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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-03-18
PLEASING ENTERTAINMENT.

The following program was given by
the teacher and pupils of Sterling Dis
trict No. Al, Friday, March J:
Song. "The Students School
Speech, Welcome
Theresa Evert and Emma Rittman
Recitation. Six Times Nine
Speech, My Wish. Bruce Grincls
Dialogue, the Sick Doll
........... Two Girls and a Boy
Concert Piece, What We Learn at
School. Primary Class
Song. Dolly Stop Weeping"
..-..............Six Little Girls
Recitation My Ma She Knows"
Lance Grinols
Recitation, "A Little Boys Appeal
Elmer Larson
Recitation, Time For Bed"
Cyrus Evert
Recitation, Kitty Knew"
Emma Rittman
Dialogue, Waiting for the 2:40 Train
.........F Four Girls and Two Boys
Recitation, The Smack in school,
Jay Grinols
Song, And a Little Child Shall Lead
Them Three Girls
Speech, My Country's Flag"
aa A1riok
Recitation, "Grandpa's Spectacles'
Olga Linke
Recitation, acknowledge is Sweet
, Theresa Evert
Dialogue, "Black on One Side"
......Jay rinols and Ronald Larson
Speech, Kept After School"
Lance Grinois
Song, The Little Mothers"
.....................Si Six Little Girls
Recitation, His Geography"
....... bl3"" GrinOls
Monologue, Miss Dorothy Entcrtains
the Minister. Violet Grinols
Recitation, "Dolly's Lesson"
.LCra Dancer
Song, School Days.. Miss Lucas
Song, Vacations Here. .Schoo
Recitation, The Little Grave
..................El Ellen Bromandel
Reelection, Tho Lens of Love
.... Annie Alricl
DIALOGUE, playing Doctor"
Two Boys and a Cir
.ccitation, THE Butterfly. Lee Alricl
Recitation, The Turkeys Nest
Lima Linke
Song When the Flowers Bloom in
SprHg time". ...... Mayis Grinols
Dialogue, Borrowing Trouble"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-03-18
PRESTON.
IToo late for last week.
the roads.

O. d. Plumb has been building a
sheep shed.
Maude Loftgren returned home from
Arlington Saturday.
Little Walter Plumb has been quite
sick for a few days.
Jerome Paula's mother went TO Colo
RADIO the last of February.
Miss Mable Kible was the guest of
Clara Hopkins Saturday and Sunday.
Graham Coleman went to Dempster
last Thursday, returning home Friday.
Mrs. Lundquist is suffering from
prostration and is quite SER
iously i'll.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-03-18
RURAL GLEANINGS

This newspaper desires a correspondent In
every township in the county. II you notice
that your township is not represented under
this heading write US and we will send you
the necessary stamped envelopes and paper.
All correspondence must be signed by the
accredited correspondent.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-03-18

accounts or hotel menus IN your own hand
writing.
1t looks bad, rejects on your standing.
makes people think you can't afford q
stenographer and is sometimes ambiguous
You can write your letters-make out
an abstract-hll IN an insurance policy
enter your card memos-make out your ac-
counts, or a hotel menu-or do any kind of
writing you need, on any kind. size or
thickness OF paper, and space any way you
want on
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-03-18
You Can Easily Operate
This Typewriter Yourself


Don't worry your
correspondent.
Don't write him
ything by hand
that takes him time
to make Out--that
may leave him In
doubt--that he can't
easily read.
And don't fiji out
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momoS-Or make ont
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-03-18

Itch cured in 80 minutes by Wool
ford's Sanitary Lotion. Never fails.
Sold by F. l.. Villas. Druggist.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-03-18
Dr.A. w. ChaSe's
Kidney and
Liver Pills

Spedden & Paige, Druggists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-09
OLDFIELD DOES A
SWIFT SO MILES
Breaks All Records on the Circular
Track in Face of Texas Norther
at Dallas.

