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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-09-02

At the close of the weekly rehearsal
last Wednesday evening the band ad-
journed to Collins Cafe and INDUCED
in a feed" the object of which was to
remind the director. Prof. Carl Chris
Jensen, that the following day was his
birthday. In order to make sure that
he would not forget it Immediately.
Hubble Pickett, on behalf Of the band,
presented him with a beautiful gold
handled knife and chain, on which
was engraved on one side "Carl Chris
Jensen, Director" and on the other
side "Brookings Concert Band, 1915"
In all probability this weeks band
concert will be the last n this sea
son. We are informed however, that
another concert may be given o
after college opens. weather permit
ting, otherwise this will conclude the
seasons work. The past year a
been the most successful since Prof.
Christensen took charge of the local
band, due to his painstaking and un-
firing efforts to improve the organiza-
ton each year. A higher grade OF
music has been played than eve be-
fore and the engagements filed this
season have been Of a better class.
The attendance Of the members has
averaged fully twenty-five per cent
higher than usual, due to the fact that
the boys have been paid q little some
thing for their efforts out Of moneys
appropriated by the city council for
that purpose. A good attendance Is
always an assurance of c and
the success Of the organization next
season will to some degree depend on
the hberality of the council in their
next appropriation.
Plans are already being laid for the
work next season. II ID planned to
have several winter rehearsals In
order to get some Of the heavier -
lections into shape. Next season
Prof. Christensen plans to have more
solos BY members Of the band and on
! alternate weeks to have vocal solos
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-09-02
LATE TO CLASSIFY

HOUSE FOR SALE-Six rooms. full
basement, sewer, city water, cistern,
electric lights and large barn on lot
75x184, n and half blocks from new
post Office. Chas. Poole.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-09-02

while for this year., for the first time,
refrigerator and privately owned stock
cars were included.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-09-02

WANTED-Girl to work in millinery
department. Ellis-Hall Co. Depart
ment Store.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-09-02
TAXES BOOSTED

The total assess nent figures for
South Dakota, as completed by the
state tax commission, shows q valua-
ton Of all property of $1,271, SIS, 249,
an increase of fifty million over the
figures Of two years ago. On this the
commission made a levy of one mill
on general property for state taxes,
and a levy of 9.97 mills on corporate
property for all purposes. The levies
for last year were n mill for gen.
eral state purposes, and 9.99 mills in
different classes of property and is, for
the two years:
1914 1915
Real estate s914,453,253 1852, 800, 234
Personal
property. 1863, 81 200 $50, 203 ,902
Railways 4. 129,384.257 130,132,285
Express
companies 1855 $50 1897, $50
Telephones 4,043,331 4,180,398
T~elegraphs 92S,350 92S,350
Private car
lines 80. 900, 900 41O,29
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-09-02

1921, 420 ,354 $1,271, 573, 249
The division between general and
corporate property is:
General 5 1888, S24,4 $1,133, 024,136
Corporate 1885, 9O1 13S,549,113
Tax levies in mills:
State .O01 .0O1
Corporate .......... .OO9.9 .0O9.97
sin the private car line figures for
1914, only Pullman cars were assessed,
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-09-02

Don't fail to read the classified col
of the Register.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-09-02

One Of the big events of the year for Brookings
and vicinity takes place on the Fair Grounds
next week. OF course you are gong to bring
Perhaps you will be among those who will pass
our doors and not come in. To say that you
were not at perfect liberty to do so would be
untrue, but we feel that you would not be quite
fair to yourselves or us, if you did not at least
drop in for a few moments before going home.
Anyway remember this, you are under no obi
of it unless you do first. It will give you an
opportunity to see what a fine, snappy assert
ment of merchandise we have on hand this fall.
Such a visit will show you at once whether the
good values that we are telling you about from
week to week are real ones or not. This seems
to us like a fair proposition, does it strike you
that way? Anyway we invite you to make
yourself and family entirely at home in our
store anytime you are in town.
Graves CO.
10 Clothing Stores
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-09-02
LAST BAND

The band concert this week will
probably be the last one this season.
Next week the band fills an engage
ment at Lake Preston at their annual
Watermelon Day, after which it plays
for the local county fair, and the fol-
lowing week it will probably play at
the State Fair for a day or two. The
program follows:
March-Triumph of the Century .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-23

to lose seven million dollars worth of horses in year, what cry would ascendl If the loss in live stock in this country equaled in value the loss of the economic value of the perishing infants, scientists without number would be called to stop the waste!
 So much for the dollars and cents phase.
 But who shall measure the loss to parents and those who love the little form that chills at the breath of the grim reaper-or the measureless silence of the house in which the baby laugh is stilled.
 The municipality may measure the loss in terms of dollars, but to these all the piled up wealth of the world could not measure that loss.
 Then why delay the work, by indif- ference or inattention, which will save the babes to lives of joy and useful ness?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-23
COTTON SEED CANDY

