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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-20
All subscriptions payable in advance.
FRANK B. HOWE. EditOr and Publisher

"A bowling infant in the rear of the
opera house Monday evening during
tne last act of Parsifal spoiled the
effect of the play. Probably the child
did not like the deep presentation of
the performance" Montpelier Argus
The baby was more likely express
ing what others of the audience
thought but didn't have the courage
to say.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-20


we wonder why the Brattleboro Re
former failed TO mention C. p. Smith
of Burlington, o. M. Barber of Ben
nington, John Weeks of Middlebury
and John A. Mead of Rutland. All Of
these men have their friends, many of
whom think that their man is tne
best fitted for the place.-Morrisville
News and Citizen.
There is also C. II. Stearns of John
son, and w. j. Bigelow of Burlington,
both of whom are of gubernational
size and at least as well fitted as
some of those who have been men
toned. This mentioning business is
all farce, anyway, unless it should
happen that some desirable candidate
might be suggested who would other
wise be overlooked There is Elk
Mayor Bigelow of Burlington, for in
stance, who mas had a training that
well fits him for the governorship for
which he is far better qualified than
Deacon Smith of the same city, who
has been suggested, and is a man who
would arouse some enthusiasm among
the voters. In spite of the strong
Democratic majority in Burlington in
local elections Mr. Bigelow was once
elected mayor of Burlington and came
within score of votes of winning
again this year. He is a careful stu.
dent of Vermont affairs and com
petent executive official. Above all
he is an honest man, straightforward
and sincere, has pluck and backbone
and cannot be bluffed. Why not
| Bigelow?
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-02-18
ROOSEVELT'S ESTIMATE OF I'm.
COLIN As PRESIDENT.

Any man who has occupied the office
of president realizes the incredible
amount of administrative work with
which the president has to deal even
in time Of peace. He is of necessity
a very busy man, from whose mind
there can eve be absent for many
minutes at a time the consideration
of some problem of Importance, or of
some matter of less importance which
yet causes worry and strain. Under
such circumstances, it is not easy for
a president even in times of peace to
turn from the affairs that are of mo-
ment to all the people and consider
affairs that are of moment to but one
person While this is true Of times
of peace, it is of course infinitely more
true of times Of war. No president
who has ever sat in the white house
has borne the burden that Lincoln
bore, or been under the ceaseless
strain which he endured. It did not
let up by day or by night. Ever he
had to consider problems of the widest
Importance. ever to run risks Of the
greatest magnitude; and eve through
and cross his plans to meet these
great dangers and great responsible
ties was shot the wool of an infinite
number of small worries and small
~annoyances. He worked u his great
need of attending as best he could
to a multitude of small tasks. 1t is
a touching thing that the great leader,
while thus driven and absorbed, could
yet so often turn aside for the moment
to do some deed Of personal kindness.
and it is a fortunate thing for the
nation that in addition to doing so
we'll each deed, great or small, he
possessed that marvellous gift of ex.
preston which enabled him quite un-
consciously to choose the very words
best fit to commemorate each deed.
His Gettysburg speech and his sec.
ond inaugural are two of the half doz.
en- greatest speeches he ever made.
I am tempted to call them the two
greatest speeches yer made. They are
great in their wisdom and dignity, and
earnestness. and In a loftiness Of
thought and expression which makes
them akin to the utterances Of the
prophets of the Old Testament.-From
President Roosevelt's Tribute to Lin.
coln," in the American Review Of Re-
views for February.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-02-18
CITY Treasurers Notice of Sale on
Special Assessment For Construc-
ton For Sidewalk.

Notice is hereby given that | will
offer for sale at Public Auction to the
highest bidder for cash at the front
door OF the First National Bank of the
City OF Brookings, S. d., on Monday.
the first day of March, 1909 NJ the
hour of 10 o'clock A. NJ. the premises
hereinafter described, being the prop.
erty OF l.. VI. Natwick. that said prop-
erty will be sold to satisfy a special
assessment made thereon for local i'm.
provements, to-wit.: The construction
OF a cement walk on the north and
west side Of said lot by the City of
Brookings, after due notice to the own.
er thereof and failure on her part to
construct said walk, which assessment
was made by the street commissioners
OF Brookings on the 18th day Of Sen.
TENDER. 1904 and was approved by a
resolution OF the city council of the
City Of Brookings. making the levy
therefor on the said 18th day of Sen.
TENDER. 1904 for the sum OF Three
Hundred Seventy-aeven Dollars and
Eighty-ive Cents (s377.S5), which reso.
luton was passed on said date by the
city council. as aforesaid. And de.
scribes the property to be sold as Lot
Fourteen Q4 in Block Two ca of
the original plat of the City of Brook.
ings. S. ID. That said lot will be sold
to pay the amount of said assessment
together with expenses. penalty and
costs of advertising.
Dated at Bookings, S. d.. this End
day Of February, 1909.
II. +. Haroldson,
City Treasurer.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-02-18
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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-02-18
City Treasurer's Notice Of Sale on
Special Assessment for Construc-
ton For Sidewalk.

