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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-11-23
PEARSON A REPEATER.

If Paul NJ. Pearson, who is to give
MS lecture-recitals at the college
chapel December 1919, were in Phila-
delphia politics as he is in the liter
airy life of that and other communities,
he would be jailed as a repeater. For
a number Of University Extension CEN
tiers he has given a dozen or more
lec~ture-recitals. At C%hautauuua New
York he has appeared a dozen times:
at the Old Salem Chautauqua he has
given twenty-seven, and is engaged
TO give four more next August: at
the Winfield, Kansas C%hautauuua he
has given fourteen and is engaged to
give seven more next July, and at a
score of the best colleges and Chau-
tauquas he has given from ten to
tw~entyeight of his lecture-recitals.
Indeed three-fourths Of the one hun
dred and more engagements he fills
every year are return dates.
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his road taxes and do this without
asking anybody for any pay but as
a service done to the public, or wheth-
er he will sit back and say:
Il have paid somebody else for do
ing 1t, and let them do it or let it go
undone.' AS a matter of fact, it will
90 undone unless the farmer or land
owner has this public spirit that will
induce him to do it without remunera-
ton.
The railroads, the elevator men, and
the town merchants are quick to see
the value of these good roads. They
know very well that there is just a
certain amount Of business to be done
in any community; in other words,
just a certain amount of farmers
wants to be supplied, and so many
goods to be bought.
They see perfectly clearly that while
the farmer may be Indifferent about
the road in front Of his farm, he is
not Indifferent about the roads be-
tween his farm and town.
Where, for example, there are two
towns ten miles apart which are COM
peting for the farmers trade, the
merchants see that If they can get
the roads put in first class shape the
farmers who are nearest the next
town will haul their stuff a mile
further in order that they have the
advantage of the good road.
They want to enlarge their territory
as much as possible and they see very
quickly that the best way they can
do 1t is to make the roads leading to
their town the very best possible.
Turn the question around and look
at It from this way, and If you will not
look at it from the standpoint OF pub
lie spirit and applied Christianity,
take a good square look at it from
the point Of future savings.
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or ethics among the farmers: in
other words, to get a little practi.
cal-applied Christianity into this road
business. The disciples of Christ wer,
a good deal in the position of the
average farmer; they wanted first tc
get the most there was in it for them
selves. hence they were constantly
~scrapping among themselves as 10
which should have the highest honor
in the temporal kingdom which they
believed until the last that Jesus was
about to establish.
He laid down this law for our guild.
ance and by which to measure char.
acter: He that is greatest among
you. let him do the most service" He
never said a word to them about stand.
ing up for their rights, but He had a
great deal to say to them about their
duties.
Now, IL We could get the farmers
| n sections where this good roads
train has visited 10 quit thinking
about the money that they have paid
for taxes and think about the duty
to themselves as we'll as to their
neighbors and the whole community
OF having a good, smooth road in front
OF their farms, we could solve this
good roads problem, in those localities
at least, within the short space of one
year.
1t will cost the farmer with a half.
mile road 70 cents to 50 for a drag;
probably rs cents worth of labor where
he has a log which he can split up,
or perhaps So in labor and lumber
where he has to buy lumber.
1t will cost him not more than $3.50
in labor which would otherwise be
wasted to keep his half-mile road
smooth each year. The simple ques-
ton is whether he will forget about
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-11-23
0 GOOD A

Henry Wallace. the great agricultur-
al editor and farm expert, says:
The greatest difficulty in securing
good dirt roads is not in the cost OF
the drag which we are recommending,
for that Is merely nominal, nor the
time required TO operate it, but a
moral difficulty; We came very near
saying an immoral one. A great
many farmers look upon the subject
in this way:
They say they have paid their
taxes In cash, as the law requires,
and IL Is the business OF the trustees
to see that II is expended properly.
II Is the business of the road super
visor oil contractor to do the work
under the direction OF the trustees,
and having done this. why should
they go to the trouble OF smoothing
up the roads along their farms?
They do not intend to do some
thing for nothing. The responsibility
Is not for them. 1t is on the men
to whom they have furnished the
money TO do this work and they do
not propose to do it.
This is especially the case with a
retired farmer. He is a little dis
gruntled, anyhow. Heretofore in
leasing his lands he has compelled
the renter to work out all road tax
except that which is specifically pay.
able in cash. The new law comes in
and says 1t must all be paid in cash.
The renter says this is part OF the
taxes and he does not have to pay
his taxes. and he Is not going to help
him out.
This Is the hardest proposition we
are up against, and the only way
which We know that IL can be re-
moved Is to develop a different code
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-11-23

