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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-12-28

There will be a Big Star Sale at The
Variety Store. Wait for circulars.
Mrs. w. H. H. Phillips departed
Thursday morning for Vermont,
called there by the illness of her
mother.
Chas. Shea departed Saturday
morning for Chicago, where he will
spend the holidays with his uncle's
family.
j. II. Clark of Marshall, Mimi,
spent a few days this week at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Fred
Gilman.
Or. Ferd Goodfellow came down
from Pierre the last OF the week to
spend Christmas at the home of his
father, S. II. Goodfellow.
Charlie Gamble, who is attending
the Mankato commercial college, ar
rived home the last of the week, to
spend the holidays with his parents.
Governor Wesley has appointed q.
n. Kennard as delegate to the Dry
Farming and Good Roads congress,
to be held at Sioux Falls January 8,
10 and II.
Come in early Saturday afternoons
and after your cold ride warm up at
the Pleasant Hour matinee, 800 p.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-12-28

c. H. Atkinson and family visited
over Christmas with relatives at Ar
lington.
Secretary r. A. Larson and family
spent Christmas with Mrs. Larson's
parents at Bruce.
Mrs. Isabel House returned home
Tuesday morning from a few days
visit at Arlington.
Oscar Olson, who is working at
~Flandreau, visited Brookings relatives
and friends this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. NJ. Enright of
Bushnell, visited over Christmas at
the home of his mother here.
Miss Agnes Johnson went to Heron
Lake, Mimi, Friday to spend the holi-
day vacation with her parents.
We will pay 4 cents per pound for
a limited amount of clean cotton
rags. Register Publishing Co.
Mrs. Lansing arrived from Gary
yesterday morning for a visit with her
sister, Miss Gertrude Stedman, the
county superintendent.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-12-28

L. H. Comstock spent Christmas
with his family here.
S. P. Jensen is home to spend the
holidays with his family.
Miss Elgie Stead spent Christmas
with her folks at Arlington.
F. w. Cuckow visited Elkton on
legal business between trains Tues
day.
VIM. Steurwald and family OF Es-
feline, visited Brookings relatives
this week.
Miss Jennie Loban returned Tues
day morning from a brief visit with
her sister at Volga.
Miss May Murphy came down from
De Smet Friday night to visit over
the holidays at home.
Mrs. E. b. Davis departed the last
of the week for Waseca, H., to spend
Christmas with her daughter.
A. w. Ferguson and family departed
this morning for Minneapolis, where
they will make their future home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Gilbride went
to Hecla Sunday morning for a two
or three days visit with his parents.
]. ]. Murphy, county auditor Of
Turner county, has announced his
candidacy for railroad commissioner
before the primaries next June.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-12-28
A SIlO FIR e.

DO you want the best silo that can
be put up, built on your farm free
Of cost? This silo Of Luverne Ever
lasting clay blocks, guaranteed per
feet for ten years, will be built as an
advertising proposition where we
think it will do us the most good.
Write us at once, telling us the
number OF acres and location of your
farm, and the opportunity may be
yours. Luverne Tile and Brick Co.,
Luverne, Minnesota.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-12-28
Read the Registe''.

