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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-04-22
a QUIET WEDDING.

Last evening at eight O'Clock at the
home of Mrs. Mary Deeth occurred
the marriage OF Mr. Albert J. Sardcr
and Miss Jennie r. Footc. Rev. Hugh
Robinson, Of the Presbyterian church,
performed the ceremony, using the
ring service. Following the
ceremony Mrs Deeth served nice re
freshments.
The following Witnessed the service:
Mr.. and Mrs & W. Foote of Athens
Mich, parents Of the bride: Mrs Mary
Deeth. Mr. and Mrs. r. +. Phelps, Mrs
Hugh Robinson, Mrs. Eva Wright, Miss
Jennie Hegeman, John A. Hegeman
Eugene Kelly, John l.. Murphy.
The bride has been resident Of
Brookings the past four years during
friends among the people Of the city
She is Young lady OF rare excellence
of mind and heart and by her accom-
plshments is we'll fitted to grace her
husbands home. Mr Sander has been
a resident Of Brookings during the
past year having charge Of the limo
type machine at the Register Office
and is a mos, exemplary young man.
Tn" Register force. in common with
heir many friends. extend to them con
gratulations and best wishes for a
happy and prosperous journey through
life
Mr. and Mrs Sander have rented
the G. F. Allen house on Williams
street and will go to housekeeping i'm
mediately
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-04-22
THE MINNEAPOLIS SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA.

1t seems as if it We're not necessary
neapolis Symphony orchestra, since
they appeared with such marvellous
success in Brookings last year. Their
entire spring tour of 1908 was a tri-
umphant success. They received none
but the highest encomiumS of the press
and public wherever they appeared.
Brookings should feel proud of the
fact that she is to have this superb
body Of musicians appear here again
great conductor, Emil Oberhoffer, and
the citizens of Brookings should do
honor to themselves and these visit
ors by attending the concerts of the
May Music Festival May 90 and 81.
Mr. Oberhoffer is a man of magnetic
personality, fine musicianship and in
Il Jectuality and a master in the art
of Instrumentation. His orchestra is
a fine body of instrumentalists most
~
have had years of experience in or
Chestra training They are under per
feet control and a beautiful ensemble;
excellent variety of color and admir-
able balance are among the noted char
acteristics OF this organization
The Minneapolis Symphony orchcs-
ira is maintained by the public spirit
"a citizens OF Minneapolis by guar
antee of $4,000 u year above and be
yond receipts from all concerts. Dur
ing the six wears since it has been
established, it has through the remark
ble ability of its conductor, Emil Ober-
hotter and through the liberal support
Of the Minneapolis public, which has
permitted the management to secure
the finest performers available in this
country and Europe, established itself
as one Of the foremost musical organ
izatiOns in this country and Of the
World. The annual spring festival tour
places this great organization at the
,crvices of choral societies and festival
associations in the west. A permanent
md thoroughly trained orchestra,
resh from its regular season Of work
rogether and with one exception, the
only such orchestra available in the
vest. *"*
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-04-22
WILL CELEBRATE
FOURTH OF JULY
BROOkINGS WILL OBSERVE THE
NATIONS BIRTHDAY.
BIG TWO DAYS RACE MEET
WILL BE GIVEN By 6ROOkiNGS
DRIVING ASSOCIATION.

Brookings will this year celebrate
the glorious Fourth of July. More
properly speaking, it will celebrate the
glorious third, as the nations birth
day comes on Sunday this year and
the celebration will be held on Sat
urday, the 3rd. The Brookings Driv-
ing association will hold big race
meet on the 2nd and 3rd of July and
on the 3rd the citizens OF Brookings
will unite with the association in q
grand observance of the day Plans
are very incomplete as yet, but the
matter has been talked over among
the business men of the city, all of
who are heartily in favor of the plan,
and everyone who comes TO Brookngs
on the two days can expect the biggest
and best time ever held in this sec
ton.
In addition to the race meet, which
will in itself be worth coming miles to
see, there will be fast base ball games
and every other feature that goes to
make an enjoyable and successful cele
bration Within short time the ar
rangements will be completed and we
will then give a detailed program of
the two days.
The Brookings Driving association.
which will be in charge Of the race
meet, was organized by a number of
the most prominent hOrsemen of the
city at a meeting last week The fol-
lowing officers We're elected: Presi-
dent, r. H. Squirting; vice-president,
S. A. McElmurry; Treasurer, J. G.
Miles secretary, George ID. Cole. The
following We're named as the advertis-
ing committee: S. A. Rudolph, J. NJ,
Miles and G. ID. Cole.
Following is the list of members
S. A. McElmurry. w. f. West, +. c.
Olson, r. l.. Squirting, NJ. G. Carlisle,
C. ID. Cole. J. w. Wilson. f. II. Beatty,
E. II. Carlisle. Van Fishback. J. NJ.
Miles, r. l.. Moore, l.. l., Erb, S, A.
Rudolph
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-04-22
GEORGE COLE WINS CASE.