the schools. The interest is twice
each year distributed among the va
rious schools of the state
When South Dakota adopted its
constitution the land spectators
were much in evidence and sought
by various means to have a clause
inserted in the state constitution fix
ing the value of the school lands at
So an acre. During those trying
times, when the most f~ar-seeing
craftsmanship was required to pre-
serve to the people their school
lands, General Beadle came TO the
rescue and made the fight in their
behalf.
He travelled all over the Dakotas
on foot and on horseback, addressing
audiences here and there and i'm
pressing upon the people the i'm
p~ortance of carefully safeguarding
their rights lest they be stolen from
them. His earnestness and persua-
sive e%loquence aroused the public
conscience, and, after a bitter fight,
General Beadle, and those he had
enlisted in the fight, succeeded in
getting the school and endowment
land section inserted in the body of
the state constitution.
This fixed the minimum value of
all these lands at $40 per acre. Gen
eral Beadle was afterward twitted by
skeptics for maintaining that a part
of the former so-called great Ameri-
a desert could ever be worth this
sum. But not more than 20 years
had elapsed when a part of these
lands sold readily at more than SAB
an acre.
Through the foresight of General
Beadle the increase in the value of
these lands was saved for the benefit
Of the public schools of the state in
stead of going into the pockets of
spectators, as would have been the
case had they been permitted to get
possession of the land at the low fig
ure at which thew wished to have
them valued when the constitution of
the state was being drafted.
The stand of General Beadle in the
matter, his victory and his fame as a
leader attracted the attention of the
officials of the United States at Wash
ington, and he was warmly commend
ed by Hon. Carl Schurr, then score
tary of the interior, for his stand and
success in saving the school lands of
the new state.
1t is a significant fact and a testi-
to his wisdom that seven
other states which have since been
admitted to the union of states have
in their constitutions but
slight alterations OF the school land
provision written into the South Da-
constitution by General Beadle.
William Henry Harrison Beadle
was born January 1, 1888, in Parke
county, Indiana. In 1867 he en-
gagged in the practice of law at
Ind. The following year
he removed to Boscobel, Wis, where
he practiced law for two years. Later
in 1869 he "a appointed surveyor
general for the territory Of Dakota,
up his residence in what is
now South Dakota and residing in
his adopted territory and state up to
the present time. Since coming to
Dakota he has held other positions
Of trust, and during his eventful ca
always has taken a keen inter
est in educational affairs.
--@-
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-11-23
RETURN FROM FARMS.

The figures gathered by the state
statistical department on crop returns
of the state for the year ending June
30 last show that the farmers of
South Dakota sold outside the state
for that fiscal year products to the
amount of 1921, 9O3, 655, the figures
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-11-23

being based only on what the rail-
roads hauled out of the state, and not
including selling for home consump-
ton. This is an increase of $3,501,441
over the marketings of the previous
fiscal year, and does not include any
of the crop of 1911. The detailed
amount of the different products sold
is:
Wheat, SO, 705, 900 bu .....$ 37,439,1 100
Corn, 13,173,000 blu ....... 9,4S4, $50
Oats, 1l,644,000 bu ....... 5,239, 900
Barley, 1858, 900 bu ..... 1876 2 900
Other grains, 1873, 900 bu -. 155.55O
Flax seed, 1,4S4,000 bu e. 3,116,O 900
Horses, 25,147,00 O LBS So. 1905 800
Cattle, 440, OO5, 900 lbs go. $4,000, 25O
Hogs, 210,0SS, 900 lbs 800. 13,235,O0O
Sheep, 26,563,OO0 lbs ..... 1,195,335
Dairy products, hides, wool,
poultry, eggs, vegetables
and hay approximately 49, 0O, 900
Total marketings, 1910 1921, 900, 655
Total marketings, 1911 .11S,4O2, PA
increase .............. $3,501,441
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TAG DAY. SATURDAY.

