The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-09-10

COLlp ~ iSlLlS the COullltS Vi DlOOhihSS'
Clark, C~odineton, Hamline and Deuel.
counties, will be held at Clear Lake
Friday. September 25th.
If you are wishing you had an auto,
or if you have a friend who would like
one, fill in the nomination blank in our
big contest ad and send ii to us. 1t
will put you or your friend on the road
10 having your wishes ma~terialize.
The Brookings cornet band furnish
ed the music for the festival and a
better selection could not have been
made by the committee. The boys
were not afraid to play and seemed to
feel that their duties were to give us
the best they had. Their concerts
were enjoyed and the music in general
was all hat could be asked.-Lake
Preston Times.
On Thursday evening, September
10th the Brotherhood OF American Yeo-
men will give q program at A. 0. U. w.
h:ll to which the public is cordially
invited. Mr.. Stallcap, supreme master
Of ceremonies OF Des Moines, will give
one of his splendid talks on "Frater-
nifty" Bryant d Bryant, state manag-
ers for South Dakota, will also be pres
ent to add inspiration to the occasion.
Admission free.
Automobiles will nave to learn that
they must use some judgment in driv-
Ing on public highways. On the other
hand drivers of teams will have to
learn that automobilists have rights
that must be respected. This writer's
experience is that while some car driv-
ers are reckless the fact remains that
| cnJnn tnop N, dpiparc do not nnnnnhn tho
rights to the car drivers to which they
are entitled under the state law. A
little common sense and decency will
help out on both sides.-lroquois
Chief.
Where corn grew wild there was a
dry season in place of u winter,
says the State College. Each
kernel contains a tender living corn
plant. Upon the treatment given this
plant depends the size and number OF
ears it will produce. Many tests OF
two lots of seed alike when gathered,
one promptly dried and kept dry dur
ing winter, the other cribbed, have
proved hat well preserved seed will
yield from a few up to Is bushels an
acre more than crib seed. In the case
of the Is bushels increase, both lots
terminated equally well. The increas-
ed yield was due entirely to prompt
drying and better care during winter.
Good care means early gathering,
prompt drying Immediately after
gathering, and keeping constantly dry
and at a fairly uniform temperature.
Last Monday the citizens Of Hetland
were swindled out of something like
fifty dollars by a woman claiming to be
deaf and dumb, who was collecting
money with which to start a notion
store in Bookings. She had a type
written affidavit Of identity acknow-
lodged before a notary public. and
claimed to be Miss Mary Clark. She
worked quickly, (and silently until
she cleaned up the town when she
walked out on south Main street and
disappeared. 1t transpires that she had
a confederate who was in own all the
time ostensibly to buy a light driving
team, but undoubtedly to assist in
steering his smooth, leaf Eve on to
business men. After she had done
the town the mar bought a pair of
ponies from Earl butcher tied them
behind his buggy and drove south over
taking his deaf partner when they
drove away together.-Hetland New
Era.
Mrs. B. F. Haas and baby will re-
turn with her father, w. II. H. Phillips,
to Washington about September Is,
for a visit with her parents and sister
and see the grand sights of the ma
tional capital. At present Mr.. Phillips
is visiting in Arlington and will close
out his interests in Brookings before
returning east. G.. Louise Phillips, a
sister of Mrs. Haas holds a responsi-
BILE position with the government as
scientific librarian in the Bureau Of
Plant Industry. Last winter Mr.. Phil
lips devoted considerable time with
others in Washington in bringing be-
fore congress the Importance of a uni
versity Of the United States. The mat
ter vas before the committee on educa-
ton Of the house Of Representative
and in the published reports Mr.. Phil
lips opinions are given at considerable
length. Mr.. Phillips was later given
the task of drawing a bill for congress
to act upon. Many who have looked
into the matter appreciate the ad-
vantageS such an institution could
offer to the people OF the United State.
Arlington Sun.
That 40 per cent profit" means only
10 per cen is the holding Of the state
legal department on inquiry from the
department OF instruction in regard to
prices which may be charged for school
books in this state. The law provide
for purchase Of school books by a
county board, which selects distribu
tors for the same, who are limited in
their charges to a profit not to exceed
10 per cent. Apparently in some cour-
ties the distributors have been adding
to the contract price, the cost Of tran.
%portation, cost Of handling and cost Of
sale, on which they charged a profit.
this resulting in different prices in dit
ferent counties according to the add
tons placed upon the price by the dis
tr%ibutors. The holding is that this
profit is limited not to exceed 10 per
cent on the contract price, and that
no additions a be made to the cost
price beyond that Of the contract and
10 per cen profit, all other chargcs
to be covered within the 10 per cent
allowance. AS this is the season for
purchasing Of school books over the
state. this ruling is likely to mean
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