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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-08
Moving the Earth's Axis.

Now that modern engineers | i've sep
arated continents and damned foods.
the next task to which some of them
aspire is the improvement of the earth'S
climate By the changing of the inclina
ton OF the earth's axis. One means Of
accomplishing this is thought to he the
inundation of the Sahara desert. when
the shifting of the pole would be or
might be incidental through the trans
fer Of weight.
But now u New York engineer, Car
roll Livingston Riker, proposes Il deib-
crate attack upon the axis. He wants
to build Il jetty POO miles long eastward
from Cape Race in order to turn aside
the cold Arctic currents into warm wa
ters of the mid-Atlantic. This he SAYS,
would abolish the cold winters from
Newfoundland to Ha'tteras, iceberg
perils would become thing of the
past, and the inclination of the terres-
trial axis would be shifted "a tritle."
He adds that the work would be much
cheaper than the Panama canal.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-01
VIOLENT DEATHS
ARE NUMEROUS
IN THIS STATE

Austin, Texas, Oct. An unusually
large number of violent deaths occurred
In Texas last month. according 10 the
monthly rclsrt If DIR. X. II. Babcock.
state registrar Of vital statistics. Tween
~ suicides are reported. There were -
accidental drownineS and . deaths re
suited from excessive heat. A white child
died IN san Saba county from the effects
of a bite of n ratileSnake. and u white
man died from Il similar cause in Nolan
county. 4 white youth of Grayson was
hit by 4 baseball and fatally injured.
Four deaths from p%critonitis occurred
in Amarillo. Fifty-,ight eases of pella-
gra were reported.
Victoria county established a new rec.
ord for old age. A negro woman who
died last month in that county j. report
cd 10 have been 10 wears II age. A white
woman. III wears of age. died in Dallas
county.
Thirty-cieht sets of twins and two sets
Of triPletS were horn in Texas during
August. The total number ~ births was
l5>i and of deaths 1863. Infants under
one year Ia the number of 10, died. tn
bercnl0Sis Of the lungs was the leading
cause Of deaths. claiming Isl victims.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-01
TWO CARLOADS OF
AMMUNITION SENT
ACROSS BRIDGE

Two carloads ~ ammunition. includ
ing l.3bo.O0u rounds nf shells. crossed
the International bridge into Mexico
shortly before : o'clock last night. DIES.
tined for Monterrey. according Ia q ship
per IN this city. This was the first large
shipment through this port since the
embargo was raised.
Rccan>r nf the fact that the work II
transferring the ammunition from Frisco
to Mexican National ears in this city was
DELAYED. and because the Mexican officials
desired TO immediately despatch the
freight 10 Monterrey. permission was
obtained from the customs authorities
on this side Ia cross the ammunition a
soon ~ the transferring WAS finished.
which WAS about dark.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-01

II is expected that the total will reach
seventy five or a hundred during the
year. The most popular courses seem
20 be- the history and principles Of jour
naliSm. news gathering. and reporting.
ard newspaper work, each Of which hat.
n class Of fifteen the first dav. In the
mechanical department of the School Of
journalism u deaf mute registered. This
j. registering for the work with the
intention ~ training himself for tn
printing trade. Before entering the Uni
versity of Texas he tool a course in n
well known technical school in the north.
lie j. deaf. but he j. able to speak 10 n
certain extent. and l. very bright and
lie il married and has one
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-01
MASON HERE TO
BATTLE SHELTON
ON OCTOBER II.

Bobby Mason. classy San Francisco
lightweight. chosen a. the man to heat Jack
shelton. arrived il the city last night in
company with Guy Turpin. hi manager.
and wlll ~ into training al once :ar hi
twenty round fight with Shelton ga Oc-
tohcr III.
Ma~on'- last fight was with Indian Joe
Gregg, September =. stopping the Indian
m three rounds. lie comes Ia Brownsville
with n dandy record. and ont Nj 40 nnr
battles ~ ha- h~t but two decisions. one
on 4 foul.
Manager Turpin. who handled the al
fairs ~ Bobby Waugh for some time. de-
clarc~ thar h. expects 10 work Mason tn
the top ~ the lightweight division within
the next twelve months.
Shelton has not yet reached the city, hut
i expected within two days.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-01
ENGLISH HITN.
1900 HORSES
IN KANSAS CITY

