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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-01-16

A mystery of 20 years a not solv-
ed when Mary Finley died a few days
ago in the Yankton asylum. Pioneers
Of the southwest part OF Hand county
remembered OF having rescued from
the prairie where she was roaming, q
young woman whose mind seemed to
be dazed 60 that she could give no
account Of herself or whether she any
relatives anywhere. Her coming
among them was never cleared OF
UNDERWOOD She was brought TO Nil.
Ter BY residents there who saw that
she was properly cared for and lakes
she VA cent 10 Yaukto0,
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-01-16

The marketings shown for any one
year are from the products OF the pre-
year, so the decrease is due to
the failure Of crops of 1911 on account
the drought of that year. There is
none of the crop of this year shown
In the estimates Of shipments.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-01-16
THE BOOKINGS REGISTER, THURSDAY, JANUARY ,e, 1913.

Mildred Davis. same .......... $500
Ruth Squirting, same ........ $500
Laura Leiske, same ......... 100
Opal Johnson, same ..,...... $500
Pearl Mckee, same .......... 5000
Ella PultZ, same ............ 1913
Ada Lewis, salary and extra
labor ...................... 1886
Miss Stanton, labor .......... 2.25
Art Larson, same ........... 400
T. Tolagson, same ........... 22.50
Geo Moe, same ............ 21.40
Hans Uslettin, same ........ 400
Oliver Labriel, same ......... ZOO
Clarence Watkins, same ...... 200
Wilbur Wilson, Same ......... 200
Merl Houghton, same ........ ZOO
Cecil Stearns, same .......... 200
Ed. Moore, same .......... ZOO
Jack Lndstrom, same ........ 400
Clinton Avery, same ......... $50
Virgil Ashbaugh, same....... 200
A. w. Morton, salary and post
age 1O4.41
Nils Larson, salary .......... 1000
Claude Ellis. anne .......... $500
Carl Lundeburg, same ........ $500
o. r. Hyde, same ........... 5000
E. F. Barton, salary and extra
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-01-16
German Coffee Cake
Made Without Yeast

BY Mrs. Janet Mckenzie Hill, Editor of
the Boston Cooking School Magazine.
There Is no warm bread quite as appro-
pirate for Sunday morning breakfast as
German Coffee Cake, yet 1t is seldom made
by housewives who do not bake their w
bread. If X c double raise Baking Powder
Is used II will be just as good as II raised
with yeast and 1t will have the further ad.
vantage of being fresh and warm. Save
this recipe and Try 1t next Sunday.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-01-16
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
Council Hall,
City of Brcokings

City Of Brcokings
January 9Th, 1913.
City council met in regular session
with Mayor w. H. Leighty, Aldermen
Hoover, Hoy, Jermstad, Roberts and
Youngberg present. Conklin and
Moore absent.
{ Minutes of last regular meeting
we're read and approved.
Commit tee on claims made favor.
able report on the following bills:
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-01-16
SOUTH DAKOTA CROP FIGURES

Doane Robinson, superintendent Of
the department of history, has COM
pleted his crop estimate and agricul-
tural statistics for the twelfth annual
review Of the progress of South Da-
kota. He gives the following totals:
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-01-16

j. W.. Warren, repairs ........ Ito
Moved and seconded report Of CON-
mittee be adopted, bills allowed and
warrants drawn for same. On roll
call, Hoover, Hoy, Jermstad, Roberts
and Youngberg voting Aye, motion
carried.
Moved and seconded a warrant be
drawn in favor of the City Treasurer
In the sum of 1921. 20 to balance
freight, express and gasoline accounts.
On roll call, Hoover, Hoy, Jermstad,
Roberts and Youngberg voting Aye,
motion carried.
Application for license to run a
roller rink by Hugh Mears, was pre-
scented and read.
Moved and seconded a license be
issued to Hugh Mears to run a roller
skating rink in basement Of New Cen.
fury Building. On roll call, Hoover,
Hoy, Jermstad, Roberts and Young
berg voting Aye, motion carried.
Moved and seconded application for
abatement on taxes as read from
John Swenehart and H, Whitmus be
referred to committee on taxation all
voting Aye, motion carried.
On motion council adjourned.
Attest w. III. Leighty,
G.. H. Stoddart, Mayor.
Auditor.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-01-16

will make a per capita production OF
1903.
In accordance with a long establish
ed custom, the railroads operating in
the state have furnished a detailed
statement OF the actual amount Of
products Of the state which they have
carried out Of the state for the fiscal
year ending ,Iuna 90. 1912.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-02
THIS Is TERRIBLE.

