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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-26
FRIENDS TAKE UP FIGHT.
Tomaso Fornaro Declared to Be Vic
tim Of ignorance.

Money that had been saved during
his residence in Deadwood as a miner
will now be used to attempt to secure
the freedom of Tomaso Fornaro, an
Italian, now an inmate, with Harry
Thaw, of the Mattewan asylum for
the criminal insane. FOrnaro was a
miner in the Maitland district and had
accumulated considerable cash and
mining stocks when he decided last
fall to take a trip to his home In Italy.
When he was waiting for his steam
er in New York city a man and woman
entered his room at the Princeton no.
tel by mistake, and Fornaro, believing
they were trying to rob him, attacked
and badly cut both of them with a
stiletto. He was tried and declared
insane and sent to Mattewan.
His friends assert that it was mere
~ his ignorance that led to his incar-
ceratiOn. They secured the appoint
ment of Fred w. Rossiter Of Dead
wood as guardian of the property, and
he will take up the fight to free For
marc.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-26
HEAR KICKS ON RATES.
Railway Commissioners Give Ear to
Complaints.

Chairman ID. II. Smith and George
Rice of the railway commission held
a hearing at Fort Pierre To hear com
plants Of shippers west of the Mis-
souri, river regarding freight rates IN
that part of The state. Shippers on
their representatives from points
along both the North Western line and
the Milwaukee, line were present To
voice their grievances. General Man
ager A. c. Johnson of the Pierre. Rap
i'll City 4 Northwestern road at the
c'ose Of the hearing made a short
statement as to the position Of the
road on the complaints presented.
Alvin Wagner appeared for the bust
ness men OF Philip. ana his principal
statements We're Of excessive freight
charges on merchandise and emigrant
goods at Philip.
X. }. Hadden OF Quinn cited one
shipper who had paid $40 freight on
a car from Des Moines to Quinn. was
obliged to pay s44 more at Pierre be-
fore he was allowed To cross the river,
and $2S more before he was allowed
TO unload. He thought that a railroad
wheE 1t had received money for a spe.
cific service. and had receipted for the
same, should be required to complete
the service just as an individual
would. He also declared that the
charges for freight on a car OF wire
and nails from Chicago 20 Quinn was
5000 more than the charge for such a
car from Chicago to Mitchell.
J. n. Hunt Of Murdo appeared for
shippers on the Milwaukee road, and
presented freight receipts to show
that that rOad had increased rates
from Is To 100 per cent on the same
class of goods within the last year, the
bills presented being by periods of
about three months. each showing an
advance over the previous three
months.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-26
WESTERN CANADA CROPS
CANNOT Be CHECKED.
OATS YIELDED go BUSHELS TO
THE ACRE.

The following letter written the Do
minion Government Commissioner OF
Emigration speaks for itself. 1t proves
the story of the Agents of the Gov
ernmeut THAI on the free homesteads
offered by the Government it is pos
sible TO become comfortably Well off
in a few years:
Regina, Sask., 23rd Nov, 1907.
Commissioner of immigration,
Winnipeg.
Dear Sir:
1t is with pleasure that | reply to
your request. some years ago TOOK
up a homestead for myself and also
one for my son. The half section
which We own is situated between
Rouleau aul Drintwatcr, adjoining
the Moose Jaw creek, is a low level
and heavy land. We put in 70 acres of
wheat in stubble. which went 20 bush
els to the acre, and 30 acres OF sum
mer fallow. which Went % ushel to
the acre. All the wheat we harvested
this wear is No. | hard. That means
the best wheat that can be raised on
the eaftn. Ntulu uOI sell any NhCol ~
as we intend to keep one part for
our own seed. and sell the other part
to people who want flrst-class seed.
for there Is no doubt If you SOW good
wheat you will harvest good wheat.
We also ,hreshed 5000 bushels of
irst-class oats out of 100 acres. 80
acres has been fall plowing which
yielded go blshels per acre. and 80
acres stubh'e. which went 30 bushe
10 the acre. These oats are
the best kind that can be
raised. We have shipped three car
loads Of them. and got 80 cents per
bushel clear. All our grain was cut
i'm the last week OF the mont Of
August before any frost could touch
It.
Notwithstanding the fact that we
have had a late spring. and that the
weather conditions this year were
very adverse and ~unfavorable, we will
make more money out Of II crop
this year than last.
For myself | feel compelled to say
that Western Canada crops cannot be
checked. even by unusual conditions.
/ am. ear sir.
Yours truly,
(Signed) A. Kaltenbrunner.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-26
WATERFOWL HARD PRESSED.
School Improvement Is Hampered by
Charter Terms.

