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Spirit of the Territorial Press
 And Others
Some of Ours Coming Back.
And Others

Some of Ours Coming Back.
 Anent the gift Of John D. Rock erefeller to eradicte the hook worm, the Albuquerque Tribune Citizen says.-When Rockefeller and men of his stamp make these donations, they should be accept ed by anyone they are offered to, but they, (the philanthropistsD should understand that they are not giving anything away, but are simply trying to soothe the peoples wrath, and hoodwink them by appearing to be liberal with what is not their own, and for this they should not be called "splendid," liberal-hearted or philanthropic.
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Proposals for County Printing
 and Stationery

Notice is hereby given that the Board of Supervisors of Navajo County, Territory of Arizona, will receive bids for supplying said county with all coilntv printing, printed stationery, etc, for the year 1910, towit:
 Printing and furnishing Great Register, Poll books and all necessary books and blanks for Primary and General elections. stationery, such asrcceipt books, school tax books, tax receipts, county licenses, warrants, etc, for use ot the various county officers.
 Printing and publishing all ad- vertisements, notices, proclama- tions, proceedings of the Board of Supervisors, proceedings of the Board of Equalization, no- tices of raised assessments, Sher- if $ notices. summons, orders of sale, and other Sher ifs adver tisements, and Probate Court and county school Superinten- 1ent's notices.
 Separate bids will be received for the printing and publishing and for printed stationery.
 Said bids to be sealed and delivered to the clerk of the Board of Supervisors of sail county, on or before 2::3O o'cloc p. m.. January 3rd, 1o1n. which time said bids will be- ed by said Board of Supervise
 The Board reserves the .. to reject any and all bids.
 Holbrook, Arizona, December the 18th, 1909.
 C. HESS, IF.
 Clerk of the Board of Supervi- sors of Navajo County, Arizona.
 By C. NJ. C. HOUCK,
 Dep
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PROFESSION HELD DOWN.

According to the revised law in Japan, physicians are not allowed to advertise in any way whatever con- cerning their ability, method of treatment or previous career, except their professional degrees, titles and specialties, and they shall provide a record book of services to patients, which must be preserved for at least ten years. The same rules apply to dentists.
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NAMES OF PRECIOUS STONES.

The romance of precious stones is of absorbing interest, for many world-known gems have strange his tories connected with them. The Cullinan diamond takes its name from T. M. Cullinan, who was born at Queenstown, Cape Colony. For many years he knew that diamonds existed on the Elandsfontein farm, which belonged to a Boer named Prinsloo, but he had to wait until after the Boer war before he could purchase the land The premier mine was first opened and the great Cullinan diamond was discovered there. It is three times larger than any diamond found before, and its subsequent presentation to King Ed ward VII. Is well known. The Or loff diamond originally belonged to the Empress Catherine of Russia, and it was giveR to her by Count Orr loff. The diamond was stolen from the eye of an Indian idol and an enormous price was paid for it.. Catherine placed the "Orloff" in the imperial scepter of Russia, where it still remains-a wonderful stone, as big as walnut and perfect in purity and color.
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AN INSULT.

Uncle Silas-This is a great city, Henry, but they do have some awful poor help in some places here.
 Nephew-What's the trouble?
 Uncle Silas-That girl that an- swers your telephone thinks this is a jail, l guess. was just talking into the blamed thing and told her I was Si Rollins of Dobbin's Center, and afore 1 could tell her what I wanted she yelled, Number, please, at me, just as if I was some low lived convict! Judge.
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Railroads Dilamna.

