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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-07-27
COUNCIL
Council Hall,
City of B~rookings

IT vi liNPNAhSS
July Is. 1911.
City Council met in special session
with Mayor w. II. Leighty, Aldermen
Bagley. Bradbury, Hoover, Hoy, Jerm-
stad, Moore, Swering and Youngberg
present.
Meeting called to open bids on new
City Hall. Bids We're as follows:
J. b. Nelson & Co ....... $22,19S.00
Hans Jerde ............. 20,455.00
Sioux Falls Construction Co. 90, $500 90
Void & Johnson ......... 10, 923.0 90
Moved and seconded bid of Void
and Johnson of s19,92S.OO for building
be accepted.
On rcN call Bagley, Bradbury.
Hoover, Hoy, Jermstad, Moore, Swer-
ing and Youngberg voting aye, mo-
ton carried.
Bids for the heating and plumbing
were received as follows:
Simms Power Co., heating s1,475. 90,
plumbing $1,12500. Brookings Con-
struction Co., heating s1,255.00, plumb
ing $4,000.
Moved and seconded bids Of the
Brookings Construction Co., Of ST..
225.00 for the heating and $4,000 for
plumbing be accepted.
On roll call Bagley, Bradbury,
Hoover. Hoy, Jermstad, Moore, Swer.
ing and Youngberg voting aye, mo-
ton carried.
Moved and seconded Des Moines
No. 403 brick be used in new City
Hall. On roll call Bagley, Bradbury,
Hoover. Hoy. Jermstad, Moore, Swer.
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One OF the features n. the state fair
at Huron this year promises to be
the educational department, where
valuable prizes and many Of them are
offered for the best work Of the
schools. The department Is in charge
OF ]. r. Olander Of Pierre.
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rant for same. On roll call Bagley,
Bradbury, Hoy, Jermstad, Moore and
Swering voting aye, motion carried.
On motion council adjourned.
A. Hoover,
Attest: Pres. Council.
G. H. Stoddart, Auditor.
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ing and Y%oungberg voting aye, mo-
ton carried.
Special meeting called for Monday,
July 18th, s p. m. to decide upon
water extensions and act upon esti-
mate of work completed by Roberts
& Few.
On motion council adjourned.
w. H. Leighty,
Attest: Mayor.
G. H. Stoddart, Auditor.
City Hall,
City Of B~rookings.
July 18th, 1911.
City Council met in special session
with Aldermen Bagley, Bradbury,
Hoover, Hoy, Jermstad, Moore, Swer-
ing and Youngberg present.
In the absence of the Mayor, Alder
man Hoover presided.
Meeting called to decide on water
system extentions and estimate OF
work completed for month by Roberts
and Few.
Moved and seconded contractors
Void and Johnson be instructed to
have foundation walls where no exca-
walton, 4 foot in depth instead Of three
feet. On roll call Bagley, Bradbury.
Hoy. Jermstad. Moore, Swering and
Youngberg voting aye, motion carried.
Moved and seconded foundation
walls OF new City Hall be made of
cement and gravel Of the proportion
Of 1 to 6 instead Of using stone. On
roll call Bagley, Bradbury. Hoy, Jerm.
stad. Moore. swering and Youngberg
voting aye, motion carried.
Moved and seconded Cary's double
scanned roofing with tarred paper
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Correspondence
PRAIRIE HOME.

George Duff's young people spent
Sunday at Mr.. Walkers.
Mrs. Earl Killing entertained Harry
and Roy Sloan at dinner Sunday.
Miss Marguerite Sloan spent Sat.
urday night with her sister, Mrs. Earl
Killing.
John Cunningham sp mt several
days the latter part Of the week at
James Sloans.
A number Of the young people at.
tended the dance at Jessie Work
mans Friday evening.
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This cut shows our zoe aluminium
stew pan, which we offer you at y
price simply to get you TO use al
luminum ware.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-21
Always Lived Happily.

