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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-02-26
ONLY A NEWSPAPER GUY

l saw a man strut through the jam in
the hall.
Take a seat mid the speakers and
chat with them all.
us this Murphy" l ask, that the
crowd he defies?"
mo" says some one, hes n of
those newspaper guys"
1 see a man start on the trail of a
crook,
And he scorns all assistance, but
brings him to book.
"Mr. Burns?" l inquire. Some one
scornfully cries,
Burns? Nav. He's one of them
newspaper guys"
I see a man walk through the door of a
show,
Where great throngs are blocked by
the sign rs. R. o."
"Is this Goodwin himself, that no
ticket he buys?"
We'll, hardly. He's one of those
newspaper guys"
1 see a man knock on the presidents
door
And the sign mo admittance" COM
pletely ignor.
'Is this Morgan, that privacy rights
he denies?"
Morgan? Shucks! He's just one
of those newspaper guys"
And some day I'll walk by the great
streets of gold,
And e a man enter, unQuestioned
and bold.
"A saint?" I'll inquire. and old st.
Peter'll reply,
well. I should say not; he's a news
paper guy" Exchange.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-02-26
THE OLDEST I~NHNBITANT

The oldest inhabitant is disguised
with this winter. It's different from
the winters, the Iowa winters when he
was a boy and young and used to live
out on the farm. He doesn't believe
it's healthy. 'Taint natural. Also it's
bad for the crops. Crops need a big
fall of snow. He never knew it to fail
but what a big crop of everything fol-
lowed a heavy snowy winter. When
he remembers the winter of leach old
inhabitant will supply such date as
recurs to him.
That winter the snow came the last
of October and never went off the
ground till the middle Of April. He
remembers that everybody husked corn
in bobsleds and had to leave the down
ears under three feet of snow. He
husked his all alone and finished New
Years day. Crust on the snow that
would hold up a team and a good load
of corn. That was the winter that the
man froze to death up in the creek in a
blizzard. The prairie chickens used to
come into the barnyard and eat with
the hens. The roads were full and
you couldn't see a fence nowhere. Used
to drive right over the fences straight
to town. There by the big hill in that
cut he and his neighbors had to tunnel
through drifts and drove under that
archway clear up to the last of March.
And there was a whaling crop. Seems
like the big snow was as good as a
%spreadin' of manure. Everything was
a big crop. But they didn't get much
out of it. Prices was low.
Huh! Only one zero day SO far this
winter. You can't remember the Cold
New Years can you? Well, that was
what the Oldest inhabitant calls cold
weather. Cattle froze still standing
about the straw stacks. Hogs froze to
death in heaps where they had piled up
for warmth. Father went out to do his
chores and came back in a minute or
two with his eyes frozen shut and had
to thaw them loose before he could
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-02-26
ROADS ARE
SURE TO HELP TRADE.
Will Increase Population and Build Up
Local Business.

To no one more than the business
man is the question of good roads a
vital issue. The spreading of the doc
trine of good roads will mean a large
Increase in the volume OF business,
will lead to great leaps in the develop
ment of this already rich country and
will make money for every man in
mercantile lines. While directly the
building of good roads will benefit the
trainers and stock raisers perhaps
more than any one else and will raise
the value of every farm reached by
good roads. still the business men
come in a close second.
Good roads will increase the produc-
tivity Of the land because ii will give
the farmers a better outlet for their
marketable stuff and will lead to such
an increase in population than there
will be more workers per square mile
than there are under the old roads
system. Good roads will open for set
Element and cultivation land 10Y ~
ing out Of the radius of profitable
farming. 1t will put more square
miles Of territory within trade dis
lance Of your town.
The business men Of any town are
interested in bringing to that town
trade from greater distances than Is
easily covered on our present roads.
1t increases the volume Of business,
and every man in business In the COM
munity receives his share Of the bene-
At. The farmer Is able to haul his
grain and produce to market at less
cost and makes a greater profit per
year from his labor. This additional
profit is represented by the additional
amount Of cash he has to spend with
the home dealers. When the farms are
made to pay larger dividends more
settlers will come to your neighbor-
hood. and all Of them will have to
spend money with you and your fel-
low business men. So. directly and
indirectly. the business men are bene
ited by the building Of good roads.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-02-26
STERLING LITERARY SOCIETY