Notice is hereby given that will
,ffer for sale at Public Auction to the
highest bidder for cash at the front
door Of the first National Bank of
l}rookings, S. d.. on Monday the first
day of March, 1909. at the hour Of II
O'Clock A. NJ. the premises hereinafter
described, being the property of L..
VI. Natwick, that said property will be
sold to satisfy a special assessment
made thereon for local improvements
to-wit.: The construction of a ce-
ment sidewalk on the south side of
said lot by the City of Brookings, after
due notice to the owner thereof and
failure on her part to construct said
walk, which assessment was made by
the street commissioner of the city
of Brookings on the first day of Nov
ember, 1904 and was approved by a
of the city council of the
City Of Brookings, making the levy
therefor on tho 7th day Of September,
1908, for the cum of One Hundred and
Two Dollars (s102.00). which resolu-
ton was passed on said date by the
city council as aforesaid and described
the property to be sold as Lot Sixteen
(16) in Block One ~ of Peterson's
addition to the City of Brookings, s..
d. That said lot will be sold to pay
the amount of said assessment togeth.
er with the expenses penalty and costs
of advertising.
Dated at Bookings. S. D., his End
day of February, 1903.
H. F. Haroldson,
City Treasurer.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-02-18
GOOD TVS.
Many ~8rookinss Readers Have Heard
It and Profited Thereby.

Good news travels fast" and the
thousands Of bad back sufferers in
Brookings are glad TO learn that
prompt relief is within their reach.
Many a lame, weak and aching back
is bad no more, thanks to Doan's
Kidney Pills. Many people are telling
the good news of their experience
with the Old Quaker Remedy. Here
is an example worth reading:
Matt I. Wimset, merchant, living
at Williams neal Brookings, S. d..
says: My experience with Doan's
Kidney Pills have been very satisfac-
tory and it is a pleasure for me to
recommend this remedy. My kidneys
became d~isordered several years ago
and l suffered from pains in my back.
The kidney secretions were also ir-
and highly colored. Doan's
Kidney Pills were recommended to
me as a safe and reliable remedy and
I began using them. They relieved
me of the annoying symptoms and I
can recommend them as a remedy
that acts as represented"
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-M iiburn Co.. Buffalo,
New York. sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-02-18
ROOSEvELT'S GREATEST WORK.

History will record Roosevelt's work
for conservation as the greatest of his
services to the country.
If in some of his multifarious activi.
ties he is arbitrary and ever reaction.
airy, If at times he il more like Will
liam the abyolutist than an American
president, in this he is leader in a
great progressive movement, fully
abreast with the processes of advanc-
ing civilization and prophcSying how
they shall go forward.
His last message, giving an account
OF what he tried to do and to what
it all tends, grouping in one whole
the apparent diverse motions IF his
administration, ranks rs a great state
paper.
The personal note which sometimes
jars in his deliveranccS is omitted.
The lecturing tone which he some
times adopts is absent.
His final appeal to the American
people TO adopt a platform Oh which
all may unite strikes the highest level
Of craftsmanship.
He takes us into a broad field and
goes far into the future, but it is not
visionary. He adheres to lofty ideals
of the social state, but it is not the
urging of a doctorinaire.
1t is straight talk about what the
nation must do 10 be saved, uttered
on the broadcast lines Of thought.
1t is in the best sense democratic,
in the best sense socialistic, in the
best sense conservative.
And it is in the truest way a state
ment of what the American people
are cropping about to do for themselves
and for their children forever.-The
Rural Weekly.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-02-18
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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-02-18
FARM LIFE.

The leading thought impressed by
the message President Roosevelt sent
to congress. toda.' is that farm
lie in america falls to reach It's nigh
est development simply because farm
conditions tend to drive farm
people to the cities. Centers of popu-
lation attract because OF the actual
comforts they supply, and these are
not merely creature comforts. Farm
life. in the average American state,
spells certain hardships, and once the
farmer reaches a condition of com
parative independence there is a def
mite leaning toward easier existence in
the city, once the call OF duty is sus-
pended by the ending of necessity. 1t
is difficult, wen with the light the
commission has shed and the advice
given by the president, to see how
these conditions, natural as they are,
can be entirely changed, though a GER
tain modification seems all that is
now aimed at.
Out here in the expansive West,
unavoidable distance is the chief OBJ
stacle to the social development upon
which most stress is laid. The great
stretches which separate farm from
farm. as we'll as farm from school
house, in a large part of Minnesota,
for instance, are barriers which only
growth and development can level. II
seems almost Utopian to hope, under
these inevitable conditions, for a time
wieL the farm life. even when sur
ROUND, ! by the material fruits of pros.
perity, can be to itself all in all and
holo rs own against the attractions
which the city holds out to those who
can afford the cost. When the So
cial want can be even partially filled
and the educational necessity-which
appeals especially to the prosperous
farmer-reasonably met, We will be at
the dawn Of the day when farm life
may take higher places in the social
scheme of the world. 1t is toward
these two ends that the presidential
message is directed, and the point that
better roads are a most potent factor
is strongly taken.-St. Paul Dispatch.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-02-18
Dr.A. w. Chase's
Kidney and
Liver Pills
Spedden & Paige, Druggists

