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The Colorado statesman., 1909-02-27

The colored people of Oklahoma
because of restrictive measures and
discriminatory legislation, have
been making an organized effort
to protect themselves from the en-
croachment of that element in the
state who are opposed to the pro
gress Of the Negro citizens. An or
ganization headed by Hon. f. 7.
Barber of Ell Reno, and others, Sc
cured the services of Register of
the Treasury w. 7. Vernon to
come into the state, and by his
matchless eloquence and wise coun-
sci aid them in this laudable enter
prise Mr. Vernon, always willing
in the uplift and development OF
his people, readily consented. He
was met by a company of most dis
tinguished citizens of the state of
Oklahoma at Caldwell, Kans., and
in private car, secured for the
accommodation of Mr.. Vernon and
the party, he made the tour of the
state. From the time Hennessy
was reached until Mr.. Vernon had
closed his tour at Muskogee, the
10
and at many of the towns where
he was not scheduled to speak he
was obliged to make talks from the
rear end platform of his private
car in response to the urgent de-
mands of those who had gathered
at the station to meet him. Mr.,
Vernon made speeches at Ell Reno,
kingfisher, Guthrie (the state cap
ital), visiting Langston University
at the latter place and calling upon
Governor Haskell, by invitation,
with whom he discussed matters af-
fecting the race. The party also
visited Oklahoma City and many
other points. 1t is unanimously
agreed that the great ovation given
Register Vernon throughout the
state is in keeping with the things
for which he stands and in recog-
milton of the arduous labors he has
engaged in for the benefit of his
race. Oklahoma will long remem-
The Colorado statesman., 1909-02-27

Recent report has it that 12O 900
whites have lost out in Mississippi
owing to the qualification tests.
More than likely the number is
not nearly so large. The State
has about 100000 white inhabi-
tants. Voters are usually reckon
ed at onr. fifth If that rule holds
good there would be no white vot.
ers left. 1t stands TO reason that
the white vote has been largely
reduced. The fact should be some
comfort to those who have felt that
the white man could not lose.
The Negro vote of something like
10000 is reduced to 5000 awful to
think of as single fact. Yet if
the white vote is cut 10000, net
10000, there would be some SEM
blance of fairness in view of the
better possible qualification of the
white people.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-02-27

When the Indiana State Board
of Pharmacy gave out the returns
of the examinations held recently,
Miss Ida p. Hagan received very
creditable report, ranking among
the first. Miss Hagau is 81 years,
and for the past four years has
studied pharmacy at Ferdinand,
Ind, under the direction of DR.. A.
G. Wollenman. The examination
of the state board lasted three
days and was very vigorous, OK
haustive and technical. Miss Ha-
gan is now registered pharma-
cist.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-02-27

ST. Paul has FIVE lawyers, two
physicians, three osteopaths,
eleven employees in the postoffice
department, four lunch counters,
eight barber shops, five tailor
shops, five churches, one bakery
shop, one tea and coffee store, one
saloons, four bootblack stands, one
loan and investment company, one
picture framing company. one
photograph gallery, one life in
surance company, and many of
our citizens are paying taxes on
some valuable property.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-02-27

DolHUer, at HOWard University.
"We should remember, too, that
it is not the figure in history that
brings the huzzahs and acclama-
tions of the crowd that marks
progress, but the quiet, forceful,
conscientious power with the wise
policy that keeps ahead. The fig
ure which keeps in sight of, and in
touch with the multitude, and
which the multitude follows, is a
great leader. ''-Speaker Joseph
Cannon, at HO,Card University.
In connection with the Howard
University ceremonies there was a
most impressive feature connected
with the unveiling of G. Il. Web
ber's famous painting, 1.-The I'm
derground Railroad" The unveil-
ing was conducted by Mr. Charles
Curtis, the celebrated newspaper
correspondent. In speaking OF
two of the figures represented on
the canvas, Mr.. Curtis pointed to
them and said that those characters
hoary- headed and bent with age,
had been instrumental i'll aiding
more than three thousand runaway
slaves across the Ohio and beyond
the border lines into Canada.
When he had finished, he intro
duced an elderly gentleman and
his wife who had seats on the plat
form-it was these two people who
had befriended those three thous-
and slaves who had gained their
liberty through the underground
railroad. "
The Colorado statesman., 1909-02-27

