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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-11-23
correspondence
OSLO.

Mrs. l.. Magistad returned Satur-
day morning from points in eastern
Wisconsin where she spent the past
two months visiting relatives and
friends.
l.. Magistad and family and f. NJ.
Fraley and family spent Sunday at
II. Il. Bohlke's.
Alfred Void and family OF Como,
attended the Evenson-Moe wedding
at the Rev. G.. Evenson home last
week Wednesday.
Gyda hvenson visited several days
last week at the Void home near
Como.
Martin Anderson and wife spent
Sunday at the home of the Iatter's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. e. Rog-
holt.
Ina Elverud spent a few days last
week with her sister, Mrs. Axel
Strande.
The old Lars Sjolland home In
Oslo looks greatly improved now that
the old Lund house has been moved
and attached to 1t and otherwise
fixed up and painted. John G.. Peter
son has rented the same for the com
ing year.
Misses Selma and Minnie Magistad
attended the lunch, at the city hall
in Volga Saturday, given by the w.
G. r. u. for the benefit Of the Chill
dren's Home.
Misses Mabelle and Clara Hillstad
were shopping in Volga Friday.
Vivian Vilmont spent Sunday with
his brother, s. II. Vilmont.
Henry Karlstad made a brief call
at L.. Magistad's Friday evening.
s. Simonson, of Volga, called at
Magistad's Wednesday.
Ed. SAINTS, of Volga was buying
sheep In this corner Wednesday.
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POOR ECONOMY.

For the foolishness of our last leg
islature in cutting out the state pa
pers from receiving the work leg;ti-
mately belonging to them, the state
will be obliged to pay from $4,000
to $4,000 to publish and distribute
pamphlets to put the initiative and
referendum submissions before the
people of the state next year, and
then some. The result will be money
thrown away, as the pamphlets will
be thrown aside, in the great majority
Of cases, and never read. People al
ways read the papers, say what you
may. A shyster wanted a job and
another shyster helped him to get 1t.
Hence the state will "pay the fiddler"
You cannot blame the newspaper boys
Of the state for feeling sore. These
fellows have always had their should.
ers to the wheels of progress, and
have given the state millions OF dol.
lars worth OF gratis advertising
which has been the means OF pItting
the state where it Is today. The boys
don't claim all the glory, by any
means. but II they had not boosted
and pushed and tugged in the many
hard years of yore. this common
wealth would be but a barren waste,
We know the boys have not been
appreciated, but they have held or
like a bull dog to a beef" and amid
jeers and criticism, yea SANDER. they
have battled and won. Just as they
were about to LAY up for q rainy
day. along ome q CRATER and pulls
the wool" over the eyes Of some
whom the editors haA helped to
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LOCAL AND

Chas, Locke, a graduate Of the
pharmacy department of the college,
arrived from Sisseton this week and
has taken a position at Ashbaugh's
Pharmacy. 9
Mr.. and Mrs. Weaver Of Morton
county. Moth Dakota, we're guests
in. DIR. A. w. Hyde. They departed
yesterday for Illinois, their old home,
where they will visit for at least a
couple OF months.
Last week the city council passed
an ordinance prohibiting anyone -un'
der sixteen years OF age from driving
an automobile upon the streets Of the
city. The ordinance is . good one
and now It is up to the city oficeri
to re that Il ID enforced.
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PRAIRIE HOME e.

Eliza Duff is assisting Mrs. DR..
Borst with homework.
Ora Ward spent Sunday with home
folks.
August Evert delivered 165 sheep
to Mr.. Wood, the stock buyer, in
Brookings Saturday afternoon.
Mesdames Hussey and Walker
we're entertained at the Liveran's
home last Friday.
Robert Blakely entertained a corn
husking bee Friday and Saturday OF
last week.
Mrs. George Chapman, OF Brook.
ings, entertained country friends Mon
day afternoon.
Several of the farmers attended the
auction sale of Mr.. Olson's Of Argo.
Everything was sold at a good price.
Mrs. VIM. Kennedy spent the latter
part of the week with friends in
town.
Jessie Duff Is working up to Ray
mond Lievan's.
Eva Mitchell Is assisting Mrs. Ha.
men with her homework.
Mr.. Flemming of Argo, spent Sun
day with Prairie Home friends.
Ida Larsen spent Sunday with her
friend Lila Thompson.
Margaret Sloan spent the latter
part of the week with home folks.
The Duff girls entertained friends
Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. John Blakley and Mrs. Ear
Killing spent Thursday at James
Sloan's.
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a HANDY Book

Through the courtesy OF Represen-
tative Kerr the Register Is In posses
sion Of q South Dakota Legislative
manual. 1t contains Information up
on every state department and South
Dakota affairs in general. and ID IL
Illustrated with cuts Of the legislative
membsrs. state officers and buildings
- ne various state institutions. II
4. : valuable work and = very handy
kook 70 have lying around on the
oditorial dssk, IS
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-11-23
THE STATE DEBT.

