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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-05-26
THE LAST

From the Bruce Herald we get the
Fystrom, well known in Brookings, of
whose death we made ment on last
week:
Edith Walters was born at Lu-
verne, linn, September &c, 1879. Her
parents moved to Sioux Falls the
same year and later came to- Bruce,
where the family have lived ever
since. Mr.. Walters had large bust
ness interests and after Miss Edith fin
ished her education by graduation at
the agricultural college at Brookings,
she became his bookkeeper and con-
tinued to fill that position after her
fathers death up to the time OF her
marriage, in the large business of the
Sol Walters Mercantile company. She
was a member Of the Eastern Star and
Royal Neighbors. an active worker
in the Sunday school, and identified
with the study club and musical &C
~tivities of the town. She has been
keenly missed the three months she
has been away and the loss will be
SO much more deeply felt now there
car be no hope for her return.
THE whole community grieves and
sypathizes with the husband, mother
and other relatives and friends In the
loss Of one who grew to womanhood
in this place and was identified with
every good and noble deed. She was
laid at rest beside her father in the
Bruce cemetery and the last act of
loving friends was to cover the bier
with beautiful flowers"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-05-26
OPENING BILLS
PASS CONGRESS
MILLION AND HALF ACRES FOR
REGISTRATION.
PINE D AND ROSEBUD
RESERVATIONS TO BE THROWN
OPEN FOR SETTLEMENT.

Charles II. Burke and Robert ]. Gam
BILE are two citizens of the state OF
South Dakota who feel pretty well sat
isfied with the world, says a Wash
ington dispatch. The conference re-
ports on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud
opening bills have been approved in
both the house and senate and went
to the White House for the last act
needed to make them laws of the land.
Senator Gamble got the reports ac-
cepted in the senate and Chairman
Burke guided them safely through the
dangers in the house.
The SABBATH amendment. which per-
mitted registration to take place from
any part Of the country without visit
ing the beautiful state Of South Da.
kota was the cause of all the worry
Oh the part of the statesmen who want
ed h bills to- pass. This would have
meant millions Of applications in the
lottery for a million and a half acres
Of land. 1t would have cost the
Indians a large sum Of money to take
care of the registration.
When the conference committee
took hold of the bills as passed in
the house and senate they eliminated
the amendment. Stephens OF Texas,
held out until late but finally signed
the report. All day long Martin and
Burke were busy with the house men,
bers, explaining the bills and securing
votes to put the conference report
through. On the other side, SABBATH
was seeking support for his amend
ment. He looked to Mann, who alw:ys
objects, but Mann said Burke was
right. SABBATH looked to Ferris and
Carter and others of Oklahoma. but
they agreed with Burke. SO, when the
conference report came up for con.
sideration SABBATH saw he was whip
ped and asked for time to make a
speech, which was given him. He
made the speech and the bills were
passed.
The bills throw open to settlement
I, 500, 900 acres Of land in the southern
part of this state. Registration points
will be selected by the department
and the applicants will have to jour-
ney to one OF these points to deposit
their applications. Already Gregory
wants to be one Of the registration
points. Merriman Neb., demands re-
cogniti n as the registration point for
Bennett county. Chamberlain, Kado-
ka, Murdo and Rapid City have also
been mentioned as possible locations
for the registration. Four OF these
towns will be chosen and the registra-
ton will begin next year.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-05-26
II NAY jEfFERS.

