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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-10-08
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL

B~rookIngs Register Bureau. Washington. DC
(By J. E. Jonesp
The post Office department has join.
ed the economy crowd. and as a result
the increase of salaries for employees
OF rural delivery service has not gone
into effect. and probably will not for
some time to come. The postmaster
general is advocating a new plan to
put the entire rural mail service into
the contract class, as has been the
policy with reference to the so-called
star routes. Postmaster General Bur.
Lesson states that by doing this the gov
eminent would save twenty million
dollars a year.
The president has enlisted as a
strike breaker. and is using his efforts
in an attempt TO settle the big Colo
RADIO strike. which has been in pro-
gress for several years. MI. Wilson
has told the operators who visited
Washington that they should wave all
anu A0OA Onay w tnE
main proposition of re-establishing
normal conditions In the Colorado coal
fields. When President Roosevelt In
~tervened to settle the great anthracite
strike in Pennsylvania, John Mitchell
appeared expressly as representing
the miners. That strike was settled
in accordance with the principle that
each man. whether . union member
or not. had . right to contract for his
labor with his employer. This incl
dent Ii urged in behalf Of the appeal
being made by the president and out
siders for mutual concessions from
employers and employees alike.
With the withdrawal Of the Ameri-
y troops from Vera Cruz, the wash
ington administration calculates that
II has pulled az the greatest war in
modern history1ince II has been \
war. that has brought peace with
but littls real bloodshs1L The aKair
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-10-08

will be exploited by the democrats IN
their campaign, while the republicans
will insist that "watchful waiting" was
simply luck.
Republicans are insisting that there
would have been a deficit in govern
ment revenues, even though there had
been no European war. and while they
are willing to submit to the steam
roller process by which more than one
hundred million dollars revenue is 70
be raised, yet, in view of the fact that
the fall elections are but a few week.
away. they are going TO make all the
noise possible to have it appear thai
the Underwood tariff is as much 10
blame as the break in foreign com.
merCe.
The secretary of agriculture has in
structed all chiefs in the department
10 ~retrench, and TO keep all their work
within the emergency restrictions.
Therefore there will be no attempt AZ
extensions OF projects until the gov.
eminent money market has improved
one of the first things that happen.
ed when foreign commerce closed
down. and German ships tied up in the
harbors Of the world, was an attempt
by the American congress-and this
was instigated by the p~resident-to
establish some sort of a basis for a
merchant marine. The whole affair
seems TO have resulted in a hasco. and
now ONE forward Secretary Red.
field of the department of commerce.
who opposes the pet scheme Matched
by the secretary of the navy and the
postmaster general. TO have certain
transports that are included in the
navy used for merchant purposes. Mr..
Redheld might have kept his peace
without interfering with the seeming
ly patriotic performance of his as
s~ociates in the capitol who were pa.
triotically waving the American flag
imaginary United States ships.
had not the scheme proved obnoxious
ly popular.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-10-08
THE PASSING OF YOUTH

In the October American Magazine
a husband who has been married TWEEN.
ty-five years reports some of his exper.
fences in life. In the following passage
he tells how it felt to pass from youth
to middle age:
TO me the passing of youth was es.
Gaping from a torment Of passion,
strife and trouble into placid content.
My griefs and joys grew less violent, |
ceased hating those who had wronged
me and, in lesser degree, grew calmer
in my attachments. U~ndisturbed by
passions / found l could think more
clearly. be more liberal, and under.
stand better"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-10-08
REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING

The regular monthly meeting of the
Civic League will be held Friday after
noon at three o'clock in the CONNER
cial Club rooms. The annual election
of officers occurs at this time, and all
members are urged to be present. The
matter of sending delegates to the
meeting of the State Federation al
Deadwood will also be considered. II
would greatly assist the present board
Of officers if all back dues could be
paid at this time. Secretary.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-10-08
STATE FEDERATION

