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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-02-02
TWO BANK ROBBERS MAKE
THEIR ESCAPE LAST NIGHT
LOTUS AND FORBES, WORST OF Roe6ER QUARTET, MAKE THEIR
GETAWAY FROM COUNTY JAIL.
NO TRACE OF MEN HAS BEEN FOUND AND SHERIFF HALVoRsoN
HAS WIRED FOR eLooDHoUNos TO TAKE UP THE TRAIL.

trace of the men has been found. Last
night was cold and stormy with a
strong wind from the northwest which
would drown any noise the robbers
might have made. The men probably
went east and if they were fortunate
enough TO catch a freight it is un-
likely that they will ever be taken.
Forbes and LOTUS were considered
the worst of the quartet and drew the
longest sentences from Judge Seward.
LOTUS was given eight years and nine
months and Forbes five years and II
month. In company with Reed and
Latan they were convicted of an at
tempt to blow the safes in the Farm
ers' Bank of Bushnell and the First
National Bank of White. The men
were caught at Egan soon after the
crime and last week plead guilty be-
fore the circuit court and were SEN
fenced on Monday. AS court was in
session it was impossible for Sheriff
Halvorson to get away, but he intend
ed to take the four to the pe|nitentiary
at Sioux Falls the first Of next week.
one theory is that the robbers had
help from the outside and this looks
very reasonable. 1t would have been
easy for a person on the outside to
saw through the steel door, enter the
corridor and unlock the cage door and
this would explain how this door came
to be unlocked. The men either had
help from'the outside or the cage door
was not locked last night, which is
very improbable. Up to noon today
no trace of them had been found. If
they had an accomplice on the out
ide he undoubtedly provided them
with extra clothing and money which
they would be badly in need of.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-02-02

Lotus and Forbes, two Of the bank
robbers who were this week sentenced
to terms in the ~penitentiary, escaped
last night from the county Jail. They
made their getaway by saving the
lock off the small door in the window
on the west side of the building. Then
they raised the sash and pushed out
the storm window, which landed about
twenty feet away and was smashed to
pieces. Sheriff Halvorson this morn
ing telegraphed to the sheriff Of Davi-
son county to come with his blood
hounds and take up the trail.
The men were confined on the first
floor of the Jail and last night Sheriff
Halvorson locked them within the
cage. This cage surrounds the four
cells and it is necessary to give them
the run of this cage on account of the
toilet. The lock on the cage is a
big heavy one, working with a lever
and just how they opened this door is
a mystery. The lock had not been
tempered with nor was it possible for
anyone TO gain an entrance to the
floor and assist them. Running around
the cage is a corridor and once they
gained this their escape was compare
lively easy. The windows are heavily
barred, of course, but there is a small
door al each window to be used in
case of fire. The men sawed the
steel lock on the west window very
neatly, showing that they must have
had a saw concealed about their per
son or in the Jail. The other two
robbers were confined on the second
floor or they would have undoubtedly
escaped too.
The escape probably happen d some
time after midnight and so far no
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-02-02
POULTRY SHOW.

During the farmers institute the
Brookings County Poultry Association
will hold a poultry exhibition in the
Lion drug store building, February s
TO II, inclusive. The purpose Of this
show is merely for advertisement and
to bring poultry fanciers together.
There will be no entry fees, neither
will premiums be paid. At this time
a large attendance is expected from
in and out Of the city, and this should
prove a valuable meeting between
buyer and seller. The association has
procured this building on Main street
and those bringing in birds may be as
surred of their receiving care and at
tention. Coops have been secured by
the association for those not having
exhibition coops of their own. Help
make this a success by bringing in
birds and inducing others to do like
wise. Together with old exhibitors
We especially urge new exhibitors and
farmers to bring their birds here, as
it is one of the cheapest and best ways
to advertise your stock. Send all birds
and correspondence to the secretary,
l.. c. Gooch.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-02-02