Railroads DIlamma.
 The Wall Street Journal, dis cussing the situation with the railroads, facing a general de mand for a wage advance, with earnings at a standstill, says:
 It is impossible not to sympa- tise somewhat with the men. It is true that their wages have not been reduced. The man who got $25 a week two years ago is get ting it now. The trouble is that he cannot get for his $25 what he got then. The cost of living has increased, but wages, to say nothing ot salaries, have not in- creased with it. There Is a most enlightened desire on the part of the great roads to deal gen. erously with their employees, and the problem IS certainly not one that can be settled off hand.
 The Interstate Commerce Con- mission is the other horn of the railroads dilemma. If they ad- vance freight rates sufficiently to meet the desired increase, there will be a chorus of protest from every section of the country. Such an advance in rates would necessarily add still further to the cost of living. The shipper would most certainly protest. The farmers, who are getting all the best of it in the present con ditions, would be especially ar ticulate. Thelr chosen defenders in congress would seize upon the opportunity with enthusiasm, with the usual result of further complicating a situation already difficult enough.
 Obviously it is a condition for compromise. Very few of us get all we think we deserve in this world. It is a case for mutual concessions, but the railroads have seldom had to confront a more difficult problem.
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How to Help ASthnatiCS Breathe
By ISAAC J. FRISCH, NJ. D.

because xpe the dead make fresh Once empty the lungs and the will without effort the the pan he could not keep out if he would
 To put this theory the test put hand the back of tie shoulder blades the his exhales aid him by both hands, quickly relea ing when he begins to inhale.
 Keep this rhythmic motion for three moments taking with the patients breathing You will find self thoroughly tired with the effort but will have taken just that labor from the patient and few minutes he will be breathing naturally will fall asleep hareclining posture.
 asthmatic from lack of strength exp e dead from the lungs His blood poisoned and his whole oxygen Squeeze the dead out would from bellows the lfegvng fresh will rush and health and strength.
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Always On the Job.

Giving aid and consolation to the enemy is no part of the pro- gram of Uncle Joe. So he de- prives the insurgents of a com- mittee room in which to plan their campaign. Uncle Joe over looks no bets,-St. Paul Dispatch.
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FORESIGHT OF THE POLICE.

Police Oficer-A millionaire shot by msnicurist.
 Chief of Police-Well, the first thing to do is pinch Emma Cola man and then try to get the red that did the shooting.
 Il said manicurist, not anarchist." !"
 "Oh, well, they sound something alike. Better pinch Emma to be on the safe side"
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How to Care for
 Infants
By DR. WELLS ANDREWS

intestinal diarre and bronchitis hroa and stomach disorders The ygenc rules have reference feeding cleanliness clothing and opena exercise Experience proves that will conrandicated food appropriate the mil the mother Next best the milk of healthy due according of the child with barley rice water.
 The infant requires washing all from the top of the head the sole of the foot night and morning day The water should The of the during the bat and of the year. Little soap should be employed Tn drying should be done with soft dry cloths.
 ought be smotheed like mummy requires keepn oveweighd with clothes Its free expand its limbs at liberty to
 The more lightly its head is covered the better.
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W.ellman Binged Again.

Walter Wellman says Cook never found the pole. What the polar aurora borealis does We'll man know about it? He never got nearer than the frosty spikes of Spitzbergen-and when his ballon collapsed, came back to earth in hurry. Wellman sug- gests the modernized statement of Solomon. Put a fool in a mortar and bray vigorously-but the result is still fool" -Bisbee Evening Miner.
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China is waking up for fair.

China is waking up for fair.
 The Celestials are just crazy over cer- tain yankee inventions that have only of late been seen to any extent in the far east, especially ice-cream freezers, sewing machines and breech-loading shotguns.
 I saw in the streets of Canton and Shanghai dense crowds surrounding the peddlers of ice cream, who could not op- crate their machines fast enough to sup- ply the hordes that were eager to buy The popularity of the sewing machine is just as great.
 I heard that they were bought in large
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A Bulls Eye.

It will be time enough to start the political battle for control oi the new state after the statehood bill has recieved the signature ot the president. Now is the time to line up every influence to help push Arizona into the unlou.- Bibee Review.
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Osculation Mars Pleasure.