Dallas, Tex, Dec. 9.-With his facs
wrapped in wooden bandages and wear
ing heavy fur gloves and fur overcoat,
Barney Oldfeld drove his 12O horse
power Benz racer in the teeth of n
Texas norther yesterday afternoon.
and broke the fifty mile worlds cir
cular track record, which has stood for
over five years. He covered the half
century in AIS, as against the old
mark of 1910 1-5. made by himself II
Fresno, Cal. in 1904.
Oldfeld got inside the previous rec
ord at 80 miles, and broke every indi-
vidual mark from thirty up to the fifty.
OIdfieId's drive was most spectacular,
as the track was frozen in places and
the radiator of his car was filed with
alcohol as the only preventive again st
freezing.
At the finish of the drive Oldfeld' 5
hands had TO be pulled loose from tbs.
driving wheel by his assistant, having
been affected by the intense cold It
so high a speed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-09
FAIR EXCHANGE.
A New Back for an Cld One-HOw
IL Is Done in Eo,f Island.

A New Back for an Old One-How
IL Is Done in Eo,f- Island.
The back aches At tines with a
dull, indescribable feeling, making
you weary and restless: piercing
pains shoot across the region of the
kidneys, and again the loins are so
lame to stoop is agony. No use to
rub or apply plaster to the back
in this condition You cannot reach
the cause. Exchange the bad back
for a new and stronger one. Follow
the example of this Rock Island cit
iZen.
NJ. Felix, $50 Fifth avenue. Rock
Island, Ill. says: cit is now six or
seven years since I first used Doan s
Kidney Pills but l will never forget
what this remedy did for me. suf-
fered from a weak back and pains
across my kidneys and l was unable
to find anything that would help me-
While ] was not laid up, my kidneys
were badly discrdered and caused me
no end of annoyance. Finally Doan's
Kidney Pills were brought to my
notice and procuring a box at the
Harper house pharmacy, ! commence
ed their use. In a short time I was
cured and since then I have had no
return of kidney complaint"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn company, Buff
falo, y. Y, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the Doan's-
and take no other.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-09
Alone in saw Mil at Mldnlohr.

unmindful, of dampness. drafts, storms
or cold, w J. Atkins worked as night
watchman. at Banner Springs, Tenn.
Such exposure gave him a severe cold
that settled on his lungs. At last he
had to give up bis work He tried
many remedies. but all failed, till he
used DR.. Kings New Discovery. "Af-
ter using one bottle" he writes, 81
went back to work as well as ever"
Severe colds, stubborn coughs, inflam-
ed throats and sore lungs, hemorrhages,
Group and whooping cough get quick
relief and prompt cure from this glo-
rious medicine. so cents and 81. Trial
bottle free. Guaranteed by all drug
gists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-09
Excelsior, Springs, Moon the Chica-
90, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway.

With its improved hotel accommoda-
tons and a general betterment of local
conditions, Excelsior Springs has be-
come an ideal health resort-in winter
as well as summer.
The known curative powers of the
waters of its various springs have prov
ed a boon to thousands of sufferers
from kidney diseases. rheumatism,
stomach troubles, and similar disor-
ders.
Excelsior Springs is located 33 miles
northeast of Kansas City on the main
line of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul railway. FoTty-page descriptive
book Zee. P. L. Hinrichs, Commercial
Agent, Davenport, Iowa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-09
ARE USING The GYM
Students of High School Have
Taken Up Basketball for
the Season.
BRIGHT OUTLOOK FOR TEAM
Four of Last Years First Team Back
on the Job and Several Good
Men to Choose From.

The high school students have TAX.
en- up basketball for the season and
from nov until spring the gymnasium
will be in use practically all the time
after school and on Saturdays. Every
body appears enthusiastic and the
prospects are that the school will have
not only a good varsity team but al
so several good class teams.
The prospects for winning varsity
team are unusually bright this year.
Coach Gray will have four of last
years team and several promising
new men to choose from to make up
his team this year Streckfus, Lift,
Young and Steenburg remain from the
team which represented the school so
successfully last season and McManus
and Richie both appear in line for the
fifth position Steenburg will prob
ably be shifted from guard to center
this year to fill the place left vacant
by the graduation OF Bremen, last
years center. This will leave Lift and
Streckfus, forwards, Young as guard
and the other guard position to be
filled
Assigns Time in Gym.
Principal H. E. Brown has seen fit
to make out a regular schedule as
signing the different class teams and
the varsity team to regular periods in
the gymnasium during which time the
members of other teams viii have tt.
give them the floor This schedule Is
as follows:
Monday afternoons to Varsity.
Tuesday afternOon-3 to FRESH
men girls; 4 to Senior girls.
Wednesday afternoon to 4-Soph
omore girls; 4 to varsity.
Thursday afternoons to Var.
sity; to 5-Junior boys
Friday afternoons to 4-Seniol
girls; to 5E-Juuior girls.
Saturday morning. to 10-Fresh-
men boys; 10 to 11-Sophomore boys:
II to 12-Senior boys.
Saturday afternoon-1 to 2-Junio-
boys; to 3-Freshmen boys.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-09
MESSAGES TO
SANTA CLAUS