The annual convention of the State
Federation of Women's Clubs OF South
Dakota will be held at Deadwood from
October Is 10 20 inclusive. All mem
bers of federated clubs, whether sent
as delegates. or not, are welcome to at
tend these meetings. and would find
this an interesting time TO visit Dead
wood. 1t is hoped that many will avail
themselves of this opportunity. -
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-10-08

w. A. Burgess to c. w Koenig, w.
d. Lot 2, Blk. l, Burgess End Add.
White, 5000.
Frederick H. Felberg to Nels E.
Fuglsby, W. d. N. w. "A 26-109-52. $751;
900.
F. E. & c. E. Youngburg to William
Callahan, W. d. N. w. Il 11-110-50 $14,-
400.
S. NJ. Callahan to Hattie B. Squirting,
W. d. n. y 34-111-51. 81, 900.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-10-08

II o have tried other things by the
score a VIII now try "0ETSTT.n
you VIII realize this glorious fact
iou probably are tired sticking on
tape that won't stay stuck. plasterp
thai shift themselves right unto your
corn. c-ontraptions hat make a bum
Ole OF your toe . press right down
On the corn Put two drops OF
GEIS-IT on that corn in two sec
onds. The corn IL then doomed A.
sure n night follows day. The corn
o~hrfvelsL There's no pain. no fuss
lf you think this sounds too good 20
be = try II tonight on any corr.
caIlus. wart or bunion.
'GETS-IT" ID sold By druxrists
everywherA. 15c . bottle. or sent az
rect ~ - LAwrence q Co. Chicago.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-10-08

sGase e osuxA DaxpeA
County ~ UroeAfnGaIa
n County ConrE
II the matter Of the estate Of ]. W. nam
~ deceose6.
Notice = Hereby Given By The under-
olgno6 Aomin1stratrix Of the estate Of
y ~. nanneeys dsceassd; . the CREDITOR
- Al peFDono having claims against said
1oeonee 60 exhiblt them with the necessary
Hcoohoro witn1n otx months after the nrst
Sun110f1on ~ TIN nofice - sald Adnninis-
{kaor1x ~ the e1ee " her attornsys. Cheevsr
CkGovo&, = tho CITY of Brookings, Brock
80 oooUty, 0outh pohota.
AgatnA ~. Ramsey.
Aim1n1oeretrtx - NJ nBtafs q
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-10-08

Mr.. and Mrs. c. n Stark and Mrs.
Dunniclife and daughter spent the day
with the Mechanics Cornell. Welsh
and Waltz IT Brookings Tuesday
Arlington Sum-
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COLUMN

Articles printed under this head do
not in any way reflect the attitude OF
the Register toward Socialism, and
this paper Is in no way responsible for
the articles.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-10-08
S. IS II. Lots s. 6, Z, Blk. 9, SINNERS
End Add, Brookings. $500.

The Bank of Brookings to Thomas
Eckman. W. d. Lot 8, Blk. 3, Hill Park
Add, Brookings. $4,000.
Sophia NJ. Wittern to Emma and
Bessie Evans. c. F. d., S. +. Il 10-109.
so. s12.460.
Taylor Lewis to Horace Fishback, W.
d. Lot 3. Blk. l, SINNERS 3rd Add.
to Brookings. $500.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-01

Lrtrle of the count have not legal
moral and RELIGIOUS RIGHT to re-
locate THEIR COUNTY SEAT IL they
should see fit to do so.
We do not wish to say anything that
would appear to be criticism Of any
person who tries to use the Scriptures
to prove a point, whether right or
wrong, but we can not refrain from
regretting the use of the Holy Book for
such unholy purposes.
The Reverent Gentleman at Vale is
not the only person in the world that
has a special stand in with the AL
mighty. We read in the newspapers
that the Car of Russia has God on
his side, fighting the Emperor of Ger
many who has God on his side. II
seems that the more disreptuable and
unrighteous a cause is, the more an
xious some people are to claim a
partnership with God.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-01
A Lucky Colonel.

