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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-12-02

laid it on u desk where it was cover
ed up with papers and was not dis
covered until the Register was out.
A copy of the Tacoma Daily News
reached us this week containing a
picture of a scow loaded with cement
pipe at the wharf of the Tacoma
Glazed Cement Sewer Pipe company,
of which Charles F. Allen, formerly of
this city, is the president. The load
was said to contain over a mile of
cement pipe.
A. II. Whittemore has resigned as
athletic coach at Vermillion and will
take up the practice of law at once.
Here in BroOkings followers of the col
lege athletic teams do not hold White
more in very high regard, but it must
be admitted that he is one of the best
all around coaches that has ever been
in the state, and the State university
will miss him.
A large number of the Relief Corps
ladies gathered at the home of Mrs.
w. r. Stowe on Wednesday evening
of last week and reminded that lady
that it was her birthday. They were
laden with baskets of good things to
eat and a good social time was en-
joyed. Mrs. Stowe was presented with
a china cracker jar and spoon tray
as mementos Of the occasion.
The members of the G. A. r. and
w. r. G. gave a party at the G.. A. r.
hall Saturday afternoon in honor of
Comrade J. E. Beck, who is soon to
leave for Hot Springs % remain, for
a time at least, in the Soldiers Home
at that place. A bountiful supper a
served and Mr.. Beck was presented
with a beautiful bible as a token of
remembrance from his old comrades
and the members of the w. r. C.
Trenton grange No. IS held a
Grange Thanksgiving dinner at the
home OF Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Garfield
last Thursday. at which most OF the
grange members and their families
and a few invited friends spent a very
enjoyable day, fifty persons being seat
ed at the dinner table. After full
justice had been done to an ample old
fashioned dinner, a short program was
given. The Trenton grange was or.
ganized last spring and is a thrifty.
growing order, as they already admit.
ted four new members and have five
more to be initiated. The dinner is
only one of the social events the
grange is planning and every member
is striving for the advancement of the
order and principles for which II
stands.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-12-02

brother, and they remained over this
week to visit their old friends.
Miss Sadie Callahan has accepted
a temporary position with Cheever
& Cheever. Miss Callahan has been
working at Watertown, but the COM
pany she was employed by moved to-
Chicago.
Miss Hazel WEIGH, who is private
secretary to President Heston of the
Madison normal, was visiting at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. II. Welch a few days the last of
the week.
S. II. Duggan of Webster, formerly a
student at the college, spent Thanks
giving Day with John Murphy After
leaving here he graduated from the
law department of the state university.
and is now county Judge of Day
county.
Congressman c. H. Burke of Pierre,
arrived Wednesday night of last week
and visited yer until Thursday noon
with Brookings friends. He was on his
way to New York and will go to Wash
ington from there for the opening OF
congress.
Miss Charlotte Babcock arrived from
Winnebago, Mimi, Tuesday to- take a
position as s~tenographer for the Min.
nesota and Dakota Farmer. The Farm.
er now employs three s~tenographers
and will have work Tor more in the
neS.r future.
The new team of Percheron mares
for the college farm arrived from Iowa
the last of the week. They are JET
black and about as fine a pair as one
would wish to see. They are pure
bred and cost as much as five or six
ordinary teams.
Rev. Z. b. Moore of Hitchcock, was
a guest Of his son, DR.. E. l.. Moore
and family over Thanksgiving. Rev
Moore made quite an extended visit
with his son here last summer, but
at that time he was a resident oil
Canada, moving to South Dakota In
October.
w. E. Waters of Washington, has
moved here with his family and they
have rented the Cole farm east OF
the city for the winter. Mr.. Waters
is a first-class farmer, and brought
with him considerable pure-bred stock
the raising Of which he has made q
specially.
The notice of the Baptist Women's
Missionary society meeting failed to
appear in the Register last week. but
1t was not altogether our fault Who.
ever brought the notice to this office
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-12-02

Fifteen F~inlanders petitioned for
citizenship in Michigan. and as they
admitted having anarchistic views the
court refused their petition, which is
right. 1t should have gone a step fur
ther and had them deported. This
country has been a haven for this
class when driven out of Europe, and
the sooner we get rid OF them the
better.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-12-02