Gas the years roll by, and as
all of us, wherever we dwell, grow
to feel an equal pride in the valor
and self-devotion, alike of the men
who wore the Blue and the men
who wore the Gray, so this whole
nation will grow to feel peculiar
sense of pride in the man whose
blood was shed for the union of
his people and for the freedom OF
a race: the lover of his country
and of all mankind; the mightiest
of the mighty men who mastered
the mighty days, Abraham Lin
coin" - President Roosevelt, at
Lincoln Farm, the birthplace Of
abraham Lincoln, Hodgencitte,
Ky.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-02-27

AT the present day there are two
Catholic orders, numbering about
200 colored nuns, laboring on be-
half of their own people in the
United States. One of these two
orders, the Oblate Sisters, of Prov
idence, has oeen in existence as a
community since the year 1929.
1t was founded by Father Joubert,
Frenchman, who had emigrated
to Hayti at the time of the reign
of terror in France. The early
part of the nineteenth century was
marked by the arrival in the Uni
ted States of a great many refugees
from Hayti and Santo Domingo.
Joubert was among these refugees.
He landed at Baltimore, studied
there for the priest. hood and was
finally ordained.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-02-27

There are beautiful lines in
Holy Writ telling of the transcend
ent harmony "when the morning
stars sang together. The morning
stars did not sing together on the
18th of February, the one Tooth
anniversary of "Father Abra-
ham, but the one grand note of
homage and praise which went up
from the grateful hearts of Ameri-
can people delighting to do the i'm
mortal Lincoln a just and merited
honor must have been like unto it..
From the Potomac to the Far
North and from the Golden Gate
to the Atlantic, the people in song
and praise went into their tenn
pies or wherever his sacred name
was mentioned, and bowed rever-
entity at his shrine. SO much real
heartfelt homage has seldom il
ever been paid the memory of
man. In literature, in song and
in speech, the grand, kind, hui
name and sacrificing life of Lin
coin has been the one theme of
the hour. There We're no people
who could not find those who
would not anxiously tell the story
of his great life. We have taken
the pains to quote briefly some of
the references to Abraham Lin
coin, which would probably inter
est colored people, made by promi-
nent Lincoln Day speakers:
The Colorado statesman., 1909-02-27

And now it has reached us that
Jim Jefferies had ancestors who
were as dark in hue as the present
worlds champion, Jack johnson,
and that Jeffries himself is not SO
far removed from that period as to
be entirely free from a drop or two
of Negro blood. No wonder he
drew the color line. since he want.
ed to make sure that the world
would carry him on its shoulders,
and the fear that if it were known
he had colored blood in his veins
made him draw the line. Murder
will out, aud the chickens will
come home to roost. ''
The Colorado statesman., 1909-02-27

biility of including all colored Sc
cret organizations The bill is
known as the Crone bill, and is
designed to prevent Negroes from
wearing Elk emblems. Many
speeches were made against the
bill.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-02-27

The campaign in the war depart
ment against desertions from the
army is meeting with success,
according to Adjutant General F.
@. Ainsworth, who says in his an
nual report to the secretary of war
that the relative number of deser-
tions was less in 1908 than in any
other fiscal year since 1901. Gen
eral Afnsworth points out that of
the white troops Ats per cent
were reported as deserted. while
only O.57 per cent of the cclored
men in the service deserted.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-02-27

state His q; Nat Hist Society
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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-03-11
IN SUNNY
CALIFORNIA
SOUTH DAkOTANS HOLD PICNIC
At LOS ANGELES.
WILL BE ANNUAL AFFAIR
MANY FORMER sRookiNGs pEo.
PIE ARE PRESENT.