The King of Norway is visiting in England. The biggest draw back about these royal visits is that the kings have to kiss each other when they meet.-St. Paul Dispatch.
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-=s- Editorial psge of the 1foIbrook Argus ~-*=~~

Some medical authorities advocate an open-air life for sufferers from asthma. This would be of benefit in some dry eli
 mates, but might prove fatal in other places, where the air powerfully aggra- yates this disease. Asthma is indeed nervous disorder and too little understood. I have learned by close observation that asthmatics do not suffer so much by reason of inability to inhale as by lack of power to exhale. In an acute attack of asthma the patient shows every indication of dy
 ing from lack of breath, but it is not be- cause the air will not enter the lungs
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Where Ignorance Is Bliss.

Uncle Joe says that up to eigh- teen months ago, next to Roose- welt, he was the most popular man in the country. It is a part of old age to have hallucinatiuns -Bisbee Review.
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In infantile life all the vital functions go on rapidly. The pulse at birth ranges from 13O to 40 per minute and to the end of the first year is from 115 to 120. The rate of breathing is from 25 to 3O The food taken bE infants is in proportion to the weight of the body from three to six times greater than taken by adults. The perils from without to infant life are mainly derived from cold; those from within result chiefly from improper or de- fective feeding. It is not easy to overfeed young infants.
 The tendencies of this period are
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Bank Manopoly Wins.


 The press dispatches state that while President Taft will recom- mend the postal savings bank congress will not push the plan until next year. The postal sav- ings bank will stand aside and give the central bank the right of way. As Wall Street IS back of the central bank and opposes the postal bank it would seem that the Wall Street crowd makes a double killing. And still there are republicans who can not see that the party is in the clutches of the predatory interests.-The Commoner.
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ARTIFICIAL SILK.

Artificial silk manufactured by new patent process is one of the new shipments from England to America and apparently a growing one.
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ROUGH ON THE MEN.

"If man dies, ma, what does his widow get =
 'Usually a third of what the afin- ty hasn't got"
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Fritzi Sche the travelling through Arizona on private tran ordered it sderacked permit of her taking morning bath with comfort thereby creating brain nong the dispatcher who had revise their schedules Eccentric actornes have done strange things keep them selves ill the public eye but this is perhaps the first time traffic entire division has been tied up by who known that she ndulges regularly morning ab lution.
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We are informed that the Marathon waltz at Butte suited of the being conveyed the ho opit 'with their tongues hanging out way been found of putting the feminine tongue of commission imagine wives will soon be recev ing nocturnal invitations waltz marathon.
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Let the tariff alone.

Let the tariff alone. Give 1t chance to show what do, advises the Baltimore American. The average already has definite idea of what doing his pay check and of what do his pro- tests and resistance.
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Even London Punch is getting faceous in accounting for the absence of Dr. Cook. It says Do not be sur prsed you hear within the fortnight that the south pole has been reached
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China Waking Up to American Inventions
By EDWARD B. HOUSTON

quantities by sweatshop popeo who paid their operators $5 mont for toiling nine hours a day, including Sundays
 glass trust, with capital of ten million dollars being organized This ought to be easy to smash
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-05-06
PRESTON.
(Too late for last week.

Mr.. Revill of Brookings, was in Pres
ton township on business Tuesday.
J. w. Sponsler of Brookings. is help.
ing his son, George, put in his crop.
A minister from Redfeld preached
at the Cotton school house last Sun
day.
Carl Kinney and wife visited with
Mrs. Kinney's mother, Mrs. Van Dusen,
Sunday.
Mrs. Jones went to- Aurora Satur-
day for a visit with her daughter, Mrs.
Rhodes.
O. f. Cotton and wife went to Brook.
ings Saturday. Mrs. Cotton's mother
is quite sick.
DR.. Borst and wife of Volga, visited
Mrs. Borst's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Sharp, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Loftgren went to Stock.
holm Monday, Mrs. Loftgren's father,
Mr.. Norman, being quite sick.
VIM. Intermill lost a valuable mule
Saturday. This was a valuable animal
as the team was worth a good round
sum.
With sowing, blowing and planting
potatoes the farmers are rushing
things. All the farmers ask for is good
warm weather.
o. d. Plumb shipped some macoroni
wheat to Ames, Iowa to- be used fol
seed. Some of his neighbors in Iowa
had heard Of our wheat up here and
thought they would try and see what
it would do down there.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-05-06
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES MEET.

