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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-03-20
PRELIMINARY
CONTEST HELD
HIGH SCHOOL SOCIETIES SELECT
CANDIDATES FOR INTER
SOCIETY CONTEST
WINNER WILL REPRESENT BROONNG
In the District Observation-Disclosures
tory Contest Which is to be Held
Here Friday Evening, April 4

The preliminary Observation-Disclosures
toy contest was held by each OF the
literary societies of the local high
school Friday. The purpose of this
contest was to determine who were to
represent each of the societies in the
i~nter-society contest which will be
held Friday of this week. The win
ners in this contest will represent the
local high school in the district con
test which is to be held in Brookings
Friday evening, April the 4th. The
students have taken considerable in
terest in these contests and the So
ciety winning the most points in the
preliminary contests will be present
ed a pennant. AS was stated a few
weeks ago the Commercial Club of
Brookings has appropriated $40 for
medals for the winner of first place in
oratorical and declamatory classes.
There are about twenty schools in this
district that are eligible to enter this
contest and it is expected that all will
have a representative at the final con
test at Brookings April 4th.
Following are the programs rem
dered by the literary societies last
week:
Minerva Society
O%ratorical
Patrick Henry's Speech on Liberty
Harry Halvorson
Lord Cathams Speech-Affairs in
America ......... Hubert Mathews
Dramatic
Death of Paul Dombey-"Domby and
Son'-Dickens. 49,. Frances Knutson
Negore the Coward-Jack Lundon
Daisy Nord
The Chariot Race-"Ben Hur"-
Wallace ........... Ruth Peterson
Hubert Mathews and Daisy Nord re-
ceiyed first place.
Judges-Mrs. Won Tobel, DR.. Tilden,
and Rev. Gardner.
Alpha-Alethian Society
Declamatory
zone Of Bob's Tranps"-Smith...
"The Death of Paul Domby'-
exc Nellie rlcKSOn
The Boy Orator of Zepata City
Davis ..........M Margaret Skinner
This society had no one to repre-
sent them in the o%ratorical class. Mar
garet Skinner won first place in the
declamatory contest in this society.
Judges-Mrs. Morrow, Prof. Miller
and Rev. Bruce.
Delt Bata Society
O~ratorical
"A Vision of War and a Vision of
Peace" James Revell
Adams and Jefferson"-Webster..
Leonard Ladd
Declamatory
LAS the Moon Rose'-Phelps ......
........... Joy Morton
The Death Disk" ........ Ruby Lien
Bobby Shaftoe"-H. Greeno......
Leila Linn
Leonard Laid and Leila Linn won
first places and will contest with rep
resentatives of the other two societies.
Judges-Prof. Kerr, DR.. Lentz and
DR.. Bates.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-03-20
FORGERiES ARE CLAIMED

A sensation was sprung by discovery
of forgeries of signatures to the initia-
tive primary petition to repeal the
Richards primary law, says a Huron
dispatch.
James Coffey, chairman of the Ed.
S. Johnson democratic state organiza-
ton, brought the blank petition to
Huron for signatures, and he also
filed it with the secretary of state on
March 8 with others. The legislature
Immediately submitted it to a direct
vote of the people at the next general
election.
T. NJ. Simmons, the states attorney,
was the first person to sign the petit
ton at Huron. After that its history
has not been fully disclosed, but those
in charge of the investigation believe
they are on the track of the person
who committed the ~forgeries. Arrests
are expected to follow. The statutory
penalty in this case is $500 and peni-
Tertiary Imprisonment for not more
than five years for each signature
forged.
Seventeen signatures in all were
obtained to the petition from the city
of Huron and vicinity, ten of which are
forgeries. Different persons whose
names were forged to the petition have
already signed affidavits declaring
they never saw or signed the petition.
These names all appear on page 1873 of
the general petition. Parties whose
names were on the petition were pres
ented with photograph copies of the
petition certified by the secretary of
state.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-03-20
INVENTORY LAW