Doane Robinson of the state his
torical department, makes up an an
nual statement of state finances on
the date of November II, and gives
out the following statements Of the
condition for the year 1910 and 1911
for that date. While most of the spe-
cial appropriations of the last legis-
lative session were paid during the
past yaar, the debt reduction has
been practically $4,000 for the year,
and with the special appropriations
out of the way the returns from the
next year should help reduce the in
~debtedness to a very much smaller
amount within the coming year. The
statements are:
Debt Nov. ~, 1910 Nov. II, 1911
Revenue war
IdulS .......9 OUU,VUO 9oOV,UUo
Borrowed from
Irvine fund -. $4,000 69,393
Capitol war
rants ........ 29S,6S6 4S,242
Registered war
rants ........ 346,544 36S,495
Total debt ....$ 1,0S1,251 $9S6,120
Less cash in
general fund . 1915 1926
Net debt ......$ 1~,073,575 $S73,S64
Decrease ....... 1897
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$199,711
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WITH THE
CHURCHES

First Church of Christ, Scientist.
Services every Sunday morning at
II o'clock. Wednesday evening ser
vice at 8 O'Clock p. m. Reading room
open Wednesday and Saturday after
noon from 2 to 4 p. IN. Christian
Science Chapel, orner 9th street and
9Th avenue. A cordial invitation is
extended to the public.
A business meeting of the NJ. +.
ladies aid will be held in the church
Tuesday, November %, at 3 o'clock.
All members are requested to be
present.
The address which was to have
been given by DR.. Horace w. Tilden
on the Holy Land at the First Bap-
fist church on Sunday evening No
vember Goth will be postponed one
week on account of the union service
next Sunday evening.
Subject for the morning service at
the Baptist church. Gods Bounty
Calls for Mans Gratitude" VIII
join in the union service at the M.
f.. church. Wednesday evening bible
study in church parlors to which you
are invited.
Rev. A. +. o Tobel will speak Sun
day morning in Presbyterian church
on THE Man Who Makes the Most
OF Himself" No service in the ev-
ening. Will join the union service
at the Methodist church.
The Beginning of Life is the topic
at the Methodist church on Sunday
morning, Mr.. Black continues his
course of evangelistic sermons. A
brief talk will also be given by the
minister upon Women's Religious
Work in America. The Methodist
congregation will join in the union
meeting of the evening, to be address
sed by Rev. O.. w. Butterield, of
Miller, S. ID.
The Union Thanksgiving service
will be held this year in the United
Presbyterian church, Rev. Won Tobel
of the First Presbyterian church will
preach the sermon. The service is
to be held in the evening this year
instead of the morning as formerly.
This gives the ladies who have duties
at home in the morning an opportunity
to join in the religious celebration Of
the day. An unusually large audience
is predicted.
Hon. o. w. Butterfeld, "The Little
Giant among Prohibition orators
will address a union meeting of the
churches IN Brookings Sunday night,
November the Goth. The meeting
will be held in the Methodist church.
Mr.. Butterfield is one of the best
known men In the State of South Da-
kota; he has worked increasingly
during the past two years until their
is scarcely a community but what
has heard OF him; that he is popular
throughout the state Is proven by
the large vote he won for himself for
governor last fall. His unerring
logic and wonderful array Of facts
not only holds the attention of his
listeners but convinces them of the
correctness Of his position; no man
can listen to his address and go away
feeling that he had been dealt with
unjustly. This is one of the times
when Brookings can listen to a great
mar on a great subject.
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ENROLMENT STATISTICS.