0osti1aal naW ugpoAn0 eennty.
Sxo4. at ~ 1aUfso0 80
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$3,501,441
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-12-27
ROOSEvELT'S BID
TO PEACE DINNER
IS SCORNEO
Ex-President Writes Scathing
7 Page Letter
GIVING HIS REASONS
Calls Certain Men Traitors Who Vio-
late Principles To Be Present
at the Dinner

New York, Dec. 27-Col Roosevelt
will not be at the Citizens Peace
Dinner to be held at the Waldorf on
saturday night with President Taft
as the principal speaker An unofii-
cial invitation was sent to the Col
onel by some one connected with the
event, and in a sizzling seyen-page
letter he replied in effect that he
had no desire to attend the dinner,
and that he would not do so under
any circumstance.
Furthermore the Colonel in obvi-
Gus dudgeon, severely censured GER
tain men whom he referred to as
TRAITORS" to their own principles
for accepting invitations to the din
ner. The letter may be made public
today.
The fact that an unfiiocial invita-
ton had been sent to Col. Roosevelt.
and that the Executive Committee
had passed resolutions last Wednes-
day authorizing an official invitation
10 be sent, and that this had never
been sent, came out yesterday after
"A meeting of the Executive Commit
tee at the Waldorf
When the action was taken last
Wednesday Millard ]. Boomer, exc
cutive Secretary of the committee,
was told to send the invitation at
that time. He admitted yesterday
that he had not sent it, but that in
stead he had written a letter to Col
Roosevelt asking his views on the
matter.
A member OF the Executive Com
mittee. who asked that his name be
not used, said yesterday that he had
Seen the Colonel's letter and that II
was one of the most interesting mis-
siyes it had ever been his privilege
TO peruse The member admitted
that the official invitation had been
authorized in an attempt to put an
end to the reports OF friction in the
Dinner Committee Whether Col
Roosevelt's reply to the unofficial in
vitation had anything to do with the
designations that have been received
the member refused to say
At yesterdays meeting John TEN
pie Graves was selected TO act al
POSTMASTER at the dinner. Mr.
Graves read a letter from Presiden
Taft in which the President said hi
would attend at the dinner, that hi'
speech would not take up more thar
half an hour. and that he would re
main throughout the dinner. provid
ing it did not last longer than three
hours and a half
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-12-27
HEAVY BAIL FOR KILLING BOY
Young Autoist Fled Because He Fear
ed Crowds Anger, Father Says.

Orange, n. J., Dec. 26.-Daniel A.
Dugan, Jr., who drove the automobile
which killed fourteen-year-old Leo
McDermont at Main and Day streets
yesterday, was arraigned this morn
ing before Police. Justice Joseph B.
Bray and held without bail. He was
taken to Newark by County Detec-
tive Walter Godfrey and was accom-
panied by his, uncle, ex-Judge
Thomas A. Davis. A conference fol-
lowed between Prosecutor Wilbur A.
Mott, County Judge William p. Mar.
tin, and eXJudge Davis, at the end of
which Dugan was released under
bonds OF $500
He was charged with manslaught-
er in the McDermott case and with
atrocious assault and battery on
Miss Sylvia Tichenor, who was hit
but not seriously hurt when the boy
was killed Louis G. Nolte, II years
old, and James A. Clark, Jr., 10 years
old, who were with Dugan in the car,
were held as witnesses under bail
of $500 each
Miss Tichenor is still at the Or
ange Memorial hospital under obser.
walton for symptoms of internal in.
iuries. During the afternoon IL was
concluded that she is out of danger
from that source and she will soon
be discharged
Under the advice of his counsel
Dugan refused to talk this afternoon
after his return from the office OF
the county prosecutor. Ex.Judge
Davis said, however, that he under.
stood that the reason why the youth.
ful driver did not stop yesterday af.
ter the accident was that he was
frightened by the actions of the
crowd and was afraid he would b.
mobbed. The father of Dugan said
that the car was stopped after the
accident and only started up again
when his son in alarm sought to es.
cape from the crowd.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-12-27
DIED ON WEDDING TRIP
Cousin Of Or. w. e. Putnam Was In
India at Durbar.

