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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-08-15

This issue of The Ranch contains
an illustrated article concerning the
prosperous and growing city OF Blame
and the rich agricultural territory sur
rounding it, Blaine is in the north
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-08-15


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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-08-15

Agents wanted in every
town to solicit subscrip-
tions. Good commissions
and salaries paid to hust-
ling solicitors.
So
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-26
Only State Kerosene Law that
Is Guarantee of Its Quality
to the Consumer
CONGRESSMAN HALL
AND CHEMIST SHEPARD
Deserve Praises Indirectly Given
Them Through Discussion
In Minnesota

The Minneapolis Journal i'm an edi-
torial advocating the repeal of the oil
inspection law of tnat state and doing
away with the Office of oil inspector.
placing those duties upon the food and
dairy commissioner, pays Congressman
Philo Hall and State Chemist James
II. Shepard of this city an Indirect
but all the more valued compliment
as 1t was through their efforts that
South Dakota at present has an oil
law which protects the public. The
Minneapolis Journal says:
South Dakota has a gravity-test law
1t Is the only state in the union which
gives the public any guarantee of the
quality of oil placed on the market.
The special gravity of barrel or a
car of oil Is almost infallible evidence
of its purity. Complaints come In al
most daily to the Minnesota depart
ment about oil that smokes In the
lamp. Such oil Is heavy and not prop
erly refined, but 1t is legal In Mime
sofa, because II passes the fire test.
Adoption Of the South Dakota law In
Minnesota would bar out such oil,
which is unfit to be put in any lamp.
In most towns Of the state consumers
are at the mercy of the Standard and
must take the smoky oil or nothing.
With gravity test the Standard might
raise the price of it's oil. but it would
be free from the impurities which now
annoy the consumers.
The taxpayers of Minnesota get
practically no benefit from the oil-in-
spection law. The inspection fee is
not tax, and cannot be turned into
the general funds of the state 1t is a
fee for specific service and can only
be used to pay the cost of that service
The Office Of state oil inspector was
supposed to be worth $4,000 to 500, 900
when 1t was on a fee basis. 1t has
never been worth any such sum to
the state of Minnesota. That rich
harvest of fees has not materialized
The department has spent its appro-
priation of 100000 a year, up to the
last cent, and the receipts turned In
have not exceeded that sum very
much. 1t has eaten up practically all
that it made.
Such department, even when hon.
estly run, is of SO little value that the
next legislature should either make it
worth while, as in South Dakota, or
"cut it OUT altogether.
Philc Hall not only framed the South
Dakota oil law but as encouragement
successfully defended it in the u. S.
courts, having pitted against him the
best attorneys the Standard Oil com.
pany had In their employ, who sought
to knock the statute out
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-26
ATTENDING TO DUTY
Congressman Philo Hall Makes Clean
Cut Speech

+. ID. Pangburn. of Washington, ID.
C., writes the Elkton Record as fol.
lows:
That Congressman Hall is highly
esteemed by his brother members. is
proven by the attention he commands
whenever he arises to address the
house. Some days ago he took an ac-
tive part in the discussion relating to
Indian Schools. South Dakota has a
special interest i'm the subject, hence
his activity. What he said was in
clear-cut sentences and elected more
applause than given any other men,
ber who spoke on the question of
Indian Schools. More recently Mr..
Hall reported a bill from the commit
tee on Public Lands to create an ad-
ditional land district in the state of
South Dakota. The proposed new dis
trlct is in part of the state west
of the Missouri River through which
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
Railroad has been extended and which
is now in the Rapid City land district
and settlers must travel from 100 to
223 miles overland across rough coun-
try to reach the Rapid City land office.
There is no doubt but the new land
district will be created.
When a committee to which he be-
longs is not i'm session, the member
who halls from BroOkings, S. d., may
always be found in seat $50 taking a
lively interest in whatever is going on
and whenever it is any in which South
Dakota Is particularly interested. he
is 'JOhnny-on-the- spot"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-26
ANNUAL CONTEST

The twenty-first annual contest of
the State college oratorical assOcia-
ton was held at the college chapel
Saturday evening. This contest was
for the purpose of selecting an orator
to represent the college at the annual
intercollegiate oratorical contest to
be held at Mitchell in May. Ralph
Chilcott was awarded first place, with
an oration on Socrates Edward
Soreng second place with an Grafton
on Thomas Paine" and VIM. Chap
pell third place with an Grafton '"rhe
Man of the Hour" The oratiOns were
well written and finely delivered, and
the markings of the judges were con-
sequently very close. In Mr.. ChilcOtt
the faculty and students feel they
have worthy representative. and
we confidently look for him to Sc
cure high place at Mitchell.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-26