From the Charlotte Observer.
 We are not yet even at the beginning of
 the possibilities in the cotton seed A few
 summers ago the Observer stood sponsor
 for an article of ice cream made from
 cotton seed oil and for a time 1t had a
 popular run as novelty. The market
 value of cotton seed oil. however. made the cotton oil ice cream rather an ex-
 pensive experiment. Now has come the cotton oil candy. The Southern Cotton oil company has been distributing samples of this candy among the farmers at the various meetings throughout the country, but like the Ice cream. the cotton oil candy will hardly become a commercial article by reason of the fact that the oil is too valuable for other purposes. The cotton oil candy is made of 25 per cent of oil. with molasses 'and flavorlnE to suit It has an agreeable taste. and its compost ton not being known it would be taken as good brand of molasseS taffy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-23
REsU SCITATION
From Outing.

From Outing.
 Any treatment of the apparently drowned, to be thorough, must take into con nsideration, first. clearing the mouth and nostrils of phlegm and mucous; sec ond. the expulsion of poisonous gases from the lungs; third, the replacing of
 the expelled gases by pure oxygenated air; fourth the stimulating of the
 respiratory organs so that they may resume their regular functions; fifth, the restoring of its normal temperature
 to the body.
 Above all do not allow yourself to be- come discouraged if your efforts at
 fesuscitation are not prompt in result.
 One might cite dozens of cases. reported
 by absolutely reliable medical journals.
 to prove that life does not become ex- tinct nearly so soon as is generally be- drowned, dragged from the water after 30 or 40 minutes of submersion, have been saved. Again, operators have worked artificial respiration for as long as four hours, without a sign of re- covery, and then seen their noble per- sistence rewarded by the revival of the
 patient.
 Never despair. therefore. A human | life is at stake. Don't give up until the last ray of hope is lost. Keep at it. and you'll find that success will usually crown your efforts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-23
THE SOUTH'S FORWARD STEP

From the Kansas City Times
 The Manufacturers Record makes the remarkable statement that the value of the grain crops in the south this year will exceed by several hundred million dollars the most valuable cotton crop ever pro- duced.
 Increases of 292, ,OO0 bushels in yield. and of 250.00 coo in value over last year s grain crops are indicated by the govern ment estimates.
 Sixteen southern states will produce this year 42 per cent of the corn, IS per cent of the wheat and 13 per cent of the oats of the entire country.
 With ambition for empire which is ex- cusable, the Record includes Missouri among the southern states. though it's cot ton production Is insignificant. while the general character of its agriculture puts it properly in the class of grain produc- ing states of the north, but even after making due allowance for this, the fact | remains that the south has made good start toward diversified and self support ing agriculture in taking nearly 6.000.0o0 acres of its cotton land and planting grain instead. It is a progressive step l for the south, as for every other coIn-
 munity, to vary its production and make 1 itself independent of the freight charges
 and middleman profits that it now pays on grain and live stock products bought in
 the north.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-23
"EXPERTs,
From the Kansas City Times.

From the Kansas City Times.
 pr. Austin Flint, expert alienist, ad- mitted in the Thaw hearing that Harry Thaw had shown no signs of insanity in the courtroom.
 How, then. is the jury to know whether he is sane or insane?' Doctor Flint was asked. His answer was that the jurors must rely upon the testimony of experts, and then Doctor Flint and other experts hired by the prosecution testified that Thaw was insane. and other experts hired by Thaw testified that he was sane.
 Any kind of an "expert," in any kind of a lawsuit. is a good deal of joke The woods are full of "experts," and as their opinions differ any number oi
 experts may be retained to testify for either side that is willing to pay In murder case in this city an in- sanity expert testified that the accused was sane. The defendant was convicted and granted & new trial and at the second trial the same expert" testified that he was insane. When questioned about this change of heart he admitted that in the first trial the prosecution paid him S75 but in the second trial the accused paid hin sIco.
 Experts employed by either side are rot experts" They are merely hired attorneys.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-23
Prosperous Virginia

'l had not visited my native Virginia for a number of years until last June. when I attended the Confederate reunion at Richmond and I marveled at the prog ress the Old Dominion had made" said Maj. E. T. Taliaferro, who served from the beginning to the end of the war 1T, the Army of Northern Virginia.
 Richmond has made wonderful strides. To me it was always a beautiful city, but it is now one of the richest and most handsomely built cities in this country.
 From Richmond l proceeded to Roan- olle, where I had once lived, but when l left there some years ago the town was rev and small Today it is city of 50.000 or more and is growing fast. When I was resident of Roanoke there were not many buildings there as high as three stories. Now there are several skyscrap- CTS. Roanoke is an important railroad town and is situated In a very rich graz ing section. The present governor of Vir- ginia-Governor Stuart-is wealthy farmer of the section I refer to. While l was there he sold his beef cattle raised for this years market for S120,000. Nearly everybody in southwestern Virginia seems to be rolling in wealth."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-23
Cement Sales on Increase