In response to inquiry, the depart
ment of history has prepared the fol-
lowing statistics regarding South Da-
kota schools:
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DAKOTA

The statistics Of manufacture for
South Dakota, the bulletin of which
has Just issued from the census bu-
resau, contains some interesting fl
CURES concerning the printing and
publishing business in this state.
Among other interesting things the
report shows that over one-third Of
all the industries tabulated are print
ing and publishing establishments,
the closest competitors for the place
being manufactures of butter, cheese
and condensed milk, and m%anufactur-
ers of flour mill and grist mill pro
ducts-these two industries tying for
second place with 50 Of each, as com
pared with 293 in the printing and
publishing business. Other compari-
sons are given below, the total of
all manufacturing industries in each
instance being compared with the one
industry Of printing and publishing.
The percentages are approximate,
some being a trife over, some a trifle
under the exact figure. They repre-
sent the portion Of printing and pub
fishing establ' shments as compared
with all manufacturing industries:
Pig. and Per
All Industries. Pub. Cent.
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In response to inquiry, the depart
ment of history has prepared the fol-
lowing statistics regarding South Da-
kota schools:
Attendance
College. 1911.
South Dakota State college,
B~rookings 731
University of South Dakota,
Vermillion 445
School of Mines, Rapid City 80. 65
Aberdeen Normal ............ 872
Madison Normal ............. 494
Springfield Normal ............ 1856
Spearfish Normal ........... STA
Augustana college, Canton $50. $50
Huron college 1853
Dakota Wesleyan university,
itShSi O04
Redfield college POI
Yankton college ............ 292
Minor colleges (approx.) ...... 500
Total STU
Quite a proportion Of the normal
enrolment consists OF model school
children who are not even of high
school grade. The number Of students
in the state of college grade-that is,
above high schools-is rather small.
probably within 700. the rest of the
college enrolment being of high
school or academy grade, conservatory
and business.
Common schools.
Total school census 1911 .....174 oa7
Attendance.
Rural schools &c 2s1
City schools 30.5ss
Ao'oA ..1l6,S6
School expenditures.
Rural schools. 1910 ...... 2.617.s 21 as
City schools. 1910 ....... 1890. 4o7 %
ioeai .$4,50S, OPS. "a
State institutions OF high
"s $685.. $50
Denominational ............. 1as. M
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-05
TIDAL WAVE

We don't expect II. 1t is the
steady stream of careful buyers
that flows into our office each
day. They don't krock. Some
of them can recall the Tacoma
of 10 years ago. Quietly they
are picking out the good things.
For the man of small means
this is worth investigating: A.
room bungalow; large living
room and dining room, l bed
room, convenient kitchen, with
sink, pantry and gas range;
bathroom has porcelain basin
and toilet and is roughed for
tub; colonial columns; front
and rear porches; electric lights
and gas.
96-FT. FRONT
on corner, 10 feet deep; 27
IT. on alley; 2 blocks from car
line, &c fare; Is min. ride;
near school and store; excel
lent veiw; assessments paid.
Price 1880. Owner would like
to have $3.50 down, but may
accept less, remainder terms.
E. F. GREGORY CO., Inc.
I'd Floor Natl. Realty Bldg.
1117 Pacific ave.
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TO
SELL At Is
CENTS

The union souvenirs, emitting
the holder to see the Burning of
Rome" tonight at the Stadium,
will be sold at both entrances
tonight for 25 cents, the same as
general admission.
The souvenirs were put on sale
at SO cents. Many OF the union
men who went to the Spanaway
picnic yesterday were unable to
get home in time to use them, on
account of the poor car service.
AS the labor men couldn't ex-
|pect to sell many souvenirs for
one night at SO cents in competi-
tion with the general admission OF
25 cents, the prizes has been cut.
Forty per cent of the receipts
will go toward the Labor Temple.
Everyone who wants to see the
union men erect big fine build-
ing I'm Tacoma should look for the
Labor Temple booths tonight.
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GE|DEL GETS
Lift: TERM
(By United Press Leased Wire.

(By United Press Leased Wire }
NEW YORK, Sept. paul
Geidel, the 17-year-old bellboy
who murdered aged and wealthy
William Jackson in the fashion
able Hotel Iroquois here. was to
day sentenced by Judge Grain to
mot less than 20 years and not
more than his natural life" al
hard labor.
Geidel displayed no emotion. He
walked out of the court prepared
to go to Sing Sing and paid no at
tention to his mother, who sat
bathed in tears.
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streets in half an hour. I'll be
there"
That Is where Paul Beattie said
he met Henry. The defendant yes
terday denied Latham's testimony
and Attorney Smith desperately
fought against its admission.
Mrs. Houchens, Paul Beattie's
mother-in-law, testified that she
answered telephone call for
Panl on the same night and recog-
nized Henry's voice. She heard
him say want to see you at Short
and Main streets. Be sure TO be
there"
Mrs. Houchens said that Paul
then telephoned to MRS. Fischer"
(Beulah Binford) and went out,
returning later in an automobile,
and saying, Good night, Henry"
as he entered the house.
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Be CHIEF
SHORTES
QUITS
LICENSE INSPECTOR THROWS
UP HIS JOB BECAUSE PET
TIT WON'T GIVE HIM FRA
SEIcS JOB.