County Superintendent Aldrich re-
turned home Friday night from Pierre,
where he attended a meeting of the
county superintendent Of the state.
He states that it was the best meet
ing of the educators that he has at
tended. All the counties except Rob-
erts, Hanson and Buffalo were repres-
ented, and the failure to- respond on
the part of at least two of these was i'll
ness. Most of the time of the sessions
vas taken up in short discussions and
interchange of ideas among the super
intendents of matters which they must
meet in every day conduct of the af-
fairs of their offices. One half day of
the regular program was scattered
through the rest of the session to allow
the superintendent to hear a talk on
manual training, with the tools and
materials for the work at hand to il
lustrate the talk, and a number took
advantage of the opportunity to get
a little practical training in that line
for themselves. Wednesday afternoon,
the visitors, as guests of the city, were
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-05-06
WANT REFERENDUM VOTE.

A dispatch from Rapid City says
that petitions are being circulated
there invoking the referendum on a
law passed at the recent session of
the legislature, which gives the gov
rho the power, after notice and hear
ing, to remove any county, township,
municipal or precinct officer who is
guilty of misconduct or malfeasance,
or crime or misdemeanor in office, or
for drunkenness or gro incompetency.
The governor is G., tied by the gen
eral statutes of (. ;ate to supervise
to official conduct OF all executive and
ministerial officers and to see that the
laws of the state are faithfully andim-
partially executed. But unless he has
the power to remove officers for the
misconduct of their offices or for fail
ure to faithfully and impartially exc
cute the laws, he is powerless to full
fill the obligations laid upon him by
the general statutes. That this is not
lCNOlutioldl iSSlSldllOu 10 seen lIOIl
the fact that for eight years prior to
the enactment of the new law there
has been a statute giving the governor
power to remove certain state and
county officers not liable to impeach-
ment. The effect of the new law is to-
extend the operation of the existing
law to all county, township, municipal
and precinct officers except members
of the legislature.
This law is similar in purpose to
the recall, and is less cumbersome
than that popular feature of modern
legislation. The state is to be con-
graduated on having secured such a
direct and speedy method for the en-
forcement of it's laws. The law passed
the legislature with but one adverse
vote, and it is harly to be expected
that the people of the state will suffer
such a wholesome enactment to be
interfered with. All law abiding citi-
zens will welcome a measure that
makes for a higher standard of official
conduct.
The petition invoking the r~eferen-
dunn on this law of removal appear to
have originated in the office of the
states attorney of Pennington county.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-05-06

the city generally, and taken out into
the country for short rides to give
them an opportunity to see what that
part of the state looked like behind
the hills which surround Pierre. We'd
nesday evening Judge Whiting of the
school law, after which the superinten.
dents attended a reception which was
rendered them at the home of State
Superintendent UStrud.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-05-06
TO THE SEASON..

We welcome spring because it is
in u W mood. 1t is in our blood
to be up and abroad. We believe in
the years. We endure the winter be-
cause it ends in April. 1t faces to-
ward life and growth and achievement.
Our work is a part Of natures work.
1t is not exceptional, but in winter it
is. 1t autumn we have to labor on
after nature has put her tools aside,
the toll is there. In spring we are
and our work day shortened, bat still
the toll there. In spring We are
all hitched in together; bees, birds,
brooks, violets and human folks. Life.
life; crops, crops; harvests for all Of
Us ahead. The robin thinks Of his
Nesting, and We think of our barns
full. The chance. But what would be
life and work without there were some
chances, and withal a chance for wit
and wisdom to select methods and
seize opportunities? There would be
zest in marching to the years end
on a dead certainty-with our soup
just level full each time. There
is nothing SO grand as hope; there IS
nothing so strong as faith; and that
is exactly how we start out of April,
with faith in the laws of nature, and
that each one of us will succeed
in the struggle that end in another
autumn.-Dakota Republican.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-05-06
HOW TO USE THE ROAD DRAG.

