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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-11-05
TEXAS.

We have excursions to Texas Nov.
IL and Dec. /. If you are out of bust.
S here you can buy ten acres and
make $1,000 from vegetables by March
l. Then plant potatoes and other veg
etables and start oranges, figs, nuts,
strawberries or other fruits which will
In two or three years will net $4,000
to $4,000 per year. We sell on time.
no irrigation or heavy expenses need.
ed. Climate. production and market
superior to those of California, where
land brings ten times our price, but
ours is doubling every year.
Fol information call on or address,
w. H. H. Phillips.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-11-05

J Ruth Judd visited her sister, Pearl
Sunday.
Mrs. Will Bushnell had nine teeth
filled Tuesday.
Charlie Norton visited at the Bane
home Sunday.
The dance on Friday evening was
not well attended.
Miss Nels Burger is helping Mrs.
Coons with sewing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vinal Norton visited
at John Faulk's Tuesday.
Mesdames Hendricks and Loomis
drove TO Brookings Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Norton visited
at the old home farm Tuesday.
The band boys are again footing
streams of music through the air.
Evelyn Kastenholz is staying with
her sister, Mrs. Hattenburg at pres
ent.
viii Shaw returned to Castlewood
last Friday, having finished his bust
ness in Bushnell.
VIII Bushnell's entire family took
dinner at the home of Herman Melcher
Sunday. Melcher's chickens are
prime.
Melvin Parks auction sale drew a
fairly good crowd but owing to the
auction sales goods went
slow and cheap.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Arden from Wash
ID. c., are visiting with Will
Bushnell and Herman Melcher this
week. Mrs. Arden is the only sister
Of Fred Norton,
Herman Sizes has had an auction Of
personal property and will go to a
more favorable climate with his fam
ly. Mr.. Sizes brother has bought the
arm and moved on it.
The "Halowccner's" had their usl-
| sport transporting machinery, bug
les. plows, wagons, etc, to incon-
enient places. For some reason
chool bells can't be rung, some prop
concealed for q time. All right
oys, SC you don't get hurt.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-11-05
RURAL GLEANINGS

This newspaper desires a correspondent In
every township In the county. II you notice
that your township is not represented under
thu heading write us and we will send you
the necessary sta m ped envelopes and paper.
All correspondence must be signed by the
accredited CORES pondent.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-11-05
NEWS WANTED.

The Register would like to secure
q good correspondent In every locality
In the county and will be very pleased
to receive the names of anyone who
will act In that capacity. Write us
for particulars.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-11-05
PRAIRIE HON E.

Ned Squirting spent Sunday on The
farm.
Miss Maude Lucas spent Sunday a
Blakley's.
Tracey Lumby is husking corr fol
Charlie Larson.
Mrs. Fred Gillett spent Friday a
VIII Kennedy's.
Bert Duff is assisting his father with
his fall blowing.
Thos. Maher was a Fountain caller
last Friday evening.
Mrs. Geo. Chapman took Sunday
supper at Ira Blakley's.
Roy Larson and Tracey Lumby spent
Sunday evening at Roy Sloan's.
John Cunningham visited friends in
Brookings the latter part of the week.
Mrs. Charlie Maher of Fountain,
spent Sunday with her sister, Mar
garet.
Ralph Mcmillan and Miss Mary
Blakley ate Sunday dinner at Ira
Blakley's.
Miss Sadie Sl3an visited at the
home of her brother, John, Sunday
afternoon.
The fair and supper at the Catholic
church Wednesday afternoon was a
grand success.
Mrs. Roy Squirting and children are
visiting at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph.
Mrs. Kennedy and daughter, Mrs.
Stevens and son, were Sunday visitors
at the home of Will Grinols.
Thos. Maher was a Sunday evening
caller at the home of James Bane.
What is the attraction Thomas?
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Hylaman of Clear
Lake, were entertained several days
Of last week at he home of Geo. Chan
man. /
John Sloan, Jr., returned from
Osakis, Mimi, Saturday morning
where he purchased eighty acres of
and.
The Misses Grace and Lucy Bulls
Mrs. Bessie Sloan and children
we're pleasant callers at Mrs. Earl
billings Thursday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Farrenkop
spent several days at White assisting =,
F%arrenkop's parents pack their
goods to move to Brook
ngs. I
A hunting party consisting of Peter
;aldwell, Arthur Larson, John Blakley,
Blakley and Leasy Heating
re spending the week at Lake Albert
njoying the festivities of the feather.
d tribe.
Willard Harbough. a former resi-
here, but now living at Chesela,
vas married last Friday to an Iowa ,
They are spending the week !
nth his parents and friends. We ex-
end hearty congratulations. /,
Several of the young people of this !,
icinity responded to invitations and
altered at the pleasant home of Mr.. !,
nd Mrs. Geo. DUH Saturday evening :
, participate In the enjoyment Of a
party. The lawn was
e~autifully Illuminated with jack-o- q
which served to guide tina II
The early evening was
pent in a social manner. also by play \
lg various games. Dainty refresh A
tents were served at the usual hour.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-11-05
OSLO.

