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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-12-18
RATE COMPLAINTS

On account of complaints made in
regard to the rate situation in this
state the legal department of the rail
way commission has made the follow
ing statement:
When the Minnesota rate cases were
decided by the supreme court of the
United States. the interstate COM
merce commission notified the rail
ways doing business in Minnesota that
interstate rates into and out of Mime
sofa TO and from Wisconsin, Iowa,
North and South Dakota so that the
through rates would not exceed the
sum Of the locals. A hearing was
granted the railways of which the
states had no notice, and as a result
of that hearing the interstate COM
merce commission gave the railroads
until May l, 1914, in which to check
their tariffs and put into effect the new
basis of rates.
Recently complaints have been made
to Gov. Byrne and to the railway COM
mission of the higher basis of rates
from South nakota stations to the
Twin cities, and these complaints were
referred by Gov. Byrne to the rail-
way commission, to the legal depart
ment of the state with instructions to
do what could be done to have the
rates put into effect at an earlier date
and to have the interstate commerce
commission modify it's order fixing the
date as May 1, 1914. The legal depart
ment of the state has presented the
matter to the interstate commerce
commission and to the traffic officials
of the railroads and to the membership
of the railroad commissions of the
states of North Dakota, Minnesota,
Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas,
Oklahoma and Missouri, these states
constituting, with South Dakota, what
is known as the Mississippi Valley AS
ISOLATION of Railroad Commissioners
A conference has been called Of this
association to be held In Chicago De-
cember II for the purpose of taking
action in the matter.
Because the attorney general and
his assistants in this state are all en-
gagged in litigation on behalf of the
state at this time, the attorney general
being engaged in the trial of the Nc
Clellan case at Sioux Falls; Mr..
O'Brien engaged at a term of III in
Kingsbury county at De Smet. and Mr..
Dougherty having two cases for trial
before the interstate commerce COM
mission at Sioux City, December II,
it was impossible for any member Of
the legal department to attend the
conference at Chicago on the same
date, and the state will therefore be re-
presented by Mr.. Robinson, one of the
railroad commission. The only action
which a be taken by the conference
will be to appoint a committee to wait
upon the interstate commerce commits
sion and urge a modification of its
order and insist that the lower basis
of interstate rates be put in i'm
mediately.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-12-18
WHAT WE NEED

WHAT WE NEED
A Gas Plant.
Canning Factory.
More Business Enterprises.
More Manufacturing Enterprises.
More Young People Who Want an Educa-
i'm
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-12-18

How a you be without one? The
best loose leaf ledger made for $1.00
Call at the Re gister Office and see 1t.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-12-18
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
State Of South Dakota,
County ~ 90.

State Of South Dakota,
County OF Brookings, 90.
In County Court.
In the matter of the estate Of Rufus Ames
deceased.
Notice is Hereby Given by the under.
signed. executrix of the estate Of Rufus
Ames, deceased, to the creditors and all
persons having claims against said deceased,
to exhibit them with the necessary vouch-
ers. within six months after the first publ
cation OF this notice to said executrix at the
Office OF her attorneys, Cheever & Cheeyer
in the city OF Brookings. Bookings County,
South Dakota. =
Dated at Brookings. South Dakota, this
and day Of December. A. d. 1918.
Matilda Ames.
Executrix Of the Estate of
Rufus Ames. deceased.
Cheever q Cheever,
Attorneys for Executrix,
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-12-18

Typewriter ribbons at the Register
office for emith-Premier, oliver, Un.
derwood, l.. C. Smith, Royal, Reming.
ton. Smith Premier Visible. Reming-
on Visible and Burroughs adding ma
chinea
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-12-18
BIRDS EYE VIEW

