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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-05-06

and more. The biggest crop that Cali
fornia ever produced consists of tour
lists. 1t is surely fine not to be obliged
to buy fur coats for winter, but, on
the other hand, one wishes to live
where he a earn the price of one.
Residents forget, at a time like the
present, that the weather is about as
variable in other portions of the coun-
try as it is here, and that the season
is also backward. This is true from
here to the Atlantic coast and back
to the great divide. South Dakota can
still claim to be the sunshine state,
the land of abundant crops, wellto-
do farmers, good homes and good
schools. And, We may adj, the bright
est prospect to be found anywhere.
Tell the plain truth. 1t will win
Huronite.
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INSURANCE STATEMENTS.

One Of the misleading criticisms OF
the state insurance department, often
made by certain newspapers, is that
statements are held up to near the
close Of the year for the purpose of
newspapers. The falsehood of this
criticism is apparent when one under
stands the law governing these publ
cations.
The statute requires that each COM
pany shall annually publish it's finan-
cial statement, under the direction of
the commissioner of insurance, in one
newspaper in each judicial circuit in
which said company shall have an
agent. The statements are usually
filed with the department in February
and the commissioner, by hard work
OF the force he is allowed to keep, is
able to begin sending out statements
for publication in April.
The regular work OF this kind gen.
orally continues until July. Then
later in the year a company which
may have had agents in only two or
three circuits appoints agents in other
circuits and it then becomes the duty
of the commissioner to publish III
those circuits. so that a few state
ments continue along till the close OF
the year, and the commissioner can
not possibly avoid it and perform his
duty.
Then it is not %infrequent that new
companies are admitted to the state
in the fall of the year, arnd the law re-
quires their statement to be at once
published and this accounts for the
appearance Of statements occasionally
as late as November. 1t may be a
little late for news, but it furnishes
the information never before given to
the public. The newspapers which
roast the commissioner most on this
score well know the falsehood they
utter, but it serves their purpose best
to defame and Observation-Disclosures
Bulletin.
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One consumer has been found who
Is not in favor of taking off the tariff
on the goods he uses. The editor of
the Charles City, Iowa Intelligencer
says, with considerable truth: 1.-The
writer can in no sense see the wisdom
OF the country newspaper man split
ting his throat hollering for a lower
tariff on paper and printing material
when as a matter of fact he would in
no wise be benefited by 1t. The low
price of paper stock and type material
a few years ago resulted in the estab.
lishment of newspaper and Job print
ing plants all over the country, for
which there vas no demand, and the
result was the depreciation Of news
paper properties that had previously
been established and had borne the
stress of hard times when there was
a demand for newspapers to exploit
the advantages of the country. The
lntelligencer Printing company has
about $4,000 invested in a printing
plant that 1t does not care to see de-
preciated by the elimination of the
duty on l~inotypes. printing material
and paper stock. The facts are that
We have all the printing plants we
need in this country for years to come,
and they a be maintained and kept
up by the expenditure of a compare
lively small additional investment from
year to year, o. enlarged, as the case
may be, hence We are of the opinion
that lower duties on the things that
a printer uses is not at all desirable
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TRUTH Is GOOD ENOUGH.

Without endorsing all the sugges-
tons Of the representatives Of the
commercial clubs for boosting the
state, the general purpose is commend
able. What is needed, however, is to
be provided for, is to tell the plain
truth about the state, the climate, pro.
auctions. institutions and people. No
portion of our country is perfect; every
part has its own peculiar drawbacks.
But. all things considered, we believe
South Dakota is n Of the very best
Of the states in the Union to live in.
And. when more fully developed must
take still higher rank. There are por.
lions with a o balmy climate, as
ON the western coast. But the testi.
,rony Of unbiased persons IL that South
Dakota has that country beat a mile,"
for opportunities to gain q livlihood
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HARRY ADAMS WINS PIANO.