Mrs. Emma Il. Hill of % South Sierra
said:
Rlrnham has always been the best
father and husband III the world and II,
and my daughter never had amy trouble
] do not believe that 10 had anything to
do with such a crime. They have always
lived happily. and lie is a good man.
Mrs. Ruth Burnham's sister-in-law
suhStantiates the mother,in- FLAWS state
ment that the couple never had any
troubleS-that Rurnlan has been n good
father aud husband
Little is known of the Wayne family
III this city except that WAYNE came to
tho Modern Woodmen Sanstcrium about
ten months ago from Indiana as pa
tent. One month ago his term in the
institution M and lie brought his
wife and child to this city. and about
three weeks ago took the house III
which they were murdered.
There is no relationship between the
two families murdered. and they were
not even intimately acquainted with each
other as neighbors. Why the murderer
should invade both homes cannot he en-
planned by the police. II has been sug-
gcSted that the murderer slaughtered the
people In ono home, and on being discov-
cred by the neighbors entered their home
and slew the others. This does not seem
proba Bile. because tho members of botii
families We're murdered while i'm bed il
their night clothes. and the position Of
the bodies indicates that the murders
We're committed while the victims were
asleep.
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\ meeting of the legislative committee
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ton at the examination physician of
experience with lepers, and later all came
to the conclusion that form of the dis
ease might exist
If microscopical examination now in
progress shows the bacillus of leprosy, it
is pointed out. the question as to whether
Early is a leper will be solved beyond
doubt.
In view of the facts as set forth, the
medical branch of the pension bureau is
of the opinion that the result of the mi
croscopical examination should be
awaited before a definite conclusion is
arrived at by the pension commissioner
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-21

ing able to fool the commissioners about
the qualifications OF Moore, we think that
we will be able to take Moore and, by his
own evidence before a competent court.
prove that he never worked day at
bricklaying in. his life. The idea that we
are lighting Moore because he is non
union or because of his color is erroneous.
''The working people OF this country,
we believe. have confidence In the civil
service commission and are Of the opinion
that 1t is doing good work in protecting
and securing to competent people perma-
nent employment, and il We can be OF
any service to the commission in ferret
ing out fraudulent registrations that have
a political debt to pay we feel that we
should not hesitate in bringing the mat
ter to the attention of the proper authori-
ties
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-21
POLICEMAN FINDS SOLUTION.
Discovers Ownership Of Hens Claim
ed by Two Women.

MANCHESTER, Conn, September 81.
An unheralded Solomon has been dis
covered here in the person of Police
man Sam" Gordon. A housewife re-
ported to the officer last night that a
woman neighbor had locked up two of
her choicest hens. When the police
man called on the holder of the hens
she told him that they were her own
property. After much discussion Cor
don took the hens and posted the two
women on opposite sides of the street.
Then he threw the hens into the middle
Of the road. Much to the complaining
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-21

of the Central Labor Union and COM
mittee of the Bricklayers' Union was
held today in Typographical Temple and
discussed the situation at the government
printing office, where Moore is working
and the other bricklayers have left the
job.
Following the conference the attention
of Emmett l.. Adams of the legislative
committee was called to the refusal OF
Mr. Donnelly to discuss the Moore case.
He said, II am not in the least surprised
at the attitude of the public printer In
view of all the information which has
been given to me since the question OF
Moore's qualification has arisen.
He was asked what the next move OF
union labor would be in the matter. and
replied: I'VE are waiting untn .he civil
service commissioners complete their in
vestigation and render their opinion, in
the full belief that it will be shown be-
yond a doubt that Moore is not ana
never was n bricklayer.
Court Proceedings Probable.
..In tba eyant hnueyer Of some me he
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SAYS EARLY MAY HAVE
FORM OF MIXED lEPROSY
Report of United States Examining
Surgeons Sent to the Pen
sion Bureau.

"A form of mixed leprosy might exist. :"
This statement is included in a report
of the United States examining surgeons
who recently examined John r. Early,
1.-THE District leper. at Seattle. Wash
Early applied for a pension for partial
disability.
The surgeons also set forth in the re-
port, which was received at the pension
bureau this afternoon by Commissioners
Davenport, that they called into consYlta-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-21
LOCAL LABOR BODIES
AFTER PUBLIC PRINTER
Case of Objectionable Brick
layer on Office Annex May
Go to Court.

