help
the Dakotas to the extent of thousands
of dollars annually, as has been shown
by the application of the methods to
the dryer sections Of Western Nebras-
ka and Eastern Colorado. State En-
gineer Samuel Fl. Lea of Pierre, who
is one of the executive members or the
national organization, will supply any
one who desires to sec,ne this lit"ra-
ture with all the necessary info--ll-
ton as to the methods OF becoming
members of the organization, or Sc
curing the literature. This work has
been shown to be especially applica-
BILE to soil in which there is a mixture
of gumbo. and the western part OF
South Dakota can easily increase It's
crop output many fold by practical
workings of this method of farming.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05
GIRL CHOOSES TO BE BLIND.
Cheyenne Reservation Woman Prefers
Loss of Sight to Going Under Knife.

Cheyenne Reservation Woman Prefers
Loss of Sight to Going Under Knife.
Filled with the traditional hatred
of the surgeons knife, Frances lie
Beau, an Indian policeman at the
Cheyenne River agency. has turned
her back upon Watertown to return
to her tepee and certain blindness
rather than submit to an operation for
the removal of a defective eye.
Some time ago the girls eye began
to fail, and now she is totally blind
in II eye and the other is becoming
affected. After an examination tho
surgeon declared that the only hope
of saving the sight Of the good eye
was to have the diseased n removed.
After much persuasion the maid con-
sented TO the operation. and the time
was set for her to 60 upon the table
Immediately after dinner. But when
the time came she refused to go to the
operating room. An old friend of her
fathers, Frank w. Lyon, of this city,
was brought in to try to persuade the
girl.
white medicine mans talk good"
said Mr.. Lyon, formerly agent at her
fathers agency. HE will save your
good eye. IT you do not have your
blind eye taken out now you will be
blind. You will have to sit around
with the old women. You cannot en-
Joy life with the Indian girls. You
will never be happy"
Il will 90 blind. then" said the girl.
81 cannot let the medicine man cut
out my eye" And further persuasion
was useless.
During the day the stoical Indian
father, who had accompanied his
daughter to the city. kept his own
counsel. He accepted the word of the
white man in regard to his daughter.
but he said no word to influence her.
He quickly gave his consent when told
that an operation was the only help,
but he left the problem for the girl
to settle for herself. The result
seemed a great sorrow to him. and
when he turned homeward he did so
In silence.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05
NURSERY LAW BADLY DRAWN.
Bond Provision Does Not Make Deal
ers Liable.

The supreme couort holds hat the
nursery stock law, passed at the last
legislative session, is good so far as
il was drawn to make it effective. but
was so loosely drawn in part to make
that particular feature Of it inocuous
and of no effect.
The law contained three main fea-
lures: First, requiring all nursery
stock offered for sale in the state to
tent entymologist and the condition OF
the stock as to its healthiness TO be
certified to by such authority; second,
o secure a certificate for the privilege
of sale by application to the state
board of agriculture. and the payment
of a fee of $40 for such certificate,
with an allitional fee Of $3.50 for cop
les of such certificate for each agent
of the nursery operating in this state;
third. requiring the nurserymen to put
up a bond of $4,000, presumably to
protect his customers against poor
stock.
But while the court holds the two
provisions of inspection and a certifi-
cate TO do business to be good, it holds
on the bond provision that it is so pro-
vided in the law that the bond demand
manded does not require any sureties
of any description. or that the nursery.
man shall incur n obligations in any
manner whatever in giving it; that by
the giving or writing of such a bond
as the law demands could not in the
slightest degree affect the liability OF
the nurseryman, or the recovery by
any one who may have sustained dam
age by any of the acts of the nursery
man in violation of the act. 1t is fur.
Their held that the state board OF agri.
culture could not be clothed with pow
er to modify an exact statute.
"Therefore, as no consequences
either beneficial or injurious, can pos.
sibly result therefrom, the giving of
the bond should not be required as a
condition precedent to the issuance of
a permit"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05
NO SYMPATHY WITH UTES.
Cheyenne River Indian Council Gives
Its Views on Trouble.