In letter to the Register from
Los Angeles, California, Prof. r. B..
McClenon, gives the following inter
esting account of the annual picnic of
the South Dakotans in southern Cali.
fornia:
Last Saturday, February q, about
900 South Dakotans met in East Lake
Park. Los Angeles, for their annual
winter picnic. The day was enjoyable
both as to weather and sociability.
1t was a time for renewal of old
friendships and making new acquaint-
ances. A large number of towns and
counties of the state were represent
ed in the gathering and naturally di.
vided themselves into groups accord
ingly. | noticed some from Brookngs,
Sioux Falls. Madison, Huron. Pierre.
Watertown and many other parts of
the state.
In the company from Brookngs
We're the DR.. Collier family, Mr. and
Mrs. II. II. Reeves, L. d. Palmer. Mrs
Lillian Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. Fletcher
and Mr.. and Mrs. McClenon. There
were also some from White, among
them Mr.. and Mrs. Brownell and son.
After dinner addresses were given
by several former residents of the
state, showing its wonderful progress.
financially. educationally, and along
other lines Officers for the coming
year We're elected and it was voted to
fix the date of the picnic hereafter on
the last Saturday of February. and
every South Dakotan who happens to
be in southern California at that time
is most cordially invited to be pres
ent
Those who were in the park that
day seemed to think, Judging from the
weather reports from the east, that
they preferred to be here just now. but
most of them are planning to go back
later in the season.
There are more tourists here than
ever before and hotels report that they
have been compelled to turn away
many from lack Of room"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-03-11
ONSERvATION OF THE SOIL.

Prof. c. Willis, the new agronOmist
at the Brookings college, declares that
the permanent agriculture of South
Dakota depends upon the restoration
to the soil the organic matter produced
by the soil to the largest extent pos
sible. Scientifically he shows how
impossible it is for land to long pro-
duce unless this restoring process is
kept up Soil restoration is the most
vitally important topic before the
American farmer today and right now.
at the very beginning of soil culture
is the time for the Dakota farmer to
learn the lesson and make a high
resolve that the fertile soil of this
young state shall not be robbed and
depleted as has been that of the old
er commOnwealths.
Up at Fargo they are manufacturing
machine which presses straw and
refuse into a briquet about the size
of stick of stovewood.. which is said
to be as hard as wood and to have
the burning quality of oak. The
briquets are used both for fuel and
building purposes. For the beginner
on the prairie the process may be all
right, but we do not know of any
region where the straw and refuse
can be long spared for fuel purposes.
1t ought by every right, to go back
into the soil which produced it, and it
must go back if the soil is to endure
Dakotan.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-03-11
STARS HAVE GOOD TIME.

About eighty members of the East
ern Star took pains TO be present and
make the visit of Worthy Grand Ma
tron, Mrs. Belle Stanley Bell, mem
orable one.
Last Friday this grand officer was
at Elkton, coming to Brookings from
there on the evening train. Supper
was served at the Masonic Temple by
the Star ladies at $50 and was fol-
lowed by the eXemplifcatiOn of the
work.
The supper was served in several
courses and the ladies fully sustained
their reputation for the delicacy of
choice viands and the manner in which
they were served. The dining room
was nicely decorated and everything
done to add to the enjoyment of the
festivities.
The new officers performed their
work in manner that reflected credit
upon the order and drew compliment
tary words from their distinguished
visitor
Mrs. Bell is fine little lady and
a credit to the grand order which
sic represents Her address was one
of the finest that it has been our
pleasure to hear. and drew forth
many words of praise from her audi
tors.
A number of local grand officers
were present and were honored with
a seat i'm the East
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-03-11
BETTER LET WELL ENUF"
ALONE.

Why should Brookings change her
form of city government" That is
a pertinent question. How do we
land and what is our standing fin
ancially? The city treasurer's report
in your last issue gave a very COM
prehensive view of the situation.
We have today an indebtedness of
$65 900 in bonds on waterworks, $751;
900 on the telephone plant and $1,000
on the power plant. In the last five
years We have paid off nearly $4,000
in warrants and by July l, 1909, we
will have, with what is already in
the bank drawing interest, a sufficient
amount to pay or the $4,000 bonds
on the power plant and $4,000 on the
telephone plant And are we not sat
isfed with that? | think that there
is much that is worthy of commenda-
ton in our present form of city gov
ernment | do not wish to condemn the
commission form of government. but
if it be good, and if it be better than
our present form of government, there
can be no harm done by waiting until
our people have had time to inform
themselves as to its merits. There
is no need for an emergency clause
or for a rush (Which might prove
a rash) act. Brookings will be here one
thousand years from now, a monu-
ment to the wisdom or folly Of it's
founders.
Better vote ''no" on this proposition
now
If YOU make a mistake by voting
no it will be easier to rectify that
mistake by voting Eyes" when YOU
have heard all about the commission"
plan and desire it than to be forced to
appeal to the legislature to relieve YOU
of the evil which your own haste has
brought upon you.
S. II. Goodfellow.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-03-11
BACHELOR IS
A SUICIDE
GUS FRANK OF AURORA, KILLS
HIMSELF ON FARM.
NflGHBORS FOUND BODY
DEAD MAN HAD BEEN RESIDENT
OF COUNTY THIRTY YEARS