Alexander Shortes, license In
spector, resigned this morning
because Commissioner Petit re-
fused to fire Chief Fraser and give
him the job.
Shortes has made good as IL
cense inspector and his friends
urged him for chief.
az talked it over with Shortes
but never offered him the place OF
chief nor gave him any assurance
he would get the job. I am sorry
he quit as license inspector for
he was doing good work." said
Petit.
Many Urged Him..
For some time people have
been urging me to appoint Shortes
chief. Saturday a delegation from
South Tacoma told me that
Shortes had told 1t out there that
he was going to get the job.
"They said he had told them he
intended to fire Miller, Barnes and
Captain Reed. He even had pick
ed out a man for his own sue
cessor-W. F. Tietie, who may be
a good man.
''These stories from the outside
did not look good as l had never
given Shortes any assurance
would appoint him.
HE told me Saturday If l did
not fire Fraser he would quit. !
told him I did not want him to do
it. But after the meeting this
morning he came in and handed
in his star and resignation to take
effect at once"
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The plea OF 17-year-old Julia
Webb, coupled with two poems,
one entitled "The Tragedy" the
other "They Hanged Bill Jones'" T"
saved Webb.
Webb was to hang at 1890 but
was reprieved an hour before.
Webb, who had coolly prepared
for death. almost collapsed when
told. II was afraid to die" he
|sobbed. my deepest regret was
the disgrace"
II commuted Webb's sentence
for several reasons" said Gov.
West.
First was the appeal made to
me by Webb's daughter. When
saw the child pitifully pleading
for his life, / got to thinking OF
what my own daughter would
think of me IL l allowed the law
to choke another father to death
to satisfy a few blood-hungry per-
sons.
"Then I happened to read two
little poems. They Hanged Bill
JONES' and the other The Ira
gedy.'"
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Jap Girl Tries Suicide But
!. Faithful Dog Prevents
(By United Press Leased Wire

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
y SANTA CRUZ, Cal, Sept. s.
On the family dog, Millie Ito, IA
year-old Japanese girl, places the
blame today for her unsuccessful
effort to commit suicide. The dog
guided. the men searchers to a
barn where the girl was starving,
after. a pistol she carried failed
to discharge.
MISS Ito, who is the daughter of
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Girl Pleads
For Father

Weak from worry. bedraggled
and almost hopeless, the child
woman tramped through the rain
stopping people on the streets, In
stores and shops, tearfully appeal
ing for their signatures. At noon
her list of petitioners was pitifully
small, but driven by the idea of a
moose around her fathers neck. the
girl continued to render what
probably will be her last service
to him.
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a leading Japanese contractor, be-
lieved she had disgraced the fam
lily name, so she slipped away
Thursday night and crawled un-
der a low barn. The pistol fail
ed to go off, and starvation was
her only hope for suicide.
She was unconscious when
found, but may survive.
The japanese blamed for her
disgrace is in Jail.
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Q Q Q o . Q o o o Q Q @
o o Q Q o o @ Q o Q Q Q

John Josephs and John McEvoy
testified to seeing Henry and Paul
Beattie together ON Thursday
night.
The defense was then allowed
to briefly reopen its case, and
John Blair, who was Joy riding
the night of the murder, swore
the car he saw on the turnpike
was numbered "R11" and could
not have heen Baattie'S.
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PORTLAND, Sept. 5.-Jesse p.
Webb, sentenced to hang at Salem
today, murdered William A. John
son, wealthy rancher at the New
Grand Central hotel here October
81, 1910. After beating Johnson
nearly to death with a black Jack,
he stuffed the body, still alive, In
a trunk, sent it to the depot and
checked 1t to Puyallup.
Bloodstains led to the discovery
and two days later Mrs. Carrie
Kersh, who had accompanied
Johnson from Spokane, and Webb
were arrested together. Mrs.
Kersh had $1,000, which Johnson
had given her for safe keeping.
Both Webb and the woman had
deserted their families in Seattle
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-05
REELECTION ITEM