At a meeting of the business coun.
Gil of the Cheyenne River Indians
they were asked if they would be will
ing to allow the amount which the
Utes were to pay for their lease to be
used to secure supplies for the Utes,
but they refused to take action, pass
ing it on to the district councils to act
and report, agreeing to abide by their
reports. They also passed a resolution
in which they made it known that they
were not in any way in sympathy
with the Utes in their efforts to make
trouble early in the winter. They also
asked the general council to set aside
$3.50 annually to pay the expenses OF
the business council when in session.
A number of applications for trans
fers both to and from the reservation
We're passed upon and generally grant
ed.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05
MIX FOR

A prominent specialist gives the fol
loving al a never failing remedy for
rheumatism, and says if followed up 1t
will effect a complete cure of the very
worst cases. Mix one half pint Of good
whiskey with one ounce of Toris Root
Compound, and add one ounce Syrup
Sarsaparilla Compound. Take In table
spoonful doses before each meal and
a product of the Globe Pharmaceutical
Co., Dayton, O. The ingredients can
be procured at any drug store and
easily mixed at home.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05
State News of Interest
TEACHERS TO CONVENE.
Northern South Dakota Pedagogues to
Gather in April.

Sdb'Ci III EP'u'
The final arrangements for the meet
ing of the Northern South Dakota Ed
ucational association, which will be
held at the normal school in Aberdeen
on April 9 and 10, have been complet-
ed by Supt. F. B. Purdy Of Big Stone
and the secretary, Prof. F. W. Linden
eau of Aberdeen, and the following
program Is announced:
Thursday, April @
Afternoon-"Language Instruction
n the Public Schools From the Stand
point of the High School Teacher
Miss Carmie Wolfe, Aberdeen high
school; discussion. The Place of
Science in the High School Curricu-
lum,' Supt. w. s. Given, Britton; dis
cussion. Agriculture in the Schools"
Prof. Fred w. Smith, N. N. and l. s.;
discussion. Address, DR.. w. w. Stet-
son, Auburn, Me.
Evening-Music; address Of wei
come, Judge l.. w. Crofoot, Aberdeen;
response, Supt. F. l.. Ransom, Sphinx
county; lecture, DR.. W. w. Stetson.
Friday, April 10
Forenoon-"The Rural School-the
Social, Literary and Art Center OF the
Community" Supt. o. H. Jones, Rob
srts county; discussion. What the
City Expects of It's Teachers" G. M.
Stevens, Aberdeen; discussion. "The
Value of Busy Work; When 1t Should
Cease Miss Anna Shade, Redfield;
discussion. Address, DR.. w. w. Stet-
son
Afternoon-"The Comparative Val
ne of History in Relation to Other
Subjects" Miss Jessie Cox, Aberdeen
high school; discussion. The City
Superintendent and His Teachers"
Supt. w. A. Thompson, Webster; dis
cussion. Rural School Supervision"
Supt. J. H. Hetley. Day county; round
table discussion of general school top
Ics in charge Of Deputy State Superin-
tendent c. E. Swanson, Pierre; bust
ness.
Evening-Lecture. DR.. w. w. Stet-
son.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05
Reports made at the annual meeting

Reports made at the annual meeting
Of the stockholders Of the White Lake
Creamery company, which has Just
been held at White Lake, show the
creamery to be in good condition fnan.
cially and otherwise. It was voted TO
issue eighty or more shares Of stock
and place them upon the market at
s25 each. The following officers were
elected for the coming year: Presi.
dent, Jacob Leibrick; treasurer, NJ. H.
Gales. The new directors are Fl. Suel-
flow. A. Frazer, Fred Lemcke and B.
r. Lloyd.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05

and grew too weak to work. Though
constantly using medicine | despaired
of being cured until | began taking
Doan's Kidney Pills. Then relief came
quickly. and in "a short time l was
completely cured ] EN- now In ex
cellent health"
Sold by all dealers 80 cents a box
Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo, N. Y.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05
Go to Mothers Congress.

Gov. Crawford has appointed as del
egates to the meeting of the National
Mothers congress at Washington,
March 10, Mesdames c. b. Billing
Falls; John II. Perry, Aberdeen: w.
c. Lusk, YanktOn; Edward Mather,
GrotoE; Alice Pickler, Faulkton. and
Miss Alice Dougherty. Yankton.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05
Why They Reared.

The Ormond beach was gay.
'What are the wild waves saying?"
inquired the girl.
From their sullCn roar" he answer
ed, "it is probable that they are mere
~ r~eiterating the general kick against
the high prices that prevail here"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05

! had a bad fall and
il affected my kid
neys. Severe pains
in my back and hips
became constant, and
sharp twinges fol
lowed any exertion.
The kidney secre-
tiUns were badly dis
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05
FIXES LAND SALE DATES.
State Board Will Make First This
Year on April 16 at BeadIe.