For some time bulletins have been
cent out from IN institution in Wash
inston, -. c., described as the Inter
national Information Bureau" whose
manager, according to the letter.
heads, is a gentleman with a very for
eign sounding name that is entirely
unfamiliar to lis. but that. of course,
is our misfortune. The purpose OF
these bulletins is to lay bare an awful
conspiracy to undermine the govern
ment of the United States and throw
us all, bound. gagged and shackled,
into the hands of q. British syndicate
which is said already to have secured
control of the organizations of all our
political parties, whose financial agent
was Morgan. whose political agent on
this side is Roosevelt. and i'll whose
interest several Of the cabinet officers,
many of the members of congress and
most OF the judges arc working with
an industry Of a better cause.
1t is a distinct misfortune for n
mar to be unacquainted with the
manager of this bureau. for he knows
more state secrets than we supposed
existed, and it would be a real pleas
ure to know a gentleman SO astute.
80 omniscient. and withal, possessed
of such a fertile imagination as is the
head Of this bureau.
The bulletins. of which No. IA has
just been received, tell of plots and
counter plots. Of steps taken by this
malignant syndicate at various stages
of our national career to possess itself
Of our wealth and control the dispo-
sition Of Il persons. The libel suit
brought by Roosevelt against the
Michigan editor was. we are told,
merely a scheme to throw dust in tho
eyes of the people. Thaw's escape
and recapture. which most of us sup
posed to be e~3plainable on the ground
that Mr.. Thaw wanted to be free and
his custodians objected, is invested
with new interest when he are in
formed that it was a diabolical Brit
sh plan to create the impression that
there was a hostile feeling between
Americans and British.
AS stated. fourteen Of these bulletins
have been issued. Each one takes
two cent stamp . That makes %
,:ents postage for the series thus far.
stationery and t%ypewriting cost some-
hing. How AM thousands Of these
bulletins have been issued we do not
know. but we assume that the num-
her must be large. The question
arises: Who is footing the bills, and
why?
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-02
THE SCHOOL PLAYGROUND.

How large 10 your school play
around? Henry S. Curtis. in a bulle-
Gin just issued by the United States
bureau Of education, declares that
every city school building should have
ut least one full block Of ground,
whether the block IL the usual city
block Of two or three acres, or one
ut ten acres. a in Salt Lake, Utah.
1.-The high school needs at least ten
ceres. he asserts. AS for the country
uchool. it ought never to have less
Than three acres Of play pace, and
could probably make us Of ten acres,
provided the. grass is kept moved.
MI. Curtis shows that our schools
Nave. in general. had very Inadequate
yards. During the past ten years,
however. with the development Of the
play movement. there has come an
oaereased demand for ground space
around school buildings. The state
boards of education in PENNSYLVANIA
end Virginia will not approve plans
for new school buildings that do not
provide for adequate Fairgrounds. In
Iittle Rock, Ark. the standard Of one
full block to a school has been car
Fled out with every one Of tho schools
for white children. All but one or
two Of the schools in Pueblo, Colo,
have a full block . In San Angelo,
Tex, every school but one has two
blocks at least, and two have ten acres
Of play space. The first school built
In Gary, Ind, had two acres Of play
ground. the second had four. the third
eleven. and a lot recently purchased
contains twenty acres.
There is a very strong sentiment
all owe the country for larger school
grounds" Mr.. Curtis finds, land yards
are being augmented i'll many cities
where there is all opportunity to pur-
chase adjoining pieces of land at
prices that are not prolibitive. Cities
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-02