llke to encourage that sort of thing.
Senator Kittredge failed and Gamble
was reelected.
Senator Gamble IN casting about for
alliances to save his own life. tied up
with one of the leading politicians of
the state, and together they made the
night. His ally became the partv's
nominee for governor, on a reform
platform. He was elected and became
candidate for senator against Kit.
redge, whose term will expire at the
close of the present year.
kittredge lost control of the state or
ganlzation as result of last years
nght, and the two representatives
from the state, who were his allies
were beaten along with him. This
years S night seems now to have reach
ed the point where the election OF
Governor Crawford is pretty certain
The initial contest was for control
or the convention which will elec,
delegates to the national convention
The state is going to be for Taft
kittredge claimed he was the trues,
and best friend of Secretary Taft, and
on that proposition set out to gain an
.,u' 'aHtaSt ny getting cOntrOl or the
hrst convention, and securing the pres
tige of being a delegate at large to the
national convention. He has been de
feated, Crawford will control the con
vention. and will probably head tn,
delegation to Chicago if he wants the
post.
In any case he will dominate tn,
situation and when the senatorial pri
mary comes on in June his friends be
lleve he Will sweep the state by ma
jority of two to one.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-26

NEW LUTHERAN CHURCH
Society Will Construct New Edefice
This Spring

At meeting of the building COM
mittee of the Lutheran church yester-
day afternoon the contract for the
new church was awarded to Void e.
Johnson of this city. The new church
will be built on the site of the present
church, that building being torn down.
and it is expected that the work will
be started within couple of weeks
The new church will be brick veneer
ed, and somewhat similar in shape and
design to the United Presbyterian
church. 1t will seat 500 people and
will cost in the neighborhood of $40
900
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-26
OBITUARY

John II. Hughson, died at his home
in South Brookings early last Friday
morning from pneumonia, after less
than weeks illness. The funeral
was held from the NJ. e. church Sun
day afternoon, conducted by Rev. +.
p. Hall, assisted by Rev. J. e. Parker.
and representatives of the A. o. U. w.
and Masonic lodges marched in a
body to the church to pay last
tribute to the departed. The remains
were inferred in Greenwood cemetery
Mr.. HughsOn was on of the earliest
settlers of Brookings county, having
located on a claim in Trenton town
ship in 1874. He was born near
Waterford. Ontario, Canada, August
he went to Michigan, where he made
his home until 1869. when he moved
to Wabasha county, Minnesota. In
1874 he came to Brookings county by
ox-team, being two weeks on the
road, and located on Section 80, Tren-
ton township, as a homestead He
remained on his farm until few
years ago, when he moved to this
city and purchased several acres in
the south part of the city, where he
conducted commercial nursery up
to the time of his death Mr.. Hugh
son was always interested in horti-
culture and his exhibits of fruits and
vegetables was always one of the
features of the county fair, especially
In its early years. He is survived
by Mrs. Hughson and two sons Ear
nest of this city, and James, who re-
Gently moved to Portland. Oregon.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-26
DEMOCRATS MEET

The Democrats of the county held
mass convention i'm Fred Baker S
store at Aurora Tuesday afternoon
for the purpose of selecting delegates
to the state convention. to be held at
Mitchell April 7th. The following
delegates were named, under a reso.
luton whereby those who attend were
empowered to cast the full vote to
which Brookings county is entitled: /:
Chas, Keith. Fred Baker, A. Chamber.
lain. +. B. Harte, NJ. f. Wimsey,
Arthur Stone. w. J. Feigle, Frank
Puhr, J. p. Alexander. On motion the
following were chosen as a county
central committee: j. p. Alexander,
Chas. Keith, Frank Puhr Fred Baker,
Chas. Wohlheter, John Daum, Z. B..
Harte
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-26
FINE OLD TRADITION
Senator kittredge's Conduct Receives
Little Sympathy In Senate

Washington correspondence, Mime
apOlis Journal.-Reports from South
Dakota indicating the probable defeat
of Senator A. b. Kittredge of that
state for reelection, have been re
ceived with great interest in senator
ial circles. The fight between the two
South Dakota senators for their politi
cal live has been in some ways a most
unusual one.
There is fine old tradition of the
senate that it Is exceeding bad form
for a senator to be party to the effort
to defeat his colleague. noe senator
is not expected to worry himself about
helping his colleague get reelected, il
he doesn't want to do so: but it is bad
manners to become party to any effort
to defeat a colleague.
So ii was when two years ago Sena
tor Kittredge organized things in
South Dakota to retire Senator Gam
BILE, who was not only his colleague
but his senior, there was small sym
pathy for kttredge. Senators don't
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-26
DR. RYERSON RETIRES
Will Leave Next Month to Fill I'm.
portant Position