We are in receipt of the following re-
port of the Sterling Literary Society:
The officers are as follows: President,
Luth Johnson; vice-president, Oscar
Haugen; secretary, Isabella Thomp-
son; treasurer, Louis Alrick. The
permanent program committee is, Isa-
bella Thompson, chairman; Bertha
Alrick, Mae Johnson. The society
meets every Thursday evening in the
school house and it is always crowded
with eager listeners. Excellent pro-
grams have been rendered, both in the
literary and parliamentary lines.
Never have l see any people re.
spond 80 willingly to any part assign
ed to them, and we have been favored
with instructive, interesting and
humorous selections at every meeting.
l cannot make a detailed account OF
the work here but some things deserve
personal mention, especially the num-
Der of times which the Messrs. Arthur
and Otto Peterson have edited our
local newspaper, 1.-The Bugville Bud.
get" Also the many times the Misses
Alrick have responded with recita.
tons and readings, and the humorous
songs by Luth and Arthur Johnson.
These are not all for the most excel.
lent spirit seems to exist all through
the community and we are having a
general good time out here in Sterling
Our parliamentary debates are quite
good contests and while we are not
the most experienced debaters, we are
leading the work to the best of our
ability.
Last week a play entitled "In Want
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-02-26

The remains of Paul Brady, a d. G.
freight conductor, were shipped
through here to Huron on Tuesday of
this week. He had died Monday night
at the Rochester hospital where he
had been taken for treatment for ap-
pendicitis. His home was at Huron
where he leaves a young widow to
mourn his death.-Tracy Herald.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-02-26

Emil Peterson loaded a car Of fat
hogs here Saturday for shipment to
the Chicago market. He raised the
bunch on his farm east of town and he
still has a nice lot left for breeding
and future shipment. When all of our
farmers get to shipping a car or two
of stock from their farm every year
the grain farmers will have to take a
back seat. Col. Peterson accompanied
the shipment, who also had a car of
cattle on the same train.-Toronto
Herald.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-02-26
ONE WAY TO BETTER ROADS.
Automobile Club Gives Free Drags to
Farmers.

Automobile Club Gives Free Drass to
Farmers.
A plan in%augurated by the Manhat-
tan (Kan.) Motor club has been sue
cessful In lettering the condition OF
the country roads In a radius OF ten
miles from Manhattan at least 90 per
cent, and the plan Is so inexpensive
that the club Is urging other towns to
take 1t up.
The club gives a road drag to ev
cry farmer who will guarantee to 8
1t to keep three miles of road In good
condition. The club has given away
more than forty drags and Is getting
calls for them at the rate of about
four a week.
The club first made the offer several
months ago. The farmers were slow
IN taking advantage Of 1t, but the
clubs president advertised the offer
in the local papers. and the result has
been that the drags are being taken
by the farmers as fast as the club can
get them made. The club has placed
no limit on the territory In which the
offer il good. and the drags are In use
In all sections of the county. They
cost the club about Sc each.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-02-26
NEARBY NOTES OF INTEREST

Meester Editor Herald: Ay ant ben
jused to write nuspaper, men ay tank
a skal tri tn skrive bout sum tings dat
amt ban look alrite to mey. Ay was
to Flandreau Ell da en- ay see tings
dat max me fele musch bad. Ay see
Won Mise Norske girl yak on sidevak.
Her have big tare in dresskirt. Ay
say to she, "Yu got big tare in dres-
skirt, take dis har safety pin and fix
it rite Off" She say tn mey, "Ol fule,"
and walks right along. In little tim
cum along odder vimens vid youst
same tare. Ay tank vat is mater vid
Flandreau kjeringa. Ay tank dey mos
al be Grassy. Ay go in hardware stor,
an ask hardware mans bout desc tings.
Him say it skal be alrite, him sa dey
jused to show guide CATS at county
fare, now dey show CATS on street.
Ay don't lax des besnes. Mex day vii
be showing whole menagrie. Ay skal
tel yu if my vimins show her CATS on
streets ay skal go see Hover en- get
Devors paper quick. Ay may be camel
tosk en- sum green horn but if my dot
ters du such tings ay skal take harnes
tug and max dem plenty sorry bout it.
Ay skal go to Flandreau next week en-
if ay see eny more CATS ay skal rite
CONGRESSMAN Chas. Burke bout it. Ole
Skellum.-Flandreau Herald.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-02-26