About $500 horses have brcu pur.
chased on the Kansas City market ~
The British government and anihcr
l.NU arer in harms awaiting inspection
and acceptance. Horses alrtad, taken
are cstim letd Ia nave brought more than
half a million dollar. II j suited that
larger orders are "a follow.
The British Coy rnwcnt ban leased
II big horse AMI mule sarm nj Lathrop
Mo-. and its shipments of horses from
Il insas City in the last fcr- davs have
been made 10 that point instead ~ 10
Montreal. owing a. lack Of transport
accommodation.
!he German Government IL il Under
stood. has protested the sale of horses
10 the British as a breach If neutrality.
hut authorities in Washington are said
Ia have decided in favor OF English.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-01
RRIGATIONISTS
TO MEET OCT.2 2.
AT DONNA

Donna. Texas. Oct. IA mass meeting
in the interest Of the gravity irrigation ut
the entire Lower Rio Granuc Valley ha-
been called ~ meet III this city IN the
night Of October ?. The object ~ this
meeting j. 10 END support 20 the Sheppard
bill appropriating S50.o00 for n survey al
the Rio Grande from H. mouth Az Fort
Quitman IN an endeayor to provide way
and means for storing the flood and storm
waters Of the Rio Grandc tor irrigation
purposes, and 10 support the movement to
declare the Rio Grandr u non -navignhlc
stream. n well n ~ negotiate \ treaty
with Mexico providing dams and reservoirs
for the gravity IRRIGATION of the Valley.
This movement was launched by the
Mission Chamber 1T Commerce in that city
M the night al September y. and Wa at-
tended b. representative citizens from NH
parts % the Valley. Thi~ movement l.
taking precedent of all Others in the Val
ley and enthusiasm reigns supreme. II l.
expected that this meeting will not only
~ one ~ the best attended ever held IN
,hi~ city. hut one ~ the most enthusiastic
n wei.
\ similar meeting has been called az
San Juan IN Saturday night following. be-
ing October 3. at which Y large attendance
i~ expected. The meeting ar both III these
places viii H. addressed ~ zion. George
T.. Brown. president of the Gravity Irri-
CATION association Of the Lower Rio
Grandc Valley. and h. secretary. -. A.
Pipc-. and Willard Ferguson. mayor WI
Mission. and II. a. Sterling ~ Monte
Christie, together with either prominent
speakers from other Valley points.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-01
FARMERS AGREE
TO RAISE BREAD
AND ALSO MEAT

Fort Worth. Texas. Oct. Limestone
county farmers have an unwritien agree
meni 10 raise their own bread and meat
as much ~ possible. and 70 have all their
work done ~ Limestone County. Divers
ification " crops AMI reduction of ten
ant troubles both arr aimed IA in this
movement. some merchants have an
nounced they will refuse credit Ia ten
ant farmers who Will not agree 10 raise
some wheat and live stock and also a.
p%aironize home mills ami other local H.
dnstricS.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-01

Mexican National.

Leave Matamoros - a. m. Am. time
Arrive Matamoros $50 p. n. Am. time
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-01
PLAYING f.rILY SAFE
lFrom thc Ncw York GIohc.l

From the New York Glohc.D
Some time ago the Keeper If a museum
was engaged la placing some new curios
that Ind just a~rrivtti from Egypt. when
he noticed the pcrplcxcd look NJ his a.
tendant. rA
WHATS the matter. SMITH" he que
fied. goin. to the assistant. lis there
anything YOU don't undcrsand?"
Yes. answered Smith. Here ~ N pa
Pyru> on which the characters are -.
badly traced hat they are inicrirher-
able. How shall | class it,"
Let me- see returned the keeper. ~.
aiming the curio. Just oil IL a DOCTORS
prescription In The time ~ Pharaoh
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-01
WILLACY C0UN
HEALTH

DR.. asa III. Spccr Of Madi-onville, Madi-
son county, Texas. has bce- appointed
county health ariccr II Nillacy county.
hi- appointment dating from October n.
NJ VIZ announced today w County Judge
Avery II. Scarlc ~ WilIacy. who w III
Brownsville for a few days. Dr. Spccr j.
g physician and surgeon Of fifteen year,
experience. and came 10 the Willacy conn
Nm board M commissioners highly recon-
mcHird.
Or. Spccr and hi family nave already
arrived az Sarta. aud will make their nome
m that town. DIR. Spcer j. an old friend
~ County Judge VI. II. Yates ~ Browns
Vile.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-01
Keeps Your Liver Healthy Active.