WatertOwn needs $4,000 for a new
ward school building and an annex &c
the high school building, but the
school board finds itself in a perplex'
ing situation, for under the city char
ter il cannot borrow a cen beyond
what il already has had. The city
of Watertown is organized under a
special charter dating back to old ter.
ritorial days, by which its whole in
debtedness is limited to $4,000. This
limit is exceeded already by nearly
SIS, 900. The levy for school purposes
is limited to 10 -2 mills. which on
the valuation of $1,650,000 would
bring only about $4,000. and this al.
ready is exhausted in the debt on the
high school structure. The
proposition I disband and reincorpOr'
ate under the state laws which will
allow a 25-mill levy for school pur
poses was voted down last spring by
the taxpayers. So there is little pros.
pect of getting the money, and new
school facilities are an absolute he.
cessity. The present buildings are
o~vercrowded by $50 more pupils than
they were ever intended to accOmmO
date, and the school population is in
creasing $50 every year.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-26
State g News of Interest
THE o
Government Having a Hard Task. for
the Reds Want Their Old Names.

On the whole, would you rather be
named Jones. Brown, Smith, Ander-
son. Randolph, Gainsborough. Gassen-
heimer or Z%ueranto?
You can have your choice, II you're
Q Sioux Indian and can induce your
father and mother, brother and sis
tiers. to take the same name your
Fancy happens to alight on.
Just where the human ace devel-
oped its system of names has long
been an interesting inquiry. Certain
fl is that the Sioux Indians are to get
the first scientific scheme of national
nomenclature. They are to be named
Officially by the government.
DIR. Charles A. Eastman, full-blooded
Sioux Indian. author, clergyman.
scholar and philanthropist, resident
OF Amherst, Mass, and husband of a
beautiful young American woman, is
in charge Of the business Of selecting
the anne He has been at work
about two years on his task, and has
completed a tentative scheme of
names, exclusive of two bands Of the
Sioux. those at the Lower Brule
agency and those at the Poplar reser'
walton. These he expects to visit the
coming summer and try and get them
into the scheme.
DR.. Eastman's trouble is easily eX.
planned. Suppose there are three
brothers in "A family. One is named
Wild Horse. another Painted Stick
and the third Fiery Cloud. Wild
Horse went to Carlisle and learned
Latin. and he wants the family name,
in the new scheme of things, to be
Equus. tut the brother, Painted
Stick, refuses to see 1t. He wants the
family named to be called Jones.
Brother Fiery Cloud sticks out for
must all be induced to agree on one
name.
When they have agreed, their pa
rents must accept their agreement.
But they are old fashioned, and want
to retain the family name Of Horse
Joili ilpl -, jim D II iolll
Horse. There's no use remaining them
all unless the new name plan is going
to he an indication of relationship.
The sisters, cousins and aunts must
be satisfied as well, and the collateral
branches requires attention. It's the
most fearful mix-up ever imagined.
Patience and perseverance have en-
abled DR.. Eastman to get well along
with his list. He has argued the In
dams out of many OF their fantastic
ideas, and expects to complete his
work. There are a good many thou
sands of the Sioux, and it is believed
that modernization or names will be
a long step toward making plain aver
age American citizens of them. If it
proves that this is correct, the same
scheme Of arbitrary remaining OF
whole tribes is likely to be extended
to all the Indians.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-26
HAPPY OLD G
Most Likely to Follow Proper Eating.