No saloons.
Two Bands.
Two Hotels.
Six Physicians.
Three Dentists.
Eight Churches.
Steam Laundry.
One State Bank.
Two O~steopaths.
Chinese Laundry.
SIS, 900 City Hall.
City News Stand.
Six Auto Garages.
Four Restaurants.
Two Music Stores.
Three Drug Stores.
One Machine Shop.
Three Tailor Shops.
Two Livery Stables.
Three Meat Markets
Three Barber Shops
Two Cigar Factories
Two National Banks.
Three Lumber Yards.
Four Weekly Papers.
Fine LAX Near City.
Two Furniture Stores.
Five Grain Elevators.
Three Jewelry Stores.
$i25, 900 Court House.
One Department Store.
Cement Block Factory.
Four Blacksmith Shops.
Two Exclusive Groceries.
A Live Commercial Club.
City of Beautiful Homes.
Good Water Near Surface.
Two Photograph Galleries.
Glove and Mitten Factory.
Best Schools in the State.
Marble and Granite Works.
Dakota DeacoLtss Hospital.
SIS, 900 Post Office Building.
One Gents Furnishing Store.
$40, 900 High School Building.
State Circuit Court held here.
$4,000 Brick School Building.
Two Moving Picture -heatres.
Municipal Telephone Company.
Two Exclusive Clothing Stores.
Culhane Adjustment Company.
Wholesale Photo supply House.
Three Exclusive Millinery Stores.
Good Volunteer Fire Department.
Forty-Five Hundred Inhabitants.
Educational Center of the State.
County Seat of Bookings County.
Ten Hundred Students in College.
Municipal Sewer and Waterworks.
United States Experimental Station.
High School on the Accredited List.
Three Plumbing and Heating Firms.
Over $500, 900 Invested in Education.
Finest Church Buildings in the State.
Best Bakery in Eastern South Dakota.
800. 900 Invested in Beautiful Churches
Finest County Fair Grounds in the State
First-Class Opera House and Auditorium
Nine Hundred Students in Grade Schools
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-12-18

Receipt Books-Bound with stub
Brookings date line. Books OF %, 90
and 100 receipts. Call at Register
Office.
Arizona republican., 1913-01-12
Ihe Contrast

The other side to the story? Sure ly there is one!
 It is just a little story of what society does for the wives and chil- dren of cOnvicts, and it won't take long to the telling:
 There's a man named James in the prison. a tall, homely felloW-a man of simple mind and simple habits and simple ways and simply living. He was convicted of grand larceny, and yet he didn't steal anything. He simply sold something that had been in his possession for some time sold it to pay the funeral expenses of the dead boy, the lad that was to bear his name,
 The entire family-father. mother and the three children-all were pros trate because of typhoid fever. horse came to the place, a horse the in,alids knew as belonging to reia- tive. the nephew of the father. The father, while just q little conNales- cent. secured work in a camp and used this horse to carry him there The work did not last lOng-but only because the father had to quit. lie was not strong yet and the lever WreStled both SnOuiueFS lo llc iii'''' The man did not want to quit the dcctor compelled him to remain flat in bed.
 One boy died. Not much more was to be expected. What would YOU expect to happen in poor llttle home without nursing and the ilsh ter foods that levers make necessary : If one had to watch some stronger member struggle out of bed for a brief moment to wait on another ana to see this loving service leave the worker weaker. how do you thlnk they could get attention?
 The father-Why, the doctor had re- fused to let the man elevate hls hea" and prop his back with pilloW-the father wanted to see this boy platSo alongside of where two other sleep ing sons waited their resurrection He wanted to show the dead lad the boy he had danced upon ms Knee and taught his baby Ietters-he want
Arizona republican., 1913-01-12

in our public school system. They had to spend their money. the babies money, for grub. No fancy language there-just grub-and grub don't pass for groceries or provisions, it means GRUB. You eat the other stuff They eat g-r-u-b,.
 Despite all the trouble-an the sor- roWs-the wife is loyal and loving
 Say. did YOU ever see such a wife?
 If ever YOU get -and-out how would you like to have YOUR wife always sign herself Your loving wife? And say. wouldn't YOU be grateful if someone helped her lit tie bit? Suppose you do YOUR share of helping NOW?
 And the children. they write a lov-
 ing message to their father; the
 babies think it a cheering one to him.
 How would it sound if your Robert
 wrote: No, l am not going to school l did not have anything for
 Christmas. Yes, l have my dog yet"
 Where. oh where is your Christianity
 that these things are? The world
 needs a few thousand Gene Fields to sing more Little Boy Blue" and
 hearten the hearts SO that boy
 whose father is kept in enforced idle
 ness don't have to write that he had NOTHING for Christmas. Yes-he's
 still got his dog Yet-the playmate or
 his toddles, his protector against
 snakes and danger Is that ALL he
 has-and will the dog have to be
 sacrificed for food?
 There's a little girl in the family a little Olive, who writes, Santa Claus did not come to me, We did not have anything for Christmas" Gs that the day of peace and good will in Christian Seligman0 We are so lonesome here, and I feel so sorry for poor mamma. She gets so lonesome I don't know what We would do if it wasn't for mamma. And Olive little Olive of the child language. even she is your loving daughter" and the father-why, he's a malefactor. an outcast, a convict he's all that's bad. He ought to have l known better.
 A fig for your bromides! Who cares for pettishness at this time? | Rise superior to your shallow selves i and bestir yourselves to SERVICE serving humanity and yourself. | There's some money going to that wife right now. It was collected by the Mutual Improvement league or the state prison among the officers and men. They have all kinds of de- mands upon them and are usually broke because of their charity. But despite this they manage somehow to Scrape together few shekels. The husband is sending this money-the pride of that loyal woman will not be lowered, and he can proudly stand up and lie like a loyal gentleman
Arizona republican., 1913-01-12