\ man in Kentucky just told a friend
that Foley Cathartic Tablets were the
most wonderful medicine that had ever
entered his system. Said he would not be
without them. Neither would You. If YOU
had ever tried them. 4 ~thorouhly cleans
ing cathariic for chronic constipation OF
for an occasional purge. Martinez Drug
Store. north corner Market Square.-adv.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-01
TO HOLD BALLOTS
UNTIL OCT. H..
All Election officers Are ..cprcsted by Nc
lemore and Lane Attorneys to Avail
Decision from Appeal, Which is SET fer
Hearing October 8.

Houston. Texas. Oct. An agreement
that the appeal in the McLemore
contest he set for hearing before The court
Of civil appeals al Galveston on October
: was reached Nv the attorneys for both
sides and filed with the papers Tuesday.
The agreement reads as follows:
In this ease il j. agreed that the rec
ord shall be- filed in the court of civil
appeals a. soon aS practicable. and Nv
consent Of the court that The cause he
set for submission on Thursday. October
=. 1911. and when the decision i re- ,ched
by said court in said cause we agree 10
join in a letter addressed 10 al the
county clerks Of the State and other nee
essary election officers. asking such OH
GERS To place on the official ballot the
name of the person in whose favor the
court If civil appeals shall decide said
cause"
In order that the name Of the success
ful candidate may bc placed upon the
ballot for the November election the ut.
%iorneys for both sides have issued the
following request Ia election officers:
The above agreement has been en-
tered into htwecn the ATTORNEYS for ".
j.. Lame and .Icif Mclemorc. and all clcc-
tion officers are requested Ia not have
the official ballots printed until this casc
has been finally disposed Of. which, will
be about October IL. 1914. - that the
name of the nominee ma, lac placed there
ON.
W. I. Ramsay.
H. T.. Simmons.
Attorneys for w. Il. Lane.
q. u. Watson.
Lane. Wulters \ Storey.
Attorneys for Jcn: McLemorc.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-01
4 WAR OBSERVER.

From the Detroit Free Press
Whats the matter: ~rarcd u that hoy
chasing vou?"
No" r
Then what are YOU running away
from him for"
I'm not running away. I'm Just re-.
rclting for stratcgicai purposes"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-01
OKLAHOMA FIXES
UNIFORM PRICE
ON CRUDE OIL

Oklahoma City. Okla, Oct. The
corporation commission today orders 4
uniform price Of rs cents q barrel for
Grade oil.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-01
SCHOOL
HAS TOTAL OF so
STUDENTS NOW

University Station, Oct. 30.-A total
Of fifty students have already registered
for coarscs in the School Of journalism.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-01

One per cent Of the salt in the oceans
wonli cover the land areas Of the world
10 "A depth Of 10 feet.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-10-08

as the girls are now planning making
their reception and commencement
gowns, which is sufficient to justify
the heartiest commentator and CO
operation. Miss Palon is doing her
work with such nicely that the girls
are not only interested but are enthus.
iastic in their work.
The chairman Of the buildings and
grounds committee, r. B. Forsee, has
rad the swing facilities on the play
grounds increased, he has also had a
walk put in across the west side of
the grounds which adds much to the
convenience of pedestrians crossing
between 4th and 5th streets.
The football team will go to Madi.
son Saturday where they will meet the
high school team of that city in a
battle royal for honors OF the grid-iron.
The literary societies have been or
g~anized and are now working on a
program which will be given soon. The
classes in public speaking and debate
under the efficient instruction of Miss
Belt aret making noticeable progress
and Bookings will be heard from in
contest in this line of work this year.
1t is not too much to say that the
schools of Brookings have few equals
anywhere for efficiency in all lines of
work and the splendid school spirit
that exists among students, teachers
and patrons is unsurpassed anywhere.
Supt. Browning who is president of
the department of higher and second
airy education of the S. d. E. A. will
attend the state meeting which will be
held at Deadwood October the 21st,
22d, 23rd. Owing to the distance and
expense there will be no other repre-
sentative from the local school attend
ing the meeting.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-10-08
LECTURE COURSE
losses.