G.. w. Elliott and son Paul, return
ed Friday night from Bay City, Texas,
where they had been to demonstrate
their Dakota tractor. That it will do
the work required of it in the wet
soil of the rice farms was proven to
the satisfaction of those farmers, and
the demonstration tractor was quickly
disposed of. 1t is too late in the sea-
son to make other deliveries, as the
Moving is nearly done, but next fall
the Elliotts expect a big business in
that country. The following from the
Bay City Daily Tribune tells Of the re-
ception accorded the manufacturers:
&c. w. Elliott & Son, who have been
here for some days demonstrating the
Dakota tractor, are leaving on this af-
ternoon's Brownsville train for Calves
ton, on their way home. They will
visit friends in Dallas, and also stop at
Kansas City and purchase some need
ed machinery for their factory. They
expect to arrive at home about March
1, when they are expecting to find a
shipment of materials for the ma
chimes they will make to fill orders
already booked. The demonstration
has been a real success. The skeptics
have been converted to real enthus.
lasts, by the ability Of the little ma.
chine to do ever more than the in
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-02-26
wark In T0xaA-

Construction Of about thirty miles OF
rood roads in the Venus precinct Of
Johnson county. Tex. will soon be
sta rted. Bonds amounting to $4,000
ha ye been issued for the work.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-02-26
BOY SCOUTS HELP.
Youngsters Are Booming Better Roads
Movement.

YounQStorS Are oOoH1''S SSeso' -
Movement.
The leaders Of the Boy Scouts OF
America are encouraging the boys to
make roads and are giving them In
struction in road building. 1t is the
aim Of the directors of the movement
to train the boys to be interested In the
roads when ont on their trips.
They are required to observe whether
there are ruts in the road and whether
the drivers Of vehicles make 1t n point
to keep in the ruts.
The boys are asked to draw maps OF
the roads and are supposed to know
something about the different methods
Of construction. They are also requir-
ed to remove glass and stone from the
road. thus decreasing the danger OF ac-
cidents to automobiles and other We
hicles.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-02-26
ORGANIZE In kentucky.

The Mc(racken County Good Roads
association has been organized In Pa.
durah. Ky. the object being to agifafe
the question Of improving the highways
NJ the county.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-02-26

If a Register Want AID will not do 1t
ut can't be done!"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-02-26
FOR THE GOOD ROADS
"clUeBERS."

The attempt to improve public
roads under the old system Of
local supervision. small appro-
priations and taxes worked out
under petty political control
wastes a large part Of the money
so expended.
Good roads clubs should be or
gained in every township in tho
United States and constitute
themselves as a "thorn in the
flesh" Of tho road authorities
wherever a bad piece Of road OK
lists until il is repaired.
W. al build just as we'll as
they do in Europe, but they
have good roads only because they
MAINTAIN them, and we have SO
many bad roads because as soon
as we build a roaG we forget il
until we bump into tho holes
that como in it.-Better Roads.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-02-26

of a Servant" was given by the Misses
Alrick, Isabelle Thompson, Selma
Borsvold, Messrs. Otto Haugen and
Ralph Johnson which was very humor-
Gus.
Our program for Thursday evening.
February 10, was as follows:
Jokes about the President. .......
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-02-26

The girl who expressed so much
sympathy for the farmer because OF
the cold job in harvesting his winter
wheat is equal in agricultural know
ledge to the one who expressed a de-
sire to see a field of tobacco just as it
was plugging out. But the damsel
who asked which COW gave buttermilk
is entitled to the whole bakery. And
a girl on return from a visit to the
country, asked if she ever saw any
one milk a cow, replied: ooh, yes, in
deed | have; and it just tickled me to
death to see uncle jerk two of the
cows faucets at the same time."-Ver-
million Republican.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-02-26

ventors claimed for it,. In n demon
stration a patch of Bermuda sod was
encountered, when the plows were set
down to a depth Of seven inches the
tractor moved on as if nothing had
happened. On another occasion the
plows were set at nine inches, the
hubs of the cutters made to drag on
the ground, still the little giant was
able to make good. This demonstra-
ton of surplus power was a real sur.
prise to those who saw the tests,
among whom were many of our larg-
est and most successful farmers, some
of whom had come as far as thirty
miles. The ability of the tractor to
work successfully on soil so wet that
the large tractors would mire down
was of especial interest to the rice
farmers. E. X. Mcmahon purchased
the demonstration machine and will
use it to put out his rice crop. At
least four, and possibly six, tractors
could have been sold If the manufac-
turers had been able to make quick
delivery. There will doubtless, grow
up a large business in these tractors
in this community."-De Smet News.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-25
METHODIST EPISCOPAL.