BEVERLY, Mass, Sept. g.
President Taft today dictated the
first of a series of tariff talks he
will make on his tour through
the west. The president golfed
this afternoon.
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(By United Press Leased Wire.
PORTLAND, Sept. 5.-Brought
to a sudden realization that the
law says her father must hang In
a few hours, Julia Webb, IT,
daughter of Jesse p. Webb, the
trunk murderer" yesterday made
a frantic attempt to get up a pc
tition to urge Gov. West to COM
mute Webb's sentence to life i'm
prisonment.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-05
HACK WANTS To
TRY II AGAIN

CHICAGO, Sept. s. - Stung
with defeat Hackenschmidt today
issued another challenge to Gotch.
He proposed that the bout be
private with only sporting writer's
for an audience, and that $4,000
be put up by each man for a side
bet. He demanded that the
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FIANCE

girl at Quogue. L. l., and turned
the weapon on himself. dying
within an hour.
Friends say that young Childs
wanted Miss Van Wyck to marry
him and go to Los Angeles. but
she refused. They had been friends
since childhood. Childs graduated
from Princeton last June.
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Insane Men Fight Against
Rescue from Flames

(By United Press Leased Wire
PHOENIX, Ariz., Sept. 5.-The
east wing of the Arizona insane
asylum was destroyed by fire to-
day. No lives were lost.
The patients, apparently stun
ned by the conflagration, sat ol
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(By United Press Leased wire.)

10y ohiteu IrSss hcaseu WFe.l
NEW YORK, Sept. 5.--Instead
of going to California as man and
wife, Miss Catherine Vandyck and
William A. Childs, jr., are in the
rnorgue here today. Childs, who
is the 20-year-old son OF William
A. Childs, millionaire, shot the
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previously and had been living to-
gether In Spokane.
They were charged with the
murder. Mrs. Kersh was sem
fenced to 1b years in the peniten-
tiary.
The case was one of the most
sensational in the history of the
Pacific Northwest.
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bEULAH MAY
NOT TAKE:
STAND
Try United Press Leased Wire

Try United Press Leased Wire.)
CHESTERFIELD G o U r 7 =
HOUSE, Va, Sept. 5.-Decision
on the charge that Henry Clay
Beattie, jr., murdered his wife Sc
he could resume his liason with
17-year-old Beulah Binford will
lie with a jury here either on Fri
day or Saturday.
This prediction was made here
today by Prosecutor Wendenburg.
II expect to close the prosecu-
tion's evidence this afternoon.
81 will not call Beulah Binford
unless the prosecution is in des-
perate straits. Beulah and Beat
tie communicated while in Jail and
I am convinced that if she were
to testify she would do her best to
save him. The defense can call
} her if they like but 1 do not think
she will take the stand"
CHESTERFIELD URT-
HOUSE, Va, Sept. Refreshed
by sound sleep, Henry Clay Beat
tie, jr., said today:
II am pretty well satisfied so
far. believe my story is MAX
ing favorable impression on the
jury"
Beufah May Testify.
Judge Watsons ruling out of
Beulah Binford's diary and his de-
@claring that its contents must be
proven from the sworn lips of
Beulah Binford," may force the
state to place the girl on the
stand.
Prosecutor Wendenburg on
cross-examination today endeav-
ored vainly to secure from Beattie
an admission of his ownership of
the gun.
After seven minutes he conclud-
ed and Attorney Smith announced
the defense closed
On rebuttal Henry Latham tes-
titled that on the Thursday night
before the crime he heard Henry
Beattle at the telephone say:
Meet me at Short and Main
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Life Spared At
Eleventh Hour
(By United Press Leased Wire

(Rv -
SALEM Ore, Sept 5Jesse r. Webb, tho trunk murderer,
have hanged
gaows today by Gov West who commued Webbs
to life Imprisonment.
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BULL ETIN.l

MI
FREMONT, Wis, 5--FOur and
train
mile
according
Doctors availab ambuIances I'm
rushed the of
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match be held after he goes to
England to let his knee recover.
Gotch said he was willing and
his manager, Emil Klanke, pull
ing $4,000 from a satchel, offered
to put 1t up. The champion and
Klanke asserted that the match
must occur within two months
because of Gotch's foreign tour.
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the surrounding lawn and calmly
viewed the flames.
Inmates of the violent ward
We're carried out to safety only
after they had fought desperately
with attendants. 1t was necessary
to place several in straight Jackets.