Read the Regis.e".
d. d. Sutton and family of Man.
chester, visited over Christmas with
his parents and other relatives in
Brookings.
In a letter to the Register H. e.
Lloyd of Hollywood, CAL, says: "All
well here. We have no frost, no
snow and no rain to speak Of, moth
ing but glorious weather to contend
with"
The Huron college glee club ap-
peared at the opera house Saturday
and gave a very pleasing program.
The club made Brookings on a very
|inopportune day, as the various
churches were giving their Christmas
programs and the college, which would
have undoubtedly given. them a good
patronage, was closed.
Every day is bringing Madame.
Sherry" nearer to it's local engage
ment. 1t is hitting the high spots on
its second trans-continental trip again
leaving in its wake millions of laugh
ing, delighted people and facing az
many more expectant audiences as
it did last season. Never before have
laughter, music, novelty and beauty
OF production been so thoroughly and
artistically combined as in the case
of Madame Sherry"
OF late there has been a rumor in
circulation that the city water was
contaminated with typhoid germs, but
DR.. E. L. Moore tells us that he has
made a careful analysis and finds
absolutely no trace OF typhoid or
other germs. Rumors Of this kind
concerning the city water seem to
spring up every year or two from a
source that is hard to determine, but
they die as quickly when a denial
is made. Bookings has never had
an epidemic from bad water or from
other causes and it is hard to see
how anyone will credit these rumors.
Quite an interesting case was held
at Volga Tuesday, the outgrowth of
a raid made by the temperance peo-
pie OF that town on Saturday evening.
1t seems that several of the young
fellows Of the town supplied them
selves with a quantity of beer to cele-
brate the holiday season and while
they We're RECALLING themselves In a
room over a store building the mar
shall, backed up by members of the
law and order league, appeared upon
the scene and confscated the chief
item OF the bill OF fare. No arrests
were made, but an investigation"
was called before a justice OF the
peace Tuesday. A Brookings attor-
ney represented the law and order
people and another legal light from
this city was engaged by the other
side to look after their interests.
However, the court ruled that the
owners Of the beer had no further in
terest in the case and ordered the
forcible removal Of their attorney
from the court room. Some interest
ing developments In the q are X
pected..
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-02-09
To Furnish Pine Seed

In order to supply the wants of natl
onal forests in many parts of the coun-
try with pine seed, the government has
erected a core house at Custer, where
twice weekly the cones that were
secured last fall are threshed and
cleaned, force OF ten men every
twenty four hours being required to do
the work. The cones are placed in the
drying room under temperature of
from 10 to 100 degrees above and
loaded in trays where they spread from
the heat and drop their seeds. By this
method APO bushels of cones can be
driedeat one time. and with threshing
twice week, $40 bushels are prepared
weekly. Orders are coming from
many different national forests for the
seed which will be shipped as soon as
prepared.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-02-09
Won Bride With an Egg

Getting bride and wealthy one at
that, through the instrumentality of a
hens egg is the experience of Edward
Taylor, young man residing at Alex
andria, whose marriage has just taken
place at Brooklyn, N. Y. Taylor was
employed in grocery store at Alex
andria, and one day was packing case
of eggs for eastern shipment. With
out thinking anything would ever come
of it, he wrote his name and address
on one of the eggs. A month rolled on
and one day he received letter from
Miss Margaret Graynor of Brooklyn,
N. Y, which she wrote she had found
that particular egg. A correspondence
sprang up between the young people,
and photographs were exchanged. Two
weeks ago Taylor went to Brooklyn
and became engaged to the girl, and
then married her few days ago. Her
father is man of wealth.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-02-09
A Daylight Robbery

A daring robbery was perpetrated at
the noon hour Thursday when sneak
thief entered the. Burlington ticket
office on the busiest corner of Lead,
climbed over the counter and forced the
money drawer, making his escape with
between $50 and $50. The robbery was
so timed that the man was able to
catch at outgoing Northwestern train.
1t is believed that he left the train at
a suburban station, for short time
after the robbery was discovered a man
answering to the description of the one
seen to enter the ticket Office was
arrested in this city. He had in his
possession a sum of money, but refused
to give the officers any information.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-02-09
BLUE FRONT GROCERY
Notice of Mortgage Sale

ian 5-6w
Default having been made in the condi-
cuted and delivered by Ross E. Parks and
Mary A. Parks, his wife, niortg 'gors. to
\. S. Beeney, mortgage, dated on the sth
day of November, 1907. and duly recorded
in the office of the register of deeds In and
for Dav county. South Dakota, on the I1th
day of November. 1907, in book 81 of mort
cages, ora page 1876, conveying and mort
gazing the following described lands, SIT
nate, lying and being in the county OF
Day and state of South Dakota, described
as follows, to-wit: Lot number six g., In
block number one ~ of the Original Plat
of the town of Lily, Day county. South
Dakota, together with the buildings situ
And Whereas, there l. claimed to be due
on said mortgage and the notes secured
thereby at the date of this notice the sum
of $2270.l3, principal and interest. and M
action has been Instituted to collect said
debt, or any portion thereof;
that by virtue of the power of sale In said
mort gage contained. and Of the statute u
such cueee made and provided. said mort
gage WILDE foreci0sed and the above des
cribed premises will be sold mt PUBLIC auc
ton ny the sheriff of Day county. South
IL e. sse esy 81 e hs st
county. on the 18th day of February, 1911
at the hour Of one o'clock la the AFTERNOON
of that dav, to pay said mortgage deb
and interest. together with attorneys fee
costs and Disbursements as allowed D,
Dated this sth day q January an. =. 1911.
Mortgages.
Anderson & waddel.
webstsr. 3. B.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-02-09
Stock Association Omcers