From the Arizona Blade.Tribune
published at Florence, Arizona, we get
the following account Of the death or
Mrs. Ethel Farrankop-Jeffers:
Mrs. Ethel May letters, beloved
wife of B. J.. LETTERS, died suddenly
at their home in East Florence last
Monday morning. She had been suf-
fering from diabetis for some time
past but was not confined to her bed
until Saturday last, hence her sudden
demise came as a sad surprise. The
body was embalmed by Undertaken
Esterling Tuesday morning. and the
remains enclosed in g. beautiful metal
lie casket. Brief funeral services
were held at the residence at IL a.
M, by Rev. G.. A. Henderson. OF the
Presbyterian church, after which the
casket containing the remains was
conveyed to the depot and placed on
board the two o'clock train for ship
ment to Broohings, South Dakota. the
home of the deceased's parents. The
bereaved husband and his mother &C
companying the remains. Mrs. jeners
was the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
w. Farrankop Of Brookings. She was
a graduate of the high school, and
became acquainted with B. J. Jefers
while he was attending college, anu
became his bride twenty months ago.
Mr.. LETTERS brought his bride to Ari'
roma in hopes that this health pro-
noting climate would restore her to
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-05-26
VETERAN PASSES AWAY.

From the Waukegan Qll.) Gazette
we get the following account Of the
death of Timothy Shea. brother Of
Morris Shea of this city:
Timothy Shea, the % of Cornelius
Shea, and a former resident OF Wads-
worth, died in Chicago at 9 o'clock
last night after a lingering illness
which has kept him confined to his
home during the entire winter. He
was GO years of age and leaves a
widow and seven children.
Timothy Shea was well known over
the county and served as e. soldier
during the civil war. He had been a
member of the Chicago police depart
ment for owe twenty years and drew
hts Arst pension after his retirement
from active cervice last January. He
had been married for over thirty
seven years and is related to the
Dietmeyers Of Waukegan. The burial
will take place at Mt. Carmel ceme-
terry near Chicago"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-05-26
OUR Al
A T. Grove,
Adjutant.

This is what Prof. II. F. Roberts of
the Kansas State Agricultural college
says Of one of our honored citizens in
a late number of the Kansas Farmer:
1--WE now know that everything that
We expect to get in the breeding Of
plants, must depend ultimately Oil the
laws governing the behavior or cross
es. We go cut into the field, and
find, discover or select a superior
plant of any kind whatever. How did
it get it's characters that made it 'su-
perior?' 1t got them from it's parents
and the characters were somehow
shuffled together in the cross. While
therefore the plant breeder has to keep
his eyes open and alert to discov2r
what nature has already produced in
this way, his larger business is going
to be to create consciouly these new
forms.
! That is what Professor Hansen OF
South Dakota, who will some day rank
as one Of the greatest benefactors Of
the west, is doing in his Indictment eli
mate, which rejects the strawberry.
the peach, the cherry, and even the
ordinary apple. But Hansen found
the humble sandcherry, which only
birds and boys and other wild animals
eat, and by crossing this hardy plant
with all sorts Of our best Cherries and
plums he has succeeded in bring'ng in
to existence hardy cherries and plums
for the bitter cold Northwest, that r.
val in size and flavor the tender sorts
The same has been done for the straw
berry, and SO Oh. Some day the whole
Northwest will be planted with his
fruits, and the Inhabitants will give the
full of praise to this most
modest and unassuming and retiring
investigator"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-05-26
DEFEAT INDIANS.

The college team defeated the Pipe
stone Indians at the college park on
Thursday afternoon by a score OF 16
to s. The game was well contested
up to the sixth inning, when the In
dams went to pieces and the home
team gathered in ten scores in their
last three turns at the bat. The In.
dams had a good pitcher but he re-
ceived miserable support.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-05-26

First Ward. Brookings-
S. A. McElmurry
j.. X. Fridley
f. T.. Burris
Second Ward, Brookings-
H.. C. Johnson
A. T. Grove
Chas. Keith
Third Ward, Brookings-
j. l.. Tree
Matt Wimsey
George w. Sanders
Fourth Ward, BroOkings-
/. II. Elverud
James II. Biggar
w. ID. Allison
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-05-26
GREAT MUSICAL
ORGANIZATION
WILL GIVE TWc CONCERTS TO-
MORROW.
MINNEAPOLIS ORCHESTRA
RANKS AS ONE OF THE FINEST
IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY.