ed to show this dead child the honor of decent burial. Many of us would like to feel that when We are put away that we are not carted to dump heap like animals. The father could not make any arrange ments for funeral lying on his back. If only the doctor would let pam arise I,r only an hour to attend to t!Is last s&cred duty. Yet the father Went to town, despite the doe tors orders-the boy had decent funeral. and il was partly. only part ly, paid for out of the proceeds of the sale of this FORTY DOLLAR mas.
 I he father WAS and Is YET an honest man-eVen if he is in prison He wrote his nephew, telling what he had done and telling he would straghten things up when he could. The nephew he2rd of the sale before the letter reached him, and a war rant was sworn out The nephew and the boys father met in the jail at Flagstaff, when the father was told about the letter reaching too late Here again he offered to make good"
 TO he sure the law must be su-
Arizona republican., 1913-01-12

tion working as a unit they are bound to have success. But they need CO., operation They need help.
 The convicts will pay for Pacheco's board and lodging. for the clothes he needs: but who will supply the HOME LIFE so necessary. the EN- NIRONMENT. the PARENTAL IN FLUENCE? Who will give him the protecting arm? Who will he his mentor, his guide as he grows up in strength. the rod on which he may lean?
 Has this story warmed the cookies of your heart? Has it pointed the way to your duty? What will YOU do? If help be not given-the end IS certain; if the boy, the convicts be aided, who knows but what future may hold in store?
Arizona republican., 1913-01-12

unite under the name of the organi- Zation founded last spring. the Mu-I tual Improvement league. The men in the hospital who had become deep lv attached to the youth spole-so did those who loved to hear his cheery Iaugh-so did those who wished to help pluck d brand from the burning to save soul There was not one word of antagouistic discussion. and this was the subject: How can We convicts prevent one boy from becoming like us?' And this is what those convicts aim to dol
 Every man has PLEDGED himself to pay special fund a small month ly sum, no matter what it may be, as long as he is in prison. This fund, which may be augmented by contri- buttons made by private citizens. is lp be devoted solely to the support and education of Alberto Pacheco. All these moneys are to be placed in q Phoenix bank, which will be asked to , act as trustees for the boy and for the convicts. These conVicts who make a few paltry pennies in the
 spare time after their labor for the state has ended-many of whom have
 ther dependents, loved wives and
 children or parents-these conVicts are shaming society by their sacri-
 fees in behalf of this boy WHAT i WILL HUMANITY. WHAT WILL YOC DO? Will you do YOUR share?
 You can help.
 1 These men are outcasts, but they l have known the purifying process of ! pain and sorrow and they are feel l ing the joys of sacrifice and service, 1 they ale holding up an example The ! Mutual Improvement league k short 1 IY to put on an entertainment. min strel and vaudeville, the best that is possible for them. and every cent of
 profit from this or other perfor-
 mances is to be turned into the AL 1 berto Pacheco fund. There is rare
 talent in the prison. Every prison
 gives these kind of entertainments. and they are frequently found to be
 better than many travelling organiZa- tions With all the men in the institu-
Arizona republican., 1913-01-12