The following from the Lansford,
n. d. Journal will be of interest TO
the many friends of the Chris Adams
family here:
Harry Adams, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Chris Adams is the prOudest and
happiest boy in Lansford, and through
his own efforts too. Some time ago
Prof. Dunaeviski of the Minot Acad-
envy of Music inaugurated a contest
in which the first prize, a $3.50 piano,
was to be given to the one of a special
class of pupils taking a term of twelve
lessons, who made the most progress
during the term. Harry entered the
contest, but owing to school work and
sickness vas only able to go to Minot
for seven lessons. Last week Thurs
day the contestants played before
three judges and Harry won the
piano, while those who were less for
tunate had to be contented with schol-
arships and gold watches.
Harry will not give up music now
that he has won such a beautiful and
useful prize but will continue his
studies, and expects to become a top
notcher in the musical profession.
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WILL BENEFIT FARM BOYS.

The enterprise of running special
trains to Brookings on June 8 and 4
for the benefit of the boys of the state
Is indeed to be commended and is
worthy Of the support of all.
1t is planned ON this occasion TO
give the boys not only a taste of clean
fun and sport but to also present to
them things of educational value. A
trip of this character will NEAR far
more to the boy than can be realized.
To the boy who has been living ON
the farm this brief companionship.
and association with the thousands of
other lads will mean the instilling of
new life, new ambitions and higher
aspirations In his mind. Lectures
concerning various agricultural sub.
jects of special interest to the young
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-05-06

A careful perusal of the advertising
section OF the June Cosmopolitan
should be a great tonic for the faint
hearted advertiser or the business mar
who does not believe in publicity at
all. The Cosmopolitan this month
contains 1876 solid pages of advertising
pages, it is all punched in the back of
the magazine, after the reading mat
ter. The big concerns which pay for
this advertising, do not give up their
good money because they like the
Cosmopolitan, but because they know
the money spent in this way will come
back in cash sales and bring other dol
lars with il. A dozen other magazines
carry nearly as much advertising as
he publication mentioned. In this con-
nection we might say hat the maya
zine reader who pays fifteen cents for
the book, owes the big advertisers
about thirty-fve cents, as without adj
vertising patronage 1t is estimated thlt
the publisher would have to charge
fifty cents a copy. Looking 1t it
from another way this Is not true. The
advertising pays the advertiser, it pays
the publisher and in the end the peo-
pie who buy the magazine and read
the az have to pay for it all.
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AT THE MODEL.
Olson and Iceberg Hold Grand Open
ing and Attract Large Crowds.

Yesterday was the day set for the
grand opening advertised by The
Model, and from morning until even
ing the room was thronged with call.
ers. The School of Mines orchestra
discoursed sweet music and received
many words of commentator. The
large mirror, or more correctly speak
ing, the set of mirrors. reminds n
OF the may way, or something like
that at the Chicago worlds fair. That
was an acre of mirrors, more or less,
or seemed to be. and one lost ones
way and got mixed up in great shape.
These mirrors are a device of Mr..
Olson's own, and four people can be
shown themselves at the same time,
head and feet, front ard back, all at
once.
The cabinets for the clothing are
made of handsome wood, and are so
much of an improvement over the old
way of piling goods on two or three
old tables that one wonders what
next Rapid City will have. The stock
shown is up to date and of the very
best. The room was further beauti.
fed with bouquets Of carnations, and
every lady visitor IA presented with
one. while the gentlemen received a
pencil. The Model had an suspicious
opening day. and that its proprietors
may find Rapid City a profitable place
is the wish Of the Journal.-Rapid
City Journal.
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lad will be heard, practical tests will
be shown and hundreds of new ideas
and thoughts will be gained.
The actual benefit to the state that
will result from this trip will never
be measured but it is certain that the
lives of hundreds of farm boys will be
made happier, brighter and more pro-
ductive and their horizon of life be-
come broader through this experience.
Huron Herald Democrat.
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Kills to Stop The Fiend.