If you need glasses go to ]. o..
Peterson, the optician.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-02-18
To Digest
the Food

Bile in the intestines is as important to diges.
ton as are the gastric juices in the stomach and
bile is only supplied when the liver is in active
condition.
The serious and chronic forms Of iudisestiou
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and Liver Pills because Of their influence on
tie liver causing = good aow Of bile y aid
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by psevsntiag fermentation Of the food. ~
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toms Of indigestion.
Long standing cases Of chronic indigestics
yield to nr. A w. Chase Kidney and Live,
Pills after al else has failed.
Mr.. F. W. BICIEY. Murraysville, W. Va,
writes:-"ior sixteen years | suffered from
indigestion and iiver trouble and consulted sew.
erA physicians in vain. Two boxes Of DR.. A.
w. Chase Kidney and Liver Pills did more
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mother u~ctthem with equally good results"
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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-02-18

When you make your trip TO the city
10 do some shopping don't overlook
the fact that your railroad fare, your
street car fare and your expenses for
meals must be added to the cost of
the goods you bought. After you have
sent the money to the mail order
house don't forget that the freight or
express charges must still be added
TO the cost of the articles you sent
for. People are inclined to overlook
these items which often amount to
so much that 4 would have made it
actually cheaper for them to have
bought the goods right here at home.
Our home merchants are doing bust
with very moderate expenses COM
pared to city houses and the saving
is an item o. benefit t o their custo-
mers. II you have been il the habit
OF sending away from home for your
goods We believe you will find It inter.
and money saving TO deal with
our home merchants.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-02-18

Men of influence in the worlds af.
fairs, political as we'll as business,
are beginning to recognize the bad
influence of even moderate drinking.
President-elect Taft has got onto the
waterwagon. where William Jennings
Bryan has always been. And it is now
reported from Germany that Emperor
William has taken a total abstinence
pledge. The strongest temperance Or
CARNATIONS in this country today are
not those with the title, but the great
business corporations, who refuse to
employ eve moderate drinkers, and
who discharge their employees if they
are found taking even a social glass.
Waterloo wis Democrat.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-02-18
Washington Once Gave Up.

to three doctors; was kept in bed for
five weeks. Blood poison from a spid.
.r's bite caused large, deep sores to
cover his leg. The doctors failed. then
'Bucklen's Arnica Salve completely
cured me-" writes John Washington, of
Tex. For eczema, boils,
burns and piles its supreme. 25c at
G. d. Kendall's.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-02-18

accounts or hotel menu, n your own ham,
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II looks bad, reflects on your standing.
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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-02-18

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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-02-18

tenn, without a moral test, and with
out free continued incentive, is not
fit to generate force to state political
progress anyway"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-02-18

Itch cured In 30 minutes by Wool
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-22
COLUMBUS A FAKIR.
Was Not the Discoverer of America If
New Story Is True.

Chicago, May 22.-Positive proof of
the discovery of America more than a
century before the landing of Column
bus is the claim made for a stone
bearing an inscription in runic char
acters and the date 1867 by it's owner.
Hjalmar Rued Holland of Ephraim,
Wis, curator of the Sons of Norway
Historical Archives.
The rhinestone, so called because of
Its runic characters, has been placed on
exhibition in the rooms of the Chicago
Historical society.
The stone was found in Douglas
county, Minnesota.
Copies of the inscription and photo
graphs have been sent to the Univer-
sity of Christians. where no valid crit
icism of it's authenticity was offered.
The inscription as translated reads
as follows:
Eight Goths and % Norwegians upon
a voyage of discovery from Vinland
westward.
days journey north from this stone.
We were out fishing one day. When
we returned we found ten men red with
blood and dead. Ave Maria, save us
from evil.
I'VE have ten men b. the sea to look
after our vessel Al days journey from
| this island Year 1852.
( Runic characters, in which the in
scription was written, are believed to
have originated with the Phoenicians
| and are known to have been used by
the early Norsemen. The language, as
explained by the translator, is that OF
/ early times in southern Sweden and Is
not greatly different from the Nor
wegian language of the present time
preservation and most of the characters
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-22