An American musical organization
which has been attracting increasing
attention for the past few years is the
Minneapolis Symphony orchestra,
whose conductor is Emil Oberhoffer,
which will give two concerts here to-
morrow friday afternoon and even
ing. In seven years this orchestra has
attained a position among the orches-
r of this country far nearer the
front rank than is comparatively
brief existence would suggest.
Minneapolis has been particularly
fortunate in the coincident birth and
existence Of the several factors equal
ly necessary to the ORGANIZATION and
support Of a symphony orchestra
Seven years ago it found itself pos
Sessed OF al enthusiastic young con-
ductOr, a patriotic musical public and
a group OF prominent citizens who re-
allied the civic Importance of an or
chestra, commercially as wei as ar
tistically and aesthetically. When the
orchestra was organized an annual
guaranty fund of ten thousand dollars
was raised. This carried the orches-
ira through the first three years of it's
existence. during which it made a suf-
ficient deep impression to cause the
annual fund to be easily trebled. Both
these funds were subscribed by pub
lie spirited individuals, firms and cor
porations. The subscription to the
fund Of thirty thousand dollars expir-
ed a year ago and the directors found
no difficulty in securing annual sub
scriptions of fifty thousand dollars for
five years, making q total Of a quar-
ter of a million dollars devoted to the
cause OF good music in the Northwest
ern metropolis. Subscribers to this
fund for the membership of the Or
chestral association of Minneapolis,
which Is Incorporated under a state
law and through which the orchestra's
business is transacted.
Emil Oberhoffer has been the Min
neapolis orchestra's only conductor.
AS an organizer and developer of an
orchestra he unites the essential char
acteristics of enthusiasm, magnetism,
love and respect for the art of music,
ability to communicate his own ideas
to his musicians and his audience and
the rare quality of convincing practi-
cal business men of the importance of
his work and the influence of good
music or the aesthetic and practical
life Of a city. He is strong enough to
stamp his individuality upon all his in
terpretations, and sanely reasonable
enough to reverence and conform with
the best traditions of musical history
and authority.
The present Instrumentation of the
Minneapolis Symphony orchestra is as
follows:
First violins, fourteen: second
%violins, twelve; violas, eight; cellos,
seven; BASES, even; French horns,
four, flutes and piccolos, three; oboes.
three; English horn, one; clarinets,
three; bass clarinent, one; bassons,
three; contra basSoon, one; trumpets,
four: trombones, three; tubas, one;
harp, one; percussion, four; organ,
one. Total, eighty-one.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-05-26
LADIES COME.

The ladies aid society of the First
Presbyterian church will be entertain
ed at the home of MI. P. ]. Hegeman
Thursday, June 2. Mesdames F. e.
Boyden, G. F. Aldrich and G. w. Ros-
kie will assist in entertaining. All
ladies are urged to be present as the
calendar plan" Is to be voted upon.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-05-26
STATE COLLEGE
OUT
WILL OFFER SPECIAL STUDY TO
CITIZENS.
CORRESPONDENCE COURSES
TO BE PROVIDED FOR ALL MEM.
BERS OF THE FAMILY.