August Frank, living two miles south
and a half mile west OF Aurora, com.
mitted suicide the last OF the week.
The remains were found by the neigh.
bors on Saturday, but ne had been
dead two or three days and it was
thought that the act was committed
"Wednesday night or Thursday. Frank
made away with himself by placing
the muzzle OF a shotgun in his mouth
and firing it by attaching twine
string to the trigger and fastening the
other end to his foot. The charge
passed clear through his head and
entered the wall back OF him. The
whole back of his head was blown
way and death must have been instan.
taneous. There were several cuts
on his neck, which indicated that he
tried to cut his throat before adopt
ing the other plan of going out of the
world.
When the remains were found Sher.
III Miles was notified and went down
from here and Coroner O'Connor came
up from Elkton. After an examina.
ton the coroner decided that no in.
quest was necessary and the remains
were taken to Aurora and buried.
Frank was bachelor about sixty
years OF age an dlived alone ON his
farm. He has been resident of
this county for the past thirty years
and was well known and liked. He
has made his home in Aurora the
greater part OF the time. working as
engineer in an elevator. and moved to
his farm about two years ago He
had been drinking heavily for some
time past. and this is supposed to have
led to the deed He was last seen
by the neighbors on Wednesday of last
week, and as they saw nothing OF him
for two or three days they decided TO
investigate.
The suicide was native of Ger
many but is supposed to have a broth
er somewhere in this country but he
could not be located.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-03-11

1or city Improvement is over The
sewers, the water pipes. the street and
road grading, the light and phone line
building. all the heavy part is over
with though of course the building
and spreading of the city will demand
yearly extensions. Now why spurn the
men who have borne the heat and
labor of the MONDAY hour and give
the easy part of the work to some
kickers to do and crow over 1t don't
seem hardly possible that the parable
of the vineyard could apply in this
case
Again there has been no notorious
disagreement, there being no known
or even suspected graft, there being
no charges of incompetency on the
part of the mayor or aldermen, in
fact there being no apparent reason
for a change, will some one stand
on his hind legs and tell us the why
ness" of all this gum shoe movement
in favor of a Commission" govern
ment in Brookings? There being no
colored population, please tell us in
whose woodpile the Senagambian
turks. ***
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-03-11

AND RALLY
STATE TEMPERANCE WORKERS IN
ANNUAL MEETING.
CLINTON HOWARD SPEAKS
$4,000 rs RAISED TO FURTHER
WORK IN STATE.

The prohibitionists of South Dakota
held their annual state conference and
rally III this city last Thursday. The
meeting was one of the largest attend
ed and most enthusiastic meetings of
Its kind yet held by that party, and
much good was accomplished for their
great cause. Over $500 was raised
in few minutes time toward for
warding the grand work, the largest
amount ever raised at one time i'm
this state for the cause.
The meetings began in the opera
house at nine o'clock In the morning
and closed with a fine address in the
evening by Clinton ~ Howard OF
Rochester, \. Y. Mr.. Howard came to
Brookings with II reputation of one
OF the greatest advocates of the pro.
hibition cause in the country, and he
fully sustained it here. He was greet
ed with fine house.
The banquet was served in the din.
ming room at $50, and every one of
the l61 seats at the table were taken.
In order not to enroach upon the time
of Mr. Howard the banquet toasts
were dispensed with.
The conference was attended by
large number of visitors from all sec
tions OF the state. They were pleas
ed with Brookings and the welcome
they received here, and Brookings was
pleased to entertain them.
Following was the program OF the
conferences:
Morning Session 9 a. m.
Song. America.
Prayer. ...............R Rev. ]. G. Dick
Greetings
c. V. Templeton, State Chairman.
Secretary's Annual Report
..............Q Quincy Lee Morrow
The Army VS.. The Mob
.... Henry W. Reinecke, Faulkton
The Model Chairman
-. DR. c. V. Templeton. Woonsocket
our Own Front Door," the Precinct
....:......W G. ElfOrd. Roscoe
General Discussion.
Afternoon Session, 1870 %. m.
Prayer. ............ Rev. S. l.. Boyers
Address Of Welcome
.............R Rev. Hugh Robinson
Response
Hon. knute Lewis, Lake Preston
Symposium. ............ Cooperation
The w. C. r. L.
Mrs. q. l.. Morrow, Brookings
The Anti-Saloon League
.. Rev. o. w. Butterfield, Miller
intercollegiate Prohibition Associa-
tion ........... Howard H. Biggar
The Scandinavian Total Abstinence So
ciety. Knute Lewis, Lake Preston
The Loyal Legion. &. . Strayer Morrow
The Good Man Theory
...... Rev. w. J. Edgar, Bushnell
Printers Ink r. B. TreFethrcn, Revillo
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-03-11
LEGISLATURE ADJOURNS.