In the management of the Y. NJ. G.
A. Lecture and All Star Artists Course
financial gain is not the object. The
course must pay out and through the
liberal support of the citizens OF
Bookings, city and country, and the
college students and faculty it does
pay.
The prime object that the manage,
ment holds in view is that of giving
the best possible course at the lowest
possible price. Such a course must be
of a character that the majority of the
people will enjoy and it must be the
best of it's kind.
The Lecture and Artists Course for
the season of 1914-15 is of a kind that
every person can enjoy. 1t certainly
is a course from which everybody can
get more than the price of a season
ticket.
The five numbers comprising the
1914-15 course are as follows:
Evelyn Scotney Concert Co, Oct. II.
Hon. Victor Murdoch, Nov. II.
Gilman & Anderson, Feb. IL.
Hamlin Garland, Feb. 90.
Edmund Vance Cooke, March /.
The price of season tickets has been
reduced to $500 not because the price
of the course warrants a low price
season ticket, for it does not, but
rather because the management feels
sure that through the working of the
splendid cooperative spirit between
college and city the course can be
made to pay out financially.
When asked to purchase a season
ticket think of the pleasure and enter
tainment in store before refusing.
Phone 331, the State College Y. M.
c. A. office for information.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-10-08
CITY SCHOOL NOTES

The report of the Brookines cir,
for the month ending October the 2nd
shows a total enrolment of GA. Their,
are 45S boys and 456 girls enrolled
The average daily attendance for IN,
month was 1878. There were y.
neither absent o tardy. The enroll
ment and attendance in the higl
school is a record breaker for the frs.
month of school. The report show,
that there were 81 boys and 100 girls
enrolled, making the total enrolment
zoo. There were 123 high school stu
dents neither tardy nor absent. This
number would have been even greater
had it not been that several students
attended the Huron fair.
The numbers in the high school are
classified as follows, 76 freshmen, Al
sophomores, so juniors and 80 seniors.
There was a new student entered as a
senior Monday which brings this class
up to 40, the largest in the history of
the school. IL the Departmental school
there are 81 boys and so girls, making
a total of 122 in the department.
There are SO boys in the manual
training department. The instructor,
Mr.. Richard Nesseth, is making this
department very attractive to the boys.
Mr.. Nesseth is taking hold of the work
in such an excellent way that the boys
are enthusiastic and are so absorbed
in the delight of making things that
their entire attention and energy is
given to the work they have in hand,
and the joy and satisfaction they get
from their work under the efficient in
struction of Mr.. Nesseth is distinctly
depicted in their attitude toward their
school work in general.
The domestic science department
has "a girls enrolled. Miss Palon has
begun her work in a most excellent
manner, and more girls are asking for
this course than the department can
accommodate. The classes in high
school cookery have been busy can
ming, preserving, and jelly-making.
Though the course in high school sew,
ing includes some hand work, it is
primarily a course in garment-making.
The purchasing committee, DR.. Miller
and Prof. R. B. Forsee, of the board
of education has supplied the depart
ment with sewing machines which
adds much to the efficiency of the
work. The whole course in this de,
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-10-08
THE WAR

The great battle of the Aisne is still
undecided, although it has been ia
progress for a month. Last week the
allies attempted a turning movement
on their left flank. which stretched the
contending armies northward to the
Belgian frontier. The Germans We're
able to successfully block this move
and this week they are attempting a
turning movement of their own at the
same place, but this does not seem t.
be any more successful than that of
the allied armies.
In the eastern war zone terrific
fighting is reported between the Rus
SLAMS and the Germans and Austrians,
but this appears TO be without decisive
results. The statements of each side
are conflicting, as both claim victories.
The censorship continues very strict
and very little real news is o%bta'nabIe
any point, except that the fight.
ing is desperate and bloody and all of
the armies are sustaining enormous
losses.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-10-08
any AUTO IT'S OF THEE"

My auto, it's of thee, short cut to
poverty-of thee l chant. | blew a
pile of dough on you two years ago.
and now you quite refuse to 60, or
won't or can't. Through town and
countryside, o were m joy and
pride; a happy day. l loved thy gaudy
hue, thy nice white tires so new, but
now you're down and out for true. in
every way. to thee, old rattle box.
came many bumps and knocks: for
thee | grieve. Badly thy top is torn,
frayed are thy seats and worn; the
Whooping cough effects thy horn, | do
believe. The perfume swells the
breeze while good folks choke and
wheeze, as we pass by. / paid for thee
a price 'twould buy a mansion twice,
now everybody's yelling 'ice"-I won
der why? Thy motor has the grippe.
thy spark plug has the pip and woe is
thine. | too have suffered chills, ague
and kindred ills, endeavoring to pay
my bills since thou vert mine. Gone
is my bank roll now. No more 'twould
choke the COW, as once before. Yet if
| had the mon, so help me John
amen, I'd buy myself a car again, and
speed some more.-Ex.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-10-08