Within the past few months there has been a marked increase in cement sales for Alabama and adjoining states,' re- marked A. F. Mohan of the Kirkpatrick Sand and Cement company.
 Sales have also increased In the Bir- mingham district recently. and the busi- ness outlook is in every way improved. Naturally a good portion of tho cement sold in this territory is used for large building requirements; but greater part of this product is now being utilized by the farmer for small construction work on the premises
 Cement Is comparatively recent dis | covery for the farmer, who had been un- | aware of the numerous uses to which this ma terial could be placed. Cement con cerns got together In gigantic adver- | Using campaign for the rural sections and taught the people the best methods of handling the product. At the present time silos and other concrete Improvements l for the farm are in course of construction I in all parts of the state. We now esti-
 mate that fully 25 per cent more cement | is being used in Alabama than for the
 sal period of last year. This showing Ia
 indeed remarkable. when 1t is remem-
 bered that the European war had not
 begun at that time. The benefits to the
 farmer of concrete construction cannot we'll be oyerestimated."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-23
Evading an Embargo

The Germans do not devote all their time and attention to inventing dead ly engines of war. They are quite as successful in evading the boasted Brit ish blockade and are just now resort ing to many clever tricks for circum- venting the embargo on shipment of contraband through the Balkan states. A war correspondent describes enor- nous food supplies brought to Ger many from ports in the North sea on board neutral vessels, whose owners are evidently not averse to turning an honest penny, regardless of England 8 ire. Bribery has also been freely em- ployed and such is the cupidity of hu- man nature, it has proved remarkably effective.
 Contraband was shipped to Turkey through Bulgaria and Roumania with out much hindrance, so long as the customs officials were placated, but the thrifty Germans seem to be tired of paying out money to interruptions officials for this particular purpose and all sorts of ingenious ways have been hit upon for getting munitions through to Turkey, where they are much needed. Roumanian and Bulga- rian customs officers don't feel so friendly toward the Germans, since their pockets are being affected, and German shipments are being carefully scrutinized.
 Beer casks filled with bombs have been discovered at Dobrich and recent ly it was found that seventeen empty freight cars consigned to the Turkish railway administration had double bot toms and sides which were packed with chemicals for making asphyxia- ting gas. In Bucharest five German refrigeratipg cars were burst open by customs officers and the compartments were found filled with explosives. Boxes and crates bearing label stat ing that they are consigned to the imperial German embassy at Constan- tinople are absolved from custom house examination and it is thought that the Germans are also using this means to forward explosives.
 Clearly there are more ways than one to beat an embargo and the Ger mans may be depended on to discover them all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-23
MANx CATS IN DANGER
n the St. Louis Post Dispatch.

From the St. Louis Dispatch.
 An appeal has gone out from the Isie
 of Man to Great Britain for help. The
 home of the Manx cat and of Hal
 Caine is suffering. And the celebrated
 Manx cat. sole member of the feline
 without tall. is in danger. Not that Germany is expected to at tack the little island. It is but 33 miles
 long by 12 wide, and German 42-centi1
 meter shells would wreck 1t as if il were a Belgian fortress. And, once unI
 der the sway of a German military gov] ernor, Prussian efficiency and insist ence upon conformity would, perhaps find a means to graft tails upon all the remaining Manx cats, thus robbing the island of one of its distinguishing fea4 tures
 This Is not the danger. Man, though producing some agricultural and min eral wealth and being a good fishins' center. has depended largely upon it'd reputation as resort, and most of it's
 people look to the annual crop of visil
 tors for their spending and banking
 money. The war has ruined Man as s summer resort.
 No visitors, no money to maintain thd pussies. Tailless cats eat as much ad
 those with caudal appendages. And thd Manx cats are getting hungry It 4 tune Tor the British government to gd to their relief.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-23
DEMOCRACY IN THE UNIVERSITIES