Organized labor in Wa shinston is uues-
tioning the unionis,n Of Public Printer
Donnelly, former president of the Interna-
tional Typographical Union, and express
ing full confidence in the civil service
commission.
The foregoing is the situation in la
bor's contention that John Moore col
ored. at present employed on the addition
to the government printing office as a
bricklayer when il is declared he should
be engaged laborer The labor lead
ers may attempt to bring Moore into
court. in oYder to find out if he is a
competent brickMyer. The public printer
still declines to discuss the case
Conference Held.
\ mcntint, of the lemislaiirc cnnannit4nc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-21

cidental death OF Montague Brown, the
wealthy young manager of the Quebec and
ST. Maurice Company, as the result OF a
fall from a tree on his timber limits at
wildige. Brown. who was on hunting
trip with friends from New York, climbed
a tree which was on the slope OF steep
Nountain in an effort to find the position
OF lake. A limb broke under his weight
and he rolled down a hundred feet over
rocky ground. breaking many bones.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-21
Why He Lost.
ON the Kansas City Journal.

From the Kansas City Journal
How did YOU happen to lose OUT
Some of my misguided friends got up
an automobile procession for me-" en-
! planned Congressman Whangdoodle. Most
mobiles"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-21

state whether or not he would consult
with the civil service commissioners dur
ing their investigation Of the papers in
the case in question.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-21
Declines to Talk.

When the public printer was seen this
afternoon he simply said. II do not care
to say anything" He also declined 20
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housewives delight, the two birds
made as fast as legs and wings could
carry them for the coop in her yard
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-08-18
One Au:o to Every
So People in S. D.

The population of South Dakota IS
3>4 "m The number of automobiles
is 1880. or one automobile to every
IS persons. South Dakota the Auto
mohil" State! Ahead of California in
this respect, and the money that
huNEl1 them was earned or created
right here in South Dakota, regard
less Of the dry weather inflicted on
the state year by year by the Pierre
correspondent and the space writer
OF l!!r eastern paper. South Dakota
leads i'll increase of per capita wea,tn.
as shown by the state historian for
nearly ten years and in profit per
each ncr" tarmed The result is that
our people have better homes, read
NOR" good papers, ride in better CON
veyances and enjoy more of the priv
iitges of the 20th century of cirili-
cation Mitchell Republican,
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-08-18

Since the amount of strength re
Quired is small. the game is open to
!"Iiltg and old and to members Of
both sexes. POise is the matter Of
proficient enough with a sWatter to
strike down f! on a swinging win
dow cord or zip one off the shade of
lh" sas ligh, without shattering the
mantle, need feel no hesitation about
going in for billiards. For success
II! WiMgsllOt SWatliMg All eXtraordin-
DRY sharpness of the eye is essential
Tor wing shots only stun the game,
and unless the hunters sight can fol
low II to the floor to strike a second
time with wonderful quirkness the
score is lost Flies raised III a fly
wise old crows, and when a house has
ben hunted for a few days a consider
able amount of nature study enters
INTO the sport. At the same time the
eye must be trained to detect shams
or much time may be wasted cree,
Ing up to swat a small rip in the
cloth of the window seat. Don't swat
flies near sharp edges of tables or
{ hairs where a blow will bend the
Wires. Scare your prey into the open,
f"!!"N It's flight and bring it to earth
IL some more advantageous hunting
grounds. And always remember. an
animal clever enough to walk upside
Gown Oh a ceiling is not to he de-
spis"d for hunting purposes just be-
cause il doesn't weigh as much as a
duck
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-08-18
TO MOTHER.

Mother. DEAR forgive me, for this
disgrace and shame,
That l have brought upon you,
And the way I've stained your name
you left me mother
When l was young and gay
Your face is in my memory, and
your loving words to stay.
How we'll do l remember
That fond kiss you gave to me
Each night, as l knelt to say my pray
ers with bowed head at your knee.
And those kind and loving words,
mother, ."-
Which you would oftimes say:
BE upright, honest and true, my
boy, wherever you may be-" .
And how different my life may have
been, mother, IL
Had you not been called away, n
Which left me an orphan of tender
years to be tempted and led astray
But years have passed since then
mother, 1s. S
I'm beginning to see new light;
And by the help of God, and your
guiding hand, ..,#.e
Hereafter I'll try and do the right
Harry Williams. 4
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-08-18
THE ENEMY OF MANKIND.