The historic old John Street Church,
ono Of the points Of interest IN New
York. will remain open all summer
with the pastor, the Rev. Lewis Il;
Strectcr, preaching morning ana
evening each Sunday during July. Inc
preacher for the month Of August VIII
he announced later. Mcthodlsts visit
ing New York particularly arc invited.
During the absence Of Rev. Dr. I; r.
Rcisncr. pastor Of Grace Methodist
Eniscopal Church, West lOith ST., pc
tween Columbus and Amsterdam avs,
tho Rev. DR.. Charles b. Allen VIII MI
,ho pulpit. His subjects for to MORO"
arc II a. NJ, "Thc Keys Of the Ming
dom" : p. m, "Hcroism Of Service
The Rev. Joseph v. Kemp OF Edln-
burph. has been giving a course IN the
BibIc conference held all this week
nndcr the auspices Of the National
Bible Institute, at PA West 5oth st;
Mr. Kcmp will speak at 10Th ST. ana
broadway next week. at | p. mr ana
other prominent workers Will cohauSI
Tho fortv-two outdoor meetings heid
through the week under the auspices
Of tho institute. Tomorrow morning
Mr.. Kemp will occupy the pulpit OF the
scotch Pre- ,bytcrian Church, ana 10
r,orroy night he will speak at the NC
Aulcy Cremorne Mission 10 "'9'
35th ST.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-25
UNION SERVICES.

The Rev. DR.. Daniel Russell. of lrv-
ington. y. Y. will preach tomorrow
at II a. m. and 5 p. m. at the union
services OF the Harlem churches a.
the Harlem Reformed Church, LcnoX
sv. and I23d st.
Union services Of the Alexander
Avenue Baptist Church. the Mott
Haven Reformed Church and the
Willis Avenue Methodist Episcopal
Church are being held every Sunday.
The services tomorrow will he in the
Willis Avenue Methodist Episcopal
Church, corner East l4lst st. The
Rev. o. NJ Voorhees, will preach at
l0:45 a. m. and the Rev r. Hill at
7:45 p. m.
Union services OF the Unitarian
churches Of greater New York Will be
held at the Church of the Messiah.
9th ST. and Park av.. during the
months of July and August. The
preacher for tomorrow is the Rev.
DR.. W. W. Fem. dean Of Harvard Di-
vinity School. Dr. Fem is counted
one OF the foremost ministers Of the
denomination, and this is an opportu-
nifty for the people Of New York 20
hear him.
The first union service Of the Hamil.
ton Grange Reformed and st. Nichola
Avenue Presbyterian churches will be
hell tomorrow at II a. m. at st. Mich
olas av. and l4lst ST. The Rev. DR..
Paul S. Lcinbach, pastor of the Ham
ilton Grange Reformed Church, viii
ofclate. Dr.. John W. Stephens viii
take charge of the evening service.
using the stereopticon in the churci
yard.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-25
N. H. VICTIMS OPEN
S2OO,OOO,OOO FIGHT
Court Sets August 7 for First
Real Battle by Minority
Stockholders.

Boston, July p. Tue first rca. Iegat
battle in the efforts Of the holders OF
dftv shares of New York. New Haven
& Hartford Railroad Company stock 10
Iold the corporation and individual d.
rcc.ors under the Mellen regime re
sronsible for upward Of S2OO,OQO'OC0V,
ALLEGED 20 have been squandered' VIII
be fought in the Supreme Judlciai
Court on August Z. e.
Sherman l.. Whipple, appearing ior
the plaintiffs to-day. consented 10
continuance to that date when the bill
in equity brought by him as attorney
for Ralph Bsrtlott. trustee, undeF the
will of Olea Bull Vaughn, came before
Judge Bralcy.
To-day's legal skirmish brought OUT a
ocnial nv the railroad corporation
through It's attorney, Moorfeld storey
that the suit could be maintained IN
the State Judicial Court because II
should have been brought under INC
Sherman antitrust act IN the federal
court. if at all ..;
Instead Of an injunction restraining
the defendants from transferring any
stock ncnding the litigation. the st'pu-
l.,iou Of counsel for the railroad cor
narration that the corporation would not
transfer anv stock OF the individual al,
rector or cx-dircctor defendants unui
,hc case came up again IN court was
accented.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-25
ORDERS N. H. SUBP0ENAS
Court Moves in Federal Suit
Gregory Confers Here.

