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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-06

wooden uprghts fastened to the sides OF the
boat overlap each other. The natives, however,
are expert in the handling Of the craft
In southeastern India, near the Strait Set
Elements, an odd sailing craft may be found
This vessel is rigged with four sails, the larger
one set slightly to the front Of the CENTER while
two others Of still smaller design are set one
at the prov and the other midway between the
two The smallest Of the sails is rugged at the
stern and is intended to aid in steering the craft
On the rivers Of England and Ireland may be
seen several types of the wherry, which is very
popular in these waters. Oars are used to aid the
single sail in the smaller boats Of this type but the
Portsmouth wherry, used in the open sea, has a
mainsail and reioices in a topmast and a topsail
The Turkish caique is a familiar object In the
Sea Of Marmora and among the islands Of the
Aegean. She is distinguished by her peculiar
mainsail, which is a combination Of a foreand
aft sail and a square sail.
Pages Of Interesting reading might be written
Of the many peculiar boats which may be found
the world over While the essential principle
of bodybuilding must necessarily be similar, var
GUS nations and tribes have developed the idea
along different lines until to-day the various styles
and types Of water craft can be Numbered by the
hundreds.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-06

At a little luncheon given on the day before
his departure for Europe to Joseph Cowen, the
English Zionist. the subject Of apostasy came up
and one man, to illustrate It's prevalence related
that only few days ago the first child In the
home Of one Of New York's wealthiest Jews had
been baptized because the parents hoped by that
means to reno an obstacle In the way Of the
boys progress" This recalled to another man
at the table a story told at Basle BY the late
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-06
WHY HE BOY WAS BAPTIZED

Dr. Theodor Herz At dinner party, so went
the story. given by Mr. stoeksen Bonds a preco.
cious child asked the father: do all people turn
into Jews when they grow old?" mo, my boy,v
answered the father who had renounced bis faith
and become a Christian before the little fellow
was born; mo, my boy, why do you ask?" We'll,
father, we children are all Christians, you and
mother are Christians. but grandfather who ius.
came from Russia. he's an awful Jew"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-06

Save a possible serious spell Of fever
later on by cleansing your system now
OF It's accumulation Of impurities Sim
mons Sarsaparilla will do It. Itmakes
fine blood, fine appetite, great strength
md grand ambition.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-06

V7O any observing tourist who might
journey around the globe the various
types Of sea and river craft that he
would see on such trip are as dis
tinctive as are the costumes of many
Of the countries he would travel through
Few Americans there are who are not famil-
lar with our present styles OF water craft, such
as the common rowboat and sailing yachts, but
there are many who If told that these boats set
down on some foreign stream would excite con
siderable curiosity, would be greatly surprised.
However, If they would stop to consider that
these boats were evolved from the primitive
crafts OF our forefathers and that the various
conditions in different lands would make these
boats impracticable. the surprise would be some
what tempered
First, let us consider the gondoa of Italy, re-
nowned in song and story. The gondola has
probably been drawn oftener than any other
boat on record Crank and black and dismal with
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-06

is swung around, and what was the stern be-
comes the boy. Proas are from 40 to 65 feet
long and six or seven feet wide, and are said
to attain a speed of 20 miles an hour
The junk is the distinctive type Of Chinese
marine architecture, somewhat unprogressive
science among the celestials Even before the
Christian era, John Chinaman voyaged from
port to port in vessels Of this build and rig. The
sails are made Of mating and are reefed In
much the same way as a Venetian blind 10
raised. The Junk is built along the lines Of an
oriental slipper with the curved keel for the
sole and the drop aft for the heel. The COM
mon river boat or sampan is on the even more
familiar model Of the inverted fiat iron. The
modern large Junk is a good sea boat and will
ride a severe typhoon in safety.
On the streams of India may be seen type
of rowboat which somewhat resembles our
American craft 1t is, however, of clumsy con-
struction and the oars, which are lashed to
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-06

A manly man likes to acknowledge
his faults to a womanly woman who
tries to convince him that he has
none.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-06

"whom did you say she was going
to marry?'
"A Hungarian count"
"Oh, | thought you said hungry "
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-06

YELLOW CLOTHES ARE UNsiGHTLY.
Keep them white with Red Gross Ball Blue.
All grocers sell large 2 o.. package, 5 cents.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-06

Smokers have to call for Lewis Single
Binder cigar to get it Your dealer OK
Lewis Factory, Peoria. H.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-06

When the Lord makes fool the
devil gives him a tongue.-blfe.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-06
Catarrh Twenty five Years
Had a Bad CouQh.