One of the interesting measures
passed by the last legislature was the
inventory law. 1t provides that in the
month of December of each year every
state, county, municipal township or
school officer, including the officers
and employees Of the different state
institutions, shall make in duplicate
an itemized inventory of all public
property, books, furniture and other
goods in his custody which inventory
shall show the cost price of each item,
or the estimated value, and one copy
shall be filed in the permanent files of
his office, and the other to be filed with
specified Observation-Disclosures for state
property with the state auditor; of the
different state institutions, with the
secretaries of the boards which man
age them; county officers with the
county auditor; municipal officers with
the city auditor or clerk; all township
and school officers with the county SUI
p~erintendent of schools. Boards of
survey are provided for, those to look
after state property being the state
capital commission; for the counties,
the boards of county commissioners.
Whenever any property or article is
purchased for public use it becomes
the duty Of the proper officer to make
an entry of such purchase in the inven-
tory book provided for hat purpose,
and every officer in leaving office shall
take a receipt from his successor for
all property turned over, and every
officer assuming an office is required
to give this receipt to his predecessor.
Any property which shall become
unfit for IS from age, wear, tear or
otherwise and is beyond repair shall
be condemned by the boards of survey
and disposed of, and a record kept Of
such sale and the money turned into
the general fund.
One of the results of the action of
the legislature, backed by the decision
of the governor will bring a number
of official heads to the capital to trans
act business, instead of keeping their
offices at different places in the state
as may suit their individual fancy. The
public examiners office will have it's
headquarters here instead of at Nit
chell, the game warden will transact
business at Pierre instead Of some
other point, according to where he may
reside. The railway commissioners
must reside at the capital and keep
open office, and a number of other
changes will be made in locations.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-03-20
GENERAL STORM
SWEEPS COUNTRY
LAST THURSDAY AND FRIDAY,
DOING A LARGE AMOUNT
OF DAMAGE
A BLIZZARD RACES IN THIS VICINITY
With Some Snow, But Storm is More
Severe North and West
of Here

Last Thursday and Friday the sever
est and most general storm in several
years swept over the country. In
Brookings and vicinity it took the form
of a real blizzard and was the worst
storm of the winter. The storm came
up from the west late Thursday night
and all day Friday it showed and the
wind blew a gale, the combination
producing a brand of weather that was
very uncomfortable to be out in. The
damage in this vicinity was small, be-
ing confined to telephone lines, and
they had considerable trouble. The
snow although it settled in drifts, help
ed the soil.
The storm was more severe in other
parts of the state than around Brook
ings. At Watertown and north OF
there it showed about a foot and drifts
were TO be found from five to ten feet
high. At Pierre there was a foot and
a half of snow and west of there the
fall was even heavier. Much damage
to telephone lines was done throughout
the state.
The train service was almost stop
ped on Friday and trains did not begin
to arrive anywhere near on time until
Sunday. The east-bound passenger
was tied up in a snow drift near Pierre
Thursday night and remained all night.
The trains from both directions were
from five to ten hours late both Friday
and Saturday.
Farther east and south the storm
took the form of a cyclone and in the
southern states fifty-one people were
killed and an immense amount of prop
erty destroyed.
The following dispatch from Rapid
City tells of the death of a family near
there:
"Huddled in the rear end Of a wagon
box and enshrouded in a mantle of
snow that drifted higher and higher
about them with each succeeding gust
of wind, A. T. Perry, his wife and
three little children were found frozen
to death by a searching party Satur-
day. They had lost their way on the
open prairie in the binding snow.
THE rigid bodies of the father and
mother formed a shelter for the protec-
ton of the little one The parents
had utilized every blanket and all
available clothing, which vas bundled
around their children, eve sacrificing
some of their own garments in a vain
attempt to keep them alive.
MIR. and Mrs. Perry were going
from their home, nine miles west Of
Rapid City, to the Holcomb ranch east
of here, where they intended spending
the summer. Night overlook them and
they lost their way. Perry freed the
horses, but he himself fell PROSTATE
and died.
The horses wandered into the cor
raj. of Milton Frease, blindfolded with
gunny sacks. BY following their
tracks backward the bodies of the
Perrys We're found. One son, who was
found wandering about the prairie
dazed from his efforts to find his par
ents, lies in a local hospital in a pre-
carious condition and another brother
and two men who searched for the
Perrys are missing
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-03-20
sRookINGs FELLOWSHIP LEAGUE