p'eme. an4 vet there was a swon- drous Will who wrote The quality 't merc| is not strained" The law strained forth and groaned in agony and finely sent the man to prison.
 Hes hls. strong fellow. lustv and
 bus ky and wiling to work. Why.
 he'd hammer the hinges of hell for
 is family. He wouldn't mind the punishmen' the LAW, the just law.
 would intnCt on him-but what he cInnot understand is aAat his wife. Lis tender children have done to merit their punishment.
 Listen to u is from the letter of the wife, ~rItten after the sorrows of he Christn,as day. the most poignant .of all sotrnWe, the sor -GWs of joy less hone, empty ana cold and bare listen to the homely words:
 Dear Husband:
 ''I am so lonesome I don't know
 what to do. We are living in the same house vet " poor soul is ex- pecting eviction) and we haven't got anything to do yet.
 r 'I am so lonesome and dOWnheart- ed l would kill myself if it wasn't
 for the other children" (Society would let her do it. T am washing for the time keeper on the extra gang. but they will be soon going away CWhere will she work then?)
 'I am going to try to get the cars
 to unload for Michael Mcbride i don't know whether he will let me 1 unload them or not. The children are l not going to school, as THEY HAVE ] NO CLOTHES TO WEAR. We had to spend THEIR MONEY for grub. 1 They worked a month for Branner. Jones told Robert that Branner would l give him ten dollars and Jones went away. When the month was up i Branner would only give Robert FIVE i dollars
 You said we all would be to- 1 gether next Christmas We may not all be alive next Christmas Wish we i had never come to Seligman So 1 goodbye and God bless you. With ] love and best wishes
 Your loving wife,
 MRS. J. D. JAMES" | Now you are reading this in a warm room. warmly clothed and warmly fed and will you answer this question: How do YOU feet about l it?" Have you done your duty that | you can cross your feet and twiddle your thumbs in complacency? The ! wife is going to try to unload the
 cars for the storekeeper. It's a mans i job and takes a pretty husky chap to unload hay and grain and cases
 of canned goods-but that wife, a ] wife among thousands, is going to try
 to get the job. Would YOU want
 YOUR wife to be situated like that? ] Your children-do they go to
 school? But these have no clothes, i and therefore they are debarred from
 their American birthright, their share
Arizona republican., 1913-01-12
Appeal

Could any walk with countenance' serene Who once the torture of such sight has known Hath seen the suffering that my eyes have seen Of childish face with pain and anguish drawn? The voice of humankind through out the year Robs feast, and dance. and car nival of mirth; Give us the heart that throbs to tears. The helping hand the noblest part of earth.
Arizona republican., 1913-01-12
Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction!
WW YOu Help 10 Shabe Destiny?

impressed upon Law detl but the torment and YOU, in this orphan of cell d criminal you help  and we
 
 
 THE MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE
 OF THE STATE PRISON
Arizona republican., 1913-01-12
Which2 Criminal Failure Oy Fath0nless
 Future?
FMtnye.?

 defu courage and stern resolution WIN unfair fight for This convcts, O q 
  Q A he expenses nd clothing Please!
 DO YOUR SHARE-WEII
Arizona republican., 1913-01-12

Continued on Page Nineteen.)
Arizona republican., 1913-01-12

Ihs human interest story furnished by membersO
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-17
BUSINESS MEN
FOR WANING INTEREST
IN THE NATIONAL GUARD
BY ELLIS c. HOLLINs

at Mobile and Ia September OF that year
entered Auburn He was the right guide
of Company IL, the crack company OF Al
burn, and In 1907 won medal as the best
drilled man in the manual Of arms in
that company.
During the holidays in 1907, Captain
Newton went To Charleston, 5. c., ior
coast artillery practice and was promoted
to the rank OF first sergeant in COMPANY
G in that year He was with his company
at an encamprleny at Huntsville in the
early summer OF 1907 aud attended rifle
practice at Mobile in August of the same
year.
Returning TO Auburn in September, the
captain was made color bearer and won
another medal the best drilled man OF
his company. lie was right guide of the
second platoon Of e company when tina.
outfit won sword as the best drilled or-
ganization at AUBURN.
captain Newton returned to BirminS-
nam III June, 1905. and was drilling with
Company G When it won a silver loving
cup at the fair grounds, during the Con-
federate reunion here. During the coal
miners strike in 1.0S Captain Newton was
on duty 10 days in Blossburg and other
places.
Captain Newton was orderly sergeant 10
General Bibb Graves at the national ma
neuNer encampent at Chickamauga in 1903
and In 1909 was first sergeant of Company
q when 1t was in camp at Admission.
While here he was compimented for hav-
| ing the neatest quarters and the best dis
ciplned company.
The captain was elected to the second
lieutenancy of Company G in July. 1910,
when w. ]. Cole was captain of that out
! mt. G company at that time was one of
the largest and best disciplined companies
in the Alabama Nltional Guard and car
RED 65 enlisted men to the war maneu-
vers at Chickamauga In July, 1910. At the
state encampment, held at Admission, 1911,
Company G had Gl men In line
The captain attended the officers school
In Montgomery, in May, 1912, and Com
pany G of the Third regiment was trans
ferred to Company X of the Fourth regi-
ment in June. In July of last year he
was elected second lieutenant of Company
j., Fourth regiment to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Lieutenant
Sparks Jones, and attended the national
encampment at Admission with l. cont
pany.
During the two days sham battle at the
Admission encampment Company J. was
said to have peen the only company of
guardsmen who returned to quarters with
every man they started out with. After
march of nine miles under the hot July
sun. this company presented solid front
when ordered OH the firing line. On the
return march guardsmen from Florida,
South Carolina, North Carolina, Misss-
sippi, Tennessee and Georgia were falling
out all along the route but when the
Fourth regiment vas assembled in front
of regmental headquarters and the rol,
was called every an of l. company an
swered ''Heref when his name was
spoken.
Captain Newton was elected as com
mander of Company L. April 81 of this
year, and on June resigned, giving busi-
ness reasons rs the cause
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-17
P|CKENS COTTON|S
GROWING SLOWLY
Condition of Cotton Much
Worse Than at This Time
Last Year