q. d. Cole of this city. received
word last week thar Judge r. c.
Smith OF Iankton. had decided in his
favor in the case of Cole VS.. Church
i'll. This was the last official act
OF Judge Smith as circuit court Judge
before being sworn in as one of the
judges OF the supreme court of the
state.
The action was brought by Mr.. Cole
10 recover title to an undivided half
of about twelve hundred acres of land
in and around Wheeler, the county
seat of Charles Mix county. Mr.. Cole
and VIM. II. Burt were in business
together, first in the banking business
at Lake Benton. Mimi. until 1891,
when they went to Wheeler and went
into the ranching business.
AT the request of Mr.. Burt, for per-
sonal reasons. the title to all the
Wheeler lands was placed in the
name OF Edwin f. Churchill, a neph-
ew of Burt's. All was we'll until Burt
left Wheeler and Mr. Cole wanted
title to his half of the lands. A little
claimed to be absolute owner of the
ranch. Ii was TO obtain his rights
that Mr. Cole started the action in
1902 and it has been hard fought
case. The odds We're heavily against
Mr.. Cole by reason Of the fact that
owing to the death Of his former part
ner, he personally could not testify
to any transaction or conversation
between them, and rs no books had
been kept after going to Wheeler and
no settlement had ever been had be
tween the partners, ii was heavy
handicap to have to prove all such
matters by other evidence. The case
has been tried before the Judge at
chambers in Yankton at five different
times resulting in a complete victory
for Mr. Cole The final decree giving
him just what he asked for in his
original complaint. 1t transpires that
Churchill has also cudeavored to keel
the other half Of the Wheeler lands
which rightfully belongs to the heirs
of his deceased uncle and proceedings
have already been begun to remove
him as administrator before T. +
! Ward, county Judge of Charles MN
county, and the heirs of VIM. II. Burt
have commenced an action in the cir
cult court to recover their half of the
! Wheeler lands.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-04-22
COLLEGE oRAToRICAL CONTEST

On Friday evening the Grand opera
house in this city will be the scene
of the annual oratorical contest of the
State college. This contest will re-
suit in the choice of representative
for the State COLLEGE at the state
oratorical contest. tc '.e held at Huron
the last week in NJ"
There has been Il wonderful revival
of interest at the college in this class
of work this year, largely due to the
efforts of Profs. Bates and Rodeheav-
er of the departments of English and
philosophy. Although the students
are kept more than busy with techni-
cal work incidental to the completion
of scientific and engineering courses,
ten of them have found time to pre-
pare orations.
Music will be furnished by the col
lege orchestra and a male quartette.
The orators will appear in the follow
ing order:
Henry Irving ng'-Herman Nagel,
Berlin, Germany
THE Uplft Of the Negro John
Odland, of Dickinson, \. d.
Theodore Rooseyelt'-Haryey Jen-
sen of BrookinSs.
international Peace'-R c h a + d
Fridley of Turton.
The Juvenile Courr Geo. Phil
lips of Webster
Courage ge"-Roy Wilson. Brookings.
The Nations Foe''-Frank Yocum
Of Brookings.
The Struggle of the Masses -
Orlando White of belmont.
The Passing OF the West "-Manley
Champlin of Faulkton.
The Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Howard Biggar of Brookings.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-04-22
FAIR
DATES ARE SET
BOARD MEETS AT HURON AND
FIXES CIRCUIT.
EVENTS WILL NOT CONFLICT
SEPTEMBER 20, q AND 22 ARE
6RookiNGs DATES.