II favorably. Gandy's bin giving the
state a 20 per cent royalty on all coal
mined on state lands was introduced
during the week. The Perkins bill,
permitting water rights in dry draws
passed the senate without opposition.
Burlington of Gregory, has a measure
designed to settle county seal fights
by permitting any town with a 10 per
cent petition to be voted on at the
first regular election, and then have
the two highest ballotted on at a sec
ond election. 1t is a sort of adapta-
ton of the primary.
The State Conservation Congress
held during the week was a great sue
cess. Huron, Mitchell and Sioux Falls
are candidates for it next year.
Harry A. Robinson.
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FARMERS WILL
GO TO SCHOOL
ANNUAL INSTITUTE WILL OPEN
WEDNESDAY.
GOOD PRIZES ARE OFFERED
AND THE PROGRAM WILL BE AN
UNUSUALLY STRONG ONE.

The annual institute of the Brook
ings County Farmers Institute Asso-
citation will open in the G. A. X. hall
next Wednesday, February s, and con-
tinue the rest of the week. The in
stitute promises to be an unusually
good one, as the fact that the State
College is located here will make
available the best speaking talent
in the state. In addition to the local
speakers superintendent Chamberlain
will be here with his excellent corps,
and the program will contain every
day a variety and excellence that the
farmers of Brookings county cannot
afford to miss. Everything is free,
bring the boys and the ladies'.
AS in past years the association is
Offering a number of good prizes with
a view of stimulating interest in the
institute and increasing the attend
ance. These prizes are as follows:
One peck each, spring wheat, oats,
bd Z y SI'OAtAb IlOS lIliICiy IOiilliioll I'LL
let, rye, clover, timothy; first prize
50, second prize 81.
Best ten ears yellow corn, best ten
ears white corn, best single ear, any
variety, first prize 50, second prize 81.
Best peck early white potatoes, best
peck early red potatoes, best peck late
,o4,tDNr Rrg+ nrt1o GO r,oDnI nr;,,
ST..
The contest for these prizes is open
to any resident of Brookings county.
All exhibits must be in place by 5
p. m, February s. Further informa-
ton can be obtained Of the secretary,
G. N. Kennard.
Following is the program for the
four days:
Wednesday.
1870 p. M, Address of Welcome
w. II. Leighty, mayor.
Presidents address.
"Forage"-Prof. j. w. Wilson.
The Grange"-Dr. A. A. Brigham.
thursday.
1890 a.. m.-"Co-operation"-H. /.
Stearns.
"Poultry'-Dr. A. A. Brigham.
100 p. manual meeting.
1870 p. m.-"Farming of the Future"
Prof. j. II. Wilson.
The Hog and Why He Is Named
the Mortgage Lifter"-Prof. J. II.
Shepard.
Friday.
1890 a. m.-"Cement, It's Uses On
the Farm"
Best Method of Raising the Calf
by Hand"-G. n. Kennard.
Question Box. The question box
will be introduced this year and every
one is requested to hand in questions
Continued on page A.
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of the pleasantest kind while he was
in our employ. He was a good printer,
a good executive, had ideas of his own
and we frequently received from him
pointers of considerable value to the
business.
In the spring of 1909 Charlie left
the employ of the Register to take the
management of the Minnesota and Da-
kota Farmer, a publication which was
established and successfully run for
several years by Brookings people.
Here Mr.. Hall had an opportunity to
expand and demonstrate his ability
and with the assistance of a good
board of directors he again made
good" building up in a marvelously
short time one of the best farm mag
azines in the country. So successful
was this work that it attracted the at
tentiCn of that great organizer of the
Orange Judd Corporation, Herbert My
rick. When the farm paper was dis
posed of to the Orange Judd company
Mr.. Hall took a position with the new
owners at a salary about double what
he had been receiving.
Mr.. Hall now has a fine position
with the Orange Judd company as it's
northwestern advertising man and we
predict that he will make one Of their
most valuable employees.
Mr.. Hall was a booster in all that the
word implies. He believed, earnestly
and enthusiastically, in boosting your
home town and was on the job talking
for B~rookings from the minute he ar
rived here until his departure for
Minneapolis, and no doubt he will al
ways have a good word to say for this
place while telling what a wonderful
town Minneapolis is. We have few
enough of his kind here and he will
be missed. We will miss him around
the Register office, where his CHEEKY
smile and good word were always
welcome, and we hope that the world
will deal we'll with him in whatever he
undertakes.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-02-02