DR.. Helen Ryerson will give up her
practice in this city the first of the
month and in about two weeks will
go to Batavia, H., where she accepts
fine position as house doctor in a
sanitarium. DR.. Ryerson has enjoyed
an excellent practice during her stay
here, but the opportunity for advance
ment in her profession is such an ex.
cellent one that she could not very
well refuse it. In connection with
her regular duties she will take post
graduate work. DR. b. +. Green will
take possession Of DR.. Ryerson's of
fees after April /.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-26
ANOTHER SONG WRITER
Harold Davis of Brookines Has Met
With Favor

Harold Davis. of the post Office
force, recently wrote the words and
music OF song, which he submitted
to the Nictor-Kramer company of
New York, one of the largest music
publishing houses in this country.
and so well pleased We're they that
they have printed and placed it on
sale throughout the country and will
pay Harold a royalty on every copy
sold The name of the song is Meath
Dakota's Northern Skies I'll Wait for
Thee and it is said to be a very fine
production by those who are capable
of Judging
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-26
AIternates-
HIGH SCHOOL ORATORS
Second Annual Contest to be Held
Next Wednesday Evening

The second annual OratOrical con-
test of the BrOokings high school will
be held at the Grand opera house next
Wednesday evening, April |. The in
terest manifested in the contest last
year and the excellence of the ora
tions presented by the contestants has
caused those who have entered the
contest this year to make a special
effort to eclipse the former produc
tions and the Register predicts that
it will be a most interesting and
thoroughly entertaining program, and
should call out packed house.
Program
High School Ochestra
Lady, Arise-"The Dream" Costa. -.
.............. High School Chorus
Expanse, the Watchword of America,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Edith Peterson
Our Own Paradise. go. Roy Rooster
Solo, An Evening Love Song. .....
...........,...... Miss Clark
South Dakota, Yesterday and Today.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Mabel Lee
immigration of Today. ............
................B Ben Schraphorst
China as it is and what it may be-.
...............M Mabel Olmstead
The Jolly Four. Boy Quartet
VIM. Mckinley. 49,. Maurice Greenly
The Spirit of the American Flag
Ida Chrenreich
Solo, Sunbeams. ...... Miss Stacey
Graft ...........R Ralph Chamberlain
A Clean Through the Centuries
Observation-Disclosures. Clara Lamb.
Voices of the Woods. Girls Glee Club
High School Orchestra
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-26

Mrs. II. Il. Lloyd entertained one
of the Presbyterian Sunday school
classes last evening in honor of Miss
Anna Haber who will soon depart for
st. Paul. A very pleasant time is
reported and the class presented Miss
Haber with a souvenir spoon as a
memento of their esteem
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-26

Miss Mildred Allison entertained
her Sunday School class and other
little friends, sixteen in all, at her
bone on 5th street, Tuesday even
ing in honor of Miss Alice Haber,
who is soon to leave with her parents
for their new home In st. Paul. 1t
was a happy time. and the evening
passed all too quickly. Dainty re-
freshments. consisting Of maple ice
cream. cake. waters and candy were
served
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-26

TRY TO" DEMoRALIzE" PARTY

According to the Brookinas
Press the "stalwarts" will try to
demoraIize the Republican party.
The Press says: Therefore II is
presumed that the struggle will
rage until then (June primaries)
with prospects that II will become
80 bitter that at it's close the re.
publican party In South Dakota
will be thoroughly demoraIixed."
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-26

The Washington Evening otar
says: "The President praised an
other man for his attitude on pub
lie questions. This was Represen-
tative Hall Of South Dakota. He
made speech In the house few
days ago favoring the removal Of
the tariff on wood pulp and other
products Of the forest. The Presi.
dent said the speech was a good
one and in lire with his ideas"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-26
w. r. c. SUPPER
To Be Given at the G. A. r. Hall
Tuesday Evening March 81

The ladies of the W. r. G. will give
maple sugar supper at the G.. A. r
hall Tuesday evening, March 81, 1908
Supper served from 80 o'clock until
all have partaken. Price % cents.
Menu
Hot Biscuits Hot Maple Syrup
Bread and Butter
Eggs Pickles Cheese
Assorted Cake
Coffee
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-26

The annual debate between Yank-
ton and the State college will be
held in this city the evening of April
oath The Brookings team will be
Howard Biggar, John Sperb and Ell
mer Sexauer, and the question for
debate will be, Resolved. That the
government should subsidize the
merchant marine
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-26
Enthusiastic Assembly of Loyal
Republicans Pass Ringing
Resolutions
ROOSEVELT AND TAFT
CRAWFORD AND HALL
Endorsed by Unanimous Vote OF
the COnVentiOn-StrOng Dele
cation Selected