Rockefeller, who Is worth several
billions Of dollars, has given a million
to eradicate the hook worm in the
south. That's nothing. According to
his means John ID. is a two-spot phil
e%nthropist compared to- some Of the
people who gave a dollar for the
Children's Home on Tag Day.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-12-02

country. He is a close student and
a willing and tireless instruction.
genial gentleman and the South Da-
kota Agricultural college is deserving
of congratulations in that so emmi-
nent and able a professor is connect
ed Herewith.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-12-02

The Brookings Register has found
their old printing office too small and
therefore has added quite a large
addition in which will be installed Il
new press of large size with all the
late improvements, giving evidence of
the prosperity of the Register under
aid
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-12-02

That mar Loeb is certainly doing a
thorough job In cleaning up the New
York customs house. If he keeps ON
another week there won't be anyone
around there but himself.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-12-02

Down In Iowa they have a new
scheme that looks good. In several
large concerns when an employe gets
drunk more than once his pay check
is made out to his wife, and hubby has
to either stay on the water wagon or
beg car-fare from his better half.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-12-02

The state of Montana Is using for
eign stone for it's new capitol building.
Something doing out there neXt cam
paign.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-12-02

An open winter is predicted, but we
haven't much faith in weather pro-
phets and refuse to hook ou" over
coat until next spring.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-12-02
TAKE NO CHANCES,

Travel to the pole is necessarily
rapid, but hereafter a wise explorer
will send back at least one post card
daily.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-12-02

Read the Registers Want Column.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-12-02

The football season is over and the
country will be rather quiet until cOu-
gress owen
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17
SOME EXPORT FIGURES.
What Our AutO Makers Are Doing
an Other Countries.

Statistics Of exports for the month of November,
1903, present some gratifying contrasts to the fig
ures for the preceding month. The total of bUsi-
for the month Ss7,e3O as against S73 552
for the corresponding month last year. gain OF
sl4.S6s against decline Of s04 ,32S In October
shipments To this gain the United Kingdom,
which contributed largely TO the previous months
loss contributes gain OF s7,4So while Italy, which
Of the brightest spots in that month. re-
peats its good showing by another jump, Sic 0o.
Germany advances from 1916 S7.337. South
America again shows decline, from s12s14 to
s5.557 Mexico redeems herself from the October
falling off By increase from s15,662 S34 35s.
Other gains shown in British North America,
the West Indies and Bermuda, Africa and other
countries France declines from S6S04 to s.. AIS.
For the eleven months ended with November the
total is 4.6S442S, compared with a total of
50 so for the corresponding period in 1857. Only
two Of the geographical divisions show a gain.
Other Asia and Oceania advancing from s91 1e2 to
Sll849l, and the division known other countries
nearly doubling its purchases. the figures being
s22.O4 against s11,466 for the corresponding
period last year The heaviest losses are In Mexico
which declines from $53116 SS3 1896; British North
America, from s1,l45,564 to s. 05366; West Indies
and Bermuda, from s24ssS7 to s1595S British Aus
traasia from Sl7535S to s!5,S2l, and Other Europe
from s272.2 go to 500 17&-Motor World.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17

them to identify the cause-they are simply mis-
firing more or less chronic and more or less pro-
nounced, according to the degree Of the dlluton.
Most motorists afflicted by this trouble are proba-
bly, duped and run through the whole gamut OF
tests
First the cylinders tested individually 20
find all are equally affected; then a solid hour is
spent on the magnetic, carbureter and valves all
without finding anything amiss. Finally, in des-
peration, If the tank is emptied and a fresh sup
ply Of fuel poured in, the engine may Immediately
respond to the next pull of the handle and run
Ike clock. This trouble may afflict any motor
ist at any time. and since the only safe test for
It is TO empty the tank and refill with fresh fuel
If any is available. It is obviously a trouble 70
avoid.
There is only one certain method Of avoiding IT,
and that is to carry ones gasoiene funnel
perpetually on the and the eauze Of
the funnel to make it is fine enough TO retain
water. At first sight one would say that II there
Is water In the tank there will be sufficient token
Of its presence IN the carbureter to assist dag
noses. but 1t has not been found So and If the
bureter is periodically cleaned out few motorists
will look at # when misfring occurs until a lot
OF time has already to waste.-Automobile
Topics
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17
AUTO PROVIDES REMEDY.
Penalty Of Destruction Lost IN In
duStriQi ReCOluti0n.