In our last issue we mentioned the
meeting of citizens held to discuss the
matter of place for the young men Of
the city to spend their evenings. A
s. cond meeting, with a larger attend
ance, was held on Tuesday evening
Of this week and an association to be
known as the Brookings Fellowship
League was organized. The object
of the league will be four-fold, and it
promises to be the best association
for religious and civic betterment ver
organized in Brookings. 1t aims to
embrace the following subjects: Re-
ligion and morality, literary and social
intercourse, athletics, both in and out
of door, boys and girls work. The
league will be Observation-Disclosures
and non-sectarian.
1t is the purpose of the league to
have permanent quarters down town,
with a permanent secretary at as
early a date as possible.
The league will be governed by a
board of eighteen directors, and at
Tuesdays meeting six of these were
elected, as follows: DR.. L. G.. Borst,
Rev. c. F. Hoffman, Rev. Paul Roberts,
W. a. DiiStoou, iOl. II. ID. NudIhC Wo,
Rev. r. A. Bruce. The remaining
twelve directors will be elected at a
meeting to be held in the parlors of
the Presbyterian church Tuesday even
ing, April 1, and other important mat
ters will be discussed at this time.
On Sunday, March 80, under the
auspices of the league, will be held two
mass meetings. One Of these will be
for men and n for women and they
will be held at the Presbyterian and
M. e. chur hes at the evening hour.
The program and further announce
ment of these meetings will be given
in the Register next week.
A membership committee was ap.
pointed at the Tuesday meeting and 1t
will make al active canvass for new
members. The dues have not been
definitely fixed, but will probably be
fifty cents a month, and at this low
sum at least five hundred members
should be secured. The charter will
be left open for thirty days and all
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-03-20
HAGE CHASED

Chas. Hage vas brought before
Judge Stowe Monday morning for be-
ing drunk and was fined five dollars.
He was let off easy as he promised
faithfully to again look upon
the flowing bowl, jug or bottle or any
other receptacle for strong drink, but
before night he had accumulated an,
other glorious souse. He was gather.
ed in again and when brought before
Judge Stowe Tuesday morning his
honor gave him a ~fifteen-day Jail sem
tence. This sentence the Judge sus-
pended provided Hage would get out
of town by eleven o'clock that day,
and he got. He came here from Madi-
son some weeks ago and for some time
was employed at the Warren machine
shop.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-03-20

them members of the club, to investi-
gate the matter and report to the
board of directors.
Mr.. Hall stated that he had been in
communication with a candy manufac-
turer and could assure the members
that there was a very strong probable
ity that a candy factory would be es-
tablished here in the near future. The
man is an expert at the business and
has plenty of capital to put in a good
sized plant. The president also stated
that d produce and commission house
would very likely be established here
before a great while.
AS the curfew hour was drawing
ear the meeting was adjourned.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-03-20
INDOOR e

Oscar Johnson entertained the post
Office bunch" with a track meet on
Saturday evening, as per announce
ment in last weeks Register. On ac-
count of the inclement weather it was
impossible to hold the affair at the
fair grounds, so an indoor meet was
held at Oscars home. The bunch en-
joyed themselves immensely and it
was n of the most pleasant OF the
many good times they have had.
The ladies were invited as honor
guests and took part in the various
stunts of the evening with great
credit.
The first thing on the program was
the capacity test, which was held at
Farrand's restaurant from S:45 to
1000, and the conditions were to see
which one could stow away the most
roast turkey and other good things,
all of the company taking a very
active part. The contest was close,
but p. J. Erie finally won out, with w.
r. Vinegar a close second. The party
then went to the Johnson home where
the other events were held.
The meet was a most interesting
dhdlI II SNSl wen was HOLiy Gull
tested. The guests were divided up
into W teams, representing Yale
and Harvard, and the latter team won
by a score of 371A to 27l3. Old Glory
Oyloe and o. Has-been Johnson were
the judges. The teams were divided
up as follows: Harvard-H. Rapid
Wornson, captain, +. Pacemaker Kap-
rud, l.. Able Davis, II. One-mile Arne-
son, l.. Johnnie-onthe-spot Bortnem,
w. Reliable Vinegar, A. Sprint-some
Erie, X. Beat-em-all Breed, an unknown
Yale-P. Jump-well Erie, captain, ID.
Jackrabbit Gullick, A. Sensational
Vinegar, c.. 'Avoirdupois Kaprud, p.
Colt Breed, II. Light-foot Davis, C.
Jog-trot Oyloe, A. On-the-job Bortnem,
e. S%trongman Odegard.
Following is the list of events and
winners:
100-yard dash-Miss Gullick and Mr..
Davis, 1st; Mrs. Kabrud and Mr.
Breed, End.
One-half mile relay race-Mrs.
Vinegar and Mr.. Kabrud, LIST; Mrs.
Erie and Mr.. Arneson, End.
Obstacle race-Mr. Vinegar, LIST;
Mr.. Davis, End; Mr.. Bortnem, 3rd; Mr..
Breed, 18th.
One mile run-Mrs. Breed and Mr..
Erie, LIST; Mrs. Davis and 4ir. Worn
son, 2nd.
Standing broad grin-Tie between
Mrs. Davis and Mr.. Erie and Mrs.
Bortnem and Mr.. Wornson.
Low hurdles-Niss Odegard and Mr..
Kabrud, 1st; Mrs. Bortnem and Mr..
Arneson, End.
Pole ~ault-Entire bunch entered,
Mr.. Kabrud, 1st; Miss Odegard, End;
Mrs. Davis, Bird.
Two-mile run-Mrs. Breed and Mr..
Erie, LIST; Mrs. Davis and Mr.. Worn
son, End.
Shot-put-Mrs. Bortnem, list; Mrs.
Oyloe, Mrs. Erie and Miss Odegard
also ran.
Mule-pull-Mr. Wornson and Mr..
Arneson, 1st; Mr.. Erie and Mr.. Kab-
rud, End.
TwOmile relay-Entire bunch en-
tered, won by Yale.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-03-20
BISBY TO BROOKLYN