AS old age advances, we require less
food to replace waste, and food that
will not Overtax the digestive organs.
while supplying true nourishment.
Such an ideal food is found in Grape.
Nuts, made of whole wheat and barley
by long baking and action Of diastase
in the barley which changes the starch
into sugar.
The phosphates also, placed I'D I'M
der the bran-coat OF the wheat. are in.
cluded in Grape Nuts, but left out of
white -four. They are necessary to
the building of brain and nerve cells.
Il have used Grape-Nuts," writes an
Iowa man, for 8 years and feel as good
and am stronger than | was ten years
ago. ! am over "a years old. and at
end to my business every day.
Among my customers | meet q man
every day who is 80 years old and at
tributes his good health to the use OF
Grape-Nuts and Postum which he has
used for the last 5 years. He mixes
Grape-Nuts with Postum and says they
go fine together.
"FOr many years before / began 10
eat Grape-Nuts, / could not say that
| enjoyed life or knew what 1t was to
be able to say L am we'll l suffered
greatly with constipation, now my hab-
its are as regular as ever in my life.
Whenever ! make extra effort
depend on Grape-Nuts food and it just
fills the bill. | can think and write
a great deal easier"
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, 1908-03-26
GUARD FAvoRs FORT RILEY.
Militia Given Opportunity to Attend
Two National Encampments.

Militia Given Opportunity to Attend
Two National Encampments.
A letter has been received by Dow
Aldrich of Sioux Falls, major of the
South Dakota national guard, from G.
II. Englesby. adjutant general OF the
guard, containing the information that
the South Dakota national guard Will
this year be given the choice of at
tending two national encampments OF
state militia and troops Of the regular
army. The state encampment will be
held in July on the permanent grounds
Of the guard at WATERFOWL.
Several companies of the state
guard went TO Fort Riley last year and
made one of the best records OF the
encampment and are enthusiastic over
the idea of attending this years ma
tional encampment. The national en-
campments which the South Dakota
guard has the option OF attending THIS
summer are those at Fort Russell,
Wyo.. in August, and at Fort Riley,
Kan, in September.
Owing to the fact that they are IA
miliar with Fort Riley because Of the
previous visit and the further fact
that the encampment will not be held
there until September, it is probable
the South Dakota national guardsmen
will decide in favor OF attending the
Fort Riley encampment again this
wear.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-26
JURY DOUBTS WOMAN'S STORY.
Mrs. Habour of Rapid City Held for
GIRLS Death.

Despite the fact that she testified on
he stand that the shooting in which
she killed her adopted daughter, Rose
Adams, was purely accidental, the cor
oner's jury at Rapid City found that
Mrs. Mary Harbour shot and killed
he girl while in a fit OF uncontrolla-
bic anger" Mrs. Harbour was over
come with the verdict. She was i'm
mediately remanded to Jail.
Mrs. Harbour made a lengthy state
ment of the shooting to the police.
She said In part:
1t was all an accident. Rose vas
adopted by me when | lived in Omaha
.ourteen years ago, and | loved her as
my W child. She was a strong
catholic and was much impressed
with the story of the anarchist killing
he priest at Denver recently. and also
was excited over the fact that burg
lars recently had made an attempt to
get into the home OF some neighbors.
Rose came directly into Our rooms
from school. The door was not locked,
as has been stated. We kept a revol-
yer in the dresser and Rose, taking 1t.
placed it in her hand and smiling, said.
I'll be an anarchist was frighten-
ed and told her she might shoot her
self. and just as | grabbed for the gun
there was a flash and somehow it
vent OF and the girl lay dying at my
feet.
II do not know whether she or |
had hold Of the gun, I was so excited
over g possible accident. We did not
quarrel previously to the affair, and
was not intoxicated. I sometimes
| take a glass OF beer, but never get in
toXicated."
DR.. and Mrs. Elliott. who lived
across the hall from the Harbours,
| testified that the girl found her moth
| er's room locked and borrowed a key
from them, and that sOon afterward
they heard violent quarreling and then
several shots before Mrs. Harbour APP
| reared. They declared that she was
| under the influence of liquor at the
time.
Mrs. Harbour is a progressing look
ing about thirty-six years old.
Two years ago she married Charles
Harbour, a bartender of Rapid City I'm
Omaha, where she had formerly re-
sized. Harbour is her secon hus-
band. Rose Adams, the dead girl, TAX
ing the, name Of Mrs. Harbour's dead
husband. Adams.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-26

For the first time in the history o.
Western South Dakota the referen
dunn will be invoked to determir'
whether the recent ffteen-year fran
chise given the Lead-Deadwood Gas
company by the Lead city council is
acceptable to the citizens as a whole
Some of those who do not like the
terms of the ordinance as passed are
circulating petitions that are being
rapidly signed and the necessary !
per cent of the voters of the lasi
election will be secured to enable the
proposition to be put before the vot
ers at the next election.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-26
MORE CAKE E.
New England DeIicacies Now to Be
Had at Soda Water Fountains.