Miss Sophia Kittlesen, Evanston,
illinois, U. s. A., writes:
Il have been troubled with catarrh
for nearly twenty-five years and have
,ried many cures for it, but obtained
very little help.
"Then my brother advised me to try
Peruna, and did
my health was very poor at the time
began taking Peruna. My throat was
very sore and / had bad cough.
'iPeruna has cured me. The chronic
catarrh Is gone and my health Is very
much Improved.
81 recommend Peruna to all my
friends who are troubled as ! was"
PERUNA TABLETS: Some people pre-
Ter tablets, rather than medicine in
auid form. Such people can obtain Peru
IA tablets, which represent the medici-
nal ingredients of Peruna. Each tablet
equals one average dose OF Peruna
Man-a.Iln the Ideal Laxative.
Manufactured By Peruna Drug Manu-
EaCturing Company, Columbus, Ohio.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-06

More proof that Lydia e. Pink
HAMS Vegetable Compound saves
woman from surgical operations.
Mrs. S. "a. Williams, of Gardiner,
Maine, writes:
81 was q great sufferer from female
troubles, and Lydia u. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound restored me to health
in three months, after my physician
declared that an operation was abso-
Nutely necessary"
Mrs. Alvina Sperling, Of 154 Oley-
bourne Ave-, Chicago, ILL.,, writes;
II suffered from female troubles,
turnor and much inflammation. Two
OF the best doctors in Chicago decided
that an operation was necessary to save
my life. Lydia d. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound entirely cured me without
an operation"
FACTS FOR SICK WOkgE
For thirty years Lydia Il. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands Of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, Inflammation, ulcera-
ton. fibroid tlmors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, tiatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness, OF rnervous prostration.
Why don't you try itS
Mrs. Plnkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands TO
health. Address, Lynn MasI.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-06-04

j. l.. Jarvis, candidate for the once
OF County Commissioner from the
Second District, is a prominent and
successful hardware merchant from
the City of Rrookings. Born in lndi-
ana forty-eight years ago, he early
moved to Iowa where he received a
high school education and worked on
the farm. He located in Winona, Min
nesota, in 1851 and for six years
taught school in the winter and did
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-06-04

lost a Jury case. During his one term
as States Attorney he has collected for
the county in hnes, penalties and for
FIXTURES more than enough money to
a all the costs and expenses OF
prosecution and during the first year
of the term the records OF the Cir
cult Court show that enough was col
lected to also pay his salary. During
his term two actions were begun for
the recovery of alleged overpaid sal
aries to county officials and these ac-
tons are now pending in the Supreme
Court and cannot be determined be-
fore the close of the present term.
He naturally desires to be able TO
carry these cases to a successful ter
mination. Mr.. Eden, as a successful
prosecutor, has made enemies, but the
many friends he has made among the
tax payer by the impartial conduct
OF his office more than discount the
efforts of his opposition. AS a care
full, competent and successful lawyer
he is entitled to your vote at the pri-
mary.
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mates. In March Of this wear
resigned his position to become =.
sistant Engineer T.. the Brookinos
Sioux Falls railway. In 1906 he W..
licensed as a deputy state suryevo,
and at the last election was elactoa
and afterwards qualified as Coun,,
Surveyor of Brookings County, a NOS.
ition to which he now asks re.ncmino.
ton and election. His first vote va.
cast in BroOkings county and onI,
once has he voted elsewhere. He
record while at York College and tha
State College of South Dakota arc
the strongest recommendations any.
one could ask; and his work as County
Surveyor and in connection with the
new railway through the soul part
of the county are strong endorsements
of his competency and ability. Prac.
tically without any opposition he comes
before the voters Of the county for
a denomination at their hands.
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For Clerk OF Courts
F. E. ~Younqburg.

+ Z. Youngburg, now filing the
position of Clerk Of Courts, and a can
didate for denomination, has been for
the past tw~enty-eight years a resident
of Brookings county. While residing
on his fathers farm near Bruce he
attended the COMMON school and later
the Agricultural College at Brookings.
He is n graduate of the Sioux Falls
Business College and particularly pro-
ficient as a penman and book-keeper.
He was formerly engaged in the mer-
chantile business at Bruce for five
years as clerk and book-keeper, and
then as a member of the firm of
Carlson & Youngburg.. During the
time he has served the county in his
present position he has given most
efficient service and the records and
work Of the office show his entire
competency and ability to fill this
trying and difficult position. The Con-
oNANuNipAl VI INC Nol pidCCS Io AAAil
of time on the occupancy of this office,
as the extremely technical and par.
cular work hat devolves upon this
official demands practical knowledge,
painstaking efforts and an acquain,
lance with law and procedure that only
come after practice and service. The
necessities of the law demand that
in an Office of semi-judicial nature,
such as this, competency and eficien'
cy should be given the first considera'
ton, SO that he procedure of litigation
and the administration of justice shall
meet with no obstacle at the hands OF
those charged with its administration
In preparing your ballot see that the
best interests of the county and the
faithful service Of Mr.. Youngburg are
recognized, by giving him yo,I vote
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-06-04