great deal for the students who take
the regular courses, now plans to ex-
tend the privileges of special study,
accompanying practice, to numerous
home students. There are many peo-
pie on the farms and in the homes
who wish to learn Of the scientific
and progressive method Of doing
things. There are others who wish
to study special subjects, or follow
out certain lines Of investigation. The
college carries opportunity for instruc-
ton to the farm and home by means
of Uncle Sans postoffices.
The courses of home study will be
in charge of the specialists and ex-
perts Of the different departments of
the college and experiment station.
The home students will select each
the course or courses which promise
to be the most interesting, instructive
and helpful in life's work. A small
sun is charged for each course to cov-
er expense of text selected and to re-
munerate the extension department
for stationery, postage and office work.
The instructors will not make any
charge for their services in guiding
the studies, correcting and criticising
the work of the correspondents and
answering questions.
The college bulletin will be publish
ed shortly, giving full description of
the detail Of the plan.
ed for all the members of the family
and may begin anywhere at any time.
Following are subjects Of courses:
Course A
Elements of Agriculture.
Course B.
Agriculture for Beginners.
Agronomy Course
1. Soils.
2. Farm Crops (Cereals).
8. Farm Crops (Forage and Fiber)
Animal Husbandry Course
1. Live Stock Judging.
2. Breeds of Live Stock.
3. Feeding Farm Animals.
4. Poultry Culture.
Dairy Husbandry Course
l.. Farm Da'rying.
2. Dairy Bacteriology.
3. Milk and It's Products.
4. Buttermaking.
5. Cheese Making.
Horticulture Course
l.. Gardening.
2. Fruit Culture.
3. Horticulture.
4. Forestry.
Course c.
Principles of Breeding.
Biology Course
l.. Plant Life elementary Botany.
2. Animal Life.
3. Human Life.
4. Economic Entomology insects.
Home Economics Course
/. Home Sanitation.
9. Principles OF Cookery.
Course D.
Teachers Special Course in Agri
culture, Nature Study and Home
Economics.
Course E
Nature Study and Life.
Special courses on corn, alfalfa, crop
rotation, dry farming. farm accounts,
home crafts and bee keeping are be
ing prepared.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-05-26
BROOKINGS TAKES THIRD.

Bland Catlett and Lacey Caldwell
represented the local high school team
at the high school track and field
meet held at Vermillion Friday.
There were a large number of schools
represented and the points were d.
vided among eleven schools. The two
Brookings boys scored eleven points,
winning third place for their school.
Huron, winners of the high school
meet here, repeated at Vermillion by
a good margin.
The points were divided up as fol-
lows: Huron, AZ; Belle Fourche, II;
Bookings, II; Aberdeen, 10; Center
Vile, 8; Madison, 8; Pierre, Z; Water
town, 6; Parker, 3; Fort Pierre, g.;
Sioux Falls, /.
Catlett took first in the high jump,
third in the high hurdles and tied for
second in the pole vault. Caldwell
took third in the quarter and was tied
for second in the half mile. Catlett
broke his vaulting pole and IA o n
siderably handicapped by having to
use a short pole in this event. The
height was 10 feet, 7 inches, which
he could have cleared, as he went 10
feet, 6 inches easily in the meet here.
Following is a summary of the
events:
Twelve-Pound Hammer Throw
Dickey, Huron, won; Howes, Pierre,
second; Brantley, Belle Fourche,
third. Distance, 1877 feet 9 inches.
High Jump-Catlett, Bookings,
won; Franklin, Parkersburg, second;
Howes, Pierre, third. Height, 5 feet
6 inches.
Twelve-Pound Shot Put-Hanicker,
Aberdeen, Won; Howard, Pierre, Sec
ond; Knox, Huron, third. Distance,
81 feet.
440-Yard Dash-Knox, Huron, won
Hart, Watertown, second; Caldwell,
Brookings, third. Time, SO As, break
ing state record of 81 As.
120-Yard Observation-Disclosures Madi-
son, won; Walker, Huron, second; Cat
lett, Bookings, third. Time, 16 As,
breaking state record Of II seconds.
100-Yard Dash-Knox, Huron, won;
Freed. Huron, second; Morgan, Belle
Fourche. third. Time, 10 SIS.
22O-Yard Hurdles-Reed, Huron,
won: Templeton, Fort Pierre, second;
Walker, Huron, third. Time, % sec
onds.
Pole Vault-Peterson, Centerville,
won: Catlett, Brookings and Bur-
roughs. Centerville, tied for second.
Height, 10 feet z inches, breaking the
state record of 10 feet 6 inches.
Mile Run-Gay. Belle Fourche, Won;
Brantley, Belle Fourche, second; Cur
nv. Aberdeen, third. Time, 4:4S l-5
breaking state record by seven sec
onds.
Discus Thow-Hancocker Aberdeen,
won; Hickey, Huron. second; Peter
son. Sioux Falls, third. Distance, 103
feet 5 inches.
220-Yard Dash-Kn x, Huron, Won;
Allen, WATERFOWL, second; Marley,
Huron, third. Time, "a is seconds.
Broad Jump-Freed, Huron, won;
Habeger, Madison, second; Burrough,
Centerville, third. Distance, 10 feet
II inches.
Half-Mile Run-Gay, Belle Fourche,
won: Brantley, Belle Fourche and
Caldwell, Brookings, tied for second.
Time, 2:09.
Half-Mile Relay-Watertown and
Huron tied for first; Belle Fourche,
third. Time, 1889.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-05-26
ONE WEEK FROM NEXT TUESDAY
Is THE DATE OF PRIMARY.