The South Dakota Live Stock asso-
citation concluded its meeting at Nit
chell last week with the election of the
following officers: President, T. N.
Babcock, of Watertown;vice presidents
Albert Hill, of Alexandria; r. ]. We'll
land, Canistotd; j. M. Dunmire, Scot
land; P. E. Murphy, Oldham; P. E.
Van Denmark, Hartford, secretary and
treasurer, James w. Wilson, Brook
ings. A strong resolution was adopted
by the association urging the members
of the legislature to pass the approp-
ration bill including $20O,00 for an
agricultural building at Brookings.
The stock breeders selected Mitchell by
q nearly unanimous vote as the home
of the association for the rest of its
life. During the evening Secretary
Wilson was presented with gold
headed cane and purse of $35 for his
work during the past eight years. The
cattle sale amounted to Sc, $3.50 there
being sixty head of Angus cattle sold.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-02-09
Lennon Heads The List

Government reports show the United
States land Office at Lennon, did the
largest business of any land office in
the United States in 1910. There are
103 government land offices in the
country. In 1909 the office at Rapid
City led all others with the Lennon
office second in entries, but first i'm
receipts, and the Office at Great Falls,
Mont, third. In 1910 the position of
the leaders were changed. Lennon
reaching first place in receipts, with
Great Falls first in entries and second
in receipts, and Rapid City third. The
figures show that in 1909 1870 entries
were made at Rapid City, covering
928, 1874. 06 acres, and the receipts were
1926, 047.27. The Lennon Office was
second with 6,434 entries for Col, 463 Sc
acres, and the receipts were 1888, 083 06
The Great Falls Office reported 3,702
entries, covering 5S8, 30421 acres, and
its receipts were $ll3, 95007. In 1910
all the Offices showed tremendous gains
the Lennon office ranking first in
receipts. with $40 entries, covering
877,218 OF acres, with receipts of 1888,
$50. 70; Great Falls first in entries and
acreage, with 9,677 and 1904, SOP. 06
respectively, but with receipts of but
$239, 1857, while Rapid city was third,
with entries of 6,423, acreage of SOL, :
Sol, 78 and receipts of $242, 914.27.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-02-09
Woods Body Held

After week of controversy
between two of his sons on one hand
and the second wife on the other, the
body of Chauncey l.. Wood, democratic
leader of South Dakota, is indefinitely
kept from burial by two orders made
in King county superior court by Judge
Boyd j. Tallman at Seattle, Was, last
Saturday. Both the widow and the
sons by the first wife are restrained
from making any disposition of the
body until further order of the court.
Judge Tallman took this action on Q
hearing Of temporary order signed by
Judge Mitchell Gillian at his home last
night. This temporary order, granted
at the instance Of the two sons, Buel
r. Wood and Ben M. Wood, was
served on E. r. Butterworth & Sons
at midnight Friday.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-02-09
To Start Circas

If the plans of Peter Culbertson, of
Lennon, bear fruit, South Dakota will
become the headquarters of new cir
Gus. Mr.. Culbertson and DIR. Boyd, of
Bowman, N. D., are working on the
scheme, which consists of show on
wild West" lines, with some original
one of the cowboys in the Buffalo Bill
show. He plans to have the nucleus
of the show ready for irs initial per-
Torrance when the South Dakota
Travelling Mems association meets at
Lennon in June, and If it makes hit
with the knights of the road he will
feel justified in trying it on the public
at large.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-02-09
New Station Asked