The worst foe for ~ years of John
Deye, of Gladwin, Mich, vas a running
ulcer. He paid doctors over $500. 90
without benefit. Then Bucklen's Arni-
ca Salve killed the ulcer and cured
him. Cures Fever-Sores, Boils. Felons,
Eczema, Salt Rheum. Infallibie for
Piles, Burns, Scalds, Cuts Corns. Csc
at G. d. KendalIs.
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MOTHERS DAY.

The G.. A. r. and w. r. G.. will
observe Sunday, May 8 as Mothers
Day. The members of both orders
will meet at the G.. A. r. hall Sun
day morning at ten o'clock and march
in a body to the Baptist church, where
Rev. Pengelly will deliver a special
ermon Each member is requested
to wear a white flower. The public is
cordially invited.
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turned home Saturday morning from
Huron and other points west, where
they spent several days demonstrating
the excellence of the Overland and
REQ autos. Although the weather was
bad they were successful and disposed
of three machiDas, with a prospect Of
a sale of six mOIt.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-05-06

Aberdeen, which claims a popula-
ton of 10000, cast 1,400 votes at the
recent election. Figuring on this basis
Brookings could claim 5000 people, but
as the government census comes next
year maybe We hadn't better.
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1t vas charged during the last cam.
paign and since that time that Presi-
dent Taft was hostile to the Spanish
American war veterans, but his week
he removed all doubt as to his attitude
toward them, when in an open letter
he expressed the utmost good will and
appreciation of the work performed by
that fine body Of men.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-05-06

Mrs. Ross of the 500 Critic, who
seems to have drawn a lemon in the
garden of love, is hot after her hus-
bands affinity and will prosecute her
at Omaha. where she has been arrest
ed.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-05-06

Over at Miibank the official count
Of the votes of the city election show
ed that the town had gone dry" after
a victory had been announced for the
wet" element. There was great re
joicing among the "drys" and the
church bells were rung in celebration
OF the victory.
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W.. r. c. DINNER.

The w. r. G. will serve dinner at
the G. A. r. hall Friday, May IA, be-
ginning at twelve o'clock. Menu:
Boiled ham, mashed potatoes, pork
and beans, brown and white bread,
pickles, salad, jelly, pie, coffee. Price
twenty-five cents.
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stalwart.progressiye

This stalwart-progressive scrap
seems to be worldwide. Over in Tur-
key that deposed sultan is classed as a
reactionary or stalwart and the new
ruler as a progressive. II the new
sultan is decent and whacks up the in
a statements and other favors
impartially he may hold his Job in
definitely.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-05-06

Zig ranches in the western part of
the state will soon be a thing of the
r..t the influx of homesteaders in
.,,s resion having compelled the cat
$500 70 seek pastures new or go ont
q t-rr,ness. In the western part Of
r..w eounty last week the ranchmen
ev~ssys save = farewell celsbra-
~~ $50 moving to the ranges furth-
uWock A~
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-05-06

w. T. LaFollette has sold his Mitch
ell Gazette to G. F. and j. b. Agnew,
who took charge Of the property the
first of the month. Mr.. LaFollette will
move to- Madison. Wis, and will take
charge of the advertising department
u LaFollette's Magazine, of which his
brother, Senator LaFollette. is the own
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-05-06

The people Of Canton are at war with
the corporation which furnishes light
to the city, and are seriously thinking
of getting their electricity from Sioux
Falls. Canton had better follow the
example of Bookings and other cities
and put in its own lighting system.
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THURSDAY. MAY 6, 1909

There were not many May Day
celebrations in this vicinity Saturday.
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Bank Statement