OSLO.
Corn husking IS the order OF the da!
Nettie HIlestad called at volg
Tuesday.
Carl Dahle drove though OILS.
Thursday.
Edward Eyenson vas . volsa Gale
Saturday.
Albert johnson was a vo,sa visitor
Thursday,
Rev. o. o. Bersh d-aye 10 volg;
Tuesday evening.
Rev. G. Eyenson called az Alfred
WOid's Thursday.
Geo. Brown and family spent Sun.
day at F. NJ. Fraley's.
John Sneve made his usual trip
2cruss the 500 Sunday.
Albert Aslakson called at l.. Magi.
stad's Tuesday morning.
Lewis Rogholt made a flying "trip
10 town Saturday afternoon.
Ed Samis was buying hogs and
sheep in this vicinity Friday.
Tilda and Olga Sveen spent Friday
and Saturday with Olso friends.
o. J. Sundet and little Harriet, call
ed OH relatives in Volga Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. julius Sundet called
at Frank Fraley's Wednesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. o. Reniing and
John S%agstuen went to Volga Wed.
nesday.
m lverson of Bookings, spent
Saturday and Sunday with Louis
Magistad.
Hannah Harrison who has been
working for Mrs. Carl Hoff returned
home Wednesday.
Mrs. Lars Magistad and Mrs. X.
Olson called at Henry Bohlke's in
Brookings IN Sunday.
Miss Carrie Hegley Of Flandreau,
is visiting at the home of her sister,
Mrs. Albert Johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Bohlke of
Bookings. called on friends and rela.
lives I'm Olso Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Hahn of Ster.
ing township. spent Sunday and Mon.
fay with NJ. o. Refiing.
The party at Olaf Heimestad's Wed.
Besday evening was well attended and
Z good time va reported.
Quite a number OF Oslo's young
people attended the dance at Sinai
Friday evening. All report a splendid
time.
Mr. and Mrs. II. T. Hamersness and
Mrs. X. Olson Of Medford, Wis, visit
ed at the home of Lars Magistad Fri
lay. Mrs. Olson remained there until
Monday.
Miss Josie Howard left Monday
evening for Mitchell. where she was
C0kACu w tuC uCWo tudt nCi SiSlcT = |
Daughter was very i'll with typhoid
A number of friends of John Lund
yave him a pleasant surprise Sunday
lftemoon by stepping in the home of
Carl Hon, where Lund and family had
Ieen invited to spend the day. Re-
were served and in all it
vas Z very enjoyable occasion.
Quincy Lee Morrow gave a lecture
= the Bergh school house Tuesday
'venfng. but on account Of the wealth
r and bad roads. there was not a
mo audience a. was expected. But
! ~ needless to say that those who
"a the opportunity Of hearing Nor.
enjoyed It very much. I
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-11-05
Villas, THE

Wants to call your attention to the
TACT that he has sold his drug store
to Spedden and Paige, two young
druggists from st. Paul, Mimi, these
gentlemen are now located in the
store and will take pleasure in meet.
Ing you and getting acquainted.
Fred Villas.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-11-05

after which all wendell their way
homeward, only wishing that HallOwe-
ZEN came more often.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-08
Humorous department.
A Fatalist.

Commander Peary was talking III
New York about the luck he would
have in reaching the Pole with the
Roosevelt.
They say you are a fatalist,' said
a reporter. They say that you believe
YOU are fated to find the Pole before
you die"
The explorer laughed.
IF I am a fatal!St," he said, " as
sure you my fatalism is Of the work
ing and strenuous kind-like that oi
old Abe Cruger.
"Old Abe lived in New England ir
the days of Indian warfare. He was
fatalist of a pronounced type; never
theless. he would not venture fortf
without his blunderbuss.
"One day he had an important er-
rand, but the blunderbuss, when ne
came to get it, was missing from the
rack made of antlers where it always
hung. Some one Of his family hac
taken it. Abe sat down to wait til
it was brought back
But, Abe, 1 thought you were 8
fatalist?' said friend.
$50 1 am the old man answered.
Then why bother about your blum
derbuss?' taunted the friend. You are
in no danger from the Indians, since
you can't possibly die till your time
comes
yes said the old man. But sup
pose I was to meet an Indian and his
time had come. 1t wouldn't do for me
not to have any blunderbuss, would
IT.? philadelphia Record.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-08