What? You friend of mine. Never!
Mr.. Booze.
You've stole my manhood, wrecked
my life, ... .
And made me wear old clothes.
And like the villain that you are,
when / was but lad, Isl
You took advantage of my tender
years, sa
And drove me to the bad l
Then you've broken the hearts Of
mothers too;
And sisters by the score.
You lead thousands to asylums, and
through the prison doors,
And graves yoa've filled with loving
wives.
See the orphans in our land
And, Liquor, you're the cause of it,
Destroyer of Mankind; s.:
How would like to take up arms,
And chase you from this land,
And warn the young and innocent II
To stay your tempting hand.
How different life would be to them,
What pleasure in it they'd find,
If only you were treated as
The enemy of Mankind.
Harry Williams.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-08-18
lnhuman Treatment
Given Little Child

Kept in a cage Will Il pair of
South American grave robbers" or
ArlnadillOs. which We're being shown
with Il carnival, and bitten and scra.
1ched until he moaned when anyone
touched him, is the horrible expert
rnce OF five year old boy named
Jenrce, according to the statement of
states Attorney Dcnu Of Rapid City
who caused the arrest of the child's
foster parents at tine instigutlon OF
It's real mother who is there from
OMAHA.
The petition of the states attor-
ueH sets forth a story of treatment
almost incredibly inhuman in which
the child WAS the victim of James J
j. johnson and his wife, who have
L""n sought through three states for
months past by the distracted moth
Ct who had bearded of the plight of
her child.
When the Jenrcr child was but
eighteen months old, his father.
(has W. Jpnrcr. then in Nebraska,
deserted him after having his mother
placed in temporary confinement in
an INSANE asylum in Lincoln. The
baby vas then placed IN St. James
orphannyc in Omaha. Later the
1ChnsOHs applied for The child ana
were given it on probation. although
IN" records fail to SHOW hat it was
ever adopted. They haze had it two
years and during this time, accord.
ing to the states attorney they have
been travelling WITH carnival compan-
les, exhibiting the grave robbers"
Some months ago the real mother Of
The boy, hearing through friends in
Minnesota OF the alleged rrualti s
Irhcticed upon the child. started an
to trace them The John
Stors are alleged to have jealousy
guarded the boy, never letting him
cut OF their sight, and. when the hunt
became too keen, hey quiz the com
l.any and with the boy returned to
Farmingdale, just east of Rapid City
where they were arrested
The mother of the child is now
Mrs. Henry NJ. Weakley in Omaha.
She came here when she learned the
couple were at Farningdale and brot
with her letters from friends in
Spring Valley, Mimi, Stewartville,
Dodge Center and other points
where the Johnstons had been with
the carnival These letters fully set
forth the horrible conditions to
which the child was subjected and
when found it's body was covered
with bites, scratches, bruises and
other evidences of mistreatment
The Johnsons are well-known in
that section and do not bear a favor
able reputation, Johnston having
been convicted of various crimes.
They are alleged to have exhibite /
the child with the grave robbers"
under the advertisement of Child
eaten alive"
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-08-18
Aberdeen Citizens
Use the Recall Law

Aberdeen Daily News: A petition
was filed this afternoon with the
city auditor, requesting the recall
of Fire and Police Commissioner FL
mer D. Rasmussen. The men WHO
have been circulating the petition
claim that there. are about 450
names signed to it. The number re-
CURED by statute is Is per cent of
the legally qualified voters. which
would make it necessary for only 375
voters to sign the petition before it
can be submitted to vote. The peti.
ton is worded as follows:
1--WE, the undersigned, qualified
Brown county, South Dakota, hereby
demand the election of a successor in
office to Elmer D. Rasmussen, police
and fire commissioner of the city of
Aberdeen, Brown county, South Da-
kota; we demand the removal from
| Office of said fire and police commits
sioner upon the grounds of general
incompetency and unfitness for the
said office, and hereby respectfully
petition the mayor and board of com.
missioners of said city of Aberdeen
to fix date and call removal cleo.
ton in the manner provided by law
for the purpose of electing a success.
sor to the said Elmer D. Rasmussen
commissioner as aforesaid"
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-08-18

"'. He had - sell his farm and give
w work His neiehbors said, "he
can't liz" much Longer" Whatever
ate distressed me- he wrote, It'll
trir" Electric Bitt"rs. which worked
srrA Wonders for me that can now
cat things could not take for years.
rs surely Il grand remedy for stom-
nch trouble Just as good for the
liver and kidneys. Every bottle
guaranteed. only 80 at all drug
Gists I'll
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-08-18
Worms are Destroying
the Russian Thistle