F. F. Ribsein, candidate for the
lower House of the Legislature.
was born In the state OF Wisconsin IN
the year OF 1857. While a lad his par.
ents moved TO Owatonna. Minnesota,
where he resided until he became Of
age. receiving a good school education
and working on the farm. In May,
1873 he came 10 BrookingS county and
filed on his homestead in Preston
township. During his life in the terri
tory and state Mr.. Ribstein has always
been Interested in farming and is now
the owure OF some fine agricultural
property. He is engaged in the grain,
lumber and coal business at Bruce
and is a most successful business
man and thoroughly alive and posted
on public affairs and the needs and
demands OF our county and state
and the legislation necessary to bring
about the conditions most desired. For
four years he was County Commission
er and during his term or ONCE was
careful n looking after and protect
ing the best interests Of the taxpayers.
AS a farmer, business man and county
official he has always stood in the fore
rank of those fighting for reforms that
will be for the advantage Of the many,
believing, as he does, that we should
know no classes or favorites to be
protected by law. but that the great
good Of the mass of the common peo-
pie should receive nrst consideration
at the hands of those entrusted with
the making of our laws. He is a
worthy candidate to represent a large
and growing county like Bookings,
with her great farming and educational
interests.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-06-04

Z. l.. Van Dyke, Is our candidate
for the Office of County Treasurer and
from the following brief statement of
his life n can readily see that he
will bring to the Office qualities that
make him an ideal officer. Born on a
farm in Clayton county, Iowa, in 1865,
he attended country school until the
age of Is and then entered the high
school at Postville in the same state.
AT the age of t~wenty-one he entered
the employ of the b.. c. r. & n.
Ry., as a clerk at Postville. He was
very soon transferred to Watertown,
s. D., as operator and was afterwards
made agent at Bushnell. While hold
ing this position, and through mis- in.
huence with the railway company, he
secured three carloads of coal, free
of all cost, and distributed it among
the farmers of the vicinity during the
winter of $50 and 80. During the
spring of 1890 he also secured free
transportation of eighteen cars of oats
and corr which were disposed of t.
the farmers of the county at lows
prices. This was the same year tina,
the G. & N. w. Ry. would only gran
Lalf rates on q limited number of cars
In the summer Of 1890 Mr.. Van Dyk,
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For Register Of Deeds

Edward Rogholt, candidate for the
office of Register Of Deeds, is a Brook
ings county man born and bred. Bora
in a sod shanty in Oslo township in the
summer Of 1850, he spent his boy
hood days working on his faith RS
farm and attending the country schools
of the n"eighborhood. At the age of
nineteen he entered the Preparatory
Department of the State College and
after a couple of years of work was
admitted to the Commercial Depart
ment. After completing his college
work he went 10 Nolga and was in
the employ Of the Farmers Shipping
Association and of the Van Dusen
Company. His excellent work for
these companies then led to his en-
ployment as manager for the Atlas
Elevator Company, a position that he
now holds and where for the past six
years he has given satisfactory SER
vice to the company and to the pat
rons with whom he has done business.
Mr.. Rogholt is a good penman, a care
full and capable business man and in
every way fitted to give excellent SER
vice to the county and perfect salts.
faction 10 those having business with
the Office for which he is a candidate.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-06-04

Olaf Eden, now serving ais hrst
term as States Attorney of Brook
ings County and a candidate for re-
election, was born on his father S
homestead in Union county, this state,
in May 1874, and until seventeen years
old attended country school and work
ed on the farm. lie afterward attend
ed preparatory school at Augustana
College, Canton, and took the academic
course at the State University. He
entered the University of Nebraska
and graduated from the law depart
ment in 1899. For about a year he
was in the law Offices of E. c. Ericsson
at Elk Point, and in the spring of
1900 came to Bookings and opened a
law office at the county seat. From
the very beginning Mr.. Eden has
been successful as an attorney and
during his eight years practice at
the Brookings county bar has never
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-06-04

And on his election to his present
office two years ago he came TO the
bench fully equipped by actual prac-
tice to occupy a position that requires
practical as we'll as theoretical know
ledge of the law and its practice and
procedure. The STATE constitution eX-
empts this office, and one other, from
the limit of two terms service, evil
IDENTIFY believing that competency and
experience are of more value than
the mere book learning necessary for
it's successful administration. Judge
Matson is certainly most competent
to fill the Office for which lie asks 4
denomination.
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For Sheriff
J.. G.. Miles.