Dr. W. L. Putnam received news
Tuesday Of the death in Delhi, India,
from smallpox, of his cousin, Rev.
Elmore Harris, d. ID. of Toronto, Can
ada, while on his wedding tour
The Toronto Globe of Dec. goth. in
a two column article upon the sub
ject of DR. Harris life and death
says
-Four brief words-"Emore Harris
dead, smallpox" was the whole OF the
cablegram received by his brother-in-
law, Mr.. j. ~ Shenstone, of the Mas.
sey-Harris Company, which told of
the end of the earthly career of one
who had been an outstanding figure
in the Baptist church of Canada, and
one OF the greatest benefactors of
Christian institutions of his time.
DR. Harris was taken i'll shortly
after having laid the corner stone of
the McLaurin Seminary for natives
in Samilcotta, India Probably no
man in Canada has given more
abundantly of his wealth for the ad.
yancement OF Christianity than the
Rev. Or. Harris. He was million.
aire, and the extent of his giving will
never be known. He built the Col.
lege St Bible Training School. OF
which he had been President since
its foundation eighteen years ago
He supported for some time the Rev
DR.. Woodburn as missionary in In
dia. His latest benefaction Just be
fore leaving for India was a gift of
$4,000 for the purpose of erecting a
Sunday school in connection with
Walmer Road Baptist Church He
in company with his venerable father
built the Walmer Road Baptist
church, the largest OF that denomi
nation in Canada. DR.. Harris having
been its first pastor, remaining In
that Office until his health failed in
1893 when he gave up all pastoral
work.
Under DIR. Harris ministry. III,
congregation Of the Walmer Road
Baptist church became the largest IN
the city of Toronto, and the member
ship greater than that of any othel
protestant church In the city" He
LETT four children by former mar
riage, the youngest having been will
him attending the "Durbar" at Delhi
His Marriage to Miss Olive Cuban
OF Toronto occurred last September.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-12-27
WIZARD OF FIGURES DEAD
The Marvellous Griffith" Bewildered
Audiences Throughout Country

Springfield, Mass, Dec. 25.-Arthur
f. Griffith OF Milford, Ind, light
ming calculator. who has bewildered
vaudeville audiences throughout the
country for a number of years by his
mathematical wizardry, was found
dead OF apoplexy in his bed at To-
cal hotel today.
Griffith who was known profession
ally as The Marvellous Griffith" was
to have gone to Bridgeport. Conn. to
fill an engagement today. He was 81
years old. Within recent years his
peculiar powers have been given
many tests by professors of mathe-
MATES and psychology at Harvard.
Yale and other universities.
Griffith was considered one OF
those mathematical wizards born
with an inherent attraction for fig
ures. Without pencil or paper he
could raise figure TO the sixth pow.
er In about II seconds: could multi
ply three figures by three figures in
five seconds and could multiply nine
figures by nine figures In eight sec.
onds.
As proof of his lightning calculat.
Ing system he once did the work of
II clerks in the state auditors office
at Springfield, Ill.,. for three hours on
wager On three occasions, twice
In indianapolis and once In Blooming.
ton, ILL.,. he won races with adding
machines.
In a test before professors at Har
ward he answered every question pro
pounded. the tabled fourth dlmen
sion alone being barred.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-12-27
FREEZING WATER.
How the Growth Of Ice Crystals May
Be Made Plainly Visible.

IL Is not commonly known that fresh
water may sometimes be colder than
ice" and that the growth Of fee crys-
tails may be made plainly visible. An
interesting experiment to show this
may easily he made.
Fill clean pint bottle with distilled
water Make a hole In the stopper
large enough 20 let n thermometer
pass through II. The kind Of Their
mometer used In physical laboratories
Is most convenient. Insert the stopper
In the bottle and let the thermometer
reach nearly TO the bottom. Pack
snow or ice and salt round the bottle
as you would pack an ice cream
freezer. II the bottle is not Jared
the temperature may be seen to drop
several degrees below the freezing
point without freezing the water.
II the stopper and thermometer are
now removed and a small piece OF ice
free from any trace OF salt is inserted
in the bottle and pushed down into
the water. crystals of ice may be seen
to shoot out In all directions from It,
After this experiment has been made
Il will be interesting TO observe the
much slower growth of ice crystals in
the quiet pools OF clear water that you
sometimes see in spring and fall. and
you win have some understanding OF
the network OF ice girders which ls
beneath the ice coating OF small ponds
Youths Companion.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-12-27
Governor Dix May Choose Local Man
as Governors Counsel

