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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-02-11

The valentine party TO have been
given BY the 81. d. A. tomorrow night
Is indefinitely postponed on account
Of the death Of Mrs Charles r. Har
ris, member and officer
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-02-24
DEATH OF MRS. SIMON JOHNSON

Mrs. Simon Johnson, who has been
in Ill health for the past couple of
years, passed away at the family home
in north Brookings early Monday
morning. The fureral was held from
the Lutheran church yesterday after
noon at two o'clock, conducted by
Rev. J. NJ. Green, pastor of the church.
The remains we're laid at rest in he
Lutheran cemetery.
Mrs. Johnson was born in Norway
April 26, 1S43 and camc to this country
in 1870. She was an old resident of
Brookings and was respected by the
community and loved by her family
and friends. She is survived by eight
children, as follows: Mrs. Andrew
Bortnem, Mrs. II. A. Larson, Ms. o. o,
Roe and Mrs. !. B. Johnson Of this
city, Ludwig Johnson of Canada, Mrs
A. T. Steen # Silverton, Oregon, Mrs
G. A. Smith OF Darcy, N. D., and Mrs
N. j. Nelson of Meyers, MINI. She
is also survived by two sisters in Day
county and two brothers and a sister
in Seattle, Wa5hlngor.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-02-24
WANTED: II FACTS.

The food cost investigation will have
no politics in it. On the house com.
mittee which Is making an inquiry
there are democrats as we'll as repub.
licans. The democratic members are
free to ask what questions they wish
from the persons who are consulted
The same will be true of the senate
committee. In each branch the pur-
pose is to make The inquiry thorough
and honest. From all sources in which
Information Of value can be gained the
information will be sought. The re.
pnblicans have nothing to fear from
the investigation. All over the world
the cost Of living has risen in the
past few years. Most Of the causes
which produce 1t are general, not 10.
cal. The people want a comprehen.
sive and genuine inquiry, so that they
can get at the facts and devise rem
edies, wherever remedies are practi-
cal. There are good reasons to be-
lieve that the committees in house
and senate will rise to this demand.
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-02-24
ROOSEVELT AND TAFT.

Let it be noted, then, that Theo-
dore Roosevelt and William H. Taft
are warn personal friends, and that
each OF them has always been very
loyal to the other. Taft gave Roose-
welt splendid support and Roosevelt
had an outspoken admiration for Taft
and believed that he was prominently
the man to carry out the progressive
policies. The Record-Herald can say
positively that the friendship between
the two Is as strong as ever, and when
Roosevelt does return from Elba there
will be abundant evidence of the fact.
1t Is clear also that Roosevelt would
never have the slightest doubt as to
where Taft stood politically. Roose-
cit was president for more than seven
years, and what he accomplished was
not accomplished in a single season,
but by hard fighting year after year.
He knows the magnitude of Taft's
task, and would be the last person
to condemn a president who should
fail to carry through a dozen great
reforms in ten or .leven months
Chicago Record Herald.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-02-24

WINS ITS CASE
DEFEATS BLEACHEO FLOUR MAN
UFACTURERS.
PROFESSOR J. n. SHEPARD
is CALLED TO NEW ORLEANS TO
ACT AS EXPERT WITNESS

Professor Shepard. who was called
to New Orleans some time ago by the
United States Secretary of Agriculture
returned the first part of The week
after having won the bleached flour
case he was called TO assist in trying.
The case arose out of the govern
ment seizure of q car load of bleached
flour, manufactured in Kansas and
shipped TO New Orleans. The govern
ment instituted proceedings ask
ing that the flour be condemned. At
torEeys for the miller and the bleach
ing company made answer to the gov
eminent ~contentiOn9, filed their answer
before the court and appeared at the
trial Instead of continuing the case
on it's merits they asked leave to
withdraw their answer, since they
wished to make exceptions. These
exceptions were Of the nature of a
request TO the judge to decide the
pure food law unconstitutional. This
was merely a ruse to avoid trying the
case on its merits ar risking defeat.
The case that the millers ard bleach
ers wanted to try involved simply the
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-02-24
ARGUS-LEADER Is SUED

Fridays Huronitc says: This morn.
ing summons and complaint were filed
with the clerk Of courts by r. o.
Richards CT this city against the Sioux
Falls Argus-Leader, a corporation, ask.
ing Judgment against said corporation
OF $4,000 for criminal libel.
The articles on which the action YVES
based appeared in the Argus-Leader
on the 14th of February, some being
editorial comment and some being
extracts from an article under a HUI
ron date appearing on the first page
of the paper.
The plaintiff claims that the de.
PENDANT malic!ously in lending to ex
pose plantiff to hatred, contempt
ridicnle, and ob'cQuy and to cause
plaintiff to be stunned and avoided
and maliciously intending to injure the
plaintiff in his occupation, business
and oficial position in connection with
the said Republican Primary Orcani
ration, maliciously published concern
ing the plaintiff in said Daily Argus
Leader"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-02-24