The state fair board met at Huron
last week and fixed the dates for
the South Dakota Minnesota fair cir
cult, of which the Brookings County
Fair association is a member The
fair circuit was organized by the
South Dakota and Minnesota fair
boards. the plan being TO accommodate
exhibitors and horsemen at state fairs
to attend the county and district fairs
in the two states without conflict of
dates The fair dates agreed upon are
as follows:
Clark, September :, S, 9 and 10;
Brookings, September 90, 81 and 22;
Tyler, Mimi, September 23, "a and
%: Clear Lake, September 2S, % and
80. Marshall Mimi, September 2S,
% and 80; Candy, Mimi, October :,
6 and T.
This will give the Brookings County
fair a fine lot OF races for the com
ing fall, as an unusually lot of good
horses will follow the circuit
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-04-22
INSTITUTE WORK
is CONTINUED
IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE
STATE.
FUNDS HAVE RUN SHORT
NORTHWESTERN r. r. HOWEVER.
PAYS EXPENSES.

dispatch from Pierre says that
while the fund for farmers institute
work has been exhausted for the pres.
ent fiscal year, the work is being con.
tinued at the expense of the North.
Western road until the new appropria-
tion becomes available the lst Of
July. The management of that road
takes the position that anything that
tends to build up and develop
the country tributary to the road is of
as much interest TO them as it is to
the territory Recently they furnish
ed train to carry the professors in
charge of the institute work from
Pierre to Rapid City, making stops
at towns along the line. Now they
have arranged for series of farmers
meetings at points in Stanley and
Meade counties which are off the line
of road and will take out the institute
workers to the places Of meeting in
autos.
The principal lines which will be
discussed will be along lines of dry
farming, and A. f.. Chamberlain Of
Brookings, who is in charge Of the
work for the state. suggests that the
farmers make the dates of the differ
ent meetings picnic dates, and all
come who can possibly do so. While
a few OF the places where meetings
are to be held are not specifically
| fixed as yet, generally they are set,
the list at present being: Meers,
May TO- Hays and Sansarc, May II;
| Kirley and some other places in that
vicinity, May 10; Milesville, all day
May Il; Marietta and Grindstone, May
-; Elm Springs, May II; Rapid City,
May IS; Fort Pierre, May 10. The
tour will be in charge of Superintend
ent Dixie, of the Rapid City and North
western branch of the road
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-04-22
w. H. LEIGHTY
is NEW MAYOR
SECOND WARD ALDERMAN WINS
OUT TUESDAY.
LARGE VOTE WAS POLLED
WARD CONTESTS HELP TO MAKE
ELECTION EXCITING.

1t is now Mayor Leighty. At Tues
days election Mr. Leighty was elected
over j. l.. Jarvis, the independent can
ddate, by majority of los. The vote
was 392 for Leighty and 2S4 for Jarvis
Mr.. Leighty carried all four of the
wards, althoug by varying majorities
In the First ward he had but six to
the good, while in the Fourth ward
his majority ran up to forty-five. The
Second ward, his home ward, gave
him a majority of fifteen and in the
Third ward his majority was forty
two. The total vote for mayor was
G76, which is the largest ever cast at
city election, and exceeds the famous
KremerLawrence fight of four years
ago by about fifty votes.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-04-22

PRAIRIES TO BE PLANTED.

Travellers on the line between Pierre
and Huron say that there are fully
100 power breaking outfits to be seen
from the train between the two town.
This means that there will be an i'm
mense amount of prairie sod turned
over this year, and while a part Of
this will be planted to corn. most of
it will be put into fax, which viii
mean the heaviest crop OF grain ever
raised in this part of the state. Whilo
the weather conditions have not been
very favorable to seeding operation.
every fit day has been taken advantage
of, and a large part OF the seeding Of
small grain is done. But the small
grain crops which We're looked upon
as the staples of the Missouri valley
for years are now being used only d,
side issue of the main crops of corn.
fax and alfalfa, which taking the lead,
as they are looked upon as more profit.
able crops than wheat. While thr
weather delayed the seeding. it wa
not allowed to interfere with the work
of the breaking outfits. and the amount
of sod which will be turned over this
year in this part of the state will b.
largely in excess OF the acreage in an.
one year since the settlement of th.
country
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-04-22
REAL FARMING.