1t is generally agreed that the road
drag is the best and cheapest way Of
caring fOr a dirt road and with the eX-
penditure of a little money and effort
the good roads problem can be solved.
J. ID. Stevenson, in the Sioux City
Journal, gives some interesting infor-
nation about his experience with a
drag, and we reprint it for the benefit
of our farmer readers. Mr.. Stevenson
says:
For months l have used a split
log drag made from an ash pole ten
inches in diameter and shod in front
with a strip of steel four inches wide,
and l have a crown to my road from
twenty to thirty inches above the
bottom of the ditch-sufficient for
hilly ground. A year ago this same
road was lowered in the center; in
fact, there were bitches t%wenty-four
inches deep on some of the clay hills
where the water had followed the
wheel tracks.
"This road is all clay hills and
clay hat holds water like a jug.
Every rut and track will hold water
until it evaporates, and when dry
the clay is almost as hard as rock. |
have half a mile of this kind of road
passing my place that / have graded
until the n%eighbors complain that it
is too steep, and only yesterday l
ran the drag over it, throwing the
dirt out in order to lower and widen
the crown.
This road has not been touched
with anything but a King drag, a
pillow and what they call my "A" or
plank ditcher. Several Of my neigh
bors have done as we'll and made a
good grade over ever worse ground.
On good lying ground, where there is
black soil instead of clay to move, it
is no trouble to move dirt with a
drag and ditcher and make all the
grade that is needed in this country
northern Missouri), but it is not
best to make a road by throwing IN
all the dirt from the sides 1T one
time.
THAT is why the King drag makes
the best dirt road drag that can pos
sibly be constructed, because by
dragging after each wet spell a little
dirt is put in at a time and the road
gradually built up, all ruts kept filled,
the surface smooth, and there
is no place for water to lodge when
the next rain comes
IF the side bitches are kept clear
AS they can be with the plank
ditcher-the water runs off immed.
lately and it is not necessary to lay
tile drains except where the fall is
so little that the water cannot run
off fast enough and consequently
soaks back into the roadbed. The
plank ditcher is made of KISS, In
the shape Of the letter a." eight
foot sides and four feet wide at the
back end.
"The two sides should be beveled
at the point and form a sharp angle
The side next to the road is shOd with
an iron which is flush with the edge
at the rear end and drops about one
inch at the front. The sides next the
ditch or furrow is not shod. The
ditcher should be floored On top and
well braced. Hitch chain well back
to hold point into the ground and
ride on the side next to the furroW
when using the ditcher. Chain should
be seven or eight feet long for best
work"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-05-06
ANNUAL NOTICE FOR CLEANING
UP.

Notice is hereby given that all stable
refuse and litter or trash must be at
once removed from lots, alleys and
out closet vaults.
BY order of the city board of health,
f. c. Miller,
Superintendent.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-05-06
Epilepsy,
Fits

My son was cured of a very
bad case of epilepsy with DR..
Miles Nervine."
MRS. D. BAKER, Cleveland, O.
"My little daughter who was
afflicted with St. Vitus' Dance
is now entirely we'll after taking
DR.. Miles Nervine only four
months"
MRS. c. G.
Alma, Mich.
Epilepsy, Fits, St. Vitus'
Dance and Spasms, are all nerv-
Gus diseases. They have been
cured in SO many instances with
DR.. Miles Nervine that it is
reasonable to conclude that it is
almost SURE to cure you. With
nervous diseases Of a severe
type, persistent use has almost
invariably resulted in a complete
cure or lasting benefits, worth
many times the cost of the rem
edy. The best evidence you can
get OF its merits is to write to
those who have used it. Get a
bottle from your druggist. Take
it all according to directions, and
if it does not benefit he will re-
turn your money.