Hundreds OF carriage manufacturers large ana
small have seen in the growth Of the autono-
bile deadly menace TO their livelihood But
the automobile itself has provided the remedy
Some carriage manufacturers have struck out
boldly and become builders Of automobiles IN
all their parts. Others have confined themselves
to building handsome bodies for other makers:
others still have bought engines and motors
from regular manufacturers. and, building the
bodies, assembled the parts themselves
Thousands Of men who would nave been
thrown out of work as the carriage industry
began to dwindle have found employment from
the automobile manufacturers, who, building
their own bodies. needed Just such skilled work
men 20 complete the work Of the departments
that built their chasses.
Leather workers have found twice as much
TO do in providing luxurious equipment for auto
mobiles as they ever had to do with their orders
for carriage cushions and upholstery, and the
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17

the beaten paths, the miner and farmer use the
horseless vehicle.
The United States produces annually some
thing like $1,000 automobiles. while France pro-
duces about 10000 and Italy %, 600 Germany
is another producing nation. Taking the aver
age price of cars produced in the United States
as low as 81 500, II is seen that the aggregate
annual output of cars IN this country Is well
over S10OOO0,0OO.
The present condition of the industry is
healthy and the outlook for the coming season
most encouraging
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17

same story is to be told In a hundred other
connections The automobile has instantly
made more work. instead OF less; it has created
as II became ready 10 supply new demand,
and It has built up and increased established
businesses instead OF, might have been ex-
pected, destroying them. There lies one Of It's
chief claims to be a benehcent force. for It
has escaped the penalty Of destruction that
goes with most Industrial revolutions
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17

don to MANY successfu bushes throughou De
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17
MAXWELL JUNIOR A UTILITY CAR
Machine to Take the Place of the Horse ann
Wagon.

The Maxwell Junior. a runabous m Wnich -. -
well quality and Maxwell principles are ooinS.- -
with the boon OF low price. is the iatest 8s.s 8oo
70 the I,,a 1hts new model IS distinctly Gt.-I
car, one without fads friils-a neesSs-S -
every one who uses horse and wagon tns a. ..
for a car OF this type must be apparent WaSN "a
remembered that in 1908 there were manu- - -
In this country ss7.e 600 family and pfeas"1s
riages and more than $4,000 business 1.s I,
These figures show the tremendous posi- -
the automobile business for a car suen As 'I'
well Junior. -. sbat
This new model comprises the sane fsatu.sS 7-..
have been a part OF the Maxwelis smte - - ,osd.
twO-cyIinder opposed motor located uhas+ - .,x
1 - =, "a bo-<snovver has bearing diIasnssr--
of by 4. The transmission - OF u1S - reverse
type giving two speeds forward a4n est-t|,s5 80 in
TEs a1sIrs and transmission are conl9ll.J5 INST
single casting construction that So - ~ other
proof ard oil tight Unlike the Ms .;-s i ~
rliua bouts selling this price. tlle % e sup
shaft through bsveiIed gears Ire SIr - -auascIiaa
piled By two sets OF dry batteries - 49,
with q double unit COD
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17
Reliability

Y advantages over any high grade competitor.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17
GROUNDING THE PLUG WIRE

When for any reason it becomes necessary 10 run
the motor with one or more OF the spark plug ter
minals disconnected should be taken TO ground
them positively against the cylinders or some other
metallic part OF the machine Otherwise the full
voltage of the seeondaF. current viii be discharged
through the infinite resistance Of the air. and the
chances of breaking down the insulation OF the coil
will be very great. Removing the plug wire ALTO
gether incts upon the coil affected the worst pos
sible strain to which IL be subjected.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17
ONE YEAR WITH AUTO
OUTLOOK IN THE AMERI-
Can INDUSTRY.
I'm portant Developments in SolCing
the Problems Of Motor
Cor Builders.
~ z p Chalfant General Manager Of Association Of
Licensed Automobile Manufacturers