Alton
A. l.. Bulls
A. E. Mcknight
Aug. King
Alton
H. S. Shoemaker
K. A. Brelsford
B. A. Smith
Argo-
Peter Bentson
Christ Nelson
Dick Ladd
Aurora
r. w. Morris
C. w. Mcknight
Sam Elston
8angor-
Christ Roso
August Mohror
Hans StOrland
Brookings-
liver e. Steen
Albert Messerchmidt
Ole Aslakson
Elkton-
Ed Heffernan
M. f. Murphy
w. M. McKeown
eureka
Lars E. Ness
R. A. Chocrane
G. l.. Borstad
Lake Sinai
Il. c. Halvorson
II. B. Nelson
N. J. Svaren
ZdhelOU-
Allen Matteson
Gust Bjorklund
C.. j. Lofgren
Lake Hendricks
Ellef Sandro
Ole O. Mennes
S. T. Johnson
Medary-
c. n. Trygstad
Thos. Harmon
VIM. Sneve
Oak Lake
c. J. Fjerestad
VIM. De Croft
l.. f. Everdal
)akwood-
A. f. Bunday
H. S. Mcmahon
l.. II. Burdick
OSLO
l.. f. Rogholt
Ed Hillestad
f. j. Burdick
.oarnell-
VIM. Connolly
C. II. Mielke
Thos. Fogarty
Preston
Albert ]. Lee
o. d. Plumb
O. E. Cotton
Richland-
F.. u. Kretsinger
]. A. S~ylvander
j. II. Kinney
Sherman
C. ]. COwles
r. G.. Haber
E. f.. Tompkins
Sterling
Ole Thompson
Themes n. Johnson
John o. Rebne
Trenton
Frank Telkamp
P. j. Haggart
f. p. Lamb
volga-
]. c. Wright
M. A. Stumley
NJ. w. Bandy
Winsor-
w. j. Parker
J. H. Burdette
f. N. Olson
Volga City
J.. L. Alseth
w II. Lehman
Gust Leite
Aurora Village
H. A. Hoy
j. w. Collins
F.. T. Baker
White
John Doughty
H. M. Palmer
VIM. Farrell
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-01-18
straw ftopc syyingr.

Korea Is perhaps the oldest country
IN the world. and the customs and ac-
tions that 50 10 make up the daily life
Of the people are not at all governed
by the logic or tradition which moves
rs on our enlightened way. They have
no clearly regulated sports. nothing ap
pnrently that could be likened to a
Rational game. They pass most Of
their recreation hours swinging In
straw rope swings and seem entirely
happy in the sport The straw rope
II well made, Is extremely durable and
can stand considerable weight. as may
be judged when three ablcbodied
young men impose their weight upon
,he swing, standing on the shoulders
Of one another after the manner OF
ncrobats. II may be very fine pastime,
but the average American, it f. safe to
say. would find In it very little appeal
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-01-18