A special dispatch from Albany
last night said:
Seymour Van Santyoord of Troy,
but whose home is in Bennington for
six months OF the year, who was
mentioned as one of the probable
Candidates for United States senator
to succeed Chauncey NJ. Depew, Isl
reported to be the likely successor
to William Church Osborne as coun-
sci to Governor Dix. Information to-
this effect was given out tonight by
those closely associated with the
executive.
MIR. Van Santvoord is one OF the
prominent attorneys OF Rensselaer,
county and has been on terms Of in.
innate friendship with Governor Dix
for some time. He nominated the
governor at Rochester and was large.
ly Instrumental In framing the plat.
form upon which the Democratic
campaign was conducted. He was
on the stump during the contest and
was considered one OF the most con.
vincing speakers in the campaign.
"Mr. Van Santvoord has an Office
In Troy and is the acting head OF the
Walter A. Wood Moving and Reap.
ing company OF Hoosick Falls, one
of the largest concerns in the world
engaged In manufacturing farming
implements.
HE has always been more or less
active politically and has been con.
spicuous In the directorate of party
affairs OF the county In which he re.
sides.
Among those whom Governor Dix
invited to Thomson on election night
TO be present when the returns were
received was Mr. Van Santvoord. Il
has been understood ever since the
Republicans lost control OF the state
that sooner or later Mr. Van SAINT.
voord would be sought TO take one
Of the positions of confidence under
the Democratic administration. and
one which would associate him with
the executive department.
1T is a known fact that Governor
Dix has the highest regard for the
Trojan professionally and personally
as he stands exceptionally well In his
I home town.
THE salary of the Office is not de.
initely stated as II has never been
innpunced in such way as would
determine II accurately"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-12-27
COLLAR COMBINE IS
NOW PLANNED
FOR TROY
Twenty Millions Of Capital In
the Deal
BIGGEST FIRMS INTERESTED
Not All Of Those Approached Have
Agreed and Others Were Not
Approached

Troy, Dec. 26.-The sum of
s20,0OO,000 will be the capt.
talization of proposed collar
combination which may be annoanc-
ed on May 1, 1912, if negotiations
which are being promoted by Max
Osher of New York, representing
Harvey, Fisk & Co, bankers do not
fall through
The proposal was made two weeks
ago, and the legal work is being sup
ervised by William A. Kisselburgh,
also Of New York, and formerly OF
this city. 1t is proposed to include
large plants in Troy, together with
branch factories in other places.
Who conceived the idea was not
learned. as those who were consult
ed frankly admitted that they were
approached by Mr.. Osher, he alone
acting as the promoter. If 1t was
the result of conference between
local concerns and put into the
hands of the New York interests to
carry out, 1t is not known by those
who were seen yesterday. They
only know that Mr.. Osher's talk was
along the line Of a $50, 100000 corpor-
alton.
It is stated that there were four
concerns favorable to the combine
these being the United Shirt and
Collar company, Tim & Co., Searle
Manufacturing company and van
Zandt, Jacobs & Co. 1t was difficult
to get any direct information. as
those called on at once declared that
the agreement had been to keep the
matter secret. When they were
made aware of the fact that there
had been a leak they admitted GER
tain negotiations or conferences on
the subject
While it Is supposedly the inten-
ton OF the promoters to organize all
the concerns, It IS understood that
Cluett. Peabody e. Co have not been
invited to unite with the others
This was verified yesterday by f. F
Peabody, head of the largest shirt
and collar industry in the city and
in the world, who said II was news
to him and that he had not ever
been consulted relative to the plan
II the transaction is consummateC
il will be the most important dea
ever undertaken in connection will
the industry in this city. 1t will ex
coed in capitalization the combina
ton the outgrowth of which is thu
United Shirt and Collar company tina
occurred several years ago, and tool
in one or two firms with more thai
ordinary output and several smalle
ones