There is one clause in the resolu'
tons adopted by the stalwart confer
ence last Thursday which will meet
with the approval OF every citizen OF
the city and county, and that Is the
one referring to the State college,
In past years this county has sent
some Legislative delegations to Pierre,
of which certain Of the house mem
bers not only did not work for the
interests of the college, but at times
actually opposed it's appropriation
bills, and as a result the institution suf-
fered to no small extent. We would
like to see the two factions agree
upon a legislative delegation, one
which the members thereon have
some other recommendations besides
geographical location and power TO
draw a few votes to their ticket.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-02-24
PIANO AND SONG RECITAL

Monday evening, February % at
eight-thirty o'clock, Henry H. Louden.
back will give a piano and sons re-.
cital at the NJ. E. church. This recital
will take the place of his regular an.
nual recital, which has always BEEN
given at the college. He will be as.
sisted by Christensen's string quar-.
tette and Miss Ruth Wescott, accom-.
PIANIST. The recital is to be given
under the auspices of the I'VE Girls
Of the NJ. f. church and the proceeds
will go toward the pipe organ fund.
Mr.. L~oudenDack's recital will be I'm.
usually interesting this year because
Of his appearance as a vocalist in con-
nection with his piano work. He will
present vocal numbers by Wagner and
Schubert. Another decidedly interest
ing feature will be the initial appear
ance of C~hristensen's string quartette,
the personal of which is as follows:
Prof. Carl Christensen, first violin;
Robert E. Phelps, second violin; Mr..
Camp, viola; T. B. Kelly, cello. They
have not yet played to a public audi
ence and a pleasant surprise awaits
those who will hear them.
The piano numbers have been selec-
ted with much care and f%orethought as
to the taste of the public, and Mr..
LOudenback has been more exacting
in preparing this program than any
he has eve given. He will use his
own piano in this recital.
Emulation of the various musicians
taking part in this program is not
necessary because they are so well
known to the Brookings public, and
have always been active in creating
a deeper interest in all that Is truest
and best in music. A large attend
ance is certainly assured for this con-
cert.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-02-24
SNOW BULLETIN FOR JANUARY,
BY S. w. Glenn.

The snowfall in South Dakota dur
ing January, 1910, was more than the
normal for the month and averaged
1874 inches. The largest amounts
elevated portions of the Black Hills
district; elsewhere ove the state the
snowfall ranged from less than five
inches to as much as t%hirty-one inches,
the largest amounts being in the mid
die and lower portions of the James,
Big Sioux, and Missouri river valleys.
Amounts ranging from 1 inch, to as
much as % or 80 inches in places,
remained on the ground in the cen
of the month.
The total snowfall for the month
in the Black Hawk Hills district of
the state rar ged from SIT inches at
Hardy Ranger station, in the south
western portion of Lawrence county,
to 6.5 inches at Ormsn, Butte county,
and three inches at Ardmore m Gel
richs Fall River county. At the close
of the month the snow remaining on
the ground in this district ranged from
a trace, or none, in places in the east
ern portion of Custer, Fall River, and
Pennington counties, to amounts rang
ing from 1 to $40 inches III Lawrence
county.
Chinook winds after the 18th caused
considerable reduction in the depth of
the snow on the ground in the Black
Hills district, where the snow is for
the most part we'll packed or partly in
the form of ice, end the gulches gener-
ally full. Some mild afternoons for
the season also caused a reduction in
the depth over the central and east
ern portions of the state.
On the whole, there is about the
normal amount of water for the sea-
son in the streams in the Black Hills
district, although in a few cases more
than the normal is reported. The
streams in the central and eastern por-
ton of the state are frozen over.
G.. Willis, Cooperative Obrerver.
Try the Register Popular Want Ads
one cent a word,
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-02-24

A remarkable thing about South Da.
kota newspapers, more noticeable, the
News believes, in the newspapers OF
this state than in any other state in
the union, is the persistency with
which they enthusiastically and ever
lastingly boost for their home towns.
Some of them have to stretch the
truth to do it. That is apparent when
a newspaper with less than a half a
dozen columns Of home advertising de-
votes a column or a half dozen col
umns each week extolling the enter
prise and rare business ~sagacity of
their home merchants. But all the
papers are there with the goods" and
strive most earnestly every week to
convince their readers that the towns
in which they are published excel
all others on the globe for the pos
session of all the virtues to which
mankind Is heir. And 1t is mainly
TO this optimism OF the newspaper
men that South Dakota possesses so
many really good villages, towns and
cities News.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-02-24
BUSINESS MEN ARE AFTER
a CORPORATION INCOME TAX.
Big Corporations Will Test the Income
Ttax Law in the Highest Court
in the Country.