II. :. Miller, a farmer Of Brown
county, declares the peculiar worm
which recently Appeared there, has
lrarhcd his farm, five miles cas-, Of
Aberdeen. According TO Mr.. Miller
the Worm is about an inch and Il
quarter long, With fly" pairs of legs
II travels in large numbers and wig.
He found that millions had attacked
The Russian thistlcs on his farm. They
feed on every sort of a weed but so
Tar they have not moestcd the cult,
waited plant Raymond Gazette.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-08-18
Henry Englesby Has
Severely InjuredH Hand

Henry Englcsby, the cement con.
tractor met with a very painful nee:
dent tie other day while FIXING ANA
"iling Mp his shot 2un lie was IL.
ny II long handled scrr~ driver III
''''lnWinG 10 loosen a certain scrrW
in III" lock IF The gun when the screw
Griy"r Slipped through the frShy pait
:: his %i%!;' HAND nr. nHrtron ar"s
I'd III" wound and it is thought thar
no serious results VIII follow.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-08-18
This lowan is Telling
Truth About Crops

The Newton. Iowa. Daily News
prints the following letter from an
Iowa citizen who visited South na.
k"'H and sends back a truthful :c-
'uuhl Of crop conditions. This Iowan
SAYS that the crop in South nakot.,
Is better than that in Iowa ana his
! letter gives Il black eye to the Sian
derous reports that have been cir.
culaied about the state in The east
TIL" letter says:
l.aHiHG Just returned from South
l'aAo'a, good many are asking oil
The conditions there. Tie crop con.
dit!ons as to small grain from the
castside of the state to the Missouri
river are bad enough, though consid.
cradle of il will 90 from two to ten
bushels per acre. All that was not
well put in will be nothing. The corn
is looking fine, but seemed Il little
late to me, but Saturday they had
II fine big rain OF Lie inches which
crop and help the pastures and NOV
land. Their pastures do not look half
so dry and burned out as in Iowa. !
saw some late wheat that the rain
will make a good crop of. Also it
the fall is favorable the fax, of which
there are thousands of acres, will
! DO rl,Dt,
fat enough for the butcher They
will have good average hay crop,
and their hay there is as good as our
| hay and corn put together. Stock
grow fat on it in a little time. We
near here of great exodus from Da-
kota and think the whole state is
leaving. 1t is a mistake. The long
trains of immigrants are homestead
ers from west of the river, to whom
the government has generously CIV
en- a years vacation, owing to the
bad condition of the crops there. But
east of the Missouri river they are
not leaving, not even the renters.
Some fellows who went there and
drank and gambled their money
away and who now have neither
money or reputation to go on are
leaving land it is we'll for the coun
try that they do. They will give Da
kota hard name. Of course the
people feel disappointed at the croI
conditions, coming as it does to many
the first year, but men whose wore
cannot be questioned, who have lived
there rs or so years,tell them this il
the worst year they have ever known
in Dakota. heard one man say tina
he saw one family go out of there il
1890 so poor that they had to wall
, out. In 1891 they came back ant
borrowed enough money of his banl
to pay the railroad for their freight
and that they now own nine quarter
Of land, and could buy three sucl
banks as his. a.: y
Practically all we can brag on II
good old Iowa over our Dakot
, friends is our corn crop, and l say
), lots of that badly fired, and the pas
lures for 200 miles along the rail
road badly burned by sparks from
the engine, Even saw barrels of wa
{ ter In the field for an emergency Ais
saw straw in some fields of drought
stricken Dakota, longer than in
good many fields in Iowa. With
: comparatively short crop there las
4 year they realized nearly as nue.
money per acre out of 1t as we di
\ from ours in Iowa, Many old sci
tiers there have from one to thre
thousand bushels Of grain in thei
bins now, suppose on account Of tn
low price Of wheat this year, so the
twill mt "a
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-08-18
Fly Swatting Should
be interesting Sport

Fly hunting is without It's litera-
5tnre, vet it is almost the only form
OF hunting that keeps the bunter
amused in his own home. 1t is always
unavailable; the game Is plentiful,
and it Is one of the few sports in
which it Is a virtue to be game hog.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-08-18
Tortured for is Years

80 N
by a cure-defying stomach trouble
that baffled doctors and resisted all.
remedies he tried, John w. Modders,i
of Mod dersville. Mich, seemed doom