My Dear Santa Claus: Will you
please bring me a doll. with auburn
hair and a story book named THE
Live Dolls" My brother wants a pair
of skates. a game and two story books,
and an automobile that he can ride in.
My little sister wants a doll and set
of dishes, table, chair and a pic
ture book; nuts and candy and a tree
ETHEL SCHMOLL, 9 years old,
PAL Seventeenth avenue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-09
MACCABEES HAVE ELECTION
ID. ii. Smith Chosen Commander of
Island City Tent Last Evening.

Island City tent, 1922. X. r. 0. NJ. NJ g.,
held its annual election at Beselin's
hall last evening and the following Off
GERS were elected:
Past Commader-E. A. Wales.
CommandeT-D. II. Smith.
Lieut. Commander-C. Anderson.
Record-Finance Keeper-E. NJ. Wal
lace
ChapIain-A. Graham.
Sargeant-C. w. Horton.
Master of the Guard A. Graves.
-Picket-C T. Harris
Sentinel-M T. Stevens
Physicians-Drs. Paul and DaSilva
Trustees-G. II. Richmond, G. y.
Bleuer. c. G. Pinkerton.
Delegate TO District Conventional.
7. Harris.
Special Auditor-R HelpensteI
After business was completed an
hour was spent socially.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-09
The Best Cough Syrup Is
Easily Made at Home.

You can make a full pint of
cough syrup in five minutes by
this recipe-enough to last a
family a long time-at a cost of
only "a cents. 1t is not only
I cheaper, but better, than the
cough medicines you buy. Its
taste is pleasant-children like
it. 1t stops obstinate coughs in
a hurry, and is splendid for
other throat troubles.
Granulated sugar syrup 1872 OF.
Pinex .....-.... :. 21z OF.
Put 2 H ounces of Pinex in a
pint bottle and fill up with
granulated sugar syrup made
as follows: take a pint of gran
ulated sugar, add one-half pint
of warm water and stir about
two minutes. Take a teaspoon
full every one, two or three
hours.
This recipe will not work
with any of the weaker pine
preparations. Use the real Pr
mex itself, which is the most
valuable concentrated COM
pound of Norway white pine ex-
tract. All druggists have it, or
can get it easily on request.
Strained honey can be used
instead Of the syrup, and
makes a very fine honey and
pine tar cough syrup.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-09
OFFICERS ARE REELECTED
Annual Meeting of Directors Central
Trust and Savings Bank.

The directors OF the Central Tru5-
and Savings bank held their annual
meeting yesterday afternoon and re-
elected the same officers Of the bank
as held Office before. These are:
President-H. Z. Casteel
Vice President-M. S. Heagy.
Cashier-H b Simmon.
The members of the board of Dire
tors We're elected in the annual meet
ing OF the stockholders and are the
same who held Office last year. They
are H. e. Casteel, c. J. Larkin, II. II.
Cleaveland, H. D. Mack, W. J. Sween
ey. w S. Parks, H. E. Curtis, w. II.
Tremann. c. w Halves, NJ S. Heagy,
H B. Simon and Mrs Mary E. Rob
inSOn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-09
Pitcher Willie Hoeg Dead.

New Orleans. La, Dec. 9-WilHe
Hogg, pitcher for Louisville American
association baseball team during the
season of 1909, and formerly a New
York American league player, died
here yesterday after several months
illness. He came to New Orleans in
the early fall to pitch for a semi-pro-
fessional team here
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-09
Old Horseman Dead.

New York, Dec. 9-Michael +
Smith. known to nearly every race
goer in the country as Mike" Smith
is dead at the home of his son, Gec-z;
a. Smith. He was SO years old and
for 45 years had spent his time on the
race tracks of the Metropolitan cir
cult
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-09
Much Experimental work.