will attend.
The Watertown and Dempster pa
Irons came down to Brookings Friday
Mint and returned Sunday morning.
The afternoon session opened at
2:30 p. M. The newly elected officers
were duly installed and a public
grange meeting was held in the college
chapel.
Miss amy Ladd rendered two very
acceptable readings. Mr.. Walter Bren-
neman gave a defamation. Miss Viola
Newton favored the audience with 4
delightful vocal solo, Prof. Ender ac-
companying on the piano.
The subject for discussion was The
Improvement of the Rural Schools"
Miss Eunice Hansen and Fred WuertZ
of the School of Agriculture, presented
excellent papers on the subject. Mrs.
F. NJ. Stone of Watertown. addressed
the meeting atG added greatly TO th3
interest.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-02-02
POMONA GRANGE MEETING.

On Saturday, January %, the
Brookings County Pomona Grange met
at the State College.
The forenoon session at II a. m,
was held in the Assembly DON of
the Annex. Officers were elected for
the ensuing year as follows:
Master-Fred Olmstead of Water
town.
Overseer-Albert Loats of Dempster.
Lecturer-Mrs. F.. NJ. Stone Of
Watertown.
Secretary-Miss Benson of White.
Treasurer-Charles Gile of White.
Steward-Peter Benson of White.
Lady Steward-Miss Mae Stearns Of
Trenton.
1t vas decided to accept the invita-
ton of Dempster Grange No. A to meet
with it on Saturday, March II. A
large delegation of %Brookings Grange
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-02-02
HELD IN HIGH ESTEEM.

DR.. H. w. Tilden, who will supply
the pulpit of the Baptist church for a
few months, will arrive here today and
will preach his first ermon on Sun
day morning. The following from the
Pierre Dakotan indicates the high es-
TEEN in which DR.. Tilden is held in
that city, where he has been located
tor some time:
The reception given at the Ewert
home last evening for DR.. and Mrs.
Tilden was a pleasant affair, al
though saddened by the thought of
parting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ewert opened their
elegant home to the public and the
large gathering of friends testified
to the high place the Tildens have
won in the affections of Pierre people.
1T is not too much to say that
probably no pastor of Pierre has ever
departed from here after so compare
lively short a pastorate leaving behind
him him such an impress for good
upon his hearers. DR.. Tilden's ser
mons are not only full of profound
thought but so logical and clear in
style that the simplest mind can
grasp the essential points. They are
so full of new and uplifting thoughts.
without thrills" as he himself puts
it, that the deepest thinker can find in
them something to ponder e
The years to come will show per-
haps more clearly 10 many people
what a treasure the First Baptist
church as well as the whole city had
in such a man while the sweet in
tluence of Mrs. Tilden's gentle life
will linger as long as any who know
her survive"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-02-02
WE WILL MISS CHARLIE.

The departure of Charles +. Hall
and family to reside in Minneapolis
leads the Register to speak of him as
a former employe who made good"
Mr.. Hall came to Brookings four years
ago as superintendent of the mechan-
ical department of the Register. We
always found him ION the job" and
working in the interests of his en-
ployers. Our relations were always
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-02-02

"The Rosary" has just finished a
three months engagement in Chicago
and is nov the sensation of the year
in New York City, where it is crowd
ing the Garden theatre nightly. At
the opera house Thursday evening,
February 9.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-12
TO EXTEND OPERATING TIME
Senate Bill Proposes to Allow Rail
way Company Until Fall.

Senator Smith Of Maryland has in
troduced bill to give the Baltimore
and Washington Transit Company OF
Maryland until November %. 1911. to
begin the operation Of its line within
the District.
This is the line which runs from Ia
koma Park to the end Of the 14th street
line Of the Capital Traction Company.
The time limit within which it was to
have been put in operation was May
Is, 1910. and this bill would grant eigh-
teen months Of grace.
The original act granting a charter
to the railroad was approved June 8,
1896, and the line was to be completed
to connect with the Brightwood Rail-
road Company at Takoma Park within
a year from that time. A further ex-
tension of the line from Takoma Park
along Sd street. Kennedy street and
Colorado avenue was granted by Con-
gress in May, 1908. but it was specified
that this grant should be void unless the
operation of the extension began within
two years.
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FOUR PERSONS FOUND DEAD.
In Two Cases Coroner Is Making an
INVESTIGATION.