THE SUBALTERN'S REToRT.-Sir Ian
Hamilton, who recently unveiled the
Manchester war memorial, and who
has thirty-five years military service
to his credit, tells an amusing story OF
a little incident that happened in South
Africa while he was acting as chief Of
staff to Lord Kitchener. He had oc-
casion to visit rather a large depot
of which a young officer was in COM
mand. Going through certain papers
Gen. Hamilton found that these were
not quite in order, and at last said
rather wearily to the officer, You know
this sort Of thing will not do at all.
What do you suppose your brains were
given YOU for?" II am sure l do not
know, general" was the cheerful reply.
Since came here have worked six
teen hours q day and more. have
acted as mule teamster, porter, van
guard, supply clerk, station master
orderly, room clerk, tyuiSt and a doZ-
en- other things. 1 think If l had not
been endowed with brains might have
managed to take on two or three more
jobs as we'll, but as 1t Is must admit:
I am somewhat handicapped" Sir Ian
Hamilton was forced to laugh. and
shortly after the young officer found
himself attached to the generals Der-
sol al staff.-Tit-B Bits.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-08

the mouth of the Rio Grande river
without exposing herself to the fury
of the Atlantic or the Gulf of Mexico
or the attack of hostile naval fleet.
This is to be done by system of
intercoastal canals, joining existing
bodies of water which can be utilized
for the purpose. Already small ves-
sells can sail from any Long Island
Sound port to points in North Caro-
lima without passing through any part
of the ocean. The scheme suggested
is much more ambitious, and if car
ried out will permit ships Of deep
draught to take much longer trips In
similar manner.
THE idea is by no means new. It's
practicability has been considered for
years and the canal, which would be
of enormous value both for commerce
and for national defense Is in reality
part of the great work of deep water
ways improvement that is under con-
Sideration."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-08

IN TILE CONGRtSS OF THE FUTURE.-
The uOIrluIe IueuIUer from the InIro
district OF ArixIco arose to address the
house.
Mr.. Speaker" he said, Ito revive an
ancient and obsolete slogan, wish 10
say Inat lne U!u Question sill contrUnts
us Shall the people rule? -
Instantly a multitude of women, who
had PACKED the galleries, rose to their
feet, waved banners and shouted:
They don't!"
Half of the people are disfranchis-
ed"
Votes for women!"
Give US the ballot"
I'VE demand our rights!"
Suffrage for wOmen!"
Give us the ballot"
Votes for women!"
Women demand their rights"
The speaker ordered the galleries
cleared, but there were not enough men
to enforce the order. Inc session broke
up in confusion and the honorable
members fed for their lives.
Inc American sunragette had broken
loose.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-08

Mr.. CoNNERs TACTFCL.-Fingy Con-
ners is an irrepressible soul. Tact
and he have nothing in common. A
few evenings ago he met Charles Bis
sell in a crowded hotel and pounceo
upon him with reckless joviality.
"Hello-o-o, Charley" he cried How
the deuce are you, eh?" How's every
thing? How's Herb? How's"-
Mr.. Bissell was worried. He pined
for decorum. At his side was MT
Justice Brewer of the United States
supreme court at Washington, reserv-
ed silent, dignifed. Mr.. Bissell was
inspired to use his majestic personality
as a quencher Of Fingy's eXuberance.
"Mr. Conners," he said, "let me pre-
sent you to Justice Brewer"
"How's the health?" asked Fingy
giving the hand Of the judge per-
functory shake Then, stepping back
so as to afford more range to his glance
of disapproval. he looked at Mr.. JUS
tice Brewer very coldly, and, turning to
Mr. Bissell, said:
Say, Charley, thought I was on to
all the people you put on the oench'
but 1 guess I'm in wrong somewhere.
What court did you make him judge
of?"-Harper's Weekly.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-08
GIANT CENTURY PLANT.
Monarch of Plains Has Been Growing
Many Years.