In the equipment shop much ex-
perimentaI and new work has been
undertaken, among which may be
mentioned the further manufacture OF
aluminium utensils. hampered by lack
of a satisfactory aluminium solder; =
new stamping outfit; manufacture Of
bride bits Of noncorrosfve metal, and
changes in methods of manufacture
made possible by the installation Of
the autogenous Welding plant.
In the carpenter and paint shop
the manufactures have been of the
usual general character. with a few
new items, sucn as chests for reel and
cart; dummy packs; cleaning material
box for troops; new model dummy
cartridges: experimental saddletrees,
and Snauufa cture of target pastors in
perforated sheets in lieu of loose
pastors packed in boxes.
''The harness shop has been very
busy throughout the year, and the
number of employees has been in
creased. New machines which have
been introduced, and especially some
Ieather-sewing machines, viii permit
increased, efficiency and economy in
the work. The total number of arti-
Giles manufactured <6P this shop. or
cleaned and repaired, or re-blacked
or DECREASED, was over $4,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-09
At kewanee Tomorrow.

The Y NJ. c. A basketball team will
go to Kewanee tomorrow afternoon
to play with the association team
there. The local team will be handl
capped by the absence of Jensen, VINO
will be unable to go. .Behnaman will
substitute.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-09

rifles in arrears had been completed,
and commencement was made on as
sembling the output for the current
calendar year. At this time there is
on hand sufficie barrel steel for cur
rent use, and such quantities are due
under existing contracts that it is
hoped within the next six or eight
months to have ample material on
hand Fifty-two thousand, four hun
dred United States rifles, calibre 80
model of 1908, chambered for model
of 1906 ammunition. have been assem-
bled during the fiscal year, and $1,000
of these have been targeted In addi-
ton, 437 sets of spare parts OF rifles
have been completed; over 1900 rifles
have been dismounted for modifica-
ton and repair. and the necessary
parts of bayonet scabbards have been
made.
Tests Unsatisfactory.
Special experiments were under
taken to determine whether more sat
isfactory barrels of higher physical
qualities could be obtained from spe-
cially alleged steel than from our reg
uAeSA DGL4 CL SlGCi- utSG lGSlS- ulu llOI
give particularly satisfactory results.
The tests made at the end of Deem
Der and June of the interchangeabliity
of parts of the rifle manufactured
here and at the Springfield armorv
have been very satisfactory, and little
criticism has. been made by either es-
tablishment Of manufactures at the
other. Interchangeability within prac-
teal and reasonable limits is attained.
''The work at the proving ground
has included proof tests of field and
siege material and the preliminary
tests which are needed to determine
what changes or improvements should
be made in carriages of new design. A
total of $50 rounds was fired, of which
1872 were in proof Of three-inch guns
and carriages and III were in the pre-
liminary tests of other material.
Equipment Board studying.
THE board of officers appointed for
the purpose of making a thorough
study and report on the subject of
equipment, carrying. devices, and dis
tributiOn of the load of the infantry
soldier has been in session at this ar
senal since the latter part of April
Many articles of modified or tentative
equipment of various kinds have been
made for the board of examination or
for preliminary trial by members of
the board or by specially detailed en-
listed men. The equipment for a bat
talon of infantry is now ready for
field trial.
Value of stores.
''The total value of stores under
during the year was
s4.937,517.SS. The total value of
stores completed was S2,31O,S15.54
The total amount paid out for wages
during that time was $12S3, 57G.7O.
The AVERAGE mum her of emnInvess was
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-09
Company A. Teams Debut.

The basketball season for the team
which will represent Company A this
year, will be opened tomorrow even
ing at Armory hall, when the team will
play the Maroon team OF the Y NJ c.
A The game will be called at 500
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-09
Looking Ores Best.

It's a woman's delight to look her
best, but pimples, skin eruptions, sores
and boils robs life of joy. Listen!
Bucklen's Arnica Salve cures them;
makes the skin soft and velvety. 1t
glorifes the face. Cures pimples, sore
eyes, cold sores. cracked lips, chapped
hands. Try it. Infallible for piles. %
cents, at all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-09
Does This Mean You?