J. G.. Miles is now serving his first
term as Sheriff OF Brookings county
acceptably to those having business
with the office and economically and
prudently for the interests of the
tax payers who have fees to pay that
Born and raised on a farm in
Cresco and taught school for several
years. In the early eighties he went
to Day county and took up land, COM
ing to Bookings county in the sum-
mer of 1888. he settled at Aurora
and was the first grain buyer at the
station of Bushnell on the Rock Island
railroad. He afterwards engaged in
the hardware and furniture business
in Aurora and about 1890 went to Elk.
ton where he engaged in farming and
where he resided until elected to the
Office he now holds. AS an officer Mr..
Miles has not e~ndeavored to keep him
self in the public gaze all the time,
but has attended to the business of
his office in a quiet, orderly manner
without fear or favor for friend or
foe. He has made greater efforts than
any OF his predecessors in collecting
taxes from non PRESIDENTS, owners hav.
ing property in the county, and during
this his first term, has collected many
hundreds Of dollars from t~hreshing
and harvesting machine corporations
that have heretofore escaped without
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-06-04
For County Auditor

O. ]. Cttnrness, s a man VOL known
al 80 the count, and in presenting
his candidacy for he Office OF County
tIditor We can only mention matters
that are we'll and f~ayorably known
10 nany Of our citizens. Corn in
Houston comfy. Nhnesotl in 1856,
h. has l.ade farming t., principal
occupation cf his life. He came to
BroCiiass county when op'v twenty
one veGfo IF age and in April l>l>
made 4 homestead entry oa scott Il
two 81 R~roOhings township This farm
has bn"l his home up until a year ago,
when he moved into the city of Brook
ings. Mr.. Bitterness served the county
one term as County Commissioners in
a very acceptable manner. lnd fof
two terms, 1898 and 1895, a reures-
entative in the lower house of the Leg
islature. He has always taken a lcgl.
ing part in the affairs of the township
and has labored. in season and OUT.
for the betterment of roads ard the
Improvement of rural conditions. For
twenty years he has been connected
with the management of the Farmers
shipping Association, one Of the RIOS.
successful grain elevators in this sec.
ton Of the state. He will bring 10 me
office Of County Auditor knowledge
business ability possessed hy few men.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-06-04

was transferred TO White n Tor SIX
years acted as agent for the company
giving complete satisfaction to both
employer and patron. During MS res
idence at White he has occupied sew
eral positions of local trust, and has
proved himself 10 b" a public spirited
and progressive citizen. His record
both personal and public, is clean and
with his undoubted ability his nomln-
alton assures the county of a COM
petent and trusty official.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-06-04
For County Judge
Albert Watson.

Albert Matson, in asking a renom-
nation to the Office of County Judge
comes before the voters with the re-
cord of one term of office which is
beyond the breath of criticism. Born
in Chicago in 1871 he came to the
Territory of Dakota with his parents
in 1882 and the family settled or a
farm in Clark county. In 1887 Mr..
Matson came to Brookings and for
three years attended Ia Agricultural
College, afterwards teaching school
for two years in B~roOkings and Clark
counties. He afterwards became a
st~enographer and was employed in a
law office. For three years he was
Official S~tenographer for Judge Ben
nett, Judge Of the Third judicial Cir
cult of the state. After the death of
Judge Bennett he was employed in
the office of the Attorney General
until elected to the office he now
holds. Judge Matson's practical know
ledge of law from experience, coupled
with his study and extended reading,
enabled him to pass a very successful
examination on his admission to the
Supreme Court bar several years ago.
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payment. In the collection OF delih-
ouent taxes he has been exceedingly
diligent, especially for a. first term
officer, and his work has been Of great
helm in increasing the amount of funds
in hand. II has administered the al
fairs of the office of Sheriff without
unnecessary expense to the county
and in a manner that merits your APP
proyal By his denomination.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-06-04

Malcolm Aldrich, now serving his
first term as County Superintendent
Of Schools, is a young MAI whose
whole life has been practically passed
within the confines of Brookings coun-
ty. Born at Volga in 1882, he re-
ceived his early education in the
schools of the village. He attended
the State College and graduated in
1906. In order to work his way
try and graded schools of the county,
was principal of the Brookings City
grammar department for two years
and later was in charge of the Civil
Engineering Department at the College
for one year while the instructor was
on leave of absence. Mr.. Aldrich
has done all his teaching, received
all of his education and was granted
his college degree within the borders
of Brookings county. He is a Home
Product" in every sense of the word.
His administration of the educational
affairs Of the county during the pre-
sent term have been of the most sat
~isfactory nature. Pupils, teachers and
parents all uniting in words of COM
mendation for his diligence, earnest
ness and activity in forwarding the
advancement of u country SCHOOLS.
His strict attention to duty merits
the approval of your ballot at the
primaries.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-06-04

Geo. K. Westcott, is a Dakota pro-
duct, born on a farm in Deuel. County.
He entered the state college in 1889,
and graduated in 1903 and for the
next two years vas Professor of Math-
ematics in York College, York, Neb.
In 1905 he retired to Broo'.ings and
assumed the position Of Registrar to
the College and assistant in Mathe-