Under the provision of one of the
statutes of the last legislative session
the state land board is required an.
nually to offer not less than 1000
acres of state lands for sale, until a
certain stated portion of such lands in
the state are disposed of.
Under the provisions of this act the
board has selected the counties in
which they will make offerings this
spring, and has set the dates when
lands will be offered. The dates in
counties are principally in April. for
the different counties being: Beadle,
16; Kingsbury, II; Lake, IS: Miner.
20: Davidson, 81; Hanson, %; Hutch.
inson, %; Bon Homme, "a: Turner,
%: Hamlin, %; Brown, %; Marshall.
%: Edmunds, so; Mcpherson, May /;
Sphinx. May ?.
The unsold lands in these counties
will be offered for lease on the DAYS
following the sales except where the
following day is Sunday, in which case
the lease books will be opened by the
county auditor OH Monday. In the
counties of Marshall, Edmunds and
MCPHERSON. about 10000 acres OF en-
dowment land will be offered, while in
the other counties the offerings will
be of state school land.
For the first time in several years,
every school in Beadle county is pro
vided with a teacher. J. w. Smith,
county superintendent, is greatly de
lighted because of his success in Sc.
curing teachers while in neighboring
counties 1t is almost impossible to get
competent teachers.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05
Quite So.

I've just been reading about Mon
taigne."
What of him.
He said that whenever he saw a
good thing he annexed It."
Well" declared the saturnine joke.
smith, "he had the right idea for run
ming a humorous column"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05

The life Of little Antoinette Meyers,
two years old, has been saved at Pitts.
burg by the heroic sacrifices made by
her mother and sister. The child was
terribly burned and skin was grated
from the mother and sister.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05
Lono Island Weather Forecastinq.

Place twelve onions I'm a row ON
Christmas day, name each after a
month and put salt on their tops.
Those on which the salt is melted in
side of twelve days will be wet
months, according TO Long Island
weather science.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05

The controller of the currency has
issued a call for a statement of the
condition of all national banks at the
close Of business on Feb. IA last.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05

The ~so-called "Julemerket" commit
tee, which had in charge the publica-
ton and sale of the Christmas pen
nants. have on hand 300. 900 crowns,
which have tins far been realized
from the popular flags. and they eX-
pect TO begin the erection OF a sana-
forum for consumptives as soon as
possible. The institution is to cost
100000 crowns when completed.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05
DEN MARX.

The Bjerre case, about which I have
written o often. is still unsettled, and
will not be till about the first of
March.
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z GOOD
After Years Spent in Vain Effort.

Mrs. Mary T.. II. Rouse, of Cam
bridge, n. Y. says: Five years &
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05
SW E D NJ.

In Vilhelmina. Sweden. a famine is
III. The inhabitants have appealed to
the government for help, and it is re-
ported that the dogs are being slaugh-
erred for food.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05

A recent on the National Bank of
Sweden shows that on Jan. IS, 1908,
Ii had a gold reserve Of 70.305.4 68
crowns and securities furnishing a
basis OF paper currency to the amount
Of 1912 3S crowns.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05

According to certain newspapers,
King Oscars life was insured in the
sum of II, 200, 900 crowns. 1t develops
that this statement is without founda-
ton. Gjallarhornet says that the cor
rect amount is 600, 900 crowns, dating
from the year 1882. Several Swedish
companies were interested.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05
IN THE SCANDINAVIAN NORTH
GIeonings of Important NeUs of Norway, Sweden
and Denmark, vith Occasional Comments.
BY MARTIN ". ODLAND.
BY MARTIN w. ODLAND.

1t is reported by Prince Carl that an
automatic rife has been invented by a
Swedish inventive genius.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05

The deficit in the treasury of the
Home Missionary society at the close
OF last year was only 5000 crowns.
which. with but n exception, is the
best showing financially that the So
ciety has made since 1891. However,
the conditions confronting the society
are not as encouraging as they might
be. and the leaders complain that too
few people interest themselves i'm the
welfare of the organization.
While the party OF the Right, or
Conservatives, ruled Denmark, the 3D.
position had too much to say in refer
ence 10 the traficking in titles and
orders. Now the government is con-
trolled by the party of the Left, but
the handing out OF orders and titles
still goes merrily on. The calendar for
1908 shows that there has been named
4 Knights of the Elephant; 10 have re-
ceived the Cross of the Commander.
first rank; 25 have received the same
cross, second rank; 247 have go the
Cross of Knighthood. and 245 the hon
orary emblem or Mark OF Danubrog.