From the Chicago Herald.
 In some respects American student life is finely democratic. In other ways, how ever. the colleges and the universities have become citadels of snobdom This latter
 state has resulted despite the unceasing efforts of some of the noblest minds. The tide has run too strong
 American colleges, certainly those of the
 middle west were not organized in the spirit of the European institutions which ! aim to fit young men for the intricacies of arstocratic society. We do not di- vide students into the nobility the gentry | and others; at least we profess not to-. But class lines are rather rigidly drawn. | The contract of riches and of compara- | tive poverty is vividly reflected on the l college campus. Societies, secret and | otherwise, tend to crystalze the class diff ferences. generation ago many educa-
 tional authorities attempted to wage a
 war on the exclusive clubs, notably upon
 the Greek letter fraternties. Not much success attended the effort. The instinct TOT secrecy ana TOT clannlSnnesS appedreu too powerfully developed in the human
 animal of college age.
 1 A happy aspect of this collegiate snob- ! dom has been seen in the fact that many
 of the poorer students have done better in l later life than their richer fellows. They have been the successes. Doubtless they | have found solacc in that. But the uni
 versailles have been the losers The lack
 of democratic community fife has tend
 ed to make the campus barren.
 | Another effort is making for reform. President Hadley of Yale lately bewailed
 the too large allowances given to some
 of his students. The University of Michi-
 gan has taken up the matter in posi- | tive way. The plan of the alumni to
 raise a $1,OO0.000 fund for the Mich igan Union looks toward providing a club
 at which all the students of the university
 may meet | The desire to democra tize the undergrad
 uates Is wholly laudable. The accomplish | ment will be difficult. But if Michigan
 can achieve a success where SO many
 other institutions have failed the value of the university at Ann Arbor to the
 nation will be enhanced many fold
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-23
What Is Baby Worth
What is a baby worth ?

What is baby worth?
 This is what the city of Chicago has been asking itself-not with the rap turous tone of the doting parent, but in the impersonal way of munich pality.
 Alderman w. o. Nance, chairman of Chicago's committee on health, re- ports that the 4096 babies who died in Chicago last year represented loss to the city of approximately s6,963,- 900. Alderman Nance bases these fig ures on the estimate of $1700 for the average economic value of a life.
 A very large per cent of the foul thousand infant deaths was preventa. ble-that is the pity of it. Given the right kind of care and living condi tions and most of the babies would have lived to maturity. Small wonder that Chicago is to have Baby Vel. fare Week." A week, in fact, seems mockery-for the babe should have watchful care every day in the year and ignorant mothers should be reached and taught the rudiments oi child culture.
 Various bureaus and organizations throughout the country are doing much in behalf of the babes-but still the slaughter of the innocents goes on
 If the loss from infant mortality 1T Chicago for one year was nearly sever million dollars, what figures would tell the story for the whole country If Chicago-or any other city-wer'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-23
Back from CalifOvnia

''The exposition at San Francisco is in. deed marvel of attraction said Jere C. Laird, who returned recently from a trip to California
 Tn my opinion it surpasses in grandeur all accounts given out by the press agent The western tour, I think, is ideal for this season of the year, and I enjoyed 1t very much
 San Francisco is splendid city and is, as everyone knows great resort for the tourist. Looking at it now, one would never suspect that it had beer almost destroyed by an earthquake few years ago. But Los Angeles approaches nearer the ideal for municipal beauty know of no city in the world that sur passes it in this respect. I am glad to he again among my Birmingham friends"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-23
Down in Mexico

Revolutionary conditions in Mexico continue and cessation of hostilities
 between the factions can hardly be expected until the United States inter- venes and sets up a stable govern. ment.
 If Mexico had strong, constructive
 statesman of the Diaz type he would come to the front and bring order out of chaos. But no such leader is in sight.
 When the late Porfirio Diaz became President of the republic in 1877 it
 did not take him long to master the
 situation. Turbulence gave place to law and order and under Diaz's guid- ing hand Mexico's rich natural re- sources were developed and the com mercial possibilities of that country, limitless as they were, attracted large foreign capital. Mexico became dis tinguished among the nations for it's enlighted spirit while it's rapid prog ress in the peaceful arts caused the world to marvel
 Diaz was dictator, but his achieve ments were splendid. In 1910 the people rebelled against his autocratic rule and in 1911 he acceded to the de- mands of revolutionists led by Madero and resigned. Since then revolution has followed revolution. Madero, who succeeded Diaz as President, was as sassinated, being the victim of con- spiracy instigated, it was alleged, by Huerta. Huerta then assumed the presidency, but his administration was short lived. Guerrilla warfare be- tween the forces of Villa. Carranza and Zapata brings the situation up to date, so far as sanguinary action goes.
 Mexico has been laid waste and the people are starving. Within the last two years many outrages have been committed and the once happy re- public has sunk into a state close to barbarism, where it will remain until the United States does something to aid in rehabilitation. Some persons have said that the Mexicans, the masses of whom are hardly civilized, are not worth saving. But that is not true. The Mexicans can yet be res- cued from themselves and no further time should be lost in the rescue work. Humanity's call is loud and insistent.