Guy Bisby, who was graduated from
the State College last year, has &C
copied a position as assistant to DR.. E.
w. Olive in the Brooklyn, N. Y, Bo-
tanical Gardens. He will engage in
his new work in July. While a stu.
dent here Mr.. Bisby specialized
in Botany, and his record as
a student together with the splen'
did reputation of the State College
have won him this recognition. 1t is
but another case which shows that
South Dakota institutions are equal to
any in the country.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-03-20

members joining during that time will
go in as charter members.
One of the plans the league has in
mind is the building of a skating rink
for reXt winter. Ii is planned to erect
a building about 150x72 and around
this run an ice course eighteen feet
wide, which would make a stretch
nearly $50 feet long. The building
itself will be used for basket ball and
other indoor sports, and there will be
she eel baths and dressing rooms. At
one end there will be a stage and the
building cal be used for chautauquas,
entertainments and public meetings of
all kinds. In the winter time the
stage will be enclosed in glass and
heated and the mothers may come
there and watch their children at
play.
The object of the league, il is we'll to
understand, will be to look after the
welfare of the girls as we'll as the
boys and we believe that this is a step
in the right direction. The boys. per-
haps. have more need of a place of
this kind than the girls, as they are
more apt TO want to spend their even.
ings away from home, but at the same
time the girls should be provided with
good healthy amusement under the
excellent conditions that will be pro-
vided by the league.
The Register heartily endorses the
object of the league and recommends
it to the goodwill and support of the
people of the city. In looking after the
welfare of the young people the league
is undertaking a grand work and we
believe every citizen OF Brookings
should lend his moral and financial
support to the movement.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-03-20
YOUNG COUPLE WE'D

A very pretty wedding took place at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. Han
son, on Monday evening at eight
o'clock, when Miss Alma e. Moe of
Bruce, was united in marriage to Mr..
Leonard e. Hall also of Bruce. The
bride was attended by her cousin Miss
Jettie Moe, while Alfred Olson acted
as best man. The young couple left
for their home near Bruce Tuesday.
Rev. r. A. Bruce was the officiating
minister.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-03-20
RALPH sHERWIN MARRIED

Announcements have been received
Ralph L. Sherwin at Scranton, Pa.
The bride is Miss Mary Gerlock of that
city where Mr.. Sherwin has been for
a number of years in the employ OF
the Pennsylvania & Lackawana Ry.
He has recently been promoted to q
5000 a year job and his work trans
ferred to Florida where the happy
couple are now located. The groom
is the youngest son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Sherwin OF this city.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-03-20
MCKEE -CLARk

Miss Pearl Mckee, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. William Mckee, will be mar
ried tomorrow at Milbank to Mr..
Robert ". Clark. Miss Mckee is one
of Brookings' incest young ladies and
her many friends her" will extend
hearty congratulations. Mr. Clark is a
graduate OF the Pharmacy department
of the college, and Is known here as a
most exemplary young man. They
will make their home at Sisseton.
where Mr.. Clark is engaged in the
drug business.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-03-20
TO HAVE NEW BUILDING