Aliceville, June 16- -(Speoial)-The con-
dltion of the cotton crops are much worse
than at this time last year. cultivation
later and considerable replanting has
been done. The last few cold days have
had very damaging affects upon them.
The crops have been fairly well culti-
vated, but is very small and is growing
slowly.
Work has begun on the drilling of an
oVeriiowing well to supply the city water
works A contract has been let and the
work is progressing with noticeable speed.
Overlooking wells have been a success in
this vicinity, and it is thought that this
will be also. The ditcher of Penson and
Geiger is also drilling the bitches for the
laying of the additional main along Third
avenue and down the side streets
The work on the new school building is
progressing nicely, the. foundation hav-
ing been laid and considerable brick put
in place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-17

Mrs. C. l.. Worrell was carried I
Montgomery last week for treatment
She is now doing we'll.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-17
Is Willing to Issue Half Bill
lion of Emergency Cur
rency If Necessary
WORDS FOLLOWED
TRIP TO NEW YORK
Some People Think Announcement
Was Made as Result of His Con-
viction That 1t Might Soon
Become Necessary
BY HOLLAND

New York, June 16.--( Special Jon
Che day following the annual meeting
of the currency association organized
under the Aldric -Vreeland act which
represents the New York city group.
the Secretary of the Treasury, William
q. McAdoo, authorized the announce
ment that the treasury department
would not hesitate to issue s5o0,0O0.0 600
of national bank emergency currency
If the banks desired it,
Secretary McAdoo was recently in
New York city and spent some hours
Mt the office In the subtreasury build
ing, which is usually the official place
of Secretary of the Treasury when he
visits New York. He was understood
to have come to the city so that he
might get into close personal touch
with conditions and opinions in the
financial district. AS he caused the
announcement of his Willingness to
Issue emergency currency to be made
shortly after his return to Washing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-17

Atlanta railway man, also tire me
bit by their ancientness, but [ heard
new and good one not long ago.
1t seems that trains are always slow
and far between on branch line in
Mississippi Nobody knows this better
than the people at the junction, except
the people on the line itself. one day
the newsdealer came to me grinning.
"A fellow from the other end of
the line just said funny thing he re-
marked. He had missed his train and
there wasn't another for two hours. He
came to my stall to buy some reading
matter to while away the time. Ha
asked for jokebook. and | didn't have
any. Then he poked around for while
and said:
"'"Well. I guess I'll take a time ta-
BILE instead."'"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-17
1922-24 FIRST AVENUE

for one opposed such sale and | be-
lieve that the people of the south, business
men and others. viii agree with me. That
Americans and let the negroes take them
and govern them; that the United States
may not then, as now, stand in fear of
the Japanese stepping in and taking
them. Also the revenue from those ISL
ands would be largely increased This
to me seems the better plan as well as
safest for our Pacific coast country. Re-
spectfully yours,
WILL II. ROBINSON.
Seattle, June 49, 1913.
Bound to Have His Joke
From Judge.
Jokes about the slowness of trains,
especially here in the SOUTH" says an