Our friend Col. Stream of Bonita
complains to the public that he had
hard luck in obtaining a bed when
he same to Ontario recently to attend
the Malheur County Fair; and says
that he slept on an old broken down
cot out in the hall at an expense of
six bits. Cheer up, Col, the worst
is yet to come. You may be called
upon to attend the next term of court
at Vale, and have to sleep on one Of
the regular beds in the leading hotels
of that city. II so you will think you
have made a mistake and laid down
on a pile of brick bats and cobble
stones. That old cot will then seem
like a genuine luxury, and you will
long for II many a time while moving
your manly frame from one bump to
another, and praying for morning to
came.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-01
The Peoples County Seat.

The people OF Malheur county, after
the county Was created in 1887, located
their county seat at Vale Remember
they did not give Vale their county
seat. They located there THE PE0-
Plies COUNTY SEAT at Vale. The
people OF the county reserved in them
selves the right to change the location
81 the county seat whenever sixty
per cent of the voters OF the county
should decide To do so.
Eighty per cent o: the voters OF the
county have signed a petition to the
county court asking that vote be
mad at the November election 10 deter
mine whether or not their county seat
shall he removed To Ontario. Have not
FOuRFlFTHS OF the voters OF the
Sodnty . right, .aoral right, a legal
right A RELIGIOUS RIGHT to say
what shall be done With their own?
II woult seem so Vet there are per-
s'ns eppealng 20 thv Dear Brothers
aud Sisters and quoting passages
OF Scripture tryins TO assert that the
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-01
EVERHART
DRUG
COMPANY

iary burden which would come upon
that public, the county, by the location,
or by the change of location. And this
cannot be bribery. And II may be
doubted whether such an act can be-
come bribery when the offer is to the
whole county, and upon matter Of
county interest only. In a case like
the present there is no duty upon the
county from which II or its citizens
may be induced to swerve. They may
adopt which place they see ft, and II is
offering additional inducements only to
offer as above mentioned"
Says Lyon. j.. for the Supreme Court
Of Wisconsin. In the case Of State vs.
Purdy, $50 Wis. 225):
References should be made to the
cases which have sustained the validity
Of bids or pecuniary offers to secure
the location Of public buildings at some
particular place. We have no contro-
versy with these cases here. The dis
tinction between the election Of public
officers TO whom. for the time being,
the exercise Of the functions Of sover-
eighty 10 intrusted. and the mere chance
Of site for public building. is quite
apparent. The former involves. or may
involve, the integrity Of the govern
ment, and the preservation Of the prin-
ciples upon which Il Is founded; while
the latter 10 only = matter Of public
convenience or pecuniary' interest. in
volving no fundamental principles what
ever"
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-01
Cotton and Wool.

Last Friday Congressman Sinnott
called the attention OF Congress to
the way Underwood had cotton bag
ging and cotton ties placed on the free
list for the benefit OF the south and
how the duty was left on wheat sacks
and wool bagging. even though we
have two Democratic senator's in
Washington to look after our inter
ests. The farmers OF Oregon surely
got an awful deal In the free trade
law. and Senators Lane and Chamber
lain raised a voice to right their
wrongs.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-01
From a Grangers Viewpoint.
Vale. Oregon, September 80. 1,