Monarch of Plains Has Been Growing
Many Years.
The cactus, the chief flora Of the
desert country, is the original dry
farming plant of the southwest, says
the San Antonio Express For years
it has grown, bloomed and borne seed
in a waste of sand and rocks where
horned toad could hardly exist.
But the cactus is not the only orig
inal desert plant that will grow with
out irrigation. The century plant,
"lassed by botanists as a lily, shares
he honors and Is perhaps more re-
markable, for nobody ever heard Of a
lily growing without water until the
century plant worked its way into the
lass somehow.
It IS called the century plant be-
cause it is thought to bloom but once
IN 100 years. This is declared by the
botanists to be a fable Of the garden
ers, although it must reach a consid-
erable age before blooming.
On the San Augustine ranch Of w.
w. Cox, on the east side of the Organ
mountains, twenty-five miles from
Las Cruces, are trio Of these century
plants blooming in the front yard Of
the Cox ranch house. Mr.. Cox, who
Is an old cattleman Of the Organ
country. has lived there for the past
twenty-five years, and declares that
when he went to New Mexico from
the Uvalde country Of Texas, the
plants were then of mature size. 1t
is a favorite joke Of his to tell some
tenderfoot from the east, who Is en-
joying the southern hospitality of the
Cox ranch, that he planted the CEN
tury plants in his dooryard when he
first came to the Organ country.
The plants in the Cox yard are
now in full bloom, and while there
is little of beauty about the flowers, 1t
IS one of the most interesting sights Of
the desert country to see the old plant
making the last desperate effort to
live again through its seedlings by
running up a stalk in which blossoms
the seed pod. After the century plant
blooms it soon dies. for its mission in
life, to perpetuate the species. has
been accomplished, and its thick,
neshy leaves begin to turn yellow and
curl up soon after the seeds ripen.
The century plant Is called the
agave plant by botanists, after Agave,
the mother of King Pentheus of The
bes, and the meaning Of the word Is
to be high born or aristocratic. The
plant has practically no stem, send
ing out the thick, fleshy leaves from
near the ground. When the time
comes for it to bloom, fibrous stalk
appears in the centre Of the cluster
of leaves and soon grows to the
height of from 20 to 40 feet. The tall
est one in the Cox yard is said by him
to be forty feet from the base to the
bloom. The stem is bigger than
telegraph pole. The bloom spreads
out at the top in the form of fiat
tened umbrella and is a dark red in
color.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-08
TAX RETURNS FOR 1908.
Office Of the County Auditor Of York
County, South Carolina.

Office OF the County Auditor OF York
County, South Carolina.
Yorkville, S. c., Dec. /, 1908.
A S required by statute my books
"A will be opened at my office In
rvrkvilIe on FRIDAY, JANUARY !,
1909 and kept open until FEBRUARY
20, 1909, for the purpose Of listing for
taxation all TAXABLE PROPERTY
held in York County on January l, 1909.
Returns made on proper blanks, and
sworn to before an officer qualified to
administer an oath and forwarded to
me by registered mail before February
20, 1909, will be accepted.
All taxpayers are particularly re-
quested to inform themselves as to the
number Of their respective school dis
tricts, and where they have property
in more than one school district, they
| will please make separate returns in
| dicating the location Of each piece OF
property. The school districts in which
there are special levies are as follows:
No. % in Bethel; Nos. 20 and 33 In
Bethesda; Nos 8, 20 and 40 In Broad
River; Nos. and 20 In Bullock's Creek;
No. IL in Catawba; Nos. and IL in
| Ebenezer; Nos. 26, % and SO In Fort
Mill; Nos. IL, 20, 80 and 35 In York.
For the purpose Of facilitating the
taking Of returns, and for the greater
convenience Of tax payers, will be at
the following places on the dates
named:
At Bethany-(McGilps Store)-on
! Friday, January l.
| At Piedmont, Saturday, January 2.
At Glover, Tuesday and Wednesday,
January 5th and 9Th.
/ At Bethel-(S. A. Glenn & Coz
| Thursday, January Z.
At Bandana-(Perry Ferguson's)-
Friday. January s.
At Point-( arpers)-Saturday jan
uary 8.
At Smyrna, Monday, January II.
At Hickory Grove, Tuesday and
Wednesday, January IL and 13.
At Sharon, Thursday and Friday,
January IA and Is.
At Bullock's Creek, Saturday. jan
uary 16.
At Tirzah, Monday, January 1S.
At Newport, Tuesday, January 19.
At Fort Mill, Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday, January 20, 81 and %.
At McConnellsville, Monday, jan
uary 25.
At ogden. Tuesday, January 26.
At Coates's (Roddeys)-
Wednesday, January q.
At Rock Hill, Thursday and Friday,
January % and 29, and from Tuesday,
Il
All males between the ages Of twen-
ty-one and sixty years, except Confed-
crate soldiers over the age Of fifty
years, are liable to a poll tax Of 81,
and all persons so liable are especially
requested to give the numbers Of their
respective school districts in making
their returns.
1t will be a matter Of much accom-
modation to me II as many taxpayers
as possible will meet me at the res
pective appointments, mentioned above
so as to avoid the rush at Yorkvllle
during the closing days
My office in Yorkvile will be open
every week day from January l. to
February 20, inclusive, and returns
may be made there at anv time.
JOHN ]. HUNTER,
County Auditor.
Yorkville, S. c., Dec. 1, 1908.
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Office of County Treasurer.
YorkYille, S. c., Sept. Is, 10