Judge Learned Hand. IN the United
States Court, yesterday ordered that
subpoena be issued TO all the de
PENDANTS named in the governments
suit 10 dissolve the New Haven sys-
TEN. service to be had upon defendants
not in this jurisdiction TO be made b.
United States marshals. The serving
of these subppnas will be expedited by
counsel for the New Haven and the in
dividusls named accepting service en-
bloc.
T. ". Gregory, special Assistant At
torney General in charge Of the case
spent a large part Of Yesterday IN
consultation with United States At
torney Marshall lie will return 10
Washington to-day and may confer
with Mr.. McReynolds while IN that
city. and on his return to New ork
next week arrange 20 obtain oHces
outside the Federal Building.
Mr.. Gregory said yesterday that tne
New Haven mad made no move look
ing toward further negotiations Tor d"
settlement or for sending the case 70
the Supreme Court upon an agreou
statement Of facts.
"Such things have been done and
NAV be done here said he, but IN"
matter is not under consideration Dy
TIE date for the beginning OF the
criminal prosecutions ordered by Presl,
dent Wilson has not yet been hXed
definitely
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-25
POL ICEMAN ADMITS THEFT
duplicates Two in Rockville
Center Robberies.

Rulof Peterson, policeman OF
Rockville Center, Long Island, con-
fesscd yesterday that he has been rob
bling houses in the village for the last
three years. He implicated two other
policemen now under arrest. He was
brought back from Holyoke, Mass,
where he had gone just before his two
alleged accomplices were apprehended
lie told his story to County Detective
Phineas Seaman, Justice Harrison X.
Wright and +. g. Hoolcy, an attorney.
Peterson asserted that the loot OBJ
tanned was worth close TO $4,000
When assigned to a reported robbery
no would go TO the house and carry off
anything he had left behind when he
robbed the place.
"My mind was never easy for doing
these things, but il was 50 easy |
couldn't resist the temptation" he as
serted
Much loot was found in Pcterson's
home. His wife said her husband had
gave her the plumber as something
bought at auction sales. The couple
have one child and live at East Rock
away
AS a result Of the confession Phoebe
Douglass, Of 16l Merrick Road. was ar
rested on a charge Of receiving stolen
goods. Other arrests are expected to
follow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-25
WOMAN WINS POINT
IN MURDER TRIAL
Statements of Alleged Accom-
plicc Ruled Out-Juror
Questions Witness.
10y Teltsraph 10 IN. Tribuno !

Now Haven. July "a Counsel for
Mrs. Bessie Wakefield were delighted
to-day when Presiding Judge Reed OK
Guided mass Of statements made by
James Plow not in the presence of
Mrs. Wakefield concerning the murder
of Wakefield and the part Plew and
Mrs. Wakefield were accused of having
had in il. The statements included
much of the most damaging evidence
of Mrs. Wakefeld's activity at that pc
Rod.
Two Of Mrs. Wakefcld's brothers. a
lister and both her parents testified
to-day 10 her quiet. peaceablc dlSpo.
sition and 50 her fear Of Plew at all
times. Mrs. Mary Webster. her mother,
said that Mrs. Wakefield felt that she
must always do just what Plew told
her. Mr.. Hattie Drake. sister. said
Plcv whipped the Wakefield children
hard and that while he was doing II
Ars. Wakefield would rock the Plew
child ia sleep. She said that she never
saw her show any sign of affection
toward Plew.
James Msther. prosecuting attorney
81 Bristol, testified TO cross-eXamining
Mrs. Wakefield AT the time Of her first
arrest. Tyler Davidson, Jurymsn No.
6. suddenly arose in his seat and asked
Mather if he had not testified al her
former trial that he had become sus-
picioEs 80 her guilt and Mather an
swcrcd ;hst he had.
Tic ssd that nc became suspicion
when Mr. Wakefield told him about
the purchase OF the chloToform bottle,
pavidson's action created sensation
IN the courtroom.