Christian Luttman. seventy-four years
OF age, an inmate Of the United States
Soldiers Home. was found dead in a
room of the mess hall there about 23u
o'clock this morning. He retired late last
night. Death Is thought to have resulted
from natural causes.
Augustus Wade. colored, fifty-four
years Of age. was found dead yesterday
afternoon at AT Az street southwest.
Coroner hewitt was notified.
Coroner hewitt has issued a certificate
of death from natural causes in the case
Of Gladys cambridge. colored. OF So De-
frees street northwest, who was found
dead in bed at her home yesterday.
While sitting in chair in her home,
2O02 K street northwest, last evening
Mary Wheeler, colored. fifty-two years
Of age died. She was found by relatives
and a physician was summoned. Coroner
hewitt is making an investigation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-12
EASTERN SCHOOL TEAM WINS
Captures Laurels in Debate With
Western Aggregation.

The debating team representing the
Eastern High School yesterday afternoon
defeated the Western High School team
at the school of the latter team.
The Eastern team. composed of Einar
w. Dieserud. Miss Eleanor Farmer, Will
liam w Gibbon and Miss Frederick Neu-
mann, alternate. supported the affirmative
side Of the question, which affirmed that
1.-THE closed shop is justifable in the
United States" The Western team COM
posed of James B. Lockwood, Maurice
Cohen. Harry c. Blanton and Colin
Campbell. alternate. upheld the negative
side.
f. c. Brandenburg. William F. GUIDE
and Paul f. Sleman were judges Of the
debate, and Allan Davis principal OF the
Business High School. presided.
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HISTORIC SC0URGES
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
1.-THE PLAGUE:

bonic plague proves the same thing.
The domestic or ship rat carries the
injection in it's own carcass and COM
municates the germs to food. horses and
coming, Further. the same fieas which
lnfest the rats will harbor in human
beings and infect their host by means of
their bite. This Is now so clearly under
stood that in all plague-ridden countries
where there is any attempt at scientific
sanitation or preventive measures.
whether of quarantine or of destruction,
relentless war against rats and ground
squirrels is carried on. Where the ro-
dents are driven out the scourge diSap-
pears as if by magic. It is a curious fact
that in the sixteenth century, when Eu-
rope was plague ridden, dogs and cats
were also popularity recognized as car
riers of infection and dreaded accord
ingly.
and settled by Europeans until later our
western continent
America Escaped escaped the raw
Ravages of Pests. nees ., er rae s nes.s
and scourges. But with settlement and
commerce. particularly when our Pacific
coast ports began to be thronged with
shipping and sailors from the orient
home of the plague from time immemo-
rfal-the United States could not and did
not escape infection from what became
popularity known as rat plague'-the
dread bubOnic plague. Besides the ship
rat and the domesticated variety, mice
and the extremely prolific California
ground squirrel were found 10 be fruitful
and dangerous sources of contagion.
Surgeon General Walter Wyman of the
United States public health and marine
hospital service says:
Ancient writings abound in illusions
TO peStilences and their connection with
the epizootics among rats and mice In
the book of Samuel there is reference to
a pestilence having relation to mice. and
that 1T might be stayed the Philistines
made offerings of golden images Of the
mice that marred the land. During the
centuries that have interviewed rats have
migrated to practically every quarter of
the earth. causing untold losses on ac-
count OF their depredations. They have.
also. in all probability been the primary
agents of transmission in the visitations
OF plague which have visited the earth. :"
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES SOURCES.
1.-THE BLACK DEATH.
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LIKELY TO SELECT THIS CITY.
American Economic Association Will
Probably Hold Convention Here.