Report of the condition OF the Farmers
National Bank at Bookings, in the state OF
South Dakota. at the close OF business. April
2S. 1909.
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their strength and firmness. but also for
their ability to resist decay.
In nine cases out OF ten when tim
bers are crushed the indirect cause is
decay. produced by low forms of plant
life The dwindling of our timber sup
ply has driven consumers Of wood all
over the country TO study decay and its
prevention, and il is safe to say that
In the very near future we shall see
many more mines putting in small
plants for the treatment Of their tim
bers, after the pattern OF the plants
that have been designed and Installed
for this purpose by the United states
forest service. BY treating the per-
manent timbers with some one OF the
various preservatives they may be
made TO resist decay almost indefinite
~. The additional cost is slight
Not only this. but since timber when
1t is once treated retains its original
strength, many of the so called in
ferior timbers' which have hitherto
been considered almost valueless be-
cause they decay rapidly will find wide
use in many localities, such species as
our loblolly pine and. to certain ex-
tent, shortleaf pine. Engelmann spruce,
fire killed lodgepole pine. white fir and
many other more local timbers.
THE first of the treating plants for
mine timbers was put up by an eastern
coal company after extensive expert
ments in cooperation with the forest
service which demonstrated the practi-
cal value of the treatments. Since
then other plants have been installed in
different parts Of the country, two of
the latest being in the Occur d'Alene
lead district of northern Idaho, where,
while there is an ample timber supply
for some time TO come, the treatment
is warranted by the high labor cost of
replacing timber sets. The added cost
of treating timbers is from 10 TO 25
per cent of the original cost.
''An Interesting point in the problem
of wood preservation is the spread OF
decay in old workings. caused by in
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Mine Timber Given Treatment

lection from nearby timbers. A fresh
green post. placed between two sticks
that are already sick. will become in
fected and decay much more rapidly
than If il We're isolated. The eOntag fon
is similar to that of the ills that man
is heir to. although it usually works
more slowly. In one large mine a two
mile tunnel was completed eight years
ago and durins the first four years
the timber stood up in fine shape Then
signs of decay began to creep in here
and there. and since then the disease
has extended throughout the entire
length of the tunnel necessitating an
annual expenditure of between $4,000
and $1,000 Tor replacing timbers rem
dered useless through decay. Less than
one-fourth of this sum goes for timber.
the remainder representing the cost OF
framing and installing UnQuestion-
ably many Of the caveins which crush
the timbers and block the mine tun-
neIs, often causing many deaths, are
due to nothing but wood decay.
The work OF treating mine timbers
is considered OF such Importance that
one group OF men in the forest service
gives it's entire attention to this sub
Ject. Investigative work carried on by
this branch OF the service since il was
organized has demonstrated that treat
ing with an efficient preservative will
in places where before il was subject
to a rapid decay, and the interest shown
by the large consumers OF timber and
their eagerness to apply the informa-
ton that has been obtained to their
own particular problems has been
widespread and Indicative OF the bene-
TITS OF wood preservation.
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WASHINGTON. Jan. SO.-'Few per-
sons not directly interested in mining
realize the extent TO which timber is
used in this very important industry"
said a government expert in preserva-
ton of mine timber who has just re-
turned to Washington from the west.
The average man has only vague I'M
derstahding Of the Importance of the
part that timber plays in the mining
industry, and seldom thinks of the
enormous quantities required each year
to prevent the caying OF the overhang-
ing ground and to keep clear the main
working passages of mines.
There are two general classes of
such timbers." he continued. The first
is used in bracing the Slopes as they
are called. where the ore is being taken
out. AS the ore is mined, the surround
ing rock is held in place by braciug il
with heavy timbers, framed into rec
tangular sets When ore directly
above the first set is removed second
set is built in on top. and so on. The
service of these timbers ends when the
ore is exhausted and the active mining
transferred to another vein or ore body.
After a time these timbers decay, to
a point where the pressure of the rock
walls brushes them, and a 'cavein' oc-
ours. This causes no damage if. as /
have said. the mining work has been
finished; but it sometimes happens that
decay has weakened the timbers to such
an extent that the cavein occurs pre-
maturely, and then lives are sacri-
feed In such cases the remaining ore
is also loss, for when the ground
has once commenced to move pr work,
as the miners call IT. it is almost i'm
possible to clean it out and hold back
the rock so that the remaining ore may
be, obtained.
But Of still greater Importance is
the second class of timbers used in the
main working openings. tunnels, shafts.
etc, which are to be maintained for as
long a time as possible Timbers for
this service are chosen not only for
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COTTON AND SILK RAISED
IN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
Experiment Station Shows Re-
suit of Investigation
Especial Correspondence of The Call