Indigestion. sour stomach. constipa-
tion-then headache backacLe and a
general miserable feeling. DO YOU know
that the pleasant herb tea Lanes Fam
lily Medicine. viii remove all these
troubles almost immediately II you
do not know it. get q package today al
any druggists or dealers C25 ccnts).
I'D you viii be glad we told you.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-09
Give
Money

A Rock Island Savings
Bank book will make an
acceptable Christmas gift
one that will be ap-
preciated by children, rel
atives, friends or en-
ployes.
BY depositing 81 or more
you can open a savings
account in the name OF
any person, and we viii
mail the book so that it
will be received Christmas
morning.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-09

and viii be open to the public. The
soldiers will line up as follows: Mac
Manus, C; Hall (captain) Lg.; Duna-
vim, r.g.; Cocker, If; Condor, rf.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-09
MORE EMPLOYEES;
LATE MACHINERY
Efficiency of Rock Island Ar
senal Increased, Says Gen
eral Crozier.
MANY EXPERIMENTS MADE
Wages Paid Out During Year Aggre-
gate $1,2S3, 576-52,4OO Rifles
Are Assembled

General William Crozier. chief of
ordnance of the United States army,
reports interestingly of Rock Island
Arsenal in his annual statement He
points out that there has been a ma
teriaI increase over the preceding year
in the receipts and issues at this arsen-
al. the increase amounting to about IA
percent in the number of shipments
and about 222 per cent in number Of
packages and weight The total num-
her of issues and receipts has amount
ed to 1921, and the number of pack
ages to 122, 4SS, and the total weight
lG,3G4,277 pounds. ABOUT 10 percent
of the issues, by weight, We're to the
organized militia"
Referring to the repairs on the No
line and government bridges to the
Arsenal Island, General Crozier says
that the traffic in teams and pedes-
rrians over the big bridge increased
materially; the number of boats to
pass through the draw decreased
slightly
Repairs and improvements to the
power plant at the Arsenal, ordered in
May, 1908, are in progress. The water
pumping station is inadequate Cor
water supply and fire protection
small fires being promptly extinguish-
Ell. A filtration and standardization
plant is reported to be desirable, but
no estimate has been submitted.
To Build New StOrehouse.
An appropriation became available
July for the erection OF an artillery
stoTehouse for mobile artillery mate
rial and work on this much-needed adj
ditiOn TO the available storage space
viii be. commenced at the earliest
practicable date.
Many new machine tools OF various
kinds have been installed in the diff
fereRt shops during the year, and
these. with new methods and devices.
have materially increased the eficien-
cy. The plant is now in very good
condition for its normal output of ma
terial.
In the foundry and forge shop the
usual large, quantity of 6rOn and
bronze castings needed foe current
manufactures have been sa isfactoriIy
produced. Bronze tablets sbr battle
fields have been cast, and a aumber of
cast-iron tablets containing President
Lincoln's Gettysburg address, later
copperplated, have been made for
placing in national cemeteries. The
forge shop will be much improved and
modernized during the coming winter
by the introduction Of an oil-fual
plant
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-09
Training school Work. =

"The second year of the training
school for saddlers established at this
arsenal has closed with even more
satisfactory results than attended the
first year of its operation. Sixteen
enlisted men from troops of cavalry or
batteries of field artillery reported for
attendance at the school about July
81, 1908. OF these men twelve COM
pleted the prescribed course of instruc-
ton satisfactorily and were awarded
certificates of proficiency. The prog
ress and work of five, of these men
were exceptionally good.
at is the intention for the present
school %sar to increase the number of
men III attendance at the school to
SO and TO inaugurate school for bat
terry mechanics with about five or six
men in attendance for the first year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-09
Equipment Board studying.
Value of stores.

''The total value of stores under
manufacture during the year was
s4.937, Bliss. The total value of
stores completed was S2,31O,S15.54.
The total amount paid out for wages
during that time was $12S3, SIC. 20.
The average number of employees was
1910"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-09
Output of Rifles.

"The delay in manufacture Of rifles
due to the nonJdelivery of satisfactory
barrel steel, which was mentioned in
my last annual report, continued I'M
til the latter part of October, 1908,
when sufficient quantity of barrel
steel being on hand to make up The
arrears in manufacture the work in
the barrel department was pushed,
and by the first of last May all the