In many fields Of engineering there has been q
most interesting evolution by way Of improve
ment IN materials design and methods through
the reciprocal effort Of the constructor and the
Tnetallurgist. In no case probably has that ad-
vance gone further in recent years than in the
higher grades of MACHINERY The combustion
motor. the motor car and. by no means least,
the modern tool have stimulated investigation
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17
WATER IN THE G4SOLENE.
Common Cause of Trouble That Is
Often OCerI0Oked.

What cannot be uncommon Is the presence Of
water in the gasolene tank It's symptoms are not
too generally known, and there is nothing about
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-01-21

Give me cargo of logs, another of casks
partly filled with emergency supplies and a
single vessel, specifically constructed. and |
can go from Behring strait to the pole right
across the Arctic ocean. Scatter the logs, port
able houses and casks upon a group of heavy
ice foes surrounding the ship, shifting the sup
plies if necessary by windlasses, motors
dogs, and well succeed. A single crew can
handle the three cargoes. Had the Jeanette
expedition adopted this plan ii would have
won. In support of my Plan Rear Admiral Mel
Vile stated To me that small house erected
on the ice at the beginning of the drift OF the
Jeanette having blown away before it had
been fastened down was found two years later
less han two miles from the ship. thus proving
that the ship and ice proceed just as IA balloon
moves with the atmosphere in which it floats.
With portable studios and laboratories, our ar
lists and scientists may work with tranquility.
With balloons will view wide stretch OF
territory and as did the BaldwinZeigler expe-
dition frequently dispatch messengers home
ward With our logs as fuel Well barbecue the
warus seal and polar bear. With the casks
emptied we'll form fotilla filled with dupli-
ca es of our collections.
That's the way Mr.. Baldwin would do it.
With your feet planted on the home hearth
stone the domicle good and warm, plenty to
eat for each meal and no worries, 1t looks easy,
doesn't it? But the obstacles which anz ex-
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-01-21

So Mr. Wellman went way up north. far
away from Sweden, and after spending a long
time in the construction of his aerial pole.
finder, he set sail in his airship in snowstorm.
The snow was thick high up in that cold eli
mate and it got into the pilots eyes. Conse
quenuy the expedition was abandoned for the
time.
Next June, however Mr. Wellman will again
set sail for the pole with the assurance that
his machine Will perform at least part of the
journey satisfactorily On ethereal subjects
Wellman has become expert He has also
had real polar experience. Mr. Wellman not
long ago declared that his airship is. for his
own purpose of finding the pole. more efficient
than that of Count Zeppelin, which can sail
all day long without dropping to earth for
more gasoline.
Commodore Peary is to-day scrutnizing arc
tic regions for signs of the location of the pole.
He viii go far north as is possible his
polar ship Theodore Roosevelt, and dogs and
sedges will take him the rest of the distance.
1t will he several years, probably, before the
real fruits of this expedition become known to
newspaper readers of America
Many lives have been lost in the quest for
the pole. That and the south pole, located
somewhere in the Antarctic are the only UNI
discovered parts of this wide world, and the ma
ton which plants its flag on either of the
poles will be lucky. for then ii will own the end
of the earth.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-01-21

which would greet his eyes would make him
the envy Of Rip Van Wrinkle.
Discovery OF the norm pole will doubtless be
made within the lifetmes of many citizens of
today. Anyhow that is what the scientists de-
clare. They say the mere discovery of the
pole is simple. 1t is the conquering of the de
tails which must be surmounted that require
the thought and efforts.
Most novel of all plans to plant the American
flag or for that matter any other countrys
flag top of the POLE is that which some
time ago proposed by Evelyn Briggs Bald
win, who is now working out details of his
scheme.
This intrepid explorer aims to float to the
pole and take plenty of time getting there. He
laid out the plan in detail before the Harvard
union at Cambridge, Mass some time ago and
while some blase persons were skeptical, 9TH
said they liked the plan.
Here's the way Mr. Baldwin would do it:
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-01-21
The Common Strain.