Vale. Oregon. September 30. 1914.
To The Editor:
am sending you In this letter some
opinions that I have formed regard
Ing TO happenings OF this community
recently. II you think them OF In
terest to your readers. you have my
consent TO publish them. I am a
rancher. living near Vale, and have
lived here quite a while. | have al
ways felt like l would like to be able
to call Vale my home town. but have
got 80 many knocks from there In re-
cent years. and especially lately. that
| am now ready to cut loose from the
place entirely. have fairly we'll
improved ranch with a water right as
good az any on the Malheur. on which
l have been trying to make living
sometimes need credit 70 help carry
me through until | can sell something
to get some cash. When go to the
Vale merchant he tells me that he is
on a cash basis. When | go to the
bank to borrow money | am told that
the bank has no money to lend. When
l go to some of the retired capital
lists" of Vale they tell me that they
are not lending money now on account
of the war, or some other cause. AL
though | am a resident here, and own
my property here, am compelled to
go somewhere else to get credit. /
never did like this much, but never
made any kick until the Vale banks,
business men and capitalists hunted
up Mr., Brogan, and according to the
Enterprise suggested to him that they
lend him s20.000.00 or s25.0OO.OO, and
take his company as security. Now
think | have kick coming. | am
told that the Bully creek project will
cost Eighty Dollars per acre. / can't
see why the Vale banks and business
men want to lend money on this $4,000
an acre project. That land never will
be as good as my land, and they will
not lend me anything on my land. nor
give me any credit to improve 1t or do
farm work, yet they will put in lot OF
money into proposition like Bully
creek.
Now II the Vale banks and business
men want TO treat me that way, they
need not count on me tearing my shirt
for them. l can raise just as much
grain or hay with the county seat at
Ontario as can at Vale, and | promise
to vote for the place that treats Inc
right
A. GRANGER.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-01

Col. Stream Is sore at Ontario be-
cause his hat blew off on his way to
the fair grounds. and the motor man
charged him a dime for stopping the
car and recovering the missing head
gear. We will gamble that the car
was driven by a Vale man. No car
man In Ontario would stop under
those circumstances for less than n
quarter.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-01
Pile ON the Taxes.

Go II, Congress-! Pile on the taxes!
You have been extravagant.
You have shut up mills.
You have thrown the harpoon Of con-
fusion into our business
You have reduced the Government s
income so that even without the war
as an excuse you would have had
to levy direct taxes, anyhow.
Go It, Congress! We all understand
the necessity for taxing everybody to
sustain revenue system as unsound
in principle as It has been deadly
to industry.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-01

Julian Hurley. OF Vale. who has
been admitted TO practice law. gave
a very long opinion In the Vale paper
last week on what constitutes VIC.
lation OF the corrupt practice act,
Supreme courts have passed on this
question and strange as It may seem
they do not agree with the opinion
written by Hurley,
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-01

The Vale people are giving the tax
payers fair warning OF what they ex'
pect to do II given a chance and
there should be no surprise expressed
II they start a movement for $780,
900 court house at Vale and the county
will have TO pay for II as Vale could
not sell bond for fifty cents on the
dollar. because they are already over
bonded,
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-01

When the war is over the more for
eign goods and foreign produce that is
sent TO this market the less goods in
this county the workers will be paid
for producing,
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-01

1t is easy to figure out the author
ship of the cuss articles in the Vale
paper as either of the Johns are quite
proficient. but those Biblical stories
and parodies must have been con-
tributed,
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-01
Farmers Not In a Trust.

When the Democratic Tariff bill re-
moved the duty of % cents a bushel
on wheat imported into this country,
and provided for the importation OF
beef cattle into the United States free
of duty. will someone tell us what
Trust" was destroyed? This talk Of
the Tariff being responsible for the
Trusts was made only for purpose by
the Democratic statesmen. Certainly
no one can charge the farmers with
being a Trust in the sale OF their
wheat and cattle. Then why was the
protection removed from these agri-
cultural products by the Underwood
simmons Tariff law? This is ques-
tion the farmers might ask themselves.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-01
IsIt More aMatchfnl WnItlnp,,


II is charged that the majority in
congress is continuing the session in
order to keep the Republican members
from the northern and western states
from going home to see II their re-
spective districts are in good condi-
tion to re-elect them. That charge
does not seem unreasonable because
can any one, friend of foe OF the pres
ent administration, point to anything
which the present congress has done
or tried to do in the last two months
which II done would have been of
any service to the country?
In the meantime the ally OF tho
administration. Colonel Roosevelt, is
stumping doubtful districts in the hope
of dlserting enough Republican votes
from the real issues TO draw them TO
chasing his ignius fatuous as though
II were n real electric light, TO elect n
majority Of Democrats again.
Ono would think that "A majority
OF the present congress would be
saying: This is the opportunity OF a
century; this Is time when every
factory should be running with full
force, and we, as the country's repre-
sentatives should be hurrying through
effective measures to enable our mer-
chants, shipowners and manufacturer
to seize and hold the trade OF all this
continent at least.
And. further. we should be strug-
Cling to swiftly supply the means to
enable our farmers and planters to
get their crops to market"
We say one would think that II they
did not know the order OF mind OF the
average Democratic congressman In
reference to two or three national
subjects. They have made Il possible
to buy and register foreign ships. but
that is all.
And how President Wilson keeping
his prediction promise IN fill the seas
with merchant ships, that should be
doing prosperous business without
the aid OF bounties or subsidies? Is
that one OF the cases were a theory
looks flawless on paper. but will not
bear the analysis OF a little common
sense reduced To the rule OF three?
Congress- has been drifting for three
months like rudderless ship, wait
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-01