An effort is being made by residents
of Chelsea and Cresbard to induce the
Minneapolis and ST. Louis and the Mil
waukee railroads to form junction al
the points where the two lines cross
near Carlyle. A small station at the
crossing would enable passengers to
transfer at that point from one road to
the other. The matter will be brought
to the attention of the state railroad
commissioners at their meeting at
Pierre.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-02-09
Preferred the School

A young man named Frank Grove,
recently discharged from the Plankin-
ton reform school, who was in Sioux
Falls several days, returned to Plank
inton thursday at the expense of
Minnehaha county. The youth did not
find the land flowing with milk and
honey, and he made up his mind that a
home at the reform school was better
than roughing it at this time of the
year, hence his desire to return to
Plankinton.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-02-09
lust In Tine

Just in the nick of time clerk at
the Patton house in Rapid City Friday
broke into the room of l.. w. Plotner,
of Mitchell, ex-sherilf of Dawson
county, and found him slowly dying
from an overdose of laudanum. Plotner
who had come in from Deadwood,
where he had been on business, is sup
posed to have become respondent and
attempted his life. He gave up office
last month. He is at Rapid City hos
pital and will probably recover.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-02-09

The state railway commission at
Pierre Thursday continued east of the
river freight rates across the state
except on the mountain lines of the
Northwestern and Burlington and cross
lines. On these reductions of one cent
per hundred in carload lots and two
cent in less than carload shipments
were made. On 4th class merchandise
the following reductions was ordered:
Pierre to Rapid City, $40 to $24. 70:
Mitchell to Rapid City, $64 to $3.50;
Aberdeen to Lennon, $50 to S27. %; an
average reduction of $43 to $22.95 on a
$50 miles coarse grain and coal haul.
The cut goes into effect March 10.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-02-09
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS
Items OF Interest From All Parts of the State.

of the two countries are the same.
Canada has enormous resources upon
which our people could draw and she
would furnish splendid market for
our products. my objection to the
present agreement is that it does not
go far enough. 1t should put all
articles on the free list. Under this
agreement everything the American
farmer has to sell is put on the free
list and everything he has to buy is
left protected. 1t is class legislation. -
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-02-09
Want Children to Save

The benefits of systematic saving in
strikingly illustrated in the case of the
school children of Big Stone, town of
500 or 600. Five or six years ago
Gold & Co., bankers, presented the
school children with small iron savings
banks and encouraged them to start 9
savings account at the bank. Now the
accounts of the children Of the towr
aggregate over $500.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-02-09
Charged with Setting Fire

Charged with having attempted to
set fire to Homestake cynide mill No. 2
last April and then making sensa-
tional flight about the country, r.
Emmett O'Grady was arraigned before
Police Justice Moore. of Lead, and
pleaded not guilty. He was bound over
to the circuit in the sum of 81, 500 bail
which will be provided. The Lead local
union denies that he is or was men,
Der of its organization at the time of
the alleged attempt, while the state
maintains that he was and is a member
and therefore indirectly member of
the Western Federation, as the Lead
local is affiliated with it.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-02-09
Insurance Commissioner i'm Fire


o. S. Basford writes from Chicago to
Pierre friends that he was guest in
the Majestic hotel whan fire broke out
on the eighteenth floor there the other
night. Mr.. Basford was sleeping on
the floor beneath that on which the fire
was discovered and when the guests
were aroused he was the first in the
corridor, making his escape in light
attire after hastily stuffing his stock
ings, shirt, vest and coat into his suit
case. The fire did not spread and sub
sequently the guests returned and went
to bed again. AS it was $50, 900 dam
age was done but Mr.. Basford says it
seemed quite joke after it was all
over.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-02-09
Garland Goes to Washington

Judge John E. Garland, member of
the new commerce court, departed from
Sioux Falls for Washington, where he
will meet with the other four judges
for the purpose of organizing the new
court. 1t is expected his successor as
United States Judge for South Dakota
will be appointed not later than Mon
day or Tuesday of next week,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-02-09
Cigar Upsets senate,s Dignity.