Had at Soda Water Fountains.
New York has not been noted for it's
cake, of ecent years at any rate.
There is a case on record Of a woman
who made in vain a tour Of all the
best bakeries in town to find a maple
sugar layer cake or that equally delic-
ious compound called in New England
mountain layer cake.
1t could be made to order, every bak-
or said, but he did not keep it in stock
and the price charged was discourage
ing.
OF late, however, the outlook, the
cake outlook, is brighter. There are
more cake and more kinds OF cake to
be had. And there is more demand
for them.
One restaurant in the shopping dis
trict in New York is said to have in
creased its lunch custom from 200 per.
sons to 1000 of late by its supply Of
cake. If there is any form of layer
cake not mentioned in the assortment
it would take a New Enslander to tell
what it is. II offers mountain layer,
peach layer. imperial chocolate layer,
almond layer, cream layer, chocolate
layer, maple sugar layer, maple choco-
late layer. charlotte cream layer and
still others, besides all sorts of loaf
cake, plain and stuffed with fruits. The
shop girls in the neighborhood are en.
thusiastic customers.
Several stores which do a rushing
soda fountain business are Introducing
homemade varieties OF fancy cakes
and serving them In good sized
wedges for from 1"" ~ 'ap cer.e each.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-26
LARGEST BATH IN THE WORLD,
Swimming Pool Near London, Eng,
Opened, Holds 100000 Gallons.

Opened, Holds 1880. 900 Gallons.
The biggest swimming pool in the
world has just been officially put In
commission at footing Bet Common,
England. 1t is 800 feet in length and
l,360,00O gallons OF water ii is so ar.
ranged that $4,000 gallons can be
pumped into ii daily, thereby insuring
Il partial Row all the time. BY this
plan il will not be necessar, to clean
the bath more than once a year. TO
empty the bath and refill 1t means an
expenditure of 5000. The depth Of the
pool is . feet 6 inches. 1t has no Gov
ering overhead, but all around there
is ample accommodation for spec
tators.
The work of construction was begun
about a year and a half Ago., and was
so far advanced last fall that it was
used for general purposes. The fix
lures. OF course. were only in a rough
state; nevertheless about three thou
sand persons visited the big pool ev-
cry day for their dip. One day in the
week is set aside for women, and on
these days the bath is taxed to it's full
est. There Is no admission charge.
In spite Of the large number OF bath
ers no fatality has SO far occurred. but
the bath attendants have rescued thir-
teen persons. and they received the
Royal Humane society medal last year
for saving two persons from the deep
end. The bath is situated in the most
picturesque part of the common.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-26
PUPILS IN FIRE-TRAP.
Lack oil Room Compels City to Use
Old Frame School Building.

Public agitation following the Col.
linwood, Ohio, catastrophe in which
scores Of children met their death, has
resulted in an effort being made al
Lead to have condemned the centra,
school house on the ground that 1t is
a ena to the lives of all the schol
ars occupying it daily. Leads grow
ing school attendance has forced
upon the authorities crowded condi
tons, and although Supt. Bigelow has
e~ndeavored to avoid as far as posi-
bic the use of the old frame structure
which is not in good condition and is
said to be a iretrap, it has been e
essary. E~ndcavors are being made
to get a new building during the com
ing summer.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-26
PLAN MAY FESTIVAL.
Twin City Orchestra Probably Will B.
Enaaqed for Concerts.