Five thousand corporations in Pitts
burg. and fifteen thousand business
men in Chicago have joined the forces
which are starting a fight to test the
corporation income tax law in the
highest court of the land. Meanwhile
a till has been introduced in congress
preston is fast growing that in spite
of the high legal endorsements which
the new law has received, it is doomed
as both unconstitutional and unfair.
That il Is popular goes without saying
for a tax which extracts funds out of
someone else is always approved by
the other fellow, and the corporations
are always an object Of attack, but the
popularity of a law counts little In d
court no matter how much it may
count in a campaign.
The objection to the tax is, that it
is unequal taxation. A man who has
his money invested in a firm is not
taxed and another man who is doing
the same kind and amount of business
under corporate form is subject to
taxation. This means that incomes
derived in one way are taxed while
incomes derived in another way es-
cape. That such a tax will not pass
muster in the courts seems likely.
At least it is announced that the cor
porations intend to test the matter If
the law is not repealed before the test
is made.
The greatest objection on the part of
small corporations is in the publicity
feature. 1t compels a business con-
Quoted under corporate form to make
public the details of the Indebtedness
and earnings, while competition who
do business under firm organization
can keep under cover, and use TO per-
sonal advantage the information thus
unfairly gained. 1t hits the small cor
porations in this respect even harder
than the large ones. and as three
fourths of the business of the country
is now done under corporate organiza-
tton, the interests .antagonized are
great.
No one claims that the tax is a
fair one. The only fair income tax
is one imposed alike on all incomes
in excess of a certain minimum. In
that way all lines of business are
made to contribute their fair share
OF the public expense, in proportion
to their ability to pay. Under the
present law, n mar is taxed and
man in the same line of bus
with an equal income, is exempt.
The progress of the litigation through
the courts will be watched with inter
est.-Argus-Leader.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-02-24

1t is said that Senator Dolliver
administered a death blow to the ad.
ministration intention to increase the
postage rate on newspapers and per-
iodicals when he served notice that
there would be no change in the rate
without IN investigation of the post.
office department. An investigation
would show that the postal deficit OF
each year is caused by the exorbitant
price paid by the postofice department
for the transportation of the mails
and the fiagran. misuse Of the frank.
ing privilege. Neither congress nor
the department care to go into these
subjects.-Huronite.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-02-24
A BIG PROFIT.

Scotland--To max Ell profit Of 81, 500
from a two weeks investment in
South Dakota farm land was the ex.
p~erience Of a man named Kortans. who
resides in the little town Of Tabor,
Bon Homme county. Two weeks ago
he purchased q little farm near the
town Of Dante. In Charles Mix county.
Now he has sold the land for $500
more than he paid for II. which makes
9 very good profit for the two weeks
he held the land. This Ia believed to
break AL records In the history Of the
stats. ccnNdsring the short period he
owned The harm and the great increase
|at which he cold Il.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-02-24

State OF South Dakota In
County of Brookings IS. County Court.
In the Matter Of the Estate Of Anna M.
Haggardt. Deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the
Undersigned. executors Of the last will and
testament OF Anna M. Haggardt, deceased,
to the creditors and all persons having
claims against the said deceased, to ex-
hibit them with the necessary vouchers
within six months after the hrst publica-
tion OF this notice. to said executors with
the will annexed at the respective resi-
dence Of either Of them in the town of
hardwood. In the State of Iowa. or at the
ONCE OF their attorneys. Messrs. Hall, Rod
die q Purdy. on Main street In the City
OF Brockinss, IN the County OF Brookings
and state Of South DAkota. =
Dated at hardwood, Iowa. this 14th dav
OF February. A. d. 1910.
o n. Haggardt.
Jennie Haggsrdt Nund.
EXECUTOR Of the Last WIN and Testament
of Anna n. Haggardt. Deceased.
Hall. Roddle 4 Purdy.
Attorneys for Executor.
Brookings. q. d. u
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-02-24

Public indignation Was aroused to
such nj extent that the business mems
club, after several protests to the
company went unheeded, has taken
up the matter with the government at
Washington. The Ncrth-W Western is
not any worse than any other road
in the state. but they are certainly
bad enough. The trainmen make every
effort TO bring their trains in on time,
but are unable TO do so with worn
out engines and other equipment they
have TO use.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-02-24