.E IL -
suds and began to wash the glass
globes. She worked languidly. And
presently. with a glance at the clock,
she hurried out to begin dinner. But
while she was slicing the pineapple
the baby cried. She went in to get
her. and then. holding her on her
arm, tried to finish the dinner. The
woman who was cleaning CAV a last
came out to the kitchen. I'll get
dinner" she declared. mo. I'm not
a mite tired. Just you rock the ba-
BY" She completed the preparations
with a skill and celebrity Of movement
that. betokened skill. and experience,
set the table, mashed. the potatoes.
even whtsked up a .puddinE-all in
twenty-five minutes.
my. I think you're wonderful"
sighed Nell. II wish / could keep you
all the time. IL" impulsively, like
you!"
The woman beamed. "Honestly?''
she demanded. I'D love to stay"
Oh" said Nell. miserably. I'VE
"oh. you couldn't" She sprinkled
There was the click Of Harry's key
in the door, and then he came in.
Nell" ne criel,. I'm sorry that
woIna couldn't come. I couldn't get
you again. Didn't the phone get out
Of order? Why. Aunt Sarah!' He
kissed her and looked uncomfortably
at Nell. -
Aunt Sarah" cried Nell in horror.
You're not"
""Yes, 1 am" she said. ooh. I knew
in a minute you'd make a mistake.
but I didn't let on. And. my! how l
enjoyed a good solid afternoon at
work. Since Henry died 7 haven't
been able to find any work to do.
Everywhere i went visiting they
wouldn't let me help. Even Ethel
and the way hat girl lets dust gather!
thought I was noisy. If You think
you can't afford to keep. me" her eyes
t%inkled. 81 was intending to ask
YOU to let me live with you'll al
ways liked Harry the best-and pay
THE ideal" cried Harry and: Nell.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-02

oh. yes. Mr.. Dixon just telephoncd
that he had sent. you out TO help me
I'm afraid" wOfricdly. that youth
have to do it alone. The baby " so
cross and frettulS that / can't lay her
down." Nell looked down at the
small. pain distorted face. She sus.
pected that her own pcGvishness had
affected the baby. iii get you some
lunch"
Never mind" said the woman.
Just tend to the baby. like TO
work alone. And Ill get a cup of cot
tree. Then Ill pitch in" She took
off a shabby bonnet. laid it and a
shabby black bag on the table rear,
and then pitched in. Nell, grooming
to the baby. watched her in amase-
ment. How that old woman could
work! She cleaned the walls. cleaned
picture frames, scrubbed the wool
work. polished the chnndelters,fswept,
busted and brushel. Dear mel"
work so fast and SO thoroughly!"
You don't look strong." tho WON
an commented briefly. Been mar
ried long,"
Two years." Nell sighed.
u suppose YOU sat in an of1ce and
clicked a typewriter" said the wom-
an. Most girls that do that never
have a chance to get a little muscle"
NO" briefly. II was an illustra-
oh: Nice work for folks that like
it-fddling, ] always thought. though.
Drawing pictures, like q school child.
Now. ME! ] like To do something
where YOU ran use your arms" And
she swung the long mop handle with
an expression that If it didn't signify
endowment it was a base Imitation.
II wish l were you" sighed Nell.
II don't know" helplessly. why 1
am so slow. But ] never had II min
ute that there isn't something to De
DONE"
II suppose you'd like to have a lit
tie time for your illustrating" the
old woman suggested.
Would II" NeT's sigh was elo.
quent. Never mind shining that
brass. Aren't You tirci?"
Tired" She laughed. Ia! I
haven't been working three hours.
And I like to see chandeliers bright"
She rubbed vigorously.
The baby whimpered itself to sleep,
Nell laid 1t down, then got a pan Of
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-02

are Often paying as much as $1,000
or more per acre for such land. Two
years ago the city of Houston, Tex.
secured a bond issue Of 100000 fol
enlarging the yards of several Of its
old schools. The city Of Galveston
has recently voted a bond issue of
500. 900 for the same purpose"
Whether in city or country, MIR.
Curtis considers ample school play
ground a vital necessity d. City chill
drcn need good-sizcd school yard
because there is no other place to
play. Country children need a large
yard because at home there is no one
to play with, except in the simplest
games for little children" He points
out that larger school grounds are de-
handed, not only for the sake Of or
ganized play. which has conc to have
Il recognized value in education. but
also for school gardening. open-air
classes. physical training. and other
activities that have made the school
yard nearly as important as the
classroom in the conduct OF a modern
school,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-02
Description of Blue Grass Meal Womb
Breaw Any Hunger strike.