The convention of the American Eco
nomic Association will be held this year
in Washington, Ii Is believed Granville
NJ. Hunt. chairman OF the conventions
committee of the Chamber of Commerce.
has received a letter from T. NJ. Carver.
secretary and treasurer of Harvard Uni
versity and an officer of the >Economic
Association, stating that the association
would probably decide to accept the in
vitation extended by the Chamber OF
Commerce to come to Washington for its
convention.
The campaign which Is being wared
by the Chamber of Commerce to bring
conventions to Washington. has attracted
much attention in other cities. The bust
ness men Of Memphis. Tenn, which is
also in the field for conventions. have
taken the matter SO much to heart that
they have challenged the Washington
Chamber of Commerce and the District
Commissioners to measure the CONNER
cial Importance of Washington with
Memphis. and to compare the social, ed
ucational and intellectual advantages OF
the two cities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-12
Shorty and q Valet.

Shorty McCabe comes back In our next
Sunday Magazine In getting Down to
Tacks With Tivvers." Tivvers was an
English valet that Pinckney had imported
to look after his personal needs He was
a most peculiar specimen Of humanity; as
Shorty says, he displays about as much
intelligence as a stuffed alligator holdin'
card tray" But the innocuous Tivvers
was destined to play an important part in
Shorty's affairs, and in q way not en-
tirely pleasant TO that versatile physical
developer. You will laugh till your sides
ache while reading this rare tale.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-12


There is no better illustration OF the
progress that has been achieved by the
human race in its struggles upward from
barbarism and savagery than it's success
full combating of disease. In the INFANCY
of the race and, in fact, through all ou.
the last two or three centuries OF It's ex-
istence. it stood helpless before the raw
ages of dread epidemics. Unable to dis
cover their source or to ascertain their
cause. the only recourse in times OF ter
rible epidemics was to fast and pray
that the Almighty would stay the aff1ic-
tion that was making men to die like flies
to die in such numbers and with sucn
frequency that literally the dead were
left to bury the dead
In 1866 Naples had 3S0.0OO deaths in
single six-month period. The whole city
was a charnel house. with its remnant OF
population covering with terror In ISL.
Constantinople was helpless before 2
plague that carried away 144,COO OF its
population Throughout the middle ages
whole nations were stricken with cpl
denies and half their population laid low
on frequently recurring dates. Cholera,
yellow fever, bubonic plague, smallpox
and other fell messengers of death waged
a. warfare on the race as relentless as it
was runOus.
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Il am not saying so. replied Mr.. Muir
ply. Il will only say that all the lead
ers of the organization are against Shep.
ard"
How about McCooey's declaration tina,
he is for Shepard?''
oh" said the Tammany leader, turn.
ing away with smile. that is Brook
lyn affair."
With McCooeys statement Murphy's
Interview and Gaynor's letter. the atti
tudes of three important influences In
the senatorship fight are now in the open
but it remains for the legislature to de-
eide whose preferences shall be followed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-12
Local Architects Elect Officers

Washington Chapter. American Insti-
tute of Architects, has elected officers as
follows: President. r. j. u. Fuller: vice
president. l.. f. Dessez: secretary. Ward
Brown; treasurer. A. l.. Harris: eNecu-
tive committee. T. j. d. Fuller. l.. r..
Dessez Ward Brown. 4. l.. Harris. ]. r.
Marshall. w. G. Peter AMI Frank Upman I;
and committee on admission. J.R. Mar
shall, w. G. Peter and Frank Epman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-12

The causes Of the plague are now thor
oughly understood. It's inception is due to
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from the United States" Senator Gal
n.

"Other and nearer Latin-American
countries, the West Indies and Mexico,
with which we have good, swift. regular
communication by American steamship
lines, running under the law of 1891, buy
substantially 30 per cent OF all their i'm
ports from the United States. There
cannot be the slightest question that a
good, regular American steamship serv-
Ice, with the active cooperation OF our
merchants, would soon lift the United
States into similar commanding posi-
ton in the markets of Brazil, Uruguay
Argentina, Chile and Peru
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-12

Thucydides, writing about 400 B. c..
gives a dramatic account Of the plague