Especial Correspondence of The Call
HONOLULU, Jan. 20-The fancy
poultry exhibition last week devoted a
portion of the hall to display of ag-
ricultural results by the United States
experiment station, not the least impor-
tant of which was silk and cotton pro-
duced on this island. That the indus
try will progress is not questioned, as
there are trees here upon which the
cocoons will thrive. and the soil is par
ticularly adapted TO the growth of up
land cotton.
A recent visitor, cotton grower
from Arkansas, stated that the cotton
here was worth at least five times as
much as that grown in his section of
the country. owing to the enormous
size of the bolls.
The government is pushing its inyes-
tigation of this product. 1t has been
grown here without cultivation for
years and the possibilities of cotton
like the possibilities of tobacco. are
just developing through the efforts
made by Director Wilcox of the expert
ment station.
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RED MEN INSTALL orE1cEns

REDWOOD CITY, Jan. 30.-The local
tribe of Red Men has installed the fol-
lowing officers: George Christ, sa-
II. A. Werder. junior sagamore G.. j.
Ligouri, prophet; A. S. Ligouri, first
sanap; Fl. c. Offerman, second sanap
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FREE DEAFNESS CrRr

A remarkable offer by one OF the
leading ear specialists in this country,
who will send two months msdicin .
free to prove his ability 60 cure Deaf
ness. Head Noises and Catarrh. Address
DR.. G. NJ. Branaman. 1919 Walnut streets
Kansas City, No
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By Lucy B. Jerome

- NE OF the most interesting stu
dos in Alameda is that of Will
Sparks, who, in what he calls
his den has a number Of
La Junta tribune., 1909-06-26
LOCAL AND PERSONAL ITEMS.

Fire prof pottery al th1 Ia Juata
Novelty Company Pi,r,e block
Bcru-to Dr. a q Mrs. p. b In.
vile. Monday, june 2lst. a danlhter
Engineer Bert Phares. accompanied
ly his wifi. II. Thur ay morlms
IN Denver f.r fcw days Vii, NiJh
friends
We have plenty Of money to loan
on farms. lrqulr OF r.aIsas Va.
ley Realty Company. @. F. Helm,
mana GER
Attorney Damcron has moved his
office into the rooms formerly ocou.
pied by Judge Clara in the Miller.
Hale block.
Robert Slowing. an old-time tailor
Of La Iunta. writes us from Med.
ford. ore. 10 change the address OF
his great family Journal from that
place to orland. Calf.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Draper Il
yesterday morning on No. . for San
Diego. and later viii visit Los Ange.
les and San Francisco and take IN
the Alaska Yukon Exposition now on
In Seattle. They expect to lie alb.
sent about thirty days.
T.. $. Card. OF Pueblo. city passen.
ger and ticket agent for the Denver
4 Rio Grande. was In towp yesterday
and made \ number OF reservations
for local Eiks on the Pueblo Elks
special. which leaves that city on
'sily sth for Los Angeles.
J. II. Mayhem arrived In town
Thursday direct from . six weeks
visit In Los Angeles. and where his
wife is stiil sojournins. According
to Mr. Mayhem. times are exceeding.
" dull In California Just at present.
and there wouldn't be anything doing
~ all II Il wasn't for the usual
pfoNfIc crop Of eastern suckers who
have money 10 burn.
W. Y. Black. who prefers TO be
maintenance clerk ~ long hours.
rather than chief clerk to General
Superintendent n. w.. Sharp In bis
Newton office st longer hours. and
but little more pay. visited friends
and relatives 10 Las Vegas SATURDAY
and Sunday. accompanied BY Mrz.
Black and thelf three little daughters.
He aad wifs have returned homs. to
- followed ~ TIE sisis te-nesrew.
|-Las veoas opeis.