Washington correspondence to the
New York Herald: Senator Coe l..
Crawford of Huron, S. D., surprised
the senate this afternoon by appearing
on the floor putting vigorous clouds of
smoke from a very long cigar. Vice
President Sherman looked at Senator
Crawford and reached for his book of
rules. Senator Depew, of New York
and Senator Borah, of Idaho, who were
in the midst of new story, found
their voices hushed.
Senator Crawford sauntered down
the center isle. He stopped to speak
to Senator Clapp and left halo of
smoke about the Minnesota man. When
the South Dakota senator picked a
seat in the front row on the democrat
ic side and blew a series of puffs,
Senator Depew and Senator Borah de-
cided upon action.
In moment page whispered some
thing in the ear of Senator Crawford.
With scarcely more than one movement
of his strong right arm the cigar was
consigned to desk drawer. Then Sen
ator Crawford glanced with tingling
cheeks at Senator Depew. Both his
hands went in the air with speeches.
apology. Senator Crawford was under
the impression that the senate was in
secret session, and had given away one
of the secrets of what is done in them.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-02-09
Put HE Liaht Ont

A. B. Converse, aged so, committed
suicide by shooting himself in his room
in the Lincoln hotel in Aberdeen Fri
day. Converse's home il at Lake
Preston. He was travelling salesman
for Bolles 4 Rogers. fur and hide deal.
ers at Huron. Dependency is sup
posed to have been the cause.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-02-09
Money Rolling In

The receipts of the department of
the secretary of state show that jan
uary of this year brought greater
revenue than any other month in the
history of the department, the total
amount turned into the treasury being
So, 1913. 80, which will mean, a revenue
to the state far in excess of the cost of
maintenance of that department for
the month.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-02-09

The following list Of farmers insti-
tutes is assigned in addition 70 those
already published: Condo, Feb. IA;
Mellette, Feb. Is: Worthwhile, Feb. II;
Cresbard, Feb. IA; Hoven. Feb. 20;
Carlyle. Feb. "a; CrandalI. Feb. %;
Florence. Feb. Is; Hazel, Feb. Is;
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-02-09

Martin Against Reciprocity
A Washington dispatch Of last Thur
sday says Representative Eben w.
Martin, Of South Dakota, who is
opposed to the present agreement, said;
II am not opposed to Canadian reel
prosity. There is about twenty rea'
sons why the industrial barriers
between United States and Canals
should be removed. and IL that shoulc
become national policy of this countr,
I would be for It. The history of Can
ada and the United States have beer
very much the salae. The aspriationl
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-02-09
Ordered South

Six troops of the Fourth cavalry
stationed at Fort Meade, fifteen miles
from Deadwood left Friday night for
Ell Paso, where they have been ordered
to do patrol duty.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-02-09
One Dead and -Four Entombed

Through CAVERN on the 200-foot
level of the Homestake mine at Lead
Friday night, Joe Thomas, an old time
shift boss, lost his life and four miners
are imprisoned. A large force is work
ing slope and can hear the mems
voices, and it is expected that they will
be rescued during the night. The
cause of the cavern has not beer
ascertained.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-02-09
Willow Lake, Feb. q %; Stockholm,
March 1-2: Revillo, March ga
Attempted Jail Delivery

An effort at Jail delivery at Mitchell
was nipped in the bud by the watchful-
ness of Shrriff Berry. A trusty sue.
ceeded in making duplicate keys for
the Jail doors and was on the point of
liberating the prisoners when dis
covered.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-02-09

Bound Over For BoOtlegging
Charles C. Gallagher, of Alcester,
was bound over under $500 bail on the
charge of bootlegging while holding a
CLAN at Conata, in the Pine Ridge
reservation.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-02-09
.Ask Your
Husbands
Advice
And See What He Thinks About This
A q Fair Business Proposition

We ask you to try Occident Flour
at the risk of the Russell-Miller Mill
ing Company.
We ask you to try it out fully, and
IL dissatisfied we will return you
your money.
We make this guarantee at the re-
quest of the Russell Miller Milling
Company without reservation, and
will carry it out without argument.
We make il because we have alb
solute confidence in the superiority
of Occident Flour and fn jour de-
eision.
Our constant aim is to increase
your confidence in our store, and we
know of no better way than to urge
you to buy THE BEST.