The stress of life may touch soma
lightly. may appear to pass others
by, but mos. men whom we meet
with whom we deal, who work for
us or for whom We work know well
the common st ess Of humanity. II
in all our human relations this
thought could be kept before us it
would revolutionize life. We would
be humanized-ennobled. We would
care for men as men. We could
not escape the Transforming realiza-
ticn of an actual brotherhood If we
recalled and thought upon the un-
deniable fact OF our own part in the
universal brotherhood of the com.
mon strain.-Schuyler c. Woodruff. in
The Bellman.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-01-21

Zeppelin and his airship. AS the big bird like
machine came closer, | managed to read the
sign OH the side. 1t read
ROUTE NO. "a
Fort Wayne, Duluth and Polar Aerial Trans
poration Company.
That was pretty near the last straw. |
wanted to look at something ancient. |
couldn't stand this much longer. 1t was get
ing ON my nerves-these ahead minute
contrivances. The airship drew nearer |
could see roof garden party of young people
sitting among the palms the dome of the
big machine Around them were electric heat
ers which radiated heat clear to the earth.
Carelessly one young man emptied the con
tents of his glass over his shoulder in my di-
rection.
| tried to dodge the cloudburst of amber
beverage, but, alas, too late. 1t caught me
squarely in the face and
| WOKE UP.
And stll when one comes TO think 1t over
considering the progress which the year 1908
saw in the way of airship navigation and polar
sbities of the twentieth century. Less than
90 years ago the man who talked OF saying
'howdy" to a friend 1900 milea away would
be deported To-day the telephone carries
ones words as clearly as If spoken to parties
In the same room.
So if an American should fall asleep in the
year 1903 and awake so years hence the things
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-01-21

MFR. WILLIAM A. PRESSER, 1923
lVl Third Ave, Moline, H., writes:
II have beensu1fering from catarrh
in the head for the past two months
and tried innumerable so-called reme-
dies without avail. No one knows how
| have suffered not only from the dis
ease itself, but from modification when
in company of friends or strangers.
81 have used two bottles of your med
icine for u short time only, and il
effected a complete medical cure, and
what is better yet, the disease has not
returned.
Il can most emphatieally recommend
Peruna to all sufferers from this dis
ease"
Read THIS Experience
Mr. A. Thompson, Box 65, r. r. |.
Martcl, Ohio, writes: when / began
your treatment my eyes were intiamed,
nose was stopped up half of the time,
and was sore and scabby. l could not
rest at night on account of continual
hawking and splitting.
Il had tried several remedies and was
about to give up, but thought | would
try Peruna.
s'After had taken bout one third OF
a bottle | noticed difference. | am
now completely cured, after suffering
with catarrll for eighteen years.
81 think il those who are afflicted
with catarrh would try Peruna they
would never regret it.
Peruna is manufactured by the
Peruna Drug Mfg. Co, Columbus, Ohio.
Ask your Druggist for 8 Free Peruns
Ar.p,uo~ for IG0Q
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-01-21

the newspaper man. who two
Years ago was assigned by
his paper to find the north
pole. The assignment was
given him when politics.
which he had been covering,
had sort of died down in
Nns hinntnn
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-01-21

from that automatic instrument for rendering
sane persons mentally incompetent. | had
been reading copy of the North Pole Friday
night Post when. with a noise like all the air
coming out of a balloon all at once the c. & n.
p train started.
1t was all strange to me, of the year 1909
must have slept awful long time to wake
up mere In the year of-yes, the date line on
the publication | was scanning said February
l. 1899. 1t was printed in white ink and the
words were all spelled phonctcally.
Medicine Hat" yelled voice in my ear a
minute or two after the train had started. |
looked quickly around. ready to punch the
rude brakeman who had given vent to those
iasp1ng notes. AS | did so | bumped my nose
against the-well it looked like photograph