The Republican county convention
for the purpose of selecting delegates
to the state convention, which Will
select delegates to the national con-
vention, was held at the e.. A. X.
hall in this city Tuesday afternoon.
There was an excellent representa-
ton of delegates, nearly everyone
elected at the recent primary being
in his seat, and it was representa-
tive body, too. of the Republicans of
Brookngs county.
The meeting was called to order by
F. +. Youngburg, chairman OF the
Republican county central committee,
who read the call for the convention.
A temporary organization was ef-
fected by the election of Nj. q. Car
lisle of Brookings chairman, and John
G.. Hammer of VOlga, secretary. Be-
fore proceeding to the business of the
convention Chairman Carlisle made
a few happy and timely remarks eulo-
gizing President Roosevelt, Hon. w.
II. Taft, Governor Crawford, Congress-
man Philo Hall and the Progressive
Republican policies.
On motion of A. II. Wheaton of
Brookings, Chairman Carlisle appoint
a committee on credentials, made up
as follows: O. d. Plumb. Argo; +.
II. Williams, First ward, BrOokings;
e. J. Ray, Second ward, BroOkings;
L. w. Snyder, LaketOn; o. {. West
rum, Oslo. The convention then took
a fifteen-minute recess to allow this
committee to complete its report.
Upon the re-convening of the con
vention the report of the committee
was adopted and read. Chairman
Carlisle then announced the following
committees: Permanent organization
H. X Halvorson, Brookings town
ship; II. A. Hoy, Aurora; +. p. Myr-
land. Volga township. Resolutions
DIR. E. C. Miller, First ward, Brook
ings: O. o. Slime, Lake Sinai Clyde
Wilcox, Alton, |. T. Elverud, Fourth
Ward, Brookngs; j. NJ. Culbertson.
Trenton. Committee on delegates
w. II. Roddle, Fourth Ward, Brook
ings: J. l.. Alseth, Volga; John Cul-
hane, Parnell; Peter Benson, Argo;
l.. c. Ribstein Oakwood. w. II. Rod
die of Brookings, chairman of the
committee on delegates, suggested
that each precinct hand in the names
of those they wished placed on the
delegate list, which motion was adop-
ted The convention then adjourned
for fifteen minutes to allow the com
mitteeS to make their reports, but it
was nearly an hour before these were
completed.
The committee on permanent or
ganiZation, through its chairman, re-
commended that the temporary or
ganization be made permanent, and
on motion the report was adopted.
The committee on resolutions re-
ported the following:
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-26
r e S OIL UTION S

We, the Republicans of Brookings
County, in Convention assembled,
again declare our loyalty to the prin-
ciples of the Republican Party. and
most emphatically endorse the ag-
gressive and fearless administration
of President Roosevelt, and declare
our faith in his policies. and, there
fore, endorse the candidacy OF the
Hon. VIM. II Taft, as his successor.
We hereby express our satisfaction
with the work of the progressive Re
publican members of the Legislature
of 1907 and commend them for the
fidelity with which they kept the
party pledges and gave the people the
reform laws promised in the platform.
In view of the levy of one and one
quarter mills for the equipment of
a State Twine Plant voted by the
people, and exclusive of which the
taxes for 1907 were substantially re-
duced as compared with the two pre-
ceding legislative years of 1903 and
1905, and this Notwithstanding the
debt of one-quarter of million dol
lars left by the former administration,
we condemn the campaign of mis-
representation in regard to the state
taxes conducted by the reactionaries,
charging that the administration of
Governor Coe |. Crawford was respons-
ible for the taxes, including the
county, city, school and township lev
les. and we congratulate the voters
of Brookngs County for placing their
stamp of disapproval upon such meth
DDS.
We deplore the fact that an un-
necessary burden was placed upon the
tax payers of Brookings County by
reason of the levy of $1S.600.00 for
the County General Fund, when, as is
a we'll known fact, there was a sur
plus in this fund of some $25.000.00
which was lying idle in the county
treasury, and which excessive levy
was evidently made for the purpose
of creating dissatisfaction for politi-
cal reasons.
BE 1T THEREFORE RESOLVED,
that we hereby express our confidence
in our present State Administration
and in Governor Coe !. Crawford. and
in his integrity and character, high
purposes and unwavering fidelity to
the principles of true Republicanism,
as declared by President Roosevelt,
and We hereby endorse his candidacy
for United States Senator and pledge
him our earnest support.
AND. WHEREAS, the Republicans
of Brookings County are represented
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-26

in the National Congress by s ell
low citizen, Hon. Philo HaS md
knowing his true value as ties
man, recognizing his loyalty to his
people and to the welfare of his party
as well, and to our home institutions,
and knowing that he has the integrity
and the ability to care for the inter
ests of his state with honor to himself
and his people, we therefore, endorse
his denomination and pledge our
selves to put forth every honorable
effort to secure his reelection as Con.
gressman from South Dakota.
+. G. Miller.
Ole Slime
Clyde Wilcox
l. T. Elverud
J. Nj. Culbertson.