Arrangements are being made for
the May festival to be held again il
Mitchell about the first week in June
The first venture Of a year ago, wher
an orchestra of Chicago gave a series
of three concerts, was a financial sue
cess, Notwithstanding the great eX
pense. The orchestra and soloistS for
but it is likely arrangements Will be
made looking to cur a Twin City
symphony orchestra. A chorus of zoe
voices is being drilled at the present
time, and will present two different
works, Gods Own Time and 1.-THE
Holy City" Prof. Hobson has the
chorus in charge.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-26
TO GET CARNEGIE MEDAL.
Young Man Who Makes Heroic Res

Young Man Who Makes Heroic Res
cue Of Skater is Sure Of Award.
The commission which has charge
OF the awarding Of the Carnegie hero
medals is investigating the rescue by
a South Dakota young man named
Earl Vanscotter, who saved the life of
John Flockman. a companion, while
the two were skating on the Missouri
river. The companion skated into an
airhole and was saved by Vanscotter
at great risk. VanscOtter resides a
Greenwood, Charles Mix county. 1t is
assured that he will receive a Carne-
gle gold medal, but whether he also
will receive a cash award from the
fund provided for the purpose by Mr..
Carnegie is unknown at this time.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-26
]. f. Fancher OF Sioux Falls, who

j. f Fancher Of Sioux Falls, who
for about three years has been state
organizer for the International Typo
GRAPHICAL union, will go to Minneapo.
lis. where he will engage in business
and remain permanently. He had in
tended leaving for Minneapolis March
!, but on the request OF the officers of
the international union he will remain
at Sioux Falls to give the information
al officers an opportunity to make a
selection of his successor IN South Da.
Kota.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-26
BUT SAVED TrE GIRL"
How a Boy Gave His Life to Save
Another,

How a Boy Gave His Life to Save
Another.
In saving tie life Of a little girl last
night, Samuel Cunilacca, twelve years
old, Of $50 Second avenue. was run
over by a trolley car. says the New
York World. He was taken to Flower
hospital probably to die.
The girl started r Second We
nue. at Forty-Third street about s
O'Clock, her arms full Of bundles. In
the middle of the street one Of her
bundles fell to the trolley tracks. She
STOPPED for it, and the rest Of her
bundles fell. The girl was anxious to
ecover her purchases and did no
heed the approach of a trolley car.
Cunilacca Shouted to her from the
curb, but she paid no attention. The
car was going fast, and the motorman,
Henry Haas, was unable TO stop 1t.
Cun!!acca sprang toward the track as
the car was within ten feet of the girl.
Giving her a vi O shove he sent
her far across the track and then tried
to get out of the way himself, but
slipped and fell in the path Of the car.
A front wheel passed over his left leg,
cutting 1t off at the thigh.
The girl gave one glance toward the
car. gave a frightened scream and ran
up Second avenue, leaving her crushed
bundles on the car track.
AT Flower hospital when the doctors
told Cunilacca that he was in a serious
condition he smiled family and asked:
But ] saved the little girl. didn't IL"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-26

An order has been issued for the
c%onvening OF a term Of state circuit
court in Potter county on March %.
A grand jury has been summoned. this
being the first grand Jury to be sum.
moned in that county since 1894.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-26

During a quarrel over a trivial at.
fair, Mrs. Charles S. Barbour Of Rapid
City, shot her seventeeny-ear-old
adopted daughter, Rose Adams, in the
head, and the girl died two hours later
without regaining consciousness. No
one witnessed the tragedy.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-26

1t has been discovered hat the only
chance a man has to beat a woman In
an argument is 10 let her do all the
talking.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-26
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,

department 81 insurance.
COmpany'S Certificate of Au.hority.
Whereas. The Norwich Union Fire In
surance society, a corporation organized
under the laws Of England. has filed in
TINS once "A sworn statement cXhlbi;ing
its condition ana business for the year
ending December 81, 1907. c~onfortnab!e
to the requirements of the laws of this
state regulating the business Of insur-
ance; ana,
Whereas. The said company has filed
in this Office "A duly certified copy of its
charter. win ccruncatc of organization,
in compliance with the requirements OF
the insurance law aforesaid;
Now. therefore, j, O. =. Basford, Com
missioner of Insurance of the State OF
South Dakota, pursuant to the provisions
of said laws, do hereby certify that the
above named company II fully cmpOw-
cred. through its authorized agents, to
transact It's appropriate business of Fire
Insurance in this state. accord ng to the
laws thereof. until the thirty-hrst day OF
December. A. ID. 1909.
In testimony whereof, ! have herounto
set my hand and official seal AT Pierre,
this Sth day of February. A. d. 1908.
(Scal.D q. :. BASFDKD.
Commissioner 81 Insurance.
BY |. A schubert. chief clerk