use of a very minute quantity of nitro
gen peroxide in a high grade patent
-four. The judge decided against them
and they refused to either rerew the
answer or to try the case but went
to Des Moines and attempted to bring
on a case which came on the same
date as the New Orleans case.
The government decided to try the
case because it involved not only the
violation of the order of the Secretary
of Agriculture. forbidirg the shipments
Of bleached -four in interstate com
merce. but also involved the element
of fraud which Is sometimes prac.
ticed by millers using the bleached
process.
In this particular case new wheat
was milled to make a straight -four
and then 20 per cent of clear flour,
a product that remains after patent
-four has been taken from the wheat
was added to this straight, and the
whole was then bleached to resemble
patent made ION old wheat and label
led High Patent. This -four was not
as good as a Tiraight -four since the
clear had been added and tho differ
ence in cost price between It and
patent amounted to about seventy
five cents per barrel.
The government, in this case, was
proceeding under admiralty laws ant
the practice required that tho govern
ment side of T. e case be tried ever
though the other side did not appear
Accordingly the federal Judge appoint
ed a commission to take testimony ant
a result the tlour was condemned ant
the cost Of the proceedings thrown OF
the miller and bleachers. There wa
no reason why the millers and bleach
ers attorneys should not have defended
the case except that it involved al
the evil practices concerning thu
bleaching of -four that the government
is trying the stamp out.
Professor Shepard has done mucl
work recently on bleached -four. Tw'
years ago he assisted in trying a cas-
at Washington, d. c., and last year h
was sent to London to give exper
testimony. Mr. Koch, who has assiste,
him in this work was appointed specia
agent to assist in this : In THE
laboratory work they have proven tina
bleaching -four destroys SIS nutriv,
properties and changes them II TO non
nutritive compounds and also tina
bread made from bleached -four is les
~digestible than that madc from IN
bleached flour. 1t was these facts tina
the millers end bleachers knew tina
Trey could not ~disprov.. hence tho,
gave up tie case.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-02-24

Advertising for mining stock. II
sounds good, but doesn't look good to
us. Another scheme has been sprung
in the Black Hills to separate a man
from his money. "The Black Hills
Development and Financial Corpora.
tion," Deadwood, has sprung into ex
istence with a capital of $4,000, 600
when it Is paid in. Better call it the
'Tenderfoot," 1t would sell better In
Brookings county.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-02-24

A meeting Of the potato growers OF
this vicinity will be held In this city
next Saturday afternoon, at which
time 1t Is hoped to organize them
into an effective organization. A large
number of potatoes are raised In this
county. but in tho past, owing to the
lack Of cooperation among the grow
ers. they have not been receiving
the price they should command were
the tubers shipped by the carload Of
one variety. Cooperation Is Al nee.
sssary in raising potatoes for profit
a. In any other line Of business and
We hope all growers Of 'spuds" will
attend eaturday's meeting.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-02-24
NEWS OF THE PAST WEEK
AT THE STATE COLLEGE
Basket Ball Team Plays its Last Game
OF The Season and is De-
feated by Mitchell.

The State College basketball team
played their last game for this sea-
son on the home floor with Dakota
Wesleyan University on Friday even
ing, February IS. The game was fast
and closely contested from the start.
At the end Of the first half the score
was a tie being IL to IL. During the
second half neither side could be said
to have a decided advantage until the
time whistle sounded, leaving the
score Is to Is in favor Of the visiting
team.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-02-24

Dick Richards has sued the Sioux
Falls Argus-Leader for $4,000, as q
slight balm for his feelings, wounded
by the some of the remarks the paper
has been making about him OF late
Dick has money enough to make the
Argus-Leader a great deal of trouble
and IL he should succeed in getting 9
verdict for the above amount It wouiG
take away all the papers profits fOi
the year.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-02-24

Col. w. c. Plummer. one of the old
time newspapermen of the state, pass.
ed away last week at Portland, Me
Col. Plummer was manager of the
Aberdeen News in the early eighties
and was also connected with papers
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-02-24
CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to thank most sincerely
the friends and neighbors who by their
kind ofaces made lighter the burden
Of sorrow In the recent death OF our
son and brother.
Thos. N. johnson and Family.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-02-24
CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to extend our thanks to
all who % kindly and generously aided
M n our recent time Of need.
ARA. Anna Mathews and Family.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-02-24

Senator JEFF Davis in the senate
the other day declared that he would
like to see John ID. Rockefeller burn.
ed in Standard oil. Well, there's a
lot of oil that John ID. put out that
will not even burn.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-02-24

The Register wishes to warn fellow
publishers from taking any advertis-
ing from the Bureau Of instruction,
Rochester. n. Y. They don't pay, is
our experience.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-02-24

1t is almost as good as new, as
you a see for yourself.
This advertisement is set in the
eight and ten point that we want to
sell. You can't buy it for twice
what we ask and if you need it or
have any use for it, should go quick
at 20 cents per pound.
This type has been in use but very
little and will answer all the purposes
oil new font. There are plenty OF sorts
and will let the cases go with the type
at that price.
We havetwo or three hundred pounds
and would like to sell il in a body.
1t will be packed in good shape and
delivered free on board cars ut Brook
ings, South Dakota.
REGISTER PUBLISHING CO.