Yorkville, S. c., Sept. is, 1908.
NOTICE is hereby given that the
~ TAX BOOKS for York county will
be opened on the 18TH DAY OF OC-
TOBER, 1908, and remain open until
the 31ST DAY OF DECEMBER, 1908,
for the collection Of STATE. COUNTY,
SCHOOL AND LOCAL TAXES for the
fiscal year 1908, without penalty; after
which day ONE PER CENT penalty
will be added to all payments made in
the month Of JANUARY, 1909, and
TWO PER CENT penalty for all pay
ments made in the month Of FE BRU-
AIRY, 1909, and SEVEN PER CENT
penalty will be added on all payments
made from the 1ST DAY OF MARCH,
to the 18TH DAY OF MARCH, 1909,
and after this date all unpaid taxes go
into executions and all unpaid Single
Polls will be turned over to the several
Magistrates for prosecution in accord
ance with law.
For the convenience of taxpayers, l
will attend at the following places on
the days named:
And at Yorkville from Monday. No
vember 18TH. until the 31st day Of De-
cember, 1908, after which day the
penalties will attach as stated above.
H. A. D. NEELY,
County Treasurer.
"a 4t
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-08

ONLY A MISUNDERSTANDING
eral years ago in we'll known whole
sale house in a big manufacturing
town an old bachelor bookkeeper, who
had been many years with the firm,
suddenly announced that he was to be
married.
The partners gave him weeks hol-
iday, and his fellow clerks raised a
little purse and presented it to pay
the expenses of his wedding trip.
A couple of days after the wedding
one Of the members Of the firm went
down to a seaside resort, and there,
lounging about the parade and appar-
entity enjoying himself immensely, he
saw his recently married old book
keeper, but alone.
where's your wife," asked the
principal.
shes at home" was the reply
But 1 thought you had money CIV
en- you for a wedding trip?"
80 1 had" was the reply, but l
didn't understand that it was intend
ed to include her. er."-Pearson's Weekly
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-08
ROADS AND WEALTH.
Cost of the Construction Necessary to
Keep Up With Products.

Cost of the Construction Necessary to
Keep Up With Products.
There never was a like period in
the history of railroad development
of this country that demanded the
enormous expenditures that are found
necessary to provide the most urgent
transportation facilities, as exists to-
lay in the case of the big systems of
the west, says American Industries.
Money-millions of money-and
hundreds Of millions measured by the
standard Of a dollar, is the crying
need of the artery-like transportation
ystems that traverse the empire Of
the west" There is a current of ag-
ricul'ural and industrial activity ex-
isting in the west at the present day
hat srrpasses anything appearing on
;l4 records of any other land. Fol-
Irving this development Of its natu-
raj resources will come the era of
manufacturing and in this it is i'm
possible to prophesy the future. A
glance at the brief history Of Omaha
as a manufacturing city, and Seattle
as a shipping centre, forms the key
note of what may be accomplished
within the next score of years. There
ire opportunities, in this land Of op-
2ortunity, that attract and justify the
expenditure of hundreds Of millions
to meet the growing needs Of the
ountry.
Ehe transportation facilities of a
-Omtry are, and always have been,
the true test Of the nations CONNER
ial development. Rome was the
greatest road builder in the world in
her day, and the supreme commercial
power. Her highways, which are
still the wonder of modern engineers,
represented the most advanced stage
If the art Of transportation as 1t was
hen known, and made possible the
development of her territory. So
strongly was this essential feature
recognized by her governing powers
that with every territory subdued her
struction of roads to develop its trans
portation.
From 1850 to 1900, the last year
for which figures are available, the
number of acres in improved farm
'ands in the United States increased
from 113,00O,000 to nearly 415,000,-
900, and the value Of all farm proper
v increased from less than $4,000
900 to more than 100000, 100000.
Put for the railroads there could have
been nothing approaching this mar
velous increase in the agricultural
wealth of the country, and these fig
ures, of course, take no account of the
great fortunes that were built up In
supplying the demands Of the people
who populated the lands which the
railroads made available.