THE $500 Exemption Bill makes
improvements In land and personal
property-automobiles, stocks. bonds
merchandise stock, etc, pay less taxes
II makes land pay more taxes. The
farmer has the most land proportions
ately and he will pay the most taxes
proportionately, This is entirely un-
fair"
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-01

Judging from the kind OF junk that
is heing published in the Vale paper
regarding the removal of the county
seat. Vale people certainly do not
think much OF the intelligence of the
people OF this county ii they expect
them TO believe half OF IL.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-01

Eighty per cent OF the people OF
Malheur County have expressed de-
sire to have their county seat located
1t Ontario A few court house hangers
on believe they can thwart the wishes
Of those people.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-01

When a town is of so little i'm
portance that the adding TO or taking
away OF one building will make or
destroy il, is it not about time TO stop
trying to make place of IL?
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-01

When the fighting powers unite in
declaring that peace oyertures are
unthinkable, a portent of secret
willingness to find a way to stop the
war IL at hand.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-01

Conducting the Garman army's fall
maneuyeTs ON French territory gives
rise to complications.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-01

Go right over 10 the city hall and
register SO YOU can vote at the gem
eral election in November.
The Pensacola journal., 1914-12-28
ROAM
IN The FOREST
COMPANY FAILED TO HEAR OR.
DER TO RETREAT AND MAY BE
YET WANDERING ABOUT ON
BELGIAN TERRITORY.
n AssOCIATED PREss.

Paris, Dec. 27.-So far as known. q
party of $50 French soldiers who failed
to hear the order to retreat during the
lighting in the forests of the Belgian
Luxembourg as far back as August
23rd, are still roaming about from one
hiding place to another in the woods
resisting the enemy. This surpasses
the record of the 18th company Of the
140th French infantry which recently
passed So days within the enemy's
lines.
The present party has now been cut
off from the French lines for nearly
four months It is a motley force
made up Of straggIers who. intsead
Of surrenderiug when they found the
return 10 their lines blocked by the
Germans, escaped to the woods and
lived off the country as best they could
picking up ammunition from the bat
tlefelds at night. Aided in this by
women and children, # is said they
got together 1900 cartridges which
they deposited in various caverns for
safety. For shelter they built huts
and dug trenches, from which they fire.
quentIy emerged to harass the Ger
mans.
The latter finally decided to beat the
entire forest country OF about $500
acres. Columns Of 1000 men took part
in the hunt but were unable to dis
cover the hiding place of the strag-
glers. Despairing Of succeeding by any
other means, they resorted to persua-
sion and posted the following notice
in the villages in the south OF Namur
and Luxembourg:
French Soldiers: We know where
you are and the strength OF your force
In your interest it will be better that
you surrender and we promise in that
case that you shall be accorded the
honors Of war You must know, how
ever, that you expose the population
of the country to reprisals: we have
forbidden all farmers. all nillers and
all pea SAINTS to furnish you with no
provisions and in case of infraction
they shall be shot"
The following morning another no /
tice wa sposted in Beaurain, signed by
the officer commanding the French de-
taChment:
Since you know so well where we
are, come and take us
The Germans have not yet reported I
taking them, however, and they are I
to be stir rambling from |
forest to forest between Givet and !
BastOgne.