The Aberdeen Y. NJ. c. A. have pur-
chased a lot and will erect a building
25x65, to cost between fifteen and
twenty thousand dollars. About ten
thousand dollars of this amount has
already been secured, but in the light
of bitter experience Brooking would
not advise the Aberdonians to bank
too heavily upon success until every
dollar is paid in.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-03-20
NOW is THE TIME

Now Is the time to locate the seed
corn that is going to be used in the
spring. Some time and attention
should be given this problem. Seed
that has been grown in the home local
ity and seed that has a strong germina-
ton test Is the kind to buy. 1t mat
tiers not whether you want squaw, vel
low or white dent the seed should be
obtained early. Do not send to seed
companies that are located a great
distance to the south of you.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-03-20
ADVERTISING ARCHITECTS

Several business men have en-
listed the services of Prof. Starring's
class in advertising and two or three
of the ads in this issue of the Register
were written by the college boys. The
copy the boys send in looks like the
architects plans for the new post
Office building, but their ideas are ex-
cellent and original and the ads are
as good IL not better than We get from
some of the h~igh-priced eastern ad-
writer's.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-06-06
Paper Gnrmnnts.

The best results yet attained In vari-
GUS attempts that have been made to
produce a wearble cloth from paper
are said to be those produced by pat
ented process employed in Saxony.
Narrow strips of paper are spun into
yarn, which may be woven to form
cloth. Better results are had by spin
ming paper and cotton together. and
still better cloth Is made by n combl-
nation Of paper and woolen yarns.
The fabrics do not, Of course possess
the strength and durability Of ordi-
nary cloth, but useful clothing is made
Of them at low price. They may be
washed without injury. st. Louis Re
public.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-06-06
sawdust Blankets.

Sawdust MS fire extngulsher SOUNDS
absurd. but recent experiments In Bos-
ton proved ii to be very successful In
quenching fires In oil. and much su-
perlor to sand for fires in tanks or In
hammable liquids. The experiments
were conducted with tanks Of burning
LACQUER, though the same principles
appear to apply largely to tanks of
burning oil. The floating sawdust
forms a blanket that shuts off the air
from the flames and as sawdust itself
catches fire only slowly and then does
not burn with u flame the sawdust
blanket was completely successful In
putting out the fire In these tests. 1t
made no difference whether the saw
dust was wet or dry Saturday Even.
Ing Post.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-06-06
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department of the Interior, u. S.
Land Office, Roseburg, Ore, May
81, 1918.
Notice is hereby given that Elmer
George Hibbs. whose postoffice ad-
dress is st. Helens, Oregon, did on
the 9th day of August, 1912, file in
this office sworn statement and appli-
cation, No. 0S2SS, to purchase the
VIZ NWA, SEA NWl4 and SWA
.NEA, section 80, township "a S..
range Z west Willamette meridian.
and the timber thereon, under the
provisions of the act of Juns 3, 1878,
and acts amendatory. known as the
Timber and Stone Law" at such
value as might be fixed by appraise-
ment, and that, pursuant to such ap-
plication, the land and timber there
on have been appraised S660.00, the
timber estimated $4,000 board
feet at 75 cents per NJ, and the land
nothing; that said applicant will Of
fer final proof in support of his APP
plication and sworn statement on
the 18th day of August, 1918, be-
fore register and receiver United
States land office, at Roseburg, Ore
gon.
Any person is at liberty to protest
this purchase before entry, or initi-
ate a contest at any time before pat
ent issues, by filing a corroborated
affidavit in this office, alleging facts
which would defeat the entry.
b. f. JONES,
| Register.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-06-06
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department of the Interior, U. S.
Land Office at Roseburg, Oregon,
April II, 1913.
Notice is hereby given that Edward
Americus Rathbone, Of Grants Pass,
Oregon, who, on October 10Th, 1907,
made homestead entry serial No.
04S71 for VIZ SWA, SEA SWA
and SWA NWA, section 80, town
ship "a S., range west Willamette
meridian, has filed notice of intention
to make five year proof, to establish
claim to the land above described,
before Herbert Smith, United States
commission. at Grants Pass, Oregon,
on the 9th day of June, 1913.
Claimant names as witnesses:
H. NJ. Gorham, Jr., H. NJ. Gorham,
Sr,, r. F.. Gorham. and w. II. Pollock,
all OF Grants Pass, Oregon.
B. F. JONES, Register