Tpaoo1i ". 0A1c Gf0SS Meal Would
hreaw Any Hunger Strike.
(Kansas City Starr
Were you ever in the blue grass re.
gion on a Sunday when the preacher
a to come home with pa and ma
to dinner? On the day before it would
get out to the negro quarters soma
how that the preacher man, wss
coming. and then the feathers would
fly. Tho jam and jelly shelves would
be rif1ed and finally the dinner came
on the table. There would be about
half a bushel Of fried chicken from
which the necks, backbones and
wings had been eliminated. done to
a rich brown color: flanlsed with
mashed potatoes on one side (old blue
M~eshanockl as white az the driven
snow and as light and pleasing as the
laugh OF a child: beaten biscuits, jams,
preserves. and that old fashioned an
pie butter; corn dodger about the size
OF your clenched fist was a. husk like
the shell OF a cocoanut, and so on. ad
infinitum:
We children all had to wait for the
second table. but the old colored NAM
my let US suffer. and !. isnasine
sometimes we were better served than
the grown up people. Then the pie.
the "punkin" pie. Never served in
less than A quarter n always with
~ Sp' SOOASV eloSo ~ CTSAW az a
chaser.
DO YOU know how to cat a pun
kin" pie? Some Of the degenerate
scions of a long-fOrgotten race of bar
harians clip it off with a fork, and I
actually saw a fork the other day in
your city which had one Of the timer
widened and sharpened so that It
looked to me like a kind Of a shovel,
and they use these instruments to eat
. "punkin' pie with. But no we'll
tred citizen would desecrate a "pun-
kin" pie by treating it in this man.
ner. The well:bred citizen takes his
piece Of pie in his hand and bites out
%crescents Of rich. amber-hued delic.
%iousness from the pie. while the crust
around the pie and the sides Of the
pie and the bottom Of the pie are
Drowned flakes Of ecstacy. Half the
enjoyment Of eating a "punkin'' pie il
in slpearins sonc 81 it over your face
\ pie having the kind OF crust that
wouldn't stand alone aud which
would allow it's contents to run ali
! over your fingers and gun them up
would be fastened to the pigpen.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-02

balls. much to the amusement Of the
passengers, but to the evident discom-
future Of the bald headed man.
The talk finally developed into an
argument of the. cause Of badness.
and after considerable POPULARITY, the
pair turned to the pearly pated
stranger, and one said:
my friend and ] have been discuss.
ing the aus of badness, but we
can't seem to agree. Would you
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-02
Laugh With Us

Stout Lady -twatchtng the lions be
ing fed)-'Pears to me. mister, that
amt q very big piece O. meat for sech
a bis animal.
% s'pose 1t does seem like q little
neal to you, ma'am, but it's enough
for the lion.-National Food Maya
zine.
over to East Boston on tie ferry.
There was a steam shovel at work
out in the harbor. and / was standing
watching it. Suddenly I felt a tap
on my shoulder and turned around to
ind a son Of Erin standing there.
Say" said he. isn't this q wonderful
s fSa1 tSin< By yo' EGr, 9ow now' ts 1sst look nox A.
Look at it. Isn't that wonderful?
But. say, Guild man, I wouldn't want
to be the guy at the bottom filling that
thing up, would yc?"
Mr.. Evans entered a New York res
taurant and saw q friend seated at
Hello, Lowell" he said. ."how. are
ooh, pretty WE'LL" replied Lowell.
What arc you doing now?" in
CURED Evans.
We'll, when I came in here said
Lowell, "about two hours ago ] was
since then. I'm a waiter now
Pulitzer's Magazine.
Lecturer-My friend. what we lack.
we men Of this generation, is cour-
age. We are shirkers. We run be.
fore the storm. Even before our ply
steal ills we quail like children.
Voice from the audience-What
buncle on the back Of your neck?.
Lecturer-I'd face 1t. sir!
A stalwart young German applied
fro a position on a farm. A. he
walked into the barn he addressed
the the ia far q Hey. mister. will you
will I what?"
"Will you job me? Make me work
"oh, ! see: You want a lob" said
II tell you. II YOU eat me on der
farm ! son'e fer ffe dollars. but for
sshmidt's'S-Sation.i Food Maya ..
zine.
The Rev. DR.. Jordan was anxious
about his sons college examination
ana ~requested him to telegraph the
result. The boy sent the following
telegram: Hymn 342, NTH verse. last
two lines" Looking 1t up the father
found the words: Sorrow van.
quished. labor ended. Jordan passed"
Teacher-Why don't you comb
your hair before you come to SCHOOL,
Tommy amt got no comb.
Teacher-Then borrow your IA.
theirs.
Tommy-Father amt got none,
either
Taacher-Absurd! Doesn't he comb
his hair?
Tommy-Nope. He amt got NO
hair.
Two men on q train were appar.
emily old acquaintance, and they
were in a jovial mood. Both we're
gray, but each had a luxuriant head
Of hair. Ncnr them sat q stout party
with a shining dome that was almost
destitute IT hirsuite covering.
The w friends exchanged facetioul
remarks about silver locks. then IN.
!dulEcd in some pleassntries about the
thinning Of the thatch," with casual
references to door knobs and billiard
.s. fsa.. :. e. +.,,..n--. - -.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-02