j. +. I}eck had less than an acre
into crop last year and the results
thcrefrom demonstrate that he is
farmer par excellence and his meth
DDS of cultivating this little tract could
be followed by every farmer in the
county with much benefit to them.
selves. He had in half acre Of corn,
from which he picked and sold seven
teen bushels of excellent seed corn
at two dollars a bushel, and he fed
over twenty bushels, which was worth
fifty cents a bushel TO him. a quar-
ter of an acre Of potatoes brought him
over forty bushels, of which he sold
twenty-five and half bushels and
retained the rest for his own use
From twenty rods Of beans he sold
so worth Of the crop, besides having
some left. From this little patch OF
land of less than one acre Mr.. Beck
figures that he made over 500, which
is a pretty fine showing. -,
Mr.. Becks methods differ some.
what from other tillers OF the soil
and that may be the reason for his
success. Before planting his seed
corn which was the best he could get,
he carefully tested it to see that il
would grow after being placed in the
ground Then he carefully prepared
the soil To give the seed every advant
age and during the growing season he
tended it carefully aud saw that it had
every chance and the Results more
than repaid him for his work. In
planting his potatoes and beans he
followed the same methods as with
his corn. This spring he will put in
about the same amount of ground, and
he will use seed that he carefully Sc
lected from the field last year and
which has been carefully tested this
spring. and he hopes for equally good
results this year.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-04-22
WILL DITCH LAND.

On Monday morning County Com
missiOners George Hoch Of ElktOn.
F. w Newton OF White Ole Erick-
son of Sterling and Lewis Johnson
of this city Went 10 Arlington and
from there drove east to examine the
land whore it is proposed to put in
drainage ditch. The ditch is TO start
at a point about two miles due east
OF Arlington in Bangor township. 1t
will then run in northeaSterly
direction into Winsor township and
will then swing back into Bangor and
empty into Dry Lake. The COM
missioners rLturned to Volga on the
morning train and in the afternoon
went out to look over the land in the
southern part of Oakwood township
where the residents have petitioned
for ditch. During the investiga-
ton at both points the commissioners
were accompanied by A. A. Ort of
Brookings. who is a deputy state
surveyor-Volga Tribune.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-04-22
CIVIL ENGINEERS MAKE GOOD.

Albert Ort, who was recently ap-
pointed deputy state surveyor and his
classmate, Floyd Barber of the de
partment of civil engineering of the
State college, have been out the past
week on a surveying trip. clearing up
city lot boundaries and other work in
several of the towns west OF here.
Prof r. F. Derr, head of the de-
ton in municipal engineering at Min
receiving the highest mark
OF those who took the examination.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-04-22
DEBATE AT YANkTON.

The State college debating team left
yesterday morning for Yankton, where
they will meet the Yankton college
in debate Thursday evening The sub
ject to be discussed is: Resolved,
That a system of currency based upon
commercial paper is preferable 10 the
present system based on bonds.
Yankton will uphold the affirmative
of this question, while Brookings will
defend the negative.
While the State college is primar
lily a technical school in sciences and
engineering, rather than a school of
oratory and debating, We feel that
the team representing Brookings is
second to none and have every conf
dence in the outcome. The men who
Matheny, Conde, Elmer Sexauer of
Brookings and Robert Jones of Revil
10.
Mr. Matheny and Mr.. Sexauer are
juniors in college and have been ac
tive in all the various branches Of
college work, the former being editor
of the college annual. the Jack Rab-
bit. and the latter having been on the
debating team last year Mr.. Jones is
a senior and although this is his first
year that he has engaged in literary
work, his success in the other de-
partments of college activity is a
sufficient guarantee Of his work.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-04-22