Lulu McCabe, Winifred Mcdonald,
Mary MacLennan, Luella Mason.
Ward Maurer, Mary Munford, Flor
ence Nettles, Annette Nicoll, Sey
mour Organ, Vera Otto, Tressa Pen
man, Huldah Poole, Dudley Pratt,
Fred Prout. Lester Randolph, Louis
Ransom, Walter Richardson, Frank
Ripley, Esther Rodgers, Margaret Rus
sell, Odes Samuel, Morris Schwalm,
Oscar Schwalm, Carl Searle, Ralph
Seger, Grace Sinner, Anna Sim,
Crawford Sinclair, Dora Sinclair,
Bertha Smiley, Inez Smith. Jennie
Smith, William Smith, Floyd Snow,
Helen Stage, Enid Stricken, Joseph
inc Tice. Florence Towne. Harvey
Van Slyck, Anita Weible, Walter
Wellhouse, William Wellhouse, Mary
Welton, Floy Wetherbee, Blanche
Wharton, Marjorie Whitney, Laurens
Whittemore, Ruth Williams Nellie
Willis, Faye Woodward, Verna
Worley, Arthur Wyatt, Mamie Ear
II
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-22
ARMY OFFICERS DUPED.
British Officer Proved to Be an UNI
brelIa Salesman.

New York, May 22-Unable to find
the name of Major A. c. T. Berthe
McGreal in the British army register,
officers of the United States army
stationed at Governors Island be-
lieve today that they have been vast
ing and otherwise paying high honors
to an umbrella salesman. Several
days ago a tall distinguished looking
man with m0nocle and a heavy Eng
lish accent presented himself at the
east on Governors Island and asked
for the officer of the day, Lieutenant
M. JaEney Of the Twelfth Infantry.
The strangers card besides his name
carried the legend that he was COM
mander of the Seventh Dragons of
the British army, stationed at Canter-
bury He said he was stopping at the
Hotel Knickerbocker with his secre-
tary and a chauffeur and had a high
power car with him. He also said he
Major Banks of the Royal Navy who
was inspecting the Brooklyn navy
yard.
Major Berthe McGreal" was warm
ly received by the army officers and
for several days was extensively en-
tertained. Major John s. Mallory of
the Twelfth, and Captain Halstead-
Dorey. who is General Woods aide
gave him a semi official dinner and
Capt. F. B. Smith kept him over
night at his house.
Major ertie-McGreal" was at
Governors Island daily and among the
many officers he took a special fancy
to Lieutenant Leo Dewey. The lieu
tenant kept him over night several
times but yesterday morning when the
major" appeared at the headquarters
after having had apparently siren
uous night, the lieutenant put him to
bed again and called up the hotel
Knickerbocker to request the MA
| jor'S" automobile and chauffeur be
sent down for him. Instead the ho-
| tel sent it's house detective and de-
manded pay of g fifty-two dollar
| board bill. While the stranger in
| duced a young woman friend to ad-
vance the money for him a search OF
his one piece of baggage at the hotel
| revealed his connecC.on with an UNI
| brella house at Niagara Falls He
| had no secretary, no automobile, nc
chauffeur so far as officers could dis
cover and Commander Major Banks
was not known. The Major is not
| described in the British army register
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-22
MINNESOTA WINS.
S. T. Sorenson Awarded First Place
in Oratorical Contest.

Appleton, Wis. May 22.-s. T..
Sorenson. of st. Olaf college of
Northfeld.- Mimi, with the subject,
1.-THE Fight of a, Good Man" won
first and c. Bruce McC1elland of
Knox college of Galesburg ILL.,, with
John Knox" as his subject, won
second. place at the annual interstate
oratorical contest here. Although
it was not officially announced, it is
said that Edward Chapple Porter,
representing Beloit college, secured
third marking. Porter was one of
from the contest, having fallen be-
low the standard in thought and
composition, but by action of the Of
ficials of the association just before
the contest, he was permitted to en-
ter.
At the annual meeting of the In
terstate Oratorical association the
following officers were elected for
the ensuing years: President, J.
Willis Hamblin, Manchester college,
st. Paul; vice president, Francis
Mathews, Creighton university,
Omaha, Neb.; secretary and treas
urer, Merrill Wolf, Park college,
Parksville, Mo. Omaha was selected
as the place for the next annual
event.
The judges who decided the con-
test were F. c. Trueblood, Michigan
university, Ann Arbor, Mich; Car
son Hildreth, Franklin, Neb.; Rob
ert Stone, Topeka. Kan; B. J.
Rhoades, Ashland, Ohio; Rev. Geo.
REYNOLDS Kansas City, Mo.