SEVERN Peterson, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Simon Peterson, met with an I'M
fortunate accident last Sunday. While
driving the family car about on a
pleasure trip, in some manner it was
overturned on the road a couple of
miles southeast of town, SEVERN was
pinned beneath the car but a compan-
ion vas with him and the latter was
left free and he succeeded in lifting
the weight sufficiently to release
SEVERN, and very fortunate it proved
to be for just at that time the car
caught fire and before they hardly had
time to turn around it was a mass of
flames and ruins. 1t is thought that
the fire caught from the oil spilled
from the rear light. The accident
would have been so much more ser
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-10-08

Just as the paper was ready for the
press we learn of a terrible accident
that happened at Matt Lutgen's
which caused the death of Virgil
Frislie, son of Ole Frislie of Rutland
and the breaking of one of E. S
Rudd's legs. 1t seems that Mr.. Rudd
who was running Bert Winklepelck's
separator, and Mr.. Frislie, who was
working with the machine, run in
ahead of the engine, while it was NOV.
ing, to get a chain, the latter stumbled
over some loose bundles, tripping the
former, both falling in such a manner
that the engine wheels passed over
Mr.. Frisl'e's head and Mr.. Rudd's leg,
before Bert Winklepleck, who was
running the engine could be warned
the men had fallen. Mr.. Frislie was
killed instantly and Mr.. Rudd sustain
ed a compound fracture of the right leg
below the knee. Virgil Frislie was
about twenty-five years old and we'll
spoken of by those who knew him. The
body was brought to ]. S. French's
undertaking rooms and prepared for
burial. So far as we could learn no
time had been set for the funeral
Colman Argus.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-10-08
NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION FOR
LETTERS OE ADMINISTRATIONS

state Of South Dakota,
County of Bookings, IS.
IN county Court.
In the matter of the estate Of Peter Cald-
well. deceased.
Pursuant TO an order of this Court made
on the Goth day of September, 1914.
Notice is Hereby Given. That the 18th day
of October, 1914, at two o'clock in the after
noon, at the Office of the County Judge at the
Court House in the City of Bookings, Brook
ings County. South Dakota. has been ap-
pointed by the Judge of said Court as the
time and place for hearing the Petition of
Margaret Caldwell for issuance to Lacey M.
Caldwell of Letters of Administration of the
Estate of Peter Caldwell, deceased, when
and where any person interested in said
state may appear and show cause why said
Petition should not be granted.
Dated at Bookings, South Dakota, this
30th day of September, 1914.
CSeal of County Court GEO. 2. HALL,
Judge of County Court.
Ctaa,yar G. Cbaayer ATTORNEYS
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-10-08
WITH n
CHURCHES

fThe items In this column are furnished
the Register by the press correspondents
OF the various churches and societies. All
churches and societies have the same
privileges Ia the use of this coiumn.)
The l.. A. S. of the Baptist church
will meet with Mrs. j. F. Randall 1923
First avenue on Thursday p. m, Oc-
tober 18th at three o'clock.
The Ladies Aid Society of the M. E.
church will meet in the church parlor
Thursday, October Is. The October
committee will entertain. All are cor.
daily invited. Secretary.
The Ladies Aid of the First Presby-
terrain church will be entertained
Thursday afternoon, October Is in the
dining room of the church by Mrs.
Davis, Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Squirting,
Mrs. Hall and Mrs. Morton.
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Sunday service at IL o'clock a. m,
subject, "Are Sin. Disease, and Death
Real% Wednesday evening meeting
at 8 o'clock. Reading room open We'd
nesday and Saturday from 2 to 4
o'clock p. m. Everybody welcome.
Corner 9Th street and 9Th avenue.
@ @ o
The third quarterly meeting Of the
Deaconess Hospital Aid Society will
be at the library room Of the city hall
next Tuesday afternoon, October 10. at
three o'clock. Every lady in Brook
ings who is q friend of the hospital is
urged to be present.
D q y
st. Paul's Episcopal church. Eigh-
teenth Sunday after Trinity. October
II, 1914. HAS q. M. Sunday school
and bible class.
First Presbyterian church-The reg
ulaf services will be held next Sunday
morning = usual. In the evening