Both sides made a mighty effort for
supremacy and from the time when
the independent candidates were NOM
mated a week ago the city has heard
little else but politics. On Tuesday
final effort was made by both factions
and everyone who could be possibly
cot at was brought out to vote In the
different wards automobiles were used
to bring the voters to the polls and
the buzz wagons We're going from the
time of opening in the morning until
the last vote was in at four o'clock.
Independent candidates for alder
men in each of the wards helped to
keep up interest and to get out the
vote In some of the wards the alder
manic contests exceeded in interest
the scrap for mayor and in only one
ward did the successful candidate
have large majority.
In the First ward S. A. McElmurry,
the regular caucus nominee for alder
man, won over c. A. Johnson, inde
pendent, by majority of sc. Leighty
carried the ward by a majority Of six
The First ward cast the largest vote
1S4, of any of the wards.
There was great scrap in the Second
ward, the home of both of the candi-
dates for mayor. The ward gave Mr.
I.eighty, the regular nominee for may
or, a majority Of fifteen. but turned
down NJ. G. Carlisle, the caucus nomi-
nee for alderman, and elected f. J.
Ray, independent, by q majority of
eleven.
Mr.. Leighty carried the Third ward
by a majority of forty-two, and the
ward kept up its record of turning
down the caucus nominee for alder
man by electing w. II. Conklin, iade-
pendent, over S H. Goodfellow by a
majority of six.
There was three-cornered fight on
the aldermanic question in the Fourth
ward, and f. F. Bagley and Frank
Sherwin, the caucus nominees, were
elected over S. H. McCarl indepen-
dent. Sherwin's majority over McCarl
was six and Bagley's sixty.
f. F.. Haroldson for treasurer, and
Geo p. Hall and Albert Matson for
justices, had no opposition and their
vote was nearly the total vote in each
ward.
The question of authorizing the city
council to sell the city hall property
should good opportunity arise car
ried by big majority. the figures be-
ing $50 for and 92 against
Following is the vote in the differ
ent wards:
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-04-22

Tomorrow is Arbor day. Plant
a tree. II is the best monument you
can leave
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-04-22

j. B. Thompson. who has been work
ing for the city as consulting engineer
the past two years. left Tuesday morn
ing for Highmore. where he has taken
the contract for putting in a sewer sys-
TEN for the town.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-04-22
STATE COLLEGE NOTES.

Mr.. G.. c. Witt of Sioux Falls, en-
gineer of the South Dakota Railroad
Commission gave very interesting
and instructive talk at the Civil En-
gineering club Monday evening. on the
construction of the Chicago & North
Western railroad bridge at Pierre.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-17
not reporting to the clearing house
shows that those institutions have ag-
gregated deposits of $1.306,4S5.s
Why Help is Hard TO Keep.

If the men who W farms and
hire men could only understand how
Tar a little timely praise goes toward
helping a man in his work they would
not be quite so stingy about giving it.
l oEce heard a man say: LAS long as
L don't complain my men may know l
am satisfied. When I am not they
bear from me pretty quick" That's
the-thing! All blame but no praise.
A quiet word of commentator when
an extra big days work is done or
some hard job is accomplished at a
saving of time and money encourages
the worker and spurs him to do even
better next time. The man who
imagines that he has done his whole
duty or completely filled his contract
when he pays just wha he agrees to
for labor done is making a mistake.
More is accomplished by genuine ap-
probation and kindness than by hire
alone. A bit of praise goes farther
With most men than the giver ever
knows. We all need encouragement
and appreciate a good word 10Y and
then.
lives in Michigan. His father left him
a considerable fortune, but the son let
most Of it slip through his hands al
though he always kept his fingers
closed tightly on the pennies. In fact.
he looked after the pennies so closely
AAiSSt (A1S L - oFcN ~ AiA1A
This man had nineteen different man
ayers on his place in fourteen years
He always made written contracts
with his help, but they always turned
out to be full of holes through which
he could slip when he pleased. He
never praised anybody. He once told
me that to praise a nan for good work
made him proud and put the thought
in his head that he ought TO have his
wages raised. The result was that
every man who worked for him soon
became disheartened over his ind1ffer-
nee and sore I'VE his grumbling and
would never go a step out of his way
to do anything outside of his exact
duty under his contract. This brought
on hard feelings on both sides, which
nearly always ended in a quarrel when
the man would quit. Then, almost
without exception, the boss would
hold out part of the mans wages and
it would take a lawsuit to get the
money. I know he once discharged a
arce Of his wages of $50. The man
yers' fees and court fees and he
finally had to pay at the end of three
trials. This mans reputation is such
now that he has had hard work to
get anybody to work for HMM fact,
nobody except a stranger will go to
his place. This is an extreme case,
perhaps, and while my experience Is
that the great majority of farmers are
just and fair there are too many k
my. old Michigan employer.