doorbell rang, ana she opened 1t to. a
tall old woman with muscular sh.,ul-
ders and big strong hands. Come
right in" invited Nell, gladly. Har-
~ was a good-hearted boy-she wish
ed she hadn't been SO cross. and
you a go right to work on this !iv-
ing room. The rugs are cleaned, 81
you can start to clean the pictures
and moulding. Oh. have you had any
lunch?"
We'll. I suppose some people
wouldn't call it LUNCH" grimly. ut
was n bite of a roll and a stale
doughnut. l." She looked stead
lastly at the living room. lis this the
right place, 1 wonder? You're Mrs.
Dixon?"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-02

And you al get q chance to do
some illustrating she said comfort
ably to Nell. "You don't Know"
p~athetcally, "how hard 1t is to be
idle aftsr you've worked hard all your
life!"% =.
Harry looked uncomfortably at
Nell. Would she care? II feel" said
Nell. kissing Aunt Sarah. that I am
in heaven"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-02

Who's Massachusetts, biggest
man. from York to Boston bay
that is. at least from early fall
until Thanksgiving day? Who
has q harder time by far the
limelight nan to dodge than
either Winthrop Murray Crane or
Henry Cabot Lodge? Who tap.
the pigskin with his toe and
shoots it through the air. while
Harvard howls in ecstasy and
Yale in deep despair? Who sends
1t straight between the poles and
well above the mark, while Har.
ward throws II fit of joy and
Yale sinks out the park. Who
might have been a president or
car or king or shah. and Sol less
mention from the press? Charles
Brickley. Fab! Rah! Rsh!
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-02

ANY shoe GEMS too small to asso.
oiate with a Woodworking corn.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-02

A henpecked travelling man doe,
the least kicking on hotel grub.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-02

II a man treats his wife all right.
she complains that he sights visitora
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-02

It is our wants and not our actua
needs that Increase so rapidly.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-02
WAS A READ DIXNEn

About the rarest specimen is a mar.
row-minded mar who will admit II.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-02

mind telling VI what you regard Is
the real aus Of baldness?"
The stranger whselsd about, eyed
bis !auestionsrs ,hsrcsly. and snerted:
"Braine!" =
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-02

If q homely girl has plenty OF
money it's an easy matter to meet q
wise man who will try to convince
her she Is a prize beauty.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-02

There isn't anything more charm.
Ing than a charming manner.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-02

The man who declined to prosecute
his wife on. the charge Of cutting to
wound him must be well acquainted
with the better part Of valor.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-02

Any man can make a woman talk
put only diplomat can make her
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-02

And many a man who has the
cheek to raise whiskers doesn't ever
try it.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-02

She's a bright girl who a snatch
an eligible man from a DESIGNING
widow.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-02

A III always has faith in the
Judgment Of any man who asks her
to marry him. "
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-02

Bread is the stafr Of life and fiat
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-02

Most children are dissatisfied with
the behavior Of their parents.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-02

But when the millennium starts in
business the man behind the muck
rake will be out Of a Job.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-02

Smart men can be fools for a pur-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-02

Nearly all men are too lazy even to
tnink Tor themselves Thinking is
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-02

Lecturer-My friend, what we lack,
we men Of this generation, is cour-
age. We are shirkers. We run be.
fore the storm. Even before our ply
steal ills we quail like children.
would dis o al0 do, .ir re if YOU had ar :
buncle on the back Of your neck?s
Lecturer-I'd face 1t. sir!