giles Famous Georgia Ministries for
Jan. %.
This famous band of Funsters, like
wine, appear to improve with age.
Tor thirty years they have Kept the
wnole world laughing, and, like Ten
ryson's Books" bid fair to go on
forever"
The beautiful new First Part. The
Palace of Revelry, is a dream of
splendor and a feast for the eye.
',Xtrayagant adjectives do but Slight
Justice 70 the scene-painter's art
This, together with the lighting eff
fects and beautiful anu expensive sat
in and silk costumes and settings,
sorm a picture not soon to be forgot
ten, and represents an outlay Of
money that would stagger a minor
attraction. The 2lnging portion Of
! the program IS under competent
instructor and YOU will hear the
/ songs OF the Southland sang with a
/ gpjrit and fidelity true to the ante
I bellum days.
! But the good things do not end
, here. There are seen big vaudeville
acts, two of which have never ap-
peared with minstrel company be-
ore
The parade will take place prompt
~ at noon. There will be a free
band concert by the best minstrel
band in the world at 1880 O'Clock in
tne evening in front of tne theater.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-01-18
CAUSE on aroKAHE MUDDY srRaErs.

CAUSE or SPOKANE MUDDY STREETS.
curbs making Che street too dat for
good drainage Tho ragged line shows
the result Of a years wear. The earth
sloughs ~ tO the sides. and n dcprcg-
sion occurS in tine center. creating tho
muddy conditions
Fig 3 shows The familiar hump left
after laying water 2r gas mains. which
further prevents drainage 10 the gut.
tiers.
TN Fix. the black line shows the
idcal curvature Of tho government
specifications, enordlng the best pos.
Fible drainage.
Arorrcscutaiiyc OF the United states
government who lccturcd at sposanc
"a this subject remarked That build.
Ing roadWays The fhrce inrorfant
points 90 bear u mind warc Flra.
provide fnr good d. IMAGE: second
provide FOR good 6.oiraec. aud. third
provide syr good drainage.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-01-18
PAYING FOR a MEAL.
It Was Worth About q Shilling to Pick
Those Bones.


Colonel Ebenezer Sproat Of Revolt.
tionary fame was born and bred H.
MiddlcbOro, Mass. lie was alwaya
fond OF a joke and was quicl, to seize
an opportunity to Indulge his propcn.
sity, as the following incident Illus.
trates His father. also Colonel
SprOat. kept a tavern. One day while
Ebenezer was at home on n Through
three private soldiers. on their return
from the scat OF war, called for cold
luncheon.
Mrs. Sproat set ON thc table some
bread and cheese with the remnants II
the family dinner. which her sou
thought rather scauty fare for hungry
men. Tie felt q little vcxed that tho
defenders OF the country were not
more bounuiuIy supplied The sol
dinrs after satisfying their appoItcs.
asked him how much thcy should pay.
Lbcnczer said he would ask bis moth.
or lie found her in the Kitchen
"Aiolhcr." Doe said. how much ig g.
worth 90 pick those boncsf
About a shilling, ] guess" she ON
swered.
JIe young officer returned 10 tho e.l
dior- and taking from The barroam u'
? slii.ings ana smiling gcuIauy ur.r
them gave each man one oud With
good Wishes sent them ON their way
MIS- Srro1t soon af.or came iu ar,
'skcd E1enczcr what hc had done ,ylu.
ne money for The soldiers dinner.
Tn apparent amazcmout hc oxrIptm
ed money Did I mot ask you gaa,
u was worth 60 pick those bencs
you said shHiug7 ] thought 81 d.. .
enough. f1r the bon wore Is..t.
bare and handed the men the .u.ac.
from tho 800. and they ire gone
airs Spro0t could not find heart 9
reprovo her fayuUto son for this m
Interpretation az l,r words aua lr.
si.. f.r. lafrJ'a joke. and $50. after a1
.u 1'8 1ium lags. Sine laughed sa6
sai1 80 vas aIl right.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-01-18

end caper about the stage to the de-
light OF the ear and eye Like every
reduction that Mr.. Sohlke rehears-
ID, "A knight For a Day" contains
numerous chorus novelties and the
r.ch blending OF costumes, scenery
end electrical effects which, combined
with beautiful femininity presents a
picture that it will be difficult to eff
face from the pages of memory. The
company coming here is the same
mat this season played, in New York
City