The eleventh session of the South
Dakota legislature came to a close
at noon Friday. This session has been
confronted with no great issues. only
matters of ordinary importance oc-
cupying it's time nevertheless it has,
accomplished a great deal of work III
the way Of passing needed legislation.
and the record made has been on the
whole n creditable one.
The State college faircd fairly well
at the hands of the solons, although it
was not dealt with as literally as it
should have been, considering it's pres
ent needs. The cry from every quar-
ter was to cut down expenses, and all
state institutions of learning suffered
thereby. The State college received
$40, 900 for an addition to the chemis-
try laboratory and $4,000 for new
dairy barn. $4,000 was appropriated
for the manufacture of hog cholera
serum. and this work will be done at
the college under the direction of DR.
+. L. Moore, but of course the results
will be of equal benefit to every part
of the state.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-03-11
THE BIGGEST ATTRACTION OF
THE SEASON.

The fourth and last of the big thea
trical attractions to visit Brookings
this season is The Lion and the
Mouse" which comes to the opera
house on April 6. Henry B. Harris
is said to have left no detail unfin-
ished in his supreme effort to present
Charles Klein's greatest drama with
exacting termination. Mr.. Harris has
taken advantage of the opportunity to
choose the better players from the
two companies for their respective
roles in the company to be seen here,
fact which should insure thor
ough Interpretation of each part. Re-
ports from the trail claim the COM
pany to be the best yet seen in "The
Lion and the Mouse" which is most
complimentary recommendation for the
present organization.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-03-11
THE NEW GAME LAW.

The legislature passed law this
session prohibiting the hunting of
prairie chicken during the season of
i909l9l0, and there will be no prair.
I19ll
Other leading features Of the new
law are as follows
Makes the open season for geese,
ducks and all aquatic fowls from Sep
tember 10 in the fall to April 10 in
the spring.
Makes shooting between dark and
daylight unlawful
Creates the office of state game
warden with a salary of 81 800 per
year This officer must give a bond
of $1,000, and is invested with the
power to appoint county game war
dens with salaries not to exceed $50
per month. The county wardens must
each give a bond of $1,000 for the
faithful performance of duty
A tax of $l.00 is imposed upon each
gun if local Nonresident hunters
are taxed $500 each
Sale, shipping or having in pds-
session with intent to ship or sell, is
made crime
The county game wardenS may pay
a reward of $40 for information lead
ing to a conviction.
no emergency clause is attached
and the bill will not be law until
July | of the coming year 1t will be
in effect the coming fall, and there
fore the hunting season will not open
until September 10, and it will be law
ful to shoot only ducks, or other water
fowl
The measure is compromise on
spring shooting. 1t allows shooting
iof ducks until April 10, cutting off
twenty days of the open season as it
now exists. This will not be in eff
feet this spring
The use of dogs is hit hard by the
law IL provides that no person shall
use a dog or dogs in pursuing catch
| ing killing. etc, any of the game birds
or animals mentioned in this act. AS
practically every game bird and ami.
NAL in the state is mentioned, the
dogs will be relagated to use as
household pets. A specific provision
is made prohibiting the running Of
pointer or setter dogs upon lands fire.
quented by game birds during the
months Of April, May and June.